Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 60.3 years in 1996: 62.2 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 82,976 people died; 29.5% of them were 65 or older and 37.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

62.2

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

119.2

Deaths

82,976

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

275

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

205

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	81.79	91.48	62.2	58.4
1-4	10.61	10.42	66.4	62.9
5-9	2.06	2.46	65.2	61.5
10-14	1.09	1.44	60.9	57.2
15-19	1.44	2.10	56.2	52.6
20-24	2.02	3.18	51.6	48.2
25-29	2.54	3.70	47.1	43.9
30-34	3.14	4.22	42.6	39.7
35-39	4.00	5.26	38.3	35.4
40-44	4.94	6.71	34.0	31.3
45-49	6.41	9.03	29.8	27.3
50-54	8.67	12.34	25.7	23.4
55-59	12.76	17.75	21.7	19.8
60-64	19.42	25.49	17.9	16.4
65-69	31.03	38.49	14.5	13.2
70-74	48.11	57.35	11.5	10.5
75-79	71.80	84.10	8.9	8.2
80-84	111.95	124.81	6.8	6.2
85-89	165.81	184.09	5.1	4.7
90-94	238.66	268.04	3.8	3.4
95-99	345.01	395.92	2.8	2.5
100+	468.25	540.22	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1996

Year

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