Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 54.7 years in 1981: 59.6 for women and 50.6 for men, a gap of 9.0 years. 86,029 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

59.6

Men

50.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.3

Deaths

86,029

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

451

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

246

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	84.27	97.61	59.6	50.6
1-4	8.66	9.05	63.7	54.7
5-9	3.01	2.85	61.9	52.6
10-14	1.52	1.73	57.8	48.3
15-19	2.33	4.64	53.2	43.7
20-24	3.09	10.58	48.8	39.7
25-29	3.58	12.25	44.5	36.7
30-34	4.22	12.38	40.3	33.9
35-39	5.95	13.44	36.1	30.9
40-44	7.50	13.68	32.1	27.9
45-49	7.79	14.60	28.2	24.7
50-54	9.45	17.79	24.3	21.3
55-59	12.46	20.39	20.3	18.1
60-64	22.46	32.87	16.5	14.7
65-69	32.09	43.20	13.1	11.9
70-74	58.05	66.06	9.9	9.2
75-79	93.93	105.39	7.5	6.8
80-84	146.96	167.43	5.5	5.0
85-89	224.97	258.93	4.0	3.6
90-94	316.43	356.25	3.0	2.7
95-99	427.48	469.63	2.3	2.1
100+	550.39	590.35	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1981

Year

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