Life expectancy at birth in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 66.6 years in 2012: 68.9 for women and 64.4 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 82,387 people died; 43.6% of them were 65 or older and 17.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

68.9

Men

64.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.7

Deaths

82,387

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

242

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

165

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	41.64	46.57	68.9	64.5
1-4	3.79	3.66	70.8	66.5
5-9	1.44	1.82	67.8	63.4
10-14	0.73	1.16	63.3	59.0
15-19	0.98	1.70	58.5	54.3
20-24	1.38	2.58	53.8	49.8
25-29	1.77	3.02	49.1	45.4
30-34	2.24	3.44	44.6	41.0
35-39	2.96	4.36	40.0	36.7
40-44	3.81	5.66	35.6	32.4
45-49	5.13	7.76	31.2	28.3
50-54	7.10	10.83	27.0	24.3
55-59	10.65	15.90	22.8	20.5
60-64	16.53	23.16	19.0	17.0
65-69	26.97	35.30	15.4	13.8
70-74	42.44	53.04	12.2	10.9
75-79	63.92	78.59	9.5	8.5
80-84	102.26	118.21	7.2	6.5
85-89	153.90	176.32	5.4	4.8
90-94	225.17	259.47	4.0	3.5
95-99	330.37	387.03	2.9	2.5
100+	455.42	531.83	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) by year

Mortality in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 2012

Year

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