Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 73.7 years in 2003: 78.0 for women and 69.5 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 8,669,388 people died; 71.8% of them were 65 or older and 0.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

78.0

Men

69.5

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

7.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

9.0

Deaths

8,669,388

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

234

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	6.55	8.32	78.0	69.5
1-4	0.36	0.45	77.5	69.1
5-9	0.17	0.24	73.6	65.2
10-14	0.18	0.30	68.6	60.3
15-19	0.37	0.99	63.7	55.3
20-24	0.52	1.79	58.8	50.6
25-29	0.65	2.04	54.0	46.0
30-34	0.85	2.54	49.1	41.5
35-39	1.28	3.74	44.3	37.0
40-44	2.08	6.21	39.6	32.6
45-49	3.17	8.96	35.0	28.6
50-54	4.63	12.21	30.5	24.8
55-59	6.23	14.89	26.1	21.2
60-64	9.96	22.60	21.9	17.6
65-69	15.87	32.29	17.9	14.4
70-74	26.87	47.52	14.1	11.5
75-79	46.76	71.77	10.8	8.9
80-84	78.82	108.93	8.0	6.7
85-89	136.76	174.12	5.6	4.8
90-94	227.07	273.89	3.9	3.4
95-99	351.46	398.48	2.7	2.4
100+	510.49	541.77	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 2003

Year

Country