Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

South America

1953

Life expectancy: 51.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 51.8 years in 1953: 54.2 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 1,839,724 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 51.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

54.2

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.8

Deaths

1,839,724

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

360

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	132.83	156.79	54.2	49.5
1-4	15.91	17.22	60.7	56.6
5-9	2.71	3.28	60.5	56.5
10-14	2.07	2.34	56.3	52.4
15-19	2.92	3.58	51.9	48.0
20-24	3.77	5.11	47.6	43.8
25-29	4.30	5.38	43.5	39.9
30-34	4.93	5.98	39.4	35.9
35-39	5.79	7.26	35.3	31.9
40-44	6.85	9.27	31.3	28.0
45-49	8.49	12.18	27.3	24.2
50-54	11.58	16.88	23.3	20.6
55-59	15.91	23.37	19.6	17.2
60-64	23.85	33.56	16.0	14.0
65-69	36.47	49.76	12.7	11.1
70-74	59.44	76.93	9.7	8.5
75-79	97.01	120.55	7.2	6.3
80-84	159.46	187.10	5.2	4.6
85-89	240.26	273.00	3.8	3.4
90-94	349.87	387.05	2.7	2.5
95-99	477.19	519.09	2.1	1.9
100+	621.74	664.58	1.6	1.5

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1953

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