Eastern Africa Mortality 2024: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa is projected at 65.8 years in 2024: 68.6 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 3,174,411 people are projected to die; 27.8% of them would be 65 or older and 24.4% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2024

Life expectancy at birth

65.8

Women

68.6

Men

63.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

48.5

Deaths

3,174,411

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

280

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

192

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2024's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2024

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	32.04	40.15	68.6	63.1
1-4	3.30	3.70	69.8	64.6
5-9	1.27	1.81	66.7	61.5
10-14	0.89	1.25	62.1	57.1
15-19	1.30	2.11	57.3	52.4
20-24	1.79	3.22	52.7	48.0
25-29	2.26	3.68	48.1	43.7
30-34	2.78	4.34	43.7	39.5
35-39	3.58	5.45	39.2	35.3
40-44	4.76	7.10	34.9	31.2
45-49	6.12	9.31	30.7	27.2
50-54	8.49	12.97	26.6	23.4
55-59	11.52	17.43	22.6	19.8
60-64	17.46	25.45	18.8	16.3
65-69	27.23	37.39	15.3	13.2
70-74	42.84	56.13	12.1	10.4
75-79	66.25	85.85	9.4	8.0
80-84	103.35	132.54	7.1	5.9
85-89	156.42	200.41	5.3	4.4
90-94	223.67	288.64	4.0	3.3
95-99	309.61	381.50	3.1	2.5
100+	419.08	499.35	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2024

Year

Country