Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 68.6 years in 1998: 73.9 for women and 63.4 for men, a gap of 10.5 years. 4,041,733 people died; 63.8% of them were 65 or older and 1.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

73.9

Men

63.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.9

Deaths

4,041,733

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

340

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

124

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	12.76	16.73	74.0	63.4
1-4	0.75	0.93	73.9	63.5
5-9	0.33	0.49	70.1	59.7
10-14	0.29	0.50	65.2	54.8
15-19	0.54	1.49	60.3	50.0
20-24	0.76	2.83	55.5	45.3
25-29	0.95	3.24	50.7	40.9
30-34	1.24	4.20	45.9	36.6
35-39	1.77	6.13	41.2	32.3
40-44	2.58	8.97	36.5	28.2
45-49	3.89	12.79	32.0	24.4
50-54	5.81	17.55	27.5	20.8
55-59	8.91	25.59	23.3	17.5
60-64	13.96	35.35	19.2	14.5
65-69	22.78	48.34	15.4	11.9
70-74	38.84	68.29	11.9	9.4
75-79	66.79	100.24	9.0	7.3
80-84	112.57	149.63	6.5	5.5
85-89	180.83	220.49	4.7	4.1
90-94	276.58	315.10	3.4	3.0
95-99	395.03	424.10	2.5	2.3
100+	531.69	540.34	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1998

Year

Country