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Life Expectancy in Eritrea vs Gambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.2 years in Eritrea vs 66.3 in the Gambia. Eritrea is ranked 143/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67 years for males and 71.2 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females.

Eritrea vs Gambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Eritrea
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 34 32 36 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 32.4 31.8 33
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 37 34.9 39.1 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 37.9 35.9 40 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 39 38.2 39.8
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 40 39.2 40.9
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 41.1 40.2 42
1974 39 36.8 41.4 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 39 36.4 41.8 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 43 40.1 46.1 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 43.8 41 46.7 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 45 44 45.9
1981 45 42.5 47.5 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 37.2 35 39.5 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 37.7 35.4 40 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 47.4 44.8 50 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 50.1 49 51.4
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 50.7 49.5 52
1990 49.7 47.5 52 51.3 50 52.6
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 52.4 51 53.9 52.5 51 54.1
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 54 52.6 55.4 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 54.8 53 56.8
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 50 43.8 57.6 56 54 58.2
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 56.9 54.9 59
2001 58.4 56.7 60 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 58.2 56.5 60
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 62 60.2 63.7 60 58.6 61.4
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 63.2 61.4 65 60.7 59.4 62
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 65 63 67 62.3 61 63.5
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 63 61.7 64.3
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 63.4 62 64.8
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 67 64.8 69 64 62.5 65.5
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 67 64.6 69.3 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 66.9 64.8 69 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 69.2 67 71.2 66.3 64.5 68

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 55.8 in the Gambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 11.9 in the Gambia.

Eritrea vs Gambia 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 the Gambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
43.9 vs 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.9 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
76.6 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 95.8% 96.7%
50 91.4% 93.8% 89.9% 91.9%
60 82.2% 86.8% 79.7% 83.8%
65 74.6% 80.9% 71.7% 77.1%
70 64.2% 72.0% 60.8% 67.3%
75 50.6% 59.0% 46.8% 53.7%
80 34.2% 42.4% 30.8% 37.1%
85 18.1% 24.1% 15.6% 20.1%
90 6.5% 9.8% 5.2% 7.7%
95 1.3% 2.5% 0.9% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%

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 the Gambia: 73.9 years vs 72.3 at 30, 79.9 vs 79.2 at 65, 86.4 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.2 vs 66.3 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 the Gambia.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.2 67 71.2 66.3 64.5 68
1 70.9 69 72.8 68.2 66.7 69.7
2 71.1 69.1 72.9 68.4 66.9 69.9
3 71.2 69.3 73 68.7 67.2 70.1
4 71.3 69.4 73.1 68.9 67.4 70.4
5 71.5 69.6 73.2 69.1 67.7 70.6
6 71.6 69.7 73.4 69.3 67.9 70.8
7 71.7 69.8 73.5 69.5 68 70.9
8 71.8 69.9 73.5 69.6 68.2 71.1
9 71.9 70 73.6 69.8 68.3 71.2
10 72 70.1 73.7 69.9 68.4 71.3
11 72 70.2 73.7 70 68.5 71.4
12 72.1 70.3 73.8 70.1 68.6 71.5
13 72.2 70.3 73.8 70.1 68.7 71.6
14 72.2 70.4 73.9 70.2 68.8 71.6
15 72.3 70.5 73.9 70.3 68.9 71.7
16 72.3 70.6 74 70.4 69 71.8
17 72.4 70.7 74.1 70.5 69.1 71.9
18 72.5 70.8 74.1 70.6 69.2 72
19 72.6 70.9 74.2 70.8 69.4 72.1
20 72.7 71 74.3 70.9 69.5 72.2
21 72.9 71.2 74.4 71 69.7 72.3
22 73 71.3 74.5 71.2 69.9 72.4
23 73.1 71.5 74.6 71.3 70 72.6
24 73.2 71.6 74.7 71.5 70.2 72.7
25 73.3 71.8 74.8 71.6 70.4 72.8
26 73.5 71.9 74.8 71.8 70.5 72.9
27 73.6 72.1 74.9 71.9 70.7 73
28 73.7 72.2 75 72 70.9 73.2
29 73.8 72.3 75.1 72.2 71 73.3
30 73.9 72.5 75.2 72.3 71.2 73.4
31 74 72.6 75.3 72.5 71.3 73.6
32 74.2 72.7 75.4 72.6 71.5 73.7
33 74.3 72.9 75.5 72.8 71.7 73.8
34 74.4 73 75.6 72.9 71.8 73.9
35 74.5 73.2 75.7 73.1 72 74.1
36 74.6 73.3 75.8 73.2 72.1 74.2
37 74.7 73.4 75.9 73.3 72.3 74.3
38 74.9 73.6 76 73.5 72.4 74.5
39 75 73.7 76.1 73.6 72.6 74.6
40 75.1 73.8 76.2 73.8 72.8 74.7
41 75.2 74 76.3 73.9 72.9 74.9
42 75.4 74.1 76.5 74.1 73.1 75
43 75.5 74.3 76.6 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 75.7 74.4 76.7 74.4 73.4 75.3
45 75.8 74.6 76.8 74.6 73.6 75.5
46 75.9 74.7 77 74.8 73.8 75.6
47 76.1 74.9 77.1 74.9 74 75.8
48 76.2 75.1 77.2 75.1 74.2 75.9
49 76.4 75.2 77.3 75.3 74.4 76.1
50 76.5 75.4 77.5 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 76.7 75.6 77.6 75.7 74.8 76.4
52 76.9 75.8 77.8 75.9 75 76.6
53 77.1 76 78 76.1 75.2 76.8
54 77.3 76.2 78.1 76.3 75.5 77
55 77.5 76.5 78.3 76.5 75.7 77.2
56 77.7 76.7 78.5 76.7 76 77.4
57 77.9 76.9 78.7 77 76.2 77.6
58 78.1 77.2 78.8 77.2 76.5 77.8
59 78.3 77.4 79 77.4 76.7 78.1
60 78.5 77.7 79.2 77.7 77 78.3
61 78.8 77.9 79.4 78 77.3 78.5
62 79 78.2 79.7 78.2 77.6 78.8
63 79.3 78.5 79.9 78.5 77.9 79.1
64 79.6 78.8 80.2 78.9 78.3 79.3
65 79.9 79.2 80.4 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 80.2 79.5 80.7 79.5 79 80
67 80.5 79.9 81 79.9 79.4 80.3
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 80.2 79.8 80.6
69 81.2 80.6 81.7 80.6 80.2 81
70 81.6 81 82 81 80.6 81.4
71 82 81.5 82.4 81.4 81 81.8
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 82.8 82.4 83.2 82.3 82 82.7
74 83.3 82.8 83.6 82.8 82.5 83.1
75 83.8 83.3 84.1 83.3 83 83.6
76 84.3 83.8 84.6 83.8 83.5 84.1
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 84.4 84.1 84.6
78 85.3 84.9 85.6 84.9 84.6 85.2
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 85.5 85.2 85.7
80 86.4 86.1 86.7 86.1 85.8 86.3
81 87 86.7 87.2 86.7 86.5 86.9
82 87.6 87.3 87.9 87.4 87.1 87.6
83 88.3 88 88.5 88 87.8 88.2
84 89 88.7 89.1 88.7 88.5 88.9
85 89.6 89.4 89.8 89.4 89.2 89.6
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 90.1 89.9 90.3
87 91.1 90.8 91.2 90.8 90.6 91.1
88 91.8 91.6 92 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 92.4 92.1 92.6
90 93.3 93.1 93.5 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.9 94.7 95 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.6 96.3 96.6 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.4 97.2 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.3 98 98.3 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.2 98.9 99.2 99 98.9 99.1
98 100 99.8 100.1 99.9 99.8 100
99 101 100.8 101 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Eritrea vs Gambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.1% in Eritrea and 73.6% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 63.1% and 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 35.6% and 30.7% to 80+ years, and 7.63% and 5.83% 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
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Eritrea Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.1% 97.9% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 97.3% 96.9% 97.7% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 97.1% 96.7% 97.5% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 96.9% 96.5% 97.4% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 96.6% 96.1% 97.1% 95.5% 95% 96%
7 96.4% 95.9% 96.9% 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 96% 95.4% 96.6% 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 95.9% 95.3% 96.5% 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 95.8% 95.2% 96.4% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 95.7% 95.1% 96.3% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 95.6% 94.9% 96.2% 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 95.2% 94.5% 95.9% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 95.1% 94.3% 95.8% 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 94.9% 94.1% 95.7% 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 94.7% 93.8% 95.5% 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 94.2% 93.3% 95.2% 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 94% 93% 95.1% 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 93.8% 92.7% 94.9% 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 93.6% 92.4% 94.7% 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 93.3% 92.2% 94.5% 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 93.1% 91.9% 94.4% 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 92.9% 91.6% 94.2% 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 92.6% 91.3% 94% 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 92.4% 91% 93.8% 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 92.1% 90.7% 93.6% 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 91.9% 90.4% 93.4% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 91.6% 90.1% 93.1% 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 91.3% 89.8% 92.9% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 91.1% 89.5% 92.7% 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 90.2% 88.5% 92% 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 89.6% 87.8% 91.5% 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 89.3% 87.4% 91.2% 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 88.9% 87% 90.9% 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 88.6% 86.6% 90.6% 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 88.2% 86.2% 90.2% 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 87.8% 85.7% 89.9% 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 87.4% 85.3% 89.5% 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 87% 84.8% 89.2% 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 86.5% 84.3% 88.8% 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 86% 83.8% 88.4% 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 85.5% 83.2% 87.9% 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 85% 82.5% 87.4% 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 84.4% 81.8% 86.9% 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 83.7% 81.1% 86.3% 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 83% 80.3% 85.7% 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 82.3% 79.5% 85.1% 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 81.6% 78.6% 84.4% 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 80.8% 77.7% 83.8% 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 80% 76.8% 83% 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 79.1% 75.8% 82.3% 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 78.1% 74.8% 81.4% 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 77.1% 73.6% 80.5% 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 76% 72.4% 79.5% 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 74.8% 71% 78.4% 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 73.4% 69.5% 77.2% 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 72% 67.9% 75.9% 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 70.5% 66.2% 74.4% 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 68.8% 64.5% 72.9% 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 67% 62.6% 71.2% 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 65.1% 60.6% 69.4% 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 63.1% 58.5% 67.5% 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 61% 56.2% 65.4% 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 58.7% 53.9% 63.1% 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 56.2% 51.4% 60.7% 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 53.6% 48.7% 58.1% 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 50.9% 46% 55.4% 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 48% 43.2% 52.5% 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 45.1% 40.2% 49.5% 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 42% 37.2% 46.3% 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 38.8% 34.2% 43.1% 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 35.6% 31.1% 39.7% 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 32.4% 28.1% 36.3% 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 29.1% 25% 32.8% 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 25.9% 22.1% 29.3% 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 22.7% 19.2% 25.9% 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 19.7% 16.5% 22.6% 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 16.8% 13.9% 19.5% 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 14.1% 11.5% 16.5% 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 11.7% 9.38% 13.8% 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 9.54% 7.5% 11.4% 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 7.63% 5.88% 9.23% 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 5.99% 4.52% 7.34% 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 4.6% 3.38% 5.71% 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 3.45% 2.47% 4.34% 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 2.52% 1.74% 3.21% 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 1.78% 1.19% 2.3% 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 1.22% 0.78% 1.6% 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 0.81% 0.5% 1.08% 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 0.53% 0.3% 0.7% 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.33% 0.18% 0.44% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.2% 0.1% 0.27% 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.5% in the birth year in Eritrea and 2.83% in the Gambia, 0.27% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.31% vs 1.52% at 60, and 9.14% vs 9.96% at 80.

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

Eritrea
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.5% 2.86% 2.12% 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.14% 0.17% 0.12% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.21% 0.26% 0.15% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.24% 0.31% 0.18% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.25% 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.33% 0.39% 0.28% 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.35% 0.41% 0.3% 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.37% 0.43% 0.32% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.4% 0.45% 0.34% 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.38% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.45% 0.51% 0.39% 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.48% 0.56% 0.41% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.51% 0.59% 0.43% 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.54% 0.64% 0.46% 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.59% 0.7% 0.5% 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.65% 0.77% 0.55% 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 0.71% 0.84% 0.6% 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 0.77% 0.91% 0.65% 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 0.83% 0.97% 0.7% 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 0.87% 1.03% 0.74% 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 0.91% 1.08% 0.78% 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 0.96% 1.13% 0.82% 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.02% 1.2% 0.87% 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.09% 1.28% 0.93% 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.19% 1.4% 1.02% 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.31% 1.54% 1.12% 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 1.45% 1.71% 1.25% 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 1.61% 1.89% 1.39% 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 1.78% 2.08% 1.54% 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 1.96% 2.28% 1.71% 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.15% 2.48% 1.88% 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 2.35% 2.7% 2.07% 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 2.57% 2.93% 2.29% 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 2.82% 3.19% 2.53% 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 3.1% 3.49% 2.8% 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 3.42% 3.83% 3.12% 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 3.78% 4.21% 3.46% 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 4.18% 4.63% 3.84% 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 4.61% 5.1% 4.26% 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 5.08% 5.61% 4.71% 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 5.61% 6.18% 5.2% 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 6.19% 6.79% 5.74% 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 6.82% 7.45% 6.35% 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 7.52% 8.17% 7.03% 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 8.29% 8.96% 7.79% 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 9.14% 9.83% 8.64% 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 10.1% 10.8% 9.57% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 11.1% 11.9% 10.6% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 12.2% 13% 11.6% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 13.4% 14.3% 12.7% 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 14.6% 15.6% 13.9% 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 15.9% 17.1% 15.1% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 17.2% 18.5% 16.3% 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 18.5% 20% 17.6% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 20% 21.6% 19% 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 21.5% 23.2% 20.5% 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 23.2% 25.1% 22.2% 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 25% 27.1% 24% 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 27.1% 29.3% 26% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 29.2% 31.7% 28.2% 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 31.4% 34.2% 30.4% 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 33.4% 36.6% 32.6% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 35.2% 38.9% 34.8% 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 37% 41.1% 36.8% 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 39% 43% 38.7% 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 40.8% 45.4% 40.8% 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Eritrea compared to the Gambia

In Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 80 in the Gambia. The median age of death is 75.3 in Eritrea and 73.3 in the Gambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Eritrea
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Eritrea Gambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,497 2,860 2,123 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 191.7 208 174.8 380 416 342
2 192.2 212.7 171.1 360 390 329
3 191.7 215.9 166.7 339 363 315
4 188.6 215.8 160.6 317 336 297.6
5 181.6 210.3 152 291 305 276.1
6 169.7 198.1 140.4 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 153.6 179.8 126.5 229.7 239.2 220
8 135.7 158.7 112 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 118.8 138.4 98.7 171.9 180 163.6
10 105.6 122.3 88.3 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 97.3 112.3 81.8 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 94.5 109 79.5 132.8 142.2 123
13 97.6 113.1 81.6 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 106.3 124.3 87.7 144 157.1 130.5
15 120.6 143 97.6 159.5 176 142.5
16 139.3 167.8 110.1 179.9 201.2 158
17 160.3 196.1 123.4 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 180.8 224.6 135.8 225.1 260.1 189
19 198.1 249 145.7 244.3 287 200.3
20 211 267.2 153.1 259.2 309 208.3
21 219.4 278.5 158.5 269.6 324 213.9
22 224.4 284 162.9 276.3 332 218.6
23 227.6 285.7 167.6 280.8 336 224
24 230.1 285.4 172.9 284 336 230.6
25 232.8 284.7 179 287.2 335 238.4
26 236 284.7 185.5 290.8 333 246.9
27 239.8 286.1 191.7 295.1 334 255.4
28 244.1 289 197.4 300 336 263
29 248.6 293.4 201.9 305 340 269.5
30 252.8 298.4 205.4 311 346 274.6
31 256.6 303 207.9 315 351 278.6
32 259.7 308 209.8 320 357 282.1
33 262.3 311 211.7 324 361 285.5
34 265.2 314 214.4 328 365 290
35 269.4 318 219.1 334 370 296.4
36 276 324 226.7 342 377 306
37 286 333 238 353 387 319
38 299.5 346 253.1 368 400 335
39 316 361 271.7 386 417 354
40 335 378 292 406 436 375
41 353 396 312 424 455 394
42 370 412 329 441 472 409
43 383 426 341 455 488 421
44 394 439 351 467 503 430
45 405 455 359 479 519 438
46 420 474 370 495 539 449
47 441 502 386 517 568 466
48 472 539 411 548 605 491
49 511 585 444 588 652 524
50 557 639 484 634 705 564
51 606 695 526 682 759 607
52 652 747 567 728 810 649
53 691 790 604 768 854 687
54 724 825 634 802 889 720
55 752 856 661 834 922 751
56 782 888 689 867 956 784
57 821 930 725 909 1,000 825
58 873 986 773 964 1,057 878
59 941 1,061 836 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,025 1,152 914 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,121 1,255 1,005 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,225 1,366 1,105 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,332 1,476 1,210 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,439 1,583 1,318 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,545 1,686 1,429 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,653 1,786 1,544 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 1,766 1,889 1,667 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 1,887 1,997 1,801 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,018 2,113 1,947 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,158 2,237 2,103 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,304 2,365 2,264 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,450 2,494 2,426 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,592 2,620 2,584 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,726 2,737 2,735 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 2,855 2,841 2,879 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 2,973 2,929 3,014 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 3,074 2,997 3,141 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 3,157 3,042 3,257 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 3,219 3,064 3,357 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 3,256 3,059 3,433 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 3,262 3,028 3,473 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 3,231 2,968 3,469 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 3,157 2,875 3,414 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 3,037 2,745 3,305 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 2,873 2,576 3,145 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 2,667 2,369 2,940 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 2,429 2,133 2,702 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 2,170 1,878 2,440 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 1,904 1,619 2,168 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 1,641 1,368 1,895 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 1,389 1,132 1,628 1,122 957 1,282
92 1,153 917 1,372 904 747 1,061
93 934 723 1,130 708 562 858
94 735 553 905 538 407 674
95 559 407 701 396 285.5 513
96 408 286.8 523 282.1 193.9 376
97 286.1 193.2 375 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 195.3 124.4 258.8 128.9 81.1 180
99 129.7 76.8 172.1 83 49.8 117.7
100 0 0 9.44 0 0 0

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 the Gambia 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.

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