Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 63.3 years in 1991: 66.6 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 30,905 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 34.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

63.3

Women

66.6

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

69.6

Deaths

30,905

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

300

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	49.93	63.63	66.6	60.0
1-4	3.70	4.37	68.9	62.9
5-9	1.79	2.74	65.9	59.9
10-14	0.90	1.70	61.5	55.7
15-19	1.23	2.44	56.8	51.2
20-24	1.73	3.68	52.1	46.8
25-29	2.19	4.27	47.5	42.6
30-34	2.73	4.87	43.0	38.5
35-39	3.53	6.01	38.6	34.4
40-44	4.44	7.56	34.2	30.3
45-49	5.84	9.99	29.9	26.4
50-54	7.97	13.43	25.7	22.6
55-59	11.83	19.02	21.7	19.0
60-64	18.15	26.99	17.8	15.6
65-69	29.25	40.47	14.3	12.5
70-74	45.63	59.92	11.1	9.8
75-79	74.19	93.65	8.3	7.3
80-84	127.09	152.73	6.0	5.3
85-89	209.93	241.23	4.2	3.8
90-94	305.01	339.61	3.1	2.8
95-99	421.66	456.72	2.3	2.2
100+	552.55	582.24	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1991

Year

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