Life expectancy at birth in Philippines was 67.2 years in 1998: 70.6 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 421,347 people died; 34.1% of them were 65 or older and 21.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

70.6

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.7

Deaths

421,347

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.6

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

273

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	26.23	33.35	70.6	63.8
1-4	2.58	2.87	71.5	64.9
5-9	0.56	1.00	68.2	61.6
10-14	0.51	0.91	63.4	56.9
15-19	0.72	1.50	58.5	52.2
20-24	1.05	2.42	53.7	47.5
25-29	1.35	2.90	49.0	43.1
30-34	1.78	3.59	44.3	38.7
35-39	2.42	4.70	39.7	34.3
40-44	3.28	6.33	35.1	30.1
45-49	4.74	9.06	30.7	26.0
50-54	7.24	13.62	26.3	22.1
55-59	10.27	19.48	22.2	18.4
60-64	16.19	29.14	18.3	15.1
65-69	26.57	43.90	14.6	12.0
70-74	44.57	67.35	11.3	9.3
75-79	74.63	102.87	8.5	7.1
80-84	122.62	154.99	6.2	5.3
85-89	194.36	229.22	4.4	3.9
90-94	289.26	326.13	3.2	2.9
95-99	423.02	461.19	2.3	2.1
100+	624.30	665.65	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Philippines by year

Mortality in Philippines, 1998

Year

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