Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 39.5 years in 1953: 39.7 for women and 39.3 for men, a gap of 0.3 years. 81,398 people died; 8.6% of them were 65 or older and 51.4% 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

39.5

Women

39.7

Men

39.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

157.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

252.3

Deaths

81,398

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.3

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

490

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

483

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	165.54	187.33	39.7	39.3
1-4	29.87	30.32	45.5	46.1
5-9	15.25	14.41	47.0	47.8
10-14	6.01	6.35	45.6	46.2
15-19	7.65	6.24	41.9	42.6
20-24	9.63	7.20	38.4	38.8
25-29	9.61	8.29	35.2	35.2
30-34	8.70	9.70	31.8	31.6
35-39	12.91	11.97	28.1	28.0
40-44	13.88	14.76	24.8	24.6
45-49	17.61	17.99	21.4	21.3
50-54	22.81	25.30	18.2	18.0
55-59	28.75	32.73	15.1	15.1
60-64	60.13	61.03	12.0	12.3
65-69	62.55	57.58	10.3	10.9
70-74	83.70	72.69	8.3	8.7
75-79	128.99	117.23	6.3	6.5
80-84	174.79	176.57	5.0	4.8
85-89	237.44	259.85	3.8	3.6
90-94	326.27	353.37	2.9	2.7
95-99	433.88	466.70	2.3	2.1
100+	551.45	585.04	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1953

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