Life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 57.0 years in 1953: 58.5 for women and 54.7 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 2,906 people died; 31.5% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% 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

57.0

Women

58.5

Men

54.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

125.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

156.4

Deaths

2,906

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.3

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

302

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

239

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	127.48	148.33	58.5	54.7
1-4	8.69	9.28	65.3	62.1
5-9	0.78	0.60	63.5	60.4
10-14	0.51	0.63	58.8	55.6
15-19	1.29	1.26	53.9	50.8
20-24	2.31	1.90	49.2	46.1
25-29	2.78	2.19	44.8	41.5
30-34	3.37	2.87	40.4	36.9
35-39	4.37	4.35	36.0	32.4
40-44	5.81	6.93	31.7	28.1
45-49	7.95	10.69	27.6	24.0
50-54	11.05	16.29	23.6	20.1
55-59	15.55	25.19	19.8	16.6
60-64	23.12	37.31	16.2	13.5
65-69	35.93	55.45	12.9	10.7
70-74	57.80	82.26	9.9	8.4
75-79	93.41	119.94	7.4	6.4
80-84	150.85	176.36	5.4	4.8
85-89	228.18	254.74	3.9	3.6
90-94	327.36	353.78	2.9	2.7
95-99	457.82	471.85	2.1	2.1
100+	648.05	595.56	1.5	1.7

Mortality in Barbados by year

Mortality in Barbados, 1953

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