Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 72.2 years in 2011: 75.2 for women and 69.2 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 9,343 people died; 51.2% of them were 65 or older and 4.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

72.2

Women

75.2

Men

69.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.7

Deaths

9,343

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

190

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	17.25	21.24	75.2	69.2
1-4	0.67	0.71	75.5	69.7
5-9	0.21	0.21	71.7	65.9
10-14	0.23	0.38	66.8	61.0
15-19	0.49	1.44	61.9	56.1
20-24	0.76	2.65	57.0	51.4
25-29	0.95	2.62	52.2	47.1
30-34	1.29	2.82	47.5	42.7
35-39	1.77	3.02	42.8	38.3
40-44	2.48	3.87	38.1	33.8
45-49	3.63	5.47	33.6	29.4
50-54	4.84	8.45	29.1	25.1
55-59	6.91	11.81	24.8	21.1
60-64	11.17	19.64	20.5	17.2
65-69	19.43	30.88	16.6	13.8
70-74	30.95	50.91	13.0	10.6
75-79	52.59	83.06	9.7	8.0
80-84	97.48	133.03	6.9	5.8
85-89	173.31	209.42	4.7	4.2
90-94	267.90	307.34	3.2	3.1
95-99	586.54	425.95	1.7	2.3
100+	1829.49	559.13	0.6	1.8

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 2011

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