Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 31.9 years in 1953: 32.5 for women and 31.3 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 10,465 people died; 7.4% of them were 65 or older and 61.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

31.9

Women

32.5

Men

31.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

399.6

Deaths

10,465

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.6

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

502

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

484

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	149.54	173.82	32.5	31.3
1-4	90.12	95.71	36.6	36.1
5-9	14.21	12.65	47.0	47.2
10-14	7.54	6.23	45.3	45.2
15-19	7.80	7.04	41.9	41.5
20-24	8.91	9.95	38.5	37.9
25-29	10.44	10.56	35.1	34.7
30-34	12.17	11.28	31.9	31.5
35-39	13.97	12.82	28.7	28.1
40-44	15.20	15.48	25.6	24.8
45-49	16.44	18.59	22.4	21.6
50-54	19.94	23.17	19.1	18.5
55-59	27.16	30.26	15.9	15.5
60-64	39.44	41.94	12.8	12.6
65-69	59.54	60.47	10.1	9.9
70-74	91.94	93.35	7.7	7.6
75-79	137.54	140.90	5.8	5.6
80-84	206.64	213.71	4.3	4.1
85-89	292.17	329.65	3.2	2.9
90-94	414.63	459.26	2.4	2.1
95-99	537.81	600.51	1.8	1.7
100+	661.46	735.78	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1953

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