Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 34.8 years in 1954: 36.9 for women and 32.8 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 24,496 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 52.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

34.8

Women

36.9

Men

32.8

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

196.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

329.4

Deaths

24,496

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.2

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

539

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

478

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	196.72	255.96	36.9	32.8
1-4	42.89	49.15	43.6	40.9
5-9	14.02	14.20	47.3	45.2
10-14	7.29	7.09	45.6	43.4
15-19	7.65	7.84	42.2	39.9
20-24	8.76	11.08	38.7	36.4
25-29	10.25	11.76	35.4	33.3
30-34	11.95	12.57	32.1	30.2
35-39	13.71	14.32	28.9	26.9
40-44	14.94	17.30	25.8	23.8
45-49	16.16	20.75	22.6	20.7
50-54	19.62	25.58	19.3	17.7
55-59	26.72	33.39	16.0	14.7
60-64	38.82	45.95	12.9	12.0
65-69	58.62	65.96	10.2	9.4
70-74	90.55	102.03	7.8	7.1
75-79	135.51	153.68	5.9	5.3
80-84	203.75	232.61	4.3	3.8
85-89	288.39	354.93	3.2	2.7
90-94	409.77	489.02	2.4	2.0
95-99	532.16	629.82	1.9	1.6
100+	655.61	751.43	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1954

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