Life expectancy at birth in Poland was 72.6 years in 1997: 76.9 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 380,190 people died; 68.3% of them were 65 or older and 1.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

72.6

Women

76.9

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.1

Deaths

380,190

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

238

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	9.58	11.56	76.9	68.3
1-4	0.35	0.43	76.7	68.1
5-9	0.19	0.25	72.8	64.2
10-14	0.16	0.27	67.8	59.3
15-19	0.32	0.88	62.9	54.4
20-24	0.34	1.35	58.0	49.6
25-29	0.40	1.54	53.1	44.9
30-34	0.59	2.10	48.2	40.2
35-39	1.07	3.35	43.3	35.6
40-44	1.88	5.38	38.5	31.2
45-49	3.05	8.33	33.9	27.0
50-54	4.65	12.69	29.4	23.0
55-59	6.72	18.66	25.0	19.4
60-64	10.69	27.36	20.7	16.0
65-69	17.83	39.76	16.7	13.0
70-74	30.79	58.27	13.1	10.3
75-79	55.32	87.72	9.8	7.9
80-84	95.55	131.67	7.1	6.0
85-89	162.68	198.98	5.0	4.4
90-94	260.19	297.01	3.5	3.2
95-99	387.94	412.22	2.5	2.4
100+	539.58	546.09	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Poland by year

Mortality in Poland, 1997

Year

Country