Life expectancy at birth in Panama was 77.4 years in 2014: 80.7 for women and 74.1 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 18,189 people died; 55.1% of them were 65 or older and 7.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

77.4

Women

80.7

Men

74.1

Life expectancy at 65

19.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.4

Deaths

18,189

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.7

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

142

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	12.37	15.20	80.7	74.1
1-4	0.93	0.98	80.7	74.3
5-9	0.26	0.39	77.0	70.5
10-14	0.36	0.44	72.1	65.7
15-19	0.55	1.43	67.2	60.8
20-24	0.64	2.03	62.4	56.2
25-29	0.67	2.34	57.6	51.8
30-34	0.95	2.43	52.8	47.4
35-39	1.14	2.61	48.0	42.9
40-44	1.40	2.75	43.3	38.4
45-49	2.05	3.82	38.5	33.9
50-54	3.18	5.16	33.9	29.5
55-59	4.89	7.95	29.4	25.2
60-64	7.90	11.80	25.1	21.2
65-69	11.30	19.52	21.0	17.3
70-74	17.60	30.14	17.0	13.8
75-79	30.22	48.44	13.4	10.6
80-84	53.99	84.38	10.1	7.8
85-89	99.20	143.60	7.5	5.7
90-94	140.89	210.33	5.8	4.2
95-99	202.44	301.73	4.4	3.1
100+	297.15	420.15	3.4	2.4

Mortality in Panama by year

Mortality in Panama, 2014

Year

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