Life expectancy at birth in Belarus was 71.1 years in 2011: 77.0 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 11.8 years. 132,766 people died; 65.3% of them were 65 or older and 0.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

71.1

Women

77.0

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

4.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

5.3

Deaths

132,766

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

320

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	3.66	4.95	77.0	65.2
1-4	0.24	0.27	76.3	64.6
5-9	0.06	0.28	72.3	60.6
10-14	0.16	0.26	67.4	55.7
15-19	0.35	0.81	62.4	50.8
20-24	0.41	1.66	57.5	46.0
25-29	0.68	2.62	52.6	41.3
30-34	1.18	4.18	47.8	36.8
35-39	1.63	5.86	43.1	32.6
40-44	2.36	8.29	38.4	28.5
45-49	3.21	11.61	33.8	24.6
50-54	4.91	17.21	29.3	20.9
55-59	8.14	24.63	25.0	17.5
60-64	11.92	38.08	20.9	14.5
65-69	17.69	49.32	17.1	12.0
70-74	28.82	67.79	13.4	9.7
75-79	52.31	97.66	10.1	7.6
80-84	91.47	136.97	7.3	5.9
85-89	156.64	197.55	5.2	4.4
90-94	249.84	286.06	3.6	3.3
95-99	376.58	384.78	2.6	2.5
100+	527.87	504.85	1.9	2.0

Mortality in Belarus by year

Mortality in Belarus, 2011

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