Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 54.9 years in 1974: 57.4 for women and 52.4 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 10,262 people died; 34.0% 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, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

54.9

Women

57.4

Men

52.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

144.4

Deaths

10,262

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

356

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

260

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	86.11	102.54	57.4	52.4
1-4	15.23	16.67	61.5	57.0
5-9	3.78	4.16	61.2	56.7
10-14	2.42	2.62	57.3	52.9
15-19	2.86	3.39	53.0	48.6
20-24	3.66	4.91	48.7	44.3
25-29	4.30	5.64	44.6	40.4
30-34	4.90	6.57	40.5	36.5
35-39	5.69	8.01	36.4	32.6
40-44	6.65	9.79	32.4	28.8
45-49	7.83	12.22	28.4	25.1
50-54	10.36	16.10	24.5	21.6
55-59	14.04	21.15	20.6	18.2
60-64	21.50	30.50	16.9	14.9
65-69	33.51	44.75	13.6	11.9
70-74	54.29	68.47	10.6	9.3
75-79	84.94	104.18	8.1	7.1
80-84	129.28	155.86	6.1	5.3
85-89	192.23	226.54	4.5	4.0
90-94	271.72	311.85	3.4	3.0
95-99	370.87	415.89	2.6	2.4
100+	487.26	530.76	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1974

Year

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