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

South America

1964

Life expectancy: 56.8

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 56.8 years in 1964: 59.4 for women and 54.4 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 1,938,721 people died; 20.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

56.8

Women

59.4

Men

54.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

142.2

Deaths

1,938,721

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

310

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

230

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	103.06	123.89	59.4	54.5
1-4	10.09	11.12	64.6	60.4
5-9	1.96	2.42	63.2	59.1
10-14	1.50	1.74	58.8	54.8
15-19	2.14	2.70	54.3	50.2
20-24	2.77	3.80	49.8	45.9
25-29	3.22	4.02	45.5	41.7
30-34	3.79	4.60	41.2	37.5
35-39	4.51	5.71	36.9	33.3
40-44	5.44	7.47	32.7	29.2
45-49	6.94	10.19	28.5	25.2
50-54	9.72	14.65	24.4	21.4
55-59	13.76	20.94	20.5	17.8
60-64	20.96	30.79	16.8	14.5
65-69	32.48	46.02	13.4	11.5
70-74	52.91	71.21	10.3	8.9
75-79	87.50	112.70	7.6	6.6
80-84	147.14	176.41	5.5	4.8
85-89	223.53	257.85	4.0	3.6
90-94	324.65	368.30	2.9	2.6
95-99	439.75	492.31	2.2	2.0
100+	559.53	614.59	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1964

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