Life expectancy at birth in Antigua and Barbuda was 60.7 years in 1956: 62.6 for women and 58.2 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 523 people died; 29.4% of them were 65 or older and 33.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

60.7

Women

62.6

Men

58.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.6

Deaths

523

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.2

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

293

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	68.88	78.38	62.7	58.2
1-4	7.55	7.60	66.0	61.9
5-9	1.71	2.13	64.0	59.7
10-14	1.20	1.54	59.5	55.3
15-19	1.71	2.68	54.9	50.7
20-24	2.11	3.69	50.3	46.4
25-29	2.46	3.60	45.8	42.2
30-34	3.01	3.94	41.4	37.9
35-39	3.84	4.94	37.0	33.6
40-44	4.99	6.64	32.6	29.4
45-49	6.59	9.41	28.4	25.3
50-54	9.28	13.80	24.3	21.4
55-59	13.25	20.40	20.3	17.8
60-64	21.08	31.37	16.5	14.4
65-69	33.87	47.75	13.0	11.4
70-74	57.60	74.15	10.0	8.8
75-79	94.22	113.65	7.5	6.6
80-84	146.96	170.77	5.5	4.9
85-89	220.77	251.74	4.1	3.7
90-94	310.11	347.00	3.1	2.8
95-99	418.47	459.76	2.3	2.1
100+	539.75	579.88	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda by year

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda, 1956

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