Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 58.5 years in 1969: 61.0 for women and 56.2 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 2,956,838 people died; 22.9% of them were 65 or older and 42.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

61.0

Men

56.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

122.8

Deaths

2,956,838

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

302

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

222

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	88.38	105.51	61.0	56.2
1-4	8.61	9.34	65.5	61.3
5-9	1.97	2.32	63.8	59.6
10-14	1.32	1.60	59.4	55.3
15-19	1.87	2.42	54.7	50.7
20-24	2.51	3.50	50.2	46.3
25-29	2.96	3.91	45.8	42.1
30-34	3.52	4.51	41.5	37.8
35-39	4.42	5.85	37.2	33.6
40-44	5.21	7.32	32.9	29.6
45-49	6.80	10.08	28.7	25.6
50-54	9.40	14.00	24.6	21.8
55-59	13.41	20.19	20.7	18.2
60-64	20.90	29.88	17.0	14.8
65-69	32.76	45.46	13.5	11.8
70-74	52.21	68.98	10.5	9.2
75-79	83.88	106.06	7.9	6.9
80-84	137.67	162.66	5.7	5.1
85-89	211.72	240.13	4.2	3.8
90-94	309.88	342.35	3.0	2.8
95-99	426.44	456.14	2.3	2.2
100+	556.48	583.60	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1969

Year

Country