Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 70.6 years in 2053: 72.7 for women and 68.4 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 29,725 people are projected to die; 49.1% of them would be 65 or older and 7.0% 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, 2053

Life expectancy at birth

70.6

Women

72.7

Men

68.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.0

Deaths

29,725

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

196

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2053's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2053

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	13.33	21.46	72.7	68.4
1-4	1.58	2.39	72.7	68.9
5-9	1.02	1.50	69.2	65.6
10-14	0.67	0.99	64.5	61.0
15-19	0.97	1.65	59.7	56.3
20-24	1.31	2.43	55.0	51.8
25-29	1.60	2.60	50.3	47.4
30-34	1.88	2.90	45.7	43.0
35-39	2.31	3.36	41.1	38.5
40-44	3.20	4.33	36.6	34.2
45-49	4.08	5.70	32.1	29.8
50-54	6.09	8.64	27.7	25.6
55-59	8.56	11.87	23.5	21.7
60-64	13.79	18.62	19.4	17.8
65-69	22.92	29.25	15.6	14.3
70-74	38.55	46.64	12.2	11.1
75-79	64.05	75.60	9.2	8.4
80-84	106.98	121.91	6.8	6.2
85-89	168.52	194.45	4.9	4.4
90-94	255.16	307.80	3.6	3.1
95-99	381.65	439.75	2.5	2.2
100+	521.13	570.81	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2053

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