Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 56.5 years in 1957: 59.5 for women and 53.8 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 725 people died; 25.0% of them were 65 or older and 36.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

59.5

Men

53.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

100.6

Deaths

725

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

379

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	64.51	92.43	59.5	53.8
1-4	5.96	8.26	62.4	57.9
5-9	2.52	2.97	59.9	55.8
10-14	1.94	2.04	55.6	51.6
15-19	3.18	3.65	51.1	47.1
20-24	3.95	5.42	46.9	42.9
25-29	4.46	5.55	42.8	39.0
30-34	5.13	6.17	38.7	35.1
35-39	6.14	7.60	34.6	31.1
40-44	7.43	9.85	30.6	27.2
45-49	9.30	13.20	26.7	23.4
50-54	12.41	18.28	22.8	19.9
55-59	17.23	25.50	19.1	16.5
60-64	25.63	37.73	15.6	13.4
65-69	39.26	55.19	12.4	10.7
70-74	63.48	82.96	9.6	8.3
75-79	100.15	123.21	7.2	6.3
80-84	152.94	180.90	5.4	4.8
85-89	224.77	258.38	4.0	3.6
90-94	312.80	350.61	3.0	2.7
95-99	425.42	468.64	2.3	2.1
100+	553.65	594.25	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1957

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