Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 71.4 years in 1976: 73.9 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 87,996 people died; 68.8% of them were 65 or older and 4.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

71.4

Women

73.9

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.0

Deaths

87,996

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

173

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	19.35	26.57	73.9	69.0
1-4	1.08	1.19	74.3	69.8
5-9	0.35	0.53	70.6	66.1
10-14	0.34	0.51	65.7	61.3
15-19	0.37	0.84	60.9	56.5
20-24	0.59	1.20	56.0	51.7
25-29	0.64	1.43	51.1	47.0
30-34	0.85	1.61	46.3	42.3
35-39	1.15	2.17	41.5	37.6
40-44	1.74	3.32	36.7	33.0
45-49	2.94	5.44	32.0	28.5
50-54	4.86	8.65	27.4	24.2
55-59	7.07	13.37	23.0	20.2
60-64	12.89	20.97	18.8	16.4
65-69	23.57	35.57	14.8	12.9
70-74	41.55	58.70	11.4	10.0
75-79	78.25	96.76	8.4	7.5
80-84	124.45	144.20	6.2	5.7
85-89	190.26	206.08	4.7	4.3
90-94	256.64	285.93	3.6	3.3
95-99	332.90	367.64	2.9	2.6
100+	429.35	471.14	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 1976

Year

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