Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Southern Europe

1953

Life expectancy: 63.7

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe was 63.7 years in 1953: 65.7 for women and 61.7 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 1,177,339 people died; 50.3% of them were 65 or older and 19.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

65.7

Men

61.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

98.2

Deaths

1,177,339

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

215

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

150

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	73.48	86.94	65.7	61.7
1-4	5.92	6.37	69.6	66.2
5-9	1.12	1.28	67.2	63.8
10-14	0.74	0.96	62.6	59.2
15-19	1.03	1.37	57.8	54.5
20-24	1.44	1.90	53.1	49.9
25-29	1.71	2.13	48.5	45.3
30-34	1.98	2.43	43.9	40.8
35-39	2.40	2.97	39.3	36.2
40-44	3.16	4.32	34.7	31.7
45-49	4.37	6.71	30.2	27.4
50-54	6.59	10.51	25.8	23.2
55-59	9.83	15.95	21.6	19.3
60-64	16.58	24.64	17.6	15.7
65-69	27.90	37.45	13.8	12.4
70-74	50.76	61.82	10.5	9.5
75-79	85.79	101.85	7.9	7.0
80-84	136.65	162.29	5.8	5.1
85-89	211.86	248.71	4.2	3.7
90-94	303.81	352.66	3.1	2.7
95-99	414.83	480.91	2.4	2.1
100+	521.21	595.10	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Southern Europe by year

Mortality in Southern Europe, 1953

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