Life expectancy at birth in Estonia was 67.5 years in 1953: 70.7 for women and 63.2 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 13,374 people died; 63.5% of them were 65 or older and 7.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

70.7

Men

63.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.1

Deaths

13,374

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

262

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	31.57	42.75	70.7	63.2
1-4	2.30	2.86	72.0	64.9
5-9	0.65	1.13	68.6	61.7
10-14	0.50	0.91	63.8	57.0
15-19	0.79	1.96	59.0	52.2
20-24	0.97	2.76	54.2	47.7
25-29	1.15	2.75	49.5	43.4
30-34	1.49	3.09	44.7	38.9
35-39	2.06	4.00	40.0	34.5
40-44	2.95	5.60	35.4	30.1
45-49	4.35	8.34	30.9	25.9
50-54	6.46	12.68	26.5	21.9
55-59	9.61	19.36	22.3	18.2
60-64	15.44	30.04	18.3	14.7
65-69	25.63	45.92	14.5	11.7
70-74	44.72	70.42	11.2	9.1
75-79	76.69	107.53	8.3	6.9
80-84	125.27	160.95	6.1	5.2
85-89	196.98	238.28	4.4	3.8
90-94	289.50	333.22	3.2	2.9
95-99	405.60	445.56	2.4	2.2
100+	538.13	567.86	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Estonia by year

Mortality in Estonia, 1953

Year

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