Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 64.2 years in 1991: 66.5 for women and 62.1 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 169,890 people died; 33.9% of them were 65 or older and 30.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

64.2

Women

66.5

Men

62.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.5

Deaths

169,890

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

235

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

164

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	53.22	61.63	66.6	62.1
1-4	5.69	5.84	69.1	65.0
5-9	1.11	1.49	66.7	62.5
10-14	0.80	1.14	62.0	57.9
15-19	1.10	2.08	57.3	53.2
20-24	1.36	2.79	52.6	48.8
25-29	1.60	2.66	47.9	44.4
30-34	2.02	2.84	43.3	40.0
35-39	2.69	3.54	38.7	35.5
40-44	3.69	4.81	34.2	31.1
45-49	5.13	7.09	29.8	26.8
50-54	7.45	10.86	25.5	22.7
55-59	10.85	16.87	21.3	18.8
60-64	17.67	26.74	17.4	15.2
65-69	29.19	42.01	13.8	12.0
70-74	50.98	66.70	10.5	9.2
75-79	85.71	104.58	7.8	6.9
80-84	136.23	162.33	5.7	5.0
85-89	212.39	257.44	4.1	3.5
90-94	334.08	398.72	2.8	2.4
95-99	490.88	571.27	2.0	1.7
100+	650.62	728.17	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1991

Year

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