Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 50.3 years in 1999: 51.6 for women and 48.9 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 3,686,347 people died; 14.0% of them were 65 or older and 42.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

50.3

Women

51.6

Men

48.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

89.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.9

Deaths

3,686,347

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.6

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

449

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

401

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	87.73	104.08	51.6	48.9
1-4	14.83	15.95	55.2	53.1
5-9	5.64	5.43	54.5	52.5
10-14	3.33	3.28	51.0	48.9
15-19	4.25	4.60	46.8	44.6
20-24	5.90	7.24	42.8	40.6
25-29	7.73	8.47	39.0	37.0
30-34	9.24	9.82	35.4	33.5
35-39	10.75	11.68	32.0	30.1
40-44	12.17	13.87	28.6	26.7
45-49	13.74	16.60	25.2	23.4
50-54	16.92	20.63	21.8	20.3
55-59	21.81	26.06	18.5	17.2
60-64	30.97	36.11	15.4	14.2
65-69	44.88	50.52	12.5	11.5
70-74	64.30	72.31	10.1	9.2
75-79	90.27	104.41	7.9	7.1
80-84	129.56	154.51	6.1	5.3
85-89	189.38	227.89	4.6	4.0
90-94	266.62	318.73	3.5	3.0
95-99	357.91	420.26	2.7	2.3
100+	472.68	543.45	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 1999

Year

Country