Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 38.8 years in 1963: 40.9 for women and 36.8 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 25,672 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 51.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

38.8

Women

40.9

Men

36.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

272.1

Deaths

25,672

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.6

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

514

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

448

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	157.72	202.77	40.9	36.8
1-4	33.55	38.39	46.7	43.8
5-9	12.62	12.83	49.1	46.6
10-14	6.51	6.53	47.1	44.6
15-19	6.94	7.29	43.6	41.0
20-24	7.97	10.31	40.1	37.4
25-29	9.33	10.93	36.6	34.3
30-34	10.85	11.68	33.2	31.0
35-39	12.44	13.29	29.9	27.8
40-44	13.63	16.05	26.7	24.5
45-49	14.79	19.27	23.4	21.3
50-54	18.08	23.93	20.0	18.2
55-59	24.59	31.24	16.6	15.2
60-64	35.82	43.20	13.5	12.4
65-69	54.22	62.20	10.6	9.8
70-74	83.91	96.06	8.2	7.4
75-79	126.04	144.85	6.2	5.5
80-84	190.37	219.61	4.6	4.0
85-89	271.30	337.47	3.4	2.8
90-94	388.35	468.77	2.5	2.1
95-99	508.38	610.18	1.9	1.6
100+	633.11	744.21	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1963

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