Europe Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 61.9 years in 1951: 64.4 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 6,614,369 people died; 48.3% of them were 65 or older and 19.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

61.9

Women

64.4

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

79.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

106.2

Deaths

6,614,369

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

259

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

167

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

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	75.66	91.75	64.4	59.2
1-4	7.30	7.74	68.4	63.7
5-9	1.25	1.52	66.3	61.7
10-14	1.01	1.29	61.7	57.1
15-19	1.46	2.03	57.0	52.5
20-24	1.99	3.00	52.4	48.0
25-29	2.14	2.99	47.9	43.7
30-34	2.33	3.20	43.4	39.3
35-39	2.76	4.02	38.9	34.9
40-44	3.48	5.54	34.4	30.5
45-49	4.84	8.07	30.0	26.3
50-54	7.03	12.26	25.6	22.3
55-59	10.55	18.70	21.5	18.5
60-64	17.02	28.06	17.5	15.1
65-69	28.53	42.30	13.8	12.0
70-74	49.95	66.20	10.5	9.2
75-79	85.58	105.81	7.8	6.9
80-84	140.23	165.34	5.6	5.0
85-89	220.08	254.07	4.0	3.6
90-94	319.54	360.73	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.21	480.30	2.3	2.1
100+	549.30	573.76	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 1951

Year

Country