Namibia Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 52.9 years in 2000: 54.5 for women and 51.2 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 22,212 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 19.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

52.9

Women

54.5

Men

51.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.5

Deaths

22,212

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

549

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

486

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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	50.22	59.86	54.5	51.2
1-4	6.17	6.60	56.3	53.3
5-9	1.73	2.02	53.6	50.7
10-14	1.55	1.69	49.1	46.2
15-19	2.97	3.14	44.4	41.6
20-24	5.51	5.79	40.1	37.2
25-29	8.95	8.93	36.1	33.2
30-34	12.17	12.75	32.6	29.6
35-39	15.34	17.31	29.5	26.4
40-44	17.40	21.19	26.7	23.5
45-49	19.86	25.13	23.9	20.9
50-54	23.17	29.67	21.1	18.4
55-59	27.62	34.97	18.4	15.9
60-64	35.64	45.34	15.7	13.5
65-69	46.71	57.58	13.3	11.3
70-74	58.27	74.43	11.2	9.2
75-79	73.41	101.62	9.2	7.3
80-84	100.78	147.46	7.2	5.5
85-89	155.65	216.71	5.3	4.1
90-94	226.42	301.97	4.0	3.1
95-99	317.90	406.24	3.0	2.4
100+	431.17	522.66	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2000

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