Life expectancy at birth in Poland was 63.4 years in 1956: 65.9 for women and 60.7 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 272,393 people died; 40.7% of them were 65 or older and 25.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

63.4

Women

65.9

Men

60.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

77.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

88.4

Deaths

272,393

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

243

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

158

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	72.32	90.70	66.0	60.7
1-4	2.93	3.11	69.8	65.4
5-9	0.84	1.07	66.6	62.2
10-14	0.58	0.87	61.9	57.5
15-19	0.90	1.46	57.1	52.7
20-24	1.32	2.21	52.3	48.1
25-29	1.54	2.56	47.6	43.6
30-34	1.89	2.78	43.0	39.1
35-39	2.51	3.52	38.4	34.6
40-44	3.30	4.88	33.8	30.2
45-49	4.63	7.27	29.3	25.9
50-54	6.91	11.60	25.0	21.7
55-59	11.26	19.19	20.7	17.9
60-64	18.64	30.26	16.8	14.4
65-69	33.03	47.65	13.2	11.4
70-74	55.54	74.63	10.1	8.8
75-79	91.65	114.74	7.5	6.6
80-84	146.97	171.89	5.5	4.9
85-89	226.31	248.71	3.9	3.7
90-94	330.71	344.80	2.9	2.8
95-99	454.45	455.28	2.2	2.2
100+	589.07	575.14	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Poland by year

Mortality in Poland, 1956

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