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Gambia life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

The Gambia is ranked 167/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 64.5 years for males, 68 years for females, and 66.3 years for both genders combined.

Gambia life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 32.4 31.8 33
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 39 38.2 39.8
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 40 39.2 40.9
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 41.1 40.2 42
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 45 44 45.9
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 50.1 49 51.4
1989 50.7 49.5 52
1990 51.3 50 52.6
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 52.5 51 54.1
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 54.8 53 56.8
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 56 54 58.2
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 56.9 54.9 59
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 58.2 56.5 60
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 60 58.6 61.4
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 60.7 59.4 62
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 62.3 61 63.5
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 63 61.7 64.3
2016 63.4 62 64.8
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 64 62.5 65.5
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 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.

In the Gambia, 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 55.6 years for men and 56.1 for women, with a combined average of 55.8 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years, 11.6 for males and 12.3 for females.

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 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: 42.3 Years

Mean expected age of death: 72.3 Years

Median expected age of death: 75.1 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 96.2% 95.8% 96.7%
50 90.9% 89.9% 91.9%
60 81.8% 79.7% 83.8%
65 74.4% 71.7% 77.1%
70 64.2% 60.8% 67.3%
75 50.5% 46.8% 53.7%
80 34.1% 30.8% 37.1%
85 17.9% 15.6% 20.1%
90 6.5% 5.2% 7.7%
95 1.3% 0.9% 1.8%
100 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.

In the Gambia, total life expectancy is 79.2 years at age 65, 81 at 70, 83.3 at 75, and 86.1 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 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 the Gambia.

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

Probability of survival to age graph

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth: 73.6% of the newborn cohort in the Gambia are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 30.7% to 80+ years, 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.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 95.5% 95% 96%
7 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In the Gambia, the risk of dying is lowest at age 12 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 2.83% in the birth year, 0.34% at age 30, 1.52% at 60, and 9.96% at 80.

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in the Gambia

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

In the Gambia, most deaths occur at age 80 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 80 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 71.7 for men, 74.6 for women, and 73.3 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 380 416 342
2 360 390 329
3 339 363 315
4 317 336 297.6
5 291 305 276.1
6 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 229.7 239.2 220
8 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 171.9 180 163.6
10 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 132.8 142.2 123
13 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 144 157.1 130.5
15 159.5 176 142.5
16 179.9 201.2 158
17 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 225.1 260.1 189
19 244.3 287 200.3
20 259.2 309 208.3
21 269.6 324 213.9
22 276.3 332 218.6
23 280.8 336 224
24 284 336 230.6
25 287.2 335 238.4
26 290.8 333 246.9
27 295.1 334 255.4
28 300 336 263
29 305 340 269.5
30 311 346 274.6
31 315 351 278.6
32 320 357 282.1
33 324 361 285.5
34 328 365 290
35 334 370 296.4
36 342 377 306
37 353 387 319
38 368 400 335
39 386 417 354
40 406 436 375
41 424 455 394
42 441 472 409
43 455 488 421
44 467 503 430
45 479 519 438
46 495 539 449
47 517 568 466
48 548 605 491
49 588 652 524
50 634 705 564
51 682 759 607
52 728 810 649
53 768 854 687
54 802 889 720
55 834 922 751
56 867 956 784
57 909 1,000 825
58 964 1,057 878
59 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 1,122 957 1,282
92 904 747 1,061
93 708 562 858
94 538 407 674
95 396 285.5 513
96 282.1 193.9 376
97 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 128.9 81.1 180
99 83 49.8 117.7
100 0 0 0

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 the Gambia's 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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