Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 32.2 years in 1957: 35.1 for women and 29.5 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 631,861 people died; 9.6% of them were 65 or older and 54.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

32.2

Women

35.1

Men

29.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

214.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

366.1

Deaths

631,861

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.3

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

596

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

454

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	228.68	270.30	35.1	29.5
1-4	53.53	56.60	42.8	37.2
5-9	13.93	17.89	48.4	42.0
10-14	7.74	9.43	46.7	40.7
15-19	6.95	9.14	43.4	37.5
20-24	7.86	12.39	39.9	34.2
25-29	9.05	13.23	36.4	31.2
30-34	10.42	14.36	32.9	28.2
35-39	11.99	16.59	29.6	25.1
40-44	13.58	20.20	26.2	22.0
45-49	15.27	24.53	22.9	19.1
50-54	19.32	30.49	19.5	16.3
55-59	26.25	39.72	16.2	13.5
60-64	38.30	54.41	13.2	10.9
65-69	57.42	77.63	10.4	8.6
70-74	86.87	117.47	8.1	6.5
75-79	124.63	170.02	6.2	4.9
80-84	191.45	257.78	4.5	3.5
85-89	285.00	400.76	3.2	2.4
90-94	436.24	582.25	2.2	1.7
95-99	619.70	863.25	1.6	1.2
100+	885.11	919.46	1.1	1.1

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1957

Year

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