Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 58.6 years in 1963: 61.2 for women and 56.3 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 6,530 people died; 28.4% of them were 65 or older and 31.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

58.6

Women

61.2

Men

56.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

83.3

Deaths

6,530

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

387

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

295

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	59.73	75.86	61.2	56.3
1-4	4.61	5.48	63.9	59.6
5-9	0.77	0.95	61.1	56.9
10-14	0.83	0.96	56.3	52.2
15-19	1.74	1.89	51.6	47.4
20-24	2.88	3.31	47.0	42.8
25-29	3.49	4.43	42.6	38.5
30-34	4.32	5.47	38.3	34.3
35-39	4.96	6.80	34.1	30.2
40-44	6.60	9.86	29.9	26.2
45-49	9.64	13.90	25.8	22.3
50-54	15.06	21.01	22.0	18.8
55-59	21.18	30.88	18.5	15.6
60-64	31.32	44.77	15.3	12.7
65-69	44.87	62.48	12.4	10.3
70-74	61.81	86.28	9.9	8.2
75-79	98.14	126.41	7.6	6.3
80-84	137.58	177.74	6.0	4.9
85-89	188.73	238.36	4.6	3.8
90-94	259.80	324.69	3.6	2.9
95-99	346.53	421.74	2.8	2.3
100+	452.69	532.03	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1963

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