Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 61.8 years in 1954: 64.6 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 2,518,432 people died; 41.3% of them were 65 or older and 25.0% 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

61.8

Women

64.6

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

107.4

Deaths

2,518,432

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

279

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

162

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	77.94	93.85	64.6	58.4
1-4	7.10	7.48	68.7	63.0
5-9	1.28	1.69	66.7	60.8
10-14	0.85	1.17	62.1	56.3
15-19	1.31	2.14	57.3	51.7
20-24	1.70	3.02	52.7	47.2
25-29	1.92	3.15	48.1	42.9
30-34	2.16	3.45	43.6	38.5
35-39	2.61	4.54	39.0	34.1
40-44	3.37	6.29	34.5	29.9
45-49	4.75	9.02	30.0	25.7
50-54	6.88	13.39	25.7	21.8
55-59	10.56	20.45	21.5	18.1
60-64	16.91	30.09	17.5	14.8
65-69	28.72	45.31	13.8	11.8
70-74	49.18	68.51	10.6	9.1
75-79	84.57	106.53	7.8	6.9
80-84	140.31	165.11	5.6	5.1
85-89	218.39	246.97	4.1	3.7
90-94	318.58	347.16	3.0	2.8
95-99	435.71	461.73	2.3	2.1
100+	553.68	548.07	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1954

Year

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