Life expectancy at birth in Austria was 67.7 years in 1956: 70.5 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 87,033 people died; 63.0% of them were 65 or older and 6.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

67.7

Women

70.5

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Deaths

87,033

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

224

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

130

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	39.70	52.18	70.5	64.6
1-4	1.59	1.76	72.4	67.0
5-9	0.49	0.68	68.8	63.5
10-14	0.38	0.51	64.0	58.7
15-19	0.61	1.43	59.1	53.8
20-24	0.76	2.75	54.3	49.2
25-29	1.08	2.29	49.5	44.9
30-34	1.42	2.29	44.7	40.4
35-39	1.88	2.86	40.0	35.8
40-44	2.79	3.93	35.4	31.3
45-49	4.08	6.15	30.8	26.8
50-54	6.14	10.54	26.4	22.6
55-59	9.06	18.34	22.2	18.7
60-64	15.00	27.44	18.1	15.2
65-69	25.57	42.28	14.3	12.1
70-74	45.38	64.24	10.8	9.3
75-79	80.51	103.02	8.0	6.9
80-84	136.45	166.63	5.7	5.0
85-89	218.86	249.62	4.0	3.6
90-94	338.59	367.66	2.8	2.6
95-99	473.14	503.42	2.1	2.0
100+	620.39	643.09	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Austria by year

Mortality in Austria, 1956

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