Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 54.8 years in 1996: 56.8 for women and 53.0 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 17,163 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 43.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

54.8

Women

56.8

Men

53.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.0

Deaths

17,163

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

343

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

278

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	72.15	85.59	56.8	53.0
1-4	15.73	17.06	60.0	56.6
5-9	5.03	5.72	59.8	56.5
10-14	2.89	3.15	56.2	53.0
15-19	3.35	4.09	52.0	48.8
20-24	4.07	5.84	47.9	44.8
25-29	4.75	6.14	43.8	41.0
30-34	5.41	6.57	39.8	37.2
35-39	6.21	7.39	35.8	33.4
40-44	7.34	8.97	31.9	29.6
45-49	8.32	10.96	27.9	25.8
50-54	10.94	14.69	24.0	22.1
55-59	14.76	19.31	20.2	18.6
60-64	22.25	28.13	16.6	15.2
65-69	34.94	41.97	13.2	12.1
70-74	55.86	65.22	10.3	9.4
75-79	87.81	101.32	7.8	7.1
80-84	139.00	157.45	5.7	5.2
85-89	208.14	240.90	4.2	3.7
90-94	300.08	367.89	3.1	2.6
95-99	432.07	506.01	2.3	2.0
100+	569.57	652.70	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1996

Year

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