Life expectancy at birth in Ukraine was 68.0 years in 1998: 73.5 for women and 62.6 for men, a gap of 10.9 years. 741,564 people died; 64.9% of them were 65 or older and 1.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

73.5

Men

62.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.9

Deaths

741,564

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

362

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	10.92	15.24	73.5	62.6
1-4	0.90	1.10	73.3	62.5
5-9	0.32	0.49	69.5	58.8
10-14	0.29	0.47	64.6	53.9
15-19	0.54	1.26	59.7	49.0
20-24	0.74	2.67	54.9	44.3
25-29	0.99	3.47	50.1	39.9
30-34	1.29	4.88	45.3	35.5
35-39	1.78	6.81	40.6	31.4
40-44	2.75	9.87	35.9	27.4
45-49	4.28	14.05	31.4	23.6
50-54	6.48	19.62	27.0	20.1
55-59	9.68	27.02	22.8	16.9
60-64	15.11	37.27	18.8	14.0
65-69	23.53	50.85	15.1	11.4
70-74	39.72	71.50	11.7	9.0
75-79	71.32	112.47	8.7	6.8
80-84	118.30	162.95	6.3	5.2
85-89	188.95	229.71	4.5	4.0
90-94	286.72	313.00	3.2	3.0
95-99	408.70	410.29	2.4	2.4
100+	548.97	520.92	1.8	1.9

Mortality in Ukraine by year

Mortality in Ukraine, 1998

Year

Country