Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 68.6 years in Eritrea and 67.3 years in Ethiopia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 1.3 years, or 1.02 times that in Ethiopia.

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What the numbers say

Eritrea has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2023, Eritrea ranked 173 and Ethiopia ranked 184 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Eritrea at 82 years and Ethiopia at 81.6 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Eritrea	Ethiopia	World
2023	68.6	67.3	73.2
2022	67.8	66.9	72.6
2021	66.9	65.3	70.9
2020	67	66	71.9
2019	67.3	65.7	72.6
2018	67	65.3	72.4
2017	66.6	64.8	72.1
2016	66.2	64.2	71.9
2015	65.9	63.6	71.6
2014	65.5	62.9	71.4
2013	65	62.2	71.1
2012	64.7	61.4	70.8
2011	64.2	60.6	70.4
2010	63.7	59.7	70.1
2009	63.2	58.7	69.7
2008	62.4	57.7	69.3
2007	62	56.6	69
2006	61.5	55.4	68.6
2005	60.6	54.4	68.1
2004	60.1	53.7	67.7
2003	59.5	52.9	67.4
2002	58.9	52.1	67.1
2001	58.4	51.4	66.8
2000	56.3	50.9	66.4
1999	44.5	49.5	66
1998	50	49.8	65.7
1997	56.2	49.2	65.5
1996	55.5	48.7	65.2
1995	54.8	48.2	64.9
1994	54	47.9	64.3
1993	53.2	47.7	64.4
1992	52.4	47.3	64.3
1991	50.5	46.7	64.1
1990	49.7	45.1	64
1989	47.8	45.6	63.8
1988	48.1	45.7	63.4
1987	47.4	45.9	63.2
1986	39.5	38.4	62.7
1985	38.6	37.8	62.2
1984	37.7	36.7	61.9
1983	37.2	36.3	61.5
1982	44.9	43.4	61.3
1981	45	43.1	60.9
1980	44.6	42.8	60.5
1979	43.8	42.4	60.2
1978	43.4	41.5	59.5
1977	43	41.4	59.2
1976	42.6	41.3	58.6
1975	39	38.9	58.3
1974	39	39.1	58.1
1973	41.1	41.1	57.7
1972	40.7	41	57.2
1971	41.5	42.2	56
1970	41.2	42.1	56.3
1969	40.8	42.1	56
1968	40.5	42.1	55.6
1967	40.2	41.9	55.1
1966	37.6	39.3	54.6
1965	39.6	41.4	54
1964	39.2	41.3	54.3
1963	38.8	41	53.7
1962	38.4	40.5	53.2
1961	37.9	40.2	50.4
1960	37.4	39.6	47.8
1959	37	39.2	49.6
1958	30.9	32.6	51.6
1957	30.4	32.2	51.1
1956	35.6	37.8	50.7
1955	35.2	37.3	50.2
1954	34.8	37	49.7
1953	34.4	36.6	48.8
1952	34	36.2	48.2
1951	33.6	35.9	47.1
1950	33.3	35.5	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Eritrea	Ethiopia	World
2024	68.967.5–70.3	67.666.2–69	73.3
2025	69.267.2–71.2	67.965.9–69.8	73.5
2026	69.466.9–71.8	68.265.8–70.5	73.8
2027	69.666.7–72.2	68.465.6–71.2	73.9
2028	69.966.6–73	68.765.5–71.7	74.1
2029	70.166.5–73.4	68.965.3–72.4	74.2
2030	70.366.5–73.9	69.265.4–72.9	74.4
2031	70.666.4–74.5	69.465.5–73.3	74.5
2032	70.866.6–75	69.665.3–73.6	74.7
2033	7166.5–75.3	69.965.3–74.1	74.8
2034	71.266.5–75.8	70.165.5–74.4	75
2035	71.466.6–76.2	70.365.5–75	75.1
2036	71.666.8–76.6	70.565.3–75.5	75.3
2037	71.866.7–76.9	70.865.3–76	75.4
2038	7266.7–77.3	7165.3–76.4	75.5
2039	72.266.7–77.6	71.265.3–76.6	75.7
2040	72.466.9–77.9	71.465.2–77	75.8
2041	72.666.9–78.2	71.665.2–77.1	75.9
2042	72.866.9–78.4	71.865.4–77.6	76.1
2043	7367–79	7265.3–77.8	76.2
2044	73.267.2–79.2	72.265.2–78.3	76.3
2045	73.367.1–79.5	72.465.4–78.3	76.5
2046	73.567.2–79.9	72.665.6–78.7	76.6
2047	73.767.1–80.2	72.865.6–79.1	76.7
2048	73.967.2–80.4	7365.4–79.4	76.8
2049	74.167.4–80.7	73.166–79.7	76.9
2050	74.267.5–80.9	73.365.6–79.9	77
2051	74.467.4–81.2	73.565.7–80.1	77.1
2052	74.667.5–81.4	73.765.7–80.4	77.2
2053	74.767.8–81.8	73.965.9–80.6	77.3
2054	74.967.8–82.1	74.166.1–80.9	77.4
2055	75.167.8–82.2	74.265.8–81	77.6
2056	75.367.7–82.4	74.466–81.4	77.7
2057	75.467.4–82.8	74.665.9–81.6	77.8
2058	75.667.4–83	74.866.1–81.9	77.9
2059	75.767.4–83.2	74.966–82.2	78
2060	75.967.5–83.6	75.165.7–82.3	78.1
2061	76.167.9–83.9	75.366–82.6	78.2
2062	76.267.7–84.1	75.566.2–82.8	78.3
2063	76.467.6–84.3	75.766.1–83	78.4
2064	76.567.7–84.5	75.866.2–83.3	78.5
2065	76.767.7–84.6	7666.3–83.4	78.6
2066	76.967.9–84.9	76.266.2–83.5	78.7
2067	7767.7–84.9	76.466.6–83.9	78.8
2068	77.267.9–85	76.566.5–84	78.9
2069	77.367.8–85.4	76.766.5–84.2	79
2070	77.567.7–85.3	76.966.8–84.5	79.1
2071	77.767.6–85.7	77.167–84.6	79.2
2072	77.867.8–86	77.267.2–84.9	79.3
2073	7867.8–86.1	77.466.8–85	79.4
2074	78.168–86.3	77.667.1–85.2	79.4
2075	78.368.1–86.6	77.766.8–85.3	79.5
2076	78.468.1–86.7	77.967–85.5	79.6
2077	78.668.4–86.8	78.167.2–85.7	79.7
2078	78.768.3–86.9	78.267.2–86	79.8
2079	78.968.5–87.1	78.467.3–86	79.9
2080	7968.7–87.1	78.567.2–86.2	80
2081	79.268.7–87.4	78.767.4–86.3	80.1
2082	79.368.7–87.6	78.967.6–86.6	80.2
2083	79.568.5–87.8	7967.4–86.8	80.3
2084	79.768.6–87.8	79.267.6–87	80.3
2085	79.868.6–88	79.367.8–87.2	80.4
2086	8068.8–88.2	79.567.8–87.2	80.5
2087	80.168.9–88.3	79.667.9–87.4	80.6
2088	80.369.1–88.6	79.868–87.6	80.7
2089	80.469.3–88.7	79.967.9–87.8	80.8
2090	80.669.2–88.9	80.168.1–88.1	80.9
2091	80.769.3–89.3	80.368.2–88.2	81
2092	80.969.3–89.5	80.467.9–88.4	81
2093	8169.5–89.6	80.667.9–88.8	81.1
2094	81.169.4–89.9	80.768.4–88.7	81.2
2095	81.369.6–90.1	80.868.1–88.9	81.3
2096	81.469.7–90.2	8168.4–89.1	81.4
2097	81.669.7–90.4	81.168.5–89.3	81.5
2098	81.770–90.7	81.368.7–89.3	81.6
2099	81.969.8–90.6	81.468.5–89.6	81.7
2100	8269.6–90.6	81.668.5–89.8	81.7

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How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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