Life expectancy at birth in Estonia was 69.3 years in 1981: 74.1 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 10.0 years. 18,271 people died; 66.0% of them were 65 or older and 2.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

74.1

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.3

Deaths

18,271

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

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

308

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	15.44	19.21	74.1	64.1
1-4	1.15	1.51	74.3	64.3
5-9	0.45	0.70	70.6	60.7
10-14	0.16	0.49	65.8	55.9
15-19	0.61	1.73	60.8	51.1
20-24	0.68	2.43	56.0	46.5
25-29	0.95	3.36	51.2	42.0
30-34	1.15	3.91	46.4	37.7
35-39	1.64	5.94	41.6	33.4
40-44	2.24	7.17	37.0	29.3
45-49	3.69	11.15	32.4	25.3
50-54	6.07	16.12	27.9	21.6
55-59	7.98	21.62	23.7	18.2
60-64	13.78	30.76	19.5	15.0
65-69	21.34	44.44	15.8	12.0
70-74	35.16	65.38	12.2	9.4
75-79	64.88	104.13	9.1	7.1
80-84	113.12	155.46	6.6	5.3
85-89	174.14	232.84	4.9	3.9
90-94	257.14	339.32	3.6	2.8
95-99	361.69	464.41	2.7	2.1
100+	488.66	598.87	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Estonia by year

Mortality in Estonia, 1981

Year

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