Germany Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Germany was 67.1 years in 1951: 69.6 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 723,592 people died; 57.6% of them were 65 or older and 10.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

67.1

Women

69.6

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

62.4

Deaths

723,592

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

205

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

126

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	50.01	63.39	69.6	64.5
1-4	1.85	2.34	72.1	67.6
5-9	0.54	0.84	68.6	64.3
10-14	0.38	0.64	63.8	59.5
15-19	0.56	1.24	58.9	54.7
20-24	0.83	2.03	54.1	50.0
25-29	1.07	1.96	49.3	45.5
30-34	1.39	2.01	44.5	40.9
35-39	1.87	2.55	39.8	36.3
40-44	2.64	3.61	35.2	31.7
45-49	3.79	5.64	30.6	27.3
50-54	5.73	9.76	26.1	23.0
55-59	9.08	17.10	21.8	19.0
60-64	15.24	26.34	17.7	15.5
65-69	26.80	40.54	13.9	12.3
70-74	48.32	63.23	10.5	9.5
75-79	84.52	99.71	7.7	7.1
80-84	145.71	159.17	5.5	5.1
85-89	230.20	251.42	3.9	3.6
90-94	338.73	372.66	2.8	2.6
95-99	471.63	506.05	2.1	2.0
100+	611.32	645.20	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Germany by year

Mortality in Germany, 1951

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