Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 72.6 years in 2005: 76.3 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 113,225 people died; 75.4% of them were 65 or older and 0.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

72.6

Women

76.3

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.7

Deaths

113,225

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

219

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	9.15	11.99	76.3	69.1
1-4	0.45	0.67	76.0	68.9
5-9	0.26	0.32	72.1	65.1
10-14	0.25	0.36	67.2	60.2
15-19	0.36	0.51	62.3	55.3
20-24	0.42	1.07	57.4	50.4
25-29	0.54	1.22	52.5	45.7
30-34	0.68	1.56	47.6	40.9
35-39	1.21	2.50	42.8	36.2
40-44	1.84	4.32	38.0	31.6
45-49	3.23	7.35	33.3	27.3
50-54	4.45	12.25	28.8	23.2
55-59	6.61	18.66	24.4	19.5
60-64	10.88	26.63	20.2	16.1
65-69	18.01	38.22	16.1	13.1
70-74	33.06	56.02	12.4	10.3
75-79	61.78	86.05	9.2	7.8
80-84	109.32	137.50	6.6	5.8
85-89	177.61	208.71	4.7	4.2
90-94	292.26	312.31	3.2	3.0
95-99	425.05	429.79	2.3	2.3
100+	581.80	565.74	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 2005

Year

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