Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 52.4 years in 1992: 53.9 for women and 51.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 24,652 people died; 14.3% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

52.4

Women

53.9

Men

51.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

137.1

Deaths

24,652

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

372

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

331

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	80.00	101.56	53.9	51.0
1-4	13.35	15.84	57.3	55.3
5-9	7.37	6.76	56.3	54.8
10-14	3.91	3.69	53.3	51.6
15-19	4.44	4.59	49.3	47.5
20-24	5.26	6.54	45.4	43.5
25-29	6.11	6.89	41.5	39.9
30-34	7.02	7.36	37.7	36.2
35-39	8.02	8.29	34.0	32.5
40-44	9.13	10.02	30.3	28.7
45-49	10.10	12.16	26.6	25.1
50-54	12.87	15.99	22.8	21.5
55-59	17.34	20.95	19.2	18.1
60-64	25.75	30.15	15.7	14.8
65-69	39.83	44.63	12.5	11.8
70-74	62.73	69.14	9.7	9.1
75-79	96.87	106.64	7.3	6.9
80-84	150.35	164.70	5.4	5.0
85-89	221.67	249.92	4.0	3.6
90-94	328.16	378.51	2.9	2.6
95-99	445.26	516.16	2.2	1.9
100+	578.10	659.76	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1992

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