Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 64.8 years in 1974: 67.8 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 618 people died; 34.4% of them were 65 or older and 20.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

64.8

Women

67.8

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.4

Deaths

618

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

300

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

209

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	27.22	36.44	67.8	62.3
1-4	1.66	2.10	68.7	63.6
5-9	1.00	1.07	65.1	60.1
10-14	0.90	0.90	60.4	55.4
15-19	1.72	2.14	55.7	50.7
20-24	2.14	3.21	51.2	46.2
25-29	2.43	3.34	46.7	41.9
30-34	2.90	3.84	42.2	37.6
35-39	3.71	4.97	37.8	33.2
40-44	4.83	6.89	33.5	29.0
45-49	6.65	10.04	29.2	24.9
50-54	9.22	14.86	25.1	21.1
55-59	13.22	22.04	21.2	17.5
60-64	19.47	33.39	17.4	14.3
65-69	30.31	49.71	14.0	11.4
70-74	49.42	74.12	10.8	8.9
75-79	80.90	110.62	8.2	6.8
80-84	129.02	162.71	6.0	5.2
85-89	198.29	236.34	4.4	3.8
90-94	288.93	328.60	3.2	2.9
95-99	403.82	442.76	2.4	2.2
100+	540.37	569.64	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1974

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