Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 63.5 years in 1963: 66.5 for women and 60.6 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 1,076 people died; 28.6% of them were 65 or older and 27.4% 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

63.5

Women

66.5

Men

60.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.5

Deaths

1,076

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

334

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

225

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	47.41	56.44	66.5	60.6
1-4	2.71	2.89	68.7	63.0
5-9	0.77	1.08	65.4	59.8
10-14	0.46	0.78	60.7	55.1
15-19	1.09	1.61	55.8	50.3
20-24	1.57	2.75	51.1	45.6
25-29	2.35	3.62	46.5	41.2
30-34	3.08	4.75	42.0	37.0
35-39	4.77	6.31	37.6	32.8
40-44	6.40	8.87	33.5	28.7
45-49	7.85	11.56	29.5	24.9
50-54	9.40	18.04	25.5	21.3
55-59	14.52	23.57	21.6	18.0
60-64	19.85	31.76	18.1	15.0
65-69	31.63	47.61	14.7	12.1
70-74	44.54	62.70	11.8	9.7
75-79	69.69	96.00	9.1	7.4
80-84	107.12	149.83	6.9	5.4
85-89	164.87	222.97	5.1	4.0
90-94	243.88	321.56	3.7	3.0
95-99	345.58	442.26	2.8	2.2
100+	471.28	573.82	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1963

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