Life expectancy at birth in Lithuania was 71.6 years in 1989: 76.2 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 9.4 years. 39,284 people died; 64.4% of them were 65 or older and 2.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

71.6

Women

76.2

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

13.9

Deaths

39,284

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

277

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	9.48	11.88	76.2	66.8
1-4	0.73	0.95	75.9	66.6
5-9	0.42	0.55	72.2	62.9
10-14	0.23	0.55	67.3	58.0
15-19	0.67	1.46	62.4	53.2
20-24	0.59	2.14	57.6	48.6
25-29	0.80	2.56	52.7	44.1
30-34	1.00	3.68	47.9	39.6
35-39	1.51	4.82	43.2	35.3
40-44	2.56	7.01	38.5	31.1
45-49	3.59	10.71	33.9	27.1
50-54	4.83	13.10	29.5	23.5
55-59	7.30	19.14	25.2	19.9
60-64	10.96	26.46	21.0	16.6
65-69	19.04	39.81	17.0	13.6
70-74	31.22	52.89	13.5	11.0
75-79	52.40	77.06	10.3	8.6
80-84	89.02	117.19	7.7	6.5
85-89	146.40	180.69	5.6	4.9
90-94	209.33	240.60	4.2	3.8
95-99	297.95	326.46	3.2	2.9
100+	412.12	429.55	2.4	2.3

Mortality in Lithuania by year

Mortality in Lithuania, 1989

Year

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