Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 72.3 years in 2006: 74.6 for women and 70.2 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 172,172 people died; 54.4% of them were 65 or older and 9.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

72.3

Women

74.6

Men

70.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.1

Deaths

172,172

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

181

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	17.78	22.22	74.6	70.2
1-4	1.33	1.46	74.9	70.8
5-9	0.47	0.65	71.3	67.2
10-14	0.47	0.60	66.5	62.4
15-19	0.84	1.20	61.6	57.6
20-24	1.01	1.90	56.9	52.9
25-29	1.16	2.34	52.2	48.4
30-34	1.46	2.72	47.5	43.9
35-39	1.92	3.31	42.8	39.5
40-44	2.69	4.21	38.2	35.1
45-49	4.08	5.40	33.7	30.8
50-54	5.68	7.69	29.3	26.6
55-59	8.39	11.17	25.1	22.5
60-64	12.56	16.17	21.0	18.7
65-69	19.87	26.26	17.2	15.0
70-74	32.36	42.96	13.7	11.8
75-79	51.77	68.85	10.7	9.0
80-84	81.31	109.54	8.1	6.7
85-89	127.27	173.70	6.0	4.8
90-94	202.18	270.18	4.3	3.4
95-99	307.15	398.66	3.1	2.4
100+	445.18	546.60	2.3	1.8

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 2006

Year

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