Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 43.1 years in 1958: 43.3 for women and 43.0 for men, a gap of 0.3 years. 80,335 people died; 8.5% of them were 65 or older and 53.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

43.1

Women

43.3

Men

43.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

231.5

Deaths

80,335

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.9

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

446

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

440

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	154.50	174.42	43.3	43.0
1-4	25.94	26.19	49.3	49.8
5-9	10.25	9.66	50.4	51.1
10-14	4.41	4.63	47.9	48.5
15-19	6.21	5.17	44.0	44.6
20-24	8.49	6.45	40.3	40.7
25-29	8.58	7.41	36.9	37.0
30-34	8.08	8.75	33.4	33.3
35-39	11.45	10.69	29.7	29.6
40-44	12.29	12.87	26.3	26.1
45-49	15.29	16.28	22.8	22.7
50-54	20.10	21.94	19.4	19.4
55-59	25.28	28.35	16.2	16.4
60-64	49.19	49.24	13.0	13.5
65-69	54.93	51.65	10.9	11.5
70-74	76.63	64.98	8.6	9.2
75-79	120.54	107.23	6.5	6.8
80-84	169.12	168.85	5.1	4.9
85-89	236.46	258.03	3.9	3.6
90-94	325.80	352.82	2.9	2.7
95-99	434.02	466.86	2.3	2.1
100+	552.21	586.34	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1958

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