Life expectancy at birth in Europe was 74.9 years in 2006: 79.0 for women and 70.8 for men, a gap of 8.2 years. 8,244,984 people died; 72.7% of them were 65 or older and 0.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

74.9

Women

79.0

Men

70.8

Life expectancy at 65

17.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

6.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

7.9

Deaths

8,244,984

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

222

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	5.73	7.23	79.0	70.8
1-4	0.32	0.39	78.5	70.3
5-9	0.15	0.21	74.6	66.4
10-14	0.15	0.24	69.6	61.5
15-19	0.34	0.90	64.7	56.6
20-24	0.49	1.70	59.8	51.8
25-29	0.61	1.93	54.9	47.2
30-34	0.83	2.42	50.1	42.7
35-39	1.20	3.40	45.3	38.2
40-44	1.84	5.31	40.5	33.8
45-49	2.92	8.12	35.9	29.6
50-54	4.33	11.42	31.4	25.7
55-59	6.15	15.05	27.0	22.1
60-64	8.51	18.69	22.8	18.6
65-69	14.62	29.49	18.6	15.2
70-74	23.40	41.26	14.8	12.2
75-79	42.22	65.38	11.4	9.4
80-84	72.73	100.16	8.4	7.1
85-89	122.56	157.09	6.1	5.2
90-94	205.35	249.70	4.2	3.6
95-99	320.00	368.23	2.9	2.6
100+	476.19	515.01	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Europe by year

Mortality in Europe, 2006

Year

Country