Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa is projected at 68.5 years in 2038: 71.4 for women and 65.6 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 4,013,902 people are projected to die; 35.8% of them would be 65 or older and 16.1% 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, 2038

Life expectancy at birth

68.5

Women

71.4

Men

65.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.7

Deaths

4,013,902

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

245

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

160

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2038

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	21.63	30.60	71.4	65.6
1-4	2.29	2.90	72.0	66.7
5-9	0.88	1.39	68.6	63.4
10-14	0.62	0.96	63.9	58.8
15-19	0.92	1.65	59.1	54.1
20-24	1.29	2.54	54.4	49.5
25-29	1.66	2.93	49.7	45.1
30-34	2.07	3.51	45.1	40.8
35-39	2.71	4.43	40.6	36.4
40-44	3.70	5.83	36.1	32.2
45-49	4.98	7.93	31.7	28.1
50-54	7.29	11.51	27.4	24.1
55-59	10.29	15.91	23.3	20.4
60-64	15.82	23.63	19.4	16.9
65-69	24.69	34.95	15.8	13.7
70-74	39.00	52.46	12.6	10.8
75-79	61.67	80.63	9.7	8.3
80-84	97.46	125.10	7.4	6.2
85-89	149.47	191.60	5.5	4.5
90-94	218.49	282.36	4.1	3.3
95-99	307.05	379.22	3.1	2.6
100+	404.58	490.24	2.5	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2038

Year

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