Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 52.0 years in 1992: 64.8 for women and 43.3 for men, a gap of 21.5 years. 82,851 people died; 33.0% of them were 65 or older and 5.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 60-64. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

52.0

Women

64.8

Men

43.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.8

Deaths

82,851

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.6

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

682

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

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	28.66	34.06	64.8	43.3
1-4	8.06	7.82	65.7	43.8
5-9	3.24	3.02	63.8	41.1
10-14	1.47	2.50	59.8	36.7
15-19	1.62	11.70	55.2	32.2
20-24	2.15	26.70	50.6	28.9
25-29	2.45	27.43	46.2	27.7
30-34	2.79	24.30	41.7	26.4
35-39	3.66	22.88	37.2	24.5
40-44	5.45	22.51	32.9	22.2
45-49	7.32	24.88	28.7	19.6
50-54	9.94	29.27	24.7	16.8
55-59	13.98	38.90	20.8	14.1
60-64	21.61	52.97	17.1	11.6
65-69	33.59	68.69	13.8	9.3
70-74	54.59	99.56	10.9	7.2
75-79	74.50	157.24	8.5	5.2
80-84	118.55	231.51	6.2	3.8
85-89	195.39	347.57	4.4	2.7
90-94	310.57	511.41	3.0	1.9
95-99	482.28	730.11	2.0	1.4
100+	689.56	888.34	1.5	1.1

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992

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