Life expectancy at birth in Philippines was 60.0 years in 1963: 62.2 for women and 58.1 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 282,299 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 46.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

62.2

Men

58.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

95.8

Deaths

282,299

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

300

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

229

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	61.45	73.07	62.2	58.1
1-4	8.41	8.84	65.0	61.4
5-9	1.66	2.15	63.2	59.5
10-14	1.34	1.63	58.7	55.2
15-19	2.00	2.56	54.1	50.6
20-24	2.68	3.65	49.6	46.2
25-29	3.10	3.86	45.2	42.0
30-34	3.61	4.37	40.9	37.8
35-39	4.30	5.41	36.6	33.6
40-44	5.31	7.13	32.3	29.4
45-49	6.98	9.75	28.1	25.4
50-54	9.85	14.01	24.0	21.5
55-59	14.10	20.41	20.1	17.9
60-64	21.78	30.53	16.4	14.5
65-69	35.12	46.71	13.0	11.5
70-74	57.53	72.43	10.0	8.9
75-79	93.25	111.53	7.5	6.7
80-84	145.57	168.66	5.6	5.0
85-89	219.11	248.75	4.1	3.7
90-94	310.32	346.08	3.0	2.8
95-99	441.50	476.23	2.2	2.1
100+	642.34	659.50	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Philippines by year

Mortality in Philippines, 1963

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