Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 37.7 years in 1985: 39.8 for women and 35.7 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 1,057,270 people died; 9.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

37.7

Women

39.8

Men

35.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

170.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

297.7

Deaths

1,057,270

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.5

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

518

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

422

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	177.50	206.85	39.8	35.7
1-4	41.56	43.16	46.3	42.6
5-9	12.43	13.85	50.2	46.2
10-14	6.91	7.47	48.3	44.3
15-19	6.23	7.33	44.9	40.9
20-24	7.08	9.94	41.2	37.3
25-29	8.13	10.59	37.6	34.1
30-34	9.32	11.51	34.1	30.8
35-39	10.73	13.22	30.6	27.5
40-44	12.29	16.09	27.1	24.2
45-49	13.92	19.61	23.7	21.0
50-54	17.81	24.94	20.2	17.9
55-59	24.14	32.53	16.9	15.0
60-64	35.34	45.19	13.7	12.2
65-69	53.25	65.09	10.9	9.7
70-74	80.68	97.78	8.5	7.4
75-79	115.94	140.62	6.5	5.6
80-84	179.49	216.82	4.7	4.0
85-89	268.50	337.67	3.4	2.8
90-94	399.21	510.62	2.4	1.9
95-99	538.25	648.39	1.8	1.5
100+	675.31	755.97	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1985

Year

Country