Life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 60.5 years in 1956: 61.9 for women and 58.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 2,455 people died; 34.1% of them were 65 or older and 35.9% 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

60.5

Women

61.9

Men

58.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.5

Deaths

2,455

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

255

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	100.76	118.45	61.9	58.6
1-4	5.89	6.34	67.3	64.8
5-9	0.85	0.82	64.9	62.4
10-14	0.45	0.59	60.1	57.7
15-19	1.02	1.08	55.3	52.8
20-24	1.74	1.55	50.5	48.1
25-29	2.18	1.78	46.0	43.5
30-34	2.75	2.32	41.4	38.8
35-39	3.70	3.49	37.0	34.2
40-44	5.06	5.57	32.6	29.8
45-49	7.00	8.68	28.4	25.6
50-54	9.85	13.36	24.3	21.6
55-59	14.04	20.86	20.4	17.9
60-64	21.13	31.22	16.7	14.6
65-69	33.25	46.89	13.3	11.6
70-74	54.24	71.16	10.2	9.0
75-79	89.11	108.06	7.6	6.8
80-84	146.21	165.38	5.5	5.0
85-89	224.63	248.30	4.0	3.7
90-94	326.07	353.69	2.9	2.7
95-99	459.53	475.87	2.1	2.1
100+	656.38	605.18	1.5	1.7

Mortality in Barbados by year

Mortality in Barbados, 1956

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