Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 48.4 years in 1963: 51.1 for women and 45.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 10,473 people died; 30.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

48.4

Women

51.1

Men

45.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

113.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

203.3

Deaths

10,473

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

412

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

311

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	112.43	134.88	51.1	45.9
1-4	25.33	28.64	56.0	51.3
5-9	5.98	6.69	57.7	53.2
10-14	3.65	3.91	54.4	49.9
15-19	4.03	4.64	50.4	45.9
20-24	5.11	6.66	46.3	41.9
25-29	5.95	7.59	42.5	38.2
30-34	6.58	8.65	38.7	34.6
35-39	7.36	10.25	34.9	31.0
40-44	8.24	12.04	31.1	27.5
45-49	9.28	14.43	27.3	24.1
50-54	11.96	18.39	23.5	20.7
55-59	15.90	23.45	19.8	17.4
60-64	24.20	33.34	16.2	14.3
65-69	37.35	48.51	13.0	11.4
70-74	59.62	73.86	10.1	8.9
75-79	91.63	111.54	7.7	6.8
80-84	137.13	165.03	5.9	5.1
85-89	201.48	237.60	4.4	3.8
90-94	281.52	323.62	3.3	2.9
95-99	380.62	428.10	2.6	2.3
100+	495.39	541.83	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1963

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