Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 68.0 years in 1954: 70.2 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 66,412 people died; 54.0% of them were 65 or older and 12.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

70.2

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.3

Deaths

66,412

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.4

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

207

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	43.96	50.26	70.3	65.8
1-4	2.06	2.07	72.4	68.1
5-9	0.66	0.76	68.9	64.7
10-14	0.54	0.64	64.2	59.9
15-19	0.81	1.31	59.3	55.1
20-24	1.07	1.94	54.6	50.4
25-29	1.25	1.99	49.8	45.9
30-34	1.52	2.17	45.1	41.3
35-39	2.05	2.69	40.5	36.7
40-44	2.92	3.89	35.9	32.2
45-49	4.30	6.14	31.3	27.8
50-54	6.51	10.09	27.0	23.6
55-59	9.55	16.00	22.8	19.7
60-64	14.77	24.86	18.8	16.1
65-69	24.22	38.01	15.0	12.9
70-74	44.76	57.28	11.6	10.0
75-79	72.01	92.88	8.9	7.5
80-84	113.21	145.28	6.6	5.6
85-89	172.14	217.36	4.9	4.1
90-94	250.79	307.70	3.7	3.1
95-99	348.20	413.72	2.8	2.4
100+	468.91	534.85	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Greece by year

Mortality in Greece, 1954

Year

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