Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 74.4 years in 1978: 77.1 for women and 71.7 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 82,143 people died; 72.9% of them were 65 or older and 4.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

74.4

Women

77.1

Men

71.7

Life expectancy at 65

16.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.0

Deaths

82,143

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

140

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	17.46	21.58	77.2	71.7
1-4	0.67	0.72	77.5	72.3
5-9	0.29	0.42	73.7	68.5
10-14	0.29	0.50	68.8	63.6
15-19	0.44	1.02	63.9	58.8
20-24	0.54	1.43	59.0	54.0
25-29	0.61	1.38	54.2	49.4
30-34	0.71	1.37	49.3	44.7
35-39	0.91	1.57	44.5	40.0
40-44	1.35	2.32	39.7	35.3
45-49	2.12	3.80	35.0	30.7
50-54	3.42	6.50	30.3	26.2
55-59	5.44	10.84	25.8	22.0
60-64	9.04	17.47	21.4	18.1
65-69	15.82	27.69	17.3	14.5
70-74	30.99	43.47	13.5	11.3
75-79	53.09	74.72	10.3	8.4
80-84	88.14	123.61	7.7	6.1
85-89	142.20	198.39	5.6	4.4
90-94	219.68	301.99	4.0	3.1
95-99	322.89	430.47	2.9	2.3
100+	455.66	574.25	2.2	1.7

Mortality in Greece by year

Mortality in Greece, 1978

Year

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