Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 61.2 years in 1998: 63.2 for women and 59.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 83,227 people died; 32.5% of them were 65 or older and 33.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

61.2

Women

63.2

Men

59.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

108.2

Deaths

83,227

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

272

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

201

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	75.10	84.10	63.2	59.4
1-4	9.20	9.04	67.0	63.4
5-9	2.00	2.39	65.5	61.7
10-14	1.06	1.41	61.1	57.4
15-19	1.39	2.06	56.4	52.8
20-24	1.95	3.11	51.8	48.3
25-29	2.45	3.62	47.3	44.0
30-34	3.04	4.13	42.8	39.8
35-39	3.88	5.16	38.4	35.6
40-44	4.81	6.59	34.1	31.4
45-49	6.27	8.88	29.9	27.4
50-54	8.50	12.17	25.8	23.5
55-59	12.53	17.55	21.8	19.8
60-64	19.12	25.24	18.0	16.4
65-69	30.61	38.15	14.6	13.3
70-74	47.54	56.90	11.6	10.6
75-79	70.98	83.54	9.0	8.2
80-84	111.00	124.18	6.8	6.3
85-89	164.68	183.37	5.1	4.7
90-94	237.44	267.30	3.8	3.4
95-99	343.81	395.21	2.8	2.5
100+	467.38	539.75	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1998

Year

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