Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 66.7 years in 1983: 70.2 for women and 63.7 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 651 people died; 40.0% of them were 65 or older and 14.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

70.2

Men

63.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.3

Deaths

651

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

295

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	20.00	25.79	70.2	63.7
1-4	1.10	1.34	70.6	64.3
5-9	0.73	0.80	66.9	60.7
10-14	0.70	0.72	62.1	55.9
15-19	1.39	1.91	57.3	51.1
20-24	1.71	2.98	52.7	46.5
25-29	1.95	3.18	48.1	42.2
30-34	2.36	3.70	43.6	37.8
35-39	3.08	4.83	39.0	33.5
40-44	4.11	6.76	34.6	29.3
45-49	5.80	9.92	30.3	25.2
50-54	8.16	14.72	26.1	21.3
55-59	11.81	21.79	22.1	17.7
60-64	17.36	32.81	18.3	14.5
65-69	27.07	48.52	14.7	11.6
70-74	44.17	71.62	11.4	9.1
75-79	73.11	106.35	8.6	7.0
80-84	118.74	156.45	6.3	5.3
85-89	186.14	227.26	4.6	4.0
90-94	276.64	319.01	3.4	3.0
95-99	392.21	431.96	2.5	2.3
100+	531.89	561.61	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1983

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