Ethiopia Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 37.3 years in 1955: 40.9 for women and 34.1 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 501,891 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 54.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

37.3

Women

40.9

Men

34.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

184.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

310.5

Deaths

501,891

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.8

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

540

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

396

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	188.22	231.90	40.9	34.1
1-4	40.87	44.54	48.1	41.6
5-9	10.14	14.09	52.2	45.2
10-14	5.50	7.11	49.8	43.4
15-19	5.78	7.85	46.1	39.8
20-24	6.70	11.10	42.4	36.3
25-29	7.84	11.78	38.7	33.3
30-34	9.07	12.59	35.2	30.1
35-39	10.38	14.34	31.7	26.9
40-44	11.54	17.33	28.2	23.7
45-49	12.61	20.78	24.7	20.7
50-54	15.68	25.62	21.2	17.7
55-59	21.26	33.43	17.7	14.7
60-64	31.18	46.01	14.4	11.9
65-69	47.51	66.04	11.4	9.4
70-74	74.00	102.16	8.8	7.1
75-79	112.30	153.86	6.7	5.3
80-84	171.49	232.89	4.9	3.8
85-89	248.01	355.29	3.7	2.7
90-94	360.58	489.44	2.7	2.0
95-99	479.89	630.12	2.1	1.6
100+	610.13	751.48	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1955

Year

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