Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 69.2 years in 2043: 71.3 for women and 67.2 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 24,607 people are projected to die; 43.6% of them would be 65 or older and 10.2% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2043

Life expectancy at birth

69.2

Women

71.3

Men

67.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.6

Deaths

24,607

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

210

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2043's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2043

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	16.26	24.49	71.3	67.2
1-4	2.06	2.84	71.4	67.9
5-9	1.36	1.80	68.0	64.6
10-14	0.86	1.16	63.4	60.2
15-19	1.20	1.88	58.7	55.5
20-24	1.59	2.75	54.0	51.0
25-29	1.93	2.93	49.5	46.7
30-34	2.24	3.24	44.9	42.3
35-39	2.70	3.72	40.4	38.0
40-44	3.65	4.73	35.9	33.7
45-49	4.56	6.14	31.5	29.4
50-54	6.67	9.19	27.2	25.2
55-59	9.29	12.53	23.0	21.3
60-64	14.81	19.51	19.0	17.5
65-69	24.44	30.49	15.2	14.0
70-74	40.85	48.47	11.9	10.9
75-79	67.43	78.24	9.0	8.3
80-84	111.88	125.68	6.6	6.0
85-89	175.02	199.57	4.8	4.3
90-94	263.10	315.50	3.5	3.0
95-99	392.02	448.96	2.5	2.2
100+	531.75	578.37	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2043

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