Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 54.9 years in 1987: 56.4 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 87,893 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 47.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

54.9

Women

56.4

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.2

Deaths

87,893

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.1

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

310

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

253

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	110.32	123.70	56.4	53.4
1-4	18.18	17.99	61.8	59.3
5-9	2.95	3.17	62.3	59.5
10-14	1.57	1.77	58.2	55.5
15-19	2.08	2.57	53.6	50.9
20-24	2.93	3.87	49.2	46.6
25-29	3.60	4.49	44.9	42.4
30-34	4.37	5.12	40.6	38.3
35-39	5.36	6.30	36.5	34.3
40-44	6.33	7.90	32.4	30.3
45-49	7.94	10.40	28.4	26.4
50-54	10.47	13.92	24.4	22.7
55-59	15.13	19.64	20.6	19.1
60-64	22.59	27.79	17.0	15.8
65-69	35.31	41.59	13.7	12.8
70-74	53.93	61.45	10.9	10.2
75-79	79.73	89.23	8.5	7.9
80-84	121.11	130.64	6.4	6.1
85-89	176.49	190.52	4.9	4.5
90-94	250.01	274.48	3.7	3.4
95-99	355.96	401.52	2.7	2.4
100+	475.96	543.71	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1987

Year

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