Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 41.9 years in 1952: 43.2 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 32,449 people died; 9.5% of them were 65 or older and 57.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

41.9

Women

43.2

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

255.8

Deaths

32,449

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.0

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

491

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

429

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	170.37	193.60	43.2	40.5
1-4	29.85	30.56	49.9	47.8
5-9	7.59	7.71	52.0	49.7
10-14	3.95	4.25	48.9	46.6
15-19	5.55	5.84	44.9	42.5
20-24	7.88	8.71	41.0	38.7
25-29	9.13	9.87	37.6	35.3
30-34	10.47	11.26	34.2	32.0
35-39	11.66	13.07	30.9	28.7
40-44	12.25	15.26	27.6	25.5
45-49	14.00	18.50	24.2	22.3
50-54	17.32	22.66	20.8	19.2
55-59	23.73	29.53	17.5	16.2
60-64	33.63	39.34	14.3	13.4
65-69	49.55	56.68	11.5	10.7
70-74	72.56	80.82	9.0	8.5
75-79	107.30	118.01	6.9	6.5
80-84	160.61	177.20	5.2	4.8
85-89	235.84	260.14	3.9	3.6
90-94	324.45	353.62	2.9	2.7
95-99	431.91	467.27	2.3	2.1
100+	549.57	585.65	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1952

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