Gambia Mortality 2029: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 67.0 years in 2029: 68.8 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 18,746 people are projected to die; 32.5% of them would be 65 or older and 17.2% 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, 2029

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

68.8

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.0

Deaths

18,746

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

233

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

182

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2029's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2029

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	22.82	30.64	68.8	65.2
1-4	2.99	3.64	69.4	66.2
5-9	2.04	2.34	66.2	63.2
10-14	1.23	1.48	61.8	58.9
15-19	1.65	2.31	57.2	54.3
20-24	2.13	3.34	52.7	49.9
25-29	2.53	3.51	48.2	45.7
30-34	2.87	3.82	43.8	41.5
35-39	3.36	4.31	39.4	37.2
40-44	4.38	5.37	35.0	33.0
45-49	5.30	6.83	30.7	28.8
50-54	7.55	10.01	26.5	24.7
55-59	10.32	13.48	22.4	20.9
60-64	16.21	20.76	18.4	17.1
65-69	26.45	32.18	14.8	13.7
70-74	43.84	50.92	11.5	10.7
75-79	71.82	81.79	8.7	8.0
80-84	118.24	130.77	6.4	5.9
85-89	183.58	206.58	4.6	4.2
90-94	273.75	326.36	3.4	2.9
95-99	406.41	462.28	2.4	2.1
100+	546.69	589.55	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2029

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