Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 63.6 years in 1963: 65.4 for women and 62.0 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 7,194 people died; 33.5% of them were 65 or older and 27.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

65.4

Men

62.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.9

Deaths

7,194

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

263

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	50.20	58.52	65.4	62.0
1-4	2.54	2.63	67.8	64.6
5-9	0.55	0.72	64.4	61.3
10-14	0.43	0.85	59.6	56.5
15-19	0.84	1.31	54.7	51.7
20-24	1.35	1.66	49.9	47.0
25-29	1.73	2.18	45.3	42.4
30-34	2.42	2.50	40.6	37.9
35-39	3.19	3.58	36.1	33.3
40-44	4.69	5.60	31.6	28.8
45-49	6.95	9.02	27.3	24.6
50-54	10.85	14.62	23.2	20.6
55-59	15.30	20.37	19.3	17.0
60-64	23.10	32.84	15.7	13.5
65-69	45.42	59.16	12.3	10.5
70-74	65.92	87.99	9.8	8.2
75-79	92.80	123.20	7.6	6.4
80-84	139.85	171.45	5.7	5.0
85-89	209.84	239.75	4.2	3.8
90-94	305.46	336.61	3.1	2.8
95-99	422.97	451.64	2.3	2.2
100+	555.06	575.74	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1963

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