Eritrea
Life expectancy in Eritrea
Life expectancy in Eritrea: 33.3 years in 1950 and 68.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 68.6 years
- Since 1950
- +35.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 173 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 82 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 82 years in 2100, between 69.6 years and 90.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 68.6 years in 2023, the lowest 30.4 years in 1957.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.6 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 67.8 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 66.9 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 67 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 67.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 67 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 66.6 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 66.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 65.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 65.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 65 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 64.7 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 64.2 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 63.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 63.2 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 62.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 62 | 69 |
| 2006 | 61.5 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 60.6 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 60.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 59.5 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 58.9 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 58.4 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 56.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 44.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 50 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 56.2 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 55.5 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 54.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 54 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 53.2 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 52.4 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 50.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 49.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 47.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 48.1 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 47.4 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 39.5 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 38.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 37.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 37.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 44.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 45 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 44.6 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 43.4 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 43 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 42.6 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 39 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 39 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 41.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 40.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 41.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 41.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 40.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 40.5 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 40.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 37.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 39.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | 39.2 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 38.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 38.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 37.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 37.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 37 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 30.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 30.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 35.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 35.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 34.8 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 34.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 34 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 33.6 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 33.3 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.967.5–70.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 69.267.2–71.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 69.466.9–71.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 69.666.7–72.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 69.966.6–73 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.166.5–73.4 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 70.366.5–73.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 70.666.4–74.5 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 70.866.6–75 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 7166.5–75.3 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.266.5–75.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.466.6–76.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.666.8–76.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.866.7–76.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 7266.7–77.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 72.266.7–77.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.466.9–77.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.666.9–78.2 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.866.9–78.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 7367–79 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 73.267.2–79.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 73.367.1–79.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 73.567.2–79.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 73.767.1–80.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.967.2–80.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 74.167.4–80.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 74.267.5–80.9 | 77 |
| 2051 | 74.467.4–81.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 74.667.5–81.4 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 74.767.8–81.8 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 74.967.8–82.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 75.167.8–82.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 75.367.7–82.4 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 75.467.4–82.8 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 75.667.4–83 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 75.767.4–83.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 75.967.5–83.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 76.167.9–83.9 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 76.267.7–84.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 76.467.6–84.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 76.567.7–84.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 76.767.7–84.6 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 76.967.9–84.9 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 7767.7–84.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 77.267.9–85 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 77.367.8–85.4 | 79 |
| 2070 | 77.567.7–85.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 77.767.6–85.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 77.867.8–86 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 7867.8–86.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 78.168–86.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 78.368.1–86.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 78.468.1–86.7 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 78.668.4–86.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 78.768.3–86.9 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 78.968.5–87.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 7968.7–87.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 79.268.7–87.4 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 79.368.7–87.6 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 79.568.5–87.8 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 79.768.6–87.8 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 79.868.6–88 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8068.8–88.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 80.168.9–88.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 80.369.1–88.6 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 80.469.3–88.7 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 80.669.2–88.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 80.769.3–89.3 | 81 |
| 2092 | 80.969.3–89.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 8169.5–89.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 81.169.4–89.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 81.369.6–90.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 81.469.7–90.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 81.669.7–90.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 81.770–90.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 81.969.8–90.6 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 8269.6–90.6 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- 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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- Military spending20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per person$75 in 2003
- Military share of state spending46.4% of government spending in 2003
- Armed forces personnel202,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2007
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2006