Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 58.7 years in 1962: 60.7 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 1,150 people died; 23.3% of them were 65 or older and 47.6% 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

58.7

Women

60.7

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

132.1

Deaths

1,150

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

268

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

211

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	95.02	111.89	60.7	56.9
1-4	9.67	10.43	65.6	62.4
5-9	2.62	2.78	64.2	61.0
10-14	1.74	1.82	60.0	56.8
15-19	2.12	2.51	55.5	52.3
20-24	2.58	3.43	51.0	47.9
25-29	2.91	3.60	46.7	43.7
30-34	3.34	4.02	42.3	39.5
35-39	4.03	4.91	38.0	35.2
40-44	5.00	6.31	33.7	31.0
45-49	6.26	8.47	29.5	27.0
50-54	8.71	12.08	25.4	23.0
55-59	12.29	17.09	21.4	19.3
60-64	19.34	25.92	17.6	15.8
65-69	30.54	39.43	14.1	12.6
70-74	49.79	61.55	11.0	9.8
75-79	79.05	95.70	8.4	7.4
80-84	123.20	146.35	6.3	5.5
85-89	187.58	219.04	4.6	4.1
90-94	268.96	309.60	3.4	3.1
95-99	371.96	420.32	2.6	2.3
100+	492.42	541.98	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 1962

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