Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 67.2 years in 1995: 68.9 for women and 65.6 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 153,368 people died; 39.6% of them were 65 or older and 24.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

68.9

Men

65.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.2

Deaths

153,368

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

191

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

149

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	40.74	47.49	68.9	65.6
1-4	3.78	3.89	70.8	67.7
5-9	0.81	0.99	67.8	64.7
10-14	0.60	0.81	63.1	60.1
15-19	0.90	1.53	58.3	55.3
20-24	1.11	1.95	53.5	50.7
25-29	1.31	1.82	48.8	46.2
30-34	1.68	1.95	44.1	41.6
35-39	2.30	2.51	39.4	36.9
40-44	3.24	3.58	34.9	32.4
45-49	4.65	5.57	30.4	27.9
50-54	6.86	8.95	26.0	23.6
55-59	10.12	14.51	21.9	19.6
60-64	16.43	23.60	17.9	15.9
65-69	27.26	38.00	14.2	12.5
70-74	47.69	61.36	10.9	9.6
75-79	81.12	98.03	8.1	7.2
80-84	129.83	153.43	5.9	5.2
85-89	202.17	243.46	4.3	3.7
90-94	318.20	377.38	3.0	2.5
95-99	469.24	543.72	2.1	1.8
100+	627.75	701.16	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 1995

Year

Country