Gambia Mortality 2015: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 63.0 years in 2015: 64.3 for women and 61.7 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 16,687 people died; 22.6% of them were 65 or older and 28.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2015

Life expectancy at birth

63.0

Women

64.3

Men

61.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.6

Deaths

16,687

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

270

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2015's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2015

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	35.40	44.32	64.3	61.7
1-4	5.16	5.88	65.5	63.4
5-9	3.47	3.32	62.9	60.9
10-14	1.98	2.01	58.9	56.9
15-19	2.51	2.94	54.5	52.4
20-24	3.13	4.22	50.1	48.2
25-29	3.66	4.40	45.9	44.1
30-34	4.14	4.74	41.7	40.1
35-39	4.77	5.30	37.5	36.0
40-44	5.86	6.50	33.4	31.9
45-49	6.81	8.11	29.3	27.8
50-54	9.26	11.48	25.2	23.9
55-59	12.51	15.25	21.3	20.1
60-64	19.17	22.99	17.5	16.5
65-69	30.59	35.13	14.0	13.2
70-74	49.72	55.14	10.9	10.3
75-79	79.72	87.57	8.2	7.7
80-84	128.63	138.57	6.0	5.7
85-89	196.09	216.88	4.4	4.0
90-94	287.51	338.68	3.2	2.8
95-99	420.74	475.82	2.3	2.1
100+	562.18	629.05	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2015

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