Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 51.8 years in 2001: 52.9 for women and 50.7 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 3,611,440 people died; 14.9% of them were 65 or older and 40.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

52.9

Men

50.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

130.6

Deaths

3,611,440

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

426

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

394

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	80.57	95.95	52.9	50.7
1-4	12.82	13.91	56.2	54.7
5-9	5.21	4.91	55.1	53.7
10-14	3.08	2.98	51.5	50.0
15-19	4.00	4.08	47.2	45.7
20-24	5.63	6.24	43.1	41.6
25-29	7.46	7.42	39.3	37.9
30-34	8.97	8.80	35.7	34.2
35-39	10.43	10.70	32.2	30.6
40-44	11.83	12.94	28.8	27.2
45-49	13.50	15.72	25.4	23.8
50-54	16.68	19.82	22.0	20.6
55-59	21.48	25.07	18.7	17.4
60-64	30.43	34.99	15.5	14.4
65-69	43.98	49.05	12.7	11.7
70-74	63.15	70.60	10.2	9.3
75-79	88.57	102.38	8.0	7.2
80-84	126.86	151.68	6.2	5.4
85-89	185.61	224.32	4.7	4.0
90-94	262.32	315.83	3.5	3.0
95-99	355.95	422.41	2.7	2.3
100+	468.58	542.15	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2001

Year

Country