Life expectancy in Peru

Life expectancy in Peru: 46 years in 1950 and 77.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 77.7 years
Since 1950: +31.7 years
Rank, 2023: 77 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 88.4 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.4 years in 2100, between 81.4 years and 95.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1940: 37 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Peru	World
2023	77.7	73.2
2022	76.8	72.6
2021	71.6	70.9
2020	73.8	71.9
2019	76.3	72.6
2018	76	72.4
2017	76	72.1
2016	76	71.9
2015	75.7	71.6
2014	75.3	71.4
2013	74.6	71.1
2012	74	70.8
2011	73.3	70.4
2010	72.9	70.1
2009	72.6	69.7
2008	72.7	69.3
2007	72.8	69
2006	72.3	68.6
2005	72	68.1
2004	71.5	67.7
2003	71.3	67.4
2002	70.8	67.1
2001	70.3	66.8
2000	69.8	66.4
1999	69.3	66
1998	68.7	65.7
1997	68.3	65.5
1996	67.9	65.2
1995	67.2	64.9
1994	66.5	64.3
1993	65.7	64.4
1992	65	64.3
1991	64.3	64.1
1990	64	64
1989	63.4	63.8
1988	63	63.4
1987	62.5	63.2
1986	62.2	62.7
1985	61.7	62.2
1984	61.1	61.9
1983	60.8	61.5
1982	60.6	61.3
1981	60.3	60.9
1980	60	60.5
1979	59.6	60.2
1978	59.3	59.5
1977	58.9	59.2
1976	58.6	58.6
1975	58.2	58.3
1974	57.8	58.1
1973	57.3	57.7
1972	57	57.2
1971	56.5	56
1970	47.7	56.3
1969	55.8	56
1968	55.4	55.6
1967	54.9	55.1
1966	54.4	54.6
1965	53.9	54
1964	53.3	54.3
1963	52.6	53.7
1962	51.5	53.2
1961	51.2	50.4
1960	50.6	47.8
1959	50	49.6
1958	49.5	51.6
1957	48.9	51.1
1956	48.4	50.7
1955	47.9	50.2
1954	47.5	49.7
1953	47.1	48.8
1952	46.8	48.2
1951	46.5	47.1
1950	46	46.4
1940	37	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Peru	World
2024	77.976.9–79	73.3
2025	78.176.6–79.6	73.5
2026	78.376.5–80.1	73.8
2027	78.576.4–80.6	73.9
2028	78.776.2–80.9	74.1
2029	78.976.2–81.3	74.2
2030	7976.2–81.8	74.4
2031	79.276.1–82	74.5
2032	79.476–82.2	74.7
2033	79.676–82.7	74.8
2034	79.776.1–82.9	75
2035	79.975.9–83.1	75.1
2036	80.176.1–83.5	75.3
2037	80.276.2–83.8	75.4
2038	80.476.1–83.9	75.5
2039	80.676.1–84.3	75.7
2040	80.776.1–84.5	75.8
2041	80.976.3–84.7	75.9
2042	81.176.3–85	76.1
2043	81.276.2–85.1	76.2
2044	81.476.5–85.5	76.3
2045	81.576.4–85.7	76.5
2046	81.776.6–86	76.6
2047	81.976.8–86.1	76.7
2048	8276.9–86.3	76.8
2049	82.276.9–86.6	76.9
2050	82.377–86.9	77
2051	82.576.9–87.1	77.1
2052	82.677.1–87.4	77.2
2053	82.877.2–87.4	77.3
2054	82.977.2–87.7	77.4
2055	83.177.3–87.8	77.6
2056	83.277.3–88.1	77.7
2057	83.477.2–88.1	77.8
2058	83.577.4–88.3	77.9
2059	83.677.4–88.6	78
2060	83.877.5–88.8	78.1
2061	83.977.4–89	78.2
2062	84.177.4–89.3	78.3
2063	84.277.7–89.4	78.4
2064	84.377.7–89.7	78.5
2065	84.577.8–89.7	78.6
2066	84.677.8–89.9	78.7
2067	84.777.9–90.2	78.8
2068	84.877.9–90.4	78.9
2069	8577.9–90.4	79
2070	85.178.2–90.6	79.1
2071	85.278.3–90.7	79.2
2072	85.378.3–90.8	79.3
2073	85.578.6–91	79.4
2074	85.678.4–91.3	79.4
2075	85.778.6–91.6	79.5
2076	85.878.6–91.8	79.6
2077	85.978.7–91.9	79.7
2078	8678.9–92	79.8
2079	86.179.1–92.3	79.9
2080	86.379.3–92.5	80
2081	86.479.3–92.6	80.1
2082	86.579.3–92.9	80.2
2083	86.679.6–93.2	80.3
2084	86.779.7–93.3	80.3
2085	86.879.5–93.5	80.4
2086	86.979.7–93.5	80.5
2087	8779.8–93.7	80.6
2088	87.180–93.9	80.7
2089	87.280.1–94	80.8
2090	87.380.2–94.2	80.9
2091	87.480.3–94.5	81
2092	87.580.4–94.6	81
2093	87.680.5–94.7	81.1
2094	87.780.6–94.7	81.2
2095	87.880.7–94.9	81.3
2096	87.980.7–95.1	81.4
2097	8880.8–95.2	81.5
2098	88.180.9–95.3	81.6
2099	88.381.2–95.5	81.7
2100	88.481.4–95.6	81.7

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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