Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Suriname

1956

Life expectancy: 54.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1956 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Suriname was 54.1 years in 1956: 56.1 for women and 52.4 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 3,536 people died; 31.8% of them were 65 or older and 30.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

54.1

Women

56.1

Men

52.4

Life expectancy at 65

8.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

104.1

Deaths

3,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

430

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

369

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	81.48	97.73	56.1	52.4
1-4	5.19	5.73	59.8	56.6
5-9	1.36	1.60	57.0	53.9
10-14	1.25	1.74	52.4	49.3
15-19	2.60	3.13	47.7	44.7
20-24	3.21	3.56	43.3	40.4
25-29	4.49	5.06	38.9	36.1
30-34	5.45	5.69	34.8	31.9
35-39	6.72	6.58	30.7	27.8
40-44	8.27	11.13	26.6	23.6
45-49	13.32	15.47	22.6	19.8
50-54	18.96	24.60	19.0	16.2
55-59	28.87	36.64	15.6	13.0
60-64	42.80	62.28	12.7	10.1
65-69	58.23	88.96	10.1	7.9
70-74	89.14	130.58	7.7	6.0
75-79	140.45	194.41	5.7	4.4
80-84	216.68	296.47	4.1	3.2
85-89	312.15	413.03	3.0	2.4
90-94	431.83	547.59	2.3	1.8
95-99	564.26	682.81	1.8	1.5
100+	689.89	793.27	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Suriname by year

Mortality in Suriname, 1956

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