Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 61.0 years in 1992: 62.4 for women and 59.5 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 11,347 people died; 36.1% of them were 65 or older and 30.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

61.0

Women

62.4

Men

59.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.6

Deaths

11,347

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

281

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

247

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	57.31	69.70	62.4	59.5
1-4	7.72	8.60	65.0	62.8
5-9	2.08	2.32	63.0	60.9
10-14	1.47	1.58	58.7	56.6
15-19	2.02	2.25	54.1	52.0
20-24	2.75	3.23	49.6	47.6
25-29	3.44	3.66	45.2	43.3
30-34	4.18	4.31	41.0	39.0
35-39	5.16	5.44	36.8	34.8
40-44	6.34	7.01	32.7	30.7
45-49	7.86	9.30	28.7	26.7
50-54	10.56	12.95	24.7	22.9
55-59	14.38	17.88	20.9	19.2
60-64	21.64	26.52	17.3	15.8
65-69	32.92	39.68	13.9	12.7
70-74	51.32	61.28	11.0	9.9
75-79	78.62	93.88	8.5	7.6
80-84	119.86	141.95	6.4	5.7
85-89	181.59	209.04	4.7	4.3
90-94	260.92	292.66	3.5	3.2
95-99	361.23	394.94	2.7	2.5
100+	480.95	510.62	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1992

Year

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