Namibia Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 56.1 years in 2010: 58.7 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 23,371 people died; 21.7% of them were 65 or older and 14.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2010

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

58.7

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.5

Deaths

23,371

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

544

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

434

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2010's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2010

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	34.31	42.45	58.7	53.4
1-4	3.66	3.86	59.7	54.7
5-9	1.13	1.28	56.6	51.5
10-14	1.09	1.19	51.9	46.9
15-19	2.30	2.45	47.1	42.1
20-24	4.29	4.73	42.6	37.6
25-29	7.01	7.93	38.5	33.4
30-34	9.74	12.07	34.8	29.7
35-39	12.62	17.11	31.4	26.4
40-44	14.77	21.42	28.3	23.5
45-49	17.43	25.70	25.3	20.9
50-54	20.61	30.18	22.3	18.4
55-59	24.80	35.31	19.5	16.0
60-64	31.89	45.16	16.7	13.6
65-69	41.93	56.37	14.2	11.4
70-74	52.36	72.04	11.9	9.4
75-79	66.27	98.73	9.7	7.4
80-84	91.55	144.71	7.6	5.6
85-89	143.24	213.49	5.7	4.2
90-94	210.36	298.58	4.2	3.2
95-99	298.22	402.78	3.2	2.4
100+	409.43	519.43	2.4	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2010

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