Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 41.4 years in 1953: 43.6 for women and 39.3 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 80,275 people died; 20.0% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

41.4

Women

43.6

Men

39.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

165.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

309.4

Deaths

80,275

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.8

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

441

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

353

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	171.57	199.19	43.6	39.3
1-4	47.18	50.74	50.5	46.6
5-9	5.30	6.53	56.4	52.4
10-14	2.85	3.40	52.9	49.1
15-19	3.81	4.78	48.6	44.9
20-24	5.39	7.14	44.5	40.9
25-29	6.40	8.14	40.6	37.3
30-34	7.50	9.28	36.9	33.8
35-39	8.68	10.93	33.2	30.2
40-44	9.54	12.98	29.6	26.8
45-49	11.30	16.06	25.9	23.4
50-54	14.34	20.10	22.2	20.2
55-59	20.06	26.71	18.7	17.0
60-64	29.03	36.12	15.4	14.1
65-69	43.78	52.53	12.4	11.4
70-74	65.18	75.58	9.8	9.1
75-79	94.81	106.37	7.7	7.2
80-84	138.17	149.52	5.9	5.5
85-89	196.20	210.74	4.5	4.2
90-94	270.98	293.96	3.4	3.2
95-99	376.49	417.51	2.6	2.3
100+	492.37	552.58	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1953

Year

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