Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 56.1 years in 1963: 58.3 for women and 54.0 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 2,919,679 people died; 19.1% of them were 65 or older and 47.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

58.3

Men

54.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

146.1

Deaths

2,919,679

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

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

317

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

244

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	104.18	123.37	58.3	54.0
1-4	11.26	12.11	63.6	59.9
5-9	2.31	2.65	62.4	58.8
10-14	1.58	1.81	58.1	54.5
15-19	2.24	2.73	53.5	50.0
20-24	3.03	3.93	49.1	45.7
25-29	3.54	4.34	44.8	41.5
30-34	4.09	4.97	40.6	37.4
35-39	5.02	6.22	36.4	33.2
40-44	5.87	7.85	32.2	29.2
45-49	7.42	10.47	28.1	25.3
50-54	10.29	14.83	24.1	21.5
55-59	14.38	20.67	20.2	18.0
60-64	22.94	31.46	16.5	14.6
65-69	33.54	44.87	13.2	11.7
70-74	55.29	70.23	10.2	9.0
75-79	89.44	109.97	7.6	6.8
80-84	145.87	169.63	5.5	5.0
85-89	219.95	246.53	4.1	3.7
90-94	315.61	340.92	3.0	2.8
95-99	429.77	445.11	2.3	2.2
100+	577.53	585.14	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1963

Year

Country