Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 56.9 years in 1974: 59.3 for women and 54.5 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 10,638 people died; 23.1% of them were 65 or older and 43.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

56.9

Women

59.3

Men

54.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

127.2

Deaths

10,638

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

331

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

252

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	76.66	94.66	59.3	54.5
1-4	12.08	14.02	62.9	58.8
5-9	3.08	3.55	62.0	58.0
10-14	2.03	2.27	57.9	54.0
15-19	2.52	3.14	53.5	49.6
20-24	3.27	4.68	49.1	45.4
25-29	3.91	5.22	44.9	41.4
30-34	4.54	5.91	40.7	37.4
35-39	5.39	7.10	36.6	33.5
40-44	6.42	8.70	32.5	29.6
45-49	7.71	11.01	28.5	25.8
50-54	10.28	14.73	24.5	22.1
55-59	13.99	19.70	20.7	18.6
60-64	21.34	28.69	17.0	15.3
65-69	33.22	42.51	13.6	12.2
70-74	53.78	65.47	10.6	9.5
75-79	84.37	100.28	8.1	7.3
80-84	129.09	151.28	6.1	5.4
85-89	192.85	221.75	4.5	4.1
90-94	273.81	307.78	3.4	3.1
95-99	375.01	412.87	2.6	2.4
100+	493.95	529.83	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1974

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