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Life Expectancy in Ethiopia vs Iceland (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.1 years in Ethiopia vs 83.3 in Iceland. Ethiopia is ranked 150/197 by life expectancy, and Iceland is 18/197. In Ethiopia, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In Iceland, it's 82 years for males and 84.7 years for females.

Ethiopia vs Iceland life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Iceland
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Iceland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 32.3 39.1 71 68.6 73.5
1951 35.9 32.7 39.4 71 69.2 72.8
1952 36.2 33 39.7 72.4 70 74.8
1953 36.6 33.4 40.1 72.3 70.2 74.3
1954 37 33.8 40.5 73.3 71.1 75.6
1955 37.3 34.1 40.9 73.3 70.7 75.9
1956 37.8 34.5 41.4 72.9 71.5 74.3
1957 32.2 29.5 35.1 73.4 71.7 75.1
1958 32.6 29.9 35.6 73.3 70.9 75.9
1959 39.2 35.8 42.8 72.6 69.8 75.6
1960 39.6 36.2 43.3 74 72.4 75.7
1961 40.2 36.9 43.8 73.4 70.8 76.2
1962 40.5 37.3 44 73.6 71.3 76.1
1963 41 37.7 44.4 72.9 70.2 76
1964 41.3 38 44.7 73.5 70.9 76.3
1965 41.4 38.1 45 73.8 71.4 76.4
1966 39.3 36.3 42.6 73.1 70.2 76.3
1967 41.9 38.6 45.5 73.7 71.1 76.5
1968 42.1 38.8 45.6 73.9 71.5 76.4
1969 42.1 38.8 45.7 73.7 71.1 76.4
1970 42.1 38.8 45.6 73.8 70.7 77.2
1971 42.2 39 45.7 73.5 70.8 76.5
1972 41 37.9 44.4 74.4 72.1 76.9
1973 41.1 38 44.5 74.3 71.4 77.4
1974 39.1 36.1 42.3 74.1 70.9 77.7
1975 38.9 35.9 42.2 75.3 72.2 78.7
1976 41.3 37.9 45 76.6 73.7 79.8
1977 41.4 37.9 45.1 76.1 73.1 79.2
1978 41.5 38.1 45.2 76.4 73.6 79.3
1979 42.4 39 46 76.5 74 79.3
1980 42.8 39.4 46.4 76.6 73.4 80.1
1981 43.1 39.7 46.7 76.2 73.2 79.4
1982 43.4 40.1 47 76.8 74.4 79.3
1983 36.3 33.9 38.9 76.4 73.1 80.1
1984 36.7 34.5 39.1 77.3 74.6 80.1
1985 37.7 35.7 39.8 77.4 74.8 80.1
1986 38.4 36.6 40.1 77.9 75.2 80.6
1987 45.9 44.2 47.6 77.1 74.7 79.4
1988 45.7 44.1 47.2 76.9 74.3 79.6
1989 45.6 44 47.3 77.9 75.9 79.9
1990 45.1 43.5 46.8 77.7 75.2 80.4
1991 46.7 45.6 47.7 77.8 74.8 81
1992 47.3 46.5 48 78.6 76.6 80.6
1993 47.7 46.9 48.5 78.8 76.9 80.7
1994 47.9 47.1 48.8 79 77 81.1
1995 48.2 47.2 49.1 77.5 75.6 79.5
1996 48.7 47.9 49.5 78.6 76.4 81
1997 49.2 48.4 50.1 78.7 76.1 81.4
1998 49.8 48.9 50.7 79.4 77.5 81.3
1999 49.5 48.2 50.8 79.2 77.3 81.2
2000 50.9 50.2 51.6 79.5 77.7 81.3
2001 51.4 50.8 52.1 80.4 78.1 82.7
2002 52.1 51.3 52.9 80.3 78.3 82.2
2003 52.9 52 53.8 80.8 79.2 82.3
2004 53.7 52.6 54.9 80.7 78.7 82.7
2005 54.4 53.1 55.7 81.2 79.3 83
2006 55.4 53.9 56.9 80.9 79.2 82.6
2007 56.6 54.8 58.4 81.1 79.3 82.8
2008 57.7 55.8 59.8 81.2 79.6 82.9
2009 58.7 56.6 60.9 81.4 79.4 83.4
2010 59.7 57.5 62 81.6 79.6 83.7
2011 60.6 58.4 62.8 82 80.2 83.7
2012 61.4 59.2 63.8 82.3 81 83.6
2013 62.2 59.8 64.7 81.7 80.2 83.2
2014 62.9 60.4 65.6 82.4 80.9 83.9
2015 63.6 61 66.4 82.2 80.9 83.4
2016 64.2 61.4 67 81.8 80.1 83.6
2017 64.8 61.9 67.7 82.2 80.7 83.9
2018 65.3 62.4 68.3 82.5 80.9 84.1
2019 65.7 62.8 68.9 82.8 81.3 84.4
2020 66 62.8 69.4 82.7 81.2 84.2
2021 65.3 62.1 68.7 82.8 81.5 84.3
2022 66.9 63.7 70.3 81.6 79.4 84.1
2023 67.3 64.1 70.7 82.7 81 84.5
2024 67.6 64.4 71 83 81.6 84.5
2025 67.9 64.6 71.3 83.2 81.8 84.6
2026 68.1 64.9 71.6 83.3 82 84.7

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 58.8 years in Ethiopia and 71.4 in Iceland. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Ethiopia and 19.1 in Iceland.

Ethiopia vs Iceland 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 Ethiopia and Iceland, 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:
43.6 vs 53.7 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.6 vs 83.7 years

Median expected age of death:
76.3 vs 85.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ethiopia Iceland
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.9% 99.2% 99.6%
50 90.1% 94.4% 98.1% 98.9%
60 80.1% 87.9% 95.1% 96.8%
65 72.1% 82.2% 92.4% 94.5%
70 61.4% 73.5% 87.7% 91.1%
75 47.5% 60.8% 80.2% 85.3%
80 31.3% 44.0% 68.2% 75.1%
85 16.0% 25.4% 49.4% 58.8%
90 5.4% 10.5% 25.8% 35.9%
95 0.9% 2.6% 7.8% 14.0%
100 0.1% 0.3% 1.0% 2.7%

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 Ethiopia vs Iceland: 73.6 years vs 83.7 at 30, 79.8 vs 85.8 at 65, 86.4 vs 89.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.1 vs 83.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Iceland
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Iceland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.1 64.9 71.6 83.3 82 84.7
1 70.2 67.2 73.4 83.4 82.1 84.8
2 70.5 67.4 73.7 83.4 82.1 84.8
3 70.7 67.6 73.8 83.4 82.1 84.8
4 70.8 67.8 74 83.4 82.1 84.8
5 71 68 74.1 83.4 82.1 84.8
6 71.1 68.2 74.2 83.4 82.1 84.8
7 71.3 68.3 74.3 83.4 82.1 84.8
8 71.4 68.5 74.4 83.4 82.1 84.8
9 71.5 68.6 74.4 83.4 82.1 84.8
10 71.5 68.7 74.5 83.4 82.1 84.8
11 71.6 68.8 74.5 83.4 82.1 84.8
12 71.7 68.9 74.5 83.4 82.1 84.8
13 71.7 69 74.6 83.4 82.1 84.8
14 71.8 69.1 74.6 83.5 82.1 84.8
15 71.9 69.1 74.7 83.5 82.1 84.8
16 72 69.2 74.7 83.5 82.1 84.9
17 72 69.4 74.8 83.5 82.2 84.9
18 72.1 69.5 74.9 83.5 82.2 84.9
19 72.2 69.6 74.9 83.5 82.2 84.9
20 72.4 69.8 75 83.5 82.2 84.9
21 72.5 69.9 75.1 83.5 82.2 84.9
22 72.6 70.1 75.2 83.6 82.3 84.9
23 72.7 70.3 75.2 83.6 82.3 84.9
24 72.9 70.4 75.3 83.6 82.3 84.9
25 73 70.6 75.4 83.6 82.4 84.9
26 73.1 70.8 75.5 83.7 82.4 85
27 73.2 70.9 75.6 83.7 82.4 85
28 73.4 71.1 75.6 83.7 82.5 85
29 73.5 71.2 75.7 83.7 82.5 85
30 73.6 71.4 75.8 83.7 82.5 85
31 73.7 71.5 75.9 83.8 82.6 85
32 73.9 71.7 76 83.8 82.6 85
33 74 71.9 76.1 83.8 82.6 85
34 74.1 72 76.2 83.9 82.7 85.1
35 74.2 72.2 76.2 83.9 82.7 85.1
36 74.3 72.3 76.3 83.9 82.8 85.1
37 74.5 72.5 76.4 83.9 82.8 85.1
38 74.6 72.6 76.5 84 82.8 85.1
39 74.7 72.8 76.6 84 82.9 85.2
40 74.8 72.9 76.7 84 82.9 85.2
41 75 73.1 76.8 84.1 82.9 85.2
42 75.1 73.3 76.9 84.1 83 85.2
43 75.3 73.4 77 84.1 83 85.3
44 75.4 73.6 77.1 84.2 83 85.3
45 75.5 73.8 77.2 84.2 83.1 85.3
46 75.7 74 77.4 84.2 83.1 85.4
47 75.8 74.1 77.5 84.3 83.2 85.4
48 76 74.3 77.6 84.3 83.2 85.4
49 76.1 74.5 77.7 84.3 83.3 85.5
50 76.3 74.7 77.8 84.4 83.3 85.5
51 76.5 74.9 78 84.4 83.4 85.5
52 76.7 75.1 78.1 84.5 83.4 85.6
53 76.9 75.4 78.3 84.6 83.5 85.6
54 77.1 75.6 78.5 84.6 83.6 85.7
55 77.3 75.8 78.6 84.7 83.7 85.7
56 77.5 76.1 78.8 84.8 83.7 85.8
57 77.7 76.3 79 84.9 83.8 85.9
58 77.9 76.6 79.1 84.9 83.9 85.9
59 78.1 76.9 79.3 85 84.1 86
60 78.4 77.1 79.5 85.1 84.2 86.1
61 78.6 77.4 79.7 85.3 84.3 86.2
62 78.9 77.7 79.9 85.4 84.4 86.3
63 79.2 78 80.2 85.5 84.5 86.4
64 79.4 78.4 80.4 85.6 84.7 86.6
65 79.8 78.7 80.7 85.8 84.8 86.7
66 80.1 79.1 81 85.9 85 86.8
67 80.4 79.5 81.2 86.1 85.1 87
68 80.8 79.8 81.6 86.2 85.3 87.1
69 81.1 80.3 81.9 86.4 85.5 87.3
70 81.5 80.7 82.2 86.6 85.7 87.4
71 81.9 81.1 82.6 86.8 86 87.6
72 82.3 81.6 83 87 86.2 87.7
73 82.8 82 83.4 87.2 86.4 87.9
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 87.4 86.7 88.2
75 83.7 83 84.2 87.7 87 88.4
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 88 87.2 88.7
77 84.7 84.1 85.2 88.3 87.6 88.9
78 85.2 84.7 85.7 88.6 87.9 89.2
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 88.9 88.2 89.5
80 86.4 85.9 86.7 89.2 88.6 89.9
81 87 86.5 87.3 89.6 89 90.2
82 87.6 87.1 87.9 90 89.4 90.6
83 88.2 87.8 88.5 90.4 89.8 91
84 88.9 88.5 89.2 90.9 90.3 91.4
85 89.6 89.2 89.9 91.4 90.8 91.8
86 90.3 89.9 90.6 91.9 91.4 92.3
87 91 90.6 91.3 92.4 92 92.8
88 91.7 91.3 92 93 92.6 93.4
89 92.5 92.1 92.7 93.6 93.2 94
90 93.3 92.9 93.5 94.3 93.9 94.6
91 94.1 93.7 94.2 94.9 94.6 95.2
92 94.9 94.5 95 95.6 95.3 95.9
93 95.7 95.4 95.8 96.3 96 96.6
94 96.5 96.2 96.6 97.1 96.8 97.3
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.9 97.6 98
96 98.2 98 98.3 98.6 98.4 98.8
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99.5 99.2 99.6
98 100 99.8 100.1 100.3 100.1 100.4
99 100.9 100.7 101 101.1 100.9 101.2
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 102 101.8 102.1

Odds of living to age in Ethiopia vs Iceland

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.7% in Ethiopia and 95.3% in Iceland are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 61.6% and 88.7% will live to 70 years or older, 34.4% and 71.1% to 80+ years, and 7.24% and 30.6% 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.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Iceland
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ethiopia Iceland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97% 96.6% 97.5% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
2 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 99.9% 99.8% 99.9%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.9%
6 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 99.8% 99.8% 99.9%
7 95.6% 94.8% 96.3% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
8 95.4% 94.6% 96.2% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
9 95.2% 94.4% 96.1% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
10 95.1% 94.2% 96.1% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
11 95% 94.1% 96% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
12 94.9% 93.9% 95.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
13 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
14 94.7% 93.7% 95.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
15 94.6% 93.5% 95.7% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
16 94.5% 93.4% 95.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
17 94.3% 93.2% 95.5% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
18 94.1% 92.9% 95.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
19 94% 92.7% 95.3% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
20 93.8% 92.4% 95.2% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
21 93.5% 92.1% 95% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
22 93.3% 91.8% 94.9% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
23 93.1% 91.5% 94.8% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
24 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
25 92.6% 90.8% 94.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.7%
26 92.4% 90.5% 94.3% 99.5% 99.3% 99.6%
27 92.1% 90.2% 94.2% 99.5% 99.3% 99.6%
28 91.9% 89.8% 94% 99.4% 99.2% 99.6%
29 91.6% 89.5% 93.8% 99.4% 99.2% 99.6%
30 91.3% 89.2% 93.6% 99.3% 99.1% 99.6%
31 91.1% 88.8% 93.5% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
32 90.8% 88.5% 93.3% 99.2% 99% 99.5%
33 90.6% 88.1% 93.1% 99.2% 98.9% 99.5%
34 90.3% 87.8% 92.9% 99.1% 98.8% 99.4%
35 90% 87.4% 92.7% 99.1% 98.7% 99.4%
36 89.7% 87.1% 92.5% 99% 98.6% 99.4%
37 89.4% 86.7% 92.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.3%
38 89.1% 86.3% 92.1% 98.9% 98.5% 99.3%
39 88.8% 85.9% 91.9% 98.8% 98.4% 99.2%
40 88.5% 85.5% 91.7% 98.8% 98.4% 99.2%
41 88.2% 85.1% 91.4% 98.7% 98.3% 99.1%
42 87.8% 84.6% 91.1% 98.6% 98.2% 99.1%
43 87.4% 84.2% 90.8% 98.5% 98.1% 99%
44 87% 83.7% 90.5% 98.5% 98% 98.9%
45 86.6% 83.2% 90.2% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
46 86.2% 82.7% 89.9% 98.3% 97.8% 98.8%
47 85.8% 82.2% 89.5% 98.2% 97.7% 98.7%
48 85.3% 81.6% 89.2% 98.1% 97.6% 98.6%
49 84.8% 81% 88.8% 97.9% 97.4% 98.5%
50 84.3% 80.4% 88.4% 97.8% 97.3% 98.4%
51 83.7% 79.7% 87.9% 97.7% 97.1% 98.3%
52 83.1% 78.9% 87.5% 97.5% 96.9% 98.2%
53 82.4% 78.1% 86.9% 97.3% 96.7% 98%
54 81.7% 77.3% 86.4% 97.1% 96.4% 97.9%
55 81% 76.4% 85.8% 96.9% 96.2% 97.7%
56 80.2% 75.5% 85.1% 96.6% 95.9% 97.5%
57 79.4% 74.6% 84.5% 96.4% 95.5% 97.3%
58 78.6% 73.6% 83.8% 96% 95.2% 97%
59 77.7% 72.5% 83.1% 95.7% 94.8% 96.7%
60 76.7% 71.4% 82.3% 95.3% 94.3% 96.4%
61 75.7% 70.2% 81.4% 94.9% 93.8% 96%
62 74.5% 68.9% 80.4% 94.4% 93.3% 95.6%
63 73.3% 67.5% 79.4% 93.9% 92.8% 95.2%
64 72% 66% 78.2% 93.4% 92.2% 94.7%
65 70.5% 64.3% 77% 92.8% 91.6% 94.1%
66 69% 62.6% 75.6% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
67 67.3% 60.8% 74.1% 91.4% 90% 92.9%
68 65.5% 58.9% 72.5% 90.6% 89.1% 92.2%
69 63.6% 56.9% 70.7% 89.7% 88.1% 91.5%
70 61.6% 54.7% 68.8% 88.7% 86.9% 90.7%
71 59.5% 52.5% 66.8% 87.7% 85.7% 89.8%
72 57.2% 50.1% 64.5% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
73 54.7% 47.6% 62.2% 85.2% 82.8% 87.7%
74 52.2% 45% 59.6% 83.8% 81.2% 86.4%
75 49.4% 42.3% 56.9% 82.1% 79.4% 84.9%
76 46.6% 39.5% 54% 80.3% 77.5% 83.2%
77 43.7% 36.7% 51% 78.3% 75.4% 81.4%
78 40.7% 33.8% 47.9% 76.1% 73% 79.4%
79 37.6% 30.9% 44.6% 73.8% 70.5% 77.2%
80 34.4% 27.9% 41.2% 71.1% 67.6% 74.8%
81 31.2% 25% 37.8% 68.2% 64.5% 72.1%
82 28% 22.2% 34.2% 65% 61.1% 69.1%
83 24.9% 19.4% 30.7% 61.5% 57.3% 65.9%
84 21.8% 16.8% 27.2% 57.8% 53.3% 62.4%
85 18.9% 14.3% 23.8% 53.7% 48.9% 58.5%
86 16.1% 12% 20.5% 49.4% 44.4% 54.4%
87 13.6% 9.87% 17.5% 44.8% 39.7% 49.9%
88 11.2% 7.97% 14.7% 40.1% 34.9% 45.3%
89 9.1% 6.29% 12.1% 35.4% 30.2% 40.6%
90 7.24% 4.84% 9.82% 30.6% 25.6% 35.7%
91 5.64% 3.62% 7.83% 26.1% 21.3% 30.9%
92 4.29% 2.62% 6.1% 21.7% 17.2% 26.2%
93 3.19% 1.85% 4.65% 17.6% 13.6% 21.7%
94 2.3% 1.27% 3.44% 14% 10.4% 17.6%
95 1.62% 0.84% 2.48% 10.8% 7.74% 13.9%
96 1.1% 0.54% 1.72% 8.07% 5.57% 10.7%
97 0.73% 0.34% 1.16% 5.86% 3.87% 7.92%
98 0.47% 0.21% 0.76% 4.11% 2.59% 5.69%
99 0.29% 0.12% 0.48% 2.78% 1.67% 3.95%
100 0.17% 0.07% 0.29% 1.82% 1.04% 2.65%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.99% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 0.11% in Iceland, 0.29% vs 0.05% at age 30, 1.35% vs 0.44% at 60, and 9.28% vs 4.08% at 80.

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

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Iceland
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ethiopia Iceland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.99% 3.43% 2.53% 0.11% 0.11% 0.11%
1 0.32% 0.32% 0.31% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
2 0.28% 0.31% 0.25% 0.009% 0.01% 0.007%
3 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.007% 0.009% 0.006%
4 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
5 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.004% 0.004% 0.005%
6 0.19% 0.27% 0.12% 0.004% 0.003% 0.005%
7 0.17% 0.24% 0.1% 0.004% 0.003% 0.005%
8 0.15% 0.21% 0.09% 0.003% 0.002% 0.004%
9 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.003% 0.002% 0.004%
10 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.003% 0.002% 0.004%
11 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.004% 0.003% 0.005%
12 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
13 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
14 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% 0.008%
15 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.01% 0.02% 0.009%
16 0.15% 0.21% 0.1% 0.02% 0.02% 0.009%
17 0.17% 0.24% 0.11% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
18 0.2% 0.27% 0.12% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
19 0.22% 0.3% 0.13% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
20 0.23% 0.33% 0.14% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
21 0.24% 0.34% 0.14% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
22 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
23 0.26% 0.36% 0.15% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
24 0.26% 0.36% 0.16% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
25 0.26% 0.36% 0.17% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
26 0.27% 0.36% 0.17% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
27 0.27% 0.36% 0.18% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
28 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
29 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
30 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
31 0.29% 0.39% 0.19% 0.05% 0.08% 0.03%
32 0.3% 0.39% 0.2% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
33 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.06% 0.09% 0.03%
34 0.3% 0.41% 0.2% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
35 0.31% 0.41% 0.21% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
36 0.32% 0.42% 0.21% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
37 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
38 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
39 0.37% 0.48% 0.26% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
40 0.39% 0.5% 0.28% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
41 0.41% 0.52% 0.31% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
42 0.44% 0.55% 0.33% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
43 0.45% 0.57% 0.34% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
44 0.47% 0.59% 0.35% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
45 0.49% 0.61% 0.36% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
46 0.51% 0.64% 0.38% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
47 0.54% 0.68% 0.4% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
48 0.57% 0.73% 0.42% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
49 0.62% 0.79% 0.46% 0.14% 0.17% 0.11%
50 0.68% 0.86% 0.51% 0.15% 0.19% 0.12%
51 0.74% 0.94% 0.56% 0.17% 0.2% 0.13%
52 0.8% 1.01% 0.61% 0.19% 0.22% 0.15%
53 0.86% 1.08% 0.65% 0.21% 0.25% 0.16%
54 0.9% 1.14% 0.69% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
55 0.95% 1.19% 0.73% 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
56 0.99% 1.25% 0.76% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
57 1.05% 1.33% 0.81% 0.32% 0.39% 0.26%
58 1.13% 1.42% 0.87% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
59 1.23% 1.54% 0.95% 0.4% 0.48% 0.33%
60 1.35% 1.69% 1.06% 0.44% 0.51% 0.37%
61 1.5% 1.87% 1.18% 0.48% 0.54% 0.43%
62 1.66% 2.05% 1.31% 0.53% 0.58% 0.49%
63 1.83% 2.25% 1.46% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
64 2.01% 2.46% 1.62% 0.63% 0.69% 0.58%
65 2.2% 2.68% 1.79% 0.7% 0.79% 0.62%
66 2.4% 2.9% 1.98% 0.79% 0.9% 0.68%
67 2.63% 3.15% 2.18% 0.88% 1.02% 0.74%
68 2.88% 3.44% 2.42% 0.98% 1.16% 0.8%
69 3.17% 3.76% 2.68% 1.1% 1.31% 0.88%
70 3.5% 4.12% 2.99% 1.2% 1.44% 0.96%
71 3.87% 4.52% 3.33% 1.33% 1.58% 1.08%
72 4.27% 4.97% 3.7% 1.5% 1.75% 1.26%
73 4.71% 5.45% 4.1% 1.72% 1.95% 1.48%
74 5.18% 5.98% 4.54% 1.96% 2.19% 1.73%
75 5.7% 6.56% 5.03% 2.21% 2.47% 1.97%
76 6.28% 7.19% 5.56% 2.48% 2.76% 2.19%
77 6.91% 7.89% 6.16% 2.78% 3.11% 2.46%
78 7.62% 8.67% 6.83% 3.12% 3.5% 2.77%
79 8.41% 9.51% 7.59% 3.58% 4.01% 3.16%
80 9.28% 10.4% 8.43% 4.08% 4.59% 3.59%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.36% 4.67% 5.31% 4.1%
82 11.2% 12.5% 10.4% 5.35% 6.15% 4.68%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 6.14% 7.09% 5.38%
84 13.4% 14.8% 12.5% 7.05% 8.14% 6.18%
85 14.6% 16.1% 13.7% 8.04% 9.29% 7.09%
86 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 9.19% 10.6% 8.11%
87 17.3% 19.2% 16.1% 10.5% 12% 9.26%
88 18.8% 21.1% 17.4% 11.9% 13.5% 10.5%
89 20.4% 23.1% 18.8% 13.3% 15.2% 11.9%
90 22.1% 25.2% 20.3% 15% 17% 13.5%
91 23.9% 27.4% 22% 16.8% 19% 15.2%
92 25.8% 29.5% 23.9% 18.7% 21.1% 17%
93 27.7% 31.6% 25.9% 20.7% 23.3% 19%
94 29.8% 33.5% 28.1% 22.9% 25.7% 21.1%
95 31.8% 35.5% 30.3% 25.1% 28.1% 23.3%
96 33.9% 37.4% 32.6% 27.4% 30.5% 25.7%
97 36% 39.4% 34.7% 29.8% 33% 28.1%
98 38% 41.4% 36.8% 32.2% 35.5% 30.6%
99 39.9% 43.5% 38.7% 34.6% 38% 33.1%
100 41.9% 45.4% 40.9% 37% 40.5% 35.4%

Death rate by age in Ethiopia compared to Iceland

In Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 88 in Iceland. The median age of death is 74.8 in Ethiopia and 85.9 in Iceland — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Iceland
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ethiopia Iceland
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,993 3,429 2,534 114.6 114.4 114.7
1 306 306 306 13.8 17.6 9.72
2 275.5 303 246.5 9.29 11.8 6.6
3 250.3 298.6 199.4 7.25 8.57 5.84
4 228.1 290.4 162.4 5.24 5.27 5.21
5 206.9 276.4 133.6 4.13 3.5 4.81
6 185.5 255.5 111.6 3.84 3.04 4.7
7 163.8 228.9 95.1 3.69 2.8 4.65
8 143.3 200.3 83.1 3.25 2.18 4.44
9 125.6 173.7 74.9 2.86 1.66 4.13
10 112.4 152.8 69.9 3 1.79 4.27
11 104.6 139.3 67.9 4.04 3.03 5.11
12 102.1 133.8 68.6 6.68 6.6 6.75
13 105.3 136.8 72 9.46 11.2 7.74
14 113.8 148 77.7 11.9 15.4 8.13
15 127.4 167 85.5 14.3 19.8 8.54
16 145 192.7 94.8 17 24.2 9.38
17 164.9 222.1 104.6 20.6 29.4 11.2
18 185.1 252.5 114.2 24.3 34.4 13.6
19 203.3 279.9 122.6 27.1 38.2 15.4
20 218.1 302 129.8 29.3 41.2 16.8
21 228.6 317 135.9 31.6 44.6 17.9
22 235.4 325 141.3 33.6 48.4 18.4
23 239.3 328 146.3 35.3 52.1 18.2
24 241.8 328 151.3 36.8 55.3 17.6
25 243.7 327 156.3 36.8 55.6 17.2
26 245.9 326 161.4 37 55.4 18.3
27 248.7 327 166.3 38 55.2 20.3
28 252.2 329 170.7 40.1 56.9 22.3
29 256.3 333 174.6 43.4 61.3 24.1
30 260.5 338 177.8 48.1 68.5 26
31 264.5 344 180.3 52.8 75.3 28.2
32 268 349 182.3 57.6 81.5 31.3
33 271.2 353 184.1 61.1 85.2 33.9
34 274.5 357 186.7 59.9 81 34.8
35 279.1 362 190.9 59.6 78.4 37.4
36 286 369 197.8 59.3 75.5 40.6
37 296.2 378 208.2 60.5 74.3 44.2
38 310 392 222.5 60.4 71.7 46.6
39 327 408 240.3 61.8 72.1 49.7
40 346 427 260.1 65 75.3 53.4
41 365 445 279.5 73.1 85 59.7
42 382 463 296.4 77.4 89.5 63.6
43 397 478 309 84.7 97.7 69.8
44 409 493 319 88.1 100.4 73.6
45 421 509 328 90.5 102.4 76.9
46 437 529 338 97.6 110.8 82.7
47 459 558 355 106.3 122.6 88.5
48 490 595 379 119.4 141.5 95.8
49 529 641 411 135.6 163.1 105.5
50 575 694 450 150.7 180 118.3
51 622 748 492 164.3 193.5 132
52 667 799 533 180.5 212 145.7
53 706 842 568 201.4 238.7 161.5
54 738 878 598 226.1 269.1 180.1
55 767 911 624 252.7 301 199.9
56 798 945 651 279.5 334 221.7
57 836 989 685 313 372 249
58 889 1,046 732 348 413 280.6
59 956 1,120 793 384 452 317
60 1,040 1,210 870 421 482 359
61 1,134 1,310 959 459 508 411
62 1,237 1,416 1,057 500 537 465
63 1,342 1,521 1,161 544 579 510
64 1,447 1,623 1,269 590 635 545
65 1,552 1,721 1,379 654 719 586
66 1,658 1,818 1,494 727 816 634
67 1,770 1,917 1,617 803 919 685
68 1,890 2,023 1,752 888 1,031 740
69 2,020 2,135 1,898 984 1,154 805
70 2,158 2,253 2,056 1,065 1,252 873
71 2,300 2,372 2,220 1,163 1,351 970
72 2,441 2,488 2,387 1,299 1,472 1,117
73 2,577 2,595 2,551 1,465 1,618 1,302
74 2,704 2,692 2,709 1,639 1,781 1,493
75 2,820 2,775 2,860 1,818 1,959 1,670
76 2,927 2,844 3,005 1,990 2,136 1,823
77 3,021 2,896 3,143 2,174 2,342 2,002
78 3,100 2,929 3,272 2,379 2,556 2,200
79 3,160 2,937 3,386 2,640 2,824 2,439
80 3,193 2,915 3,476 2,899 3,104 2,685
81 3,191 2,859 3,532 3,188 3,427 2,953
82 3,148 2,765 3,542 3,480 3,758 3,238
83 3,062 2,638 3,500 3,782 4,068 3,543
84 2,933 2,481 3,403 4,075 4,336 3,853
85 2,767 2,302 3,251 4,316 4,549 4,148
86 2,570 2,107 3,052 4,536 4,693 4,410
87 2,348 1,899 2,816 4,703 4,755 4,624
88 2,108 1,681 2,553 4,766 4,725 4,772
89 1,857 1,453 2,277 4,718 4,597 4,841
90 1,601 1,220 1,998 4,582 4,367 4,817
91 1,348 991 1,723 4,370 4,042 4,690
92 1,107 775 1,457 4,055 3,635 4,460
93 884 584 1,204 3,659 3,169 4,131
94 686 425 967 3,204 2,671 3,718
95 515 298.3 751 2,706 2,171 3,243
96 374 203 562 2,214 1,699 2,735
97 262.3 133.8 404 1,748 1,277 2,224
98 177.1 85.3 279 1,325 920 1,740
99 115.4 52.4 185.6 964 634 1,307
100 0 0 12.1 480 184.2 789

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 Ethiopia and Iceland 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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