Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 63.1 years in 1954: 66.2 for women and 60.4 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 161,795 people died; 35.7% of them were 65 or older and 22.9% 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

63.1

Women

66.2

Men

60.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

80.0

Deaths

161,795

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

267

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

182

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	60.13	78.43	66.2	60.5
1-4	3.38	4.19	69.2	64.3
5-9	0.88	1.07	66.1	61.3
10-14	0.74	0.80	61.4	56.7
15-19	1.17	1.43	56.6	51.9
20-24	1.66	2.06	52.0	47.2
25-29	1.99	2.37	47.4	42.7
30-34	2.31	2.84	42.8	38.2
35-39	2.95	3.89	38.3	33.7
40-44	4.28	6.04	33.8	29.3
45-49	5.98	9.28	29.5	25.1
50-54	8.25	13.83	25.3	21.2
55-59	11.64	20.40	21.3	17.5
60-64	14.58	27.63	17.4	14.1
65-69	24.85	45.14	13.5	10.8
70-74	46.68	77.91	9.9	7.9
75-79	91.88	140.00	6.9	5.5
80-84	190.23	245.01	4.4	3.7
85-89	309.39	346.19	3.0	2.8
90-94	460.77	482.52	2.1	2.0
95-99	636.09	637.21	1.6	1.6
100+	780.28	766.17	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1954

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