Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Peru

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Peru was 77.74 years. A difference of +0.91 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Peru were 75.41 years and 80.12 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Peru for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Peru (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Peru (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	50.6	49.11	52.13
1961	51.19	49.75	52.68
1962	51.53	50.13	52.98
1963	52.6	51.1	54.15
1964	53.3	51.75	54.92
1965	53.87	52.27	55.54
1966	54.4	52.79	56.08
1967	54.89	53.25	56.62
1968	55.38	53.67	57.19
1969	55.82	54.07	57.65
1970	47.73	47.12	48.35
1971	56.49	54.8	58.28
1972	56.99	55.33	58.74
1973	57.33	55.76	58.99
1974	57.77	56.24	59.37
1975	58.21	56.74	59.74
1976	58.57	57.14	60.07
1977	58.9	57.45	60.42
1978	59.26	57.73	60.87
1979	59.62	57.96	61.39
1980	59.98	58.22	61.85
1981	60.33	58.49	62.28
1982	60.56	58.64	62.62
1983	60.76	58.64	63.04
1984	61.07	58.73	63.59
1985	61.71	59.54	64.03
1986	62.15	59.99	64.47
1987	62.54	60.35	64.9
1988	63	60.78	65.37
1989	63.41	61.1	65.89
1990	63.98	61.76	66.36
1991	64.25	62.1	66.55
1992	65.03	62.9	67.3
1993	65.73	63.75	67.83
1994	66.54	64.77	68.4
1995	67.22	65.57	68.93
1996	67.85	66.31	69.44
1997	68.32	66.79	69.91
1998	68.72	67.14	70.37
1999	69.3	67.67	71
2000	69.82	68.15	71.56
2001	70.32	68.59	72.11
2002	70.82	68.98	72.75
2003	71.28	69.35	73.33
2004	71.45	69.38	73.67
2005	71.99	69.9	74.24
2006	72.34	70.22	74.61
2007	72.75	70.7	74.94
2008	72.74	70.6	75.07
2009	72.63	70.47	74.96
2010	72.89	70.7	75.23
2011	73.33	71.22	75.57
2012	73.98	71.82	76.28
2013	74.59	72.4	76.92
2014	75.26	73.07	77.58
2015	75.73	73.56	78.03
2016	75.95	73.8	78.21
2017	75.96	73.77	78.26
2018	76.02	73.89	78.26
2019	76.28	74.11	78.58
2020	73.83	70.4	77.98
2021	71.6	68.82	74.71
2022	76.83	74.96	78.73
2023	77.74	75.41	80.12