Life expectancy at birth in Poland was 64.4 years in 1957: 67.0 for women and 61.6 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 262,043 people died; 41.1% of them were 65 or older and 24.5% 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

64.4

Women

67.0

Men

61.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

73.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

82.7

Deaths

262,043

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

231

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

148

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	68.22	85.79	67.0	61.6
1-4	2.48	2.69	70.7	66.0
5-9	0.69	0.92	67.4	62.7
10-14	0.51	0.79	62.6	58.0
15-19	0.80	1.37	57.8	53.2
20-24	1.19	2.13	53.0	48.6
25-29	1.42	2.41	48.3	44.1
30-34	1.75	2.70	43.6	39.6
35-39	2.32	3.32	39.0	35.1
40-44	3.09	4.62	34.4	30.6
45-49	4.37	6.86	29.9	26.3
50-54	6.50	10.95	25.5	22.1
55-59	10.51	18.14	21.2	18.2
60-64	17.60	29.39	17.2	14.7
65-69	31.03	45.67	13.6	11.6
70-74	52.15	71.90	10.4	8.9
75-79	86.12	111.14	7.8	6.8
80-84	138.37	167.38	5.7	5.0
85-89	213.84	243.48	4.1	3.8
90-94	314.12	339.26	3.0	2.8
95-99	434.67	449.87	2.3	2.2
100+	568.76	570.61	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Poland by year

Mortality in Poland, 1957

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