Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 67.5 years in 1996: 73.3 for women and 62.1 for men, a gap of 11.2 years. 4,216,112 people died; 61.9% of them were 65 or older and 1.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

73.3

Men

62.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

19.2

Deaths

4,216,112

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.6

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

372

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	13.69	17.90	73.3	62.1
1-4	0.80	1.00	73.3	62.2
5-9	0.35	0.53	69.5	58.4
10-14	0.30	0.51	64.6	53.6
15-19	0.54	1.65	59.7	48.7
20-24	0.77	3.18	54.9	44.1
25-29	1.00	3.69	50.1	39.8
30-34	1.37	4.94	45.3	35.5
35-39	1.99	7.12	40.6	31.3
40-44	2.92	10.35	36.0	27.3
45-49	4.32	14.36	31.5	23.6
50-54	6.28	19.32	27.1	20.2
55-59	9.64	28.38	22.9	17.0
60-64	14.71	37.24	18.9	14.2
65-69	24.05	51.08	15.2	11.6
70-74	40.24	70.17	11.8	9.2
75-79	68.89	103.69	8.8	7.1
80-84	115.68	154.56	6.4	5.3
85-89	183.51	225.29	4.6	4.0
90-94	278.60	321.69	3.3	3.0
95-99	395.39	431.30	2.5	2.3
100+	528.85	545.26	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1996

Year

Country