Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 68.8 years in 2006: 72.0 for women and 65.6 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 75,746 people died; 35.5% of them were 65 or older and 21.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

72.0

Men

65.6

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

40.9

Deaths

75,746

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.7

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

264

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	30.15	37.40	72.0	65.7
1-4	1.98	2.20	73.2	67.1
5-9	0.49	0.59	69.8	63.7
10-14	0.46	0.66	64.9	58.9
15-19	0.93	2.13	60.1	54.1
20-24	1.21	3.56	55.4	49.6
25-29	1.44	4.36	50.7	45.4
30-34	1.82	5.06	46.0	41.4
35-39	2.43	6.15	41.4	37.4
40-44	3.23	7.43	36.9	33.5
45-49	4.34	8.63	32.5	29.6
50-54	6.62	10.45	28.1	25.8
55-59	9.69	13.52	24.0	22.1
60-64	14.01	18.16	20.0	18.5
65-69	21.12	25.32	16.3	15.0
70-74	29.64	36.90	12.8	11.6
75-79	53.35	66.58	9.5	8.5
80-84	105.02	126.94	6.6	5.9
85-89	193.64	226.41	4.5	4.0
90-94	290.19	326.41	3.2	2.9
95-99	410.92	446.46	2.4	2.2
100+	548.70	577.40	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 2006

Year

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