Life expectancy at birth in Panama was 70.9 years in 1988: 73.8 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 11,983 people died; 44.5% of them were 65 or older and 17.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

70.9

Women

73.8

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.6

Deaths

11,983

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

184

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

114

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	22.72	28.38	73.8	68.3
1-4	1.86	2.05	74.5	69.2
5-9	0.56	0.76	71.0	65.8
10-14	0.49	0.61	66.2	61.0
15-19	0.74	1.47	61.4	56.2
20-24	0.82	2.10	56.6	51.6
25-29	1.12	2.49	51.8	47.1
30-34	1.34	2.62	47.1	42.7
35-39	1.77	3.14	42.4	38.2
40-44	2.44	3.97	37.8	33.8
45-49	3.36	5.27	33.2	29.4
50-54	4.80	7.79	28.7	25.1
55-59	7.82	11.79	24.3	21.0
60-64	12.41	18.74	20.2	17.1
65-69	19.22	28.36	16.3	13.6
70-74	31.55	47.91	12.7	10.3
75-79	55.15	85.53	9.5	7.3
80-84	103.27	158.89	6.7	5.0
85-89	189.10	295.43	4.5	3.2
90-94	287.65	398.07	3.2	2.4
95-99	418.93	526.89	2.3	1.9
100+	564.88	648.93	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Panama by year

Mortality in Panama, 1988

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