Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 51.4 years in 1953: 53.3 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 1,262 people died; 15.6% of them were 65 or older and 50.6% 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

51.4

Women

53.3

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

120.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

173.2

Deaths

1,262

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

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

385

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

321

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	120.97	142.88	53.3	49.5
1-4	14.73	16.13	59.0	55.9
5-9	3.91	4.24	58.5	55.5
10-14	2.66	2.77	54.6	51.6
15-19	3.36	3.76	50.3	47.3
20-24	4.41	5.44	46.1	43.2
25-29	5.31	6.18	42.1	39.3
30-34	6.19	7.16	38.1	35.4
35-39	7.32	8.72	34.2	31.6
40-44	8.66	10.72	30.4	27.9
45-49	10.32	13.52	26.7	24.3
50-54	13.59	17.95	22.9	20.8
55-59	18.26	23.76	19.4	17.6
60-64	27.39	34.30	16.0	14.5
65-69	40.56	48.99	12.9	11.7
70-74	59.89	70.80	10.3	9.2
75-79	87.13	103.54	8.0	7.1
80-84	128.59	152.75	6.1	5.4
85-89	193.98	226.53	4.5	4.0
90-94	275.13	316.75	3.4	3.0
95-99	377.41	426.55	2.6	2.3
100+	495.54	545.58	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 1953

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