Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 80.0 years in 2014: 83.5 for women and 76.5 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 35,072 people died; 80.0% of them were 65 or older and 0.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

80.0

Women

83.5

Men

76.5

Life expectancy at 65

20.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

5.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

7.5

Deaths

35,072

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

139

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	5.03	6.68	83.5	76.5
1-4	0.40	0.41	83.0	76.0
5-9	0.09	0.12	79.1	72.1
10-14	0.06	0.12	74.1	67.1
15-19	0.13	0.44	69.2	62.2
20-24	0.21	0.98	64.2	57.3
25-29	0.29	1.31	59.3	52.6
30-34	0.41	1.77	54.3	47.9
35-39	0.63	2.23	49.4	43.3
40-44	0.91	2.80	44.6	38.8
45-49	1.55	4.16	39.8	34.3
50-54	2.58	6.62	35.1	29.9
55-59	3.82	9.67	30.5	25.9
60-64	5.98	14.10	26.0	22.0
65-69	9.49	18.60	21.7	18.4
70-74	15.00	25.65	17.7	15.0
75-79	28.06	39.96	13.8	11.7
80-84	50.90	71.04	10.5	8.7
85-89	83.54	116.11	7.9	6.4
90-94	137.79	186.68	5.7	4.6
95-99	218.11	287.14	4.1	3.2
100+	344.07	423.85	2.9	2.4

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 2014

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