Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 58.4 years in 1994: 60.9 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 15,135 people died; 24.3% of them were 65 or older and 27.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

58.4

Women

60.9

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.3

Deaths

15,135

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

427

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

329

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	47.50	57.08	60.9	55.8
1-4	5.67	6.13	62.8	58.1
5-9	1.58	1.85	60.2	55.5
10-14	1.28	1.48	55.7	50.9
15-19	2.12	2.57	51.0	46.3
20-24	3.36	4.32	46.5	41.9
25-29	4.81	6.02	42.3	37.7
30-34	6.26	8.11	38.2	33.8
35-39	7.96	10.82	34.4	30.1
40-44	9.60	13.65	30.6	26.6
45-49	11.68	17.06	27.0	23.3
50-54	14.86	21.57	23.5	20.2
55-59	19.15	27.14	20.1	17.2
60-64	26.85	37.07	16.9	14.3
65-69	37.81	50.13	14.0	11.7
70-74	52.54	69.80	11.3	9.4
75-79	73.28	100.60	9.0	7.3
80-84	106.72	148.88	6.9	5.5
85-89	163.54	218.25	5.1	4.1
90-94	236.53	303.40	3.8	3.1
95-99	330.13	407.43	2.9	2.4
100+	444.52	523.40	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 1994

Year

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