Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 68.9 years in 2001: 71.7 for women and 66.6 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 1,390 people died; 45.6% of them were 65 or older and 13.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

68.9

Women

71.7

Men

66.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.0

Deaths

1,390

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.6

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

253

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

164

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	18.16	22.65	71.7	66.6
1-4	1.22	1.30	72.0	67.1
5-9	0.54	0.61	68.3	63.5
10-14	0.42	0.55	63.5	58.7
15-19	0.68	1.18	58.6	53.8
20-24	0.92	1.82	53.8	49.1
25-29	1.19	2.23	49.0	44.5
30-34	1.64	2.90	44.3	40.0
35-39	2.38	4.02	39.7	35.6
40-44	3.54	5.79	35.1	31.2
45-49	5.37	8.60	30.7	27.1
50-54	8.07	12.85	26.4	23.1
55-59	11.89	18.90	22.4	19.5
60-64	18.13	28.24	18.6	16.2
65-69	27.59	40.43	15.2	13.2
70-74	42.21	56.50	12.0	10.7
75-79	65.19	80.86	9.3	8.3
80-84	103.97	121.33	6.9	6.3
85-89	167.51	186.58	5.0	4.6
90-94	252.54	274.24	3.6	3.4
95-99	364.03	382.46	2.6	2.5
100+	499.70	508.78	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 2001

Year

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