Life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 65.7 years in 1962: 67.3 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 1,956 people died; 38.5% of them were 65 or older and 28.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

65.7

Women

67.3

Men

63.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.0

Deaths

1,956

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

209

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

167

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	60.32	72.86	67.3	63.6
1-4	2.71	2.98	70.4	67.3
5-9	0.66	0.77	67.2	64.0
10-14	0.40	0.65	62.4	59.3
15-19	0.74	0.92	57.5	54.5
20-24	1.16	1.16	52.7	49.7
25-29	1.49	1.31	48.0	45.0
30-34	1.94	1.68	43.3	40.3
35-39	2.68	2.49	38.7	35.6
40-44	3.78	4.03	34.2	31.0
45-49	5.39	6.64	29.8	26.6
50-54	7.82	10.80	25.6	22.4
55-59	11.48	17.83	21.5	18.5
60-64	17.81	28.21	17.6	14.9
65-69	28.88	44.77	14.0	11.8
70-74	48.29	69.98	10.8	9.1
75-79	80.76	105.57	8.0	7.0
80-84	134.85	160.56	5.8	5.2
85-89	210.76	239.58	4.2	3.8
90-94	311.75	341.31	3.0	2.8
95-99	432.62	462.44	2.3	2.1
100+	567.92	591.75	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Barbados by year

Mortality in Barbados, 1962

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