Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 56.2 years in 1958: 58.1 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 39,716 people died; 28.5% of them were 65 or older and 41.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

56.2

Women

58.1

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

119.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

147.4

Deaths

39,716

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

281

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

235

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	113.77	147.35	58.1	54.2
1-4	7.04	8.95	63.9	61.5
5-9	1.10	1.48	61.7	59.7
10-14	0.94	1.05	57.0	55.1
15-19	1.52	1.84	52.3	50.4
20-24	2.37	2.19	47.7	45.9
25-29	2.98	2.79	43.2	41.3
30-34	3.06	3.02	38.8	36.9
35-39	4.13	4.19	34.4	32.4
40-44	4.91	5.10	30.0	28.0
45-49	6.64	8.25	25.7	23.7
50-54	9.88	13.69	21.5	19.6
55-59	18.04	24.72	17.5	15.8
60-64	30.13	41.22	13.9	12.5
65-69	47.44	56.55	10.7	9.8
70-74	84.18	91.60	7.9	7.2
75-79	134.34	165.83	5.7	4.9
80-84	218.32	262.50	4.0	3.5
85-89	346.63	401.91	2.7	2.4
90-94	534.11	590.88	1.9	1.7
95-99	733.80	776.20	1.4	1.3
100+	867.75	891.42	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1958

Year

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