Life expectancy at birth in Estonia was 70.7 years in 1965: 74.2 for women and 66.3 for men, a gap of 7.9 years. 13,688 people died; 66.9% of them were 65 or older and 3.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

74.2

Men

66.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.0

Deaths

13,688

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

232

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

101

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	16.71	23.28	74.3	66.3
1-4	1.16	1.54	74.5	66.8
5-9	0.41	0.75	70.8	63.3
10-14	0.40	0.51	66.0	58.5
15-19	0.46	1.34	61.1	53.6
20-24	0.66	2.24	56.2	49.0
25-29	0.82	2.55	51.4	44.5
30-34	1.01	3.56	46.6	40.0
35-39	1.34	3.96	41.8	35.7
40-44	1.88	4.93	37.1	31.4
45-49	3.34	7.46	32.4	27.1
50-54	4.68	10.02	27.9	23.0
55-59	7.08	16.57	23.5	19.1
60-64	13.49	25.76	19.3	15.5
65-69	21.14	43.72	15.4	12.3
70-74	38.31	63.89	11.9	9.6
75-79	68.17	97.42	8.8	7.3
80-84	116.64	146.32	6.4	5.4
85-89	182.15	238.60	4.7	3.8
90-94	272.49	358.35	3.4	2.7
95-99	385.32	498.59	2.5	2.0
100+	518.75	643.34	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Estonia by year

Mortality in Estonia, 1965

Year

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