Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 71.4 years in 2004: 73.7 for women and 69.4 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 164,048 people died; 52.0% of them were 65 or older and 10.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

71.4

Women

73.7

Men

69.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.5

Deaths

164,048

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

180

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

131

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	20.22	24.97	73.7	69.4
1-4	1.55	1.68	74.2	70.1
5-9	0.52	0.73	70.6	66.6
10-14	0.48	0.62	65.8	61.8
15-19	0.82	1.24	60.9	57.0
20-24	1.00	1.82	56.2	52.3
25-29	1.17	2.09	51.5	47.8
30-34	1.48	2.35	46.7	43.3
35-39	1.97	2.91	42.1	38.8
40-44	2.73	3.85	37.5	34.3
45-49	4.17	5.34	32.9	29.9
50-54	5.87	7.95	28.6	25.6
55-59	8.83	12.17	24.3	21.6
60-64	13.25	18.26	20.3	17.8
65-69	21.40	29.21	16.5	14.2
70-74	35.11	47.99	13.1	11.0
75-79	56.71	77.35	10.1	8.4
80-84	89.22	122.76	7.7	6.1
85-89	139.59	194.80	5.6	4.4
90-94	221.42	302.68	4.0	3.1
95-99	334.62	443.24	2.8	2.2
100+	477.37	596.02	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 2004

Year

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