Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 57.7 years in 1952: 58.7 for women and 56.7 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 7,883 people died; 30.0% of them were 65 or older and 30.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

57.7

Women

58.7

Men

56.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.1

Deaths

7,883

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

340

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	72.64	83.87	58.7	56.7
1-4	4.27	4.42	62.1	60.6
5-9	1.17	1.20	59.1	57.6
10-14	1.05	1.03	54.4	53.0
15-19	2.62	2.00	49.7	48.2
20-24	3.93	2.89	45.3	43.7
25-29	4.15	3.79	41.2	39.3
30-34	5.68	4.39	37.0	35.0
35-39	6.44	5.68	33.0	30.7
40-44	7.88	8.14	29.0	26.5
45-49	10.39	13.02	25.0	22.5
50-54	15.10	17.91	21.2	18.9
55-59	18.42	25.18	17.7	15.4
60-64	32.94	44.26	14.2	12.1
65-69	62.83	79.19	11.2	9.5
70-74	69.38	94.88	9.5	7.9
75-79	96.76	127.70	7.4	6.3
80-84	146.55	178.12	5.5	4.8
85-89	220.00	248.43	4.1	3.7
90-94	316.11	344.46	3.0	2.8
95-99	433.23	458.97	2.3	2.1
100+	562.40	581.02	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1952

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