Ethiopia Mortality 2015: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 63.6 years in 2015: 66.4 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 748,486 people died; 24.0% of them were 65 or older and 28.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2015

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

66.4

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.3

Deaths

748,486

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

277

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

196

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2015's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2015

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	39.69	50.75	66.4	61.0
1-4	4.62	5.74	68.0	63.1
5-9	2.42	3.48	65.2	60.5
10-14	1.48	2.09	61.0	56.5
15-19	1.94	3.04	56.4	52.1
20-24	2.48	4.37	52.0	47.8
25-29	2.91	4.56	47.6	43.8
30-34	3.26	4.90	43.2	39.8
35-39	3.76	5.48	38.9	35.7
40-44	4.80	6.71	34.6	31.6
45-49	5.71	8.35	30.4	27.6
50-54	8.00	11.75	26.2	23.7
55-59	10.82	15.59	22.1	20.0
60-64	16.83	23.42	18.2	16.4
65-69	27.27	35.71	14.6	13.1
70-74	44.97	55.99	11.4	10.2
75-79	73.38	88.73	8.6	7.7
80-84	120.41	140.19	6.3	5.6
85-89	186.41	219.02	4.6	4.0
90-94	277.24	341.42	3.3	2.8
95-99	411.24	478.89	2.4	2.1
100+	555.19	631.79	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 2015

Year

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