Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 70.7 years in 1987: 74.2 for women and 67.3 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 251,538 people died; 58.2% of them were 65 or older and 8.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

74.2

Men

67.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.9

Deaths

251,538

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

214

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	25.00	31.34	74.2	67.3
1-4	1.07	1.18	75.1	68.4
5-9	0.33	0.45	71.4	64.7
10-14	0.32	0.49	66.5	59.8
15-19	0.55	1.02	61.6	55.0
20-24	0.71	1.40	56.8	50.2
25-29	0.89	1.61	52.0	45.6
30-34	1.21	1.98	47.2	40.9
35-39	1.73	2.79	42.5	36.3
40-44	2.49	4.42	37.8	31.8
45-49	3.49	6.95	33.3	27.4
50-54	5.17	11.04	28.8	23.3
55-59	7.71	16.76	24.5	19.5
60-64	11.78	25.73	20.3	16.0
65-69	18.04	37.07	16.4	12.8
70-74	31.08	58.33	12.7	9.9
75-79	55.89	92.99	9.4	7.4
80-84	107.79	155.46	6.6	5.3
85-89	181.57	223.86	4.7	4.0
90-94	276.58	317.68	3.3	3.0
95-99	399.04	431.95	2.4	2.3
100+	540.51	557.91	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1987

Year

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