Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 35.6 years in 1962: 36.4 for women and 34.8 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 11,877 people died; 8.4% of them were 65 or older and 59.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

35.6

Women

36.4

Men

34.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

136.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

346.9

Deaths

11,877

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.3

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

479

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

452

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	139.06	161.50	36.4	34.8
1-4	69.89	75.23	40.7	39.7
5-9	12.74	11.54	48.8	48.5
10-14	6.75	5.74	46.9	46.3
15-19	7.05	6.56	43.4	42.6
20-24	8.09	9.28	39.9	38.9
25-29	9.47	9.84	36.4	35.6
30-34	11.02	10.51	33.0	32.3
35-39	12.63	11.92	29.8	28.9
40-44	13.83	14.41	26.5	25.5
45-49	14.99	17.31	23.3	22.2
50-54	18.31	21.75	19.9	19.0
55-59	24.91	28.42	16.5	15.9
60-64	36.27	39.62	13.4	13.0
65-69	54.88	57.34	10.6	10.3
70-74	84.91	88.42	8.1	7.8
75-79	127.45	133.96	6.1	5.9
80-84	192.35	203.53	4.5	4.3
85-89	273.80	300.68	3.4	3.1
90-94	391.48	443.02	2.5	2.2
95-99	511.81	585.77	1.9	1.7
100+	636.21	721.81	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1962

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