Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 56.5 years in 1971: 58.3 for women and 54.8 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 187,483 people died; 26.9% of them were 65 or older and 48.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

58.3

Men

54.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

161.1

Deaths

187,483

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

261

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

207

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	103.88	118.69	58.3	54.8
1-4	16.62	16.99	63.5	60.5
5-9	2.17	2.98	63.7	60.6
10-14	1.41	2.03	59.4	56.5
15-19	1.71	2.83	54.8	52.1
20-24	2.09	3.62	50.3	47.8
25-29	2.45	3.36	45.8	43.6
30-34	3.04	3.54	41.3	39.3
35-39	3.84	4.33	36.9	34.9
40-44	4.98	5.70	32.6	30.6
45-49	6.37	7.95	28.3	26.5
50-54	9.04	11.67	24.1	22.4
55-59	12.82	17.28	20.1	18.6
60-64	21.25	27.02	16.3	15.1
65-69	34.41	42.11	12.8	11.9
70-74	59.46	68.19	9.8	9.1
75-79	96.84	107.82	7.3	6.7
80-84	150.26	168.66	5.3	4.9
85-89	233.82	267.12	3.8	3.4
90-94	367.72	413.23	2.6	2.3
95-99	536.50	590.00	1.8	1.7
100+	697.79	746.10	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1971

Year

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