Life expectancy at birth in Lithuania was 69.4 years in 1962: 72.5 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 24,683 people died; 54.5% of them were 65 or older and 10.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

72.5

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.3

Deaths

24,683

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

228

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

115

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	31.02	40.89	72.5	65.9
1-4	1.76	1.54	73.7	67.7
5-9	0.63	0.96	70.2	64.1
10-14	0.47	0.65	65.4	59.4
15-19	0.57	1.28	60.6	54.5
20-24	0.92	2.42	55.8	49.9
25-29	0.97	2.62	51.0	45.4
30-34	1.43	3.42	46.2	41.0
35-39	1.88	4.19	41.6	36.7
40-44	2.68	5.27	36.9	32.4
45-49	3.29	7.18	32.4	28.2
50-54	5.02	10.47	27.9	24.1
55-59	7.73	15.00	23.5	20.3
60-64	13.95	25.65	19.4	16.7
65-69	22.14	34.37	15.6	13.6
70-74	37.73	51.97	12.1	10.7
75-79	66.69	82.45	9.1	8.2
80-84	112.74	130.95	6.7	6.1
85-89	168.70	190.47	5.1	4.6
90-94	233.98	262.32	3.9	3.5
95-99	318.54	350.34	3.0	2.8
100+	424.90	457.54	2.4	2.2

Mortality in Lithuania by year

Mortality in Lithuania, 1962

Year

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