Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 48.2 years in 1995: 49.1 for women and 47.2 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 988,259 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 47.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

48.2

Women

49.1

Men

47.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

172.7

Deaths

988,259

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.2

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

407

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

380

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	100.88	123.50	49.1	47.2
1-4	18.79	20.96	53.2	52.3
5-9	9.61	8.28	53.2	52.7
10-14	4.93	4.38	50.7	49.8
15-19	5.44	5.23	46.9	45.9
20-24	6.33	7.43	43.1	42.0
25-29	7.40	7.86	39.4	38.5
30-34	8.55	8.38	35.8	34.9
35-39	9.77	9.44	32.2	31.3
40-44	10.92	11.40	28.7	27.7
45-49	11.96	13.72	25.2	24.2
50-54	14.94	17.68	21.6	20.7
55-59	20.24	23.08	18.1	17.4
60-64	29.76	32.80	14.7	14.2
65-69	45.46	48.16	11.7	11.3
70-74	70.94	74.37	9.0	8.7
75-79	108.00	113.82	6.8	6.6
80-84	165.49	174.70	5.1	4.8
85-89	240.32	262.82	3.8	3.5
90-94	350.97	394.51	2.7	2.5
95-99	468.97	533.44	2.1	1.9
100+	599.99	674.35	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1995

Year

Country