Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 56.6 years in 2007: 58.4 for women and 54.8 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 891,884 people died; 17.1% of them were 65 or older and 36.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

58.4

Men

54.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.8

Deaths

891,884

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

348

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

291

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	58.75	73.91	58.4	54.8
1-4	8.67	10.13	60.8	57.9
5-9	5.60	5.65	58.9	56.2
10-14	3.04	3.23	55.5	52.8
15-19	3.61	4.17	51.3	48.6
20-24	4.35	5.99	47.2	44.6
25-29	5.07	6.29	43.2	40.9
30-34	5.80	6.72	39.3	37.1
35-39	6.65	7.54	35.3	33.3
40-44	7.78	9.13	31.4	29.5
45-49	8.76	11.13	27.6	25.7
50-54	11.42	14.87	23.7	22.0
55-59	15.40	19.54	20.0	18.5
60-64	23.12	28.39	16.3	15.2
65-69	36.16	42.32	13.0	12.1
70-74	57.58	65.70	10.1	9.4
75-79	90.10	101.95	7.7	7.0
80-84	141.79	158.34	5.7	5.2
85-89	211.44	242.06	4.2	3.7
90-94	317.86	369.34	3.0	2.6
95-99	435.43	507.47	2.2	1.9
100+	571.79	653.94	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 2007

Year

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