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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Japan (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in the Gambia vs 85.1 in Japan. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Japan is 3/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Japan, it's 82.1 years for males and 88.2 years for females.

Gambia vs Japan life expectancy at birth by year

Gambia
Male

Female
Japan
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Japan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 66.5 64.7 68.2 85.1 82.1 88.2
2025 66.3 64.5 68 85 82 88
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 84.9 81.8 87.9
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 84.7 81.7 87.7
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 84.1 81.1 87.1
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 84.6 81.5 87.6
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 84.7 81.6 87.7
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 84.4 81.4 87.4
2018 64 62.5 65.5 84.3 81.2 87.3
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 84.2 81.1 87.3
2016 63.4 62 64.8 84.1 80.9 87.1
2015 63 61.7 64.3 83.9 80.7 87
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 83.6 80.4 86.8
2013 62.3 61 63.5 83.4 80.2 86.5
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 83.2 79.9 86.4
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 82.7 79.4 85.8
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 82.9 79.5 86.2
2009 60.7 59.4 62 83 79.5 86.3
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 82.6 79.2 85.9
2007 60 58.6 61.4 82.5 79.1 85.9
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 82.4 78.9 85.7
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 82 78.5 85.4
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 82.1 78.6 85.5
2003 58.2 56.5 60 81.9 78.3 85.2
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 81.8 78.3 85.1
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 81.5 78 84.8
2000 56.9 54.9 59 81.2 77.7 84.5
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 80.6 77.2 83.9
1998 56 54 58.2 80.6 77.2 83.9
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 80.6 77.2 83.7
1996 54.8 53 56.8 80.4 77 83.5
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 79.7 76.4 82.8
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 79.8 76.6 82.9
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 79.4 76.3 82.4
1992 52.5 51 54.1 79.3 76.1 82.3
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 79.3 76.2 82.2
1990 51.3 50 52.6 79 75.9 81.9
1989 50.7 49.5 52 79 76 81.8
1988 50.1 49 51.4 78.5 75.6 81.3
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 78.6 75.6 81.4
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 78.2 75.3 81
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 77.8 74.9 80.5
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 77.5 74.6 80.3
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 77.1 74.2 79.8
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 77.1 74.3 79.7
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 76.6 73.8 79.2
1980 45 44 45.9 76.1 73.4 78.8
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 76.2 73.4 78.8
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 75.7 73 78.2
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 75.3 72.7 77.9
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 74.8 72.1 77.3
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 74.4 71.7 76.9
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 73.8 71.3 76.4
1973 41.1 40.2 42 73.4 70.8 76
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 73.3 70.5 75.9
1971 40 39.2 40.9 72.8 70.1 75.5
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 72 69.3 74.7
1969 39 38.2 39.8 71.9 69.2 74.6
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 71.7 69 74.3
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 71.4 68.8 74
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 71.1 68.4 73.6
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 70.3 67.7 72.8
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 70.2 67.6 72.8
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 69.7 67.2 72.3
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 68.7 66.2 71.1
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 68.4 65.9 70.8
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 67.7 65.3 70.1
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 67.5 65.1 69.8
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 67 64.8 69.3
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 65.4 63.3 67.6
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 65.6 63.4 67.7
1955 32.4 31.8 33 65.7 63.6 67.8
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 64.5 62.5 66.6
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 63.3 61.5 65.1
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 63 61.3 64.7
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 61 59.3 62.6
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 59.3 57.6 60.9

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 73.4 in Japan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 20.4 in Japan.

Gambia vs Japan life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in the Gambia and Japan, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.4 vs 55.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.4 vs 85.6 years

Median expected age of death:
75.2 vs 88.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Japan
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 96.8% 99.4% 99.7%
50 90.0% 92.0% 98.0% 98.9%
60 79.9% 83.9% 94.5% 97.1%
65 71.9% 77.3% 91.1% 95.6%
70 61.0% 67.5% 85.9% 93.3%
75 47.0% 54.0% 78.3% 89.9%
80 30.9% 37.3% 67.3% 84.0%
85 15.7% 20.2% 50.8% 73.1%
90 5.3% 7.8% 29.7% 54.2%
95 0.9% 1.8% 11.3% 29.0%
100 0.1% 0.2% 2.2% 8.6%

Life expectancy by current age

Gambia
Male

Female
Japan
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Japan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.4 102.1 102.5
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 101.6 101.3 101.7
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.8 100.4 100.9
97 99 98.9 99.1 100.1 99.6 100.2
96 98.2 98 98.2 99.3 98.8 99.5
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 98.6 98.1 98.8
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97.9 97.3 98.2
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 97.3 96.6 97.5
92 94.8 94.5 94.9 96.6 95.9 97
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 96 95.2 96.4
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 95.4 94.5 95.9
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 94.9 93.9 95.4
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 94.3 93.3 94.9
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 93.8 92.7 94.5
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 93.4 92.1 94.1
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 92.9 91.6 93.8
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 92.5 91.1 93.4
83 88 87.8 88.2 92.1 90.7 93.1
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 91.7 90.2 92.8
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 91.4 89.8 92.6
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 91.1 89.4 92.3
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 90.8 89.1 92.1
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 90.5 88.7 91.9
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 90.2 88.4 91.7
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 90 88.1 91.5
75 83.3 83 83.6 89.7 87.8 91.4
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 89.5 87.5 91.2
73 82.4 82 82.7 89.3 87.2 91.1
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 89.1 86.9 90.9
71 81.5 81.1 81.8 88.9 86.7 90.8
70 81 80.6 81.4 88.7 86.4 90.7
69 80.6 80.2 81 88.5 86.2 90.6
68 80.3 79.8 80.7 88.3 86 90.5
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 88.1 85.7 90.3
66 79.5 79 80 88 85.5 90.2
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 87.8 85.3 90.1
64 78.9 78.3 79.4 87.7 85.2 90.1
63 78.6 78 79.1 87.5 85 90
62 78.3 77.6 78.8 87.4 84.8 89.9
61 78 77.3 78.6 87.3 84.7 89.8
60 77.7 77 78.3 87.2 84.5 89.7
59 77.5 76.8 78.1 87.1 84.4 89.7
58 77.2 76.5 77.9 87 84.3 89.6
57 77 76.3 77.7 86.9 84.2 89.5
56 76.8 76 77.5 86.8 84 89.4
55 76.6 75.8 77.3 86.7 83.9 89.4
54 76.3 75.5 77.1 86.6 83.8 89.3
53 76.1 75.3 76.9 86.5 83.7 89.3
52 75.9 75 76.7 86.4 83.7 89.2
51 75.7 74.8 76.5 86.4 83.6 89.2
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 86.3 83.5 89.1
49 75.3 74.4 76.2 86.3 83.4 89.1
48 75.1 74.2 76 86.2 83.4 89
47 75 74 75.8 86.1 83.3 89
46 74.8 73.8 75.7 86.1 83.3 88.9
45 74.6 73.7 75.5 86.1 83.2 88.9
44 74.5 73.5 75.4 86 83.2 88.9
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 86 83.1 88.8
42 74.2 73.2 75.1 85.9 83.1 88.8
41 74 73 74.9 85.9 83 88.8
40 73.8 72.8 74.8 85.9 83 88.8
39 73.7 72.7 74.7 85.8 83 88.7
38 73.5 72.5 74.5 85.8 82.9 88.7
37 73.4 72.3 74.4 85.8 82.9 88.7
36 73.3 72.2 74.3 85.8 82.9 88.7
35 73.1 72 74.1 85.7 82.8 88.7
34 73 71.9 74 85.7 82.8 88.6
33 72.8 71.7 73.9 85.7 82.8 88.6
32 72.7 71.6 73.8 85.7 82.7 88.6
31 72.6 71.4 73.6 85.7 82.7 88.6
30 72.4 71.3 73.5 85.6 82.7 88.6
29 72.3 71.1 73.4 85.6 82.7 88.6
28 72.1 70.9 73.3 85.6 82.6 88.5
27 72 70.8 73.1 85.6 82.6 88.5
26 71.9 70.6 73 85.6 82.6 88.5
25 71.7 70.5 72.9 85.5 82.6 88.5
24 71.6 70.3 72.8 85.5 82.5 88.5
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 85.5 82.5 88.5
22 71.3 70 72.5 85.5 82.5 88.5
21 71.1 69.8 72.4 85.5 82.5 88.5
20 71 69.6 72.3 85.4 82.4 88.4
19 70.9 69.5 72.2 85.4 82.4 88.4
18 70.7 69.3 72.1 85.4 82.4 88.4
17 70.6 69.2 72 85.4 82.4 88.4
16 70.5 69.1 71.9 85.4 82.4 88.4
15 70.4 69 71.8 85.4 82.4 88.4
14 70.4 68.9 71.8 85.4 82.4 88.4
13 70.3 68.8 71.7 85.4 82.4 88.4
12 70.2 68.7 71.6 85.4 82.4 88.4
11 70.1 68.7 71.5 85.4 82.3 88.4
10 70 68.6 71.4 85.4 82.3 88.4
9 69.9 68.4 71.3 85.4 82.3 88.4
8 69.8 68.3 71.2 85.3 82.3 88.4
7 69.6 68.2 71.1 85.3 82.3 88.4
6 69.5 68 70.9 85.3 82.3 88.4
5 69.3 67.8 70.7 85.3 82.3 88.4
4 69.1 67.6 70.5 85.3 82.3 88.4
3 68.8 67.3 70.3 85.3 82.3 88.4
2 68.6 67.1 70.1 85.3 82.3 88.3
1 68.3 66.8 69.9 85.3 82.3 88.3
0 66.5 64.7 68.2 85.1 82.1 88.2

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in the Gambia can expect to live to 72.4 years compared to 85.6 in Japan, rising to 79.2 and 87.8 at 65, and to 86.1 and 91.1 at 80 — higher than the 66.5 and 85.1 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in the Gambia and Japan.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Gambia
Male

Female
Japan
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Gambia Japan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.12% 0.07% 0.18% 5.47% 2.18% 8.52%
99 0.21% 0.12% 0.3% 7.55% 3.22% 11.6%
98 0.34% 0.2% 0.48% 10.1% 4.61% 15.2%
97 0.53% 0.33% 0.75% 13% 6.38% 19.3%
96 0.82% 0.52% 1.13% 16.4% 8.56% 23.9%
95 1.22% 0.81% 1.65% 20.2% 11.2% 28.8%
94 1.77% 1.23% 2.33% 24.2% 14.2% 33.9%
93 2.48% 1.79% 3.2% 28.4% 17.6% 39.1%
92 3.4% 2.55% 4.27% 32.8% 21.3% 44.2%
91 4.53% 3.52% 5.57% 37.3% 25.3% 49.2%
90 5.9% 4.71% 7.1% 41.7% 29.4% 53.9%
89 7.51% 6.13% 8.88% 46.1% 33.7% 58.4%
88 9.36% 7.78% 10.9% 50.2% 38% 62.5%
87 11.5% 9.65% 13.2% 54.2% 42.3% 66.2%
86 13.8% 11.7% 15.8% 58% 46.4% 69.6%
85 16.3% 14% 18.5% 61.5% 50.4% 72.7%
84 19% 16.4% 21.4% 64.7% 54.1% 75.4%
83 21.8% 19.1% 24.5% 67.6% 57.6% 77.8%
82 24.8% 21.8% 27.7% 70.3% 60.9% 80%
81 27.8% 24.6% 30.9% 72.8% 63.9% 81.9%
80 30.9% 27.5% 34.1% 75% 66.7% 83.5%
79 34% 30.5% 37.3% 77% 69.3% 85%
78 37% 33.4% 40.5% 78.8% 71.6% 86.3%
77 40% 36.3% 43.5% 80.5% 73.8% 87.4%
76 42.9% 39.1% 46.5% 82% 75.8% 88.5%
75 45.7% 41.9% 49.4% 83.4% 77.6% 89.4%
74 48.4% 44.6% 52.1% 84.7% 79.4% 90.2%
73 51.1% 47.2% 54.7% 85.9% 81% 91%
72 53.5% 49.7% 57.2% 87% 82.5% 91.6%
71 55.9% 52.1% 59.6% 88% 83.9% 92.3%
70 58.1% 54.3% 61.8% 88.9% 85.2% 92.8%
69 60.2% 56.5% 63.8% 89.8% 86.4% 93.4%
68 62.2% 58.5% 65.7% 90.6% 87.5% 93.9%
67 64% 60.4% 67.5% 91.4% 88.5% 94.3%
66 65.7% 62.3% 69.1% 92% 89.5% 94.7%
65 67.4% 64% 70.7% 92.7% 90.4% 95.1%
64 68.9% 65.6% 72.1% 93.2% 91.2% 95.4%
63 70.3% 67.2% 73.4% 93.8% 91.9% 95.7%
62 71.6% 68.6% 74.7% 94.2% 92.5% 96%
61 72.8% 69.9% 75.8% 94.7% 93.1% 96.3%
60 74% 71.1% 76.8% 95.1% 93.7% 96.6%
59 75% 72.3% 77.7% 95.5% 94.2% 96.8%
58 76% 73.3% 78.6% 95.8% 94.7% 97%
57 76.9% 74.3% 79.4% 96.1% 95.1% 97.2%
56 77.7% 75.3% 80.2% 96.4% 95.5% 97.4%
55 78.6% 76.2% 81% 96.7% 95.8% 97.6%
54 79.4% 77.1% 81.7% 96.9% 96.2% 97.8%
53 80.1% 77.9% 82.4% 97.2% 96.5% 97.9%
52 80.8% 78.7% 83% 97.4% 96.7% 98.1%
51 81.5% 79.5% 83.6% 97.6% 97% 98.2%
50 82.2% 80.2% 84.2% 97.8% 97.2% 98.3%
49 82.7% 80.8% 84.7% 97.9% 97.4% 98.5%
48 83.3% 81.4% 85.2% 98.1% 97.6% 98.6%
47 83.8% 82% 85.6% 98.2% 97.7% 98.7%
46 84.3% 82.5% 86.1% 98.3% 97.9% 98.8%
45 84.8% 83.1% 86.5% 98.4% 98% 98.8%
44 85.2% 83.5% 86.9% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
43 85.7% 84% 87.4% 98.6% 98.3% 99%
42 86.1% 84.5% 87.8% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
41 86.5% 85% 88.1% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
40 86.9% 85.4% 88.5% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
39 87.3% 85.8% 88.9% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
38 87.7% 86.2% 89.2% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
37 88% 86.6% 89.5% 99% 98.8% 99.3%
36 88.4% 86.9% 89.8% 99.1% 98.8% 99.3%
35 88.7% 87.3% 90.1% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
34 89% 87.7% 90.4% 99.2% 98.9% 99.4%
33 89.3% 88% 90.7% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
32 89.6% 88.4% 90.9% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
31 90% 88.7% 91.2% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
30 90.3% 89.1% 91.5% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
29 90.6% 89.4% 91.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5%
28 90.9% 89.7% 92% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
27 91.1% 90.1% 92.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%
26 91.4% 90.4% 92.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%
25 91.7% 90.7% 92.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
24 92% 91% 93% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
23 92.3% 91.4% 93.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
22 92.5% 91.7% 93.4% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
21 92.8% 92% 93.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
20 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
19 93.3% 92.6% 94% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
18 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
17 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
16 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
15 94% 93.5% 94.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
14 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
13 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
12 94.4% 93.9% 95% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
11 94.6% 94% 95.1% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
10 94.7% 94.2% 95.3% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
9 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
8 95.1% 94.6% 95.6% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
7 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
6 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.9%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 74% of newborns in the Gambia and 95.1% in Japan are expected to live past 60, 58.1% and 88.9% past 70, 30.9% and 75% past 80, and only 5.9% and 41.7% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Gambia
Male

Female
Japan
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Japan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 42.5% 45.4% 41.7% 29.6% 34.5% 28.6%
99 40.5% 43.5% 39.5% 27.5% 32.3% 26.4%
98 38.7% 41.4% 37.7% 25.1% 30% 23.8%
97 36.8% 39.4% 35.7% 22.8% 27.7% 21.4%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 20.6% 25.5% 19.1%
95 32.9% 35.5% 31.4% 18.6% 23.3% 17%
94 30.8% 33.6% 29.2% 16.7% 21.2% 15%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 14.9% 19.3% 13.2%
92 26.9% 29.6% 25.1% 13.4% 17.5% 11.6%
91 25% 27.5% 23.3% 12% 15.8% 10.2%
90 23.2% 25.3% 21.6% 10.6% 14.2% 8.82%
89 21.4% 23.2% 20.1% 9.4% 12.7% 7.62%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 8.33% 11.3% 6.57%
87 18.2% 19.4% 17.4% 7.36% 10.1% 5.66%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 6.46% 8.9% 4.87%
85 15.5% 16.2% 14.9% 5.67% 7.85% 4.2%
84 14.2% 14.9% 13.7% 4.98% 6.92% 3.62%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 4.36% 6.09% 3.1%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 3.82% 5.37% 2.66%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 3.37% 4.73% 2.31%
80 9.93% 10.5% 9.45% 2.97% 4.17% 2%
79 9.03% 9.6% 8.56% 2.61% 3.69% 1.74%
78 8.2% 8.75% 7.75% 2.3% 3.27% 1.5%
77 7.45% 7.97% 7.03% 2.05% 2.93% 1.31%
76 6.77% 7.27% 6.38% 1.85% 2.65% 1.16%
75 6.17% 6.63% 5.81% 1.68% 2.4% 1.03%
74 5.61% 6.05% 5.28% 1.52% 2.18% 0.92%
73 5.11% 5.51% 4.8% 1.38% 1.99% 0.82%
72 4.64% 5.02% 4.35% 1.26% 1.82% 0.74%
71 4.21% 4.57% 3.93% 1.16% 1.67% 0.68%
70 3.82% 4.16% 3.55% 1.06% 1.53% 0.62%
69 3.47% 3.8% 3.21% 0.97% 1.39% 0.57%
68 3.16% 3.47% 2.9% 0.89% 1.28% 0.51%
67 2.88% 3.19% 2.63% 0.82% 1.17% 0.47%
66 2.64% 2.94% 2.39% 0.74% 1.06% 0.43%
65 2.42% 2.71% 2.18% 0.67% 0.95% 0.39%
64 2.21% 2.49% 1.98% 0.62% 0.87% 0.36%
63 2.02% 2.28% 1.8% 0.56% 0.79% 0.33%
62 1.84% 2.08% 1.63% 0.51% 0.72% 0.31%
61 1.66% 1.89% 1.47% 0.47% 0.65% 0.29%
60 1.51% 1.72% 1.33% 0.43% 0.59% 0.26%
59 1.38% 1.56% 1.21% 0.39% 0.54% 0.25%
58 1.27% 1.44% 1.11% 0.36% 0.49% 0.23%
57 1.18% 1.34% 1.04% 0.33% 0.44% 0.21%
56 1.11% 1.27% 0.97% 0.3% 0.41% 0.2%
55 1.06% 1.21% 0.92% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
54 1.01% 1.15% 0.88% 0.26% 0.34% 0.18%
53 0.95% 1.09% 0.83% 0.24% 0.31% 0.17%
52 0.9% 1.02% 0.78% 0.22% 0.28% 0.15%
51 0.83% 0.95% 0.72% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
50 0.77% 0.87% 0.67% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
49 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.16% 0.21% 0.12%
48 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
47 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
46 0.58% 0.65% 0.52% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
45 0.56% 0.62% 0.5% 0.11% 0.14% 0.08%
44 0.54% 0.6% 0.49% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
42 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
41 0.48% 0.53% 0.44% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
40 0.46% 0.51% 0.42% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
39 0.44% 0.48% 0.39% 0.06% 0.08% 0.05%
38 0.41% 0.46% 0.37% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
37 0.4% 0.44% 0.35% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
36 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
35 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
34 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
33 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
32 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
31 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
30 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
29 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
28 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
27 0.32% 0.36% 0.27% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
26 0.31% 0.36% 0.26% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
25 0.31% 0.36% 0.25% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
24 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
23 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
22 0.29% 0.36% 0.23% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
21 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
20 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
19 0.26% 0.3% 0.21% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.2% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
17 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
16 0.19% 0.21% 0.16% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
14 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.01% 0.01% 0.007%
13 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.008% 0.009% 0.006%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
11 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.005% 0.006% 0.004%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.006% 0.007% 0.004%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.006% 0.007% 0.005%
6 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.007% 0.007% 0.006%
5 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
4 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
3 0.34% 0.37% 0.32% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
2 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
1 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
0 2.78% 3.14% 2.41% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/gambia/japan | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in the Gambia compared to Japan, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.78% in the birth year in the Gambia and 0.16% in Japan, 0.34% vs 0.04% at age 30, 1.51% vs 0.43% at 60, and 9.93% vs 2.97% at 80.

Death rate by age in Gambia vs Japan

Gambia
Male

Female
Japan
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Gambia Japan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 1,678 617 2,666
99 83.8 50.6 119.4 2,073 1,042 3,052
98 130.6 82.4 182.4 2,523 1,382 3,623
97 196.8 129.4 268.7 2,968 1,769 4,141
96 286.1 196.6 381 3,384 2,184 4,575
95 402 289.3 519 3,744 2,606 4,896
94 545 412 682 4,029 3,009 5,088
93 717 568 867 4,248 3,384 5,165
92 915 755 1,072 4,389 3,713 5,127
91 1,134 967 1,295 4,457 3,986 4,995
90 1,368 1,193 1,533 4,432 4,170 4,757
89 1,610 1,423 1,783 4,330 4,274 4,450
88 1,852 1,650 2,039 4,183 4,311 4,107
87 2,089 1,868 2,293 3,990 4,269 3,750
86 2,314 2,076 2,535 3,742 4,132 3,389
85 2,521 2,272 2,753 3,487 3,955 3,054
84 2,703 2,452 2,936 3,223 3,747 2,730
83 2,853 2,611 3,078 2,948 3,511 2,414
82 2,966 2,742 3,172 2,687 3,268 2,130
81 3,039 2,838 3,220 2,455 3,024 1,888
80 3,071 2,899 3,225 2,230 2,784 1,673
79 3,068 2,925 3,194 2,012 2,554 1,476
78 3,035 2,921 3,136 1,816 2,343 1,298
77 2,979 2,892 3,059 1,651 2,164 1,146
76 2,906 2,843 2,968 1,517 2,008 1,022
75 2,819 2,777 2,866 1,401 1,866 921
74 2,720 2,696 2,751 1,287 1,733 827
73 2,608 2,601 2,625 1,184 1,611 745
72 2,485 2,494 2,488 1,099 1,504 681
71 2,355 2,380 2,343 1,023 1,402 628
70 2,221 2,262 2,195 946 1,300 577
69 2,088 2,145 2,048 873 1,204 528
68 1,962 2,033 1,908 808 1,120 483
67 1,844 1,928 1,777 746 1,036 442
66 1,733 1,828 1,655 682 945 405
65 1,628 1,732 1,540 623 862 371
64 1,524 1,634 1,429 574 795 340
63 1,420 1,532 1,321 527 727 316
62 1,315 1,426 1,216 484 663 295.4
61 1,213 1,321 1,115 444 606 274.5
60 1,117 1,220 1,023 409 554 255.2
59 1,032 1,130 942 376 505 238.6
58 962 1,055 875 345 461 223
57 907 998 822 318 423 207.9
56 865 954 781 292.4 388 193.4
55 831 919 748 268.8 354 181
54 799 887 716 248.6 324 171.1
53 765 851 683 230.8 297.2 162.3
52 725 807 645 210.2 268.8 149.8
51 679 756 603 190.5 242.6 137
50 631 701 560 175 221.9 126.9
49 584 648 520 161 203.2 117.7
48 545 601 486 146.1 183.7 107.6
47 513 564 461 131.8 165.2 97.5
46 490 536 444 119.4 149.3 88.6
45 475 515 433 108.1 135 80.4
44 462 499 425 97.5 121.6 72.8
43 450 484 416 88.6 110.2 66.4
42 436 468 404 81.6 101.4 61.3
41 420 451 388 75.5 93.9 56.6
40 401 432 369 69.4 86.6 51.4
39 381 413 349 62.9 79.1 45.9
38 363 396 330 57.3 72.6 41.4
37 348 382 313 53.5 67.6 38.8
36 337 372 300 50.8 63.9 37
35 329 365 291.1 48.2 61 34.9
34 323 361 284.6 45.6 58.3 32.3
33 319 356 280 42.6 55.2 29.4
32 315 352 276.4 40.1 52.5 27.2
31 310 346 272.9 38.6 50.7 26.1
30 305 341 268.7 37.3 49.4 24.6
29 299.8 335 263.6 35.6 47.7 23.1
28 294.5 331 257.2 33.7 44.9 22
27 289.5 328 249.6 32.3 43 21.2
26 285.2 328 241.2 32.1 43.3 20.3
25 281.6 329 232.7 32.1 44.1 19.5
24 278.4 330 225 31.5 43.6 18.9
23 275.1 330 218.6 31 43 18.4
22 270.7 326 213.2 31.1 43.6 17.8
21 264 318 208.5 30.1 42.5 17.1
20 253.7 303 202.9 27.1 37.6 16
19 239.1 281.8 195.1 23.5 32.4 14
18 220.2 255.3 184.1 20 27.4 12.2
17 198.2 226 169.7 16.8 22.3 11.1
16 176 197.5 153.8 14.1 17.8 10.1
15 156 172.7 138.7 11.8 14.5 8.86
14 140.8 154.1 127 9.64 11.7 7.48
13 131.8 142.9 120.4 7.87 9.34 6.33
12 129.7 139.4 119.7 6.61 7.54 5.62
11 135 143.9 125.8 5.84 6.35 5.31
10 147.7 156.3 138.9 5.38 5.91 4.83
9 167.8 176.4 158.9 5.22 6.22 4.16
8 194.1 203.1 184.8 5.5 6.53 4.42
7 224.2 234.3 213.7 6 6.73 5.24
6 255.3 267.4 242.7 6.49 7.04 5.92
5 284.1 299.4 268.3 7.11 7.67 6.52
4 310 329 289.5 8.18 8.85 7.48
3 332 357 307 9.87 10.6 9.08
2 353 383 321 13.4 14.1 12.7
1 373 410 335 31 31.9 30
0 2,782 3,143 2,411 157.4 165.1 149.4

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/gambia/japan | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In the Gambia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 91 in Japan. The median age of death is 73.4 in the Gambia and 88.1 in Japan, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of the Gambia and Japan more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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