Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 56.6 years in 2011: 59.4 for women and 53.8 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 23,283 people died; 22.2% of them were 65 or older and 14.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

59.4

Men

53.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.9

Deaths

23,283

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

536

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

416

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	33.71	41.69	59.4	53.8
1-4	3.70	3.83	60.5	55.1
5-9	1.13	1.27	57.3	51.9
10-14	1.07	1.17	52.6	47.2
15-19	2.19	2.41	47.9	42.4
20-24	4.05	4.62	43.4	37.9
25-29	6.55	7.69	39.2	33.8
30-34	9.08	11.68	35.5	30.0
35-39	11.80	16.57	32.0	26.6
40-44	13.89	20.82	28.8	23.7
45-49	16.50	25.11	25.7	21.0
50-54	19.67	29.64	22.7	18.5
55-59	23.83	34.85	19.7	16.1
60-64	30.87	44.71	16.9	13.7
65-69	40.80	56.00	14.3	11.5
70-74	51.30	71.79	12.0	9.4
75-79	65.35	98.58	9.8	7.4
80-84	90.83	144.67	7.7	5.6
85-89	142.34	213.54	5.7	4.2
90-94	209.28	298.80	4.2	3.2
95-99	297.09	403.28	3.2	2.4
100+	408.48	520.45	2.5	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2011

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