Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 44.5 years in 1999: 54.6 for women and 37.1 for men, a gap of 17.5 years. 39,903 people died; 14.0% of them were 65 or older and 23.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

44.5

Women

54.6

Men

37.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.0

Deaths

39,903

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.0

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

746

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

358

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	61.36	77.51	54.6	37.1
1-4	11.11	12.51	57.0	39.1
5-9	6.95	6.57	55.5	37.0
10-14	3.60	4.39	52.4	33.1
15-19	4.38	15.21	48.3	28.8
20-24	5.51	34.05	44.3	25.9
25-29	6.38	34.96	40.5	25.2
30-34	7.24	31.52	36.7	24.5
35-39	8.58	29.20	33.0	23.3
40-44	10.68	28.38	29.3	21.6
45-49	11.95	29.52	25.8	19.5
50-54	14.76	32.15	22.2	17.2
55-59	19.09	38.38	18.7	14.8
60-64	27.37	47.39	15.3	12.4
65-69	42.13	63.87	12.2	10.1
70-74	65.50	89.63	9.5	8.0
75-79	97.29	121.85	7.2	6.1
80-84	154.48	194.11	5.3	4.3
85-89	235.59	316.07	3.8	2.9
90-94	370.87	561.06	2.6	1.8
95-99	592.54	1000.00	1.7	1.0
100+	709.17	1000.00	1.4	1.0

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1999

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