Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 71.1 years in 2001: 74.3 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 3,223,739 people died; 49.4% of them were 65 or older and 11.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

71.1

Women

74.3

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.0

Deaths

3,223,739

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

212

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

116

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	23.87	29.71	74.3	68.0
1-4	1.42	1.55	75.1	69.0
5-9	0.48	0.66	71.5	65.4
10-14	0.42	0.64	66.7	60.7
15-19	0.66	1.69	61.8	55.8
20-24	0.83	2.63	57.0	51.3
25-29	0.98	2.77	52.2	46.9
30-34	1.23	3.02	47.5	42.6
35-39	1.65	3.56	42.8	38.2
40-44	2.37	4.56	38.1	33.8
45-49	3.55	6.36	33.5	29.5
50-54	5.37	9.24	29.1	25.4
55-59	8.07	13.69	24.8	21.5
60-64	12.70	20.59	20.7	17.8
65-69	20.13	30.97	16.9	14.5
70-74	32.56	47.98	13.4	11.5
75-79	53.06	73.17	10.3	8.9
80-84	87.86	112.03	7.7	6.7
85-89	142.31	168.65	5.6	5.0
90-94	217.50	241.12	4.1	3.8
95-99	325.16	331.52	2.9	2.9
100+	488.19	459.09	2.1	2.2

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001

Year

Country