Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 49.4 years in 1987: 50.5 for women and 48.3 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 16,665 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

49.4

Women

50.5

Men

48.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

184.4

Deaths

16,665

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

373

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

337

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	92.45	108.78	50.5	48.3
1-4	25.43	27.58	54.3	52.7
5-9	7.56	6.99	55.9	54.6
10-14	4.13	3.71	53.0	51.5
15-19	4.56	4.62	49.0	47.4
20-24	5.39	6.59	45.1	43.5
25-29	6.27	6.94	41.3	39.8
30-34	7.20	7.41	37.5	36.1
35-39	8.23	8.35	33.8	32.4
40-44	9.34	10.09	30.1	28.7
45-49	10.32	12.24	26.4	25.0
50-54	13.12	16.07	22.7	21.5
55-59	17.68	21.06	19.0	18.0
60-64	26.23	30.29	15.6	14.8
65-69	40.53	44.82	12.4	11.8
70-74	63.77	69.43	9.6	9.1
75-79	98.34	107.04	7.3	6.8
80-84	152.48	165.28	5.4	5.0
85-89	224.44	250.68	4.0	3.6
90-94	332.13	379.49	2.9	2.5
95-99	449.57	517.29	2.2	1.9
100+	584.32	660.90	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1987

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