Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 72.2 years in 2004: 75.3 for women and 69.1 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 3,287,283 people died; 51.7% of them were 65 or older and 9.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

72.2

Women

75.3

Men

69.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.9

Deaths

3,287,283

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

201

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	20.74	25.85	75.3	69.1
1-4	1.25	1.35	75.9	69.9
5-9	0.43	0.56	72.3	66.2
10-14	0.39	0.57	67.4	61.4
15-19	0.62	1.61	62.5	56.6
20-24	0.76	2.52	57.7	52.0
25-29	0.90	2.68	52.9	47.7
30-34	1.13	2.87	48.2	43.3
35-39	1.51	3.35	43.4	38.9
40-44	2.20	4.31	38.7	34.5
45-49	3.33	5.98	34.1	30.2
50-54	5.04	8.71	29.6	26.0
55-59	7.65	12.86	25.3	22.0
60-64	11.85	19.20	21.2	18.3
65-69	18.64	28.63	17.4	14.9
70-74	29.91	44.50	13.8	11.8
75-79	49.39	69.12	10.6	9.1
80-84	83.50	107.50	7.9	6.9
85-89	138.50	163.47	5.7	5.1
90-94	212.71	237.06	4.1	3.8
95-99	317.78	330.57	3.0	2.9
100+	475.13	465.66	2.1	2.2

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

Year

Country