Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 51.9 years in 1991: 53.3 for women and 50.5 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 17,349 people died; 20.7% of them were 65 or older and 46.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

51.9

Women

53.3

Men

50.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

160.6

Deaths

17,349

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

358

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	83.39	98.63	53.3	50.5
1-4	20.65	22.51	56.8	54.6
5-9	6.42	6.31	57.5	55.6
10-14	3.57	3.40	54.3	52.3
15-19	4.03	4.34	50.3	48.1
20-24	4.82	6.19	46.2	44.1
25-29	5.61	6.51	42.3	40.5
30-34	6.43	6.96	38.4	36.7
35-39	7.36	7.84	34.6	32.9
40-44	8.49	9.49	30.8	29.1
45-49	9.47	11.56	27.0	25.4
50-54	12.21	15.35	23.2	21.8
55-59	16.46	20.15	19.5	18.3
60-64	24.58	29.18	16.0	15.0
65-69	38.22	43.38	12.7	11.9
70-74	60.50	67.31	9.9	9.2
75-79	94.04	104.21	7.5	7.0
80-84	146.90	161.45	5.5	5.1
85-89	217.87	246.06	4.1	3.7
90-94	324.69	374.27	2.9	2.6
95-99	442.60	512.91	2.2	1.9
100+	578.57	658.46	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1991

Year

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