Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 50.8 years in 1979: 59.7 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 15.9 years. 44,648 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 42.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

50.8

Women

59.7

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

97.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

136.6

Deaths

44,648

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

580

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

236

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	94.66	114.13	59.7	43.8
1-4	10.59	11.73	64.5	48.0
5-9	2.39	4.16	63.2	46.2
10-14	1.28	2.70	59.0	42.1
15-19	1.73	8.30	54.3	37.7
20-24	2.49	18.00	49.8	34.1
25-29	3.06	18.97	45.4	32.1
30-34	3.73	17.92	41.0	30.1
35-39	4.81	17.69	36.7	27.7
40-44	6.17	18.27	32.6	25.0
45-49	7.71	20.49	28.5	22.2
50-54	9.98	23.55	24.5	19.3
55-59	14.14	30.19	20.7	16.4
60-64	20.86	38.66	17.0	13.6
65-69	32.96	54.25	13.6	11.0
70-74	50.60	76.14	10.5	8.7
75-79	80.89	110.71	7.9	6.6
80-84	140.18	178.14	5.6	4.7
85-89	231.91	282.29	3.9	3.3
90-94	326.94	398.41	2.9	2.4
95-99	445.74	545.94	2.2	1.8
100+	589.41	642.26	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1979

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