Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 49.9 years in 1952: 52.1 for women and 47.9 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 2,901,815 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 51.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

49.9

Women

52.1

Men

47.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

135.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

199.8

Deaths

2,901,815

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.4

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

378

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	138.33	161.65	52.1	48.0
1-4	18.82	20.03	58.6	55.1
5-9	3.52	3.95	59.0	55.5
10-14	2.31	2.58	55.0	51.5
15-19	3.28	3.85	50.6	47.2
20-24	4.27	5.47	46.4	43.0
25-29	4.89	5.95	42.3	39.2
30-34	5.45	6.57	38.3	35.3
35-39	6.64	8.20	34.3	31.4
40-44	7.57	9.98	30.4	27.6
45-49	9.56	13.18	26.4	23.8
50-54	12.75	17.78	22.6	20.3
55-59	17.00	23.75	18.9	16.9
60-64	26.98	35.43	15.4	13.8
65-69	39.35	50.81	12.2	10.9
70-74	64.98	79.53	9.4	8.4
75-79	102.49	121.81	7.0	6.3
80-84	163.04	185.96	5.1	4.6
85-89	243.83	271.64	3.7	3.4
90-94	353.54	383.52	2.7	2.5
95-99	489.34	521.81	2.0	1.9
100+	649.06	687.24	1.5	1.5

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1952

Year

Country