Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 72.7 years in 1996: 77.1 for women and 68.4 for men, a gap of 8.7 years. 8,410,127 people died; 70.4% 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, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

72.7

Women

77.1

Men

68.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.4

Deaths

8,410,127

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

242

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

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	8.98	11.52	77.1	68.4
1-4	0.51	0.63	76.8	68.2
5-9	0.24	0.35	72.9	64.4
10-14	0.22	0.37	68.0	59.5
15-19	0.41	1.14	63.1	54.6
20-24	0.53	1.99	58.2	49.9
25-29	0.65	2.17	53.4	45.4
30-34	0.92	2.90	48.5	40.8
35-39	1.39	4.24	43.8	36.4
40-44	2.08	6.18	39.0	32.1
45-49	3.05	8.33	34.4	28.0
50-54	4.31	10.73	29.9	24.1
55-59	7.02	17.75	25.5	20.3
60-64	10.57	24.21	21.3	17.0
65-69	17.82	36.03	17.3	13.8
70-74	29.27	50.43	13.7	11.0
75-79	49.31	75.95	10.5	8.5
80-84	86.07	119.89	7.7	6.3
85-89	143.32	185.63	5.5	4.6
90-94	230.61	280.32	3.9	3.3
95-99	348.09	400.17	2.7	2.4
100+	496.92	539.17	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 1996

Year

Country