Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 53.2 years in 1993: 54.6 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 24,144 people died; 15.0% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

53.2

Women

54.6

Men

51.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

129.9

Deaths

24,144

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

365

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

326

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	75.75	96.36	54.6	51.8
1-4	12.53	14.81	57.8	55.9
5-9	7.09	6.44	56.6	55.2
10-14	3.77	3.55	53.6	51.9
15-19	4.32	4.47	49.6	47.8
20-24	5.13	6.38	45.6	43.8
25-29	5.96	6.71	41.7	40.2
30-34	6.85	7.17	37.9	36.4
35-39	7.83	8.07	34.1	32.7
40-44	8.95	9.76	30.4	28.9
45-49	9.93	11.87	26.7	25.2
50-54	12.71	15.69	22.9	21.6
55-59	17.12	20.57	19.2	18.2
60-64	25.47	29.70	15.7	14.9
65-69	39.47	44.07	12.5	11.9
70-74	62.27	68.32	9.7	9.2
75-79	96.35	105.55	7.4	6.9
80-84	149.88	163.32	5.4	5.1
85-89	221.42	248.48	4.0	3.6
90-94	328.65	377.32	2.9	2.6
95-99	446.50	515.90	2.2	1.9
100+	581.40	660.68	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1993

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