Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 59.3 years in 1962: 62.0 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 693 people died; 25.6% of them were 65 or older and 33.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

59.3

Women

62.0

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.8

Deaths

693

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

347

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

271

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	51.11	72.79	62.0	56.9
1-4	4.16	5.68	64.2	60.1
5-9	1.97	2.21	61.3	57.5
10-14	1.59	1.60	56.8	53.1
15-19	2.75	3.07	52.3	48.5
20-24	3.41	4.51	48.0	44.2
25-29	3.86	4.60	43.7	40.2
30-34	4.48	5.15	39.5	36.0
35-39	5.46	6.45	35.4	31.9
40-44	6.72	8.56	31.3	27.9
45-49	8.63	11.84	27.3	24.0
50-54	11.62	16.85	23.4	20.3
55-59	16.28	24.14	19.6	16.8
60-64	24.08	36.15	16.0	13.7
65-69	37.06	53.43	12.8	10.9
70-74	60.02	80.43	9.8	8.5
75-79	95.62	119.97	7.4	6.4
80-84	147.41	176.35	5.5	4.9
85-89	218.91	253.65	4.1	3.6
90-94	307.51	346.50	3.1	2.8
95-99	420.44	463.44	2.3	2.1
100+	550.75	589.31	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1962

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