Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 69.4 years in 1963: 72.3 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 5,997,050 people died; 60.3% of them were 65 or older and 8.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

72.3

Men

66.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.1

Deaths

5,997,050

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

211

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

116

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	30.99	39.22	72.3	66.1
1-4	1.68	1.93	73.6	67.8
5-9	0.49	0.73	70.1	64.3
10-14	0.38	0.61	65.2	59.5
15-19	0.56	1.21	60.4	54.7
20-24	0.76	1.77	55.5	50.0
25-29	0.96	1.92	50.7	45.4
30-34	1.23	2.32	46.0	40.8
35-39	1.67	3.06	41.2	36.3
40-44	2.42	4.17	36.6	31.8
45-49	3.57	6.40	32.0	27.4
50-54	5.31	10.14	27.5	23.2
55-59	8.07	16.40	23.2	19.3
60-64	13.25	26.15	19.0	15.7
65-69	22.54	39.88	15.1	12.5
70-74	39.85	60.96	11.6	9.7
75-79	70.34	95.95	8.6	7.3
80-84	120.34	150.95	6.2	5.3
85-89	195.72	235.01	4.4	3.8
90-94	293.83	340.29	3.2	2.8
95-99	416.65	460.93	2.3	2.1
100+	547.23	574.42	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 1963

Year

Country