Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 64.6 years in 1962: 68.3 for women and 61.5 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 183,577 people died; 40.9% of them were 65 or older and 19.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

68.3

Men

61.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

71.9

Deaths

183,577

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

259

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	54.29	70.81	68.3	61.5
1-4	2.91	3.57	71.0	64.9
5-9	0.76	0.90	67.8	61.8
10-14	0.59	0.76	63.1	57.1
15-19	1.02	1.44	58.3	52.3
20-24	1.33	2.07	53.6	47.6
25-29	1.60	2.34	48.9	43.1
30-34	1.99	2.81	44.3	38.6
35-39	2.60	3.93	39.7	34.1
40-44	3.40	5.65	35.2	29.7
45-49	4.65	8.39	30.7	25.5
50-54	6.68	13.32	26.4	21.5
55-59	9.76	19.82	22.2	17.8
60-64	13.28	27.97	18.2	14.4
65-69	22.67	44.30	14.2	11.1
70-74	40.21	72.36	10.6	8.3
75-79	80.06	128.43	7.4	5.8
80-84	168.56	230.28	4.9	3.9
85-89	273.85	325.94	3.4	2.9
90-94	408.02	454.37	2.4	2.2
95-99	568.99	602.27	1.7	1.7
100+	716.49	732.60	1.4	1.4

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1962

Year

Country