Life expectancy at birth in Estonia was 70.0 years in 1996: 75.6 for women and 64.4 for men, a gap of 11.2 years. 19,062 people died; 64.9% of them were 65 or older and 0.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

70.0

Women

75.6

Men

64.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.2

Deaths

19,062

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.3

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

332

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

116

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	8.40	12.46	75.6	64.4
1-4	0.40	0.49	75.2	64.2
5-9	0.38	0.46	71.4	60.4
10-14	0.41	0.45	66.5	55.5
15-19	0.37	1.12	61.6	50.6
20-24	0.52	2.28	56.7	45.9
25-29	0.48	2.80	51.9	41.4
30-34	0.95	3.67	47.0	36.9
35-39	2.11	6.35	42.2	32.6
40-44	2.26	8.23	37.6	28.5
45-49	4.15	13.27	33.0	24.6
50-54	5.66	18.83	28.6	21.1
55-59	8.18	23.97	24.4	18.0
60-64	12.34	34.64	20.3	14.9
65-69	20.69	47.89	16.4	12.3
70-74	33.58	62.03	12.9	9.9
75-79	55.42	95.73	9.8	7.6
80-84	93.50	135.91	7.2	5.9
85-89	162.04	201.92	5.0	4.3
90-94	256.00	292.20	3.6	3.2
95-99	377.99	405.85	2.6	2.4
100+	524.60	535.10	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Estonia by year

Mortality in Estonia, 1996

Year

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