Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 52.0 years in 1965: 53.9 for women and 50.0 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 10,348 people died; 20.5% of them were 65 or older and 45.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

52.0

Women

53.9

Men

50.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.8

Deaths

10,348

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.7

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

356

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

302

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	98.81	120.51	53.9	50.1
1-4	19.02	22.02	58.3	55.3
5-9	4.64	5.24	58.8	56.2
10-14	2.96	3.12	55.1	52.6
15-19	3.48	3.77	50.9	48.4
20-24	4.52	5.32	46.7	44.3
25-29	5.40	5.92	42.8	40.4
30-34	6.13	6.71	38.9	36.5
35-39	7.03	8.02	35.0	32.7
40-44	8.03	9.67	31.1	28.9
45-49	9.24	11.97	27.3	25.2
50-54	11.98	15.75	23.5	21.6
55-59	15.96	20.70	19.8	18.2
60-64	24.12	30.02	16.2	14.9
65-69	37.15	44.49	13.0	11.9
70-74	59.32	68.81	10.1	9.2
75-79	91.56	105.42	7.7	7.0
80-84	137.95	158.03	5.8	5.3
85-89	203.79	229.97	4.3	3.9
90-94	286.72	316.67	3.3	3.0
95-99	389.45	422.34	2.5	2.3
100+	508.72	538.24	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1965

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