Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 61.4 years in 1985: 64.1 for women and 58.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 6,908 people died; 35.4% of them were 65 or older and 22.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

61.4

Women

64.1

Men

58.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.6

Deaths

6,908

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

345

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

254

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	48.11	61.68	64.1	58.9
1-4	3.37	4.01	66.2	61.6
5-9	0.58	0.77	63.1	58.5
10-14	0.62	0.86	58.3	53.8
15-19	1.36	1.84	53.5	49.0
20-24	2.34	3.20	48.8	44.4
25-29	3.00	4.35	44.4	40.1
30-34	3.68	5.34	40.0	35.9
35-39	4.28	6.23	35.7	31.8
40-44	5.51	8.41	31.4	27.7
45-49	7.74	11.44	27.2	23.8
50-54	12.57	17.72	23.2	20.1
55-59	18.07	25.93	19.5	16.7
60-64	26.46	37.71	16.1	13.6
65-69	40.65	55.90	13.0	10.9
70-74	56.95	79.06	10.4	8.7
75-79	88.87	112.14	8.0	6.7
80-84	130.89	170.31	6.2	5.0
85-89	185.27	237.50	4.7	3.9
90-94	249.98	310.36	3.7	3.1
95-99	333.68	402.22	2.9	2.4
100+	435.41	503.75	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1985

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