Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 67.0 years in 2001: 70.1 for women and 64.0 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 30,434 people died; 36.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

70.1

Men

64.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

36.5

Deaths

30,434

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

275

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	26.73	34.16	70.1	64.0
1-4	1.63	1.86	70.9	65.2
5-9	1.33	1.73	67.4	61.6
10-14	0.76	1.26	62.8	57.1
15-19	1.06	2.03	58.1	52.5
20-24	1.41	3.22	53.3	48.0
25-29	1.73	3.83	48.7	43.7
30-34	2.18	4.33	44.1	39.5
35-39	2.91	5.29	39.6	35.3
40-44	3.80	6.79	35.1	31.2
45-49	5.24	9.13	30.7	27.2
50-54	7.43	12.38	26.5	23.4
55-59	11.00	17.35	22.4	19.7
60-64	17.04	24.80	18.5	16.2
65-69	26.88	36.97	14.9	13.0
70-74	41.73	55.76	11.7	10.2
75-79	67.80	88.07	8.8	7.7
80-84	115.30	142.89	6.4	5.6
85-89	191.16	225.44	4.5	4.0
90-94	288.31	322.96	3.2	2.9
95-99	410.37	440.68	2.4	2.2
100+	549.75	569.54	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 2001

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