Gabon Mortality 2018: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 67.0 years in 2018: 69.4 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 15,082 people died; 37.9% of them were 65 or older and 19.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2018

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

69.4

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.8

Deaths

15,082

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

255

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

178

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2018's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2018

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	29.60	37.31	69.4	64.9
1-4	2.91	2.94	70.5	66.3
5-9	0.86	0.97	67.3	63.1
10-14	0.66	0.81	62.6	58.4
15-19	1.01	1.50	57.8	53.6
20-24	1.38	2.25	53.1	49.0
25-29	1.74	2.67	48.4	44.5
30-34	2.24	3.31	43.8	40.1
35-39	3.02	4.41	39.3	35.7
40-44	4.11	6.05	34.8	31.5
45-49	5.68	8.55	30.5	27.3
50-54	8.19	12.40	26.3	23.4
55-59	11.76	17.75	22.3	19.8
60-64	18.14	26.51	18.5	16.3
65-69	27.94	38.73	15.0	13.3
70-74	43.85	56.43	11.8	10.6
75-79	68.18	82.66	9.1	8.3
80-84	106.85	123.59	6.9	6.3
85-89	166.59	185.62	5.0	4.7
90-94	245.44	266.51	3.7	3.5
95-99	347.22	365.97	2.8	2.6
100+	471.77	482.53	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 2018

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