Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 70.3 years in 2011: 73.2 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 78,475 people died; 40.1% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

70.3

Women

73.2

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.4

Deaths

78,475

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.3

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

238

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

135

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	24.55	30.87	73.2	67.5
1-4	1.55	1.73	74.0	68.6
5-9	0.36	0.43	70.4	65.1
10-14	0.42	0.59	65.5	60.2
15-19	0.82	1.90	60.7	55.4
20-24	0.97	2.94	55.9	50.9
25-29	1.21	3.59	51.2	46.6
30-34	1.58	4.34	46.5	42.4
35-39	2.08	5.15	41.8	38.3
40-44	2.70	6.37	37.2	34.2
45-49	4.04	7.90	32.7	30.2
50-54	6.24	10.03	28.3	26.3
55-59	9.37	12.21	24.1	22.6
60-64	13.40	17.35	20.1	18.8
65-69	19.97	23.69	16.4	15.3
70-74	30.79	34.79	12.8	11.9
75-79	54.04	63.36	9.5	8.7
80-84	103.40	122.37	6.7	6.0
85-89	187.20	220.78	4.6	4.0
90-94	283.45	320.79	3.3	3.0
95-99	405.07	441.52	2.4	2.2
100+	545.14	574.19	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 2011

Year

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