Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 62.5 years in 2001: 64.7 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 83,701 people died; 36.5% of them were 65 or older and 28.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

62.5

Women

64.7

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.4

Deaths

83,701

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

269

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

192

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	65.78	73.84	64.7	60.5
1-4	7.42	7.33	68.1	64.0
5-9	1.85	2.30	66.1	61.9
10-14	0.96	1.38	61.6	57.6
15-19	1.28	2.02	56.9	52.9
20-24	1.79	3.05	52.3	48.5
25-29	2.27	3.56	47.7	44.2
30-34	2.83	4.06	43.2	39.9
35-39	3.64	5.07	38.8	35.7
40-44	4.56	6.50	34.5	31.5
45-49	5.98	8.78	30.2	27.5
50-54	8.15	12.05	26.1	23.6
55-59	12.07	17.41	22.0	19.9
60-64	18.48	25.07	18.2	16.5
65-69	29.73	37.94	14.8	13.3
70-74	46.32	56.64	11.7	10.6
75-79	69.32	83.25	9.1	8.2
80-84	108.96	123.90	6.9	6.3
85-89	162.18	183.15	5.2	4.7
90-94	234.62	267.27	3.8	3.4
95-99	340.79	395.50	2.8	2.5
100+	464.64	540.54	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 2001

Year

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