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

South America

1954

Life expectancy: 52.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 52.2 years in 1954: 54.7 for women and 50.0 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 1,849,152 people died; 16.7% of them were 65 or older and 51.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

52.2

Women

54.7

Men

50.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

129.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

182.9

Deaths

1,849,152

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

353

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

272

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	130.28	153.89	54.7	50.0
1-4	15.37	16.64	61.0	57.1
5-9	2.64	3.19	60.8	56.8
10-14	2.01	2.26	56.6	52.7
15-19	2.81	3.47	52.1	48.3
20-24	3.66	4.96	47.8	44.1
25-29	4.17	5.20	43.6	40.1
30-34	4.79	5.80	39.5	36.1
35-39	5.63	7.04	35.4	32.1
40-44	6.74	9.04	31.3	28.2
45-49	8.40	11.89	27.3	24.4
50-54	11.46	16.52	23.4	20.7
55-59	15.79	22.95	19.6	17.3
60-64	23.56	33.01	16.0	14.0
65-69	36.13	49.14	12.7	11.1
70-74	59.09	76.26	9.7	8.5
75-79	96.55	119.74	7.2	6.3
80-84	158.77	185.27	5.2	4.6
85-89	238.68	269.96	3.8	3.4
90-94	345.91	381.95	2.8	2.5
95-99	468.68	509.43	2.1	1.9
100+	602.70	644.41	1.7	1.6

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1954

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