Life expectancy at birth in Namibia is projected at 69.1 years in 2036: 73.2 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 8.1 years. 24,475 people are projected to die; 41.1% of them would be 65 or older and 10.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

73.2

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.8

Deaths

24,475

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

274

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

149

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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	18.62	26.69	73.2	65.1
1-4	1.70	2.20	73.5	65.8
5-9	0.53	0.76	70.0	62.4
10-14	0.42	0.66	65.2	57.6
15-19	0.68	1.32	60.3	52.8
20-24	0.95	2.15	55.5	48.1
25-29	1.24	2.79	50.8	43.6
30-34	1.66	3.70	46.1	39.2
35-39	2.32	5.09	41.5	34.9
40-44	3.29	6.96	36.9	30.7
45-49	4.75	9.65	32.5	26.7
50-54	7.04	13.50	28.2	22.9
55-59	10.33	18.69	24.1	19.3
60-64	16.08	27.15	20.3	15.9
65-69	24.27	39.21	16.7	12.9
70-74	35.71	58.65	13.6	10.1
75-79	52.37	89.93	10.7	7.7
80-84	80.83	138.41	8.2	5.8
85-89	129.63	207.11	6.1	4.3
90-94	194.56	293.52	4.5	3.2
95-99	280.79	399.77	3.3	2.4
100+	398.44	530.00	2.5	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2036

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