Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 54.4 years in 1973: 56.9 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 10,278 people died; 33.8% of them were 65 or older and 32.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

56.9

Men

51.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

149.1

Deaths

10,278

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.2

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

361

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

265

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	88.35	105.25	56.9	51.9
1-4	15.95	17.55	61.0	56.5
5-9	3.94	4.35	60.9	56.4
10-14	2.51	2.71	57.1	52.6
15-19	2.96	3.48	52.8	48.3
20-24	3.77	5.04	48.5	44.1
25-29	4.43	5.79	44.4	40.2
30-34	5.04	6.74	40.3	36.3
35-39	5.83	8.21	36.3	32.4
40-44	6.78	10.00	32.3	28.7
45-49	7.94	12.45	28.3	25.0
50-54	10.49	16.36	24.4	21.4
55-59	14.19	21.43	20.5	18.1
60-64	21.71	30.86	16.9	14.8
65-69	33.83	45.24	13.5	11.9
70-74	54.76	69.18	10.5	9.2
75-79	85.58	105.16	8.1	7.0
80-84	130.05	157.15	6.1	5.3
85-89	193.11	228.12	4.5	4.0
90-94	272.64	313.56	3.4	3.0
95-99	371.75	417.71	2.6	2.3
100+	487.95	532.48	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1973

Year

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