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Life Expectancy in Eritrea vs United States (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Eritrea vs 79.8 in the United States. Eritrea is ranked 142/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67.2 years for males and 71.5 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.4 years for males and 82.2 years for females.

Eritrea vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Eritrea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 68.1 65.4 71
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 34 32 36 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 69.7 66.6 73
1959 37 34.9 39.1 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 37.9 35.9 40 70.3 67 73.7
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 70.2 66.7 74
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 70.7 67 74.6
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 71.1 67.4 75
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 39 36.8 41.4 72 68.2 75.8
1975 39 36.4 41.8 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 43 40.1 46.1 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 43.8 41 46.7 73.8 70 77.7
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 73.7 70 77.5
1981 45 42.5 47.5 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 37.2 35 39.5 74.6 71 78.1
1984 37.7 35.4 40 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 47.4 44.8 50 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 49.7 47.5 52 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 75.5 72 79
1992 52.4 51 53.9 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 54 52.6 55.4 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 50 43.8 57.6 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 58.4 56.7 60 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 77 74.3 79.6
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 77.5 75 80.1
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 77.5 75 80.1
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 62 60.2 63.7 78 75.5 80.6
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 63.2 61.4 65 78.5 76 80.9
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 65 63 67 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 67 64.8 69 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 67 64.6 69.3 77 74.3 79.9
2021 66.9 64.8 69 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 78 75.3 80.8
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 79.5 77 82
2025 69.2 67 71.2 79.6 77.2 82.1
2026 69.4 67.2 71.5 79.8 77.4 82.2

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 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 15.7 in the United States.

Eritrea vs United States 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 United States, 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 51.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.0 vs 81.0 years

Median expected age of death:
76.7 vs 84.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea United States
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 98.1% 99.0%
50 91.5% 93.9% 95.1% 97.2%
60 82.3% 87.0% 88.7% 93.1%
65 74.9% 81.1% 83.5% 89.8%
70 64.5% 72.2% 76.9% 85.3%
75 50.8% 59.4% 68.0% 78.6%
80 34.5% 42.7% 56.1% 68.6%
85 18.3% 24.4% 40.7% 54.2%
90 6.6% 10.0% 22.8% 34.5%
95 1.3% 2.5% 8.0% 14.8%
100 0.1% 0.3% 1.4% 3.4%

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 United States: 74 years vs 81 at 30, 79.9 vs 85.2 at 65, 86.5 vs 89.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.4 vs 79.8 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 United States.

Eritrea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.4 67.2 71.5 79.8 77.4 82.2
1 71.1 69.1 73 80.1 77.8 82.6
2 71.2 69.3 73.1 80.2 77.8 82.6
3 71.4 69.4 73.2 80.2 77.8 82.6
4 71.5 69.6 73.3 80.2 77.9 82.6
5 71.6 69.7 73.4 80.2 77.9 82.6
6 71.7 69.9 73.5 80.2 77.9 82.6
7 71.9 70 73.6 80.2 77.9 82.7
8 72 70.1 73.7 80.2 77.9 82.7
9 72 70.2 73.8 80.2 77.9 82.7
10 72.1 70.3 73.8 80.2 77.9 82.7
11 72.2 70.4 73.9 80.2 77.9 82.7
12 72.2 70.4 73.9 80.2 77.9 82.7
13 72.3 70.5 74 80.3 77.9 82.7
14 72.4 70.6 74 80.3 77.9 82.7
15 72.4 70.6 74.1 80.3 77.9 82.7
16 72.5 70.7 74.1 80.3 78 82.7
17 72.6 70.8 74.2 80.3 78 82.7
18 72.7 70.9 74.3 80.3 78 82.8
19 72.8 71 74.4 80.4 78.1 82.8
20 72.9 71.2 74.4 80.4 78.1 82.8
21 73 71.3 74.5 80.5 78.2 82.8
22 73.1 71.5 74.6 80.5 78.3 82.8
23 73.2 71.6 74.7 80.6 78.3 82.9
24 73.3 71.7 74.8 80.6 78.4 82.9
25 73.5 71.9 74.9 80.7 78.5 82.9
26 73.6 72 75 80.7 78.6 83
27 73.7 72.2 75.1 80.8 78.6 83
28 73.8 72.3 75.2 80.8 78.7 83
29 73.9 72.4 75.2 80.9 78.8 83.1
30 74 72.6 75.3 81 78.9 83.1
31 74.2 72.7 75.4 81 79 83.2
32 74.3 72.8 75.5 81.1 79.1 83.2
33 74.4 73 75.6 81.2 79.1 83.2
34 74.5 73.1 75.7 81.2 79.2 83.3
35 74.6 73.2 75.8 81.3 79.3 83.3
36 74.7 73.4 75.9 81.4 79.4 83.4
37 74.8 73.5 76 81.4 79.5 83.4
38 75 73.6 76.1 81.5 79.6 83.5
39 75.1 73.8 76.2 81.6 79.7 83.5
40 75.2 73.9 76.3 81.7 79.8 83.6
41 75.3 74.1 76.4 81.7 79.8 83.6
42 75.5 74.2 76.5 81.8 79.9 83.7
43 75.6 74.4 76.7 81.9 80 83.8
44 75.7 74.5 76.8 82 80.1 83.8
45 75.9 74.7 76.9 82.1 80.2 83.9
46 76 74.8 77 82.1 80.3 84
47 76.1 75 77.2 82.2 80.4 84
48 76.3 75.1 77.3 82.3 80.6 84.1
49 76.4 75.3 77.4 82.4 80.7 84.2
50 76.6 75.5 77.6 82.6 80.8 84.3
51 76.8 75.7 77.7 82.7 80.9 84.4
52 77 75.9 77.9 82.8 81.1 84.5
53 77.1 76.1 78 82.9 81.2 84.6
54 77.3 76.3 78.2 83.1 81.4 84.7
55 77.5 76.5 78.4 83.2 81.6 84.8
56 77.7 76.8 78.5 83.4 81.8 85
57 77.9 77 78.7 83.6 82 85.1
58 78.1 77.2 78.9 83.7 82.2 85.2
59 78.4 77.5 79.1 83.9 82.4 85.4
60 78.6 77.7 79.3 84.1 82.6 85.5
61 78.8 78 79.5 84.3 82.9 85.7
62 79.1 78.3 79.7 84.5 83.1 85.9
63 79.3 78.6 80 84.7 83.4 86
64 79.6 78.9 80.2 85 83.6 86.2
65 79.9 79.2 80.5 85.2 83.9 86.4
66 80.2 79.6 80.8 85.4 84.1 86.6
67 80.6 79.9 81.1 85.7 84.4 86.8
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 85.9 84.7 87
69 81.3 80.7 81.7 86.1 85 87.2
70 81.6 81.1 82.1 86.4 85.3 87.4
71 82 81.5 82.4 86.7 85.6 87.6
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 86.9 85.9 87.9
73 82.9 82.4 83.2 87.2 86.2 88.1
74 83.3 82.9 83.7 87.5 86.6 88.4
75 83.8 83.4 84.1 87.9 86.9 88.6
76 84.3 83.9 84.6 88.2 87.3 88.9
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 88.5 87.7 89.2
78 85.3 85 85.6 88.9 88.1 89.6
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 89.3 88.5 89.9
80 86.5 86.1 86.7 89.7 88.9 90.2
81 87 86.7 87.3 90.1 89.4 90.6
82 87.7 87.4 87.9 90.5 89.8 91
83 88.3 88 88.5 90.9 90.3 91.4
84 89 88.7 89.2 91.4 90.8 91.8
85 89.7 89.4 89.8 91.9 91.3 92.3
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 92.4 91.8 92.7
87 91.1 90.8 91.3 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 91.8 91.6 92 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 94.1 93.6 94.3
90 93.4 93.1 93.5 94.7 94.3 94.9
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 95.3 94.9 95.6
92 94.9 94.7 95 96 95.6 96.2
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 96.7 96.4 96.9
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.4 97.2 97.5 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.3 98 98.3 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 100 99.9 100.1 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 101 100.8 101 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Eritrea vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.5% in Eritrea and 89.2% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 63.5% and 79.5% will live to 70 years or older, 36% and 61.1% to 80+ years, and 7.77% and 28.1% 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
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Eritrea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.6% 97.2% 98% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 97.4% 97% 97.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 97% 96.6% 97.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 96.7% 96.2% 97.2% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 96.5% 96% 97.1% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
8 96.4% 95.8% 96.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
11 96% 95.4% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 95.9% 95.3% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
14 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
15 95.6% 95% 96.3% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
16 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 95.2% 94.5% 96% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
20 94.9% 94% 95.7% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
21 94.7% 93.7% 95.6% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 94.4% 93.5% 95.4% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
23 94.2% 93.2% 95.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.1%
24 94% 92.9% 95.1% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
25 93.8% 92.6% 94.9% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 93.5% 92.4% 94.8% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 98.5% 98% 98.9%
28 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
29 92.8% 91.5% 94.2% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 92.6% 91.2% 94% 98.1% 97.6% 98.7%
31 92.3% 90.9% 93.8% 98% 97.4% 98.7%
32 92.1% 90.6% 93.6% 97.9% 97.2% 98.6%
33 91.8% 90.3% 93.4% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 91.6% 90% 93.2% 97.6% 96.9% 98.4%
35 91.3% 89.7% 93% 97.5% 96.7% 98.3%
36 91.1% 89.4% 92.8% 97.3% 96.5% 98.2%
37 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 97.2% 96.3% 98.1%
38 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 97% 96.1% 98%
39 90.2% 88.4% 92.1% 96.8% 95.9% 97.9%
40 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 96.7% 95.7% 97.7%
41 89.6% 87.7% 91.5% 96.5% 95.4% 97.6%
42 89.2% 87.3% 91.2% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 88.9% 86.9% 90.9% 96.1% 95% 97.3%
44 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 88.1% 86% 90.2% 95.7% 94.5% 97%
46 87.7% 85.6% 89.8% 95.5% 94.2% 96.8%
47 87.3% 85.1% 89.5% 95.2% 93.9% 96.6%
48 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 94.6% 93.2% 96.2%
50 85.9% 83.5% 88.3% 94.3% 92.8% 96%
51 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 94% 92.4% 95.7%
52 84.7% 82.2% 87.3% 93.6% 91.9% 95.4%
53 84.1% 81.4% 86.7% 93.2% 91.4% 95.1%
54 83.4% 80.6% 86.1% 92.7% 90.9% 94.7%
55 82.7% 79.8% 85.5% 92.2% 90.3% 94.3%
56 81.9% 79% 84.8% 91.7% 89.6% 93.9%
57 81.1% 78.1% 84.1% 91.1% 88.9% 93.5%
58 80.3% 77.2% 83.4% 90.5% 88.2% 93%
59 79.4% 76.2% 82.6% 89.9% 87.4% 92.5%
60 78.5% 75.1% 81.8% 89.2% 86.6% 92%
61 77.5% 74% 80.9% 88.4% 85.7% 91.4%
62 76.4% 72.7% 79.9% 87.6% 84.7% 90.8%
63 75.1% 71.4% 78.8% 86.8% 83.7% 90.1%
64 73.8% 69.9% 77.6% 85.9% 82.6% 89.4%
65 72.4% 68.3% 76.3% 84.9% 81.4% 88.7%
66 70.8% 66.6% 74.8% 84% 80.3% 87.9%
67 69.2% 64.8% 73.3% 82.9% 79% 87.1%
68 67.4% 62.9% 71.6% 81.8% 77.7% 86.2%
69 65.5% 61% 69.8% 80.7% 76.4% 85.3%
70 63.5% 58.8% 67.9% 79.5% 75% 84.2%
71 61.4% 56.6% 65.8% 78.1% 73.5% 83.1%
72 59.1% 54.2% 63.5% 76.7% 71.8% 81.9%
73 56.6% 51.7% 61.1% 75.2% 70.1% 80.6%
74 54% 49.1% 58.5% 73.6% 68.3% 79.1%
75 51.3% 46.4% 55.8% 71.8% 66.3% 77.6%
76 48.4% 43.5% 52.9% 69.9% 64.3% 75.9%
77 45.5% 40.6% 49.9% 67.9% 62.1% 74.1%
78 42.4% 37.6% 46.8% 65.8% 59.8% 72.1%
79 39.2% 34.5% 43.5% 63.5% 57.3% 70%
80 36% 31.5% 40.1% 61.1% 54.7% 67.8%
81 32.7% 28.4% 36.7% 58.5% 52% 65.3%
82 29.4% 25.3% 33.2% 55.8% 49.1% 62.7%
83 26.2% 22.4% 29.7% 52.8% 46.1% 59.8%
84 23% 19.5% 26.3% 49.8% 43% 56.8%
85 19.9% 16.7% 22.9% 46.5% 39.7% 53.5%
86 17% 14.1% 19.8% 43.1% 36.4% 50%
87 14.4% 11.7% 16.8% 39.5% 32.9% 46.2%
88 11.9% 9.54% 14.1% 35.8% 29.3% 42.3%
89 9.7% 7.64% 11.6% 31.9% 25.8% 38.2%
90 7.77% 6% 9.4% 28.1% 22.3% 34%
91 6.11% 4.61% 7.48% 24.4% 18.9% 29.9%
92 4.7% 3.46% 5.82% 20.7% 15.7% 25.7%
93 3.52% 2.52% 4.43% 17.3% 12.7% 21.8%
94 2.57% 1.79% 3.28% 14.1% 10.1% 18%
95 1.82% 1.22% 2.36% 11.2% 7.77% 14.6%
96 1.25% 0.81% 1.64% 8.73% 5.82% 11.5%
97 0.83% 0.51% 1.11% 6.59% 4.24% 8.86%
98 0.54% 0.31% 0.72% 4.84% 2.99% 6.61%
99 0.34% 0.18% 0.46% 3.44% 2.04% 4.78%
100 0.21% 0.11% 0.28% 2.37% 1.34% 3.35%

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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 0.47% in the United States, 0.27% vs 0.13% at age 30, 1.3% vs 0.83% at 60, and 9.09% vs 4.23% at 80.

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

Eritrea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.4% 2.77% 2.02% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
1 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
3 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
6 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.009% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.14% 0.16% 0.11% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
24 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.18% 0.22% 0.13%
40 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.39% 0.45% 0.33% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.37% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.44% 0.5% 0.38% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.25% 0.3% 0.19%
46 0.47% 0.55% 0.41% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
47 0.5% 0.58% 0.43% 0.28% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.59% 0.69% 0.49% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
50 0.64% 0.76% 0.54% 0.37% 0.45% 0.28%
51 0.7% 0.83% 0.59% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 0.76% 0.9% 0.64% 0.44% 0.54% 0.34%
53 0.82% 0.96% 0.69% 0.48% 0.6% 0.37%
54 0.86% 1.02% 0.73% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
55 0.91% 1.07% 0.77% 0.58% 0.72% 0.44%
56 0.95% 1.12% 0.81% 0.63% 0.78% 0.47%
57 1.01% 1.19% 0.86% 0.68% 0.84% 0.51%
58 1.08% 1.27% 0.92% 0.73% 0.91% 0.55%
59 1.18% 1.39% 1.01% 0.78% 0.97% 0.59%
60 1.3% 1.53% 1.11% 0.83% 1.04% 0.62%
61 1.44% 1.69% 1.24% 0.9% 1.13% 0.67%
62 1.6% 1.87% 1.38% 0.96% 1.2% 0.71%
63 1.77% 2.06% 1.53% 1.03% 1.29% 0.77%
64 1.94% 2.26% 1.69% 1.09% 1.38% 0.82%
65 2.13% 2.46% 1.87% 1.16% 1.45% 0.87%
66 2.33% 2.68% 2.06% 1.23% 1.54% 0.94%
67 2.55% 2.91% 2.27% 1.31% 1.63% 1.01%
68 2.8% 3.17% 2.51% 1.41% 1.73% 1.1%
69 3.08% 3.47% 2.78% 1.53% 1.87% 1.21%
70 3.4% 3.8% 3.09% 1.65% 2.01% 1.33%
71 3.75% 4.18% 3.44% 1.82% 2.2% 1.47%
72 4.15% 4.6% 3.82% 1.98% 2.39% 1.61%
73 4.58% 5.07% 4.23% 2.17% 2.61% 1.78%
74 5.05% 5.58% 4.68% 2.38% 2.86% 1.97%
75 5.57% 6.14% 5.16% 2.61% 3.13% 2.16%
76 6.14% 6.75% 5.7% 2.86% 3.42% 2.38%
77 6.77% 7.4% 6.31% 3.14% 3.73% 2.63%
78 7.47% 8.12% 6.99% 3.45% 4.08% 2.91%
79 8.24% 8.91% 7.75% 3.82% 4.51% 3.25%
80 9.09% 9.77% 8.59% 4.23% 4.98% 3.62%
81 10% 10.7% 9.52% 4.72% 5.52% 4.06%
82 11% 11.8% 10.5% 5.23% 6.1% 4.53%
83 12.1% 13% 11.6% 5.84% 6.79% 5.1%
84 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 6.55% 7.59% 5.77%
85 14.5% 15.6% 13.8% 7.36% 8.51% 6.56%
86 15.8% 17% 15% 8.32% 9.57% 7.48%
87 17.1% 18.4% 16.3% 9.44% 10.8% 8.54%
88 18.5% 19.9% 17.6% 10.7% 12.1% 9.68%
89 19.9% 21.5% 18.9% 11.9% 13.6% 10.9%
90 21.4% 23.2% 20.4% 13.3% 15.1% 12.3%
91 23.1% 25% 22.1% 15% 17% 13.9%
92 25% 27% 23.9% 16.6% 18.9% 15.4%
93 27% 29.2% 26% 18.4% 20.9% 17.1%
94 29.2% 31.6% 28.1% 20.3% 22.9% 19%
95 31.4% 34.1% 30.3% 22.3% 25% 21.1%
96 33.5% 36.5% 32.5% 24.4% 27.2% 23.2%
97 35.4% 38.8% 34.7% 26.6% 29.5% 25.4%
98 37.1% 41% 36.7% 28.8% 31.9% 27.7%
99 38.8% 42.9% 38.6% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 40.7% 45.3% 40.8% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Eritrea compared to the United States

In Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 89 in the United States. The median age of death is 75.5 in Eritrea and 83.9 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Eritrea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Eritrea United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,403 2,771 2,024 466 510 421
1 185.4 202.6 167.7 45.6 50.6 40.5
2 185.9 207 164.1 17 19.2 14.8
3 185.3 210.1 159.8 14.9 16.9 12.8
4 182.4 209.9 154 12.7 14.2 11.1
5 175.6 204.6 145.8 10.4 11.4 9.33
6 164.2 192.7 134.8 9.54 10.4 8.68
7 148.6 175 121.5 9.37 10.2 8.51
8 131.5 154.6 107.6 9.07 9.94 8.16
9 115.2 134.8 94.9 9 10 7.92
10 102.4 119.2 85 9.47 10.8 8.1
11 94.4 109.5 78.8 10.2 11.5 8.68
12 91.7 106.4 76.7 11.5 13 9.85
13 94.8 110.4 78.7 14.2 16.4 11.8
14 103.4 121.5 84.7 18.3 22.2 14.3
15 117.4 139.8 94.4 23.9 30.6 16.8
16 135.7 164.1 106.5 31.7 42.5 20.1
17 156.1 191.9 119.4 43 59.7 25.4
18 176.3 219.8 131.4 55.6 78.6 31.2
19 193.2 243.8 141.2 66.1 94.7 35.6
20 205.9 261.7 148.4 74.4 107.5 39.1
21 214.1 272.8 153.7 81.9 118.8 42.6
22 219.1 278.4 158.1 87.7 127 45.8
23 222.4 280.2 162.8 92.2 132.8 48.7
24 224.9 280 168 96.7 138.7 51.7
25 227.6 279.4 174 101.3 144.4 55.1
26 230.8 279.5 180.4 106.5 150.3 59.2
27 234.7 281 186.6 111.6 156 63.6
28 239 284 192.2 115.9 160.6 67.4
29 243.5 288.3 196.8 120.4 165.3 71.8
30 247.8 293.4 200.3 124.4 168.4 76.7
31 251.6 298.4 202.9 128.5 171.4 81.8
32 254.8 303 204.9 133.7 176.4 87.2
33 257.6 306 206.9 138.7 182 91.5
34 260.7 310 209.7 143.5 187.5 95.7
35 265 314 214.5 147.7 191.6 100.1
36 271.6 320 222 152.7 196.2 105.4
37 281.6 329 233.3 158.4 201.9 111
38 295.1 341 248.3 163.8 207.3 116.3
39 312 357 266.7 170.3 214.2 122.4
40 330 374 287 176.3 220.2 128.4
41 349 391 307 183.1 226.7 135.5
42 365 407 323 190.6 234.1 143.3
43 378 422 336 201.9 246.6 153.5
44 390 435 346 217.3 264.5 166.3
45 401 450 354 234.5 284.7 180.1
46 416 470 365 252.4 306 194.8
47 437 498 382 271.3 328 210.3
48 467 535 406 292.9 353 227.9
49 506 581 439 319 384 248.7
50 553 635 479 348 419 271.3
51 601 690 521 381 460 296.9
52 647 742 562 414 499 322
53 687 786 599 450 544 349
54 719 821 629 492 596 379
55 748 852 656 533 647 412
56 778 884 685 575 696 445
57 817 926 721 617 748 477
58 869 983 769 658 798 509
59 937 1,057 832 702 851 542
60 1,021 1,148 910 743 902 574
61 1,117 1,252 1,000 793 964 612
62 1,221 1,362 1,100 840 1,020 649
63 1,328 1,473 1,205 892 1,081 691
64 1,435 1,580 1,313 940 1,136 732
65 1,542 1,683 1,424 982 1,181 772
66 1,650 1,784 1,540 1,035 1,235 824
67 1,763 1,887 1,663 1,089 1,287 882
68 1,885 1,996 1,798 1,153 1,348 951
69 2,016 2,113 1,944 1,231 1,425 1,032
70 2,157 2,237 2,100 1,314 1,510 1,118
71 2,303 2,366 2,262 1,421 1,618 1,222
72 2,450 2,496 2,425 1,520 1,715 1,322
73 2,593 2,623 2,584 1,634 1,831 1,438
74 2,729 2,741 2,737 1,754 1,953 1,557
75 2,854 2,847 2,881 1,876 2,076 1,678
76 2,973 2,936 3,018 2,003 2,199 1,808
77 3,079 3,006 3,147 2,132 2,317 1,949
78 3,166 3,053 3,266 2,269 2,439 2,102
79 3,231 3,076 3,368 2,427 2,582 2,274
80 3,271 3,074 3,446 2,587 2,726 2,452
81 3,279 3,045 3,490 2,759 2,873 2,650
82 3,250 2,987 3,488 2,915 2,999 2,841
83 3,179 2,896 3,435 3,084 3,133 3,053
84 3,061 2,767 3,329 3,257 3,263 3,277
85 2,898 2,599 3,170 3,424 3,380 3,508
86 2,693 2,393 2,967 3,583 3,478 3,737
87 2,455 2,157 2,729 3,729 3,550 3,948
88 2,197 1,902 2,468 3,816 3,564 4,096
89 1,930 1,641 2,195 3,817 3,497 4,165
90 1,665 1,388 1,921 3,753 3,367 4,174
91 1,411 1,151 1,652 3,654 3,205 4,138
92 1,173 933 1,394 3,448 2,960 3,966
93 952 738 1,150 3,181 2,660 3,725
94 750 565 922 2,862 2,310 3,428
95 572 416 715 2,509 1,943 3,075
96 419 294 535 2,132 1,585 2,672
97 294.6 198.5 384 1,754 1,251 2,248
98 198.9 128.1 265.5 1,396 952 1,829
99 131.1 79.3 176.8 1,072 697 1,435
100 0 0 11.5 690 348 1,015

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 United States 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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