List of South American countries by life expectancy

This is a list of South American countries by life expectancy.

United Nations (2023)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. ^[1]

UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023

Countries and territories	Life expectancy for population in general							Life expectancy for male				Life expectancy for female				Sex gap				Population (thous.)
	at birth	bonus 0→15	at 15	bonus 15→65	at 65	bonus 65→80	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80
Chile	81.17	0.52	66.68	3.91	20.59	4.52	10.11	79.24	64.79	19.59	9.66	83.08	68.56	21.49	10.46	3.84	3.77	1.89	0.81	19659
Falkland Islands	79.21	0.96	65.17	2.98	18.16	4.84	8.00	77.15	63.09	16.45	7.07	81.24	67.22	19.68	8.84	4.09	4.12	3.23	1.77	3
Uruguay	78.14	0.61	63.75	5.19	18.94	5.90	9.84	74.19	59.82	16.02	7.72	81.92	67.51	21.31	11.06	7.73	7.69	5.29	3.34	3388
Peru	77.74	1.38	64.11	5.42	19.54	5.19	9.73	75.41	61.88	18.12	8.60	80.12	66.40	20.90	10.72	4.71	4.52	2.78	2.12	33846
Colombia	77.72	1.13	63.85	4.53	18.38	4.43	7.80	74.95	61.15	16.86	6.79	80.45	66.49	19.70	8.53	5.50	5.34	2.84	1.75	52321
Argentina	77.69	0.93	63.32	4.79	18.11	5.65	8.76	74.81	60.76	16.20	7.66	79.88	65.77	19.72	9.44	5.07	5.01	3.51	1.78	45538
Ecuador	77.39	1.12	63.51	5.24	18.75	4.58	8.34	74.66	60.86	17.25	7.32	80.14	66.17	20.10	9.09	5.47	5.32	2.86	1.77	17980
French Guiana	76.98	0.90	62.88	3.83	16.70	5.30	7.01	74.13	60.22	15.11	6.18	79.99	65.67	18.40	7.73	5.86	5.45	3.29	1.55	303
South America	76.21	1.30	62.51	5.58	18.09	5.10	8.19	73.26	59.64	16.59	7.38	79.18	65.39	19.40	8.76	5.92	5.75	2.81	1.37	433024
Brazil	75.85	1.17	62.02	5.77	17.79	4.97	7.77	72.76	59.01	16.39	7.13	78.98	65.06	19.03	8.23	6.22	6.05	2.64	1.10	211141
Paraguay	73.84	1.44	60.29	5.96	16.25	6.21	7.46	70.89	57.42	14.73	6.62	76.95	63.29	17.65	8.07	6.07	5.87	2.92	1.46	6844
Suriname	73.63	1.41	60.04	6.85	16.89	6.40	8.28	70.46	56.93	14.72	6.85	76.83	63.16	18.67	9.20	6.38	6.23	3.94	2.35	629
World	73.17	3.29	61.46	6.11	17.57	5.75	8.31	70.55	58.91	16.01	7.43	75.89	64.09	18.98	8.96	5.34	5.18	2.97	1.53	8091735
Venezuela	72.51	1.62	59.14	7.39	16.53	5.36	6.89	68.72	55.42	14.92	6.21	76.50	63.02	17.92	7.34	7.78	7.60	3.00	1.14	28301
Guyana	70.18	2.00	57.18	8.15	15.33	7.60	7.93	66.51	53.64	13.44	6.86	73.94	60.78	17.01	8.68	7.44	7.14	3.57	1.81	826
Bolivia	68.58	3.64	57.22	7.73	14.94	7.08	7.02	66.13	54.96	13.99	6.55	71.14	59.55	15.78	7.35	5.02	4.59	1.79	0.79	12244

UN: Change of life expectancy from 2019 to 2023

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data									Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023	Population (thous.)
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023
Chile	81.17	79.24	83.08	3.84	80.32	−0.97	79.35	−0.47	78.88	0.30	79.18	1.99	81.17	0.84	19659
Falkland Islands	79.21	77.15	81.24	4.09	78.61	0.16	78.78	0.21	78.99	0.06	79.05	0.17	79.21	0.60	3
Uruguay	78.14	74.19	81.92	7.73	77.50	0.88	78.38	−2.95	75.43	1.03	76.47	1.67	78.14	0.64	3388
Peru	77.74	75.41	80.12	4.71	76.28	−2.44	73.83	−2.24	71.60	5.24	76.83	0.91	77.74	1.47	33846
Colombia	77.72	74.95	80.45	5.50	76.79	−2.04	74.76	−2.06	72.70	3.81	76.51	1.22	77.72	0.93	52321
Argentina	77.39	74.81	79.88	5.07	76.85	−0.97	75.88	−1.93	73.95	1.86	75.81	1.59	77.39	0.55	45538
Ecuador	77.39	74.66	80.14	5.47	77.29	−5.28	72.00	0.74	72.75	3.83	76.58	0.81	77.39	0.11	17980
French Guiana	76.98	74.13	79.99	5.86	76.57	0.94	77.51	−3.31	74.19	2.60	76.79	0.18	76.98	0.41	303
Brazil	75.85	72.76	78.98	6.22	75.81	−1.30	74.51	−1.47	73.04	1.83	74.87	0.98	75.85	0.04	211141
Paraguay	73.84	70.89	76.95	6.07	73.67	−0.95	72.72	−4.61	68.11	4.21	72.32	1.52	73.84	0.18	6844
Suriname	73.63	70.46	76.83	6.38	71.77	0.55	72.32	−3.38	68.94	4.31	73.25	0.38	73.63	1.86	629
Venezuela	72.51	68.72	76.50	7.78	72.77	−0.40	72.37	−0.83	71.54	1.03	72.57	−0.05	72.51	−0.25	28301
Guyana	70.18	66.51	73.94	7.44	69.07	−1.32	67.75	−3.43	64.32	5.57	69.89	0.29	70.18	1.11	826
Bolivia	68.58	66.13	71.14	5.02	67.82	−4.91	62.91	−1.48	61.43	6.01	67.43	1.15	68.58	0.76	12244

World Bank Group (2023)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The data is filtered according to the list of countries in South America. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

In 2014, some of the world's leading countries had a local peak in life expectancy, so this year is chosen for comparison with 2019 and 2023.

World Bank Group (2023)

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data											recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023
Chile	81.17	79.24	83.08	3.84	79.71	0.61	80.32	−0.97	79.35	−0.47	78.88	0.30	79.18	1.99	81.17	0.84
Uruguay	78.14	74.19	81.92	7.73	77.19	0.31	77.50	0.88	78.38	−2.95	75.43	1.03	76.47	1.67	78.14	0.64
Peru	77.74	75.41	80.12	4.71	75.26	1.02	76.28	−2.44	73.83	−2.24	71.60	5.24	76.83	0.91	77.74	1.46
Colombia	77.72	74.95	80.45	5.50	75.95	0.84	76.79	−2.04	74.76	−2.06	72.70	3.81	76.51	1.22	77.72	0.93
Argentina	77.69	75.13	80.25	5.08	76.27	0.58	76.85	−0.97	75.88	−1.93	73.95	1.86	75.81	1.88	77.69	0.84
Ecuador	77.39	74.66	80.14	5.47	76.14	1.14	77.29	−5.28	72.00	0.74	72.75	3.83	76.58	0.81	77.39	0.11
Brazil	75.85	72.76	78.98	6.22	74.82	0.99	75.81	−1.30	74.51	−1.47	73.04	1.83	74.87	0.98	75.85	0.04
Paraguay	73.84	70.89	76.95	6.07	73.42	0.25	73.67	−0.95	72.72	−4.61	68.11	4.21	72.32	1.52	73.84	0.18
Suriname	73.63	70.46	76.83	6.38	70.33	1.44	71.77	0.55	72.32	−3.38	68.94	4.31	73.25	0.38	73.63	1.86
World	73.33	70.95	75.84	4.89	71.78	1.09	72.87	−0.68	72.18	−0.97	71.22	1.75	72.97	0.36	73.33	0.46
Venezuela	72.51	68.72	76.50	7.78	72.84	−0.07	72.77	−0.40	72.37	−0.83	71.54	1.03	72.57	−0.05	72.51	−0.25
Guyana	70.18	66.51	73.94	7.44	67.33	1.73	69.07	−1.32	67.75	−3.43	64.32	5.57	69.89	0.29	70.18	1.11
Bolivia	68.58	66.13	71.14	5.02	66.97	0.85	67.82	−4.91	62.91	−1.48	61.43	6.01	67.43	1.15	68.58	0.76

Change in life expectancy in South America from 2019 to 2021 ^[2]

WHO (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. ^[5]

World Health Organization (2019)

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Chile	81.03	78.66	83.34	4.68	4.23	69.37	68.65	70.05	1.40	3.11	24.57	23.01	25.97	2.96	3.25	18.34	17.48	19.10	1.62	2.11
Peru	78.29	76.69	79.88	3.19	3.17	68.41	67.97	68.86	0.89	2.99	23.37	22.59	24.10	1.51	0.56	18.02	17.65	18.37	0.72	0.47
Colombia	77.95	75.33	80.55	5.22	5.41	67.90	66.44	69.34	2.90	4.58	22.69	21.20	24.03	2.83	2.40	17.41	16.42	18.31	1.89	1.80
Ecuador	77.75	75.32	80.23	4.91	5.16	67.62	66.42	68.83	2.41	4.12	22.83	21.46	24.12	2.66	2.27	17.36	16.50	18.17	1.67	1.51
Americas [6]	77.07	74.42	79.76	5.34	2.98	65.76	64.51	67.01	2.50	2.19	22.64	21.23	23.92	2.69	1.62	16.61	15.74	17.40	1.66	0.96
Argentina	77.02	74.00	79.91	5.91	2.73	66.90	65.43	68.27	2.84	2.17	21.59	19.24	23.64	4.40	1.28	16.50	14.99	17.81	2.82	0.86
Uruguay	77.01	73.36	80.50	7.14	2.13	66.81	64.91	68.60	3.69	1.47	21.71	18.95	24.04	5.09	1.02	16.51	14.71	18.02	3.31	0.59
Brazil	75.48	72.22	78.73	6.51	3.98	64.53	62.96	66.07	3.11	3.61	21.32	19.58	22.84	3.26	1.54	15.81	14.74	16.74	2.00	1.13
Paraguay	75.08	72.18	78.16	5.98	0.40	64.87	63.47	66.38	2.91	0.46	21.01	19.22	22.82	3.60	−1.09	15.88	14.73	17.04	2.31	−0.85
World	73.12	70.61	75.70	5.09	6.35	63.45	62.33	64.59	2.26	5.33	21.03	19.41	22.54	3.13	2.16	15.80	14.87	16.67	1.80	1.52
Suriname	73.02	69.99	76.10	6.11	2.46	63.12	61.48	64.76	3.28	1.74	20.69	18.80	22.31	3.51	1.10	15.62	14.30	16.74	2.44	0.59
Bolivia	72.92	72.03	73.79	1.76	6.83	63.64	63.72	63.54	−0.18	5.87	19.42	19.07	19.71	0.64	1.62	14.79	14.69	14.88	0.19	1.10
Venezuela	72.71	68.38	77.35	8.97	−1.32	63.40	60.57	66.43	5.86	−0.98	20.67	18.52	22.64	4.12	−0.54	15.77	14.31	17.11	2.80	−0.39
Guyana	68.73	65.58	71.99	6.41	4.08	59.14	57.25	61.11	3.86	3.19	18.01	16.52	19.40	2.88	1.56	13.43	12.42	14.39	1.97	1.02

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  Life expectancy and HALE in countries of America in 2019 ^[5]
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  Elaboration by sex ^[5]

Interactive chart of male and female life expectancy in America as defined by WHO for 2019. Open the original chart and hover over chart elements. The squares of bubbles are proportional to population according to estimation of the UN for 2019.

Charts

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  Comparison of life expectancy in some countries of South America ^[2]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy
• List of South American regions by life expectancy
• List of Argentine provinces and territories by life expectancy
• List of Brazilian states by life expectancy
• Oldest people
• Longevity
• Life extension

References

1. "World Population Prospects 2024" (XLSX). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 27 July 2024. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
2. "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
3. "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
4. "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
5. "The Global Health Observatory: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy". World Health Organization. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
6. "WHO: PAHO: Countries and Centers". World Health Organization. Retrieved 12 November 2025.