Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

World

1963

Life expectancy: 53.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1963 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in World was 53.7 years in 1963: 55.6 for women and 51.9 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 46,913,208 people died; 25.1% of them were 65 or older and 39.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

53.7

Women

55.6

Men

51.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

107.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

166.0

Deaths

46,913,208

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

336

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

257

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	110.16	122.76	55.6	51.9
1-4	17.37	16.69	60.9	57.4
5-9	4.05	4.04	61.2	57.3
10-14	2.41	2.55	57.4	53.4
15-19	2.94	3.20	53.0	49.0
20-24	3.61	4.31	48.8	44.8
25-29	4.11	4.71	44.6	40.7
30-34	4.58	5.15	40.5	36.6
35-39	5.20	6.18	36.4	32.5
40-44	6.30	8.27	32.3	28.4
45-49	7.92	11.27	28.2	24.5
50-54	10.46	15.92	24.3	20.8
55-59	14.29	22.65	20.4	17.3
60-64	22.12	34.85	16.7	14.1
65-69	34.06	51.20	13.4	11.3
70-74	53.94	75.25	10.4	8.8
75-79	85.91	111.17	7.9	6.8
80-84	136.17	165.69	5.8	5.1
85-89	206.77	243.00	4.3	3.8
90-94	297.67	337.37	3.2	2.8
95-99	407.47	442.00	2.4	2.2
100+	532.45	555.43	1.9	1.8

Mortality in World by year

Mortality in World, 1963

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