Life expectancy at birth in Namibia was 59.3 years in 2014: 62.3 for women and 56.3 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 22,120 people died; 24.3% of them were 65 or older and 14.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

59.3

Women

62.3

Men

56.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.3

Deaths

22,120

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

479

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

357

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	31.04	38.60	62.3	56.3
1-4	3.34	3.18	63.2	57.5
5-9	1.01	1.08	60.0	54.2
10-14	0.93	1.01	55.3	49.5
15-19	1.83	2.13	50.6	44.7
20-24	3.24	3.97	46.0	40.1
25-29	5.08	6.32	41.7	35.9
30-34	7.00	9.38	37.7	32.0
35-39	9.18	13.26	34.0	28.4
40-44	11.08	16.99	30.5	25.1
45-49	13.52	21.12	27.1	22.1
50-54	16.65	25.81	23.8	19.3
55-59	20.76	31.37	20.6	16.6
60-64	27.68	41.21	17.6	14.1
65-69	37.25	52.87	14.8	11.7
70-74	47.88	69.51	12.4	9.5
75-79	62.29	97.23	10.0	7.5
80-84	88.11	143.69	7.8	5.6
85-89	138.59	212.31	5.8	4.2
90-94	204.32	297.38	4.3	3.2
95-99	290.79	401.63	3.2	2.4
100+	401.24	518.40	2.5	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2014

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