Life expectancy at birth in Ukraine was 64.1 years in 1954: 66.5 for women and 61.1 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 419,161 people died; 51.5% of them were 65 or older and 16.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

64.1

Women

66.5

Men

61.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.6

Deaths

419,161

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

251

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

150

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	60.64	75.22	66.5	61.1
1-4	4.46	4.60	69.6	64.8
5-9	1.09	1.46	66.8	61.9
10-14	0.92	1.29	62.2	57.4
15-19	1.38	1.84	57.4	52.7
20-24	1.76	2.55	52.8	48.2
25-29	1.96	3.10	48.3	43.8
30-34	2.16	3.53	43.7	39.4
35-39	2.49	4.09	39.2	35.1
40-44	3.18	5.37	34.6	30.7
45-49	4.20	7.60	30.1	26.5
50-54	5.75	11.82	25.7	22.4
55-59	9.67	17.74	21.4	18.6
60-64	16.93	27.53	17.3	15.1
65-69	29.42	42.73	13.6	12.0
70-74	52.04	67.29	10.4	9.2
75-79	88.65	105.76	7.7	6.9
80-84	142.18	162.47	5.6	5.1
85-89	215.49	244.54	4.1	3.7
90-94	305.03	342.78	3.1	2.8
95-99	414.05	458.52	2.4	2.1
100+	537.00	582.75	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ukraine by year

Mortality in Ukraine, 1954

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