Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 60.0 years in 1953: 62.9 for women and 56.8 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 941 people died; 31.8% of them were 65 or older and 27.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

62.9

Men

56.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

82.7

Deaths

941

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

382

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

265

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	63.90	76.19	62.9	56.8
1-4	4.16	4.50	65.9	60.2
5-9	1.04	1.42	63.0	57.3
10-14	0.58	0.96	58.3	52.7
15-19	1.44	2.08	53.5	47.9
20-24	2.18	3.71	48.9	43.4
25-29	3.11	4.69	44.4	39.2
30-34	4.36	6.51	40.0	35.0
35-39	6.20	8.01	35.8	31.1
40-44	7.62	10.42	31.9	27.3
45-49	9.29	13.50	28.0	23.6
50-54	10.96	20.81	24.2	20.1
55-59	16.26	26.21	20.5	17.0
60-64	22.20	35.27	17.0	14.0
65-69	35.90	53.58	13.7	11.2
70-74	52.09	72.48	10.8	8.9
75-79	79.40	108.38	8.3	6.8
80-84	122.83	170.11	6.2	4.9
85-89	189.48	253.81	4.5	3.6
90-94	279.97	365.46	3.3	2.6
95-99	394.13	499.25	2.5	2.0
100+	526.51	635.16	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1953

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