Gambia Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 31.2 years in 1950: 31.8 for women and 30.6 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 9,991 people died; 6.9% of them were 65 or older and 62.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

31.2

Women

31.8

Men

30.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

410.9

Deaths

9,991

Deaths per 1,000 people

32.6

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

507

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

490

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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	151.39	176.24	31.8	30.6
1-4	94.42	100.85	35.8	35.2
5-9	14.51	12.90	46.6	46.9
10-14	7.70	6.35	45.0	44.9
15-19	7.95	7.15	41.6	41.3
20-24	9.08	10.11	38.2	37.7
25-29	10.63	10.72	34.9	34.5
30-34	12.41	11.46	31.6	31.3
35-39	14.24	13.03	28.5	28.0
40-44	15.48	15.74	25.4	24.7
45-49	16.73	18.89	22.3	21.5
50-54	20.26	23.51	19.0	18.4
55-59	27.61	30.70	15.7	15.4
60-64	40.08	42.50	12.7	12.5
65-69	60.48	61.24	10.0	9.8
70-74	93.36	94.56	7.6	7.5
75-79	139.58	142.67	5.7	5.6
80-84	209.52	216.34	4.2	4.1
85-89	295.88	333.18	3.2	2.9
90-94	419.13	463.48	2.3	2.1
95-99	542.99	604.98	1.8	1.6
100+	666.00	739.37	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1950

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