Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 59.8 years in 1985: 62.4 for women and 57.4 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 76,614 people died; 21.6% of them were 65 or older and 41.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

59.8

Women

62.4

Men

57.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

99.8

Deaths

76,614

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

319

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

220

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	72.39	84.56	62.4	57.4
1-4	6.80	7.17	66.0	61.3
5-9	2.30	2.34	63.8	59.0
10-14	1.23	1.45	59.5	54.7
15-19	1.67	2.55	54.9	50.1
20-24	2.57	4.99	50.3	45.7
25-29	2.81	5.60	45.9	41.8
30-34	3.54	6.32	41.5	37.9
35-39	5.04	7.49	37.2	34.0
40-44	5.70	8.15	33.1	30.2
45-49	7.43	10.34	29.0	26.4
50-54	9.23	13.89	25.0	22.7
55-59	11.76	17.29	21.1	19.1
60-64	19.35	25.13	17.2	15.6
65-69	27.33	38.95	13.7	12.3
70-74	53.89	64.06	10.3	9.4
75-79	88.54	99.82	7.7	7.1
80-84	141.47	160.12	5.6	5.1
85-89	220.45	249.52	4.1	3.7
90-94	312.32	347.93	3.0	2.8
95-99	424.07	463.91	2.3	2.1
100+	548.46	587.61	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1985

Year

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