Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 71.0 years in 2006: 74.0 for women and 67.9 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 27,720 people died; 45.0% of them were 65 or older and 14.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

71.0

Women

74.0

Men

67.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.2

Deaths

27,720

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

225

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

126

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	20.69	26.72	74.0	67.9
1-4	1.20	1.37	74.5	68.7
5-9	0.32	0.48	70.8	65.1
10-14	0.40	0.58	66.0	60.3
15-19	0.67	1.32	61.1	55.4
20-24	0.88	2.37	56.3	50.8
25-29	0.97	2.71	51.5	46.4
30-34	1.22	3.03	46.8	41.9
35-39	1.80	3.74	42.0	37.6
40-44	2.43	5.39	37.4	33.2
45-49	4.06	7.64	32.8	29.0
50-54	6.22	10.80	28.4	25.1
55-59	8.66	13.96	24.2	21.3
60-64	13.72	19.55	20.2	17.7
65-69	19.67	28.66	16.4	14.2
70-74	30.39	44.81	12.9	11.0
75-79	54.59	76.30	9.6	8.2
80-84	101.85	131.31	6.8	5.8
85-89	181.49	217.52	4.7	4.1
90-94	277.23	315.87	3.3	3.0
95-99	398.99	434.55	2.4	2.3
100+	540.42	566.22	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 2006

Year

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