Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 50.0 years in 1998: 57.6 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 13.8 years. 31,689 people died; 15.2% of them were 65 or older and 26.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

50.0

Women

57.6

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

95.9

Deaths

31,689

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.5

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

613

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

317

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	57.20	73.22	57.6	43.8
1-4	8.33	10.00	59.9	46.0
5-9	5.78	5.48	57.9	43.8
10-14	3.13	3.49	54.5	40.0
15-19	3.88	10.26	50.3	35.6
20-24	4.83	22.34	46.2	32.4
25-29	5.58	22.94	42.3	30.9
30-34	6.40	21.11	38.4	29.4
35-39	7.52	19.81	34.6	27.4
40-44	9.10	19.80	30.8	25.0
45-49	10.00	21.03	27.1	22.3
50-54	12.57	23.72	23.4	19.5
55-59	16.44	28.89	19.8	16.6
60-64	23.81	37.23	16.2	13.8
65-69	36.80	51.88	13.0	11.1
70-74	58.19	75.81	10.1	8.7
75-79	90.79	110.20	7.6	6.6
80-84	142.66	173.41	5.6	4.8
85-89	212.58	273.32	4.1	3.3
90-94	319.20	451.96	3.0	2.1
95-99	438.13	909.83	2.2	1.1
100+	573.26	964.69	1.7	1.0

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1998

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