Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 68.7 years in 1962: 71.8 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 2,100,568 people died; 52.0% of them were 65 or older and 10.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

68.7

Women

71.8

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.9

Deaths

2,100,568

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

240

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	31.52	40.05	71.8	64.9
1-4	1.95	2.24	73.0	66.5
5-9	0.56	0.86	69.6	63.1
10-14	0.46	0.75	64.8	58.3
15-19	0.68	1.45	59.9	53.5
20-24	0.96	2.26	55.1	48.9
25-29	1.15	2.44	50.4	44.4
30-34	1.42	2.92	45.6	39.9
35-39	1.86	3.77	40.9	35.5
40-44	2.58	5.26	36.3	31.1
45-49	3.74	7.75	31.7	26.9
50-54	5.54	11.45	27.3	22.8
55-59	8.37	17.46	23.0	19.0
60-64	13.74	26.71	18.9	15.5
65-69	23.20	40.63	15.0	12.4
70-74	40.55	62.30	11.5	9.6
75-79	71.21	98.12	8.5	7.2
80-84	122.30	153.42	6.1	5.3
85-89	198.00	235.36	4.4	3.8
90-94	299.64	339.28	3.1	2.8
95-99	424.37	454.87	2.3	2.2
100+	562.15	551.45	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1962

Year

Country