Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 55.8 years in 1969: 57.7 for women and 54.1 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 185,241 people died; 25.2% of them were 65 or older and 51.0% 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

55.8

Women

57.7

Men

54.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.9

Deaths

185,241

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

261

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

206

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	109.15	124.69	57.7	54.1
1-4	18.22	18.63	63.1	60.0
5-9	2.20	3.12	63.8	60.5
10-14	1.41	2.11	59.4	56.5
15-19	1.69	2.89	54.8	52.0
20-24	2.08	3.70	50.3	47.7
25-29	2.45	3.42	45.8	43.6
30-34	3.03	3.60	41.3	39.3
35-39	3.83	4.38	36.9	35.0
40-44	4.97	5.75	32.6	30.7
45-49	6.33	7.97	28.3	26.5
50-54	8.99	11.65	24.2	22.5
55-59	12.75	17.17	20.1	18.7
60-64	21.24	26.83	16.3	15.1
65-69	34.41	41.81	12.8	11.9
70-74	59.54	67.88	9.8	9.1
75-79	96.93	107.52	7.3	6.8
80-84	150.33	168.44	5.3	4.9
85-89	234.01	266.83	3.8	3.4
90-94	368.17	412.90	2.6	2.4
95-99	536.96	589.65	1.8	1.7
100+	698.23	745.71	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1969

Year

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