Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 60.1 years in 1972: 62.6 for women and 57.9 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 6,850 people died; 31.7% of them were 65 or older and 27.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

60.1

Women

62.6

Men

57.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

57.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

73.7

Deaths

6,850

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

361

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

277

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	53.11	67.81	62.6	57.9
1-4	3.88	4.62	65.0	60.9
5-9	0.64	0.80	62.0	58.0
10-14	0.72	0.88	57.2	53.2
15-19	1.65	1.96	52.4	48.4
20-24	2.76	3.34	47.8	43.9
25-29	3.27	4.10	43.4	39.6
30-34	3.87	4.92	39.1	35.3
35-39	4.55	6.28	34.8	31.1
40-44	6.18	8.95	30.5	27.1
45-49	8.55	12.15	26.4	23.2
50-54	13.84	18.98	22.5	19.5
55-59	20.15	28.67	18.9	16.1
60-64	29.61	41.19	15.6	13.2
65-69	43.16	58.77	12.7	10.7
70-74	60.04	82.75	10.1	8.5
75-79	91.36	114.02	7.8	6.6
80-84	135.86	173.47	6.0	5.0
85-89	193.10	246.07	4.6	3.8
90-94	254.75	307.84	3.7	3.1
95-99	329.49	382.34	2.9	2.6
100+	422.01	466.90	2.4	2.1

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1972

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