Life expectancy at birth in Belarus was 71.7 years in 1988: 76.0 for women and 66.9 for men, a gap of 9.1 years. 102,221 people died; 62.7% of them were 65 or older and 2.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

71.7

Women

76.0

Men

66.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.3

Deaths

102,221

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

257

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

100

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	11.16	15.53	76.0	66.9
1-4	0.69	0.84	75.9	66.9
5-9	0.27	0.44	72.1	63.2
10-14	0.26	0.51	67.2	58.3
15-19	0.45	1.06	62.3	53.4
20-24	0.54	1.93	57.4	48.7
25-29	0.61	2.22	52.6	44.1
30-34	0.84	2.88	47.7	39.6
35-39	1.28	3.80	42.9	35.1
40-44	2.10	6.12	38.2	30.8
45-49	3.11	9.22	33.5	26.6
50-54	4.75	13.15	29.0	22.8
55-59	7.42	18.88	24.6	19.1
60-64	11.83	27.25	20.5	15.8
65-69	20.00	40.94	16.6	12.7
70-74	32.72	60.84	13.0	10.0
75-79	54.49	90.74	9.9	7.7
80-84	94.61	136.94	7.2	5.8
85-89	159.33	202.95	5.1	4.3
90-94	251.75	298.00	3.6	3.2
95-99	373.48	415.29	2.6	2.3
100+	520.18	548.13	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Belarus by year

Mortality in Belarus, 1988

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