Life expectancy at birth in Grenada was 55.7 years in 1953: 57.1 for women and 53.9 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 1,098 people died; 30.8% of them were 65 or older and 38.6% 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

55.7

Women

57.1

Men

53.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

92.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

132.8

Deaths

1,098

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

354

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

295

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	94.91	103.68	57.1	53.9
1-4	11.64	11.03	61.7	58.7
5-9	1.22	1.16	60.5	57.3
10-14	0.92	1.19	55.9	52.6
15-19	2.24	2.33	51.1	47.9
20-24	3.83	4.49	46.7	43.4
25-29	4.92	5.78	42.5	39.3
30-34	5.35	5.74	38.5	35.4
35-39	6.53	8.04	34.5	31.4
40-44	8.61	10.64	30.5	27.5
45-49	11.24	14.48	26.8	23.9
50-54	12.46	16.15	23.2	20.5
55-59	14.61	19.62	19.5	17.0
60-64	24.10	37.40	15.8	13.5
65-69	38.15	56.97	12.5	10.8
70-74	62.58	79.98	9.6	8.5
75-79	101.29	117.20	7.2	6.5
80-84	155.17	174.83	5.3	4.9
85-89	228.58	254.80	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.37	351.37	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.01	465.88	2.3	2.1
100+	553.13	586.85	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Grenada by year

Mortality in Grenada, 1953

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