Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 44.3 years in 1956: 45.7 for women and 42.9 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 32,884 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 56.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

44.3

Women

45.7

Men

42.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

150.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

233.1

Deaths

32,884

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.8

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

463

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

401

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	158.12	179.11	45.7	42.9
1-4	25.52	25.95	52.2	50.0
5-9	6.77	6.81	53.6	51.2
10-14	3.49	3.78	50.4	47.9
15-19	4.90	5.23	46.2	43.8
20-24	6.96	7.80	42.3	39.9
25-29	8.12	8.88	38.7	36.4
30-34	9.37	10.12	35.2	32.9
35-39	10.54	11.85	31.7	29.5
40-44	11.22	13.96	28.3	26.1
45-49	12.95	17.11	24.8	22.8
50-54	16.13	21.22	21.3	19.6
55-59	22.23	27.95	17.9	16.6
60-64	31.69	37.54	14.7	13.7
65-69	47.00	54.36	11.8	11.0
70-74	69.16	77.89	9.2	8.6
75-79	103.57	114.81	7.1	6.6
80-84	158.02	174.51	5.2	4.9
85-89	235.73	258.87	3.9	3.6
90-94	325.26	352.93	2.9	2.7
95-99	433.82	466.29	2.3	2.1
100+	552.43	584.97	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1956

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