Life expectancy at birth in Belarus was 68.6 years in 1996: 74.4 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 11.5 years. 133,993 people died; 62.8% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

74.4

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.8

Deaths

133,993

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

361

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	10.13	14.12	74.4	62.9
1-4	0.63	0.75	74.2	62.8
5-9	0.29	0.38	70.3	58.9
10-14	0.21	0.40	65.4	54.1
15-19	0.53	1.29	60.5	49.2
20-24	0.64	2.58	55.7	44.5
25-29	0.83	3.56	50.8	40.0
30-34	1.08	4.51	46.0	35.7
35-39	1.66	6.27	41.3	31.4
40-44	2.56	9.15	36.6	27.3
45-49	4.16	13.68	32.0	23.5
50-54	6.70	20.55	27.6	20.0
55-59	9.68	27.78	23.5	16.9
60-64	14.42	38.52	19.5	14.0
65-69	22.08	52.31	15.8	11.5
70-74	37.66	70.30	12.3	9.2
75-79	67.28	106.29	9.4	7.0
80-84	103.42	159.32	7.1	5.2
85-89	155.29	231.26	5.3	3.9
90-94	225.94	322.47	4.0	3.0
95-99	315.83	429.03	3.0	2.3
100+	431.74	548.04	2.3	1.8

Mortality in Belarus by year

Mortality in Belarus, 1996

Year

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