Life expectancy at birth in Ukraine was 66.3 years in 1956: 68.7 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 392,925 people died; 53.7% of them were 65 or older and 13.6% 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

66.3

Women

68.7

Men

63.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

64.4

Deaths

392,925

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

235

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

137

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	48.75	60.72	68.7	63.1
1-4	3.06	3.24	71.1	66.0
5-9	0.79	1.14	67.9	62.8
10-14	0.66	1.00	63.2	58.2
15-19	1.02	1.50	58.4	53.5
20-24	1.35	2.10	53.7	48.8
25-29	1.59	2.64	49.0	44.3
30-34	1.83	3.19	44.4	39.9
35-39	2.27	3.92	39.8	35.5
40-44	2.89	5.04	35.2	31.1
45-49	3.99	7.03	30.7	26.9
50-54	5.40	10.93	26.2	22.7
55-59	9.05	17.04	21.9	18.9
60-64	15.79	26.69	17.8	15.3
65-69	27.41	41.70	14.0	12.1
70-74	48.57	65.53	10.7	9.4
75-79	83.67	103.11	7.9	7.0
80-84	135.89	158.62	5.8	5.2
85-89	208.90	239.61	4.2	3.8
90-94	299.43	338.07	3.1	2.8
95-99	410.58	454.26	2.4	2.2
100+	536.63	579.74	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ukraine by year

Mortality in Ukraine, 1956

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