Life expectancy at birth in Northern Europe was 70.8 years in 1958: 73.4 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 880,255 people died; 67.4% of them were 65 or older and 4.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

73.4

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.5

Deaths

880,255

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

187

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	21.53	27.90	73.4	68.0
1-4	0.97	1.19	74.0	68.9
5-9	0.34	0.56	70.3	65.2
10-14	0.27	0.44	65.4	60.4
15-19	0.40	0.94	60.5	55.5
20-24	0.57	1.21	55.6	50.8
25-29	0.73	1.30	50.7	46.1
30-34	1.01	1.52	45.9	41.4
35-39	1.49	2.06	41.1	36.7
40-44	2.28	3.20	36.4	32.0
45-49	3.55	5.32	31.8	27.5
50-54	5.50	9.51	27.3	23.2
55-59	8.43	16.24	23.0	19.2
60-64	13.98	26.04	18.9	15.6
65-69	23.39	40.71	15.1	12.4
70-74	40.89	63.62	11.6	9.6
75-79	71.46	98.17	8.6	7.2
80-84	118.87	151.71	6.3	5.3
85-89	190.98	233.69	4.5	3.8
90-94	281.83	343.89	3.3	2.8
95-99	395.92	468.73	2.5	2.1
100+	519.13	590.46	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Northern Europe by year

Mortality in Northern Europe, 1958

Year

Country