Life expectancy at birth in Estonia was 66.7 years in 1994: 73.0 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 12.2 years. 22,232 people died; 59.5% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

73.0

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.5

Deaths

22,232

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.1

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

413

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	12.95	15.80	73.0	60.8
1-4	0.53	0.63	72.9	60.8
5-9	0.31	0.45	69.1	56.9
10-14	0.27	0.64	64.2	52.1
15-19	0.84	1.75	59.3	47.2
20-24	1.50	3.75	54.5	42.6
25-29	1.34	4.47	49.9	38.4
30-34	1.49	6.11	45.2	34.2
35-39	2.62	8.83	40.5	30.2
40-44	3.30	13.11	36.0	26.4
45-49	5.04	15.95	31.6	23.0
50-54	7.17	21.67	27.3	19.7
55-59	10.63	30.66	23.2	16.7
60-64	15.38	40.61	19.4	14.0
65-69	22.99	52.19	15.7	11.6
70-74	38.24	70.75	12.3	9.4
75-79	59.33	98.81	9.4	7.4
80-84	106.49	144.12	6.7	5.6
85-89	171.95	221.26	4.8	4.1
90-94	273.81	305.90	3.4	3.1
95-99	402.30	407.65	2.4	2.4
100+	553.07	523.23	1.8	1.9

Mortality in Estonia by year

Mortality in Estonia, 1994

Year

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