Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom was 70.2 years in 1954: 72.8 for women and 67.4 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 576,387 people died; 66.8% of them were 65 or older and 4.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

70.2

Women

72.8

Men

67.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.0

Deaths

576,387

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

195

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	23.11	30.24	72.8	67.4
1-4	0.86	1.12	73.5	68.5
5-9	0.34	0.49	69.7	64.8
10-14	0.31	0.44	64.9	59.9
15-19	0.46	0.79	60.0	55.0
20-24	0.66	1.13	55.1	50.2
25-29	0.87	1.20	50.3	45.5
30-34	1.22	1.49	45.5	40.8
35-39	1.65	2.01	40.7	36.1
40-44	2.50	3.24	36.0	31.4
45-49	3.89	5.65	31.5	26.9
50-54	6.00	10.31	27.0	22.6
55-59	9.03	17.56	22.8	18.6
60-64	14.82	28.01	18.7	15.1
65-69	24.45	43.61	14.9	12.0
70-74	42.13	67.18	11.5	9.3
75-79	72.00	104.21	8.6	7.0
80-84	119.23	160.23	6.3	5.1
85-89	187.58	245.87	4.6	3.7
90-94	277.94	355.27	3.3	2.7
95-99	393.03	489.27	2.5	2.0
100+	526.40	626.14	1.9	1.6

Mortality in United Kingdom by year

Mortality in United Kingdom, 1954

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