Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 63.7 years in 1981: 66.6 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 2,978,536 people died; 31.1% of them were 65 or older and 31.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

66.6

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.5

Deaths

2,978,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

269

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	59.97	72.35	66.6	61.0
1-4	4.75	5.16	69.7	64.4
5-9	1.06	1.40	67.0	61.7
10-14	0.82	1.13	62.3	57.2
15-19	1.27	2.13	57.6	52.5
20-24	1.69	3.39	52.9	48.0
25-29	1.97	3.65	48.4	43.8
30-34	2.38	3.98	43.8	39.5
35-39	3.10	4.93	39.3	35.3
40-44	4.00	6.30	34.9	31.1
45-49	5.44	8.61	30.5	27.0
50-54	7.82	12.22	26.3	23.1
55-59	11.10	17.45	22.3	19.4
60-64	17.31	26.22	18.4	15.9
65-69	27.06	39.18	14.8	12.8
70-74	44.16	60.38	11.6	10.0
75-79	70.67	91.45	8.8	7.7
80-84	115.34	140.18	6.5	5.7
85-89	178.71	207.23	4.8	4.2
90-94	262.19	298.75	3.5	3.1
95-99	373.94	436.35	2.6	2.2
100+	512.48	595.24	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1981

Year

Country