Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 58.5 years in 1985: 64.1 for women and 53.1 for men, a gap of 11.0 years. 11,458 people died; 26.6% of them were 65 or older and 32.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

64.1

Men

53.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.4

Deaths

11,458

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

439

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	57.42	70.35	64.1	53.1
1-4	7.54	8.49	66.8	55.9
5-9	2.01	2.38	64.8	53.8
10-14	1.37	1.81	60.4	49.4
15-19	1.81	4.34	55.8	44.8
20-24	2.36	8.56	51.3	40.8
25-29	2.79	9.51	46.9	37.4
30-34	3.32	10.01	42.5	34.1
35-39	4.12	11.08	38.2	30.7
40-44	5.23	12.69	33.9	27.4
45-49	6.51	15.27	29.8	24.0
50-54	8.86	19.14	25.7	20.7
55-59	12.26	24.71	21.7	17.5
60-64	18.81	34.14	17.9	14.5
65-69	29.39	48.22	14.4	11.7
70-74	47.64	70.62	11.3	9.2
75-79	75.17	104.03	8.7	7.1
80-84	116.39	155.33	6.5	5.3
85-89	176.31	227.65	4.9	4.0
90-94	252.87	317.29	3.6	3.0
95-99	349.91	425.19	2.7	2.3
100+	466.42	546.60	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1985

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