Bulgaria Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria was 74.8 years in 2017: 78.3 for women and 71.4 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 109,605 people died; 79.1% of them were 65 or older and 0.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

74.8

Women

78.3

Men

71.4

Life expectancy at 65

16.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

6.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

7.7

Deaths

109,605

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.5

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

184

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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	5.76	6.87	78.3	71.4
1-4	0.29	0.40	77.8	70.9
5-9	0.06	0.20	73.9	67.0
10-14	0.13	0.22	68.9	62.0
15-19	0.27	0.63	64.0	57.1
20-24	0.35	0.77	59.0	52.3
25-29	0.39	0.99	54.1	47.5
30-34	0.55	1.28	49.2	42.7
35-39	0.91	1.92	44.4	37.9
40-44	1.71	3.35	39.6	33.3
45-49	2.71	5.85	34.9	28.8
50-54	4.35	10.16	30.3	24.6
55-59	6.84	15.64	25.9	20.7
60-64	9.95	23.83	21.7	17.2
65-69	14.92	35.21	17.7	14.0
70-74	24.91	48.46	13.9	11.3
75-79	44.76	71.71	10.4	8.7
80-84	87.43	115.51	7.3	6.4
85-89	160.63	188.80	5.0	4.5
90-94	272.12	296.50	3.4	3.2
95-99	413.70	420.78	2.3	2.3
100+	579.78	566.44	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Bulgaria by year

Mortality in Bulgaria, 2017

Year

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