Life Expectancy in Gambia vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Gambia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Gambia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.9	100.7	100.9	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	99.9	99.8	100	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99	98.9	99.1	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.2	98	98.2	100	99.9	100
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.6	95.4	95.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.8	94.5	94.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.9	93.7	94.1	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.1	92.9	93.3	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.4	92.1	92.6	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.6	91.3	91.8	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.8	90.6	91.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.1	89.9	90.3	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.4	89.2	89.6	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.7	88.5	88.9	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88	87.8	88.2	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.4	87.1	87.6	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.7	86.5	86.9	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.1	85.8	86.3	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.5	85.2	85.7	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.9	84.6	85.2	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.4	84.1	84.6	86.9	86	87.4
76	83.8	83.5	84.1	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.3	83	83.6	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.8	82.5	83.1	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.4	82	82.7	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.9	81.5	82.2	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.5	81.1	81.8	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81	80.6	81.4	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.6	80.2	81	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.3	79.8	80.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.9	79.4	80.3	81.6	80	82.8
66	79.5	79	80	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.2	78.6	79.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	78.9	78.3	79.4	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	78.6	78	79.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.3	77.6	78.8	79.4	77.4	81
61	78	77.3	78.6	79	76.9	80.7
60	77.7	77	78.3	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	77.5	76.8	78.1	78.3	76	80.1
58	77.2	76.5	77.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	77	76.3	77.7	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76.8	76	77.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	76.6	75.8	77.3	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	76.3	75.5	77.1	76.5	74	78.7
53	76.1	75.3	76.9	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75.9	75	76.7	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	75.7	74.8	76.5	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	75.5	74.6	76.3	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	75.3	74.4	76.2	75	72.2	77.4
48	75.1	74.2	76	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	75	74	75.8	74.4	71.6	77
46	74.8	73.8	75.7	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	74.6	73.7	75.5	73.9	71	76.5
44	74.5	73.5	75.4	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	74.3	73.3	75.2	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	74.2	73.2	75.1	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	74	73	74.9	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	73.8	72.8	74.8	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	73.7	72.7	74.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	73.5	72.5	74.5	72.2	69.2	75
37	73.4	72.3	74.4	72	68.9	74.8
36	73.3	72.2	74.3	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	73.1	72	74.1	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	73	71.9	74	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	72.8	71.7	73.9	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	72.7	71.6	73.8	71	67.9	73.9
31	72.6	71.4	73.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	72.4	71.3	73.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	72.3	71.1	73.4	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	72.1	70.9	73.3	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	72	70.8	73.1	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	71.9	70.6	73	70	66.8	73.1
25	71.7	70.5	72.9	69.9	66.6	73
24	71.6	70.3	72.8	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	71.4	70.1	72.7	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	71.3	70	72.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	71.1	69.8	72.4	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	71	69.6	72.3	69.3	66	72.6
19	70.9	69.5	72.2	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	70.7	69.3	72.1	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	70.6	69.2	72	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	70.5	69.1	71.9	69	65.7	72.3
15	70.4	69	71.8	69	65.6	72.3
14	70.4	68.9	71.8	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	70.3	68.8	71.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	70.2	68.7	71.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	70.1	68.7	71.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	70	68.6	71.4	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	69.9	68.4	71.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	69.8	68.3	71.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	69.6	68.2	71.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	69.5	68	70.9	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	69.3	67.8	70.7	68.7	65.3	72
4	69.1	67.6	70.5	68.6	65.2	72
3	68.8	67.3	70.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	68.6	67.1	70.1	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	68.3	66.8	69.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	66.5	64.7	68.2	66.7	63.1	70.2

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 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.2 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.1 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 66.5 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Gambia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Gambia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.12%	0.07%	0.18%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.21%	0.12%	0.3%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.34%	0.2%	0.48%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.53%	0.33%	0.75%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.82%	0.52%	1.13%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.22%	0.81%	1.65%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.77%	1.23%	2.33%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	2.48%	1.79%	3.2%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	3.4%	2.55%	4.27%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	4.53%	3.52%	5.57%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	5.9%	4.71%	7.1%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	7.51%	6.13%	8.88%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	9.36%	7.78%	10.9%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	11.5%	9.65%	13.2%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	13.8%	11.7%	15.8%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	16.3%	14%	18.5%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	19%	16.4%	21.4%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	21.8%	19.1%	24.5%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	24.8%	21.8%	27.7%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	27.8%	24.6%	30.9%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	30.9%	27.5%	34.1%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	34%	30.5%	37.3%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	37%	33.4%	40.5%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	40%	36.3%	43.5%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	42.9%	39.1%	46.5%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	45.7%	41.9%	49.4%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	48.4%	44.6%	52.1%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	51.1%	47.2%	54.7%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	53.5%	49.7%	57.2%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	55.9%	52.1%	59.6%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	58.1%	54.3%	61.8%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	60.2%	56.5%	63.8%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	62.2%	58.5%	65.7%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	64%	60.4%	67.5%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	65.7%	62.3%	69.1%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	67.4%	64%	70.7%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	68.9%	65.6%	72.1%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	70.3%	67.2%	73.4%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	71.6%	68.6%	74.7%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	72.8%	69.9%	75.8%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	74%	71.1%	76.8%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	75%	72.3%	77.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	76%	73.3%	78.6%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	76.9%	74.3%	79.4%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	77.7%	75.3%	80.2%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	78.6%	76.2%	81%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	79.4%	77.1%	81.7%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	80.1%	77.9%	82.4%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	80.8%	78.7%	83%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	81.5%	79.5%	83.6%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	82.2%	80.2%	84.2%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	82.7%	80.8%	84.7%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	83.3%	81.4%	85.2%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	83.8%	82%	85.6%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	84.3%	82.5%	86.1%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	84.8%	83.1%	86.5%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	85.2%	83.5%	86.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	85.7%	84%	87.4%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	86.1%	84.5%	87.8%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	86.5%	85%	88.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	86.9%	85.4%	88.5%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	87.3%	85.8%	88.9%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	87.7%	86.2%	89.2%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	88%	86.6%	89.5%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	88.4%	86.9%	89.8%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	88.7%	87.3%	90.1%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	89%	87.7%	90.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	89.3%	88%	90.7%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	89.6%	88.4%	90.9%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	90%	88.7%	91.2%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	90.3%	89.1%	91.5%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	90.6%	89.4%	91.7%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	90.9%	89.7%	92%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	91.1%	90.1%	92.3%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	91.4%	90.4%	92.5%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	91.7%	90.7%	92.7%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	92%	91%	93%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	92.3%	91.4%	93.2%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	92.5%	91.7%	93.4%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	92.8%	92%	93.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	93.1%	92.3%	93.8%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	93.3%	92.6%	94%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	93.5%	92.9%	94.2%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	93.7%	93.1%	94.3%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	93.9%	93.3%	94.5%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	94%	93.5%	94.6%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	94.2%	93.6%	94.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	94.3%	93.8%	94.9%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	94.4%	93.9%	95%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	94.6%	94%	95.1%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	94.7%	94.2%	95.3%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	94.9%	94.4%	95.4%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	95.1%	94.6%	95.6%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	95.3%	94.8%	95.8%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	95.6%	95.1%	96.1%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	95.9%	95.4%	96.3%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.2%	95.7%	96.6%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.5%	96.1%	96.9%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	96.8%	96.4%	97.3%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 74% of newborns in the Gambia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 58.1% and 51.6% past 70, 30.9% and 30.2% past 80, and only 5.9% and 11.3% past 90.

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

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Gambia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Gambia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.5%	45.4%	41.7%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	40.5%	43.5%	39.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	38.7%	41.4%	37.7%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	36.8%	39.4%	35.7%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	34.9%	37.5%	33.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	32.9%	35.5%	31.4%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	30.8%	33.6%	29.2%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	28.9%	31.7%	27.1%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	26.9%	29.6%	25.1%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	25%	27.5%	23.3%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	23.2%	25.3%	21.6%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	21.4%	23.2%	20.1%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	19.8%	21.2%	18.7%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	18.2%	19.4%	17.4%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	16.8%	17.7%	16.1%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	15.5%	16.2%	14.9%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	14.2%	14.9%	13.7%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	13.1%	13.7%	12.6%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	12%	12.6%	11.5%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	10.9%	11.5%	10.4%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.93%	10.5%	9.45%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	9.03%	9.6%	8.56%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.2%	8.75%	7.75%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.45%	7.97%	7.03%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.77%	7.27%	6.38%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.17%	6.63%	5.81%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.61%	6.05%	5.28%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	5.11%	5.51%	4.8%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.64%	5.02%	4.35%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.21%	4.57%	3.93%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.82%	4.16%	3.55%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.47%	3.8%	3.21%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.16%	3.47%	2.9%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.88%	3.19%	2.63%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.64%	2.94%	2.39%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.42%	2.71%	2.18%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.21%	2.49%	1.98%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.02%	2.28%	1.8%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.84%	2.08%	1.63%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.66%	1.89%	1.47%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.51%	1.72%	1.33%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.38%	1.56%	1.21%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.27%	1.44%	1.11%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.18%	1.34%	1.04%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.11%	1.27%	0.97%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.06%	1.21%	0.92%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.01%	1.15%	0.88%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.95%	1.09%	0.83%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.9%	1.02%	0.78%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.83%	0.95%	0.72%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.77%	0.87%	0.67%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.71%	0.8%	0.61%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.65%	0.74%	0.57%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.61%	0.69%	0.54%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.58%	0.65%	0.52%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.56%	0.62%	0.5%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.54%	0.6%	0.49%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.53%	0.58%	0.48%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.51%	0.55%	0.46%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.48%	0.53%	0.44%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.46%	0.51%	0.42%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.44%	0.48%	0.39%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.41%	0.46%	0.37%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.4%	0.44%	0.35%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.38%	0.43%	0.33%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.37%	0.42%	0.32%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.36%	0.41%	0.31%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.36%	0.4%	0.31%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.35%	0.4%	0.3%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.34%	0.39%	0.3%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.34%	0.38%	0.29%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.33%	0.37%	0.29%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.32%	0.37%	0.28%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.32%	0.36%	0.27%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.31%	0.36%	0.26%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.31%	0.36%	0.25%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.3%	0.36%	0.23%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.29%	0.36%	0.23%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.28%	0.35%	0.22%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.27%	0.33%	0.22%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.26%	0.3%	0.21%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.24%	0.27%	0.2%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.21%	0.24%	0.18%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.19%	0.21%	0.16%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.17%	0.18%	0.15%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.15%	0.16%	0.13%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.14%	0.15%	0.13%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.14%	0.15%	0.13%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.14%	0.15%	0.13%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.18%	0.19%	0.17%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.2%	0.21%	0.19%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.24%	0.25%	0.22%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.27%	0.28%	0.25%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.3%	0.31%	0.28%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.32%	0.34%	0.3%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.34%	0.37%	0.32%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.36%	0.4%	0.33%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.38%	0.42%	0.34%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.78%	3.14%	2.41%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.78% in the birth year in the Gambia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.34% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.51% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.93% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Gambia vs South Africa

Chart Table

Gambia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Gambia			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	83.8	50.6	119.4	475	280.8	655
98	130.6	82.4	182.4	572	340	787
97	196.8	129.4	268.7	677	406	928
96	286.1	196.6	381	789	478	1,077
95	402	289.3	519	909	558	1,236
94	545	412	682	1,031	642	1,393
93	717	568	867	1,148	729	1,540
92	915	755	1,072	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,134	967	1,295	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,368	1,193	1,533	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,610	1,423	1,783	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,852	1,650	2,039	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,089	1,868	2,293	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,314	2,076	2,535	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,521	2,272	2,753	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,703	2,452	2,936	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,853	2,611	3,078	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,966	2,742	3,172	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,039	2,838	3,220	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,071	2,899	3,225	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,068	2,925	3,194	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,035	2,921	3,136	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,979	2,892	3,059	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,906	2,843	2,968	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,819	2,777	2,866	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,720	2,696	2,751	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,608	2,601	2,625	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,485	2,494	2,488	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,355	2,380	2,343	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,221	2,262	2,195	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,088	2,145	2,048	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,962	2,033	1,908	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,844	1,928	1,777	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,733	1,828	1,655	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,628	1,732	1,540	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,524	1,634	1,429	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,420	1,532	1,321	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,315	1,426	1,216	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,213	1,321	1,115	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,117	1,220	1,023	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,032	1,130	942	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	962	1,055	875	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	907	998	822	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	865	954	781	1,242	1,519	978
55	831	919	748	1,190	1,459	929
54	799	887	716	1,137	1,397	881
53	765	851	683	1,085	1,337	835
52	725	807	645	1,037	1,279	795
51	679	756	603	994	1,223	760
50	631	701	560	954	1,171	731
49	584	648	520	918	1,120	707
48	545	601	486	883	1,071	686
47	513	564	461	850	1,022	668
46	490	536	444	818	974	652
45	475	515	433	786	928	635
44	462	499	425	755	884	619
43	450	484	416	724	842	601
42	436	468	404	695	804	581
41	420	451	388	667	770	560
40	401	432	369	639	738	538
39	381	413	349	613	708	515
38	363	396	330	587	680	492
37	348	382	313	562	653	470
36	337	372	300	538	626	449
35	329	365	291.1	515	600	429
34	323	361	284.6	493	575	410
33	319	356	280	471	551	392
32	315	352	276.4	450	527	374
31	310	346	272.9	429	504	355
30	305	341	268.7	408	481	335
29	299.8	335	263.6	386	458	314
28	294.5	331	257.2	363	434	291.3
27	289.5	328	249.6	339	410	266.7
26	285.2	328	241.2	314	384	241.5
25	281.6	329	232.7	289.1	358	217.1
24	278.4	330	225	264.7	331	195.1
23	275.1	330	218.6	241.4	304	176
22	270.7	326	213.2	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	264	318	208.5	198.1	249	145.6
20	253.7	303	202.9	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	239.1	281.8	195.1	158	194.2	121.2
18	220.2	255.3	184.1	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	198.2	226	169.7	119.5	142.6	96
16	176	197.5	153.8	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	156	172.7	138.7	85	99.4	70.2
14	140.8	154.1	127	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	131.8	142.9	120.4	58.9	68.7	49
12	129.7	139.4	119.7	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	135	143.9	125.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	147.7	156.3	138.9	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	167.8	176.4	158.9	37	43.9	30
8	194.1	203.1	184.8	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	224.2	234.3	213.7	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	255.3	267.4	242.7	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	284.1	299.4	268.3	67.2	79	55.4
4	310	329	289.5	95.3	110.3	80
3	332	357	307	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	353	383	321	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	373	410	335	343	375	310
0	2,782	3,143	2,411	2,192	2,441	1,934

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 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 73.4 in the Gambia and 70.8 in South Africa, 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 South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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