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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in the Gambia vs 59.3 in Somalia. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Gambia vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 66.5 64.7 68.2 59.3 56.8 61.9
2025 66.3 64.5 68 59.1 56.6 61.7
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 59 56.5 61.6
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 58.8 56.3 61.4
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 53.9 51.8 56.2
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 55.7 53.7 57.8
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 57.1 55.1 59.2
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 57.2 55.2 59.3
2018 64 62.5 65.5 54.8 52.7 56.9
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 52.2 50.2 54.3
2016 63.4 62 64.8 55.3 53.1 57.6
2015 63 61.7 64.3 55.1 53 57.1
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 54.4 52.4 56.6
2013 62.3 61 63.5 54 52.1 56
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 49.1 47.3 51
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 32.5 31.3 33.7
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 48.9 47.1 50.8
2009 60.7 59.4 62 52.1 50.5 53.7
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 51.5 49.8 53.2
2007 60 58.6 61.4 50.9 49.2 52.6
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 50.9 49.3 52.6
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 50.9 49.4 52.4
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2003 58.2 56.5 60 50.7 49.2 52.2
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 50.8 49.4 52.3
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 50.8 49.4 52.3
2000 56.9 54.9 59 50.7 49.3 52.2
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 50.6 49.1 52.1
1998 56 54 58.2 50.8 49.3 52.2
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1996 54.8 53 56.8 50.5 49 52.1
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 50.6 49.1 52.2
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 50.3 48.8 51.8
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 50.6 49.1 52.1
1992 52.5 51 54.1 25 23.9 26.3
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 25.4 23.7 27.3
1990 51.3 50 52.6 46.9 43.1 51.2
1989 50.7 49.5 52 46.6 42.9 50.9
1988 50.1 49 51.4 43.9 39.9 48.8
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 49 47.6 50.5
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 48.4 47 49.9
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 48.3 46.9 49.7
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 48.4 47 49.9
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 48 46.6 49.5
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 47.8 46.4 49.3
1980 45 44 45.9 47.6 46.2 49.1
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 47.4 46 48.9
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 47 45.4 48.7
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 47 45.6 48.5
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 44.7 43.3 46.2
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 44.3 42.9 45.7
1973 41.1 40.2 42 46.2 44.8 47.7
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 46 44.6 47.5
1971 40 39.2 40.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 45.6 44.2 47.1
1969 39 38.2 39.8 45.5 44 46.9
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 45.3 43.8 46.7
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 45.1 43.6 46.5
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 44.8 43.4 46.3
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 44.6 43.2 46.1
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 44.4 42.9 45.9
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 44 42.5 45.5
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 43.7 42.2 45.2
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 43.5 42.1 45
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 43.3 41.9 44.8
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 43.1 41.7 44.6
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 42.9 41.5 44.4
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 42.7 41.3 44.2
1955 32.4 31.8 33 42.5 41.1 44
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 42.3 40.8 43.8
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 42.1 40.6 43.6
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 41.9 40.4 43.4
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 41.7 40.2 43.1
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 41.5 40 42.9

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 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 9.46 in Somalia.

Gambia vs Somalia 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 Somalia, 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.4 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
75.2 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 96.8% 93.5% 95.8%
50 90.0% 92.0% 85.6% 89.9%
60 79.9% 83.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 71.9% 77.3% 65.1% 73.4%
70 61.0% 67.5% 54.0% 63.1%
75 47.0% 54.0% 40.3% 49.2%
80 30.9% 37.3% 25.4% 32.9%
85 15.7% 20.2% 12.2% 17.1%
90 5.3% 7.8% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.9% 1.8% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%

Life expectancy by current age

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 101
98 99.9 99.8 100 100 99.9 100.1
97 99 98.9 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
96 98.2 98 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.4
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.5 96.3 96.6
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.7
92 94.8 94.5 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.9
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.9 93.7 94.1
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93.1 92.9 93.3
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 92.3 92.1 92.5
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.5 91.3 91.7
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 90.8 90.5 90.9
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 90 89.7 90.2
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 89.3 89 89.4
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 88.5 88.3 88.7
83 88 87.8 88.2 87.8 87.6 88
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 87.2 86.9 87.4
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 86.5 86.2 86.7
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 85.9 85.6 86.1
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 85.2 84.9 85.5
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 84.6 84.3 84.9
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 84.1 83.7 84.3
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 83.5 83.1 83.8
75 83.3 83 83.6 83 82.6 83.3
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 82.4 82 82.7
73 82.4 82 82.7 81.9 81.5 82.3
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 81.4 81 81.8
71 81.5 81.1 81.8 81 80.5 81.3
70 81 80.6 81.4 80.5 80 80.9
69 80.6 80.2 81 80.1 79.6 80.5
68 80.3 79.8 80.7 79.7 79.2 80.1
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 79.3 78.7 79.7
66 79.5 79 80 78.9 78.3 79.4
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 78.5 77.9 79
64 78.9 78.3 79.4 78.2 77.5 78.7
63 78.6 78 79.1 77.8 77.2 78.4
62 78.3 77.6 78.8 77.5 76.8 78.1
61 78 77.3 78.6 77.2 76.5 77.8
60 77.7 77 78.3 76.9 76.1 77.5
59 77.5 76.8 78.1 76.6 75.8 77.3
58 77.2 76.5 77.9 76.3 75.5 77
57 77 76.3 77.7 76.1 75.2 76.8
56 76.8 76 77.5 75.8 74.9 76.6
55 76.6 75.8 77.3 75.5 74.6 76.3
54 76.3 75.5 77.1 75.3 74.3 76.1
53 76.1 75.3 76.9 75 74 75.9
52 75.9 75 76.7 74.8 73.8 75.7
51 75.7 74.8 76.5 74.5 73.5 75.5
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 74.3 73.2 75.3
49 75.3 74.4 76.2 74.1 73 75.1
48 75.1 74.2 76 73.9 72.7 74.9
47 75 74 75.8 73.6 72.5 74.7
46 74.8 73.8 75.7 73.4 72.3 74.5
45 74.6 73.7 75.5 73.2 72 74.4
44 74.5 73.5 75.4 73 71.8 74.2
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 72.8 71.6 74
42 74.2 73.2 75.1 72.6 71.3 73.8
41 74 73 74.9 72.4 71.1 73.6
40 73.8 72.8 74.8 72.2 70.9 73.5
39 73.7 72.7 74.7 72 70.7 73.3
38 73.5 72.5 74.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
37 73.4 72.3 74.4 71.6 70.2 73
36 73.3 72.2 74.3 71.4 70 72.8
35 73.1 72 74.1 71.2 69.7 72.6
34 73 71.9 74 71 69.5 72.5
33 72.8 71.7 73.9 70.8 69.3 72.3
32 72.7 71.6 73.8 70.6 69 72.2
31 72.6 71.4 73.6 70.4 68.8 72
30 72.4 71.3 73.5 70.2 68.6 71.8
29 72.3 71.1 73.4 70 68.3 71.7
28 72.1 70.9 73.3 69.8 68 71.5
27 72 70.8 73.1 69.6 67.8 71.4
26 71.9 70.6 73 69.4 67.5 71.2
25 71.7 70.5 72.9 69.2 67.3 71.1
24 71.6 70.3 72.8 68.9 67 70.9
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 68.7 66.7 70.8
22 71.3 70 72.5 68.5 66.4 70.6
21 71.1 69.8 72.4 68.3 66.1 70.5
20 71 69.6 72.3 68.1 65.9 70.3
19 70.9 69.5 72.2 67.9 65.7 70.2
18 70.7 69.3 72.1 67.7 65.5 70.1
17 70.6 69.2 72 67.6 65.3 69.9
16 70.5 69.1 71.9 67.4 65.1 69.8
15 70.4 69 71.8 67.3 65 69.7
14 70.4 68.9 71.8 67.2 64.9 69.6
13 70.3 68.8 71.7 67.1 64.8 69.5
12 70.2 68.7 71.6 67 64.7 69.4
11 70.1 68.7 71.5 66.9 64.6 69.3
10 70 68.6 71.4 66.8 64.4 69.1
9 69.9 68.4 71.3 66.6 64.3 69
8 69.8 68.3 71.2 66.5 64.1 68.9
7 69.6 68.2 71.1 66.3 63.9 68.7
6 69.5 68 70.9 66 63.7 68.4
5 69.3 67.8 70.7 65.7 63.4 68.1
4 69.1 67.6 70.5 65.3 63 67.8
3 68.8 67.3 70.3 64.8 62.5 67.3
2 68.6 67.1 70.1 64.2 61.8 66.6
1 68.3 66.8 69.9 63.3 61 65.7
0 66.5 64.7 68.2 59.3 56.8 61.9

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 70.2 in Somalia, rising to 79.2 and 78.5 at 65, and to 86.1 and 85.9 at 80 — higher than the 66.5 and 59.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.12% 0.07% 0.18% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%
99 0.21% 0.12% 0.3% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
98 0.34% 0.2% 0.48% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
97 0.53% 0.33% 0.75% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
96 0.82% 0.52% 1.13% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
95 1.22% 0.81% 1.65% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
94 1.77% 1.23% 2.33% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
93 2.48% 1.79% 3.2% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
92 3.4% 2.55% 4.27% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
91 4.53% 3.52% 5.57% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
90 5.9% 4.71% 7.1% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
89 7.51% 6.13% 8.88% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
88 9.36% 7.78% 10.9% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
87 11.5% 9.65% 13.2% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
86 13.8% 11.7% 15.8% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
85 16.3% 14% 18.5% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
84 19% 16.4% 21.4% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
83 21.8% 19.1% 24.5% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
82 24.8% 21.8% 27.7% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
81 27.8% 24.6% 30.9% 21.4% 18% 25%
80 30.9% 27.5% 34.1% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
79 34% 30.5% 37.3% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
78 37% 33.4% 40.5% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
77 40% 36.3% 43.5% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
76 42.9% 39.1% 46.5% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
75 45.7% 41.9% 49.4% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
74 48.4% 44.6% 52.1% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
73 51.1% 47.2% 54.7% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
72 53.5% 49.7% 57.2% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
71 55.9% 52.1% 59.6% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
70 58.1% 54.3% 61.8% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
69 60.2% 56.5% 63.8% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
68 62.2% 58.5% 65.7% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
67 64% 60.4% 67.5% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
66 65.7% 62.3% 69.1% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
65 67.4% 64% 70.7% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
64 68.9% 65.6% 72.1% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
63 70.3% 67.2% 73.4% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
62 71.6% 68.6% 74.7% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
61 72.8% 69.9% 75.8% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
60 74% 71.1% 76.8% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
59 75% 72.3% 77.7% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
58 76% 73.3% 78.6% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
57 76.9% 74.3% 79.4% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
56 77.7% 75.3% 80.2% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
55 78.6% 76.2% 81% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
54 79.4% 77.1% 81.7% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
53 80.1% 77.9% 82.4% 69.9% 66% 74%
52 80.8% 78.7% 83% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
51 81.5% 79.5% 83.6% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
50 82.2% 80.2% 84.2% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
49 82.7% 80.8% 84.7% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
48 83.3% 81.4% 85.2% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
47 83.8% 82% 85.6% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
46 84.3% 82.5% 86.1% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
45 84.8% 83.1% 86.5% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
44 85.2% 83.5% 86.9% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
43 85.7% 84% 87.4% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
42 86.1% 84.5% 87.8% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
41 86.5% 85% 88.1% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
40 86.9% 85.4% 88.5% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
39 87.3% 85.8% 88.9% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
38 87.7% 86.2% 89.2% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
37 88% 86.6% 89.5% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
36 88.4% 86.9% 89.8% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 88.7% 87.3% 90.1% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 89% 87.7% 90.4% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 89.3% 88% 90.7% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
32 89.6% 88.4% 90.9% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
31 90% 88.7% 91.2% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
30 90.3% 89.1% 91.5% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
29 90.6% 89.4% 91.7% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
28 90.9% 89.7% 92% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 91.1% 90.1% 92.3% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 91.4% 90.4% 92.5% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
25 91.7% 90.7% 92.7% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
24 92% 91% 93% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
23 92.3% 91.4% 93.2% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
22 92.5% 91.7% 93.4% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
21 92.8% 92% 93.6% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
20 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
19 93.3% 92.6% 94% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
18 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
17 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
16 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
15 94% 93.5% 94.6% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
14 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
13 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
12 94.4% 93.9% 95% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
11 94.6% 94% 95.1% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
10 94.7% 94.2% 95.3% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
9 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
8 95.1% 94.6% 95.6% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
7 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
6 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
3 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 93.6% 93% 94.1%

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 63.5% in Somalia are expected to live past 60, 58.1% and 48.1% past 70, 30.9% and 24% past 80, and only 5.9% and 4.13% 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
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 42.5% 45.4% 41.7% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%
99 40.5% 43.5% 39.5% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
98 38.7% 41.4% 37.7% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
97 36.8% 39.4% 35.7% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
95 32.9% 35.5% 31.4% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
94 30.8% 33.6% 29.2% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
92 26.9% 29.6% 25.1% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
91 25% 27.5% 23.3% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
90 23.2% 25.3% 21.6% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
89 21.4% 23.2% 20.1% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
87 18.2% 19.4% 17.4% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
85 15.5% 16.2% 14.9% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
84 14.2% 14.9% 13.7% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
80 9.93% 10.5% 9.45% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
79 9.03% 9.6% 8.56% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
78 8.2% 8.75% 7.75% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
77 7.45% 7.97% 7.03% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
76 6.77% 7.27% 6.38% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
75 6.17% 6.63% 5.81% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
74 5.61% 6.05% 5.28% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
73 5.11% 5.51% 4.8% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
72 4.64% 5.02% 4.35% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
71 4.21% 4.57% 3.93% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
70 3.82% 4.16% 3.55% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
69 3.47% 3.8% 3.21% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
68 3.16% 3.47% 2.9% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
67 2.88% 3.19% 2.63% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
66 2.64% 2.94% 2.39% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
65 2.42% 2.71% 2.18% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
64 2.21% 2.49% 1.98% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
63 2.02% 2.28% 1.8% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
62 1.84% 2.08% 1.63% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
61 1.66% 1.89% 1.47% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
60 1.51% 1.72% 1.33% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
59 1.38% 1.56% 1.21% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
58 1.27% 1.44% 1.11% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
57 1.18% 1.34% 1.04% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
56 1.11% 1.27% 0.97% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
55 1.06% 1.21% 0.92% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
54 1.01% 1.15% 0.88% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
53 0.95% 1.09% 0.83% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
52 0.9% 1.02% 0.78% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
51 0.83% 0.95% 0.72% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
50 0.77% 0.87% 0.67% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
49 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
48 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
47 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
46 0.58% 0.65% 0.52% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
45 0.56% 0.62% 0.5% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
44 0.54% 0.6% 0.49% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
42 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
41 0.48% 0.53% 0.44% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
40 0.46% 0.51% 0.42% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
39 0.44% 0.48% 0.39% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
38 0.41% 0.46% 0.37% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
37 0.4% 0.44% 0.35% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
36 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
35 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
34 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
33 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
32 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
31 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
30 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
29 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
28 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
27 0.32% 0.36% 0.27% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
26 0.31% 0.36% 0.26% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
25 0.31% 0.36% 0.25% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
24 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
23 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
22 0.29% 0.36% 0.23% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
21 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
20 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
19 0.26% 0.3% 0.21% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.2% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
17 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
16 0.19% 0.21% 0.16% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
14 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
13 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
11 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
6 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
5 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
4 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
3 0.34% 0.37% 0.32% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
2 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
1 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
0 2.78% 3.14% 2.41% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%

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

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.78% in the birth year in the Gambia and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.34% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.51% vs 1.79% at 60, and 9.93% vs 10.7% at 80.

Death rate by age in Gambia vs Somalia

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Gambia Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 83.8 50.6 119.4 59.7 34 85.8
98 130.6 82.4 182.4 91 54.6 128.2
97 196.8 129.4 268.7 134.9 84.8 186
96 286.1 196.6 381 194.3 127.5 262.5
95 402 289.3 519 272.3 185.8 361
94 545 412 682 371 262.4 482
93 717 568 867 493 360 628
92 915 755 1,072 637 479 797
91 1,134 967 1,295 802 621 985
90 1,368 1,193 1,533 984 783 1,190
89 1,610 1,423 1,783 1,179 961 1,405
88 1,852 1,650 2,039 1,383 1,151 1,624
87 2,089 1,868 2,293 1,589 1,345 1,844
86 2,314 2,076 2,535 1,791 1,535 2,058
85 2,521 2,272 2,753 1,981 1,715 2,260
84 2,703 2,452 2,936 2,154 1,879 2,441
83 2,853 2,611 3,078 2,302 2,022 2,594
82 2,966 2,742 3,172 2,420 2,143 2,711
81 3,039 2,838 3,220 2,507 2,240 2,788
80 3,071 2,899 3,225 2,562 2,312 2,824
79 3,068 2,925 3,194 2,588 2,361 2,826
78 3,035 2,921 3,136 2,590 2,388 2,802
77 2,979 2,892 3,059 2,573 2,397 2,759
76 2,906 2,843 2,968 2,542 2,389 2,703
75 2,819 2,777 2,866 2,496 2,364 2,635
74 2,720 2,696 2,751 2,436 2,323 2,555
73 2,608 2,601 2,625 2,362 2,268 2,462
72 2,485 2,494 2,488 2,274 2,199 2,355
71 2,355 2,380 2,343 2,176 2,119 2,237
70 2,221 2,262 2,195 2,071 2,033 2,113
69 2,088 2,145 2,048 1,964 1,945 1,985
68 1,962 2,033 1,908 1,859 1,860 1,862
67 1,844 1,928 1,777 1,760 1,778 1,744
66 1,733 1,828 1,655 1,665 1,699 1,633
65 1,628 1,732 1,540 1,575 1,622 1,528
64 1,524 1,634 1,429 1,485 1,544 1,427
63 1,420 1,532 1,321 1,395 1,462 1,328
62 1,315 1,426 1,216 1,305 1,379 1,231
61 1,213 1,321 1,115 1,217 1,295 1,139
60 1,117 1,220 1,023 1,134 1,215 1,053
59 1,032 1,130 942 1,060 1,143 977
58 962 1,055 875 998 1,082 913
57 907 998 822 948 1,033 861
56 865 954 781 908 994 820
55 831 919 748 875 962 785
54 799 887 716 844 931 753
53 765 851 683 811 898 720
52 725 807 645 775 861 683
51 679 756 603 734 819 644
50 631 701 560 693 776 604
49 584 648 520 654 734 568
48 545 601 486 620 697 537
47 513 564 461 593 667 514
46 490 536 444 574 644 499
45 475 515 433 560 627 489
44 462 499 425 550 613 482
43 450 484 416 540 601 475
42 436 468 404 528 587 465
41 420 451 388 514 573 451
40 401 432 369 497 558 433
39 381 413 349 481 544 413
38 363 396 330 465 532 394
37 348 382 313 453 523 377
36 337 372 300 443 517 364
35 329 365 291.1 437 514 354
34 323 361 284.6 433 514 347
33 319 356 280 430 514 341
32 315 352 276.4 427 514 335
31 310 346 272.9 424 514 330
30 305 341 268.7 422 515 324
29 299.8 335 263.6 419 516 317
28 294.5 331 257.2 417 519 310
27 289.5 328 249.6 415 522 302
26 285.2 328 241.2 413 526 294.2
25 281.6 329 232.7 412 532 286
24 278.4 330 225 410 537 278
23 275.1 330 218.6 407 539 270.2
22 270.7 326 213.2 402 535 262.5
21 264 318 208.5 388 515 254.5
20 253.7 303 202.9 363 475 245.7
19 239.1 281.8 195.1 331 422 235.7
18 220.2 255.3 184.1 296.4 365 224.4
17 198.2 226 169.7 264.8 315 211.9
16 176 197.5 153.8 236.8 272.8 199.1
15 156 172.7 138.7 211.2 234.4 187
14 140.8 154.1 127 190.6 203.7 177.1
13 131.8 142.9 120.4 177.2 183.6 170.5
12 129.7 139.4 119.7 172.6 176.5 168.5
11 135 143.9 125.8 176.6 181 172.1
10 147.7 156.3 138.9 188.6 194.5 182.4
9 167.8 176.4 158.9 209.9 218.5 200.9
8 194.1 203.1 184.8 242.6 254.9 229.7
7 224.2 234.3 213.7 289.8 307 272.2
6 255.3 267.4 242.7 356 377 333
5 284.1 299.4 268.3 447 473 420
4 310 329 289.5 572 601 542
3 332 357 307 742 770 712
2 353 383 321 972 995 947
1 373 410 335 1,286 1,297 1,274
0 2,782 3,143 2,411 6,435 6,958 5,895

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/gambia/somalia | 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 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 73.4 in the Gambia and 69 in Somalia, 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 Somalia 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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