Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia is projected at 74.2 years in 2055: 77.6 for women and 71.0 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 1,295,913 people are projected to die; 54.3% of them would be 65 or older and 5.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

74.2

Women

77.6

Men

71.0

Life expectancy at 65

16.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.2

Deaths

1,295,913

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.3

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

172

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	7.48	14.47	77.6	71.0
1-4	0.76	1.37	77.2	71.0
5-9	0.37	1.10	73.4	67.4
10-14	0.31	0.78	68.6	62.8
15-19	0.50	1.35	63.7	58.0
20-24	0.73	2.07	58.8	53.4
25-29	0.91	2.25	54.0	48.9
30-34	1.06	2.53	49.2	44.4
35-39	1.32	2.93	44.5	40.0
40-44	1.95	3.77	39.8	35.5
45-49	2.59	4.96	35.1	31.1
50-54	4.04	7.49	30.6	26.8
55-59	5.70	10.28	26.1	22.8
60-64	9.39	16.12	21.8	18.8
65-69	16.01	25.37	17.7	15.2
70-74	27.71	40.68	14.0	11.9
75-79	47.77	66.59	10.7	9.0
80-84	83.30	108.99	7.9	6.6
85-89	137.09	177.06	5.7	4.7
90-94	217.22	286.88	4.0	3.2
95-99	342.90	419.02	2.8	2.3
100+	479.94	557.91	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 2055

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