Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa is projected at 67.2 years in 2031: 70.1 for women and 64.4 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 3,550,052 people are projected to die; 31.5% of them would be 65 or older and 20.2% 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).

Key indicators, 2031

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

70.1

Men

64.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.6

Deaths

3,550,052

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

262

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2031

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	26.30	34.99	70.1	64.4
1-4	2.76	3.29	70.9	65.7
5-9	1.05	1.58	67.7	62.5
10-14	0.74	1.09	63.0	58.0
15-19	1.10	1.86	58.3	53.3
20-24	1.52	2.85	53.6	48.8
25-29	1.93	3.28	48.9	44.4
30-34	2.39	3.88	44.4	40.1
35-39	3.07	4.85	39.9	35.9
40-44	4.17	6.40	35.5	31.7
45-49	5.58	8.67	31.2	27.6
50-54	7.90	12.22	27.0	23.8
55-59	10.92	16.66	23.0	20.1
60-64	16.56	24.55	19.1	16.6
65-69	25.75	35.92	15.5	13.4
70-74	40.99	54.06	12.3	10.6
75-79	64.31	83.24	9.5	8.1
80-84	100.29	128.46	7.2	6.1
85-89	154.19	196.78	5.4	4.4
90-94	222.97	287.90	4.1	3.3
95-99	307.75	382.31	3.1	2.5
100+	409.58	498.55	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2031

Year

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