Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia is projected at 70.5 years in 2036: 74.0 for women and 67.2 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 912,054 people are projected to die; 41.3% of them would be 65 or older and 13.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

70.5

Women

74.0

Men

67.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.3

Deaths

912,054

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

212

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

119

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	16.05	25.85	74.0	67.2
1-4	1.52	2.36	74.2	68.0
5-9	0.69	1.81	70.7	64.6
10-14	0.51	1.18	65.9	60.1
15-19	0.78	1.91	61.1	55.5
20-24	1.09	2.82	56.3	51.0
25-29	1.32	3.00	51.6	46.7
30-34	1.51	3.30	46.9	42.3
35-39	1.83	3.78	42.3	38.0
40-44	2.66	4.79	37.6	33.7
45-49	3.46	6.19	33.1	29.4
50-54	5.31	9.21	28.6	25.3
55-59	7.41	12.53	24.3	21.4
60-64	12.07	19.44	20.1	17.6
65-69	20.37	30.31	16.2	14.1
70-74	34.80	48.14	12.7	11.0
75-79	58.97	77.66	9.6	8.3
80-84	100.55	124.91	7.0	6.1
85-89	161.23	198.67	5.1	4.3
90-94	248.08	316.03	3.6	3.0
95-99	379.68	450.89	2.5	2.2
100+	518.32	585.58	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 2036

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