Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 70.3 years in 1988: 74.5 for women and 65.7 for men, a gap of 8.8 years. 3,358,677 people died; 62.3% of them were 65 or older and 3.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

70.3

Women

74.5

Men

65.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.3

Deaths

3,358,677

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

270

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	15.60	20.91	74.5	65.7
1-4	0.97	1.20	74.7	66.1
5-9	0.35	0.57	71.0	62.4
10-14	0.30	0.54	66.1	57.6
15-19	0.47	1.23	61.2	52.7
20-24	0.60	1.99	56.3	48.0
25-29	0.75	2.30	51.5	43.5
30-34	1.00	2.89	46.7	38.9
35-39	1.43	4.08	41.9	34.5
40-44	2.16	6.07	37.2	30.1
45-49	3.30	9.48	32.5	26.0
50-54	5.13	14.03	28.0	22.1
55-59	7.98	20.75	23.7	18.5
60-64	13.01	30.14	19.5	15.3
65-69	22.25	43.21	15.7	12.3
70-74	37.77	63.57	12.2	9.7
75-79	63.94	96.46	9.2	7.4
80-84	107.31	146.20	6.8	5.6
85-89	170.60	215.96	4.9	4.1
90-94	260.51	306.65	3.5	3.1
95-99	393.05	414.92	2.4	2.3
100+	589.48	557.48	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1988

Year

Country