Life expectancy at birth in Lithuania was 67.7 years in 1957: 70.6 for women and 64.3 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 23,940 people died; 52.3% of them were 65 or older and 13.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

67.7

Women

70.6

Men

64.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

55.7

Deaths

23,940

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

226

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

126

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	40.13	52.49	70.6	64.3
1-4	2.66	3.10	72.5	66.7
5-9	0.73	1.11	69.2	63.5
10-14	0.51	0.88	64.5	58.9
15-19	0.70	1.72	59.6	54.1
20-24	0.92	2.33	54.8	49.6
25-29	1.02	2.51	50.1	45.1
30-34	1.34	2.82	45.3	40.7
35-39	1.84	3.56	40.6	36.2
40-44	2.67	4.81	36.0	31.8
45-49	3.86	6.89	31.4	27.5
50-54	5.88	10.48	27.0	23.4
55-59	8.79	15.92	22.7	19.5
60-64	14.62	25.93	18.6	15.9
65-69	24.40	38.35	14.8	12.8
70-74	43.42	59.81	11.4	9.9
75-79	74.23	94.27	8.6	7.5
80-84	121.45	143.80	6.3	5.6
85-89	186.00	216.78	4.7	4.1
90-94	265.85	299.00	3.5	3.2
95-99	366.42	398.60	2.6	2.4
100+	486.43	512.51	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Lithuania by year

Mortality in Lithuania, 1957

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