Life expectancy at birth in Paraguay was 72.8 years in 2011: 75.5 for women and 70.2 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 30,287 people died; 50.5% of them were 65 or older and 10.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

72.8

Women

75.5

Men

70.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.1

Deaths

30,287

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

178

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

112

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	18.62	23.30	75.5	70.2
1-4	1.09	1.19	75.9	70.8
5-9	0.22	0.32	72.3	67.2
10-14	0.31	0.44	67.3	62.3
15-19	0.68	1.30	62.5	57.4
20-24	0.77	1.74	57.7	52.8
25-29	0.87	1.65	52.9	48.2
30-34	1.20	1.91	48.1	43.6
35-39	1.72	2.46	43.4	39.0
40-44	2.28	3.36	38.7	34.4
45-49	3.29	5.03	34.1	30.0
50-54	5.07	8.25	29.6	25.7
55-59	7.87	13.38	25.3	21.6
60-64	12.18	20.33	21.3	17.9
65-69	18.14	28.93	17.4	14.6
70-74	28.40	44.10	13.8	11.5
75-79	51.93	74.78	10.5	8.7
80-84	84.89	116.35	7.9	6.5
85-89	134.45	177.69	5.8	4.8
90-94	206.70	261.04	4.2	3.5
95-99	304.08	366.14	3.1	2.6
100+	432.69	492.71	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Paraguay by year

Mortality in Paraguay, 2011

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