Life expectancy at birth in Aruba was 67.8 years in 1971: 71.6 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 357 people died; 40.3% of them were 65 or older and 14.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

71.6

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.9

Deaths

357

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

259

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	25.83	37.63	71.6	64.1
1-4	1.52	2.05	72.5	65.5
5-9	0.59	0.92	68.9	62.0
10-14	0.52	0.69	64.1	57.3
15-19	0.59	2.06	59.3	52.5
20-24	1.03	2.88	54.5	48.0
25-29	1.26	3.11	49.7	43.6
30-34	1.26	3.55	45.0	39.3
35-39	1.93	4.36	40.3	34.9
40-44	2.80	6.31	35.7	30.7
45-49	3.94	8.59	31.1	26.6
50-54	5.52	11.03	26.7	22.6
55-59	8.98	18.06	22.4	18.7
60-64	14.44	25.75	18.3	15.3
65-69	22.60	37.04	14.4	12.0
70-74	38.72	56.54	10.9	8.9
75-79	74.34	111.10	7.6	6.0
80-84	162.03	235.48	4.9	3.7
85-89	284.01	396.92	3.2	2.4
90-94	464.75	604.70	2.1	1.6
95-99	668.10	801.09	1.5	1.3
100+	824.95	912.99	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Aruba by year

Mortality in Aruba, 1971

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