Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 47.5 | 55.5 | 56.7 | 58.5 | 60.7 | 61.3 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 62.8 | 63.3 | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.4 | 64.2 | 63.8 | 65.5 | 66.0 |
| Egypt | 49.0 | 62.5 | 67.3 | 68.4 | 69.1 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 69.6 | 69.9 | 70.1 | 70.4 | 70.7 | 71.0 | 71.2 | 69.8 | 69.0 | 71.0 | 71.6 |
| Libya | 56.4 | 69.3 | 70.5 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 70.0 | 72.2 | 72.3 | 71.3 | 71.6 | 71.8 | 72.7 | 73.2 | 72.9 | 72.4 | 72.1 | 74.5 | 69.3 |
| Tunisia | 53.8 | 69.1 | 72.6 | 73.7 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 74.6 | 74.7 | 74.8 | 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 75.0 | 72.9 | 76.1 | 76.5 |
| Burundi | 43.2 | 45.2 | 47.6 | 53.1 | 57.1 | 57.8 | 58.5 | 59.2 | 59.8 | 60.1 | 60.8 | 61.3 | 61.8 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 62.1 | 62.9 | 63.7 |
| Comoros | 45.2 | 55.6 | 58.9 | 60.9 | 62.7 | 63.1 | 63.5 | 63.8 | 64.1 | 64.5 | 64.8 | 65.1 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 65.2 | 66.5 | 66.8 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43.3 | 48.5 | 51.9 | 54.0 | 56.4 | 56.9 | 57.4 | 57.8 | 58.2 | 58.7 | 59.1 | 59.5 | 59.9 | 60.2 | 60.4 | 60.0 | 61.0 | 61.9 |
| Eritrea | 41.2 | 49.7 | 56.3 | 60.6 | 63.7 | 64.2 | 64.7 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 66.2 | 66.6 | 67.0 | 67.3 | 67.0 | 66.9 | 67.8 | 68.6 |
| Ethiopia | 42.1 | 45.1 | 50.9 | 54.4 | 59.7 | 60.6 | 61.4 | 62.2 | 62.9 | 63.6 | 64.2 | 64.8 | 65.3 | 65.7 | 66.0 | 65.3 | 66.9 | 67.3 |
| Kenya | 54.1 | 58.3 | 56.1 | 58.5 | 60.9 | 61.3 | 61.5 | 61.7 | 62.0 | 62.3 | 62.5 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 62.9 | 61.6 | 61.2 | 63.5 | 63.6 |
| Madagascar | 47.9 | 52.1 | 58.0 | 60.7 | 62.6 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 63.2 | 63.3 | 63.4 | 63.4 | 63.4 | 63.5 | 63.5 | 62.7 | 62.5 | 63.1 | 63.6 |
| Malawi | 36.6 | 43.6 | 46.2 | 52.5 | 57.8 | 58.9 | 59.9 | 60.8 | 61.7 | 62.3 | 63.2 | 63.9 | 64.5 | 65.0 | 65.2 | 64.8 | 66.0 | 67.4 |
| Mauritius | 63.7 | 69.4 | 71.7 | 72.4 | 73.0 | 73.3 | 73.9 | 74.0 | 74.2 | 74.4 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 74.4 | 74.2 | 74.2 | 73.7 | 73.5 | 73.4 |
| Rwanda | 47.1 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 57.0 | 62.8 | 63.5 | 64.2 | 64.7 | 65.1 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 66.1 | 66.4 | 66.7 | 67.0 | 66.9 | 67.5 | 67.8 |
| Seychelles | 64.0 | 68.1 | 72.8 | 72.1 | 73.2 | 72.7 | 74.3 | 73.1 | 73.2 | 74.3 | 74.3 | 74.3 | 72.8 | 74.0 | 77.2 | 73.4 | 73.7 | 75.0 |
| Somalia | 45.6 | 46.9 | 50.7 | 50.9 | 48.9 | 32.5 | 49.1 | 54.0 | 54.4 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 52.2 | 54.8 | 57.2 | 57.1 | 55.7 | 53.9 | 58.8 |
| Sudan | 52.3 | 55.5 | 58.9 | 57.2 | 63.0 | 63.2 | 63.4 | 63.4 | 64.0 | 64.4 | 64.7 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 65.8 | 65.1 | 64.5 | 65.7 | 66.3 |
| इस्वातिनी | 51.2 | 61.2 | 47.6 | 44.0 | 48.3 | 49.1 | 50.7 | 52.1 | 53.5 | 54.9 | 56.2 | 57.6 | 58.7 | 59.9 | 59.9 | 58.2 | 63.0 | 64.1 |
| Uganda | 49.6 | 47.6 | 49.6 | 54.9 | 60.0 | 60.8 | 61.6 | 62.4 | 63.1 | 63.8 | 64.5 | 65.2 | 65.8 | 66.4 | 66.4 | 66.5 | 67.7 | 68.3 |
| Zambia | 53.4 | 48.2 | 46.6 | 51.6 | 56.9 | 57.8 | 58.7 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 61.6 | 62.1 | 62.9 | 63.4 | 62.4 | 65.3 | 66.3 |
| Zimbabwe | 57.8 | 58.3 | 46.0 | 46.6 | 51.9 | 53.9 | 55.4 | 56.8 | 58.1 | 59.0 | 59.8 | 60.3 | 60.9 | 61.1 | 61.5 | 60.1 | 62.4 | 62.8 |