Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 73.1 years in 1996: 76.4 for women and 69.7 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 267,056 people died; 62.7% of them were 65 or older and 6.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

73.1

Women

76.4

Men

69.7

Life expectancy at 65

16.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.8

Deaths

267,056

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

189

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

102

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	19.54	24.08	76.4	69.7
1-4	0.85	0.86	76.9	70.3
5-9	0.27	0.31	73.2	66.6
10-14	0.28	0.38	68.3	61.7
15-19	0.50	1.00	63.4	56.8
20-24	0.63	1.51	58.5	52.1
25-29	0.75	1.86	53.7	47.4
30-34	1.02	2.04	48.9	42.9
35-39	1.46	2.54	44.1	38.3
40-44	2.19	3.56	39.4	33.7
45-49	3.21	5.79	34.8	29.3
50-54	4.79	9.26	30.4	25.1
55-59	6.87	14.24	26.0	21.1
60-64	10.50	22.06	21.9	17.5
65-69	16.08	33.37	17.9	14.2
70-74	25.95	48.87	14.2	11.4
75-79	44.93	72.64	10.8	8.8
80-84	82.53	116.88	7.8	6.6
85-89	142.15	169.27	5.6	5.0
90-94	218.96	241.91	4.1	3.8
95-99	321.25	333.47	3.0	2.9
100+	453.12	447.97	2.2	2.2

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1996

Year

Country