Bulgaria Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 61.5 years in 1950: 63.3 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 72,270 people died; 35.4% of them were 65 or older and 27.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

63.3

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

122.6

Deaths

72,270

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

225

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

178

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	93.13	112.34	63.3	59.7
1-4	7.20	7.79	68.3	65.6
5-9	1.54	1.66	66.3	63.6
10-14	1.25	1.35	61.8	59.1
15-19	2.35	2.54	57.1	54.5
20-24	3.59	3.83	52.8	50.2
25-29	2.99	3.38	48.7	46.1
30-34	2.79	3.10	44.4	41.9
35-39	3.04	3.56	40.0	37.5
40-44	4.01	4.42	35.5	33.1
45-49	4.90	6.28	31.2	28.8
50-54	6.40	9.61	26.9	24.6
55-59	9.22	14.21	22.7	20.7
60-64	16.75	23.95	18.7	17.0
65-69	24.51	32.29	15.1	13.9
70-74	44.24	53.96	11.7	10.9
75-79	77.68	86.39	9.0	8.5
80-84	112.11	117.65	7.1	6.8
85-89	141.29	160.50	5.7	5.4
90-94	211.65	214.77	4.3	4.3
95-99	262.62	252.71	3.6	3.7
100+	352.30	320.11	2.8	3.1

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 1950

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