Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 66.7 years in 1988: 69.6 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 3,004,981 people died; 37.8% of them were 65 or older and 24.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

69.6

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

47.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.5

Deaths

3,004,981

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

243

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

153

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	44.79	54.69	69.6	63.9
1-4	3.19	3.48	71.7	66.4
5-9	0.80	1.14	68.6	63.3
10-14	0.63	0.93	63.9	58.6
15-19	0.98	1.83	59.1	53.9
20-24	1.30	2.82	54.4	49.4
25-29	1.53	3.09	49.7	45.0
30-34	1.87	3.39	45.1	40.7
35-39	2.47	4.16	40.5	36.3
40-44	3.30	5.38	35.9	32.0
45-49	4.69	7.59	31.5	27.8
50-54	6.90	10.98	27.2	23.8
55-59	10.19	16.28	23.0	20.0
60-64	15.71	24.34	19.1	16.5
65-69	24.72	36.52	15.4	13.3
70-74	39.95	55.83	12.1	10.5
75-79	65.17	85.94	9.2	8.0
80-84	106.24	130.74	6.9	6.1
85-89	167.40	192.41	5.0	4.6
90-94	246.08	270.48	3.7	3.4
95-99	346.95	363.28	2.8	2.7
100+	482.74	489.17	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1988

Year

Country