Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea is projected at 71.8 years in 2037: 74.1 for women and 69.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 24,753 people are projected to die; 49.7% of them would be 65 or older and 9.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2037

Life expectancy at birth

71.8

Women

74.1

Men

69.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.9

Deaths

24,753

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

184

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

125

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2037's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2037

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	12.12	19.92	74.1	69.5
1-4	1.02	1.55	74.0	69.9
5-9	0.78	1.31	70.3	66.3
10-14	0.55	0.89	65.6	61.7
15-19	0.84	1.57	60.7	57.0
20-24	1.16	2.31	56.0	52.4
25-29	1.41	2.46	51.3	48.0
30-34	1.62	2.73	46.6	43.6
35-39	1.97	3.13	42.0	39.1
40-44	2.82	4.02	37.4	34.7
45-49	3.63	5.28	32.9	30.4
50-54	5.52	8.12	28.4	26.1
55-59	7.69	11.12	24.2	22.1
60-64	12.47	17.59	20.0	18.2
65-69	20.91	27.76	16.1	14.6
70-74	35.52	44.37	12.6	11.4
75-79	59.80	72.32	9.6	8.6
80-84	101.28	117.49	7.0	6.3
85-89	161.52	188.49	5.1	4.5
90-94	247.45	287.94	3.6	3.2
95-99	377.38	436.60	2.6	2.2
100+	509.04	555.03	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 2037

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