Eritrea Mortality and Life Expectancy 2026: Deaths by Age (1950–2100)

Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea is projected at 69.4 years in 2026: 71.5 for women and 67.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 21,702 people are projected to die; 41.7% of them would be 65 or older and 15.0% 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, 2026

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

71.5

Men

67.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.4

Deaths

21,702

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

209

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

151

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.

Death rate by age, 2026

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	20.61	28.40	71.5	67.2
1-4	1.65	2.14	72.0	68.2
5-9	1.25	1.80	68.4	64.7
10-14	0.84	1.19	63.8	60.3
15-19	1.23	2.03	59.1	55.6
20-24	1.66	2.94	54.4	51.2
25-29	1.97	3.07	49.9	46.9
30-34	2.19	3.34	45.3	42.6
35-39	2.56	3.74	40.8	38.3
40-44	3.51	4.66	36.3	33.9
45-49	4.36	5.98	31.9	29.7
50-54	6.42	8.99	27.6	25.5
55-59	8.75	12.12	23.4	21.5
60-64	13.95	18.95	19.3	17.7
65-69	23.13	29.67	15.5	14.2
70-74	38.95	47.15	12.1	11.1
75-79	65.06	76.44	9.1	8.4
80-84	109.25	123.49	6.7	6.1
85-89	172.66	196.88	4.8	4.4
90-94	261.78	298.71	3.5	3.1
95-99	395.36	450.51	2.5	2.2
100+	527.18	566.57	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea (1950–2100)

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