Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 58.3 years in 1981: 62.6 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 34,821 people died; 16.1% of them were 65 or older and 50.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

58.3

Women

62.6

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.2

Deaths

34,821

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

347

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

195

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	86.72	106.11	62.6	54.2
1-4	8.59	9.83	67.1	59.1
5-9	1.80	3.66	65.4	57.4
10-14	1.00	2.13	61.0	53.4
15-19	1.31	3.14	56.3	49.0
20-24	1.85	4.85	51.6	44.7
25-29	2.33	5.56	47.1	40.8
30-34	2.90	6.25	42.6	36.8
35-39	3.73	7.50	38.2	32.9
40-44	4.66	9.19	33.9	29.1
45-49	6.09	11.82	29.6	25.3
50-54	8.27	15.44	25.4	21.7
55-59	12.22	21.37	21.4	18.3
60-64	18.69	29.78	17.6	15.0
65-69	30.00	44.14	14.0	12.0
70-74	46.68	64.69	10.9	9.4
75-79	76.77	100.03	8.1	7.0
80-84	133.97	161.65	5.8	5.1
85-89	222.62	252.93	4.0	3.6
90-94	312.49	351.34	3.0	2.7
95-99	421.72	468.31	2.3	2.1
100+	543.42	590.70	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1981

Year

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