Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 48.2 years in 1985: 49.2 for women and 47.2 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 16,302 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

48.2

Women

49.2

Men

47.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

197.0

Deaths

16,302

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.0

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

382

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

348

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	97.04	113.95	49.2	47.2
1-4	28.17	30.36	53.1	51.7
5-9	8.11	7.40	55.2	54.1
10-14	4.37	3.89	52.4	51.1
15-19	4.79	4.78	48.5	47.0
20-24	5.63	6.81	44.6	43.1
25-29	6.56	7.18	40.8	39.5
30-34	7.55	7.66	37.0	35.8
35-39	8.63	8.64	33.4	32.1
40-44	9.75	10.42	29.7	28.5
45-49	10.74	12.61	26.1	24.8
50-54	13.59	16.46	22.4	21.3
55-59	18.35	21.53	18.8	17.9
60-64	27.13	30.85	15.3	14.6
65-69	41.79	45.54	12.2	11.7
70-74	65.54	70.47	9.5	9.0
75-79	100.66	108.38	7.2	6.8
80-84	155.49	167.02	5.3	5.0
85-89	227.95	252.61	3.9	3.6
90-94	336.03	381.36	2.8	2.5
95-99	453.23	518.04	2.2	1.9
100+	586.92	660.20	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1985

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