Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea is projected at 69.7 years in 2055: 72.9 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 139,235 people are projected to die; 57.6% of them would be 65 or older and 4.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

69.7

Women

72.9

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.4

Deaths

139,235

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

225

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

135

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	16.59	23.30	72.9	66.8
1-4	1.02	1.36	73.1	67.3
5-9	0.41	0.61	69.4	63.7
10-14	0.36	0.54	64.5	58.9
15-19	0.65	1.21	59.7	54.0
20-24	0.85	1.79	54.8	49.4
25-29	1.05	1.90	50.1	44.8
30-34	1.36	2.25	45.3	40.2
35-39	1.92	3.08	40.6	35.6
40-44	2.79	4.58	36.0	31.1
45-49	4.23	7.12	31.4	26.8
50-54	6.40	11.35	27.1	22.6
55-59	9.76	17.67	22.8	18.8
60-64	15.32	28.14	18.9	15.3
65-69	24.85	43.16	15.2	12.2
70-74	41.55	65.55	11.8	9.6
75-79	68.75	98.81	9.0	7.4
80-84	112.23	146.92	6.6	5.5
85-89	175.27	216.80	4.8	4.1
90-94	259.04	306.40	3.5	3.1
95-99	368.90	418.11	2.6	2.3
100+	485.46	549.24	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 2055

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