Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 64.4 years in 1969: 67.1 for women and 61.6 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 29,548 people died; 42.2% of them were 65 or older and 22.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

64.4

Women

67.1

Men

61.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

73.8

Deaths

29,548

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

238

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

154

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	58.14	74.77	67.1	61.6
1-4	2.52	3.04	70.1	65.3
5-9	0.51	0.76	66.8	62.1
10-14	0.45	0.70	61.9	57.3
15-19	0.65	1.10	57.1	52.5
20-24	1.01	1.59	52.2	47.8
25-29	1.34	2.02	47.5	43.2
30-34	1.70	2.34	42.8	38.6
35-39	2.17	3.23	38.1	34.0
40-44	3.00	4.78	33.5	29.5
45-49	4.99	8.19	29.0	25.2
50-54	6.56	10.94	24.7	21.1
55-59	11.89	20.00	20.4	17.1
60-64	20.58	34.39	16.5	13.7
65-69	32.81	47.65	13.0	10.8
70-74	58.51	77.40	9.8	8.0
75-79	93.44	140.30	7.3	5.6
80-84	152.58	222.61	5.2	4.0
85-89	243.73	341.64	3.7	2.8
90-94	377.60	502.80	2.5	2.0
95-99	540.85	675.40	1.8	1.5
100+	697.30	810.90	1.4	1.2

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1969

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