Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 65.9 years in 1978: 69.0 for women and 63.2 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 635 people died; 37.0% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

65.9

Women

69.0

Men

63.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.3

Deaths

635

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

295

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

195

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	23.49	30.49	69.0	63.2
1-4	1.36	1.65	69.7	64.1
5-9	0.85	0.91	66.0	60.5
10-14	0.79	0.79	61.3	55.8
15-19	1.54	2.00	56.5	51.0
20-24	1.90	3.05	51.9	46.5
25-29	2.16	3.21	47.4	42.1
30-34	2.60	3.71	42.9	37.8
35-39	3.36	4.83	38.4	33.4
40-44	4.44	6.74	34.0	29.2
45-49	6.19	9.88	29.7	25.1
50-54	8.66	14.66	25.6	21.3
55-59	12.48	21.77	21.6	17.7
60-64	18.38	32.92	17.8	14.4
65-69	28.66	48.90	14.3	11.5
70-74	46.80	72.59	11.1	9.0
75-79	77.08	108.12	8.4	6.9
80-84	124.03	159.09	6.2	5.2
85-89	192.48	231.23	4.5	3.9
90-94	283.10	323.17	3.3	2.9
95-99	398.41	436.42	2.4	2.2
100+	536.37	564.59	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1978

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