Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 70.7 years in 2012: 73.5 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 78,542 people died; 41.0% of them were 65 or older and 16.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

73.5

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.0

Deaths

78,542

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

230

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

132

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	23.50	29.63	73.5	68.0
1-4	1.46	1.63	74.2	69.0
5-9	0.35	0.41	70.6	65.5
10-14	0.41	0.55	65.8	60.6
15-19	0.81	1.80	60.9	55.8
20-24	0.93	2.78	56.1	51.2
25-29	1.17	3.35	51.4	46.9
30-34	1.50	4.04	46.7	42.7
35-39	2.01	4.95	42.0	38.5
40-44	2.67	6.15	37.4	34.4
45-49	3.88	7.55	32.9	30.4
50-54	6.15	9.88	28.4	26.4
55-59	9.21	11.78	24.3	22.7
60-64	13.29	17.06	20.3	18.9
65-69	19.46	23.77	16.5	15.3
70-74	29.93	34.58	12.9	11.9
75-79	53.14	62.84	9.6	8.7
80-84	102.15	121.52	6.7	6.0
85-89	185.67	219.59	4.6	4.1
90-94	281.77	319.58	3.3	3.0
95-99	403.25	440.27	2.4	2.2
100+	543.63	573.10	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 2012

Year

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