Life expectancy at birth in Poland was 69.7 years in 1966: 72.6 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 237,097 people died; 54.4% of them were 65 or older and 9.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

69.7

Women

72.6

Men

66.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.5

Deaths

237,097

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

197

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

110

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	34.52	45.17	72.6	66.5
1-4	1.15	1.36	74.2	68.5
5-9	0.37	0.55	70.5	64.9
10-14	0.28	0.46	65.6	60.0
15-19	0.45	1.00	60.7	55.2
20-24	0.61	1.63	55.8	50.4
25-29	0.74	1.86	51.0	45.8
30-34	1.04	2.24	46.2	41.2
35-39	1.52	3.00	41.4	36.7
40-44	2.20	4.07	36.7	32.2
45-49	3.43	5.87	32.1	27.8
50-54	5.21	9.17	27.6	23.5
55-59	7.98	15.04	23.2	19.5
60-64	12.96	24.74	19.1	15.8
65-69	23.02	40.19	15.2	12.6
70-74	40.83	62.00	11.7	9.8
75-79	69.03	93.79	8.8	7.5
80-84	117.19	145.59	6.4	5.6
85-89	186.44	214.93	4.6	4.2
90-94	272.29	304.37	3.4	3.1
95-99	381.75	403.14	2.5	2.4
100+	510.13	519.99	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Poland by year

Mortality in Poland, 1966

Year

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