Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 56.1 years in 1989: 57.7 for women and 54.6 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 86,639 people died; 21.9% of them were 65 or older and 46.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

57.7

Men

54.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.4

Deaths

86,639

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.4

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

300

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

240

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	104.46	116.96	57.7	54.6
1-4	16.41	16.27	62.9	60.2
5-9	2.70	2.96	63.1	60.1
10-14	1.44	1.67	58.9	56.0
15-19	1.90	2.43	54.3	51.4
20-24	2.68	3.66	49.8	47.0
25-29	3.31	4.25	45.4	42.8
30-34	4.03	4.85	41.1	38.7
35-39	4.99	5.99	36.9	34.6
40-44	5.95	7.55	32.8	30.5
45-49	7.53	10.00	28.7	26.6
50-54	9.99	13.47	24.7	22.9
55-59	14.50	19.12	20.9	19.3
60-64	21.75	27.17	17.2	15.9
65-69	34.18	40.78	13.9	12.9
70-74	52.40	60.40	11.0	10.2
75-79	77.65	87.96	8.6	8.0
80-84	118.71	129.32	6.5	6.1
85-89	173.69	189.25	4.9	4.6
90-94	247.03	273.55	3.7	3.4
95-99	352.99	401.31	2.7	2.4
100+	473.75	544.78	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1989

Year

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