Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 40.8 years in 1969: 42.9 for women and 38.8 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 27,464 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 48.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

40.8

Women

42.9

Men

38.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

142.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

242.5

Deaths

27,464

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.7

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

506

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

437

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	138.31	177.42	42.9	38.8
1-4	28.95	33.42	48.1	45.0
5-9	12.14	12.26	49.7	47.1
10-14	6.22	6.32	47.7	45.0
15-19	6.69	7.12	44.1	41.3
20-24	7.70	10.11	40.5	37.7
25-29	9.01	10.72	37.0	34.6
30-34	10.47	11.44	33.6	31.3
35-39	11.99	12.97	30.3	28.0
40-44	13.18	15.64	27.0	24.7
45-49	14.32	18.77	23.7	21.5
50-54	17.55	23.38	20.2	18.4
55-59	23.86	30.52	16.9	15.4
60-64	34.78	42.29	13.7	12.5
65-69	52.70	60.97	10.8	9.9
70-74	81.63	94.08	8.3	7.5
75-79	122.79	141.99	6.3	5.6
80-84	185.82	215.31	4.7	4.1
85-89	265.50	332.31	3.5	2.9
90-94	381.12	463.07	2.5	2.1
95-99	500.39	606.19	2.0	1.6
100+	625.78	744.55	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1969

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