Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 68.9 years in 2041: 70.9 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 23,667 people are projected to die; 42.5% of them would be 65 or older and 11.0% 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, 2041

Life expectancy at birth

68.9

Women

70.9

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.8

Deaths

23,667

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

213

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2041's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2041

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	17.02	25.21	70.9	67.0
1-4	2.17	2.95	71.1	67.7
5-9	1.44	1.86	67.7	64.4
10-14	0.90	1.20	63.2	60.0
15-19	1.26	1.93	58.5	55.4
20-24	1.66	2.82	53.8	50.9
25-29	2.00	3.00	49.3	46.6
30-34	2.32	3.31	44.7	42.2
35-39	2.79	3.80	40.2	37.9
40-44	3.74	4.81	35.8	33.6
45-49	4.66	6.24	31.4	29.3
50-54	6.79	9.31	27.1	25.2
55-59	9.44	12.67	22.9	21.2
60-64	15.02	19.70	18.9	17.5
65-69	24.75	30.75	15.2	14.0
70-74	41.32	48.86	11.8	10.9
75-79	68.12	78.80	8.9	8.2
80-84	112.86	126.48	6.6	6.0
85-89	176.32	200.67	4.8	4.3
90-94	264.67	317.17	3.5	3.0
95-99	394.06	450.98	2.5	2.2
100+	533.82	580.08	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2041

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