Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 55.4 years in 1974: 58.6 for women and 52.3 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 33,593 people died; 14.1% of them were 65 or older and 53.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

55.4

Women

58.6

Men

52.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

147.1

Deaths

33,593

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

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

358

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

238

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	104.58	121.75	58.6	52.3
1-4	11.76	12.46	63.9	57.9
5-9	2.56	4.03	62.9	56.8
10-14	1.40	2.32	58.7	52.9
15-19	1.86	3.30	54.1	48.5
20-24	2.63	4.95	49.6	44.2
25-29	3.25	5.70	45.2	40.3
30-34	3.97	6.50	40.9	36.4
35-39	4.92	7.86	36.7	32.5
40-44	5.88	9.64	32.5	28.7
45-49	7.44	12.37	28.4	25.0
50-54	9.89	16.11	24.4	21.4
55-59	14.35	22.18	20.5	18.0
60-64	21.55	30.81	16.8	14.8
65-69	33.90	45.57	13.4	11.9
70-74	51.99	66.62	10.4	9.3
75-79	83.49	102.46	7.8	7.0
80-84	140.83	164.19	5.6	5.0
85-89	227.69	254.90	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.70	352.46	3.0	2.7
95-99	426.86	468.48	2.3	2.1
100+	547.50	590.49	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1974

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