Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 61.6 years in 1976: 64.2 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 2,968,705 people died; 27.2% of them were 65 or older and 36.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

61.6

Women

64.2

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

98.9

Deaths

2,968,705

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

278

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

196

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	72.03	86.49	64.2	59.2
1-4	6.29	6.82	67.9	63.4
5-9	1.46	1.77	65.6	61.1
10-14	1.08	1.33	61.0	56.6
15-19	1.57	2.19	56.3	52.0
20-24	2.09	3.27	51.8	47.5
25-29	2.42	3.60	47.3	43.3
30-34	2.84	3.99	42.8	39.0
35-39	3.73	5.19	38.4	34.7
40-44	4.56	6.59	34.1	30.6
45-49	6.09	9.16	29.8	26.5
50-54	8.40	12.84	25.6	22.6
55-59	11.97	18.22	21.6	19.0
60-64	18.77	27.51	17.8	15.5
65-69	29.32	41.03	14.3	12.4
70-74	47.24	62.97	11.2	9.7
75-79	75.67	96.61	8.5	7.4
80-84	122.31	147.67	6.2	5.5
85-89	189.89	219.32	4.5	4.1
90-94	281.52	317.57	3.3	3.0
95-99	396.14	444.06	2.5	2.2
100+	514.59	569.41	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1976

Year

Country