Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 66.9 years in 1989: 68.7 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 26,339 people died; 39.3% of them were 65 or older and 24.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

66.9

Women

68.7

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.4

Deaths

26,339

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

219

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

170

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	35.35	42.85	68.7	65.2
1-4	2.37	2.56	70.1	67.0
5-9	0.94	0.92	66.8	63.7
10-14	0.74	0.78	62.1	59.0
15-19	1.17	1.69	57.3	54.2
20-24	1.42	2.32	52.6	49.6
25-29	1.65	2.23	48.0	45.2
30-34	2.06	2.43	43.4	40.7
35-39	2.78	3.09	38.8	36.1
40-44	3.79	4.33	34.3	31.6
45-49	5.38	6.57	29.9	27.3
50-54	7.73	10.32	25.6	23.1
55-59	11.32	16.30	21.6	19.2
60-64	17.77	25.75	17.7	15.6
65-69	28.92	40.10	14.1	12.4
70-74	48.69	63.26	10.8	9.6
75-79	81.11	99.67	8.1	7.2
80-84	129.92	152.38	6.0	5.4
85-89	200.68	231.09	4.4	3.9
90-94	292.06	326.86	3.2	2.9
95-99	404.15	440.61	2.4	2.2
100+	532.88	565.45	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 1989

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