Life expectancy at birth in Gambia is projected at 74.6 years in 2085: 76.8 for women and 72.4 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 55,103 people are projected to die; 73.0% of them would be 65 or older and 2.1% 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, 2085

Life expectancy at birth

74.6

Women

76.8

Men

72.4

Life expectancy at 65

16.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.2

Deaths

55,103

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

149

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2085's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2085

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	9.41	14.53	76.8	72.4
1-4	0.91	1.26	76.6	72.5
5-9	0.51	0.81	72.8	68.8
10-14	0.38	0.60	68.0	64.1
15-19	0.58	1.12	63.1	59.3
20-24	0.83	1.69	58.3	54.6
25-29	1.03	1.82	53.6	50.0
30-34	1.22	2.06	48.8	45.5
35-39	1.52	2.41	44.1	40.9
40-44	2.16	3.14	39.4	36.4
45-49	2.82	4.23	34.8	31.9
50-54	4.30	6.64	30.3	27.5
55-59	6.05	9.17	25.9	23.4
60-64	9.86	14.68	21.6	19.3
65-69	16.71	23.49	17.5	15.6
70-74	28.70	37.97	13.8	12.2
75-79	49.07	63.05	10.6	9.3
80-84	84.78	104.24	7.8	6.8
85-89	138.43	171.08	5.7	4.8
90-94	217.56	275.57	4.0	3.3
95-99	335.63	404.42	2.8	2.4
100+	473.26	542.59	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 2085

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