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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.3 years in the Gambia vs 64.4 in Guinea-Bissau. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Guinea-Bissau is 172/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females. In Guinea-Bissau, it's 62 years for males and 66.7 years for females.

Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gambia
Male

Female
Guinea-Bissau
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 35.7 34.1 37.4
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 35.9 34.3 37.6
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 36.1 34.5 37.8
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 36.3 34.7 37.9
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 36.4 34.8 38.1
1955 32.4 31.8 33 36.6 35 38.3
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 36.8 35.2 38.5
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 37 35.4 38.6
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 37.1 35.5 38.8
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 37.3 35.7 39
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 37.6 36 39.3
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 37.8 36.2 39.5
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 38 36.4 39.8
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 35.6 32.2 39.7
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 35.8 32.2 40
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 35.9 32.2 40.3
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 36.1 32.2 40.6
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 36.3 32.4 40.9
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 36.7 32.8 41.2
1969 39 38.2 39.8 37 33 41.5
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 37.3 33.3 41.8
1971 40 39.2 40.9 37.5 33.5 42.1
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 37.8 33.7 42.4
1973 41.1 40.2 42 38.2 34.1 42.7
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 41.6 39.9 43.4
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 41.9 40.2 43.8
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 42.3 40.5 44.1
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 42.6 40.8 44.4
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 42.9 41.1 44.8
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 43.2 41.5 45.1
1980 45 44 45.9 43.6 41.8 45.5
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 43.9 42.1 45.8
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 44.3 42.5 46.2
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 44.6 42.8 46.5
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 44.9 43.1 46.8
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 45.3 43.4 47.2
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 45.5 43.7 47.5
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 45.8 44 47.8
1988 50.1 49 51.4 46.3 44.4 48.3
1989 50.7 49.5 52 46.6 44.7 48.6
1990 51.3 50 52.6 46.9 44.9 48.9
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 47.2 45.2 49.3
1992 52.5 51 54.1 47.5 45.5 49.6
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 47.8 45.8 50
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 47.8 45.7 49.9
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 48.5 46.4 50.7
1996 54.8 53 56.8 48.8 46.6 51
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 48 45.9 50.1
1998 56 54 58.2 48.1 44.7 51.7
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 48.5 45.5 51.6
2000 56.9 54.9 59 50.6 48.4 52.7
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 51.1 48.9 53.2
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 51.6 49.5 53.7
2003 58.2 56.5 60 52.2 50.1 54.3
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 52.8 50.7 54.8
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 52.9 50.9 54.9
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 54.1 52 56.1
2007 60 58.6 61.4 54.9 52.8 56.8
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 55.3 53.3 57.2
2009 60.7 59.4 62 56.3 54.3 58.2
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 57 55 58.9
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 57.7 55.6 59.6
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 58.3 56.2 60.2
2013 62.3 61 63.5 58.9 56.8 60.9
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 59.5 57.3 61.5
2015 63 61.7 64.3 60.1 57.9 62.1
2016 63.4 62 64.8 60.6 58.4 62.7
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 61.1 58.9 63.2
2018 64 62.5 65.5 61.7 59.4 63.8
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 62.2 59.9 64.3
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 61.3 58.9 63.7
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 61.7 59.3 63.9
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 63.6 61.2 65.9
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 64.1 61.7 66.4
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 64.3 61.8 66.5
2025 66.3 64.5 68 64.4 62 66.7

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 55.8 years in the Gambia and 51.5 in Guinea-Bissau. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 10.8 in Guinea-Bissau.

Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau 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 and Guinea-Bissau, 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 vs 41.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.3 vs 71.3 years

Median expected age of death:
75.1 vs 73.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Male Female Male Female
40 95.8% 96.7% 95.7% 97.0%
50 89.9% 91.9% 88.5% 92.0%
60 79.7% 83.8% 76.0% 83.2%
65 71.7% 77.1% 66.6% 75.9%
70 60.8% 67.3% 54.7% 65.6%
75 46.8% 53.7% 40.3% 51.7%
80 30.8% 37.1% 25.1% 35.2%
85 15.6% 20.1% 12.2% 19.1%
90 5.2% 7.7% 4.1% 7.5%
95 0.9% 1.8% 0.9% 1.9%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%

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 the Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau: 72.3 years vs 71.3 at 30, 79.2 vs 78.7 at 65, 86.1 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.3 vs 64.4 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 and Guinea-Bissau.

Gambia
Male

Female
Guinea-Bissau
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.3 64.5 68 64.4 62 66.7
1 68.2 66.7 69.7 67.6 65.4 69.7
2 68.4 66.9 69.9 68.2 66 70.2
3 68.7 67.2 70.1 68.6 66.4 70.6
4 68.9 67.4 70.4 68.8 66.6 70.8
5 69.1 67.7 70.6 69 66.8 71
6 69.3 67.9 70.8 69.1 66.9 71.1
7 69.5 68 70.9 69.2 67 71.2
8 69.6 68.2 71.1 69.3 67.1 71.3
9 69.8 68.3 71.2 69.4 67.2 71.4
10 69.9 68.4 71.3 69.5 67.3 71.4
11 70 68.5 71.4 69.5 67.3 71.5
12 70.1 68.6 71.5 69.6 67.4 71.6
13 70.1 68.7 71.6 69.6 67.5 71.6
14 70.2 68.8 71.6 69.7 67.5 71.7
15 70.3 68.9 71.7 69.8 67.6 71.7
16 70.4 69 71.8 69.8 67.7 71.8
17 70.5 69.1 71.9 69.9 67.8 71.9
18 70.6 69.2 72 70 67.9 71.9
19 70.8 69.4 72.1 70.1 68 72
20 70.9 69.5 72.2 70.2 68.1 72.1
21 71 69.7 72.3 70.3 68.2 72.2
22 71.2 69.9 72.4 70.4 68.3 72.3
23 71.3 70 72.6 70.5 68.5 72.4
24 71.5 70.2 72.7 70.6 68.6 72.5
25 71.6 70.4 72.8 70.7 68.7 72.5
26 71.8 70.5 72.9 70.9 68.8 72.6
27 71.9 70.7 73 71 69 72.7
28 72 70.9 73.2 71.1 69.1 72.8
29 72.2 71 73.3 71.2 69.2 72.9
30 72.3 71.2 73.4 71.3 69.4 73
31 72.5 71.3 73.6 71.5 69.5 73.2
32 72.6 71.5 73.7 71.6 69.7 73.3
33 72.8 71.7 73.8 71.7 69.8 73.4
34 72.9 71.8 73.9 71.8 70 73.5
35 73.1 72 74.1 72 70.1 73.6
36 73.2 72.1 74.2 72.1 70.3 73.7
37 73.3 72.3 74.3 72.3 70.4 73.8
38 73.5 72.4 74.5 72.4 70.6 74
39 73.6 72.6 74.6 72.6 70.8 74.1
40 73.8 72.8 74.7 72.7 70.9 74.2
41 73.9 72.9 74.9 72.9 71.1 74.4
42 74.1 73.1 75 73 71.3 74.5
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 73.2 71.5 74.6
44 74.4 73.4 75.3 73.4 71.7 74.8
45 74.6 73.6 75.5 73.6 71.9 74.9
46 74.8 73.8 75.6 73.7 72.1 75.1
47 74.9 74 75.8 73.9 72.3 75.3
48 75.1 74.2 75.9 74.1 72.5 75.4
49 75.3 74.4 76.1 74.3 72.8 75.6
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 74.5 73 75.8
51 75.7 74.8 76.4 74.8 73.2 76
52 75.9 75 76.6 75 73.5 76.1
53 76.1 75.2 76.8 75.2 73.8 76.3
54 76.3 75.5 77 75.5 74 76.5
55 76.5 75.7 77.2 75.7 74.3 76.8
56 76.7 76 77.4 76 74.6 77
57 77 76.2 77.6 76.2 74.9 77.2
58 77.2 76.5 77.8 76.5 75.2 77.4
59 77.4 76.7 78.1 76.8 75.5 77.7
60 77.7 77 78.3 77.1 75.9 77.9
61 78 77.3 78.5 77.4 76.2 78.2
62 78.2 77.6 78.8 77.7 76.6 78.5
63 78.5 77.9 79.1 78 77 78.8
64 78.9 78.3 79.3 78.4 77.3 79.1
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 78.7 77.7 79.4
66 79.5 79 80 79.1 78.2 79.7
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 79.5 78.6 80.1
68 80.2 79.8 80.6 79.9 79 80.5
69 80.6 80.2 81 80.3 79.5 80.8
70 81 80.6 81.4 80.7 80 81.2
71 81.4 81 81.8 81.2 80.5 81.7
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 81.6 81 82.1
73 82.3 82 82.7 82.1 81.5 82.6
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 82.6 82 83.1
75 83.3 83 83.6 83.2 82.6 83.6
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 83.7 83.2 84.1
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 84.3 83.8 84.6
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 84.9 84.4 85.2
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 86.1 85.7 86.4
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 86.8 86.4 87
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 87.4 87.1 87.7
83 88 87.8 88.2 88.1 87.8 88.3
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 88.8 88.5 89
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 89.5 89.2 89.7
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 90.3 90 90.4
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 91 90.8 91.2
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.8 91.6 91.9
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 92.6 92.4 92.7
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93.4 93.2 93.5
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 94.2 94 94.3
92 94.7 94.5 94.9 95 94.9 95.1
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.9 95.7 95.9
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.7 96.6 96.8
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.6 97.4 97.6
96 98.2 98 98.2 98.4 98.3 98.5
97 99 98.9 99.1 99.3 99.2 99.4
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.2 100.1 100.3
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 101.1 101 101.2
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102 101.9 102.1

Odds of living to age in Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.6% in the Gambia and 71% in Guinea-Bissau are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.8% and 54% will live to 70 years or older, 30.7% and 27.3% to 80+ years, and 5.83% and 5.25% 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.

Gambia
Male

Female
Guinea-Bissau
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.8% 97.5% 95.3% 94.8% 95.8%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 94.4% 93.9% 95%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
4 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 93.5% 92.9% 94.1%
5 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
6 95.5% 95% 96% 93.1% 92.5% 93.7%
7 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% 92.9% 92.3% 93.6%
8 95% 94.5% 95.5% 92.8% 92.2% 93.4%
9 94.8% 94.3% 95.3% 92.7% 92% 93.3%
10 94.6% 94.1% 95.2% 92.6% 91.9% 93.2%
11 94.5% 93.9% 95% 92.5% 91.8% 93.2%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 92.4% 91.7% 93.1%
13 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 92.3% 91.6% 93%
14 94.1% 93.5% 94.6% 92.2% 91.5% 92.9%
15 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 92.1% 91.4% 92.8%
16 93.8% 93.2% 94.4% 92% 91.2% 92.7%
17 93.6% 93% 94.2% 91.8% 91.1% 92.6%
18 93.4% 92.7% 94% 91.7% 90.9% 92.4%
19 93.1% 92.5% 93.8% 91.5% 90.7% 92.3%
20 92.9% 92.2% 93.6% 91.3% 90.5% 92.2%
21 92.6% 91.9% 93.4% 91.1% 90.3% 92%
22 92.4% 91.6% 93.2% 90.9% 90% 91.8%
23 92.1% 91.2% 93% 90.7% 89.8% 91.7%
24 91.8% 90.9% 92.8% 90.5% 89.5% 91.5%
25 91.5% 90.6% 92.5% 90.3% 89.3% 91.3%
26 91.2% 90.2% 92.3% 90.1% 89% 91.1%
27 91% 89.9% 92.1% 89.8% 88.7% 91%
28 90.7% 89.6% 91.8% 89.6% 88.4% 90.8%
29 90.4% 89.2% 91.5% 89.3% 88.1% 90.5%
30 90.1% 88.9% 91.3% 89.1% 87.8% 90.3%
31 89.7% 88.5% 91% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
32 89.4% 88.2% 90.7% 88.5% 87.2% 89.9%
33 89.1% 87.8% 90.4% 88.2% 86.9% 89.6%
34 88.8% 87.5% 90.1% 87.9% 86.5% 89.4%
35 88.5% 87.1% 89.9% 87.6% 86.1% 89.1%
36 88.1% 86.7% 89.6% 87.3% 85.8% 88.8%
37 87.8% 86.4% 89.3% 86.9% 85.4% 88.5%
38 87.4% 86% 88.9% 86.6% 84.9% 88.2%
39 87.1% 85.6% 88.6% 86.2% 84.5% 87.9%
40 86.7% 85.1% 88.2% 85.8% 84% 87.6%
41 86.3% 84.7% 87.9% 85.4% 83.5% 87.2%
42 85.8% 84.3% 87.5% 84.9% 83% 86.9%
43 85.4% 83.8% 87.1% 84.4% 82.5% 86.5%
44 85% 83.3% 86.6% 84% 81.9% 86.1%
45 84.5% 82.8% 86.2% 83.4% 81.3% 85.6%
46 84% 82.3% 85.8% 82.9% 80.7% 85.2%
47 83.5% 81.7% 85.3% 82.3% 80% 84.7%
48 83% 81.2% 84.9% 81.7% 79.3% 84.2%
49 82.4% 80.6% 84.4% 81.1% 78.5% 83.7%
50 81.9% 79.9% 83.9% 80.4% 77.7% 83.1%
51 81.2% 79.2% 83.3% 79.7% 76.9% 82.5%
52 80.5% 78.4% 82.7% 78.9% 76% 81.9%
53 79.8% 77.6% 82% 78.1% 75% 81.2%
54 79% 76.8% 81.3% 77.3% 74% 80.5%
55 78.2% 75.9% 80.6% 76.3% 73% 79.7%
56 77.4% 75% 79.9% 75.4% 71.8% 78.9%
57 76.5% 74% 79.1% 74.4% 70.7% 78.1%
58 75.6% 73% 78.3% 73.3% 69.5% 77.2%
59 74.7% 72% 77.4% 72.2% 68.2% 76.2%
60 73.6% 70.8% 76.4% 71% 66.8% 75.2%
61 72.5% 69.6% 75.4% 69.7% 65.3% 74%
62 71.3% 68.3% 74.3% 68.4% 63.8% 72.8%
63 70% 66.9% 73.1% 66.9% 62.1% 71.5%
64 68.6% 65.3% 71.8% 65.3% 60.4% 70.1%
65 67% 63.7% 70.3% 63.7% 58.5% 68.5%
66 65.4% 62% 68.8% 62% 56.6% 66.9%
67 63.7% 60.1% 67.1% 60.1% 54.6% 65.2%
68 61.8% 58.2% 65.4% 58.2% 52.5% 63.3%
69 59.9% 56.2% 63.5% 56.1% 50.3% 61.4%
70 57.8% 54% 61.4% 54% 48% 59.3%
71 55.6% 51.8% 59.2% 51.7% 45.6% 57%
72 53.2% 49.4% 56.9% 49.3% 43.2% 54.6%
73 50.8% 46.9% 54.4% 46.8% 40.7% 52.1%
74 48.1% 44.3% 51.8% 44.2% 38% 49.4%
75 45.4% 41.6% 49% 41.5% 35.4% 46.7%
76 42.6% 38.9% 46.2% 38.7% 32.7% 43.8%
77 39.7% 36% 43.2% 35.8% 30% 40.9%
78 36.8% 33.2% 40.2% 33% 27.3% 37.9%
79 33.7% 30.2% 37.1% 30.1% 24.7% 34.8%
80 30.7% 27.3% 33.9% 27.3% 22.1% 31.8%
81 27.6% 24.5% 30.7% 24.4% 19.5% 28.7%
82 24.6% 21.6% 27.5% 21.7% 17.1% 25.8%
83 21.7% 18.9% 24.3% 19.1% 14.8% 22.8%
84 18.8% 16.3% 21.3% 16.6% 12.7% 20%
85 16.1% 13.9% 18.3% 14.2% 10.7% 17.3%
86 13.6% 11.6% 15.6% 12% 8.89% 14.7%
87 11.3% 9.56% 13.1% 9.97% 7.28% 12.4%
88 9.26% 7.7% 10.8% 8.18% 5.87% 10.3%
89 7.43% 6.07% 8.79% 6.61% 4.65% 8.4%
90 5.83% 4.66% 7.03% 5.25% 3.63% 6.76%
91 4.48% 3.48% 5.51% 4.09% 2.77% 5.32%
92 3.36% 2.52% 4.23% 3.15% 2.08% 4.14%
93 2.45% 1.77% 3.16% 2.36% 1.53% 3.15%
94 1.74% 1.21% 2.31% 1.74% 1.1% 2.34%
95 1.21% 0.8% 1.63% 1.25% 0.78% 1.71%
96 0.81% 0.52% 1.12% 0.88% 0.53% 1.21%
97 0.53% 0.32% 0.74% 0.61% 0.36% 0.84%
98 0.33% 0.2% 0.48% 0.41% 0.24% 0.57%
99 0.2% 0.11% 0.3% 0.27% 0.15% 0.38%
100 0.12% 0.06% 0.18% 0.17% 0.09% 0.25%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.83% in the birth year in the Gambia and 4.74% in Guinea-Bissau, 0.34% vs 0.3% at age 30, 1.52% vs 1.83% at 60, and 9.96% vs 10.4% at 80.

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

Gambia
Male

Female
Guinea-Bissau
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.83% 3.19% 2.47% 4.74% 5.23% 4.23%
1 0.39% 0.43% 0.35% 0.9% 0.95% 0.85%
2 0.37% 0.4% 0.34% 0.55% 0.58% 0.52%
3 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.38% 0.4% 0.35%
4 0.33% 0.35% 0.31% 0.27% 0.29% 0.25%
5 0.3% 0.32% 0.29% 0.2% 0.22% 0.19%
6 0.27% 0.29% 0.26% 0.17% 0.18% 0.15%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
8 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.13% 0.14% 0.11%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.11% 0.11% 0.1%
13 0.14% 0.16% 0.13% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
14 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
15 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
16 0.19% 0.22% 0.17% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
17 0.22% 0.25% 0.18% 0.16% 0.19% 0.14%
18 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
19 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.19% 0.23% 0.16%
20 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.21% 0.25% 0.16%
21 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
22 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
23 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.24% 0.29% 0.19%
24 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.25% 0.3% 0.2%
25 0.31% 0.37% 0.26% 0.25% 0.31% 0.2%
26 0.32% 0.37% 0.27% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
27 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
28 0.33% 0.38% 0.29% 0.28% 0.33% 0.23%
29 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
30 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.3% 0.36% 0.25%
31 0.35% 0.4% 0.31% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
32 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.33% 0.39% 0.27%
33 0.36% 0.41% 0.32% 0.34% 0.41% 0.28%
34 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.36% 0.42% 0.3%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.33% 0.38% 0.45% 0.31%
36 0.39% 0.43% 0.34% 0.4% 0.47% 0.33%
37 0.4% 0.45% 0.36% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
38 0.42% 0.47% 0.38% 0.44% 0.53% 0.36%
39 0.44% 0.49% 0.4% 0.47% 0.55% 0.38%
40 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
41 0.49% 0.54% 0.45% 0.52% 0.61% 0.42%
42 0.51% 0.56% 0.47% 0.55% 0.66% 0.45%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.58% 0.69% 0.47%
44 0.55% 0.6% 0.5% 0.61% 0.73% 0.49%
45 0.57% 0.63% 0.51% 0.65% 0.78% 0.52%
46 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.69% 0.83% 0.55%
47 0.62% 0.69% 0.55% 0.73% 0.88% 0.58%
48 0.66% 0.75% 0.58% 0.78% 0.95% 0.63%
49 0.71% 0.81% 0.62% 0.83% 1.02% 0.67%
50 0.77% 0.88% 0.67% 0.91% 1.1% 0.73%
51 0.84% 0.96% 0.73% 0.95% 1.16% 0.76%
52 0.9% 1.03% 0.78% 1.03% 1.26% 0.83%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.84% 1.1% 1.34% 0.88%
54 1.01% 1.16% 0.88% 1.17% 1.43% 0.95%
55 1.07% 1.21% 0.93% 1.25% 1.52% 1.01%
56 1.12% 1.28% 0.98% 1.33% 1.63% 1.09%
57 1.19% 1.35% 1.04% 1.42% 1.73% 1.16%
58 1.27% 1.45% 1.12% 1.54% 1.88% 1.27%
59 1.38% 1.57% 1.22% 1.66% 2.02% 1.37%
60 1.52% 1.72% 1.34% 1.83% 2.22% 1.53%
61 1.67% 1.9% 1.48% 1.94% 2.36% 1.63%
62 1.85% 2.09% 1.64% 2.14% 2.59% 1.81%
63 2.03% 2.29% 1.81% 2.32% 2.8% 1.98%
64 2.22% 2.5% 1.99% 2.52% 3.04% 2.17%
65 2.43% 2.72% 2.19% 2.74% 3.29% 2.38%
66 2.65% 2.95% 2.41% 2.95% 3.54% 2.58%
67 2.89% 3.2% 2.64% 3.21% 3.84% 2.83%
68 3.17% 3.49% 2.92% 3.52% 4.17% 3.12%
69 3.48% 3.81% 3.22% 3.83% 4.52% 3.41%
70 3.84% 4.18% 3.57% 4.28% 4.99% 3.85%
71 4.23% 4.59% 3.95% 4.59% 5.34% 4.14%
72 4.66% 5.04% 4.36% 5.12% 5.9% 4.65%
73 5.13% 5.53% 4.81% 5.59% 6.41% 5.09%
74 5.63% 6.06% 5.3% 6.13% 6.99% 5.6%
75 6.19% 6.65% 5.82% 6.72% 7.61% 6.16%
76 6.8% 7.29% 6.4% 7.31% 8.25% 6.72%
77 7.47% 7.99% 7.05% 7.94% 8.92% 7.3%
78 8.22% 8.77% 7.77% 8.73% 9.74% 8.06%
79 9.05% 9.62% 8.58% 9.44% 10.5% 8.73%
80 9.96% 10.6% 9.47% 10.4% 11.5% 9.64%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 11.1% 12.3% 10.3%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 12.2% 13.4% 11.4%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 13.2% 14.5% 12.4%
84 14.3% 14.9% 13.7% 14.4% 15.7% 13.6%
85 15.5% 16.3% 14.9% 15.5% 16.9% 14.7%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 16.7% 18.1% 15.9%
87 18.3% 19.4% 17.4% 17.9% 19.4% 17%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 19.2% 20.7% 18.3%
89 21.5% 23.2% 20.1% 20.5% 22% 19.6%
90 23.2% 25.4% 21.6% 22.1% 23.6% 21.2%
91 25.1% 27.5% 23.3% 23.2% 24.8% 22.3%
92 26.9% 29.7% 25.1% 24.8% 26.5% 24%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 26.4% 28% 25.5%
94 30.9% 33.7% 29.2% 28% 29.6% 27.1%
95 32.9% 35.6% 31.4% 29.7% 31.3% 28.9%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 31.3% 32.8% 30.5%
97 36.8% 39.5% 35.7% 32.8% 34.3% 32.1%
98 38.7% 41.5% 37.7% 34.3% 35.7% 33.5%
99 40.6% 43.5% 39.5% 36.1% 37.5% 35.4%
100 42.6% 45.5% 41.7% 37.6% 38.9% 36.9%

Death rate by age in the Gambia compared to Guinea-Bissau

In the Gambia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Guinea-Bissau. The median age of death is 73.3 in the Gambia and 71.7 in Guinea-Bissau — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gambia
Male

Female
Guinea-Bissau
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gambia Guinea-Bissau
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,834 3,192 2,466 4,736 5,229 4,234
1 380 416 342 859 901 814
2 360 390 329 520 549 489
3 339 363 315 355 376 333
4 317 336 297.6 250.9 265.4 235.9
5 291 305 276.1 190 201.4 178.1
6 261.5 272.9 249.8 156.3 167 145.2
7 229.7 239.2 220 132.7 142.9 122
8 198.9 207.4 190.2 116 125.7 106
9 171.9 180 163.6 105.2 114.4 95.6
10 151.3 159.5 142.9 99 107.5 90.1
11 138.3 146.9 129.4 96.1 104 88
12 132.8 142.2 123 97.3 105.4 88.9
13 134.9 145.8 123.7 101.8 110.7 92.5
14 144 157.1 130.5 109.8 120.5 98.8
15 159.5 176 142.5 120.7 133.5 107.4
16 179.9 201.2 158 135.3 152.1 117.9
17 202.7 230.3 174.2 149.7 172.1 126.6
18 225.1 260.1 189 165 193.1 136.1
19 244.3 287 200.3 178.2 211.3 144
20 259.2 309 208.3 190.3 227.9 151.5
21 269.6 324 213.9 200.8 241.9 158.4
22 276.3 332 218.6 209.9 253.2 165.3
23 280.8 336 224 217.3 261.3 172
24 284 336 230.6 223.9 267.7 178.9
25 287.2 335 238.4 229.8 272.8 185.5
26 290.8 333 246.9 235.8 278.2 192.3
27 295.1 334 255.4 242.4 284.3 199.3
28 300 336 263 250.3 292.1 207.3
29 305 340 269.5 257.8 301 214
30 311 346 274.6 269.2 313 224.4
31 315 351 278.6 276.2 321 230
32 320 357 282.1 290.6 338 242.4
33 324 361 285.5 303 352 252.9
34 328 365 290 317 367 264.6
35 334 370 296.4 333 387 277.5
36 342 377 306 348 405 291
37 353 387 319 364 424 304
38 368 400 335 385 447 322
39 386 417 354 403 467 336
40 406 436 375 428 496 357
41 424 455 394 442 514 368
42 441 472 409 471 547 392
43 455 488 421 490 571 407
44 467 503 430 514 601 425
45 479 519 438 544 638 448
46 495 539 449 568 668 469
47 517 568 466 599 707 493
48 548 605 491 638 753 527
49 588 652 524 676 799 559
50 634 705 564 728 857 606
51 682 759 607 759 894 631
52 728 810 649 816 956 683
53 768 854 687 857 1,004 719
54 802 889 720 906 1,058 764
55 834 922 751 952 1,109 806
56 867 956 784 1,005 1,168 857
57 909 1,000 825 1,057 1,226 906
58 964 1,057 878 1,128 1,302 977
59 1,034 1,131 944 1,196 1,377 1,044
60 1,118 1,221 1,025 1,297 1,480 1,150
61 1,213 1,321 1,117 1,353 1,543 1,206
62 1,316 1,427 1,217 1,461 1,652 1,321
63 1,420 1,532 1,322 1,550 1,741 1,415
64 1,523 1,633 1,430 1,644 1,832 1,518
65 1,627 1,731 1,540 1,746 1,928 1,632
66 1,732 1,827 1,654 1,828 2,001 1,725
67 1,842 1,926 1,776 1,933 2,094 1,843
68 1,960 2,030 1,906 2,050 2,191 1,978
69 2,086 2,141 2,045 2,151 2,274 2,094
70 2,217 2,257 2,191 2,312 2,395 2,285
71 2,350 2,375 2,338 2,374 2,439 2,358
72 2,480 2,488 2,482 2,526 2,551 2,538
73 2,602 2,594 2,618 2,616 2,607 2,649
74 2,712 2,687 2,743 2,707 2,658 2,768
75 2,812 2,768 2,856 2,786 2,692 2,875
76 2,898 2,833 2,957 2,828 2,696 2,941
77 2,969 2,880 3,047 2,846 2,676 2,984
78 3,023 2,908 3,122 2,880 2,661 3,053
79 3,054 2,911 3,179 2,843 2,591 3,039
80 3,055 2,884 3,208 2,829 2,532 3,064
81 3,022 2,823 3,202 2,705 2,394 2,950
82 2,949 2,726 3,154 2,655 2,302 2,939
83 2,836 2,595 3,058 2,528 2,153 2,834
84 2,685 2,436 2,916 2,390 1,998 2,716
85 2,503 2,256 2,733 2,201 1,804 2,538
86 2,296 2,060 2,516 2,005 1,612 2,341
87 2,072 1,853 2,275 1,786 1,410 2,113
88 1,836 1,636 2,022 1,572 1,216 1,886
89 1,595 1,411 1,767 1,352 1,024 1,643
90 1,355 1,182 1,518 1,160 855 1,434
91 1,122 957 1,282 948 687 1,184
92 904 747 1,061 781 551 991
93 708 562 858 623 429 802
94 538 407 674 487 327 636
95 396 285.5 513 373 243.2 494
96 282.1 193.9 376 275.8 175.3 371
97 193.8 127.5 265.3 198.6 123 270.6
98 128.9 81.1 180 139.3 84.1 192.3
99 83 49.8 117.7 96.5 56.7 135
100 0 0 0 10 0 23.8

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 the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 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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