Table 2.

Estimated loss in life expectancy in 2020 due to excess mortality in selected Latin American countries

Country	Assumed overall life expectancy at birth in 2020 without the occurrence of the pandemica	Loss in life expectancy at birth in 2020 due to excess mortality	Corresponding year to new life expectancy at birth after discounting excess mortality of 2020
Brazil	75.56	2.42	2009
Chile	79.96	1.94	2007
Ecuador	76.70	7.91	1990
Guatemala	73.94	2.26	2011
Mexico	74.98	5.54	1987
Peru	76.37	10.91	1989

Sources: Ministry of Health, Brazil, Chile, and Peru, 2021; National Civil Registry Ecuador (Gobierno de la República del Ecuador, 2021); National Registry of Persons Guatemala (RENAP, 2021); and Secretariat of Health, Mexico (DGE-SS, 2021). United Nations, World Population Prospects 2019, https://population.un.org/wpp

^aConsidering in 2020 the same mortality levels as estimated for the year 2018 by World Population Prospects