Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 57.4 years in 1979: 60.0 for women and 54.9 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 10,330 people died; 35.1% of them were 65 or older and 32.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

57.4

Women

60.0

Men

54.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.1

Deaths

10,330

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

335

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	75.26	89.93	60.0	54.9
1-4	12.02	13.17	63.6	58.9
5-9	3.05	3.39	62.7	58.0
10-14	1.99	2.20	58.6	54.0
15-19	2.43	2.98	54.1	49.5
20-24	3.11	4.33	49.8	45.2
25-29	3.67	4.99	45.5	41.2
30-34	4.24	5.86	41.3	37.1
35-39	5.01	7.24	37.1	33.2
40-44	5.98	9.00	33.0	29.3
45-49	7.20	11.43	28.9	25.5
50-54	9.67	15.28	24.9	21.9
55-59	13.24	20.32	21.0	18.4
60-64	20.37	29.49	17.3	15.1
65-69	31.88	43.42	13.9	12.1
70-74	51.83	66.50	10.8	9.5
75-79	81.58	101.33	8.3	7.2
80-84	125.14	152.08	6.2	5.4
85-89	187.37	221.78	4.6	4.1
90-94	266.41	306.65	3.5	3.1
95-99	365.53	410.22	2.6	2.4
100+	482.70	525.32	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1979

Year

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