Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 57.6 years in 1986: 64.1 for women and 51.7 for men, a gap of 12.4 years. 38,135 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 38.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

57.6

Women

64.1

Men

51.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

73.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.6

Deaths

38,135

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

449

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

202

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	69.38	86.27	64.1	51.7
1-4	6.03	7.00	67.6	55.3
5-9	1.83	3.22	65.2	52.8
10-14	0.96	2.06	60.8	48.6
15-19	1.35	5.16	56.1	44.1
20-24	1.95	10.57	51.4	40.2
25-29	2.43	11.33	46.9	37.2
30-34	3.02	11.12	42.5	34.2
35-39	3.94	11.52	38.1	31.0
40-44	5.02	12.54	33.8	27.7
45-49	6.42	14.80	29.6	24.4
50-54	8.53	17.95	25.4	21.0
55-59	12.39	23.95	21.4	17.8
60-64	18.63	32.00	17.6	14.7
65-69	29.79	46.29	14.1	11.8
70-74	46.28	66.67	11.0	9.3
75-79	75.81	100.95	8.2	7.0
80-84	131.62	164.14	5.8	5.0
85-89	218.57	259.25	4.1	3.5
90-94	310.78	366.50	3.0	2.6
95-99	422.98	495.97	2.3	2.0
100+	548.31	608.98	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1986

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