Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 36.6 years in 1953: 40.1 for women and 33.4 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 495,559 people died; 10.1% of them were 65 or older and 54.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

36.6

Women

40.1

Men

33.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

191.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

320.8

Deaths

495,559

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.5

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

544

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

403

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	195.55	242.02	40.1	33.4
1-4	42.65	46.30	47.4	41.1
5-9	10.42	14.35	51.8	45.0
10-14	5.65	7.22	49.4	43.2
15-19	5.92	7.95	45.8	39.7
20-24	6.86	11.23	42.1	36.2
25-29	8.02	11.93	38.4	33.1
30-34	9.29	12.75	34.9	30.0
35-39	10.63	14.53	31.4	26.8
40-44	11.79	17.56	28.0	23.6
45-49	12.88	21.05	24.6	20.6
50-54	15.97	25.91	21.0	17.6
55-59	21.66	33.81	17.6	14.6
60-64	31.74	46.48	14.3	11.9
65-69	48.32	66.68	11.3	9.3
70-74	75.19	103.18	8.7	7.1
75-79	113.93	155.40	6.6	5.3
80-84	173.72	235.09	4.9	3.8
85-89	250.77	358.20	3.6	2.7
90-94	363.89	492.29	2.7	2.0
95-99	483.36	632.44	2.0	1.6
100+	612.97	746.83	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1953

Year

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