Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 33.1 years in 1957: 33.8 for women and 32.4 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 11,278 people died; 7.9% of them were 65 or older and 60.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

33.1

Women

33.8

Men

32.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

142.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

381.3

Deaths

11,278

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.7

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

496

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

474

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	145.97	169.54	33.8	32.4
1-4	82.63	88.43	37.9	37.2
5-9	13.73	12.35	47.6	47.5
10-14	7.28	6.11	45.8	45.4
15-19	7.56	6.92	42.4	41.8
20-24	8.65	9.79	38.9	38.1
25-29	10.13	10.38	35.5	34.9
30-34	11.80	11.10	32.2	31.7
35-39	13.54	12.60	29.0	28.3
40-44	14.76	15.22	25.9	25.0
45-49	15.98	18.28	22.7	21.8
50-54	19.42	22.84	19.4	18.6
55-59	26.44	29.83	16.1	15.6
60-64	38.43	41.43	13.0	12.7
65-69	58.06	59.79	10.2	10.0
70-74	89.70	92.26	7.8	7.6
75-79	134.31	139.36	5.9	5.7
80-84	202.07	211.42	4.4	4.1
85-89	286.36	327.02	3.3	2.9
90-94	407.37	456.55	2.4	2.1
95-99	529.92	599.08	1.9	1.7
100+	653.98	737.25	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1957

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