Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 45.0 years in 1981: 47.5 for women and 42.5 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 30,923 people died; 11.2% of them were 65 or older and 44.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

45.0

Women

47.5

Men

42.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

114.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

191.0

Deaths

30,923

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.7

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

489

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

396

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	108.86	138.14	47.5	42.5
1-4	21.04	24.60	51.9	47.6
5-9	10.21	10.46	52.3	48.3
10-14	5.24	5.53	49.9	45.8
15-19	5.76	6.83	46.1	42.0
20-24	6.69	10.36	42.4	38.4
25-29	7.82	10.92	38.8	35.3
30-34	9.05	11.36	35.2	32.1
35-39	10.36	12.51	31.7	28.9
40-44	11.56	14.75	28.3	25.6
45-49	12.62	17.47	24.8	22.3
50-54	15.65	21.72	21.2	19.1
55-59	21.18	28.19	17.8	16.1
60-64	30.99	39.04	14.5	13.1
65-69	47.20	56.31	11.5	10.4
70-74	73.49	86.43	8.9	8.0
75-79	111.52	130.58	6.7	6.0
80-84	170.34	198.78	5.0	4.4
85-89	246.34	294.84	3.7	3.2
90-94	358.34	436.67	2.7	2.2
95-99	476.62	582.36	2.1	1.7
100+	606.80	716.64	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1981

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