Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 41.3 years in 1976: 45.0 for women and 37.9 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 750,527 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 53.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

41.3

Women

45.0

Men

37.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

252.1

Deaths

750,527

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.1

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

525

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

373

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	147.95	179.70	45.0	37.9
1-4	31.79	34.19	51.0	44.1
5-9	9.21	12.47	53.6	46.2
10-14	4.99	6.48	51.0	44.0
15-19	5.26	7.58	47.3	40.4
20-24	6.13	11.23	43.5	36.9
25-29	7.15	11.86	39.7	33.9
30-34	8.24	12.46	36.1	30.8
35-39	9.44	13.88	32.5	27.6
40-44	10.64	16.49	28.9	24.4
45-49	11.71	19.61	25.4	21.3
50-54	14.71	24.23	21.8	18.2
55-59	19.89	31.48	18.2	15.2
60-64	29.21	43.35	14.9	12.4
65-69	44.67	62.25	11.8	9.8
70-74	69.57	95.53	9.1	7.5
75-79	105.68	143.21	6.9	5.6
80-84	162.51	217.39	5.1	4.0
85-89	237.25	336.05	3.8	2.8
90-94	348.19	470.06	2.8	2.1
95-99	468.78	623.39	2.1	1.6
100+	606.94	776.16	1.7	1.3

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1976

Year

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