Guatemala Mortality 2021: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 67.9 years in 2021: 71.0 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 121,582 people died; 49.5% of them were 65 or older and 7.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2021

Life expectancy at birth

67.9

Women

71.0

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.9

Deaths

121,582

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

287

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2021's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2021

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	16.77	21.45	71.0	64.9
1-4	0.99	1.10	71.2	65.3
5-9	0.29	0.37	67.4	61.6
10-14	0.38	0.43	62.5	56.7
15-19	0.74	1.31	57.6	51.8
20-24	0.93	2.54	52.8	47.2
25-29	1.10	3.02	48.1	42.7
30-34	1.61	3.51	43.3	38.3
35-39	2.50	4.88	38.7	34.0
40-44	3.81	7.21	34.1	29.8
45-49	5.74	10.04	29.7	25.8
50-54	8.69	14.12	25.5	21.9
55-59	13.50	21.01	21.5	18.4
60-64	20.83	30.30	17.8	15.1
65-69	29.47	40.49	14.5	12.2
70-74	41.40	61.15	11.4	9.3
75-79	66.37	93.79	8.5	6.8
80-84	123.37	180.95	5.8	4.4
85-89	232.21	358.32	3.8	2.6
90-94	390.39	584.84	2.5	1.7
95-99	576.05	786.18	1.7	1.3
100+	747.38	908.51	1.3	1.1

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 2021

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