Life expectancy at birth in Peru was 73.3 years in 2011: 75.6 for women and 71.2 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 195,488 people died; 58.2% of them were 65 or older and 5.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

73.3

Women

75.6

Men

71.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

19.6

Deaths

195,488

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

183

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	13.91	17.40	75.6	71.2
1-4	1.02	1.10	75.6	71.5
5-9	0.49	0.68	71.9	67.8
10-14	0.44	0.55	67.1	63.0
15-19	0.73	1.28	62.2	58.2
20-24	0.83	1.91	57.5	53.5
25-29	1.09	2.33	52.7	49.0
30-34	1.40	2.61	48.0	44.5
35-39	1.77	3.19	43.3	40.1
40-44	2.50	3.86	38.6	35.7
45-49	3.83	5.29	34.1	31.4
50-54	5.61	7.61	29.7	27.1
55-59	9.27	12.34	25.5	23.1
60-64	12.98	18.10	21.6	19.4
65-69	19.78	24.83	17.8	16.0
70-74	30.59	38.45	14.4	12.7
75-79	47.10	59.23	11.4	9.9
80-84	72.61	92.19	8.7	7.5
85-89	113.93	147.06	6.5	5.4
90-94	181.52	229.99	4.7	3.9
95-99	277.63	342.97	3.3	2.8
100+	410.36	483.44	2.4	2.1

Mortality in Peru by year

Mortality in Peru, 2011

Year

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