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

Mortality in World, 1964

World
1964
Life expectancy: 54.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in World was 54.3 years in 1964: 56.2 for women and 52.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 46,822,882 people died; 25.2% 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.

Life expectancy at birth
54.3
Women
56.2
Men
52.3
Life expectancy at 65
12.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
106.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
162.0
Deaths
46,822,882
Deaths per 1,000 people
14.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
330
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
252
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0108.33120.7456.252.4
1-416.6115.9961.557.9
5-93.923.9261.657.6
10-142.332.4957.753.7
15-192.833.1253.449.3
20-243.534.2349.145.0
25-293.984.5844.940.9
30-344.495.0640.836.8
35-395.086.0536.732.7
40-446.108.0832.528.6
45-497.8111.1128.524.7
50-5410.2615.6424.521.0
55-5914.0322.2320.717.5
60-6421.6834.3217.014.2
65-6933.2950.2013.611.4
70-7452.5773.9910.69.0
75-7983.37108.808.16.9
80-84131.85161.146.05.2
85-89198.66233.094.43.9
90-94284.95322.183.33.0
95-99389.20421.402.52.3
100+511.43533.222.01.9