Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 55.7 years in 1962: 57.9 for women and 53.6 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 2,904,227 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

55.7

Women

57.9

Men

53.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

150.2

Deaths

2,904,227

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

320

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

247

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	106.99	126.45	57.9	53.6
1-4	11.75	12.63	63.2	59.6
5-9	2.36	2.69	62.2	58.6
10-14	1.62	1.84	57.9	54.4
15-19	2.30	2.79	53.4	49.9
20-24	3.13	4.03	48.9	45.5
25-29	3.63	4.45	44.7	41.4
30-34	4.17	5.06	40.4	37.3
35-39	5.11	6.33	36.2	33.2
40-44	5.97	7.95	32.1	29.1
45-49	7.54	10.60	28.0	25.2
50-54	10.41	14.92	24.0	21.4
55-59	14.56	20.86	20.1	17.9
60-64	23.10	31.52	16.5	14.6
65-69	33.98	45.17	13.2	11.7
70-74	55.68	70.49	10.1	9.0
75-79	90.18	110.45	7.6	6.7
80-84	147.15	170.39	5.5	5.0
85-89	221.10	246.58	4.0	3.7
90-94	315.44	338.62	3.0	2.8
95-99	427.85	443.10	2.3	2.2
100+	573.46	588.69	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1962

Year

Country