Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 50.9 years in 1993: 64.5 for women and 41.9 for men, a gap of 22.6 years. 77,888 people died; 33.2% of them were 65 or older and 4.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 60-64. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

50.9

Women

64.5

Men

41.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.8

Deaths

77,888

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

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

711

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	28.61	33.87	64.5	41.9
1-4	8.37	8.11	65.4	42.3
5-9	3.36	3.13	63.5	39.6
10-14	1.52	2.59	59.6	35.2
15-19	1.64	12.81	55.0	30.7
20-24	2.21	29.65	50.4	27.5
25-29	2.59	30.53	46.0	26.5
30-34	2.91	26.90	41.5	25.5
35-39	3.85	25.15	37.1	23.8
40-44	5.69	24.58	32.8	21.6
45-49	7.70	26.87	28.7	19.1
50-54	10.04	30.89	24.7	16.5
55-59	14.11	40.59	20.8	13.9
60-64	21.71	54.33	17.2	11.5
65-69	33.72	70.01	13.8	9.3
70-74	54.55	100.54	10.9	7.1
75-79	73.98	156.82	8.5	5.3
80-84	116.84	229.34	6.3	3.9
85-89	192.28	341.99	4.4	2.8
90-94	311.89	515.92	3.0	1.9
95-99	507.36	876.76	1.9	1.1
100+	794.91	1061.80	1.3	0.9

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993

Year

Country