Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Colombia

1991

Life expectancy: 68.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Colombia was 68.8 years in 1991: 73.4 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 8.9 years. 195,293 people died; 36.9% of them were 65 or older and 15.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

73.4

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.6

Deaths

195,293

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

267

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	24.88	32.04	73.4	64.5
1-4	1.62	1.87	74.2	65.6
5-9	0.41	0.57	70.7	62.1
10-14	0.43	0.71	65.8	57.2
15-19	0.83	3.13	60.9	52.4
20-24	1.03	5.57	56.2	48.2
25-29	1.11	5.67	51.5	44.5
30-34	1.30	5.42	46.7	40.7
35-39	1.85	5.76	42.0	36.8
40-44	2.47	5.82	37.4	32.8
45-49	3.66	6.79	32.8	28.7
50-54	6.31	10.08	28.4	24.6
55-59	9.40	13.77	24.2	20.7
60-64	15.70	23.22	20.2	17.0
65-69	21.93	32.57	16.7	13.8
70-74	37.87	54.65	13.3	10.7
75-79	54.20	79.93	10.6	8.3
80-84	85.88	125.19	8.1	6.2
85-89	129.05	184.88	6.1	4.7
90-94	189.23	264.66	4.6	3.5
95-99	268.38	363.30	3.5	2.7
100+	378.26	482.35	2.6	2.1

Mortality in Colombia by year

Mortality in Colombia, 1991

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