Life expectancy at birth in Germany was 73.9 years in 1983: 76.9 for women and 70.5 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 942,201 people died; 78.0% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

73.9

Women

76.9

Men

70.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.3

Deaths

942,201

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

172

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	8.79	11.57	76.9	70.5
1-4	0.50	0.57	76.6	70.3
5-9	0.22	0.32	72.8	66.4
10-14	0.18	0.29	67.8	61.5
15-19	0.42	1.04	62.9	56.6
20-24	0.46	1.31	58.0	51.9
25-29	0.54	1.25	53.2	47.2
30-34	0.67	1.43	48.3	42.5
35-39	1.09	1.98	43.4	37.8
40-44	1.65	3.17	38.7	33.2
45-49	2.59	5.22	34.0	28.6
50-54	4.20	8.85	29.4	24.3
55-59	6.30	13.40	24.9	20.3
60-64	10.36	21.43	20.7	16.5
65-69	16.97	33.96	16.6	13.1
70-74	30.49	56.24	12.9	10.1
75-79	57.09	92.67	9.5	7.5
80-84	102.29	146.28	6.9	5.6
85-89	170.38	216.19	4.9	4.1
90-94	269.85	315.23	3.4	3.0
95-99	399.73	433.00	2.4	2.3
100+	550.84	564.69	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Germany by year

Mortality in Germany, 1983

Year

Country