Life expectancy at birth in Philippines was 58.3 years in 1958: 59.9 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 276,696 people died; 20.6% of them were 65 or older and 47.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

58.3

Women

59.9

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

73.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

111.7

Deaths

276,696

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

304

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

251

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	70.67	82.96	59.9	56.9
1-4	10.52	10.92	63.2	60.7
5-9	2.03	2.23	61.9	59.3
10-14	1.62	1.67	57.5	54.9
15-19	2.38	2.62	52.9	50.4
20-24	3.16	3.74	48.5	46.0
25-29	3.64	3.96	44.3	41.8
30-34	4.21	4.49	40.0	37.6
35-39	4.94	5.55	35.8	33.4
40-44	5.98	7.29	31.7	29.3
45-49	7.66	9.92	27.6	25.3
50-54	10.70	14.22	23.5	21.4
55-59	15.14	20.64	19.7	17.8
60-64	23.24	30.82	16.0	14.5
65-69	37.18	47.13	12.7	11.5
70-74	60.54	73.07	9.7	8.8
75-79	97.41	112.53	7.3	6.7
80-84	150.68	170.41	5.4	5.0
85-89	224.68	251.36	4.0	3.6
90-94	316.43	348.54	3.0	2.7
95-99	441.65	480.72	2.2	2.0
100+	620.96	669.57	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Philippines by year

Mortality in Philippines, 1958

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