Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 67.3 years in 2014: 71.2 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 5,907 people died; 40.9% of them were 65 or older and 9.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 60-64. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

67.3

Women

71.2

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.9

Deaths

5,907

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

306

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	24.59	32.52	71.2	63.8
1-4	1.41	1.68	71.9	64.9
5-9	0.26	0.36	68.3	61.4
10-14	0.32	0.48	63.4	56.5
15-19	0.74	1.12	58.5	51.6
20-24	1.32	2.26	53.7	46.9
25-29	1.71	3.22	49.1	42.4
30-34	2.19	4.06	44.5	38.0
35-39	2.70	5.38	39.9	33.7
40-44	3.62	7.73	35.4	29.6
45-49	5.14	10.35	31.0	25.7
50-54	8.49	15.47	26.8	21.9
55-59	12.68	23.35	22.8	18.4
60-64	19.45	33.86	19.1	15.4
65-69	28.13	43.99	15.8	12.8
70-74	39.05	60.26	12.8	10.3
75-79	61.03	85.54	10.1	8.1
80-84	94.57	133.41	7.8	6.1
85-89	134.73	183.72	6.0	4.7
90-94	188.30	253.84	4.7	3.6
95-99	259.82	341.34	3.6	2.8
100+	358.40	448.53	2.8	2.2

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 2014

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