Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 47.4 years in 1987: 50.0 for women and 44.8 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 31,801 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 42.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

47.4

Women

50.0

Men

44.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

169.3

Deaths

31,801

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.8

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

468

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

371

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	96.95	123.20	50.0	44.8
1-4	17.90	20.90	54.0	49.5
5-9	9.08	8.93	53.8	49.7
10-14	4.69	4.78	51.2	46.9
15-19	5.22	6.47	47.4	42.9
20-24	6.11	10.33	43.5	39.3
25-29	7.14	10.83	39.8	36.2
30-34	8.23	11.06	36.2	33.1
35-39	9.43	11.88	32.6	29.8
40-44	10.64	13.74	29.0	26.5
45-49	11.66	16.09	25.5	23.2
50-54	14.57	20.01	21.9	19.9
55-59	19.66	25.81	18.3	16.8
60-64	28.82	35.83	15.0	13.7
65-69	44.11	51.86	11.9	10.9
70-74	68.88	79.35	9.2	8.4
75-79	105.18	120.10	7.0	6.3
80-84	161.62	184.05	5.2	4.6
85-89	235.55	276.39	3.8	3.3
90-94	345.24	414.40	2.8	2.3
95-99	463.11	562.59	2.1	1.8
100+	595.59	696.67	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1987

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