Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 76.2 years in 2007: 79.7 for women and 72.2 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 36,792 people died; 75.2% of them were 65 or older and 0.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

76.2

Women

79.7

Men

72.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

6.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

7.2

Deaths

36,792

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

149

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	5.71	7.22	79.7	72.2
1-4	0.18	0.19	79.1	71.7
5-9	0.13	0.16	75.2	67.8
10-14	0.16	0.20	70.2	62.8
15-19	0.19	0.47	65.3	57.9
20-24	0.25	0.68	60.4	53.0
25-29	0.25	0.79	55.4	48.2
30-34	0.41	0.87	50.5	43.4
35-39	0.65	1.33	45.6	38.5
40-44	1.23	2.40	40.7	33.8
45-49	2.17	4.27	36.0	29.2
50-54	3.43	7.91	31.3	24.7
55-59	5.70	13.40	26.8	20.6
60-64	9.61	22.25	22.5	16.9
65-69	15.24	30.53	18.5	13.5
70-74	27.35	49.85	14.8	10.4
75-79	43.72	90.59	11.5	7.6
80-84	71.82	144.44	8.7	5.5
85-89	115.70	222.86	6.5	4.0
90-94	181.00	329.26	4.7	2.9
95-99	270.93	457.73	3.4	2.1
100+	396.83	596.30	2.5	1.7

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2007

Year

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