Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 39.0 years in 1974: 41.4 for women and 36.8 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 33,001 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 47.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

39.0

Women

41.4

Men

36.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

146.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

253.3

Deaths

33,001

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.0

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

550

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

451

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	146.15	179.32	41.4	36.8
1-4	31.97	35.40	46.7	42.7
5-9	13.24	13.50	48.8	44.9
10-14	6.92	7.24	46.9	42.9
15-19	6.94	8.14	43.5	39.3
20-24	7.93	12.05	40.0	35.9
25-29	9.21	12.75	36.5	32.9
30-34	10.67	13.38	33.1	29.9
35-39	12.27	14.87	29.7	26.8
40-44	13.69	17.60	26.5	23.7
45-49	15.08	20.97	23.2	20.7
50-54	18.71	25.93	19.8	17.7
55-59	25.37	33.60	16.5	14.8
60-64	36.90	46.08	13.4	12.0
65-69	55.57	65.94	10.5	9.5
70-74	85.07	100.14	8.1	7.3
75-79	125.35	147.68	6.2	5.4
80-84	190.45	224.24	4.5	3.9
85-89	274.57	347.88	3.4	2.7
90-94	398.07	491.67	2.4	2.0
95-99	534.34	689.54	1.9	1.5
100+	646.50	799.23	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1974

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