Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 67.7 years in 1991: 70.8 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 3,049,824 people died; 40.6% of them were 65 or older and 20.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

67.7

Women

70.8

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.9

Deaths

3,049,824

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

238

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

142

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	39.22	48.06	70.8	64.7
1-4	2.69	2.92	72.6	66.9
5-9	0.74	1.03	69.4	63.6
10-14	0.59	0.88	64.6	58.9
15-19	0.87	1.84	59.8	54.2
20-24	1.12	2.85	55.1	49.7
25-29	1.33	3.06	50.4	45.3
30-34	1.64	3.39	45.7	41.0
35-39	2.21	4.09	41.0	36.7
40-44	3.01	5.25	36.5	32.4
45-49	4.32	7.33	32.0	28.2
50-54	6.47	10.62	27.6	24.1
55-59	9.65	15.73	23.4	20.3
60-64	15.12	23.88	19.5	16.7
65-69	23.59	35.50	15.8	13.5
70-74	38.17	54.42	12.4	10.7
75-79	62.00	83.24	9.5	8.2
80-84	101.35	126.79	7.1	6.2
85-89	160.88	186.12	5.2	4.7
90-94	238.04	259.87	3.8	3.6
95-99	340.03	349.61	2.8	2.7
100+	485.32	472.50	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1991

Year

Country