Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 50.6 years in 1963: 52.6 for women and 48.6 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 10,417 people died; 19.8% of them were 65 or older and 45.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

50.6

Women

52.6

Men

48.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

107.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

184.0

Deaths

10,417

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

368

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	104.28	127.31	52.6	48.6
1-4	21.06	24.58	57.2	54.0
5-9	5.09	5.78	58.1	55.4
10-14	3.21	3.39	54.5	52.0
15-19	3.73	4.03	50.3	47.8
20-24	4.83	5.69	46.2	43.7
25-29	5.75	6.33	42.3	39.9
30-34	6.50	7.14	38.5	36.1
35-39	7.39	8.49	34.7	32.3
40-44	8.39	10.15	30.9	28.6
45-49	9.57	12.45	27.1	25.0
50-54	12.35	16.26	23.3	21.4
55-59	16.41	21.22	19.6	18.0
60-64	24.77	30.67	16.1	14.8
65-69	38.06	45.33	12.8	11.8
70-74	60.50	69.96	10.0	9.2
75-79	92.91	106.87	7.7	7.0
80-84	139.47	159.76	5.8	5.2
85-89	205.63	232.05	4.3	3.9
90-94	288.83	319.01	3.2	3.0
95-99	391.77	424.86	2.5	2.3
100+	511.09	540.77	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1963

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