Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 60.3 years in 1981: 62.3 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 186,067 people died; 31.8% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

62.3

Men

58.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

82.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

121.7

Deaths

186,067

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

239

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	81.12	93.83	62.3	58.5
1-4	10.76	11.18	66.4	63.1
5-9	1.54	2.19	65.3	61.9
10-14	1.03	1.56	60.8	57.6
15-19	1.33	2.37	56.1	53.0
20-24	1.63	3.00	51.4	48.6
25-29	1.93	2.78	46.8	44.3
30-34	2.43	2.96	42.3	39.9
35-39	3.17	3.69	37.7	35.4
40-44	4.24	4.99	33.3	31.1
45-49	5.67	7.22	29.0	26.8
50-54	8.18	10.92	24.7	22.7
55-59	11.80	16.64	20.6	18.8
60-64	19.53	26.35	16.7	15.2
65-69	32.08	41.48	13.2	12.0
70-74	55.97	67.04	10.0	9.2
75-79	92.81	106.21	7.5	6.8
80-84	145.27	165.83	5.5	4.9
85-89	226.10	262.77	3.9	3.5
90-94	355.68	406.78	2.7	2.4
95-99	520.25	581.75	1.9	1.7
100+	681.29	738.23	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1981

Year

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