Life expectancy at birth in Gabon is projected at 72.0 years in 2046: 75.0 for women and 69.2 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 24,331 people are projected to die; 53.1% of them would be 65 or older and 7.4% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2046

Life expectancy at birth

72.0

Women

75.0

Men

69.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.2

Deaths

24,331

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

202

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2046's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2046

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	11.73	19.74	75.0	69.2
1-4	1.14	1.71	74.8	69.6
5-9	0.38	0.63	71.2	66.0
10-14	0.31	0.53	66.3	61.2
15-19	0.50	1.03	61.4	56.4
20-24	0.71	1.59	56.6	51.7
25-29	0.91	1.90	51.7	47.1
30-34	1.20	2.39	47.0	42.5
35-39	1.69	3.22	42.2	38.0
40-44	2.49	4.52	37.6	33.5
45-49	3.64	6.54	33.0	29.2
50-54	5.59	9.81	28.6	25.1
55-59	8.32	14.20	24.3	21.3
60-64	13.32	21.64	20.2	17.6
65-69	21.35	32.27	16.4	14.4
70-74	35.02	48.18	13.0	11.4
75-79	56.92	72.76	10.0	8.9
80-84	92.85	111.83	7.5	6.7
85-89	148.07	171.74	5.5	4.9
90-94	223.77	252.44	4.0	3.6
95-99	324.51	353.55	2.9	2.7
100+	445.47	487.95	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 2046

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