Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 43.8 years in 1953: 45.9 for women and 41.6 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 11,165 people died; 15.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

45.9

Men

41.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

251.8

Deaths

11,165

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.9

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

422

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

367

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	131.61	161.25	45.9	41.6
1-4	34.19	41.23	51.2	47.6
5-9	7.87	9.13	54.3	51.7
10-14	4.71	5.00	51.4	49.0
15-19	5.09	5.46	47.6	45.2
20-24	6.50	7.62	43.7	41.4
25-29	7.65	8.35	40.1	37.9
30-34	8.42	9.20	36.6	34.4
35-39	9.29	10.60	33.0	30.9
40-44	10.20	12.21	29.5	27.5
45-49	11.23	14.42	25.9	24.0
50-54	14.25	18.31	22.2	20.6
55-59	18.70	23.28	18.7	17.4
60-64	28.17	33.27	15.3	14.2
65-69	42.82	48.94	12.2	11.3
70-74	66.66	75.34	9.5	8.8
75-79	99.92	114.18	7.3	6.7
80-84	147.29	168.71	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.09	242.72	4.2	3.8
90-94	299.63	330.97	3.1	2.9
95-99	403.58	437.72	2.4	2.2
100+	523.01	553.59	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1953

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