Life expectancy at birth in Philippines was 54.7 years in 1952: 56.0 for women and 53.6 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 284,714 people died; 24.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

56.0

Men

53.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

141.9

Deaths

284,714

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

336

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	87.43	101.11	56.0	53.6
1-4	14.93	15.44	60.0	58.2
5-9	2.83	2.70	59.5	57.7
10-14	2.22	1.97	55.4	53.5
15-19	3.17	3.10	50.9	49.0
20-24	4.15	4.53	46.7	44.7
25-29	4.74	4.83	42.6	40.7
30-34	5.42	5.41	38.6	36.6
35-39	6.24	6.54	34.6	32.6
40-44	7.30	8.40	30.6	28.6
45-49	8.96	11.11	26.7	24.7
50-54	12.27	15.59	22.8	20.9
55-59	16.99	22.16	19.0	17.4
60-64	25.80	32.71	15.5	14.2
65-69	40.48	49.47	12.3	11.2
70-74	64.65	75.77	9.5	8.7
75-79	102.04	115.46	7.1	6.6
80-84	155.60	174.42	5.3	4.9
85-89	228.98	255.98	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.65	352.88	3.0	2.7
95-99	447.27	485.40	2.2	2.0
100+	633.83	675.45	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Philippines by year

Mortality in Philippines, 1952

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