Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 69.5 years in 1962: 71.3 for women and 67.8 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 69,377 people died; 60.2% of them were 65 or older and 8.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

69.5

Women

71.3

Men

67.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.0

Deaths

69,377

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

166

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	34.35	40.50	71.3	67.8
1-4	1.84	2.15	72.8	69.5
5-9	0.45	0.78	69.3	66.1
10-14	0.42	0.72	64.5	61.4
15-19	0.57	1.11	59.6	56.6
20-24	0.69	1.42	54.8	51.9
25-29	0.98	1.49	49.9	47.2
30-34	1.15	1.71	45.2	42.6
35-39	1.59	2.16	40.4	37.9
40-44	2.10	3.16	35.7	33.3
45-49	3.27	4.68	31.1	28.8
50-54	5.06	7.54	26.5	24.4
55-59	8.60	12.95	22.1	20.3
60-64	15.19	21.52	18.0	16.4
65-69	25.75	36.40	14.2	13.0
70-74	48.90	57.82	10.8	10.1
75-79	85.29	92.99	8.1	7.6
80-84	128.88	144.32	6.1	5.8
85-89	194.59	204.64	4.6	4.5
90-94	256.28	257.21	3.6	3.6
95-99	332.90	332.16	2.9	2.9
100+	426.42	418.74	2.4	2.4

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 1962

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