Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 72.1 years in 2002: 75.6 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 112,433 people died; 75.5% of them were 65 or older and 1.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

72.1

Women

75.6

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.1

Deaths

112,433

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.3

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

218

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	12.42	14.68	75.6	68.8
1-4	0.59	0.75	75.5	68.8
5-9	0.25	0.30	71.7	65.0
10-14	0.17	0.32	66.8	60.1
15-19	0.29	0.63	61.8	55.2
20-24	0.47	1.04	56.9	50.4
25-29	0.45	1.23	52.0	45.6
30-34	0.79	1.66	47.2	40.9
35-39	1.30	2.59	42.3	36.2
40-44	1.82	4.55	37.6	31.7
45-49	2.96	7.41	32.9	27.3
50-54	4.67	12.24	28.4	23.3
55-59	6.99	17.76	24.0	19.6
60-64	11.20	26.08	19.7	16.1
65-69	19.27	36.92	15.7	13.0
70-74	34.67	56.40	12.0	10.2
75-79	65.86	88.71	8.8	7.7
80-84	115.91	138.54	6.3	5.6
85-89	194.72	219.97	4.4	4.0
90-94	305.02	335.79	3.1	2.8
95-99	450.53	453.48	2.2	2.2
100+	607.31	591.16	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 2002

Year

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