Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 59.1 years in 1954: 60.2 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 7,630 people died; 31.0% of them were 65 or older and 30.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

59.1

Women

60.2

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

84.0

Deaths

7,630

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

315

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

284

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	67.81	78.49	60.2	58.0
1-4	3.85	3.99	63.3	61.7
5-9	0.95	0.98	60.3	58.6
10-14	0.92	0.89	55.6	53.9
15-19	2.00	1.68	50.8	49.1
20-24	3.04	2.38	46.3	44.5
25-29	3.43	3.09	42.0	40.0
30-34	4.70	3.77	37.7	35.6
35-39	5.59	4.94	33.5	31.3
40-44	6.94	7.23	29.4	27.0
45-49	9.12	12.10	25.3	22.9
50-54	14.54	15.85	21.4	19.1
55-59	17.30	24.35	17.8	15.5
60-64	30.31	40.85	14.2	12.2
65-69	68.54	83.17	11.0	9.3
70-74	68.81	95.43	9.6	7.9
75-79	93.41	125.63	7.5	6.3
80-84	143.55	175.82	5.6	4.9
85-89	218.05	246.19	4.1	3.7
90-94	313.87	342.33	3.0	2.8
95-99	430.68	456.70	2.3	2.2
100+	560.04	579.04	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1954

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