Life expectancy at birth in Belarus was 68.8 years in 1995: 74.5 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 11.5 years. 131,026 people died; 62.2% of them were 65 or older and 1.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

74.5

Men

63.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.1

Deaths

131,026

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

357

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	10.34	14.41	74.5	63.1
1-4	0.64	0.77	74.3	63.0
5-9	0.25	0.38	70.5	59.2
10-14	0.22	0.42	65.6	54.3
15-19	0.51	1.35	60.6	49.4
20-24	0.62	2.58	55.8	44.7
25-29	0.80	3.53	51.0	40.2
30-34	1.05	4.43	46.2	35.9
35-39	1.62	6.23	41.4	31.7
40-44	2.61	9.10	36.7	27.6
45-49	4.18	13.66	32.1	23.7
50-54	6.49	20.16	27.8	20.2
55-59	9.59	27.12	23.6	17.1
60-64	14.12	37.05	19.6	14.2
65-69	21.86	50.54	15.9	11.6
70-74	37.71	68.34	12.4	9.3
75-79	66.10	104.76	9.4	7.1
80-84	101.78	157.32	7.2	5.3
85-89	153.14	228.81	5.4	3.9
90-94	223.28	319.71	4.0	3.0
95-99	312.91	426.49	3.0	2.3
100+	429.02	545.94	2.3	1.8

Mortality in Belarus by year

Mortality in Belarus, 1995

Year

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