Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 58.3 years in 1981: 60.9 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 10,404 people died; 35.4% 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, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

58.3

Women

60.9

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

115.6

Deaths

10,404

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

328

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	71.29	85.34	60.9	55.8
1-4	11.00	12.03	64.3	59.6
5-9	2.82	3.13	63.1	58.5
10-14	1.85	2.07	59.0	54.3
15-19	2.28	2.84	54.5	49.9
20-24	2.93	4.14	50.1	45.6
25-29	3.46	4.78	45.8	41.5
30-34	4.02	5.63	41.6	37.4
35-39	4.79	6.99	37.4	33.4
40-44	5.77	8.73	33.2	29.5
45-49	7.00	11.16	29.1	25.7
50-54	9.45	14.99	25.1	22.0
55-59	12.98	20.02	21.2	18.5
60-64	20.00	29.09	17.4	15.2
65-69	31.32	42.88	14.0	12.2
70-74	50.98	65.70	10.9	9.5
75-79	80.41	100.17	8.3	7.3
80-84	123.69	150.50	6.3	5.5
85-89	185.64	219.76	4.7	4.1
90-94	264.52	304.38	3.5	3.1
95-99	363.63	407.68	2.7	2.4
100+	481.07	522.82	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1981

Year

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