Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 43.8 years in 1979: 46.7 for women and 41.0 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 30,659 people died; 10.9% of them were 65 or older and 43.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

46.7

Men

41.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

197.6

Deaths

30,659

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.6

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

521

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

405

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	112.51	142.37	46.7	41.0
1-4	22.22	25.62	51.2	46.1
5-9	10.51	10.79	51.7	46.8
10-14	5.40	5.73	49.4	44.3
15-19	5.93	7.57	45.7	40.5
20-24	6.90	12.13	42.0	37.0
25-29	8.06	12.73	38.4	34.1
30-34	9.33	12.98	34.9	31.2
35-39	10.71	13.97	31.4	28.1
40-44	11.96	16.12	28.0	25.0
45-49	13.03	18.84	24.6	21.9
50-54	16.10	23.04	21.0	18.8
55-59	21.74	29.70	17.6	15.7
60-64	31.71	40.66	14.3	12.9
65-69	48.22	58.27	11.3	10.2
70-74	74.99	89.02	8.7	7.8
75-79	113.65	133.84	6.6	5.9
80-84	173.36	203.54	4.9	4.3
85-89	250.35	301.43	3.6	3.1
90-94	363.47	446.04	2.7	2.2
95-99	483.05	593.89	2.0	1.7
100+	612.93	725.01	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1979

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