Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 32.8 years in 1956: 33.4 for women and 32.1 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 11,100 people died; 7.8% of them were 65 or older and 60.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

32.8

Women

33.4

Men

32.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

143.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

386.8

Deaths

11,100

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.0

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

498

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

476

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	147.09	170.81	33.4	32.1
1-4	84.55	90.85	37.6	36.8
5-9	13.87	12.45	47.4	47.4
10-14	7.36	6.15	45.6	45.3
15-19	7.62	6.96	42.3	41.7
20-24	8.72	9.85	38.8	38.1
25-29	10.21	10.44	35.4	34.8
30-34	11.90	11.16	32.1	31.6
35-39	13.65	12.67	29.0	28.2
40-44	14.88	15.31	25.8	24.9
45-49	16.10	18.39	22.6	21.7
50-54	19.55	22.97	19.3	18.6
55-59	26.63	29.99	16.0	15.5
60-64	38.68	41.63	12.9	12.6
65-69	58.42	60.08	10.2	10.0
70-74	90.24	92.70	7.8	7.6
75-79	135.07	140.01	5.9	5.7
80-84	203.13	212.37	4.3	4.1
85-89	287.59	328.32	3.2	2.9
90-94	408.79	458.18	2.4	2.1
95-99	531.00	600.72	1.9	1.7
100+	654.62	739.65	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1956

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