Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 70.3 years in 2005: 73.0 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 1,444 people died; 48.3% of them were 65 or older and 11.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

70.3

Women

73.0

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.1

Deaths

1,444

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

230

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	15.79	19.71	73.0	68.0
1-4	0.88	0.95	73.2	68.4
5-9	0.33	0.40	69.5	64.6
10-14	0.29	0.41	64.6	59.7
15-19	0.53	1.03	59.7	54.9
20-24	0.74	1.60	54.8	50.1
25-29	0.96	1.94	50.0	45.5
30-34	1.33	2.49	45.2	40.9
35-39	1.98	3.46	40.5	36.4
40-44	3.02	5.03	35.9	32.0
45-49	4.68	7.61	31.4	27.7
50-54	7.17	11.59	27.1	23.7
55-59	10.72	17.37	23.0	20.0
60-64	16.56	26.29	19.1	16.6
65-69	25.51	38.20	15.5	13.5
70-74	39.78	54.26	12.3	10.9
75-79	62.78	78.67	9.4	8.5
80-84	101.80	118.80	7.0	6.4
85-89	164.94	183.12	5.0	4.7
90-94	250.46	270.36	3.6	3.4
95-99	362.84	378.10	2.7	2.6
100+	500.05	504.64	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 2005

Year

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