Life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 60.0 years in 1976: 62.4 for women and 57.7 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 1,023,714 people died; 22.8% of them were 65 or older and 39.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

62.4

Men

57.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

89.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

111.4

Deaths

1,023,714

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

286

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

217

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	85.32	105.16	62.4	57.7
1-4	5.67	6.56	66.9	63.0
5-9	1.51	1.96	64.3	60.6
10-14	1.27	1.48	59.8	56.2
15-19	1.89	2.36	55.2	51.6
20-24	2.53	3.38	50.7	47.2
25-29	2.91	3.59	46.3	42.9
30-34	3.37	4.07	41.9	38.6
35-39	4.01	5.06	37.6	34.4
40-44	4.96	6.72	33.3	30.2
45-49	6.54	9.26	29.1	26.1
50-54	9.27	13.33	25.0	22.3
55-59	13.36	19.47	21.0	18.6
60-64	20.69	29.15	17.3	15.3
65-69	32.57	43.75	13.9	12.2
70-74	53.35	67.12	10.9	9.6
75-79	81.35	99.05	8.5	7.5
80-84	118.51	140.86	6.6	5.8
85-89	171.98	200.17	5.0	4.4
90-94	241.91	277.89	3.8	3.4
95-99	329.56	372.16	2.9	2.6
100+	439.33	484.10	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Brazil by year

Mortality in Brazil, 1976

Year

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