Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 69.6 years in 1994: 71.9 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 1,074 people died; 46.5% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

69.6

Women

71.9

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.6

Deaths

1,074

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

215

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	23.59	29.51	71.9	67.5
1-4	1.36	1.50	72.6	68.5
5-9	0.47	0.57	69.0	64.9
10-14	0.40	0.53	64.1	60.1
15-19	0.68	1.15	59.2	55.3
20-24	0.90	1.72	54.4	50.6
25-29	1.12	1.96	49.7	46.0
30-34	1.49	2.41	44.9	41.4
35-39	2.12	3.23	40.3	36.9
40-44	3.13	4.62	35.7	32.4
45-49	4.70	6.90	31.2	28.1
50-54	7.12	10.55	26.9	24.0
55-59	10.62	15.88	22.7	20.2
60-64	16.60	24.37	18.8	16.6
65-69	25.98	36.47	15.2	13.5
70-74	41.51	54.31	12.0	10.7
75-79	66.29	81.82	9.2	8.2
80-84	106.69	125.36	6.8	6.2
85-89	169.82	191.94	4.9	4.5
90-94	253.80	280.32	3.6	3.3
95-99	363.01	389.28	2.7	2.5
100+	495.10	515.04	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 1994

Year

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