Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 64.7 years in 2012: 66.6 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 22,012 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 22.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

64.7

Women

66.6

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.6

Deaths

22,012

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

260

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

204

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	33.57	42.81	66.6	62.8
1-4	3.32	4.27	67.8	64.5
5-9	2.66	3.01	64.7	61.5
10-14	1.57	1.86	60.5	57.4
15-19	2.07	2.79	56.0	53.0
20-24	2.62	4.00	51.5	48.7
25-29	3.08	4.17	47.2	44.6
30-34	3.45	4.49	42.9	40.5
35-39	3.98	5.02	38.6	36.3
40-44	5.04	6.16	34.3	32.2
45-49	5.96	7.72	30.1	28.1
50-54	8.28	11.03	26.0	24.1
55-59	11.20	14.68	21.9	20.4
60-64	17.36	22.27	18.1	16.7
65-69	28.02	34.17	14.5	13.4
70-74	46.05	53.75	11.2	10.4
75-79	74.82	85.67	8.5	7.8
80-84	122.27	136.03	6.2	5.7
85-89	188.59	213.62	4.6	4.1
90-94	279.52	335.07	3.3	2.8
95-99	413.25	472.23	2.4	2.1
100+	556.61	626.53	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 2012

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