Romania

2001

Life expectancy: 71.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Romania was 71.1 years in 2001: 74.8 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 260,892 people died; 69.0% of them were 65 or older and 1.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

71.1

Women

74.8

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.3

Deaths

260,892

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

245

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	16.06	20.39	74.8	67.5
1-4	0.79	0.89	75.0	67.9
5-9	0.30	0.46	71.2	64.2
10-14	0.46	0.70	66.3	59.3
15-19	0.33	0.74	61.5	54.5
20-24	0.42	1.02	56.6	49.7
25-29	0.51	1.34	51.7	44.9
30-34	0.76	1.96	46.8	40.2
35-39	1.32	3.41	42.0	35.6
40-44	2.25	5.87	37.2	31.1
45-49	3.60	9.32	32.6	27.0
50-54	5.41	13.20	28.2	23.2
55-59	8.19	19.31	23.9	19.6
60-64	12.44	27.21	19.7	16.3
65-69	20.02	38.00	15.8	13.3
70-74	34.32	55.06	12.2	10.5
75-79	62.16	84.47	9.0	8.1
80-84	107.65	126.16	6.4	6.1
85-89	193.20	192.34	4.3	4.5
90-94	340.76	293.73	2.8	3.2
95-99	539.03	425.92	1.8	2.3
100+	726.59	572.38	1.4	1.8

Mortality in Romania by year

Mortality in Romania, 2001

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