Life expectancy at birth in Tonga was 70.6 years in 2005: 74.5 for women and 67.1 for men, a gap of 7.4 years. 677 people died; 55.9% of them were 65 or older and 7.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

70.6

Women

74.5

Men

67.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.8

Deaths

677

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

248

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

132

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	10.88	14.08	74.5	67.1
1-4	0.54	0.67	74.3	67.1
5-9	0.38	0.45	70.4	63.2
10-14	0.39	0.45	65.6	58.4
15-19	0.82	1.39	60.7	53.5
20-24	1.01	2.25	55.9	48.8
25-29	1.15	2.44	51.2	44.4
30-34	1.44	2.88	46.5	39.9
35-39	1.97	3.80	41.8	35.4
40-44	2.79	5.44	37.2	31.1
45-49	4.16	8.14	32.7	26.8
50-54	6.06	12.28	28.3	22.8
55-59	8.95	18.35	24.1	19.1
60-64	13.27	27.73	20.1	15.7
65-69	20.82	41.21	16.3	12.7
70-74	34.15	61.17	12.8	10.0
75-79	57.97	91.83	9.7	7.7
80-84	98.39	138.14	7.1	5.8
85-89	161.69	204.41	5.1	4.3
90-94	251.86	296.06	3.6	3.2
95-99	370.31	408.82	2.6	2.4
100+	517.68	541.36	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Tonga by year

Mortality in Tonga, 2005

Year

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