Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 45.8 years in 1973: 47.9 for women and 43.7 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 2,317,944 people died; 11.2% of them were 65 or older and 53.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

45.8

Women

47.9

Men

43.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

219.5

Deaths

2,317,944

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.4

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

436

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

352

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	128.81	151.74	47.9	43.7
1-4	27.22	28.87	53.3	49.6
5-9	7.49	8.47	55.2	51.4
10-14	4.38	4.73	52.2	48.5
15-19	4.75	5.47	48.3	44.6
20-24	5.76	7.78	44.4	40.8
25-29	6.79	8.56	40.6	37.3
30-34	7.68	9.39	37.0	33.8
35-39	8.70	10.77	33.3	30.3
40-44	9.77	12.71	29.7	26.9
45-49	10.90	15.25	26.0	23.5
50-54	13.84	19.39	22.3	20.1
55-59	18.50	25.16	18.8	16.9
60-64	27.55	35.48	15.3	13.8
65-69	42.11	51.54	12.2	11.0
70-74	66.03	78.41	9.5	8.6
75-79	100.36	117.09	7.3	6.5
80-84	151.46	175.38	5.5	4.9
85-89	219.27	254.08	4.1	3.6
90-94	307.91	340.82	3.1	2.8
95-99	407.34	439.73	2.4	2.2
100+	521.43	554.75	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 1973

Year

Country