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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in the Gambia vs 62.3 in Sierra Leone. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Sierra Leone is 186/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Sierra Leone, it's 60.6 years for males and 64.1 years for females.

Gambia vs Sierra Leone life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gambia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 28.9 27.5 30.4
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 29.3 27.8 30.8
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 29.7 28.3 31.2
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 30.1 28.7 31.6
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 30.5 29.1 32
1955 32.4 31.8 33 30.9 29.5 32.4
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 31.3 29.9 32.8
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 31.8 30.3 33.2
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 32.1 30.7 33.6
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 32.6 31.1 34
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 33.1 31.6 34.6
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 33.6 32.1 35.2
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 34.2 32.7 35.7
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 34.7 33.3 36.2
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 35.3 33.9 36.7
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 35.9 34.5 37.3
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 36.6 35.4 37.9
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 37.3 36 38.5
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 37.8 36.5 39
1969 39 38.2 39.8 38.2 37 39.4
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 38.6 37.3 39.9
1971 40 39.2 40.9 39.1 37.8 40.5
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 39.5 38.1 41
1973 41.1 40.2 42 40 38.4 41.5
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 40.4 38.8 42.1
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 41 39.3 42.7
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 41.4 39.7 43.1
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 41.8 40.1 43.5
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 42.2 40.5 43.9
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 42.5 40.8 44.3
1980 45 44 45.9 42.8 41.1 44.6
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 43.1 41.4 44.8
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 43.3 41.6 45
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 43.5 41.8 45.1
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 43.6 42 45.2
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 43.6 42 45.1
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 43.5 42 45
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 43.7 42.3 45.2
1988 50.1 49 51.4 43.8 42.3 45.2
1989 50.7 49.5 52 43.7 42.3 45.2
1990 51.3 50 52.6 43.7 42.4 45.1
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 43.3 41.8 44.8
1992 52.5 51 54.1 43.5 42 45
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 43.4 41.9 44.9
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 42.8 41.2 44.4
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 42.6 40.8 44.4
1996 54.8 53 56.8 43.5 42.2 44.9
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 43.6 42.3 45
1998 56 54 58.2 42.7 40.7 44.8
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 42 38.8 45.5
2000 56.9 54.9 59 44.8 43.7 46
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 45.4 44.3 46.6
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 46.2 45.2 47.1
2003 58.2 56.5 60 46.8 45.8 47.7
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 47.5 46.6 48.4
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 48.3 47.4 49.2
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 49.5 48.6 50.5
2007 60 58.6 61.4 50 49 51
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 50.7 49.7 51.7
2009 60.7 59.4 62 51.3 50.3 52.3
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 51.9 50.9 52.9
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 52.6 51.7 53.5
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 53.2 52.2 54.1
2013 62.3 61 63.5 54.1 53.1 55
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 54.3 53.4 55.1
2015 63 61.7 64.3 55.5 54.5 56.3
2016 63.4 62 64.8 56.9 56 57.9
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 57.8 56.7 58.8
2018 64 62.5 65.5 59.1 57.8 60.3
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 59.6 58.3 60.9
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 59.7 58.2 61.2
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 60.3 58.8 61.7
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 61.3 59.5 63
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 61.8 60.1 63.5
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 62 60.2 63.7
2025 66.3 64.5 68 62.2 60.4 63.9
2026 66.5 64.7 68.2 62.3 60.6 64.1

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 53.1 in Sierra Leone. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 12.6 in Sierra Leone.

Gambia vs Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone, also providing 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 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.4 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
75.2 vs 73.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Sierra Leone
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 96.8% 96.8% 97.1%
50 90.0% 92.0% 91.1% 92.1%
60 79.9% 83.9% 79.2% 83.0%
65 71.9% 77.3% 69.2% 75.1%
70 61.0% 67.5% 56.0% 63.8%
75 47.0% 54.0% 39.8% 48.2%
80 30.9% 37.3% 23.2% 30.2%
85 15.7% 20.2% 10.0% 14.4%
90 5.3% 7.8% 2.8% 4.6%
95 0.9% 1.8% 0.4% 0.9%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%

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 Sierra Leone: 72.4 years vs 71 at 30, 79.2 vs 77.7 at 65, 86.1 vs 85.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 vs 62.3 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 and Sierra Leone.

Gambia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 64.7 68.2 62.3 60.6 64.1
1 68.3 66.8 69.9 66.9 65.4 68.3
2 68.6 67.1 70.1 67.8 66.4 69.2
3 68.8 67.3 70.3 68.3 66.9 69.7
4 69.1 67.6 70.5 68.5 67.1 69.9
5 69.3 67.8 70.7 68.6 67.2 70
6 69.5 68 70.9 68.8 67.4 70.2
7 69.6 68.2 71.1 68.9 67.5 70.3
8 69.8 68.3 71.2 69 67.6 70.4
9 69.9 68.4 71.3 69.1 67.7 70.4
10 70 68.6 71.4 69.1 67.8 70.5
11 70.1 68.7 71.5 69.2 67.8 70.5
12 70.2 68.7 71.6 69.3 67.9 70.6
13 70.3 68.8 71.7 69.3 68 70.7
14 70.4 68.9 71.8 69.4 68 70.7
15 70.4 69 71.8 69.5 68.1 70.8
16 70.5 69.1 71.9 69.5 68.2 70.9
17 70.6 69.2 72 69.6 68.3 70.9
18 70.7 69.3 72.1 69.7 68.4 71
19 70.9 69.5 72.2 69.8 68.6 71.1
20 71 69.6 72.3 69.9 68.7 71.2
21 71.1 69.8 72.4 70 68.8 71.3
22 71.3 70 72.5 70.2 68.9 71.3
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 70.3 69.1 71.4
24 71.6 70.3 72.8 70.4 69.2 71.5
25 71.7 70.5 72.9 70.5 69.3 71.6
26 71.9 70.6 73 70.6 69.4 71.7
27 72 70.8 73.1 70.7 69.6 71.8
28 72.1 70.9 73.3 70.8 69.7 71.9
29 72.3 71.1 73.4 70.9 69.8 72
30 72.4 71.3 73.5 71 69.9 72.1
31 72.6 71.4 73.6 71.1 70 72.2
32 72.7 71.6 73.8 71.2 70.1 72.3
33 72.8 71.7 73.9 71.3 70.2 72.4
34 73 71.9 74 71.4 70.3 72.5
35 73.1 72 74.1 71.5 70.4 72.6
36 73.3 72.2 74.3 71.6 70.5 72.7
37 73.4 72.3 74.4 71.8 70.7 72.8
38 73.5 72.5 74.5 71.9 70.8 72.9
39 73.7 72.7 74.7 72 70.9 73
40 73.8 72.8 74.8 72.1 71 73.2
41 74 73 74.9 72.3 71.1 73.3
42 74.2 73.2 75.1 72.4 71.3 73.4
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 72.5 71.4 73.6
44 74.5 73.5 75.4 72.7 71.6 73.7
45 74.6 73.7 75.5 72.8 71.7 73.9
46 74.8 73.8 75.7 73 71.9 74
47 75 74 75.8 73.1 72.1 74.2
48 75.1 74.2 76 73.3 72.2 74.3
49 75.3 74.4 76.2 73.5 72.4 74.5
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 73.7 72.6 74.7
51 75.7 74.8 76.5 73.9 72.8 74.8
52 75.9 75 76.7 74.1 73 75
53 76.1 75.3 76.9 74.3 73.3 75.2
54 76.3 75.5 77.1 74.5 73.5 75.4
55 76.6 75.8 77.3 74.7 73.7 75.6
56 76.8 76 77.5 75 74 75.8
57 77 76.3 77.7 75.2 74.3 76.1
58 77.2 76.5 77.9 75.5 74.6 76.3
59 77.5 76.8 78.1 75.7 74.9 76.5
60 77.7 77 78.3 76 75.2 76.8
61 78 77.3 78.6 76.3 75.5 77
62 78.3 77.6 78.8 76.6 75.8 77.3
63 78.6 78 79.1 77 76.2 77.6
64 78.9 78.3 79.4 77.3 76.6 77.9
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 77.7 77 78.3
66 79.5 79 80 78 77.4 78.6
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 78.4 77.8 79
68 80.3 79.8 80.7 78.8 78.3 79.3
69 80.6 80.2 81 79.3 78.7 79.7
70 81 80.6 81.4 79.7 79.2 80.1
71 81.5 81.1 81.8 80.2 79.7 80.6
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 80.7 80.2 81
73 82.4 82 82.7 81.2 80.8 81.5
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 81.7 81.3 82
75 83.3 83 83.6 82.3 81.9 82.6
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 82.9 82.5 83.1
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 83.5 83.1 83.7
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 84.1 83.8 84.3
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 84.7 84.4 84.9
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 85.4 85.1 85.6
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 86 85.8 86.2
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 86.7 86.5 86.9
83 88 87.8 88.2 87.5 87.2 87.6
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 88.2 87.9 88.4
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 88.9 88.7 89.1
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 89.7 89.5 89.9
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 90.5 90.3 90.6
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.3 91.1 91.4
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 92.1 91.9 92.2
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93 92.8 93.1
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.8 93.6 93.9
92 94.8 94.5 94.9 94.6 94.5 94.7
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.5 95.3 95.6
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.4 96.2 96.4
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.3
96 98.2 98 98.2 98.1 98 98.2
97 99 98.9 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Gambia vs Sierra Leone

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74% in the Gambia and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 58.1% and 52% will live to 70 years or older, 30.9% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 5.9% and 3.22% 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
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gambia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 91.8% 91.2% 92.5%
3 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 91.2% 90.5% 91.9%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 90.9% 90.2% 91.6%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 90.7% 90% 91.5%
6 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 90.5% 89.8% 91.2%
7 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 90.3% 89.6% 91.1%
8 95.1% 94.6% 95.6% 90.2% 89.4% 91%
9 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 90.1% 89.3% 90.8%
10 94.7% 94.2% 95.3% 90% 89.2% 90.8%
11 94.6% 94% 95.1% 89.9% 89.1% 90.7%
12 94.4% 93.9% 95% 89.8% 89% 90.6%
13 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 89.7% 88.9% 90.5%
14 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 89.6% 88.7% 90.4%
15 94% 93.5% 94.6% 89.4% 88.6% 90.3%
16 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 89.3% 88.4% 90.2%
17 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 89.2% 88.3% 90.1%
18 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 89% 88.1% 89.9%
19 93.3% 92.6% 94% 88.8% 87.9% 89.8%
20 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 88.6% 87.6% 89.6%
21 92.8% 92% 93.6% 88.4% 87.4% 89.5%
22 92.5% 91.7% 93.4% 88.2% 87.2% 89.3%
23 92.3% 91.4% 93.2% 88% 86.9% 89.2%
24 92% 91% 93% 87.8% 86.7% 89%
25 91.7% 90.7% 92.7% 87.6% 86.4% 88.8%
26 91.4% 90.4% 92.5% 87.4% 86.2% 88.7%
27 91.1% 90.1% 92.3% 87.2% 86% 88.5%
28 90.9% 89.7% 92% 87% 85.7% 88.3%
29 90.6% 89.4% 91.7% 86.8% 85.5% 88.1%
30 90.3% 89.1% 91.5% 86.6% 85.3% 87.9%
31 90% 88.7% 91.2% 86.4% 85.1% 87.7%
32 89.6% 88.4% 90.9% 86.2% 84.8% 87.5%
33 89.3% 88% 90.7% 85.9% 84.6% 87.3%
34 89% 87.7% 90.4% 85.7% 84.3% 87%
35 88.7% 87.3% 90.1% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
36 88.4% 86.9% 89.8% 85.2% 83.8% 86.5%
37 88% 86.6% 89.5% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
38 87.7% 86.2% 89.2% 84.6% 83.2% 86%
39 87.3% 85.8% 88.9% 84.3% 82.9% 85.7%
40 86.9% 85.4% 88.5% 84% 82.6% 85.3%
41 86.5% 85% 88.1% 83.6% 82.2% 85%
42 86.1% 84.5% 87.8% 83.2% 81.9% 84.6%
43 85.7% 84% 87.4% 82.9% 81.5% 84.3%
44 85.2% 83.5% 86.9% 82.4% 81% 83.9%
45 84.8% 83.1% 86.5% 82% 80.6% 83.5%
46 84.3% 82.5% 86.1% 81.5% 80.1% 83%
47 83.8% 82% 85.6% 81% 79.6% 82.6%
48 83.3% 81.4% 85.2% 80.5% 79% 82.1%
49 82.7% 80.8% 84.7% 79.9% 78.4% 81.6%
50 82.2% 80.2% 84.2% 79.3% 77.7% 81%
51 81.5% 79.5% 83.6% 78.7% 77% 80.4%
52 80.8% 78.7% 83% 78% 76.2% 79.8%
53 80.1% 77.9% 82.4% 77.2% 75.4% 79.1%
54 79.4% 77.1% 81.7% 76.4% 74.5% 78.4%
55 78.6% 76.2% 81% 75.6% 73.5% 77.6%
56 77.7% 75.3% 80.2% 74.6% 72.5% 76.8%
57 76.9% 74.3% 79.4% 73.7% 71.4% 75.9%
58 76% 73.3% 78.6% 72.6% 70.2% 75%
59 75% 72.3% 77.7% 71.5% 68.9% 74%
60 74% 71.1% 76.8% 70.2% 67.6% 72.9%
61 72.8% 69.9% 75.8% 68.9% 66.1% 71.8%
62 71.6% 68.6% 74.7% 67.5% 64.5% 70.5%
63 70.3% 67.2% 73.4% 65.9% 62.8% 69.1%
64 68.9% 65.6% 72.1% 64.3% 61% 67.6%
65 67.4% 64% 70.7% 62.5% 59% 66%
66 65.7% 62.3% 69.1% 60.7% 57% 64.3%
67 64% 60.4% 67.5% 58.7% 54.9% 62.5%
68 62.2% 58.5% 65.7% 56.6% 52.6% 60.5%
69 60.2% 56.5% 63.8% 54.3% 50.2% 58.4%
70 58.1% 54.3% 61.8% 52% 47.8% 56.1%
71 55.9% 52.1% 59.6% 49.4% 45.2% 53.7%
72 53.5% 49.7% 57.2% 46.8% 42.5% 51.1%
73 51.1% 47.2% 54.7% 44% 39.7% 48.3%
74 48.4% 44.6% 52.1% 41.2% 36.8% 45.4%
75 45.7% 41.9% 49.4% 38.2% 33.9% 42.4%
76 42.9% 39.1% 46.5% 35.2% 31% 39.2%
77 40% 36.3% 43.5% 32.1% 28.1% 36.1%
78 37% 33.4% 40.5% 29.1% 25.3% 32.9%
79 34% 30.5% 37.3% 26.1% 22.5% 29.7%
80 30.9% 27.5% 34.1% 23.2% 19.8% 26.6%
81 27.8% 24.6% 30.9% 20.4% 17.2% 23.5%
82 24.8% 21.8% 27.7% 17.7% 14.8% 20.5%
83 21.8% 19.1% 24.5% 15.1% 12.5% 17.7%
84 19% 16.4% 21.4% 12.8% 10.4% 15.1%
85 16.3% 14% 18.5% 10.6% 8.51% 12.7%
86 13.8% 11.7% 15.8% 8.66% 6.84% 10.4%
87 11.5% 9.65% 13.2% 6.95% 5.39% 8.47%
88 9.36% 7.78% 10.9% 5.48% 4.17% 6.76%
89 7.51% 6.13% 8.88% 4.24% 3.16% 5.3%
90 5.9% 4.71% 7.1% 3.22% 2.35% 4.08%
91 4.53% 3.52% 5.57% 2.4% 1.71% 3.09%
92 3.4% 2.55% 4.27% 1.75% 1.22% 2.29%
93 2.48% 1.79% 3.2% 1.25% 0.85% 1.66%
94 1.77% 1.23% 2.33% 0.87% 0.57% 1.17%
95 1.22% 0.81% 1.65% 0.59% 0.38% 0.81%
96 0.82% 0.52% 1.13% 0.39% 0.24% 0.54%
97 0.53% 0.33% 0.75% 0.25% 0.15% 0.35%
98 0.34% 0.2% 0.48% 0.16% 0.09% 0.22%
99 0.21% 0.12% 0.3% 0.1% 0.05% 0.14%
100 0.12% 0.07% 0.18% 0.06% 0.03% 0.08%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.78% in the birth year in the Gambia and 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.34% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.51% vs 1.89% at 60, and 9.93% vs 12.2% at 80.

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

Gambia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.78% 3.14% 2.41% 6.81% 7.42% 6.2%
1 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 1.46% 1.53% 1.39%
2 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 0.72% 0.76% 0.68%
3 0.34% 0.37% 0.32% 0.29% 0.3% 0.27%
4 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
5 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.26% 0.28% 0.23%
6 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.16% 0.17% 0.14%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
11 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
13 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
14 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
15 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
16 0.19% 0.21% 0.16% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
17 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.18% 0.22% 0.15%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.2% 0.2% 0.24% 0.15%
19 0.26% 0.3% 0.21% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
20 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
21 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
22 0.29% 0.36% 0.23% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
23 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
24 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.23% 0.28% 0.19%
25 0.31% 0.36% 0.25% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
26 0.31% 0.36% 0.26% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
27 0.32% 0.36% 0.27% 0.23% 0.26% 0.21%
28 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
29 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.24% 0.26% 0.23%
30 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
31 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.26% 0.27% 0.25%
32 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
33 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.28% 0.29% 0.27%
34 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.3% 0.31% 0.28%
35 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.31% 0.32% 0.3%
36 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.33% 0.34% 0.32%
37 0.4% 0.44% 0.35% 0.35% 0.36% 0.33%
38 0.41% 0.46% 0.37% 0.37% 0.38% 0.35%
39 0.44% 0.48% 0.39% 0.39% 0.4% 0.37%
40 0.46% 0.51% 0.42% 0.41% 0.43% 0.4%
41 0.48% 0.53% 0.44% 0.44% 0.46% 0.42%
42 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.47% 0.49% 0.44%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.5% 0.52% 0.47%
44 0.54% 0.6% 0.49% 0.53% 0.56% 0.49%
45 0.56% 0.62% 0.5% 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
46 0.58% 0.65% 0.52% 0.61% 0.66% 0.55%
47 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.65% 0.71% 0.59%
48 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.7% 0.78% 0.63%
49 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.76% 0.84% 0.68%
50 0.77% 0.87% 0.67% 0.83% 0.92% 0.74%
51 0.83% 0.95% 0.72% 0.9% 1% 0.79%
52 0.9% 1.02% 0.78% 0.97% 1.09% 0.85%
53 0.95% 1.09% 0.83% 1.05% 1.19% 0.91%
54 1.01% 1.15% 0.88% 1.13% 1.29% 0.97%
55 1.06% 1.21% 0.92% 1.22% 1.4% 1.04%
56 1.11% 1.27% 0.97% 1.32% 1.53% 1.12%
57 1.18% 1.34% 1.04% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.27% 1.44% 1.11% 1.56% 1.82% 1.32%
59 1.38% 1.56% 1.21% 1.71% 2% 1.45%
60 1.51% 1.72% 1.33% 1.89% 2.19% 1.6%
61 1.66% 1.89% 1.47% 2.08% 2.41% 1.78%
62 1.84% 2.08% 1.63% 2.28% 2.64% 1.96%
63 2.02% 2.28% 1.8% 2.5% 2.89% 2.16%
64 2.21% 2.49% 1.98% 2.74% 3.16% 2.37%
65 2.42% 2.71% 2.18% 3% 3.45% 2.6%
66 2.64% 2.94% 2.39% 3.28% 3.76% 2.86%
67 2.88% 3.19% 2.63% 3.59% 4.11% 3.15%
68 3.16% 3.47% 2.9% 3.95% 4.5% 3.49%
69 3.47% 3.8% 3.21% 4.36% 4.94% 3.89%
70 3.82% 4.16% 3.55% 4.83% 5.43% 4.34%
71 4.21% 4.57% 3.93% 5.35% 5.96% 4.86%
72 4.64% 5.02% 4.35% 5.92% 6.55% 5.42%
73 5.11% 5.51% 4.8% 6.54% 7.18% 6.03%
74 5.61% 6.05% 5.28% 7.2% 7.87% 6.67%
75 6.17% 6.63% 5.81% 7.9% 8.6% 7.36%
76 6.77% 7.27% 6.38% 8.64% 9.37% 8.08%
77 7.45% 7.97% 7.03% 9.43% 10.2% 8.85%
78 8.2% 8.75% 7.75% 10.3% 11.1% 9.68%
79 9.03% 9.6% 8.56% 11.2% 12% 10.6%
80 9.93% 10.5% 9.45% 12.2% 13% 11.5%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 13.2% 14.2% 12.6%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 14.4% 15.4% 13.7%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 15.6% 16.7% 14.9%
84 14.2% 14.9% 13.7% 17% 18.1% 16.2%
85 15.5% 16.2% 14.9% 18.3% 19.6% 17.5%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 19.8% 21.2% 18.8%
87 18.2% 19.4% 17.4% 21.2% 22.7% 20.2%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 22.6% 24.2% 21.6%
89 21.4% 23.2% 20.1% 24% 25.7% 23%
90 23.2% 25.3% 21.6% 25.5% 27.2% 24.4%
91 25% 27.5% 23.3% 27% 28.8% 25.9%
92 26.9% 29.6% 25.1% 28.6% 30.4% 27.6%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 30.3% 32.2% 29.3%
94 30.8% 33.6% 29.2% 32.1% 34% 31.1%
95 32.9% 35.5% 31.4% 33.9% 35.8% 33%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 35.7% 37.6% 34.8%
97 36.8% 39.4% 35.7% 37.5% 39.4% 36.6%
98 38.7% 41.4% 37.7% 39.2% 41.1% 38.4%
99 40.5% 43.5% 39.5% 40.8% 42.7% 40%
100 42.5% 45.4% 41.7% 42.6% 44.5% 41.8%

Death rate by age in the Gambia compared to Sierra Leone

In the Gambia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 73.4 in the Gambia and 70.8 in Sierra Leone — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gambia
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gambia Sierra Leone
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,782 3,143 2,411 6,810 7,421 6,205
1 373 410 335 1,363 1,421 1,302
2 353 383 321 664 694 633
3 332 357 307 263.1 274.4 251.4
4 310 329 289.5 160.3 163.4 157
5 284.1 299.4 268.3 231.8 249.9 213
6 255.3 267.4 242.7 175.8 191.6 159.5
7 224.2 234.3 213.7 140.3 153.9 126.2
8 194.1 203.1 184.8 118.2 130.1 105.9
9 167.8 176.4 158.9 105.4 116.1 94.2
10 147.7 156.3 138.9 99.1 109.4 88.5
11 135 143.9 125.8 98 108.4 87.3
12 129.7 139.4 119.7 101.1 112.4 89.5
13 131.8 142.9 120.4 108.1 121.1 94.7
14 140.8 154.1 127 118.5 134.3 102.1
15 156 172.7 138.7 131.6 151.3 111.2
16 176 197.5 153.8 146.4 171 121.1
17 198.2 226 169.7 161.7 191.8 130.6
18 220.2 255.3 184.1 175.9 211.6 139.1
19 239.1 281.8 195.1 187.8 228.2 145.9
20 253.7 303 202.9 196.4 240.1 151.2
21 264 318 208.5 201.9 246.7 155.4
22 270.7 326 213.2 204.4 248.2 159.1
23 275.1 330 218.6 205 245.6 162.9
24 278.4 330 225 204.6 240.4 167.2
25 281.6 329 232.7 203.9 234.2 172.3
26 285.2 328 241.2 203.8 228.6 178
27 289.5 328 249.6 204.9 224.7 184.5
28 294.5 331 257.2 207.6 223 191.6
29 299.8 335 263.6 211.8 223.9 199.3
30 305 341 268.7 217.5 227.2 207.5
31 310 346 272.9 224.6 232.6 216.4
32 315 352 276.4 233.1 239.9 226
33 319 356 280 242.7 248.7 236.4
34 323 361 284.6 253.4 258.9 247.7
35 329 365 291.1 265.3 270.4 260
36 337 372 300 278.5 283.4 273.4
37 348 382 313 293.1 297.9 288.1
38 363 396 330 309 314 304
39 381 413 349 327 332 321
40 401 432 369 346 353 339
41 420 451 388 366 375 357
42 436 468 404 388 400 376
43 450 484 416 411 427 395
44 462 499 425 436 457 415
45 475 515 433 464 490 437
46 490 536 444 495 527 461
47 513 564 461 529 568 489
48 545 601 486 567 613 520
49 584 648 520 610 662 557
50 631 701 560 656 715 596
51 679 756 603 705 772 637
52 725 807 645 755 831 679
53 765 851 683 808 894 721
54 799 887 716 862 960 763
55 831 919 748 919 1,030 808
56 865 954 781 982 1,106 859
57 907 998 822 1,053 1,189 919
58 962 1,055 875 1,134 1,279 990
59 1,032 1,130 942 1,224 1,377 1,074
60 1,117 1,220 1,023 1,324 1,481 1,170
61 1,213 1,321 1,115 1,431 1,591 1,275
62 1,315 1,426 1,216 1,541 1,702 1,384
63 1,420 1,532 1,321 1,652 1,814 1,495
64 1,524 1,634 1,429 1,762 1,924 1,606
65 1,628 1,732 1,540 1,874 2,034 1,719
66 1,733 1,828 1,655 1,988 2,145 1,839
67 1,844 1,928 1,777 2,108 2,256 1,968
68 1,962 2,033 1,908 2,236 2,369 2,112
69 2,088 2,145 2,048 2,371 2,482 2,269
70 2,221 2,262 2,195 2,510 2,591 2,437
71 2,355 2,380 2,343 2,646 2,693 2,606
72 2,485 2,494 2,488 2,771 2,782 2,768
73 2,608 2,601 2,625 2,878 2,852 2,912
74 2,720 2,696 2,751 2,961 2,899 3,030
75 2,819 2,777 2,866 3,015 2,918 3,117
76 2,906 2,843 2,968 3,039 2,908 3,172
77 2,979 2,892 3,059 3,029 2,867 3,193
78 3,035 2,921 3,136 2,989 2,796 3,181
79 3,068 2,925 3,194 2,921 2,699 3,137
80 3,071 2,899 3,225 2,822 2,576 3,060
81 3,039 2,838 3,220 2,695 2,432 2,952
82 2,966 2,742 3,172 2,543 2,268 2,812
83 2,853 2,611 3,078 2,367 2,085 2,640
84 2,703 2,452 2,936 2,166 1,885 2,439
85 2,521 2,272 2,753 1,946 1,671 2,213
86 2,314 2,076 2,535 1,711 1,447 1,967
87 2,089 1,868 2,293 1,471 1,223 1,713
88 1,852 1,650 2,039 1,237 1,009 1,459
89 1,610 1,423 1,783 1,018 812 1,218
90 1,368 1,193 1,533 820 639 997
91 1,134 967 1,295 648 492 801
92 915 755 1,072 501 371 630
93 717 568 867 379 272.6 485
94 545 412 682 280.1 195.3 364
95 402 289.3 519 201.1 135.9 266
96 286.1 196.6 381 140.1 91.7 188.4
97 196.8 129.4 268.7 94.5 59.9 129.2
98 130.6 82.4 182.4 61.8 37.9 85.7
99 83.8 50.6 119.4 39.1 23.2 55.1
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 the Gambia and Sierra Leone 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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