Life expectancy at birth in Philippines was 68.5 years in 2007: 71.9 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 494,312 people died; 37.3% of them were 65 or older and 15.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

68.5

Women

71.9

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.9

Deaths

494,312

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

261

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

142

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	21.30	27.12	71.9	65.1
1-4	1.98	2.19	72.4	65.9
5-9	0.48	0.62	69.0	62.5
10-14	0.45	0.60	64.1	57.6
15-19	0.66	1.22	59.3	52.8
20-24	0.98	1.97	54.5	48.1
25-29	1.21	2.58	49.7	43.6
30-34	1.54	3.07	45.0	39.1
35-39	2.23	4.23	40.3	34.7
40-44	3.00	5.85	35.8	30.3
45-49	4.43	8.67	31.3	26.2
50-54	6.71	13.00	26.9	22.2
55-59	9.88	19.75	22.7	18.5
60-64	15.06	29.18	18.7	15.2
65-69	24.54	43.57	15.0	12.2
70-74	41.55	65.80	11.6	9.5
75-79	70.22	99.35	8.7	7.3
80-84	116.66	149.92	6.4	5.4
85-89	187.37	222.54	4.6	4.0
90-94	282.64	318.85	3.3	3.0
95-99	419.16	461.12	2.3	2.1
100+	628.42	684.09	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Philippines by year

Mortality in Philippines, 2007

Year

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