Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 63.6 years in 1956: 66.9 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 164,781 people died; 36.5% of them were 65 or older and 22.2% 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

63.6

Women

66.9

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.2

Deaths

164,781

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

266

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

174

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	58.13	75.82	66.9	60.8
1-4	3.20	3.98	69.8	64.5
5-9	0.75	0.97	66.7	61.5
10-14	0.63	0.85	62.0	56.8
15-19	1.15	1.36	57.2	52.0
20-24	1.57	2.08	52.5	47.3
25-29	1.85	2.35	47.9	42.8
30-34	2.19	2.67	43.3	38.3
35-39	2.82	3.69	38.7	33.8
40-44	4.05	5.95	34.2	29.3
45-49	5.58	8.98	29.9	25.1
50-54	7.77	14.01	25.7	21.2
55-59	11.14	20.76	21.6	17.5
60-64	14.04	27.83	17.7	14.2
65-69	23.99	44.99	13.8	10.9
70-74	44.07	75.95	10.2	8.0
75-79	87.64	136.97	7.1	5.6
80-84	183.82	243.83	4.6	3.7
85-89	298.23	343.92	3.1	2.8
90-94	443.64	478.40	2.2	2.1
95-99	614.47	631.39	1.6	1.6
100+	760.05	760.28	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1956

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