Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 62.4 years in 1969: 64.3 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 22,189 people died; 37.1% of them were 65 or older and 31.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

62.4

Women

64.3

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.7

Deaths

22,189

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

269

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

209

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	57.75	69.16	64.3	60.5
1-4	4.67	5.06	67.1	63.7
5-9	1.50	1.72	64.3	61.0
10-14	1.10	1.27	59.8	56.5
15-19	1.68	2.32	55.1	51.8
20-24	2.08	3.15	50.5	47.4
25-29	2.41	3.06	46.0	43.1
30-34	2.94	3.36	41.6	38.7
35-39	3.76	4.27	37.1	34.3
40-44	4.91	5.84	32.8	30.0
45-49	6.57	8.49	28.6	25.8
50-54	9.24	12.73	24.4	21.8
55-59	13.23	19.21	20.5	18.1
60-64	20.69	29.85	16.7	14.7
65-69	33.10	45.88	13.2	11.6
70-74	55.89	71.48	10.1	9.0
75-79	91.62	110.13	7.6	6.8
80-84	143.57	165.97	5.6	5.0
85-89	216.52	246.46	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.50	341.70	3.1	2.8
95-99	415.61	454.81	2.4	2.2
100+	538.56	576.10	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 1969

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