Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 42.2 years in 1956: 44.4 for women and 40.1 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 81,652 people died; 19.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

42.2

Women

44.4

Men

40.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

162.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

301.0

Deaths

81,652

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.9

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

433

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

346

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	168.59	195.08	44.4	40.1
1-4	45.21	48.08	51.3	47.4
5-9	5.10	6.30	56.8	52.8
10-14	2.74	3.29	53.3	49.5
15-19	3.66	4.63	49.0	45.2
20-24	5.18	6.92	44.8	41.2
25-29	6.16	7.89	40.9	37.6
30-34	7.24	9.00	37.1	34.0
35-39	8.41	10.63	33.4	30.5
40-44	9.29	12.66	29.7	27.0
45-49	11.06	15.71	26.0	23.6
50-54	14.08	19.73	22.3	20.3
55-59	19.74	26.29	18.8	17.1
60-64	28.62	35.63	15.5	14.2
65-69	43.28	51.89	12.5	11.5
70-74	64.56	74.77	9.9	9.1
75-79	94.02	105.40	7.7	7.2
80-84	137.43	148.45	5.9	5.6
85-89	195.50	209.59	4.5	4.2
90-94	270.53	292.83	3.4	3.2
95-99	376.52	416.49	2.6	2.3
100+	493.27	551.91	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1956

Year

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