Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 68.5 years in 1994: 70.6 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 26,235 people died; 41.3% of them were 65 or older and 21.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

68.5

Women

70.6

Men

66.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.9

Deaths

26,235

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

211

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

149

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	29.73	36.52	70.6	66.5
1-4	1.89	2.07	71.7	68.0
5-9	0.75	0.69	68.2	64.5
10-14	0.63	0.67	63.5	59.7
15-19	0.98	1.62	58.7	54.9
20-24	1.13	2.20	53.9	50.3
25-29	1.29	2.11	49.2	45.9
30-34	1.67	2.34	44.5	41.3
35-39	2.35	2.98	39.9	36.8
40-44	3.22	4.15	35.3	32.3
45-49	4.66	6.23	30.8	27.9
50-54	6.83	9.91	26.5	23.7
55-59	10.22	15.70	22.3	19.8
60-64	16.33	24.32	18.4	16.2
65-69	26.60	36.60	14.7	13.0
70-74	43.73	57.51	11.4	10.0
75-79	73.72	92.78	8.6	7.6
80-84	118.30	142.58	6.4	5.6
85-89	184.30	215.91	4.7	4.1
90-94	271.62	308.06	3.4	3.1
95-99	380.87	419.38	2.5	2.3
100+	510.26	544.60	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 1994

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