Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 58.5 years in 1953: 61.1 for women and 55.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 18,533 people died; 28.8% of them were 65 or older and 37.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

61.1

Men

55.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

101.4

Deaths

18,533

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

336

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

244

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	72.05	88.26	61.1	55.9
1-4	6.53	7.43	64.6	60.0
5-9	2.11	2.54	62.3	57.7
10-14	1.51	1.79	57.9	53.5
15-19	2.27	3.16	53.3	48.9
20-24	2.81	4.52	48.9	44.6
25-29	3.23	4.52	44.6	40.6
30-34	3.85	4.99	40.2	36.5
35-39	4.76	6.20	36.0	32.3
40-44	5.98	8.17	31.8	28.3
45-49	7.68	11.24	27.7	24.3
50-54	10.56	16.00	23.6	20.6
55-59	14.88	22.94	19.8	17.1
60-64	23.02	34.57	16.1	13.9
65-69	36.20	51.53	12.8	11.0
70-74	60.22	78.69	9.8	8.5
75-79	96.86	118.66	7.4	6.5
80-84	149.48	176.14	5.5	4.8
85-89	222.24	255.51	4.0	3.6
90-94	310.31	349.07	3.1	2.8
95-99	417.05	460.42	2.3	2.1
100+	536.63	578.54	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 1953

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