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Life Expectancy in Eritrea vs Ethiopia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Eritrea vs 68.1 in Ethiopia. Eritrea is ranked 142/197 by life expectancy, and Ethiopia is 150/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67.2 years for males and 71.5 years for females. In Ethiopia, it's 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females.

Eritrea vs Ethiopia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Eritrea
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 35.5 32.3 39.1
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 35.9 32.7 39.4
1952 34 32 36 36.2 33 39.7
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 36.6 33.4 40.1
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 37 33.8 40.5
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 37.3 34.1 40.9
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 37.8 34.5 41.4
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 32.2 29.5 35.1
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 32.6 29.9 35.6
1959 37 34.9 39.1 39.2 35.8 42.8
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 39.6 36.2 43.3
1961 37.9 35.9 40 40.2 36.9 43.8
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 40.5 37.3 44
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 41 37.7 44.4
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 41.3 38 44.7
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 41.4 38.1 45
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 39.3 36.3 42.6
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 41.9 38.6 45.5
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 42.1 38.8 45.6
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 42.1 38.8 45.7
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 42.1 38.8 45.6
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 42.2 39 45.7
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 41 37.9 44.4
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 41.1 38 44.5
1974 39 36.8 41.4 39.1 36.1 42.3
1975 39 36.4 41.8 38.9 35.9 42.2
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 41.3 37.9 45
1977 43 40.1 46.1 41.4 37.9 45.1
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 41.5 38.1 45.2
1979 43.8 41 46.7 42.4 39 46
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 42.8 39.4 46.4
1981 45 42.5 47.5 43.1 39.7 46.7
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 43.4 40.1 47
1983 37.2 35 39.5 36.3 33.9 38.9
1984 37.7 35.4 40 36.7 34.5 39.1
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 37.7 35.7 39.8
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 38.4 36.6 40.1
1987 47.4 44.8 50 45.9 44.2 47.6
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 45.7 44.1 47.2
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 45.6 44 47.3
1990 49.7 47.5 52 45.1 43.5 46.8
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 46.7 45.6 47.7
1992 52.4 51 53.9 47.3 46.5 48
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 47.7 46.9 48.5
1994 54 52.6 55.4 47.9 47.1 48.8
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 48.2 47.2 49.1
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 48.7 47.9 49.5
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 49.2 48.4 50.1
1998 50 43.8 57.6 49.8 48.9 50.7
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 49.5 48.2 50.8
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 50.9 50.2 51.6
2001 58.4 56.7 60 51.4 50.8 52.1
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 52.1 51.3 52.9
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 52.9 52 53.8
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 53.7 52.6 54.9
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 54.4 53.1 55.7
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 55.4 53.9 56.9
2007 62 60.2 63.7 56.6 54.8 58.4
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 57.7 55.8 59.8
2009 63.2 61.4 65 58.7 56.6 60.9
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 59.7 57.5 62
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 60.6 58.4 62.8
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 61.4 59.2 63.8
2013 65 63 67 62.2 59.8 64.7
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 62.9 60.4 65.6
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 63.6 61 66.4
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 64.2 61.4 67
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 64.8 61.9 67.7
2018 67 64.8 69 65.3 62.4 68.3
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 65.7 62.8 68.9
2020 67 64.6 69.3 66 62.8 69.4
2021 66.9 64.8 69 65.3 62.1 68.7
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 66.9 63.7 70.3
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 67.3 64.1 70.7
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 67.6 64.4 71
2025 69.2 67 71.2 67.9 64.6 71.3
2026 69.4 67.2 71.5 68.1 64.9 71.6

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 55.4 years in Eritrea and 58.8 in Ethiopia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 13.3 in Ethiopia.

Eritrea vs Ethiopia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Eritrea and Ethiopia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
44.0 vs 43.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.0 vs 73.6 years

Median expected age of death:
76.7 vs 76.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea Ethiopia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 95.9% 97.9%
50 91.5% 93.9% 90.1% 94.4%
60 82.3% 87.0% 80.1% 87.9%
65 74.9% 81.1% 72.1% 82.2%
70 64.5% 72.2% 61.4% 73.5%
75 50.8% 59.4% 47.5% 60.8%
80 34.5% 42.7% 31.3% 44.0%
85 18.3% 24.4% 16.0% 25.4%
90 6.6% 10.0% 5.4% 10.5%
95 1.3% 2.5% 0.9% 2.6%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Eritrea vs Ethiopia: 74 years vs 73.6 at 30, 79.9 vs 79.8 at 65, 86.5 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.4 vs 68.1 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.4 67.2 71.5 68.1 64.9 71.6
1 71.1 69.1 73 70.2 67.2 73.4
2 71.2 69.3 73.1 70.5 67.4 73.7
3 71.4 69.4 73.2 70.7 67.6 73.8
4 71.5 69.6 73.3 70.8 67.8 74
5 71.6 69.7 73.4 71 68 74.1
6 71.7 69.9 73.5 71.1 68.2 74.2
7 71.9 70 73.6 71.3 68.3 74.3
8 72 70.1 73.7 71.4 68.5 74.4
9 72 70.2 73.8 71.5 68.6 74.4
10 72.1 70.3 73.8 71.5 68.7 74.5
11 72.2 70.4 73.9 71.6 68.8 74.5
12 72.2 70.4 73.9 71.7 68.9 74.5
13 72.3 70.5 74 71.7 69 74.6
14 72.4 70.6 74 71.8 69.1 74.6
15 72.4 70.6 74.1 71.9 69.1 74.7
16 72.5 70.7 74.1 72 69.2 74.7
17 72.6 70.8 74.2 72 69.4 74.8
18 72.7 70.9 74.3 72.1 69.5 74.9
19 72.8 71 74.4 72.2 69.6 74.9
20 72.9 71.2 74.4 72.4 69.8 75
21 73 71.3 74.5 72.5 69.9 75.1
22 73.1 71.5 74.6 72.6 70.1 75.2
23 73.2 71.6 74.7 72.7 70.3 75.2
24 73.3 71.7 74.8 72.9 70.4 75.3
25 73.5 71.9 74.9 73 70.6 75.4
26 73.6 72 75 73.1 70.8 75.5
27 73.7 72.2 75.1 73.2 70.9 75.6
28 73.8 72.3 75.2 73.4 71.1 75.6
29 73.9 72.4 75.2 73.5 71.2 75.7
30 74 72.6 75.3 73.6 71.4 75.8
31 74.2 72.7 75.4 73.7 71.5 75.9
32 74.3 72.8 75.5 73.9 71.7 76
33 74.4 73 75.6 74 71.9 76.1
34 74.5 73.1 75.7 74.1 72 76.2
35 74.6 73.2 75.8 74.2 72.2 76.2
36 74.7 73.4 75.9 74.3 72.3 76.3
37 74.8 73.5 76 74.5 72.5 76.4
38 75 73.6 76.1 74.6 72.6 76.5
39 75.1 73.8 76.2 74.7 72.8 76.6
40 75.2 73.9 76.3 74.8 72.9 76.7
41 75.3 74.1 76.4 75 73.1 76.8
42 75.5 74.2 76.5 75.1 73.3 76.9
43 75.6 74.4 76.7 75.3 73.4 77
44 75.7 74.5 76.8 75.4 73.6 77.1
45 75.9 74.7 76.9 75.5 73.8 77.2
46 76 74.8 77 75.7 74 77.4
47 76.1 75 77.2 75.8 74.1 77.5
48 76.3 75.1 77.3 76 74.3 77.6
49 76.4 75.3 77.4 76.1 74.5 77.7
50 76.6 75.5 77.6 76.3 74.7 77.8
51 76.8 75.7 77.7 76.5 74.9 78
52 77 75.9 77.9 76.7 75.1 78.1
53 77.1 76.1 78 76.9 75.4 78.3
54 77.3 76.3 78.2 77.1 75.6 78.5
55 77.5 76.5 78.4 77.3 75.8 78.6
56 77.7 76.8 78.5 77.5 76.1 78.8
57 77.9 77 78.7 77.7 76.3 79
58 78.1 77.2 78.9 77.9 76.6 79.1
59 78.4 77.5 79.1 78.1 76.9 79.3
60 78.6 77.7 79.3 78.4 77.1 79.5
61 78.8 78 79.5 78.6 77.4 79.7
62 79.1 78.3 79.7 78.9 77.7 79.9
63 79.3 78.6 80 79.2 78 80.2
64 79.6 78.9 80.2 79.4 78.4 80.4
65 79.9 79.2 80.5 79.8 78.7 80.7
66 80.2 79.6 80.8 80.1 79.1 81
67 80.6 79.9 81.1 80.4 79.5 81.2
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 80.8 79.8 81.6
69 81.3 80.7 81.7 81.1 80.3 81.9
70 81.6 81.1 82.1 81.5 80.7 82.2
71 82 81.5 82.4 81.9 81.1 82.6
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 82.3 81.6 83
73 82.9 82.4 83.2 82.8 82 83.4
74 83.3 82.9 83.7 83.2 82.5 83.8
75 83.8 83.4 84.1 83.7 83 84.2
76 84.3 83.9 84.6 84.2 83.6 84.7
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 84.7 84.1 85.2
78 85.3 85 85.6 85.2 84.7 85.7
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 85.8 85.3 86.2
80 86.5 86.1 86.7 86.4 85.9 86.7
81 87 86.7 87.3 87 86.5 87.3
82 87.7 87.4 87.9 87.6 87.1 87.9
83 88.3 88 88.5 88.2 87.8 88.5
84 89 88.7 89.2 88.9 88.5 89.2
85 89.7 89.4 89.8 89.6 89.2 89.9
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 90.3 89.9 90.6
87 91.1 90.8 91.3 91 90.6 91.3
88 91.8 91.6 92 91.7 91.3 92
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 92.5 92.1 92.7
90 93.4 93.1 93.5 93.3 92.9 93.5
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 94.1 93.7 94.2
92 94.9 94.7 95 94.9 94.5 95
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 95.7 95.4 95.8
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.5 96.2 96.6
95 97.4 97.2 97.5 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.3 98 98.3 98.2 98 98.3
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99.1 98.9 99.2
98 100 99.9 100.1 100 99.8 100.1
99 101 100.8 101 100.9 100.7 101
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Eritrea vs Ethiopia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.5% in Eritrea and 76.7% in Ethiopia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 63.5% and 61.6% will live to 70 years or older, 36% and 34.4% to 80+ years, and 7.77% and 7.24% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Eritrea Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.6% 97.2% 98% 97% 96.6% 97.5%
2 97.4% 97% 97.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.2%
3 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 97% 96.6% 97.5% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
5 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 95.9% 95.4% 96.6%
6 96.7% 96.2% 97.2% 95.7% 95.1% 96.4%
7 96.5% 96% 97.1% 95.6% 94.8% 96.3%
8 96.4% 95.8% 96.9% 95.4% 94.6% 96.2%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 95.2% 94.4% 96.1%
10 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 95.1% 94.2% 96.1%
11 96% 95.4% 96.6% 95% 94.1% 96%
12 95.9% 95.3% 96.6% 94.9% 93.9% 95.9%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.5% 94.8% 93.8% 95.8%
14 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 94.7% 93.7% 95.8%
15 95.6% 95% 96.3% 94.6% 93.5% 95.7%
16 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 94.5% 93.4% 95.6%
17 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 94.3% 93.2% 95.5%
18 95.2% 94.5% 96% 94.1% 92.9% 95.4%
19 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 94% 92.7% 95.3%
20 94.9% 94% 95.7% 93.8% 92.4% 95.2%
21 94.7% 93.7% 95.6% 93.5% 92.1% 95%
22 94.4% 93.5% 95.4% 93.3% 91.8% 94.9%
23 94.2% 93.2% 95.3% 93.1% 91.5% 94.8%
24 94% 92.9% 95.1% 92.8% 91.1% 94.6%
25 93.8% 92.6% 94.9% 92.6% 90.8% 94.5%
26 93.5% 92.4% 94.8% 92.4% 90.5% 94.3%
27 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 92.1% 90.2% 94.2%
28 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 91.9% 89.8% 94%
29 92.8% 91.5% 94.2% 91.6% 89.5% 93.8%
30 92.6% 91.2% 94% 91.3% 89.2% 93.6%
31 92.3% 90.9% 93.8% 91.1% 88.8% 93.5%
32 92.1% 90.6% 93.6% 90.8% 88.5% 93.3%
33 91.8% 90.3% 93.4% 90.6% 88.1% 93.1%
34 91.6% 90% 93.2% 90.3% 87.8% 92.9%
35 91.3% 89.7% 93% 90% 87.4% 92.7%
36 91.1% 89.4% 92.8% 89.7% 87.1% 92.5%
37 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 89.4% 86.7% 92.3%
38 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 89.1% 86.3% 92.1%
39 90.2% 88.4% 92.1% 88.8% 85.9% 91.9%
40 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 88.5% 85.5% 91.7%
41 89.6% 87.7% 91.5% 88.2% 85.1% 91.4%
42 89.2% 87.3% 91.2% 87.8% 84.6% 91.1%
43 88.9% 86.9% 90.9% 87.4% 84.2% 90.8%
44 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 87% 83.7% 90.5%
45 88.1% 86% 90.2% 86.6% 83.2% 90.2%
46 87.7% 85.6% 89.8% 86.2% 82.7% 89.9%
47 87.3% 85.1% 89.5% 85.8% 82.2% 89.5%
48 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 85.3% 81.6% 89.2%
49 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 84.8% 81% 88.8%
50 85.9% 83.5% 88.3% 84.3% 80.4% 88.4%
51 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 83.7% 79.7% 87.9%
52 84.7% 82.2% 87.3% 83.1% 78.9% 87.5%
53 84.1% 81.4% 86.7% 82.4% 78.1% 86.9%
54 83.4% 80.6% 86.1% 81.7% 77.3% 86.4%
55 82.7% 79.8% 85.5% 81% 76.4% 85.8%
56 81.9% 79% 84.8% 80.2% 75.5% 85.1%
57 81.1% 78.1% 84.1% 79.4% 74.6% 84.5%
58 80.3% 77.2% 83.4% 78.6% 73.6% 83.8%
59 79.4% 76.2% 82.6% 77.7% 72.5% 83.1%
60 78.5% 75.1% 81.8% 76.7% 71.4% 82.3%
61 77.5% 74% 80.9% 75.7% 70.2% 81.4%
62 76.4% 72.7% 79.9% 74.5% 68.9% 80.4%
63 75.1% 71.4% 78.8% 73.3% 67.5% 79.4%
64 73.8% 69.9% 77.6% 72% 66% 78.2%
65 72.4% 68.3% 76.3% 70.5% 64.3% 77%
66 70.8% 66.6% 74.8% 69% 62.6% 75.6%
67 69.2% 64.8% 73.3% 67.3% 60.8% 74.1%
68 67.4% 62.9% 71.6% 65.5% 58.9% 72.5%
69 65.5% 61% 69.8% 63.6% 56.9% 70.7%
70 63.5% 58.8% 67.9% 61.6% 54.7% 68.8%
71 61.4% 56.6% 65.8% 59.5% 52.5% 66.8%
72 59.1% 54.2% 63.5% 57.2% 50.1% 64.5%
73 56.6% 51.7% 61.1% 54.7% 47.6% 62.2%
74 54% 49.1% 58.5% 52.2% 45% 59.6%
75 51.3% 46.4% 55.8% 49.4% 42.3% 56.9%
76 48.4% 43.5% 52.9% 46.6% 39.5% 54%
77 45.5% 40.6% 49.9% 43.7% 36.7% 51%
78 42.4% 37.6% 46.8% 40.7% 33.8% 47.9%
79 39.2% 34.5% 43.5% 37.6% 30.9% 44.6%
80 36% 31.5% 40.1% 34.4% 27.9% 41.2%
81 32.7% 28.4% 36.7% 31.2% 25% 37.8%
82 29.4% 25.3% 33.2% 28% 22.2% 34.2%
83 26.2% 22.4% 29.7% 24.9% 19.4% 30.7%
84 23% 19.5% 26.3% 21.8% 16.8% 27.2%
85 19.9% 16.7% 22.9% 18.9% 14.3% 23.8%
86 17% 14.1% 19.8% 16.1% 12% 20.5%
87 14.4% 11.7% 16.8% 13.6% 9.87% 17.5%
88 11.9% 9.54% 14.1% 11.2% 7.97% 14.7%
89 9.7% 7.64% 11.6% 9.1% 6.29% 12.1%
90 7.77% 6% 9.4% 7.24% 4.84% 9.82%
91 6.11% 4.61% 7.48% 5.64% 3.62% 7.83%
92 4.7% 3.46% 5.82% 4.29% 2.62% 6.1%
93 3.52% 2.52% 4.43% 3.19% 1.85% 4.65%
94 2.57% 1.79% 3.28% 2.3% 1.27% 3.44%
95 1.82% 1.22% 2.36% 1.62% 0.84% 2.48%
96 1.25% 0.81% 1.64% 1.1% 0.54% 1.72%
97 0.83% 0.51% 1.11% 0.73% 0.34% 1.16%
98 0.54% 0.31% 0.72% 0.47% 0.21% 0.76%
99 0.34% 0.18% 0.46% 0.29% 0.12% 0.48%
100 0.21% 0.11% 0.28% 0.17% 0.07% 0.29%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.4% in the birth year in Eritrea and 2.99% in Ethiopia, 0.27% vs 0.29% at age 30, 1.3% vs 1.35% at 60, and 9.09% vs 9.28% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Eritrea compared to Ethiopia at any given age.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea Ethiopia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.4% 2.77% 2.02% 2.99% 3.43% 2.53%
1 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.32% 0.32% 0.31%
2 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.28% 0.31% 0.25%
3 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.24% 0.3% 0.17%
5 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
6 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.19% 0.27% 0.12%
7 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.17% 0.24% 0.1%
8 0.14% 0.16% 0.11% 0.15% 0.21% 0.09%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
10 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.11% 0.15% 0.07%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.11% 0.14% 0.07%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.11% 0.15% 0.08%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.12% 0.16% 0.08%
15 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.13% 0.18% 0.09%
16 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.15% 0.21% 0.1%
17 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.17% 0.24% 0.11%
18 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.2% 0.27% 0.12%
19 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 0.22% 0.3% 0.13%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.23% 0.33% 0.14%
21 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.24% 0.34% 0.14%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.25% 0.35% 0.15%
23 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.26% 0.36% 0.15%
24 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.26% 0.36% 0.16%
25 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.26% 0.36% 0.17%
26 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.27% 0.36% 0.17%
27 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.27% 0.36% 0.18%
28 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.27% 0.37% 0.18%
29 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
30 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.29% 0.38% 0.19%
31 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.29% 0.39% 0.19%
32 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.3% 0.39% 0.2%
33 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.3% 0.41% 0.2%
35 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.31% 0.41% 0.21%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.32% 0.42% 0.21%
37 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.33% 0.44% 0.23%
38 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.35% 0.45% 0.24%
39 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.37% 0.48% 0.26%
40 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.39% 0.5% 0.28%
41 0.39% 0.45% 0.33% 0.41% 0.52% 0.31%
42 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.44% 0.55% 0.33%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.37% 0.45% 0.57% 0.34%
44 0.44% 0.5% 0.38% 0.47% 0.59% 0.35%
45 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.49% 0.61% 0.36%
46 0.47% 0.55% 0.41% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
47 0.5% 0.58% 0.43% 0.54% 0.68% 0.4%
48 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.57% 0.73% 0.42%
49 0.59% 0.69% 0.49% 0.62% 0.79% 0.46%
50 0.64% 0.76% 0.54% 0.68% 0.86% 0.51%
51 0.7% 0.83% 0.59% 0.74% 0.94% 0.56%
52 0.76% 0.9% 0.64% 0.8% 1.01% 0.61%
53 0.82% 0.96% 0.69% 0.86% 1.08% 0.65%
54 0.86% 1.02% 0.73% 0.9% 1.14% 0.69%
55 0.91% 1.07% 0.77% 0.95% 1.19% 0.73%
56 0.95% 1.12% 0.81% 0.99% 1.25% 0.76%
57 1.01% 1.19% 0.86% 1.05% 1.33% 0.81%
58 1.08% 1.27% 0.92% 1.13% 1.42% 0.87%
59 1.18% 1.39% 1.01% 1.23% 1.54% 0.95%
60 1.3% 1.53% 1.11% 1.35% 1.69% 1.06%
61 1.44% 1.69% 1.24% 1.5% 1.87% 1.18%
62 1.6% 1.87% 1.38% 1.66% 2.05% 1.31%
63 1.77% 2.06% 1.53% 1.83% 2.25% 1.46%
64 1.94% 2.26% 1.69% 2.01% 2.46% 1.62%
65 2.13% 2.46% 1.87% 2.2% 2.68% 1.79%
66 2.33% 2.68% 2.06% 2.4% 2.9% 1.98%
67 2.55% 2.91% 2.27% 2.63% 3.15% 2.18%
68 2.8% 3.17% 2.51% 2.88% 3.44% 2.42%
69 3.08% 3.47% 2.78% 3.17% 3.76% 2.68%
70 3.4% 3.8% 3.09% 3.5% 4.12% 2.99%
71 3.75% 4.18% 3.44% 3.87% 4.52% 3.33%
72 4.15% 4.6% 3.82% 4.27% 4.97% 3.7%
73 4.58% 5.07% 4.23% 4.71% 5.45% 4.1%
74 5.05% 5.58% 4.68% 5.18% 5.98% 4.54%
75 5.57% 6.14% 5.16% 5.7% 6.56% 5.03%
76 6.14% 6.75% 5.7% 6.28% 7.19% 5.56%
77 6.77% 7.4% 6.31% 6.91% 7.89% 6.16%
78 7.47% 8.12% 6.99% 7.62% 8.67% 6.83%
79 8.24% 8.91% 7.75% 8.41% 9.51% 7.59%
80 9.09% 9.77% 8.59% 9.28% 10.4% 8.43%
81 10% 10.7% 9.52% 10.2% 11.4% 9.36%
82 11% 11.8% 10.5% 11.2% 12.5% 10.4%
83 12.1% 13% 11.6% 12.3% 13.6% 11.4%
84 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 13.4% 14.8% 12.5%
85 14.5% 15.6% 13.8% 14.6% 16.1% 13.7%
86 15.8% 17% 15% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
87 17.1% 18.4% 16.3% 17.3% 19.2% 16.1%
88 18.5% 19.9% 17.6% 18.8% 21.1% 17.4%
89 19.9% 21.5% 18.9% 20.4% 23.1% 18.8%
90 21.4% 23.2% 20.4% 22.1% 25.2% 20.3%
91 23.1% 25% 22.1% 23.9% 27.4% 22%
92 25% 27% 23.9% 25.8% 29.5% 23.9%
93 27% 29.2% 26% 27.7% 31.6% 25.9%
94 29.2% 31.6% 28.1% 29.8% 33.5% 28.1%
95 31.4% 34.1% 30.3% 31.8% 35.5% 30.3%
96 33.5% 36.5% 32.5% 33.9% 37.4% 32.6%
97 35.4% 38.8% 34.7% 36% 39.4% 34.7%
98 37.1% 41% 36.7% 38% 41.4% 36.8%
99 38.8% 42.9% 38.6% 39.9% 43.5% 38.7%
100 40.7% 45.3% 40.8% 41.9% 45.4% 40.9%

Death rate by age in Eritrea compared to Ethiopia

In Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 80 in Ethiopia. The median age of death is 75.5 in Eritrea and 74.8 in Ethiopia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Ethiopia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Eritrea Ethiopia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,403 2,771 2,024 2,993 3,429 2,534
1 185.4 202.6 167.7 306 306 306
2 185.9 207 164.1 275.5 303 246.5
3 185.3 210.1 159.8 250.3 298.6 199.4
4 182.4 209.9 154 228.1 290.4 162.4
5 175.6 204.6 145.8 206.9 276.4 133.6
6 164.2 192.7 134.8 185.5 255.5 111.6
7 148.6 175 121.5 163.8 228.9 95.1
8 131.5 154.6 107.6 143.3 200.3 83.1
9 115.2 134.8 94.9 125.6 173.7 74.9
10 102.4 119.2 85 112.4 152.8 69.9
11 94.4 109.5 78.8 104.6 139.3 67.9
12 91.7 106.4 76.7 102.1 133.8 68.6
13 94.8 110.4 78.7 105.3 136.8 72
14 103.4 121.5 84.7 113.8 148 77.7
15 117.4 139.8 94.4 127.4 167 85.5
16 135.7 164.1 106.5 145 192.7 94.8
17 156.1 191.9 119.4 164.9 222.1 104.6
18 176.3 219.8 131.4 185.1 252.5 114.2
19 193.2 243.8 141.2 203.3 279.9 122.6
20 205.9 261.7 148.4 218.1 302 129.8
21 214.1 272.8 153.7 228.6 317 135.9
22 219.1 278.4 158.1 235.4 325 141.3
23 222.4 280.2 162.8 239.3 328 146.3
24 224.9 280 168 241.8 328 151.3
25 227.6 279.4 174 243.7 327 156.3
26 230.8 279.5 180.4 245.9 326 161.4
27 234.7 281 186.6 248.7 327 166.3
28 239 284 192.2 252.2 329 170.7
29 243.5 288.3 196.8 256.3 333 174.6
30 247.8 293.4 200.3 260.5 338 177.8
31 251.6 298.4 202.9 264.5 344 180.3
32 254.8 303 204.9 268 349 182.3
33 257.6 306 206.9 271.2 353 184.1
34 260.7 310 209.7 274.5 357 186.7
35 265 314 214.5 279.1 362 190.9
36 271.6 320 222 286 369 197.8
37 281.6 329 233.3 296.2 378 208.2
38 295.1 341 248.3 310 392 222.5
39 312 357 266.7 327 408 240.3
40 330 374 287 346 427 260.1
41 349 391 307 365 445 279.5
42 365 407 323 382 463 296.4
43 378 422 336 397 478 309
44 390 435 346 409 493 319
45 401 450 354 421 509 328
46 416 470 365 437 529 338
47 437 498 382 459 558 355
48 467 535 406 490 595 379
49 506 581 439 529 641 411
50 553 635 479 575 694 450
51 601 690 521 622 748 492
52 647 742 562 667 799 533
53 687 786 599 706 842 568
54 719 821 629 738 878 598
55 748 852 656 767 911 624
56 778 884 685 798 945 651
57 817 926 721 836 989 685
58 869 983 769 889 1,046 732
59 937 1,057 832 956 1,120 793
60 1,021 1,148 910 1,040 1,210 870
61 1,117 1,252 1,000 1,134 1,310 959
62 1,221 1,362 1,100 1,237 1,416 1,057
63 1,328 1,473 1,205 1,342 1,521 1,161
64 1,435 1,580 1,313 1,447 1,623 1,269
65 1,542 1,683 1,424 1,552 1,721 1,379
66 1,650 1,784 1,540 1,658 1,818 1,494
67 1,763 1,887 1,663 1,770 1,917 1,617
68 1,885 1,996 1,798 1,890 2,023 1,752
69 2,016 2,113 1,944 2,020 2,135 1,898
70 2,157 2,237 2,100 2,158 2,253 2,056
71 2,303 2,366 2,262 2,300 2,372 2,220
72 2,450 2,496 2,425 2,441 2,488 2,387
73 2,593 2,623 2,584 2,577 2,595 2,551
74 2,729 2,741 2,737 2,704 2,692 2,709
75 2,854 2,847 2,881 2,820 2,775 2,860
76 2,973 2,936 3,018 2,927 2,844 3,005
77 3,079 3,006 3,147 3,021 2,896 3,143
78 3,166 3,053 3,266 3,100 2,929 3,272
79 3,231 3,076 3,368 3,160 2,937 3,386
80 3,271 3,074 3,446 3,193 2,915 3,476
81 3,279 3,045 3,490 3,191 2,859 3,532
82 3,250 2,987 3,488 3,148 2,765 3,542
83 3,179 2,896 3,435 3,062 2,638 3,500
84 3,061 2,767 3,329 2,933 2,481 3,403
85 2,898 2,599 3,170 2,767 2,302 3,251
86 2,693 2,393 2,967 2,570 2,107 3,052
87 2,455 2,157 2,729 2,348 1,899 2,816
88 2,197 1,902 2,468 2,108 1,681 2,553
89 1,930 1,641 2,195 1,857 1,453 2,277
90 1,665 1,388 1,921 1,601 1,220 1,998
91 1,411 1,151 1,652 1,348 991 1,723
92 1,173 933 1,394 1,107 775 1,457
93 952 738 1,150 884 584 1,204
94 750 565 922 686 425 967
95 572 416 715 515 298.3 751
96 419 294 535 374 203 562
97 294.6 198.5 384 262.3 133.8 404
98 198.9 128.1 265.5 177.1 85.3 279
99 131.1 79.3 176.8 115.4 52.4 185.6
100 0 0 11.5 0 0 12.1

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Eritrea and Ethiopia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

Life expectancy in other countries

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