Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 70.3 years in 2001: 72.1 for women and 68.6 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 150,792 people died; 48.1% of them were 65 or older and 14.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

70.3

Women

72.1

Men

68.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.3

Deaths

150,792

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.6

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

173

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	25.22	30.50	72.1	68.6
1-4	2.03	2.16	72.9	69.7
5-9	0.58	0.72	69.5	66.3
10-14	0.48	0.62	64.7	61.5
15-19	0.78	1.24	59.9	56.7
20-24	0.95	1.65	55.1	52.0
25-29	1.12	1.65	50.3	47.4
30-34	1.44	1.83	45.6	42.8
35-39	1.98	2.36	40.9	38.2
40-44	2.81	3.32	36.3	33.6
45-49	4.17	5.06	31.8	29.1
50-54	6.13	8.02	27.4	24.8
55-59	9.14	12.87	23.2	20.7
60-64	14.41	20.52	19.1	16.9
65-69	23.57	33.04	15.4	13.5
70-74	40.34	53.47	11.9	10.4
75-79	67.90	85.65	9.0	7.8
80-84	108.77	134.84	6.7	5.8
85-89	169.80	214.16	4.9	4.1
90-94	268.17	332.57	3.4	2.8
95-99	400.53	484.13	2.4	2.0
100+	552.73	640.12	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 2001

Year

Country