Life expectancy at birth in Belarus was 70.7 years in 1991: 75.7 for women and 65.4 for men, a gap of 10.4 years. 111,499 people died; 61.4% of them were 65 or older and 1.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

75.7

Men

65.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.6

Deaths

111,499

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

296

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

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	10.69	14.89	75.8	65.4
1-4	0.66	0.80	75.6	65.4
5-9	0.30	0.50	71.8	61.6
10-14	0.28	0.48	66.9	56.7
15-19	0.52	1.29	62.0	51.9
20-24	0.58	2.46	57.1	47.2
25-29	0.66	2.82	52.3	42.7
30-34	0.93	3.51	47.4	38.3
35-39	1.43	4.93	42.6	33.9
40-44	2.20	7.18	37.9	29.7
45-49	3.63	10.81	33.3	25.7
50-54	5.29	15.68	28.9	22.0
55-59	8.25	21.33	24.6	18.6
60-64	12.27	30.47	20.5	15.4
65-69	19.92	43.28	16.6	12.5
70-74	32.43	63.32	13.1	9.9
75-79	53.78	92.99	10.0	7.7
80-84	93.17	138.51	7.3	5.8
85-89	157.55	202.17	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.99	296.33	3.6	3.2
95-99	374.27	412.97	2.6	2.4
100+	522.96	545.26	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Belarus by year

Mortality in Belarus, 1991

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