Life expectancy at birth in Austria was 67.3 years in 1953: 69.7 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 83,478 people died; 62.2% of them were 65 or older and 7.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

67.3

Women

69.7

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.6

Deaths

83,478

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

214

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	44.63	58.62	69.7	64.6
1-4	1.67	1.97	71.8	67.4
5-9	0.53	0.77	68.3	64.0
10-14	0.45	0.62	63.5	59.2
15-19	0.68	1.29	58.6	54.4
20-24	0.94	1.79	53.8	49.7
25-29	1.08	1.84	49.1	45.1
30-34	1.49	1.92	44.3	40.5
35-39	2.13	2.67	39.6	35.9
40-44	2.96	3.73	35.0	31.3
45-49	4.22	6.24	30.5	26.9
50-54	6.34	11.27	26.1	22.7
55-59	9.44	17.34	21.9	18.8
60-64	15.48	26.89	17.8	15.3
65-69	26.61	43.21	14.0	12.1
70-74	48.25	62.42	10.6	9.4
75-79	83.79	102.48	7.8	7.0
80-84	138.67	163.14	5.6	5.1
85-89	224.75	250.42	4.0	3.6
90-94	326.93	367.16	2.9	2.6
95-99	464.44	494.33	2.1	2.0
100+	605.69	629.80	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Austria by year

Mortality in Austria, 1953

Year

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