Life expectancy at birth in Panama was 58.3 years in 1957: 59.5 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 11,041 people died; 24.7% of them were 65 or older and 37.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

58.3

Women

59.5

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

100.6

Deaths

11,041

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

292

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

264

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	67.42	79.07	59.5	57.2
1-4	8.25	8.72	62.6	60.8
5-9	2.75	3.12	60.6	58.9
10-14	1.64	2.01	56.4	54.8
15-19	2.55	2.24	51.9	50.3
20-24	3.38	3.52	47.5	45.8
25-29	4.14	3.65	43.3	41.6
30-34	5.19	4.59	39.1	37.3
35-39	5.93	5.79	35.1	33.1
40-44	7.10	7.47	31.1	29.0
45-49	8.27	9.32	27.1	25.0
50-54	10.14	13.08	23.1	21.1
55-59	14.50	19.31	19.2	17.3
60-64	23.81	30.63	15.5	13.8
65-69	37.47	46.32	12.1	10.7
70-74	61.33	77.92	9.1	7.8
75-79	106.65	138.42	6.4	5.4
80-84	196.89	252.95	4.2	3.5
85-89	357.57	470.01	2.7	2.1
90-94	541.49	637.66	1.8	1.6
95-99	742.07	808.86	1.3	1.2
100+	872.30	905.22	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Panama by year

Mortality in Panama, 1957

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