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Life Expectancy in Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 68.1 years in Ethiopia vs 62.3 in Sierra Leone. Ethiopia is ranked 150/197 by life expectancy, and Sierra Leone is 186/197. In Ethiopia, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In Sierra Leone, it's 60.6 years for males and 64.1 years for females.

Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone life expectancy at birth by year

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 68.1 64.9 71.6 62.3 60.6 64.1
2025 67.9 64.6 71.3 62.2 60.4 63.9
2024 67.6 64.4 71 62 60.2 63.7
2023 67.3 64.1 70.7 61.8 60.1 63.5
2022 66.9 63.7 70.3 61.3 59.5 63
2021 65.3 62.1 68.7 60.3 58.8 61.7
2020 66 62.8 69.4 59.7 58.2 61.2
2019 65.7 62.8 68.9 59.6 58.3 60.9
2018 65.3 62.4 68.3 59.1 57.8 60.3
2017 64.8 61.9 67.7 57.8 56.7 58.8
2016 64.2 61.4 67 56.9 56 57.9
2015 63.6 61 66.4 55.5 54.5 56.3
2014 62.9 60.4 65.6 54.3 53.4 55.1
2013 62.2 59.8 64.7 54.1 53.1 55
2012 61.4 59.2 63.8 53.2 52.2 54.1
2011 60.6 58.4 62.8 52.6 51.7 53.5
2010 59.7 57.5 62 51.9 50.9 52.9
2009 58.7 56.6 60.9 51.3 50.3 52.3
2008 57.7 55.8 59.8 50.7 49.7 51.7
2007 56.6 54.8 58.4 50 49 51
2006 55.4 53.9 56.9 49.5 48.6 50.5
2005 54.4 53.1 55.7 48.3 47.4 49.2
2004 53.7 52.6 54.9 47.5 46.6 48.4
2003 52.9 52 53.8 46.8 45.8 47.7
2002 52.1 51.3 52.9 46.2 45.2 47.1
2001 51.4 50.8 52.1 45.4 44.3 46.6
2000 50.9 50.2 51.6 44.8 43.7 46
1999 49.5 48.2 50.8 42 38.8 45.5
1998 49.8 48.9 50.7 42.7 40.7 44.8
1997 49.2 48.4 50.1 43.6 42.3 45
1996 48.7 47.9 49.5 43.5 42.2 44.9
1995 48.2 47.2 49.1 42.6 40.8 44.4
1994 47.9 47.1 48.8 42.8 41.2 44.4
1993 47.7 46.9 48.5 43.4 41.9 44.9
1992 47.3 46.5 48 43.5 42 45
1991 46.7 45.6 47.7 43.3 41.8 44.8
1990 45.1 43.5 46.8 43.7 42.4 45.1
1989 45.6 44 47.3 43.7 42.3 45.2
1988 45.7 44.1 47.2 43.8 42.3 45.2
1987 45.9 44.2 47.6 43.7 42.3 45.2
1986 38.4 36.6 40.1 43.5 42 45
1985 37.7 35.7 39.8 43.6 42 45.1
1984 36.7 34.5 39.1 43.6 42 45.2
1983 36.3 33.9 38.9 43.5 41.8 45.1
1982 43.4 40.1 47 43.3 41.6 45
1981 43.1 39.7 46.7 43.1 41.4 44.8
1980 42.8 39.4 46.4 42.8 41.1 44.6
1979 42.4 39 46 42.5 40.8 44.3
1978 41.5 38.1 45.2 42.2 40.5 43.9
1977 41.4 37.9 45.1 41.8 40.1 43.5
1976 41.3 37.9 45 41.4 39.7 43.1
1975 38.9 35.9 42.2 41 39.3 42.7
1974 39.1 36.1 42.3 40.4 38.8 42.1
1973 41.1 38 44.5 40 38.4 41.5
1972 41 37.9 44.4 39.5 38.1 41
1971 42.2 39 45.7 39.1 37.8 40.5
1970 42.1 38.8 45.6 38.6 37.3 39.9
1969 42.1 38.8 45.7 38.2 37 39.4
1968 42.1 38.8 45.6 37.8 36.5 39
1967 41.9 38.6 45.5 37.3 36 38.5
1966 39.3 36.3 42.6 36.6 35.4 37.9
1965 41.4 38.1 45 35.9 34.5 37.3
1964 41.3 38 44.7 35.3 33.9 36.7
1963 41 37.7 44.4 34.7 33.3 36.2
1962 40.5 37.3 44 34.2 32.7 35.7
1961 40.2 36.9 43.8 33.6 32.1 35.2
1960 39.6 36.2 43.3 33.1 31.6 34.6
1959 39.2 35.8 42.8 32.6 31.1 34
1958 32.6 29.9 35.6 32.1 30.7 33.6
1957 32.2 29.5 35.1 31.8 30.3 33.2
1956 37.8 34.5 41.4 31.3 29.9 32.8
1955 37.3 34.1 40.9 30.9 29.5 32.4
1954 37 33.8 40.5 30.5 29.1 32
1953 36.6 33.4 40.1 30.1 28.7 31.6
1952 36.2 33 39.7 29.7 28.3 31.2
1951 35.9 32.7 39.4 29.3 27.8 30.8
1950 35.5 32.3 39.1 28.9 27.5 30.4

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 53.1 in Sierra Leone. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Ethiopia and 12.6 in Sierra Leone.

Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, along with 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 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.6 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
76.3 vs 73.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.9% 96.8% 97.1%
50 90.1% 94.4% 91.1% 92.1%
60 80.1% 87.9% 79.2% 83.0%
65 72.1% 82.2% 69.2% 75.1%
70 61.4% 73.5% 56.0% 63.8%
75 47.5% 60.8% 39.8% 48.2%
80 31.3% 44.0% 23.2% 30.2%
85 16.0% 25.4% 10.0% 14.4%
90 5.4% 10.5% 2.8% 4.6%
95 0.9% 2.6% 0.4% 0.9%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%

Life expectancy by current age

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8
99 100.9 100.7 101 100.9 100.8 100.9
98 100 99.8 100.1 99.9 99.8 100
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99 98.9 99.1
96 98.2 98 98.3 98.1 98 98.2
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.3
94 96.5 96.2 96.6 96.4 96.2 96.4
93 95.7 95.4 95.8 95.5 95.3 95.6
92 94.9 94.5 95 94.6 94.5 94.7
91 94.1 93.7 94.2 93.8 93.6 93.9
90 93.3 92.9 93.5 93 92.8 93.1
89 92.5 92.1 92.7 92.1 91.9 92.2
88 91.7 91.3 92 91.3 91.1 91.4
87 91 90.6 91.3 90.5 90.3 90.6
86 90.3 89.9 90.6 89.7 89.5 89.9
85 89.6 89.2 89.9 88.9 88.7 89.1
84 88.9 88.5 89.2 88.2 87.9 88.4
83 88.2 87.8 88.5 87.5 87.2 87.6
82 87.6 87.1 87.9 86.7 86.5 86.9
81 87 86.5 87.3 86 85.8 86.2
80 86.4 85.9 86.7 85.4 85.1 85.6
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 84.7 84.4 84.9
78 85.2 84.7 85.7 84.1 83.8 84.3
77 84.7 84.1 85.2 83.5 83.1 83.7
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 82.9 82.5 83.1
75 83.7 83 84.2 82.3 81.9 82.6
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 81.7 81.3 82
73 82.8 82 83.4 81.2 80.8 81.5
72 82.3 81.6 83 80.7 80.2 81
71 81.9 81.1 82.6 80.2 79.7 80.6
70 81.5 80.7 82.2 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 81.1 80.3 81.9 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 80.8 79.8 81.6 78.8 78.3 79.3
67 80.4 79.5 81.2 78.4 77.8 79
66 80.1 79.1 81 78 77.4 78.6
65 79.8 78.7 80.7 77.7 77 78.3
64 79.4 78.4 80.4 77.3 76.6 77.9
63 79.2 78 80.2 77 76.2 77.6
62 78.9 77.7 79.9 76.6 75.8 77.3
61 78.6 77.4 79.7 76.3 75.5 77
60 78.4 77.1 79.5 76 75.2 76.8
59 78.1 76.9 79.3 75.7 74.9 76.5
58 77.9 76.6 79.1 75.5 74.6 76.3
57 77.7 76.3 79 75.2 74.3 76.1
56 77.5 76.1 78.8 75 74 75.8
55 77.3 75.8 78.6 74.7 73.7 75.6
54 77.1 75.6 78.5 74.5 73.5 75.4
53 76.9 75.4 78.3 74.3 73.3 75.2
52 76.7 75.1 78.1 74.1 73 75
51 76.5 74.9 78 73.9 72.8 74.8
50 76.3 74.7 77.8 73.7 72.6 74.7
49 76.1 74.5 77.7 73.5 72.4 74.5
48 76 74.3 77.6 73.3 72.2 74.3
47 75.8 74.1 77.5 73.1 72.1 74.2
46 75.7 74 77.4 73 71.9 74
45 75.5 73.8 77.2 72.8 71.7 73.9
44 75.4 73.6 77.1 72.7 71.6 73.7
43 75.3 73.4 77 72.5 71.4 73.6
42 75.1 73.3 76.9 72.4 71.3 73.4
41 75 73.1 76.8 72.3 71.1 73.3
40 74.8 72.9 76.7 72.1 71 73.2
39 74.7 72.8 76.6 72 70.9 73
38 74.6 72.6 76.5 71.9 70.8 72.9
37 74.5 72.5 76.4 71.8 70.7 72.8
36 74.3 72.3 76.3 71.6 70.5 72.7
35 74.2 72.2 76.2 71.5 70.4 72.6
34 74.1 72 76.2 71.4 70.3 72.5
33 74 71.9 76.1 71.3 70.2 72.4
32 73.9 71.7 76 71.2 70.1 72.3
31 73.7 71.5 75.9 71.1 70 72.2
30 73.6 71.4 75.8 71 69.9 72.1
29 73.5 71.2 75.7 70.9 69.8 72
28 73.4 71.1 75.6 70.8 69.7 71.9
27 73.2 70.9 75.6 70.7 69.6 71.8
26 73.1 70.8 75.5 70.6 69.4 71.7
25 73 70.6 75.4 70.5 69.3 71.6
24 72.9 70.4 75.3 70.4 69.2 71.5
23 72.7 70.3 75.2 70.3 69.1 71.4
22 72.6 70.1 75.2 70.2 68.9 71.3
21 72.5 69.9 75.1 70 68.8 71.3
20 72.4 69.8 75 69.9 68.7 71.2
19 72.2 69.6 74.9 69.8 68.6 71.1
18 72.1 69.5 74.9 69.7 68.4 71
17 72 69.4 74.8 69.6 68.3 70.9
16 72 69.2 74.7 69.5 68.2 70.9
15 71.9 69.1 74.7 69.5 68.1 70.8
14 71.8 69.1 74.6 69.4 68 70.7
13 71.7 69 74.6 69.3 68 70.7
12 71.7 68.9 74.5 69.3 67.9 70.6
11 71.6 68.8 74.5 69.2 67.8 70.5
10 71.5 68.7 74.5 69.1 67.8 70.5
9 71.5 68.6 74.4 69.1 67.7 70.4
8 71.4 68.5 74.4 69 67.6 70.4
7 71.3 68.3 74.3 68.9 67.5 70.3
6 71.1 68.2 74.2 68.8 67.4 70.2
5 71 68 74.1 68.6 67.2 70
4 70.8 67.8 74 68.5 67.1 69.9
3 70.7 67.6 73.8 68.3 66.9 69.7
2 70.5 67.4 73.7 67.8 66.4 69.2
1 70.2 67.2 73.4 66.9 65.4 68.3
0 68.1 64.9 71.6 62.3 60.6 64.1

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Ethiopia can expect to live to 73.6 years compared to 71 in Sierra Leone, rising to 79.8 and 77.7 at 65, and to 86.4 and 85.4 at 80 — higher than the 68.1 and 62.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.17% 0.07% 0.29% 0.06% 0.03% 0.08%
99 0.29% 0.12% 0.48% 0.1% 0.05% 0.14%
98 0.47% 0.21% 0.76% 0.16% 0.09% 0.22%
97 0.73% 0.34% 1.16% 0.25% 0.15% 0.35%
96 1.1% 0.54% 1.72% 0.39% 0.24% 0.54%
95 1.62% 0.84% 2.48% 0.59% 0.38% 0.81%
94 2.3% 1.27% 3.44% 0.87% 0.57% 1.17%
93 3.19% 1.85% 4.65% 1.25% 0.85% 1.66%
92 4.29% 2.62% 6.1% 1.75% 1.22% 2.29%
91 5.64% 3.62% 7.83% 2.4% 1.71% 3.09%
90 7.24% 4.84% 9.82% 3.22% 2.35% 4.08%
89 9.1% 6.29% 12.1% 4.24% 3.16% 5.3%
88 11.2% 7.97% 14.7% 5.48% 4.17% 6.76%
87 13.6% 9.87% 17.5% 6.95% 5.39% 8.47%
86 16.1% 12% 20.5% 8.66% 6.84% 10.4%
85 18.9% 14.3% 23.8% 10.6% 8.51% 12.7%
84 21.8% 16.8% 27.2% 12.8% 10.4% 15.1%
83 24.9% 19.4% 30.7% 15.1% 12.5% 17.7%
82 28% 22.2% 34.2% 17.7% 14.8% 20.5%
81 31.2% 25% 37.8% 20.4% 17.2% 23.5%
80 34.4% 27.9% 41.2% 23.2% 19.8% 26.6%
79 37.6% 30.9% 44.6% 26.1% 22.5% 29.7%
78 40.7% 33.8% 47.9% 29.1% 25.3% 32.9%
77 43.7% 36.7% 51% 32.1% 28.1% 36.1%
76 46.6% 39.5% 54% 35.2% 31% 39.2%
75 49.4% 42.3% 56.9% 38.2% 33.9% 42.4%
74 52.2% 45% 59.6% 41.2% 36.8% 45.4%
73 54.7% 47.6% 62.2% 44% 39.7% 48.3%
72 57.2% 50.1% 64.5% 46.8% 42.5% 51.1%
71 59.5% 52.5% 66.8% 49.4% 45.2% 53.7%
70 61.6% 54.7% 68.8% 52% 47.8% 56.1%
69 63.6% 56.9% 70.7% 54.3% 50.2% 58.4%
68 65.5% 58.9% 72.5% 56.6% 52.6% 60.5%
67 67.3% 60.8% 74.1% 58.7% 54.9% 62.5%
66 69% 62.6% 75.6% 60.7% 57% 64.3%
65 70.5% 64.3% 77% 62.5% 59% 66%
64 72% 66% 78.2% 64.3% 61% 67.6%
63 73.3% 67.5% 79.4% 65.9% 62.8% 69.1%
62 74.5% 68.9% 80.4% 67.5% 64.5% 70.5%
61 75.7% 70.2% 81.4% 68.9% 66.1% 71.8%
60 76.7% 71.4% 82.3% 70.2% 67.6% 72.9%
59 77.7% 72.5% 83.1% 71.5% 68.9% 74%
58 78.6% 73.6% 83.8% 72.6% 70.2% 75%
57 79.4% 74.6% 84.5% 73.7% 71.4% 75.9%
56 80.2% 75.5% 85.1% 74.6% 72.5% 76.8%
55 81% 76.4% 85.8% 75.6% 73.5% 77.6%
54 81.7% 77.3% 86.4% 76.4% 74.5% 78.4%
53 82.4% 78.1% 86.9% 77.2% 75.4% 79.1%
52 83.1% 78.9% 87.5% 78% 76.2% 79.8%
51 83.7% 79.7% 87.9% 78.7% 77% 80.4%
50 84.3% 80.4% 88.4% 79.3% 77.7% 81%
49 84.8% 81% 88.8% 79.9% 78.4% 81.6%
48 85.3% 81.6% 89.2% 80.5% 79% 82.1%
47 85.8% 82.2% 89.5% 81% 79.6% 82.6%
46 86.2% 82.7% 89.9% 81.5% 80.1% 83%
45 86.6% 83.2% 90.2% 82% 80.6% 83.5%
44 87% 83.7% 90.5% 82.4% 81% 83.9%
43 87.4% 84.2% 90.8% 82.9% 81.5% 84.3%
42 87.8% 84.6% 91.1% 83.2% 81.9% 84.6%
41 88.2% 85.1% 91.4% 83.6% 82.2% 85%
40 88.5% 85.5% 91.7% 84% 82.6% 85.3%
39 88.8% 85.9% 91.9% 84.3% 82.9% 85.7%
38 89.1% 86.3% 92.1% 84.6% 83.2% 86%
37 89.4% 86.7% 92.3% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
36 89.7% 87.1% 92.5% 85.2% 83.8% 86.5%
35 90% 87.4% 92.7% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
34 90.3% 87.8% 92.9% 85.7% 84.3% 87%
33 90.6% 88.1% 93.1% 85.9% 84.6% 87.3%
32 90.8% 88.5% 93.3% 86.2% 84.8% 87.5%
31 91.1% 88.8% 93.5% 86.4% 85.1% 87.7%
30 91.3% 89.2% 93.6% 86.6% 85.3% 87.9%
29 91.6% 89.5% 93.8% 86.8% 85.5% 88.1%
28 91.9% 89.8% 94% 87% 85.7% 88.3%
27 92.1% 90.2% 94.2% 87.2% 86% 88.5%
26 92.4% 90.5% 94.3% 87.4% 86.2% 88.7%
25 92.6% 90.8% 94.5% 87.6% 86.4% 88.8%
24 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 87.8% 86.7% 89%
23 93.1% 91.5% 94.8% 88% 86.9% 89.2%
22 93.3% 91.8% 94.9% 88.2% 87.2% 89.3%
21 93.5% 92.1% 95% 88.4% 87.4% 89.5%
20 93.8% 92.4% 95.2% 88.6% 87.6% 89.6%
19 94% 92.7% 95.3% 88.8% 87.9% 89.8%
18 94.1% 92.9% 95.4% 89% 88.1% 89.9%
17 94.3% 93.2% 95.5% 89.2% 88.3% 90.1%
16 94.5% 93.4% 95.6% 89.3% 88.4% 90.2%
15 94.6% 93.5% 95.7% 89.4% 88.6% 90.3%
14 94.7% 93.7% 95.8% 89.6% 88.7% 90.4%
13 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 89.7% 88.9% 90.5%
12 94.9% 93.9% 95.9% 89.8% 89% 90.6%
11 95% 94.1% 96% 89.9% 89.1% 90.7%
10 95.1% 94.2% 96.1% 90% 89.2% 90.8%
9 95.2% 94.4% 96.1% 90.1% 89.3% 90.8%
8 95.4% 94.6% 96.2% 90.2% 89.4% 91%
7 95.6% 94.8% 96.3% 90.3% 89.6% 91.1%
6 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 90.5% 89.8% 91.2%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.6% 90.7% 90% 91.5%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 90.9% 90.2% 91.6%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 91.2% 90.5% 91.9%
2 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 91.8% 91.2% 92.5%
1 97% 96.6% 97.5% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 76.7% of newborns in Ethiopia and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to live past 60, 61.6% and 52% past 70, 34.4% and 23.2% past 80, and only 7.24% and 3.22% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 41.9% 45.4% 40.9% 42.6% 44.5% 41.8%
99 39.9% 43.5% 38.7% 40.8% 42.7% 40%
98 38% 41.4% 36.8% 39.2% 41.1% 38.4%
97 36% 39.4% 34.7% 37.5% 39.4% 36.6%
96 33.9% 37.4% 32.6% 35.7% 37.6% 34.8%
95 31.8% 35.5% 30.3% 33.9% 35.8% 33%
94 29.8% 33.5% 28.1% 32.1% 34% 31.1%
93 27.7% 31.6% 25.9% 30.3% 32.2% 29.3%
92 25.8% 29.5% 23.9% 28.6% 30.4% 27.6%
91 23.9% 27.4% 22% 27% 28.8% 25.9%
90 22.1% 25.2% 20.3% 25.5% 27.2% 24.4%
89 20.4% 23.1% 18.8% 24% 25.7% 23%
88 18.8% 21.1% 17.4% 22.6% 24.2% 21.6%
87 17.3% 19.2% 16.1% 21.2% 22.7% 20.2%
86 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 19.8% 21.2% 18.8%
85 14.6% 16.1% 13.7% 18.3% 19.6% 17.5%
84 13.4% 14.8% 12.5% 17% 18.1% 16.2%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 15.6% 16.7% 14.9%
82 11.2% 12.5% 10.4% 14.4% 15.4% 13.7%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.36% 13.2% 14.2% 12.6%
80 9.28% 10.4% 8.43% 12.2% 13% 11.5%
79 8.41% 9.51% 7.59% 11.2% 12% 10.6%
78 7.62% 8.67% 6.83% 10.3% 11.1% 9.68%
77 6.91% 7.89% 6.16% 9.43% 10.2% 8.85%
76 6.28% 7.19% 5.56% 8.64% 9.37% 8.08%
75 5.7% 6.56% 5.03% 7.9% 8.6% 7.36%
74 5.18% 5.98% 4.54% 7.2% 7.87% 6.67%
73 4.71% 5.45% 4.1% 6.54% 7.18% 6.03%
72 4.27% 4.97% 3.7% 5.92% 6.55% 5.42%
71 3.87% 4.52% 3.33% 5.35% 5.96% 4.86%
70 3.5% 4.12% 2.99% 4.83% 5.43% 4.34%
69 3.17% 3.76% 2.68% 4.36% 4.94% 3.89%
68 2.88% 3.44% 2.42% 3.95% 4.5% 3.49%
67 2.63% 3.15% 2.18% 3.59% 4.11% 3.15%
66 2.4% 2.9% 1.98% 3.28% 3.76% 2.86%
65 2.2% 2.68% 1.79% 3% 3.45% 2.6%
64 2.01% 2.46% 1.62% 2.74% 3.16% 2.37%
63 1.83% 2.25% 1.46% 2.5% 2.89% 2.16%
62 1.66% 2.05% 1.31% 2.28% 2.64% 1.96%
61 1.5% 1.87% 1.18% 2.08% 2.41% 1.78%
60 1.35% 1.69% 1.06% 1.89% 2.19% 1.6%
59 1.23% 1.54% 0.95% 1.71% 2% 1.45%
58 1.13% 1.42% 0.87% 1.56% 1.82% 1.32%
57 1.05% 1.33% 0.81% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
56 0.99% 1.25% 0.76% 1.32% 1.53% 1.12%
55 0.95% 1.19% 0.73% 1.22% 1.4% 1.04%
54 0.9% 1.14% 0.69% 1.13% 1.29% 0.97%
53 0.86% 1.08% 0.65% 1.05% 1.19% 0.91%
52 0.8% 1.01% 0.61% 0.97% 1.09% 0.85%
51 0.74% 0.94% 0.56% 0.9% 1% 0.79%
50 0.68% 0.86% 0.51% 0.83% 0.92% 0.74%
49 0.62% 0.79% 0.46% 0.76% 0.84% 0.68%
48 0.57% 0.73% 0.42% 0.7% 0.78% 0.63%
47 0.54% 0.68% 0.4% 0.65% 0.71% 0.59%
46 0.51% 0.64% 0.38% 0.61% 0.66% 0.55%
45 0.49% 0.61% 0.36% 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
44 0.47% 0.59% 0.35% 0.53% 0.56% 0.49%
43 0.45% 0.57% 0.34% 0.5% 0.52% 0.47%
42 0.44% 0.55% 0.33% 0.47% 0.49% 0.44%
41 0.41% 0.52% 0.31% 0.44% 0.46% 0.42%
40 0.39% 0.5% 0.28% 0.41% 0.43% 0.4%
39 0.37% 0.48% 0.26% 0.39% 0.4% 0.37%
38 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 0.37% 0.38% 0.35%
37 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.35% 0.36% 0.33%
36 0.32% 0.42% 0.21% 0.33% 0.34% 0.32%
35 0.31% 0.41% 0.21% 0.31% 0.32% 0.3%
34 0.3% 0.41% 0.2% 0.3% 0.31% 0.28%
33 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.28% 0.29% 0.27%
32 0.3% 0.39% 0.2% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
31 0.29% 0.39% 0.19% 0.26% 0.27% 0.25%
30 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
29 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.24% 0.26% 0.23%
28 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
27 0.27% 0.36% 0.18% 0.23% 0.26% 0.21%
26 0.27% 0.36% 0.17% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
25 0.26% 0.36% 0.17% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
24 0.26% 0.36% 0.16% 0.23% 0.28% 0.19%
23 0.26% 0.36% 0.15% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
22 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
21 0.24% 0.34% 0.14% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
20 0.23% 0.33% 0.14% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
19 0.22% 0.3% 0.13% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
18 0.2% 0.27% 0.12% 0.2% 0.24% 0.15%
17 0.17% 0.24% 0.11% 0.18% 0.22% 0.15%
16 0.15% 0.21% 0.1% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
14 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
13 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
12 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
11 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
10 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
9 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
8 0.15% 0.21% 0.09% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
7 0.17% 0.24% 0.1% 0.16% 0.17% 0.14%
6 0.19% 0.27% 0.12% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
5 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.26% 0.28% 0.23%
4 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
3 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.29% 0.3% 0.27%
2 0.28% 0.31% 0.25% 0.72% 0.76% 0.68%
1 0.32% 0.32% 0.31% 1.46% 1.53% 1.39%
0 2.99% 3.43% 2.53% 6.81% 7.42% 6.2%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/ethiopia/sierra-leone | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Ethiopia compared to Sierra Leone, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.99% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.29% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.35% vs 1.89% at 60, and 9.28% vs 12.2% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 12.1 0 0 0
99 115.4 52.4 185.6 39.1 23.2 55.1
98 177.1 85.3 279 61.8 37.9 85.7
97 262.3 133.8 404 94.5 59.9 129.2
96 374 203 562 140.1 91.7 188.4
95 515 298.3 751 201.1 135.9 266
94 686 425 967 280.1 195.3 364
93 884 584 1,204 379 272.6 485
92 1,107 775 1,457 501 371 630
91 1,348 991 1,723 648 492 801
90 1,601 1,220 1,998 820 639 997
89 1,857 1,453 2,277 1,018 812 1,218
88 2,108 1,681 2,553 1,237 1,009 1,459
87 2,348 1,899 2,816 1,471 1,223 1,713
86 2,570 2,107 3,052 1,711 1,447 1,967
85 2,767 2,302 3,251 1,946 1,671 2,213
84 2,933 2,481 3,403 2,166 1,885 2,439
83 3,062 2,638 3,500 2,367 2,085 2,640
82 3,148 2,765 3,542 2,543 2,268 2,812
81 3,191 2,859 3,532 2,695 2,432 2,952
80 3,193 2,915 3,476 2,822 2,576 3,060
79 3,160 2,937 3,386 2,921 2,699 3,137
78 3,100 2,929 3,272 2,989 2,796 3,181
77 3,021 2,896 3,143 3,029 2,867 3,193
76 2,927 2,844 3,005 3,039 2,908 3,172
75 2,820 2,775 2,860 3,015 2,918 3,117
74 2,704 2,692 2,709 2,961 2,899 3,030
73 2,577 2,595 2,551 2,878 2,852 2,912
72 2,441 2,488 2,387 2,771 2,782 2,768
71 2,300 2,372 2,220 2,646 2,693 2,606
70 2,158 2,253 2,056 2,510 2,591 2,437
69 2,020 2,135 1,898 2,371 2,482 2,269
68 1,890 2,023 1,752 2,236 2,369 2,112
67 1,770 1,917 1,617 2,108 2,256 1,968
66 1,658 1,818 1,494 1,988 2,145 1,839
65 1,552 1,721 1,379 1,874 2,034 1,719
64 1,447 1,623 1,269 1,762 1,924 1,606
63 1,342 1,521 1,161 1,652 1,814 1,495
62 1,237 1,416 1,057 1,541 1,702 1,384
61 1,134 1,310 959 1,431 1,591 1,275
60 1,040 1,210 870 1,324 1,481 1,170
59 956 1,120 793 1,224 1,377 1,074
58 889 1,046 732 1,134 1,279 990
57 836 989 685 1,053 1,189 919
56 798 945 651 982 1,106 859
55 767 911 624 919 1,030 808
54 738 878 598 862 960 763
53 706 842 568 808 894 721
52 667 799 533 755 831 679
51 622 748 492 705 772 637
50 575 694 450 656 715 596
49 529 641 411 610 662 557
48 490 595 379 567 613 520
47 459 558 355 529 568 489
46 437 529 338 495 527 461
45 421 509 328 464 490 437
44 409 493 319 436 457 415
43 397 478 309 411 427 395
42 382 463 296.4 388 400 376
41 365 445 279.5 366 375 357
40 346 427 260.1 346 353 339
39 327 408 240.3 327 332 321
38 310 392 222.5 309 314 304
37 296.2 378 208.2 293.1 297.9 288.1
36 286 369 197.8 278.5 283.4 273.4
35 279.1 362 190.9 265.3 270.4 260
34 274.5 357 186.7 253.4 258.9 247.7
33 271.2 353 184.1 242.7 248.7 236.4
32 268 349 182.3 233.1 239.9 226
31 264.5 344 180.3 224.6 232.6 216.4
30 260.5 338 177.8 217.5 227.2 207.5
29 256.3 333 174.6 211.8 223.9 199.3
28 252.2 329 170.7 207.6 223 191.6
27 248.7 327 166.3 204.9 224.7 184.5
26 245.9 326 161.4 203.8 228.6 178
25 243.7 327 156.3 203.9 234.2 172.3
24 241.8 328 151.3 204.6 240.4 167.2
23 239.3 328 146.3 205 245.6 162.9
22 235.4 325 141.3 204.4 248.2 159.1
21 228.6 317 135.9 201.9 246.7 155.4
20 218.1 302 129.8 196.4 240.1 151.2
19 203.3 279.9 122.6 187.8 228.2 145.9
18 185.1 252.5 114.2 175.9 211.6 139.1
17 164.9 222.1 104.6 161.7 191.8 130.6
16 145 192.7 94.8 146.4 171 121.1
15 127.4 167 85.5 131.6 151.3 111.2
14 113.8 148 77.7 118.5 134.3 102.1
13 105.3 136.8 72 108.1 121.1 94.7
12 102.1 133.8 68.6 101.1 112.4 89.5
11 104.6 139.3 67.9 98 108.4 87.3
10 112.4 152.8 69.9 99.1 109.4 88.5
9 125.6 173.7 74.9 105.4 116.1 94.2
8 143.3 200.3 83.1 118.2 130.1 105.9
7 163.8 228.9 95.1 140.3 153.9 126.2
6 185.5 255.5 111.6 175.8 191.6 159.5
5 206.9 276.4 133.6 231.8 249.9 213
4 228.1 290.4 162.4 160.3 163.4 157
3 250.3 298.6 199.4 263.1 274.4 251.4
2 275.5 303 246.5 664 694 633
1 306 306 306 1,363 1,421 1,302
0 2,993 3,429 2,534 6,810 7,421 6,205

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/ethiopia/sierra-leone | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 74.8 in Ethiopia and 70.8 in Sierra Leone, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Ethiopia and Sierra Leone more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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