Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 58.9 years in 2002: 60.6 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 23,298 people died; 21.7% of them were 65 or older and 29.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

60.6

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.7

Deaths

23,298

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

326

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

275

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	47.38	60.72	60.6	57.2
1-4	6.24	7.58	62.5	59.7
5-9	4.98	4.93	60.0	57.5
10-14	2.70	2.89	56.5	53.9
15-19	3.29	3.81	52.2	49.6
20-24	3.99	5.45	48.0	45.6
25-29	4.66	5.72	44.0	41.7
30-34	5.31	6.13	39.9	37.9
35-39	6.10	6.89	35.9	34.0
40-44	7.22	8.37	32.0	30.1
45-49	8.20	10.28	28.1	26.3
50-54	10.80	13.93	24.1	22.5
55-59	14.57	18.35	20.3	18.9
60-64	21.99	26.92	16.7	15.5
65-69	34.55	40.36	13.3	12.4
70-74	55.29	62.84	10.3	9.6
75-79	87.01	98.06	7.8	7.2
80-84	137.88	152.94	5.8	5.3
85-89	206.68	235.12	4.3	3.8
90-94	298.23	360.81	3.1	2.7
95-99	429.91	498.53	2.3	2.0
100+	566.99	646.62	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 2002

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