Europe Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 62.0 years in 1950: 64.5 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 6,461,313 people died; 47.3% of them were 65 or older and 19.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

62.0

Women

64.5

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

79.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

105.5

Deaths

6,461,313

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.8

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

260

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

170

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	75.47	91.99	64.5	59.2
1-4	7.01	7.57	68.4	63.8
5-9	1.29	1.60	66.3	61.7
10-14	1.04	1.32	61.7	57.2
15-19	1.54	2.12	57.0	52.5
20-24	2.12	3.11	52.5	48.1
25-29	2.23	3.06	48.0	43.8
30-34	2.43	3.31	43.5	39.4
35-39	2.85	4.15	39.0	35.0
40-44	3.57	5.64	34.5	30.7
45-49	4.91	8.10	30.1	26.5
50-54	7.08	12.25	25.8	22.5
55-59	10.50	18.48	21.6	18.8
60-64	16.88	27.54	17.6	15.3
65-69	28.10	41.07	14.0	12.2
70-74	48.85	63.98	10.7	9.4
75-79	82.72	101.23	7.9	7.1
80-84	135.84	159.13	5.8	5.2
85-89	212.10	243.22	4.2	3.7
90-94	310.23	351.94	3.0	2.7
95-99	423.53	471.27	2.3	2.1
100+	540.34	570.42	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 1950

Year

Country