Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 47.5 years in 1969: 49.0 for women and 46.2 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 87,671 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 46.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

47.5

Women

49.0

Men

46.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

119.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

176.0

Deaths

87,671

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

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

438

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

365

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	122.46	138.29	49.0	46.2
1-4	16.53	16.66	54.2	51.9
5-9	8.65	8.29	53.7	51.3
10-14	3.62	4.04	51.0	48.4
15-19	4.14	4.53	46.9	44.3
20-24	5.56	6.67	42.8	40.3
25-29	6.90	7.75	38.9	36.5
30-34	8.04	8.97	35.2	32.9
35-39	9.13	10.87	31.6	29.3
40-44	9.67	12.51	27.9	25.8
45-49	11.17	15.55	24.2	22.3
50-54	15.97	21.78	20.4	18.9
55-59	20.10	26.40	16.9	15.7
60-64	40.97	44.38	13.4	12.6
65-69	53.62	63.51	10.9	10.1
70-74	81.89	90.94	8.5	8.0
75-79	120.46	128.17	6.6	6.2
80-84	167.94	183.79	5.1	4.7
85-89	234.21	261.91	3.9	3.5
90-94	324.97	359.64	2.9	2.7
95-99	434.46	476.62	2.3	2.1
100+	554.57	597.55	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1969

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