Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 56.0 years in 1976: 58.5 for women and 53.5 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 10,267 people died; 34.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

56.0

Women

58.5

Men

53.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

135.5

Deaths

10,267

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

347

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

251

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	81.67	97.31	58.5	53.5
1-4	13.86	15.15	62.4	57.8
5-9	3.47	3.83	61.8	57.3
10-14	2.24	2.44	57.9	53.3
15-19	2.68	3.21	53.5	49.0
20-24	3.42	4.66	49.2	44.7
25-29	4.03	5.36	45.0	40.7
30-34	4.62	6.27	40.8	36.7
35-39	5.40	7.68	36.7	32.8
40-44	6.36	9.45	32.7	29.0
45-49	7.55	11.89	28.7	25.3
50-54	10.05	15.75	24.7	21.7
55-59	13.68	20.79	20.8	18.3
60-64	21.00	30.06	17.1	15.0
65-69	32.79	44.18	13.7	12.0
70-74	53.21	67.63	10.7	9.4
75-79	83.45	102.97	8.2	7.1
80-84	127.43	154.26	6.2	5.4
85-89	190.02	224.52	4.6	4.0
90-94	269.26	309.62	3.5	3.1
95-99	368.32	413.45	2.6	2.4
100+	484.94	528.40	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1976

Year

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