Life expectancy at birth in Germany was 74.5 years in 1985: 77.5 for women and 71.1 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 931,664 people died; 78.1% of them were 65 or older and 1.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

74.5

Women

77.5

Men

71.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

11.0

Deaths

931,664

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

164

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	8.00	10.23	77.5	71.1
1-4	0.45	0.53	77.1	70.8
5-9	0.22	0.27	73.2	67.0
10-14	0.17	0.25	68.3	62.0
15-19	0.35	0.83	63.4	57.1
20-24	0.41	1.12	58.5	52.3
25-29	0.48	1.10	53.6	47.6
30-34	0.66	1.36	48.7	42.9
35-39	1.02	1.83	43.9	38.1
40-44	1.58	2.99	39.1	33.5
45-49	2.49	5.00	34.4	28.9
50-54	3.97	8.38	29.7	24.6
55-59	6.13	13.18	25.3	20.5
60-64	9.88	20.72	21.0	16.8
65-69	16.15	32.85	16.9	13.3
70-74	28.99	54.34	13.1	10.2
75-79	53.77	90.27	9.8	7.6
80-84	98.46	142.24	7.0	5.6
85-89	167.33	215.31	4.9	4.1
90-94	261.97	313.84	3.5	3.0
95-99	383.72	431.95	2.5	2.3
100+	528.74	563.86	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Germany by year

Mortality in Germany, 1985

Year

Country