Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 46.6 years in 1963: 47.1 for women and 46.1 for men, a gap of 0.9 years. 79,224 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

46.6

Women

47.1

Men

46.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

135.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

205.6

Deaths

79,224

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.8

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

396

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

378

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	140.17	157.86	47.1	46.2
1-4	21.36	21.44	53.0	52.8
5-9	7.89	7.35	53.5	53.3
10-14	3.37	3.72	50.6	50.2
15-19	4.45	4.39	46.4	46.1
20-24	6.79	5.51	42.4	42.1
25-29	7.44	6.28	38.7	38.2
30-34	7.41	7.67	35.1	34.3
35-39	8.67	9.15	31.3	30.5
40-44	10.35	11.28	27.6	26.9
45-49	11.87	14.48	24.0	23.3
50-54	16.98	18.86	20.3	19.8
55-59	20.89	23.13	16.8	16.5
60-64	44.62	47.75	13.4	13.2
65-69	51.23	54.61	11.1	11.1
70-74	77.14	71.61	8.7	8.9
75-79	119.28	111.40	6.6	6.7
80-84	167.97	172.28	5.1	4.9
85-89	235.53	259.71	3.9	3.6
90-94	324.70	355.97	2.9	2.7
95-99	432.75	470.80	2.3	2.1
100+	550.96	590.88	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1963

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