Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 80.4 years in 2012: 83.3 for women and 77.5 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 118,408 people died; 85.8% of them were 65 or older and 0.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

80.4

Women

83.3

Men

77.5

Life expectancy at 65

19.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

3.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

4.1

Deaths

118,408

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

101

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	3.26	3.91	83.4	77.5
1-4	0.13	0.13	82.6	76.8
5-9	0.04	0.06	78.7	72.8
10-14	0.06	0.11	73.7	67.9
15-19	0.11	0.28	68.7	62.9
20-24	0.16	0.51	63.7	58.0
25-29	0.22	0.66	58.8	53.1
30-34	0.32	0.83	53.9	48.3
35-39	0.47	1.12	48.9	43.5
40-44	0.76	1.79	44.0	38.7
45-49	1.27	3.09	39.2	34.0
50-54	1.98	5.07	34.4	29.5
55-59	3.03	8.02	29.7	25.2
60-64	4.94	12.34	25.2	21.1
65-69	8.53	18.23	20.7	17.3
70-74	17.20	27.80	16.5	13.7
75-79	31.62	49.28	12.8	10.4
80-84	57.53	86.60	9.5	7.6
85-89	101.81	148.00	6.8	5.4
90-94	173.65	239.40	4.8	3.7
95-99	278.67	360.68	3.3	2.7
100+	426.31	510.46	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Greece by year

Mortality in Greece, 2012

Year

Country