Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 48.8 years in 1963: 50.2 for women and 47.3 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 32,843 people died; 11.7% of them were 65 or older and 55.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

48.8

Women

50.2

Men

47.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

195.7

Deaths

32,843

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.8

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

409

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

348

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	136.13	154.75	50.2	47.3
1-4	18.97	19.39	56.3	53.9
5-9	5.19	5.28	56.6	54.1
10-14	2.68	2.97	53.1	50.5
15-19	3.73	4.17	48.7	46.2
20-24	5.28	6.25	44.6	42.1
25-29	6.26	7.15	40.7	38.4
30-34	7.35	8.16	36.9	34.7
35-39	8.50	9.69	33.2	31.0
40-44	9.35	11.64	29.6	27.4
45-49	11.09	14.59	25.9	23.9
50-54	14.08	18.51	22.2	20.5
55-59	19.69	24.91	18.6	17.3
60-64	28.51	34.00	15.3	14.2
65-69	43.01	49.74	12.2	11.4
70-74	64.07	71.98	9.6	8.9
75-79	97.73	108.67	7.3	6.7
80-84	153.09	170.25	5.3	4.9
85-89	233.43	259.12	3.9	3.6
90-94	323.71	355.44	2.9	2.7
95-99	432.79	470.49	2.3	2.1
100+	552.49	590.77	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1963

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