Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 39.6 years in 1965: 41.7 for women and 37.5 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 26,253 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 50.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

39.6

Women

41.7

Men

37.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

261.3

Deaths

26,253

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.9

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

511

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

443

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	150.64	193.48	41.7	37.5
1-4	31.88	36.49	47.2	44.2
5-9	12.39	12.57	49.4	46.9
10-14	6.38	6.43	47.4	44.7
15-19	6.82	7.22	43.9	41.1
20-24	7.84	10.26	40.3	37.5
25-29	9.17	10.88	36.8	34.4
30-34	10.67	11.61	33.4	31.2
35-39	12.23	13.17	30.1	27.9
40-44	13.42	15.89	26.8	24.6
45-49	14.56	19.05	23.5	21.4
50-54	17.83	23.68	20.1	18.3
55-59	24.24	30.90	16.7	15.3
60-64	35.31	42.75	13.6	12.4
65-69	53.47	61.56	10.7	9.8
70-74	82.79	95.03	8.2	7.5
75-79	124.43	143.32	6.2	5.6
80-84	188.09	217.32	4.6	4.0
85-89	268.33	334.52	3.4	2.8
90-94	384.59	465.21	2.5	2.1
95-99	504.01	606.96	2.0	1.6
100+	628.89	741.90	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1965

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