Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 70.8 years in 2002: 72.7 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 152,965 people died; 49.1% of them were 65 or older and 13.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

72.7

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.8

Deaths

152,965

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.6

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

175

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

132

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	23.36	28.45	72.8	69.0
1-4	1.84	1.97	73.5	69.9
5-9	0.57	0.73	70.0	66.5
10-14	0.48	0.63	65.2	61.7
15-19	0.80	1.25	60.3	56.9
20-24	0.97	1.72	55.6	52.2
25-29	1.13	1.78	50.8	47.7
30-34	1.45	2.00	46.1	43.1
35-39	1.97	2.54	41.4	38.5
40-44	2.78	3.49	36.8	33.9
45-49	4.12	5.15	32.3	29.5
50-54	6.01	7.96	27.9	25.2
55-59	8.96	12.51	23.7	21.1
60-64	13.95	19.58	19.6	17.3
65-69	22.56	31.36	15.8	13.8
70-74	38.04	50.80	12.4	10.7
75-79	63.02	81.22	9.5	8.1
80-84	100.13	127.99	7.1	6.0
85-89	156.52	203.33	5.2	4.2
90-94	247.70	315.97	3.6	3.0
95-99	371.80	461.48	2.6	2.1
100+	520.21	615.84	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 2002

Year

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