Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 50.1 years in 1988: 51.4 for women and 49.0 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 16,751 people died; 20.1% of them were 65 or older and 47.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

50.1

Women

51.4

Men

49.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

92.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

178.0

Deaths

16,751

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.3

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

368

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

328

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	90.16	106.22	51.4	49.0
1-4	23.96	26.25	55.1	53.3
5-9	7.18	6.74	56.5	55.0
10-14	3.94	3.59	53.5	51.8
15-19	4.38	4.52	49.5	47.7
20-24	5.19	6.44	45.5	43.7
25-29	6.03	6.78	41.6	40.0
30-34	6.93	7.24	37.8	36.3
35-39	7.92	8.16	34.1	32.6
40-44	9.03	9.87	30.4	28.8
45-49	10.00	11.99	26.7	25.2
50-54	12.77	15.81	22.9	21.6
55-59	17.21	20.73	19.2	18.1
60-64	25.57	29.90	15.7	14.8
65-69	39.58	44.32	12.5	11.8
70-74	62.38	68.70	9.7	9.1
75-79	96.42	106.07	7.4	6.9
80-84	149.78	163.99	5.4	5.0
85-89	221.03	249.20	4.0	3.6
90-94	327.48	377.93	2.9	2.6
95-99	444.71	516.33	2.2	1.9
100+	577.80	660.72	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1988

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