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Life Expectancy in Cameroon vs Gambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64.2 years in Cameroon vs 66.3 in the Gambia. Cameroon is ranked 174/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Cameroon, the life expectancy is 62 years for males and 66.5 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females.

Cameroon vs Gambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Cameroon
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Cameroon Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.1 31.6 34.6 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 33.9 32.5 35.3 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 34.6 33.4 35.9 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 35.5 34.4 36.6 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 36.5 35.5 37.5 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 37.5 36.6 38.3 32.4 31.8 33
1956 38.4 37.6 39.3 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 38.3 36.5 40.1 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 39.1 37.3 40.9 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 39.8 37.9 41.7 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 34.7 29.4 41.7 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 35.2 29.8 42.3 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 42.6 41.5 43.7 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 43.1 41.9 44.2 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 43.6 42.4 44.7 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 44.2 43 45.3 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 44.8 43.7 46 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 45.6 44.4 46.8 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 46.4 45.2 47.5 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 47.2 46.1 48.3 39 38.2 39.8
1970 48 46.8 49.1 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 48.6 47.4 49.7 40 39.2 40.9
1972 49.1 47.9 50.3 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 49.5 48.2 50.8 41.1 40.2 42
1974 49.7 48.4 51 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 49.9 48.6 51.2 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 50 48.7 51.4 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 50.1 48.8 51.5 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 50.3 48.9 51.7 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 50.5 49.1 52 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 50.9 49.4 52.3 45 44 45.9
1981 51.2 49.7 52.7 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 51.8 50.3 53.3 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 52.4 50.9 54 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 52.9 51.3 54.5 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 53.5 51.9 55 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 53.6 52.1 55 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 54.2 52.7 55.7 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 54.4 52.8 55.9 50.1 49 51.4
1989 54.4 52.9 55.9 50.7 49.5 52
1990 54.3 52.8 55.9 51.3 50 52.6
1991 54.2 52.6 55.7 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 54.1 52.5 55.6 52.5 51 54.1
1993 53.9 52.3 55.5 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 53.5 51.9 55.1 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 53.3 51.8 54.9 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 53.2 51.7 54.7 54.8 53 56.8
1997 53.1 51.5 54.7 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 53 51.6 54.5 56 54 58.2
1999 53.2 51.8 54.5 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 53.3 52.1 54.5 56.9 54.9 59
2001 53.6 52.5 54.7 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 53.9 52.8 55.1 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 54.3 53.1 55.4 58.2 56.5 60
2004 54.6 53.4 55.8 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 54.9 53.7 56 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 55.3 54.1 56.5 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 55.7 54.4 57 60 58.6 61.4
2008 56.1 54.8 57.5 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 56.5 55 57.9 60.7 59.4 62
2010 57 55.4 58.5 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 57.5 55.9 59 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 58.2 56.5 59.9 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 58.7 57 60.5 62.3 61 63.5
2014 59.1 57.2 61.1 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 59.7 57.8 61.7 63 61.7 64.3
2016 60.3 58.4 62.3 63.4 62 64.8
2017 60.8 58.8 62.9 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 61.2 59.1 63.3 64 62.5 65.5
2019 61.7 59.6 63.8 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 61.7 59.5 64 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 61.1 59.1 63.3 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 62.4 60.3 64.6 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 63.7 61.5 65.9 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 64 61.8 66.2 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 64.2 62 66.5 66.3 64.5 68

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 54 years in Cameroon and 55.8 in the Gambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.2 healthy years in Cameroon and 11.9 in the Gambia.

Cameroon vs Gambia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Cameroon and the Gambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.9 vs 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
73.4 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Cameroon Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.6% 97.0% 95.8% 96.7%
50 88.5% 92.0% 89.9% 91.9%
60 76.1% 83.2% 79.7% 83.8%
65 66.7% 75.8% 71.7% 77.1%
70 54.5% 65.3% 60.8% 67.3%
75 39.4% 50.5% 46.8% 53.7%
80 23.7% 32.8% 30.8% 37.1%
85 11.0% 16.3% 15.6% 20.1%
90 3.6% 5.5% 5.2% 7.7%
95 0.8% 1.1% 0.9% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Cameroon vs the Gambia: 70.9 years vs 72.3 at 30, 78.1 vs 79.2 at 65, 85.7 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64.2 vs 66.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Cameroon and the Gambia.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Cameroon Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64.2 62 66.5 66.3 64.5 68
1 67.3 65.3 69.3 68.2 66.7 69.7
2 67.8 65.9 69.9 68.4 66.9 69.9
3 68.2 66.2 70.2 68.7 67.2 70.1
4 68.4 66.5 70.4 68.9 67.4 70.4
5 68.6 66.6 70.6 69.1 67.7 70.6
6 68.7 66.8 70.7 69.3 67.9 70.8
7 68.8 66.9 70.8 69.5 68 70.9
8 68.9 66.9 70.9 69.6 68.2 71.1
9 69 67 70.9 69.8 68.3 71.2
10 69 67.1 71 69.9 68.4 71.3
11 69.1 67.2 71.1 70 68.5 71.4
12 69.1 67.2 71.1 70.1 68.6 71.5
13 69.2 67.3 71.2 70.1 68.7 71.6
14 69.3 67.3 71.2 70.2 68.8 71.6
15 69.3 67.4 71.3 70.3 68.9 71.7
16 69.4 67.5 71.3 70.4 69 71.8
17 69.5 67.6 71.4 70.5 69.1 71.9
18 69.6 67.7 71.5 70.6 69.2 72
19 69.6 67.8 71.6 70.8 69.4 72.1
20 69.7 67.9 71.6 70.9 69.5 72.2
21 69.8 68 71.7 71 69.7 72.3
22 70 68.1 71.8 71.2 69.9 72.4
23 70.1 68.3 71.9 71.3 70 72.6
24 70.2 68.4 72 71.5 70.2 72.7
25 70.3 68.5 72.1 71.6 70.4 72.8
26 70.4 68.6 72.2 71.8 70.5 72.9
27 70.5 68.8 72.3 71.9 70.7 73
28 70.6 68.9 72.4 72 70.9 73.2
29 70.7 69 72.5 72.2 71 73.3
30 70.9 69.2 72.6 72.3 71.2 73.4
31 71 69.3 72.7 72.5 71.3 73.6
32 71.1 69.5 72.8 72.6 71.5 73.7
33 71.2 69.6 72.9 72.8 71.7 73.8
34 71.4 69.8 73 72.9 71.8 73.9
35 71.5 69.9 73.1 73.1 72 74.1
36 71.6 70.1 73.2 73.2 72.1 74.2
37 71.8 70.2 73.3 73.3 72.3 74.3
38 71.9 70.4 73.5 73.5 72.4 74.5
39 72.1 70.6 73.6 73.6 72.6 74.6
40 72.2 70.7 73.7 73.8 72.8 74.7
41 72.4 70.9 73.9 73.9 72.9 74.9
42 72.5 71.1 74 74.1 73.1 75
43 72.7 71.3 74.1 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 72.9 71.5 74.3 74.4 73.4 75.3
45 73.1 71.7 74.4 74.6 73.6 75.5
46 73.2 71.9 74.6 74.8 73.8 75.6
47 73.4 72.1 74.7 74.9 74 75.8
48 73.6 72.3 74.9 75.1 74.2 75.9
49 73.8 72.5 75.1 75.3 74.4 76.1
50 74 72.8 75.2 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 74.2 73 75.4 75.7 74.8 76.4
52 74.5 73.3 75.6 75.9 75 76.6
53 74.7 73.5 75.8 76.1 75.2 76.8
54 74.9 73.8 76 76.3 75.5 77
55 75.2 74.1 76.2 76.5 75.7 77.2
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 76.7 76 77.4
57 75.7 74.7 76.6 77 76.2 77.6
58 75.9 75 76.9 77.2 76.5 77.8
59 76.2 75.3 77.1 77.4 76.7 78.1
60 76.5 75.6 77.3 77.7 77 78.3
61 76.8 75.9 77.6 78 77.3 78.5
62 77.1 76.3 77.9 78.2 77.6 78.8
63 77.4 76.6 78.2 78.5 77.9 79.1
64 77.8 77 78.5 78.9 78.3 79.3
65 78.1 77.4 78.8 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 78.5 77.8 79.1 79.5 79 80
67 78.9 78.2 79.4 79.9 79.4 80.3
68 79.3 78.7 79.8 80.2 79.8 80.6
69 79.7 79.1 80.2 80.6 80.2 81
70 80.1 79.6 80.6 81 80.6 81.4
71 80.6 80.1 81 81.4 81 81.8
72 81.1 80.6 81.4 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 81.6 81.2 81.9 82.3 82 82.7
74 82.1 81.7 82.4 82.8 82.5 83.1
75 82.6 82.3 82.9 83.3 83 83.6
76 83.2 82.9 83.4 83.8 83.5 84.1
77 83.8 83.5 84 84.4 84.1 84.6
78 84.4 84.2 84.6 84.9 84.6 85.2
79 85 84.8 85.2 85.5 85.2 85.7
80 85.7 85.5 85.8 86.1 85.8 86.3
81 86.4 86.2 86.4 86.7 86.5 86.9
82 87 86.9 87.1 87.4 87.1 87.6
83 87.7 87.7 87.8 88 87.8 88.2
84 88.5 88.4 88.5 88.7 88.5 88.9
85 89.2 89.2 89.2 89.4 89.2 89.6
86 90 90 90 90.1 89.9 90.3
87 90.7 90.8 90.7 90.8 90.6 91.1
88 91.5 91.6 91.5 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.3 92.4 92.3 92.4 92.1 92.6
90 93.1 93.2 93.1 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94 94 93.9 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.8 94.9 94.7 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 95.6 95.7 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.5 96.6 96.4 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.4 97.5 97.3 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.1 99.2 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.1 100.1 100 99.9 99.8 100
99 101 101 100.9 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Cameroon vs Gambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 71.2% in Cameroon and 73.6% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 53.6% and 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 25.3% and 30.7% to 80+ years, and 4.09% and 5.83% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Cameroon Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.5% 95.1% 96% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 94.2% 93.7% 94.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 93.8% 93.3% 94.4% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 93.6% 93% 94.2% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 93.4% 92.8% 94% 95.5% 95% 96%
7 93.3% 92.7% 93.9% 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 93.1% 92.5% 93.7% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 93% 92.4% 93.6% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 92.8% 92.2% 93.5% 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 92.6% 92% 93.3% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 92.3% 91.7% 93% 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 92% 91.3% 92.8% 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 91.9% 91.1% 92.6% 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 91.7% 90.9% 92.5% 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 91.3% 90.5% 92.2% 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 91.1% 90.2% 92% 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 90.9% 89.9% 91.8% 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 90.7% 89.7% 91.7% 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 90.4% 89.4% 91.5% 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 90.2% 89.1% 91.3% 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 89.9% 88.8% 91.1% 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 89.7% 88.5% 90.9% 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 89.4% 88.2% 90.7% 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 89.2% 87.9% 90.5% 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 88.9% 87.6% 90.2% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 88.6% 87.2% 90% 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 88.3% 86.9% 89.7% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 88% 86.5% 89.5% 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 87.6% 86.1% 89.2% 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 87.3% 85.7% 88.9% 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 86.9% 85.3% 88.6% 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 86.5% 84.8% 88.3% 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 86.1% 84.4% 87.9% 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 85.7% 83.9% 87.6% 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 85.3% 83.4% 87.2% 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 84.8% 82.8% 86.8% 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 84.3% 82.2% 86.4% 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 83.8% 81.6% 86% 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 83.2% 81% 85.5% 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 82.7% 80.3% 85.1% 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 82.1% 79.6% 84.6% 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 81.4% 78.9% 84% 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 80.7% 78.1% 83.5% 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 80% 77.2% 82.9% 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 79.2% 76.3% 82.2% 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 78.4% 75.4% 81.5% 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 77.5% 74.4% 80.8% 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 76.6% 73.3% 80% 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 75.7% 72.2% 79.2% 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 74.6% 71% 78.4% 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 73.6% 69.8% 77.5% 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 72.4% 68.5% 76.5% 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 71.2% 67.1% 75.4% 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 69.9% 65.6% 74.3% 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 68.5% 64.1% 73.1% 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 67% 62.4% 71.7% 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 65.4% 60.7% 70.3% 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 63.7% 58.9% 68.8% 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 62% 56.9% 67.1% 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 60.1% 54.9% 65.4% 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 58% 52.8% 63.5% 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 55.9% 50.5% 61.4% 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 53.6% 48.1% 59.2% 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 51.1% 45.6% 56.8% 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 48.6% 43% 54.3% 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 45.8% 40.3% 51.6% 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 43% 37.6% 48.7% 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 40.2% 34.8% 45.8% 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 37.2% 31.9% 42.7% 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 34.2% 29.1% 39.5% 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 31.2% 26.3% 36.3% 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 28.2% 23.6% 33% 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 25.3% 20.9% 29.7% 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 22.3% 18.4% 26.5% 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 19.6% 16% 23.3% 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 17% 13.7% 20.3% 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 14.5% 11.6% 17.4% 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 12.2% 9.72% 14.8% 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 10.1% 8.02% 12.3% 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 8.28% 6.53% 10.1% 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 6.66% 5.24% 8.13% 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 5.27% 4.14% 6.43% 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 4.09% 3.22% 4.99% 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 3.11% 2.45% 3.78% 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 2.32% 1.85% 2.81% 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 1.69% 1.36% 2.04% 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 1.21% 0.98% 1.44% 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 0.84% 0.69% 0.99% 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 0.57% 0.48% 0.66% 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 0.38% 0.32% 0.43% 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 0.24% 0.21% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.15% 0.14% 0.17% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.09% 0.09% 0.1% 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.48% in the birth year in Cameroon and 2.83% in the Gambia, 0.3% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.86% vs 1.52% at 60, and 11.5% vs 9.96% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Cameroon compared to the Gambia at any given age.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Cameroon Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.48% 4.95% 4.02% 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 0.87% 0.91% 0.82% 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.53% 0.56% 0.5% 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.36% 0.39% 0.34% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.12% 0.13% 0.1% 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.28% 0.33% 0.23% 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.29% 0.34% 0.23% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.3% 0.36% 0.25% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.33% 0.39% 0.27% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.34% 0.41% 0.28% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.42% 0.5% 0.34% 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.44% 0.53% 0.36% 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.47% 0.55% 0.38% 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.5% 0.59% 0.41% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.52% 0.61% 0.42% 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.55% 0.66% 0.45% 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.58% 0.69% 0.47% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.61% 0.73% 0.49% 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.65% 0.78% 0.52% 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.69% 0.83% 0.55% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.73% 0.88% 0.58% 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.79% 0.95% 0.63% 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.84% 1.01% 0.67% 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.91% 1.1% 0.73% 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 0.96% 1.16% 0.77% 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 1.04% 1.25% 0.84% 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 1.11% 1.33% 0.89% 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 1.18% 1.42% 0.95% 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 1.26% 1.51% 1.01% 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 1.35% 1.62% 1.09% 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.44% 1.73% 1.16% 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.56% 1.87% 1.27% 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.68% 2.01% 1.37% 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.86% 2.2% 1.53% 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 1.98% 2.35% 1.63% 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 2.18% 2.58% 1.82% 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 2.37% 2.79% 1.98% 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 2.57% 3.02% 2.17% 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.8% 3.27% 2.39% 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 3.06% 3.56% 2.62% 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 3.38% 3.91% 2.91% 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 3.74% 4.3% 3.25% 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 4.11% 4.71% 3.59% 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 4.6% 5.23% 4.07% 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 4.99% 5.66% 4.43% 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 5.57% 6.27% 4.99% 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 6.11% 6.84% 5.51% 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 6.71% 7.47% 6.11% 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 7.37% 8.15% 6.76% 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 8.05% 8.83% 7.43% 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 8.77% 9.57% 8.16% 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 9.62% 10.4% 9.03% 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 10.5% 11.2% 9.89% 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 11.5% 12.3% 10.9% 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 12.3% 13.1% 11.8% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 13.5% 14.2% 13% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 14.6% 15.2% 14.1% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 15.8% 16.3% 15.4% 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 17% 17.4% 16.6% 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 18.3% 18.6% 18% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 19.6% 19.8% 19.4% 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 21% 21% 20.9% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 22.4% 22.2% 22.4% 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 24% 23.7% 24.2% 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 25.4% 24.8% 25.7% 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 27.1% 26.4% 27.5% 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 28.7% 27.8% 29.3% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 30.4% 29.3% 31.1% 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 32.2% 30.9% 33% 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 33.8% 32.3% 34.9% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 35.4% 33.7% 36.7% 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 37% 34.9% 38.5% 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 38.8% 36.7% 40.5% 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 40.4% 37.9% 42.3% 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Cameroon compared to the Gambia

In Cameroon, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in the Gambia. The median age of death is 71.4 in Cameroon and 73.3 in the Gambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Cameroon Gambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,483 4,946 4,015 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 827 866 788 380 416 342
2 501 528 474 360 390 329
3 342 362 322 339 363 315
4 242.5 255.8 228.7 317 336 297.6
5 183.6 194.3 172.7 291 305 276.1
6 151.1 161.2 140.7 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 128.4 138.1 118.5 229.7 239.2 220
8 112.3 121.5 102.9 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 101.8 110.6 92.8 171.9 180 163.6
10 95.8 103.9 87.4 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 93.1 100.7 85.3 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 94.3 102.1 86.3 132.8 142.2 123
13 98.8 107.5 89.8 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 107 117.6 96.1 144 157.1 130.5
15 118 131.2 104.6 159.5 176 142.5
16 132.7 150.2 114.9 179.9 201.2 158
17 147.4 170.7 123.6 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 163 192.5 133 225.1 260.1 189
19 176.7 211.8 141 244.3 287 200.3
20 189.6 229.7 148.7 259.2 309 208.3
21 200.6 244.8 155.6 269.6 324 213.9
22 210 256.5 162.7 276.3 332 218.6
23 217.5 264.6 169.5 280.8 336 224
24 224.3 271.1 176.5 284 336 230.6
25 230.2 276.3 183.3 287.2 335 238.4
26 236.5 281.8 190.4 290.8 333 246.9
27 243.2 288.1 197.6 295.1 334 255.4
28 251.2 295.8 205.8 300 336 263
29 258.8 304 212.7 305 340 269.5
30 270.1 316 223.2 311 346 274.6
31 277 324 229 315 351 278.6
32 291.4 340 241.5 320 357 282.1
33 304 354 252.3 324 361 285.5
34 318 370 264.1 328 365 290
35 334 389 277.4 334 370 296.4
36 350 407 291 342 377 306
37 366 426 304 353 387 319
38 386 449 322 368 400 335
39 404 469 337 386 417 354
40 429 498 358 406 436 375
41 443 515 369 424 455 394
42 472 548 394 441 472 409
43 492 572 409 455 488 421
44 516 602 428 467 503 430
45 546 639 451 479 519 438
46 572 669 471 495 539 449
47 604 708 497 517 568 466
48 644 754 531 548 605 491
49 683 799 563 588 652 524
50 736 857 610 634 705 564
51 767 894 635 682 759 607
52 825 956 688 728 810 649
53 867 1,004 724 768 854 687
54 916 1,057 769 802 889 720
55 964 1,109 812 834 922 751
56 1,019 1,167 863 867 956 784
57 1,073 1,226 912 909 1,000 825
58 1,146 1,302 983 964 1,057 878
59 1,217 1,376 1,050 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,321 1,479 1,157 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,381 1,542 1,214 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,493 1,651 1,329 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,585 1,740 1,423 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,682 1,831 1,527 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,786 1,926 1,640 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,897 2,029 1,759 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 2,029 2,150 1,902 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 2,169 2,272 2,061 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,293 2,379 2,205 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,465 2,518 2,409 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,551 2,581 2,519 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,704 2,699 2,709 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,800 2,760 2,842 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,890 2,806 2,976 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 2,959 2,832 3,091 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 2,993 2,820 3,172 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 3,000 2,784 3,223 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 3,004 2,744 3,273 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 2,951 2,650 3,264 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 2,905 2,569 3,254 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 2,759 2,400 3,132 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 2,637 2,261 3,027 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 2,467 2,081 2,866 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 2,282 1,898 2,681 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 2,069 1,694 2,457 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 1,849 1,492 2,219 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 1,621 1,291 1,961 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 1,396 1,101 1,700 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 1,178 920 1,443 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 981 763 1,205 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 788 610 972 1,122 957 1,282
92 628 487 773 904 747 1,061
93 486 378 597 708 562 858
94 367 287.6 449 538 407 674
95 270.1 214 328 396 285.5 513
96 192.7 154.7 231.9 282.1 193.9 376
97 133.6 109.1 158.9 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 90 75.1 105.4 128.9 81.1 180
99 59.5 51.3 68.2 83 49.8 117.7
100 0 0 0 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Cameroon and the Gambia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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