Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 63.0 years in 1994: 66.1 for women and 60.2 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 6,247 people died; 36.2% of them were 65 or older and 19.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

63.0

Women

66.1

Men

60.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.5

Deaths

6,247

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

337

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

233

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	39.25	51.38	66.1	60.2
1-4	2.56	3.09	67.7	62.3
5-9	0.46	0.64	64.4	59.1
10-14	0.54	0.78	59.5	54.3
15-19	1.23	1.77	54.7	49.5
20-24	2.08	3.18	50.0	44.9
25-29	2.55	4.16	45.5	40.6
30-34	3.16	4.97	41.0	36.4
35-39	3.88	6.41	36.7	32.2
40-44	5.25	9.09	32.3	28.2
45-49	7.29	11.29	28.1	24.4
50-54	11.39	16.71	24.1	20.6
55-59	16.05	24.54	20.3	17.2
60-64	24.84	36.27	16.8	14.1
65-69	36.40	51.18	13.7	11.4
70-74	50.85	73.01	10.9	9.0
75-79	83.27	107.47	8.3	6.9
80-84	123.68	164.19	6.4	5.2
85-89	174.55	227.91	4.9	4.0
90-94	242.83	310.53	3.8	3.1
95-99	327.63	409.13	2.9	2.4
100+	434.12	520.67	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1994

Year

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