Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 60.3 years in 1956: 61.6 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 7,401 people died; 31.7% of them were 65 or older and 30.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

61.6

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

65.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.3

Deaths

7,401

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

295

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

262

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	63.29	73.49	61.6	59.2
1-4	3.48	3.61	64.6	62.6
5-9	0.85	0.89	61.5	59.5
10-14	0.80	0.97	56.7	54.7
15-19	1.37	1.36	51.9	50.0
20-24	2.31	2.08	47.3	45.3
25-29	2.65	2.51	42.8	40.7
30-34	3.75	3.11	38.3	36.2
35-39	4.72	4.48	34.0	31.7
40-44	6.23	6.59	29.7	27.4
45-49	8.31	10.94	25.6	23.2
50-54	14.01	14.76	21.6	19.4
55-59	17.40	23.94	18.0	15.7
60-64	28.47	38.10	14.4	12.4
65-69	66.17	83.55	11.1	9.4
70-74	69.08	93.72	9.6	8.0
75-79	93.71	122.46	7.5	6.4
80-84	143.06	172.94	5.6	4.9
85-89	216.31	244.12	4.1	3.7
90-94	311.77	340.47	3.0	2.8
95-99	428.30	455.12	2.3	2.2
100+	557.76	578.14	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1956

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