Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 56.9 years in 1983: 63.2 for women and 51.3 for men, a gap of 11.9 years. 37,912 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

56.9

Women

63.2

Men

51.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

113.8

Deaths

37,912

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

435

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

199

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	80.26	99.06	63.2	51.3
1-4	7.58	8.76	67.3	55.5
5-9	1.77	3.51	65.4	53.4
10-14	0.97	2.16	60.9	49.3
15-19	1.33	4.84	56.2	44.8
20-24	1.90	9.48	51.6	40.8
25-29	2.38	10.25	47.0	37.7
30-34	2.95	10.27	42.6	34.5
35-39	3.84	10.89	38.2	31.2
40-44	4.89	12.10	33.8	27.8
45-49	6.29	14.48	29.6	24.4
50-54	8.41	17.78	25.5	21.0
55-59	12.26	23.84	21.5	17.7
60-64	18.52	32.07	17.7	14.7
65-69	29.66	46.57	14.1	11.8
70-74	46.12	67.24	11.0	9.2
75-79	75.91	102.10	8.2	6.9
80-84	132.73	165.18	5.8	5.0
85-89	221.09	259.65	4.1	3.5
90-94	311.66	364.86	3.0	2.6
95-99	422.07	488.58	2.3	2.0
100+	545.38	603.61	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1983

Year

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