Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 72.9 years in 1971: 75.3 for women and 70.5 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 73,427 people died; 66.2% of them were 65 or older and 6.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

72.9

Women

75.3

Men

70.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.2

Deaths

73,427

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.4

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

151

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	24.64	29.17	75.3	70.5
1-4	0.99	1.02	76.2	71.6
5-9	0.39	0.52	72.5	67.9
10-14	0.34	0.53	67.6	63.0
15-19	0.49	1.05	62.7	58.2
20-24	0.63	1.45	57.9	53.5
25-29	0.68	1.32	53.1	48.9
30-34	0.82	1.38	48.2	44.2
35-39	1.12	1.73	43.4	39.5
40-44	1.68	2.59	38.7	34.8
45-49	2.60	4.26	34.0	30.2
50-54	4.16	7.15	29.4	25.8
55-59	6.46	11.70	24.9	21.6
60-64	10.43	18.58	20.7	17.8
65-69	17.75	29.31	16.6	14.2
70-74	34.75	45.76	12.9	11.1
75-79	57.84	76.84	9.9	8.3
80-84	94.87	126.75	7.4	6.0
85-89	149.63	200.08	5.4	4.3
90-94	227.92	300.62	3.9	3.1
95-99	330.60	422.88	2.9	2.3
100+	461.00	561.45	2.2	1.8

Mortality in Greece by year

Mortality in Greece, 1971

Year

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