Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 61.8 years in 1966: 64.0 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 21,426 people died; 35.3% of them were 65 or older and 33.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

61.8

Women

64.0

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.8

Deaths

21,426

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

280

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

212

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	59.27	72.30	64.0	59.7
1-4	4.85	5.42	66.8	63.1
5-9	1.56	1.84	64.1	60.4
10-14	1.14	1.35	59.6	56.0
15-19	1.73	2.45	54.9	51.3
20-24	2.15	3.36	50.4	46.9
25-29	2.49	3.29	45.9	42.7
30-34	3.02	3.62	41.4	38.3
35-39	3.86	4.57	37.0	34.0
40-44	5.01	6.21	32.7	29.7
45-49	6.68	8.94	28.5	25.6
50-54	9.37	13.27	24.3	21.6
55-59	13.40	19.84	20.4	17.9
60-64	20.94	30.67	16.6	14.5
65-69	33.45	46.86	13.2	11.5
70-74	56.39	72.73	10.1	8.9
75-79	92.28	111.59	7.6	6.7
80-84	144.28	167.66	5.6	5.0
85-89	217.48	247.86	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.86	342.65	3.1	2.8
95-99	415.32	455.13	2.4	2.2
100+	537.35	575.64	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 1966

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