Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 63.1 years in 1966: 65.2 for women and 60.9 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 30,063 people died; 35.6% of them were 65 or older and 30.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

63.1

Women

65.2

Men

60.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

77.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.7

Deaths

30,063

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

229

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

170

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	70.95	91.43	65.2	60.9
1-4	3.37	4.11	68.9	65.6
5-9	0.52	0.75	65.8	62.7
10-14	0.49	0.65	61.0	57.9
15-19	0.76	1.05	56.1	53.1
20-24	1.21	1.44	51.3	48.4
25-29	1.53	1.99	46.6	43.7
30-34	2.01	2.45	42.0	39.1
35-39	2.46	3.11	37.4	34.6
40-44	3.42	4.53	32.8	30.1
45-49	4.84	6.64	28.3	25.7
50-54	7.99	11.31	23.9	21.5
55-59	13.00	19.27	19.8	17.6
60-64	22.13	32.58	16.0	14.1
65-69	35.15	44.92	12.5	11.1
70-74	62.64	73.03	9.4	8.3
75-79	100.04	132.42	7.0	5.8
80-84	163.22	210.27	5.0	4.1
85-89	260.46	322.96	3.5	2.9
90-94	403.10	475.54	2.4	2.1
95-99	573.44	642.80	1.7	1.6
100+	729.02	781.98	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1966

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