Life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 74.0 years in 2011: 77.5 for women and 70.7 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 1,141,132 people died; 51.8% of them were 65 or older and 4.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

74.0

Women

77.5

Men

70.7

Life expectancy at 65

17.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.2

Deaths

1,141,132

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

201

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	14.05	18.01	77.5	70.7
1-4	0.56	0.62	77.6	70.9
5-9	0.23	0.30	73.8	67.1
10-14	0.27	0.43	68.9	62.2
15-19	0.51	1.93	64.0	57.3
20-24	0.60	2.72	59.1	52.9
25-29	0.73	2.67	54.3	48.5
30-34	1.00	2.90	49.5	44.2
35-39	1.37	3.37	44.7	39.8
40-44	2.06	4.40	40.0	35.4
45-49	3.04	5.96	35.4	31.1
50-54	4.46	8.54	30.9	27.0
55-59	6.58	12.24	26.5	23.1
60-64	9.85	17.52	22.3	19.4
65-69	15.40	25.34	18.3	15.9
70-74	24.07	38.17	14.6	12.7
75-79	43.00	61.67	11.1	9.8
80-84	76.81	94.92	8.2	7.5
85-89	133.32	145.10	5.9	5.6
90-94	207.52	213.21	4.2	4.2
95-99	307.13	300.16	3.1	3.1
100+	438.83	415.51	2.3	2.4

Mortality in Brazil by year

Mortality in Brazil, 2011

Year

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