Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 68.8 years in 1996: 72.9 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 673 people died; 50.4% of them were 65 or older and 8.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

72.9

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.6

Deaths

673

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

279

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	13.67	17.68	72.9	65.3
1-4	0.69	0.86	72.9	65.5
5-9	0.49	0.58	69.1	61.7
10-14	0.50	0.55	64.2	56.9
15-19	1.03	1.64	59.4	52.0
20-24	1.27	2.65	54.7	47.4
25-29	1.44	2.89	50.0	43.0
30-34	1.78	3.41	45.3	38.6
35-39	2.38	4.48	40.7	34.2
40-44	3.29	6.33	36.2	29.9
45-49	4.79	9.35	31.7	25.8
50-54	6.87	13.89	27.4	21.9
55-59	10.06	20.53	23.3	18.3
60-64	14.79	30.79	19.4	15.0
65-69	23.11	45.34	15.7	12.1
70-74	37.73	66.64	12.3	9.5
75-79	63.33	98.97	9.3	7.4
80-84	105.50	146.64	6.8	5.6
85-89	170.00	214.29	4.9	4.2
90-94	259.73	305.10	3.5	3.1
95-99	376.12	417.38	2.6	2.3
100+	519.51	549.15	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 1996

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