Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 75.8 years in 2012: 78.7 for women and 72.9 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 325,447 people died; 70.1% of them were 65 or older and 3.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

75.8

Women

78.7

Men

72.9

Life expectancy at 65

17.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.2

Deaths

325,447

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

151

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	11.36	13.68	78.7	72.9
1-4	0.47	0.46	78.6	72.9
5-9	0.19	0.21	74.7	69.0
10-14	0.21	0.32	69.8	64.1
15-19	0.51	1.13	64.9	59.2
20-24	0.57	1.59	60.0	54.5
25-29	0.61	1.48	55.2	49.9
30-34	0.86	1.62	50.3	45.2
35-39	1.18	1.88	45.5	40.6
40-44	1.70	2.65	40.8	35.9
45-49	2.78	4.15	36.1	31.4
50-54	4.29	6.76	31.6	27.0
55-59	6.49	11.37	27.2	22.8
60-64	9.71	17.60	23.0	19.0
65-69	14.40	26.61	19.0	15.5
70-74	22.46	40.42	15.3	12.4
75-79	36.80	61.89	11.8	9.6
80-84	68.50	106.26	8.6	7.1
85-89	120.67	149.16	6.2	5.5
90-94	199.58	217.59	4.3	4.1
95-99	306.60	304.78	3.1	3.1
100+	450.98	419.22	2.2	2.4

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 2012

Year

Country