Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 52.0 years in 2002: 53.6 for women and 50.2 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 24,065 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 17.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

52.0

Women

53.6

Men

50.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.8

Deaths

24,065

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.7

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

584

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

512

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	49.15	58.80	53.6	50.2
1-4	5.94	6.42	55.3	52.2
5-9	1.69	1.94	52.6	49.5
10-14	1.56	1.65	48.0	45.0
15-19	3.10	3.06	43.4	40.3
20-24	5.91	5.85	39.0	35.9
25-29	9.81	9.72	35.1	31.9
30-34	13.44	14.54	31.7	28.3
35-39	16.93	20.13	28.8	25.3
40-44	19.00	24.40	26.1	22.7
45-49	21.47	28.26	23.4	20.3
50-54	24.67	32.27	20.8	18.0
55-59	29.00	36.82	18.2	15.7
60-64	36.83	46.60	15.7	13.4
65-69	47.77	57.88	13.3	11.3
70-74	58.63	73.81	11.2	9.3
75-79	72.72	100.64	9.3	7.3
80-84	98.85	146.79	7.3	5.6
85-89	153.06	215.88	5.4	4.1
90-94	223.07	301.00	4.0	3.1
95-99	313.79	405.14	3.0	2.4
100+	426.59	521.46	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2002

Year

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