Gambia Mortality 2026: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 66.5 years in 2026: 68.2 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 17,812 people are projected to die; 29.6% of them would be 65 or older and 19.2% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2026

Life expectancy at birth

66.5

Women

68.2

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.5

Deaths

17,812

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

239

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

189

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2026

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	24.63	32.31	68.2	64.7
1-4	3.23	3.85	68.9	65.8
5-9	2.23	2.49	65.7	62.8
10-14	1.33	1.57	61.4	58.6
15-19	1.79	2.44	56.8	54.0
20-24	2.29	3.51	52.3	49.6
25-29	2.70	3.67	47.9	45.5
30-34	3.05	3.98	43.5	41.3
35-39	3.54	4.47	39.1	37.0
40-44	4.57	5.54	34.8	32.8
45-49	5.49	7.01	30.5	28.7
50-54	7.76	10.22	26.3	24.6
55-59	10.56	13.71	22.3	20.8
60-64	16.51	21.05	18.3	17.0
65-69	26.86	32.56	14.7	13.7
70-74	44.42	51.45	11.4	10.6
75-79	72.65	82.54	8.6	8.0
80-84	119.44	131.84	6.3	5.8
85-89	185.19	208.07	4.6	4.2
90-94	275.80	328.75	3.3	2.9
95-99	409.33	465.32	2.4	2.1
100+	549.84	592.28	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2026

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