Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 53.5 years in 1978: 59.4 for women and 48.4 for men, a gap of 11.1 years. 39,739 people died; 14.0% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

53.5

Women

59.4

Men

48.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.2

Deaths

39,739

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.9

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

464

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	97.33	116.49	59.5	48.4
1-4	11.07	12.14	64.4	53.2
5-9	2.53	4.23	63.2	51.7
10-14	1.34	2.57	59.0	47.8
15-19	1.74	5.46	54.4	43.4
20-24	2.45	10.35	49.8	39.5
25-29	3.03	11.19	45.4	36.5
30-34	3.69	11.20	41.1	33.4
35-39	4.68	11.98	36.8	30.2
40-44	5.83	13.30	32.6	26.9
45-49	7.43	15.89	28.5	23.6
50-54	9.80	19.46	24.5	20.4
55-59	14.13	25.89	20.6	17.2
60-64	21.19	34.62	16.9	14.2
65-69	33.55	49.93	13.5	11.4
70-74	51.54	71.53	10.5	8.9
75-79	82.11	106.68	7.8	6.8
80-84	141.36	171.50	5.5	4.9
85-89	232.61	269.19	3.9	3.4
90-94	327.82	376.55	2.9	2.6
95-99	447.25	508.60	2.2	1.9
100+	589.35	617.40	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1978

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