Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 59.6 years in 1979: 61.4 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 189,623 people died; 32.1% of them were 65 or older and 42.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

61.4

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

128.7

Deaths

189,623

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.2

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

240

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

190

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	85.37	98.41	61.4	58.0
1-4	11.72	12.13	65.8	62.8
5-9	1.69	2.30	64.8	61.8
10-14	1.12	1.63	60.4	57.5
15-19	1.43	2.42	55.7	53.0
20-24	1.76	3.06	51.1	48.6
25-29	2.08	2.82	46.5	44.3
30-34	2.60	2.99	41.9	39.9
35-39	3.36	3.72	37.5	35.5
40-44	4.46	5.02	33.0	31.1
45-49	5.89	7.23	28.7	26.8
50-54	8.46	10.89	24.5	22.7
55-59	12.15	16.56	20.5	18.8
60-64	20.10	26.22	16.6	15.2
65-69	32.88	41.28	13.1	12.0
70-74	57.20	66.90	9.9	9.2
75-79	94.38	106.15	7.4	6.8
80-84	147.36	165.93	5.4	4.9
85-89	229.32	262.95	3.9	3.5
90-94	360.73	407.06	2.7	2.4
95-99	527.01	582.20	1.9	1.7
100+	688.09	738.66	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1979

Year

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