Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 55.4 years in 1968: 57.2 for women and 53.7 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 183,766 people died; 24.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

55.4

Women

57.2

Men

53.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

110.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

176.3

Deaths

183,766

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.4

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

262

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

208

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	112.00	127.98	57.2	53.7
1-4	19.12	19.58	62.8	59.8
5-9	2.27	3.21	63.6	60.5
10-14	1.45	2.16	59.3	56.4
15-19	1.73	2.92	54.7	52.0
20-24	2.13	3.74	50.2	47.7
25-29	2.49	3.46	45.7	43.6
30-34	3.09	3.62	41.2	39.3
35-39	3.90	4.40	36.8	35.0
40-44	5.04	5.77	32.5	30.7
45-49	6.39	7.97	28.3	26.5
50-54	9.06	11.63	24.1	22.5
55-59	12.83	17.11	20.1	18.7
60-64	21.38	26.72	16.3	15.1
65-69	34.60	41.64	12.8	11.9
70-74	59.81	67.71	9.7	9.1
75-79	97.22	107.35	7.3	6.8
80-84	150.67	168.30	5.3	4.9
85-89	234.54	266.64	3.8	3.4
90-94	369.05	412.61	2.6	2.4
95-99	538.20	589.40	1.8	1.7
100+	699.45	745.43	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1968

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