Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 52.9 years in 1957: 55.1 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 2,896,441 people died; 17.2% of them were 65 or older and 50.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

52.9

Women

55.1

Men

50.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

173.8

Deaths

2,896,441

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.3

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

347

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

273

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	122.27	143.48	55.1	50.9
1-4	14.92	15.93	61.0	57.5
5-9	2.82	3.20	60.7	57.2
10-14	1.90	2.16	56.5	53.1
15-19	2.73	3.24	52.0	48.6
20-24	3.66	4.66	47.7	44.4
25-29	4.18	5.10	43.5	40.4
30-34	4.71	5.65	39.4	36.3
35-39	5.83	7.13	35.3	32.3
40-44	6.66	8.81	31.2	28.4
45-49	8.47	11.78	27.2	24.5
50-54	11.48	16.01	23.3	20.9
55-59	15.95	22.60	19.5	17.4
60-64	24.75	33.05	15.9	14.2
65-69	36.94	48.45	12.7	11.3
70-74	60.38	74.77	9.7	8.7
75-79	96.80	116.38	7.3	6.5
80-84	155.96	177.62	5.3	4.8
85-89	231.65	255.31	3.9	3.6
90-94	327.94	350.14	2.9	2.7
95-99	444.67	464.25	2.2	2.1
100+	586.10	616.98	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1957

Year

Country