Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 60.8 years in 1989: 64.6 for women and 56.8 for men, a gap of 7.7 years. 11,556 people died; 27.8% of them were 65 or older and 31.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

60.8

Women

64.6

Men

56.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.8

Deaths

11,556

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

376

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

222

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	50.99	60.86	64.6	56.9
1-4	6.28	6.76	66.9	59.3
5-9	1.72	1.95	64.6	56.9
10-14	1.23	1.50	60.1	52.5
15-19	1.72	3.04	55.5	47.8
20-24	2.32	5.49	50.9	43.5
25-29	2.85	6.37	46.5	39.7
30-34	3.48	7.22	42.1	35.9
35-39	4.38	8.62	37.8	32.1
40-44	5.55	10.49	33.6	28.4
45-49	7.03	13.20	29.5	24.8
50-54	9.60	17.21	25.4	21.3
55-59	13.26	22.66	21.5	18.0
60-64	20.13	31.96	17.8	14.8
65-69	30.72	45.62	14.5	12.0
70-74	47.87	67.61	11.4	9.4
75-79	73.29	101.14	8.9	7.2
80-84	111.98	151.94	6.7	5.4
85-89	170.50	222.47	5.0	4.0
90-94	245.44	309.20	3.7	3.1
95-99	340.96	415.75	2.8	2.4
100+	456.45	534.79	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1989

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