Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 43.4 years in 1962: 45.5 for women and 41.4 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 1,867,486 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 53.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

43.4

Women

45.5

Men

41.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

139.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

242.1

Deaths

1,867,486

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.3

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

460

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

377

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	140.93	166.55	45.5	41.4
1-4	31.38	33.26	51.2	47.6
5-9	8.30	9.33	53.7	50.1
10-14	4.81	5.14	50.9	47.4
15-19	5.28	6.00	47.0	43.5
20-24	6.43	8.55	43.2	39.8
25-29	7.54	9.27	39.6	36.4
30-34	8.53	10.08	36.0	33.0
35-39	9.62	11.59	32.4	29.6
40-44	10.66	13.70	28.9	26.2
45-49	11.79	16.38	25.4	22.9
50-54	14.89	20.69	21.8	19.6
55-59	19.88	26.77	18.2	16.5
60-64	29.42	37.28	14.9	13.5
65-69	44.91	53.95	11.8	10.7
70-74	70.30	82.52	9.2	8.3
75-79	106.09	123.43	7.0	6.3
80-84	157.98	182.51	5.3	4.7
85-89	226.80	261.66	4.0	3.6
90-94	315.49	346.26	3.0	2.8
95-99	414.61	444.54	2.4	2.2
100+	522.96	559.88	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 1962

Year

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