Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2026

Eastern Africa
2026
Life expectancy: 66.2
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa is projected at 66.2 years in 2026: 69.0 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 3,274,080 people are projected to die; 28.9% of them would be 65 or older and 23.2% 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).

Life expectancy at birth
66.2
Women
69.0
Men
63.5
Life expectancy at 65
14.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
33.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
46.5
Deaths
3,274,080
Deaths per 1,000 people
6.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
275
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
187
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
030.3838.6769.063.5
1-43.143.5870.164.9
5-91.201.7467.061.8
10-140.841.2062.457.4
15-191.242.0357.652.7
20-241.703.1053.048.2
25-292.163.5548.443.9
30-342.654.1943.939.7
35-393.415.2539.435.4
40-444.606.9135.131.3
45-495.959.1230.827.3
50-548.3112.7426.723.5
55-5911.3317.2122.719.9
60-6417.1525.1518.916.4
65-6926.7936.9215.313.3
70-7442.3655.5612.210.4
75-7965.7085.079.48.0
80-84102.63131.577.16.0
85-89156.23199.825.34.4
90-94223.45288.974.03.3
95-99309.12383.193.12.5
100+415.40498.902.42.0