Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Gambia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Gambia was 65.86 years. A difference of +1 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Gambia were 64.17 years and 67.53 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Gambia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Gambia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Gambia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	34.57	33.84	35.31
1961	35.06	34.31	35.81
1962	35.6	34.82	36.38
1963	36.09	35.3	36.87
1964	36.58	35.8	37.36
1965	37.12	36.39	37.85
1966	37.56	36.78	38.34
1967	38.06	37.27	38.87
1968	38.53	37.76	39.32
1969	39	38.21	39.81
1970	39.53	38.7	40.38
1971	40.05	39.18	40.92
1972	40.55	39.67	41.43
1973	41.09	40.16	42.03
1974	41.68	40.81	42.55
1975	42.19	41.25	43.16
1976	42.88	41.9	43.87
1977	43.37	42.35	44.4
1978	43.57	42.61	44.57
1979	44.52	43.45	45.62
1980	44.98	44.05	45.94
1981	44.49	42.59	46.44
1982	46.25	45.36	47.18
1983	46.89	45.92	47.91
1984	47.51	46.53	48.55
1985	48.15	47.17	49.19
1986	48.8	47.76	49.89
1987	49.39	48.31	50.53
1988	50.15	48.95	51.41
1989	50.73	49.53	51.99
1990	51.28	50	52.63
1991	51.86	50.52	53.27
1992	52.48	50.99	54.06
1993	53.15	51.53	54.88
1994	53.77	52.1	55.54
1995	54.29	52.49	56.22
1996	54.85	52.98	56.84
1997	55.23	53.3	57.27
1998	56.01	53.96	58.18
1999	56.47	54.44	58.61
2000	56.9	54.92	58.99
2001	57.28	55.38	59.28
2002	57.74	55.93	59.61
2003	58.22	56.5	60
2004	58.75	57.09	60.45
2005	59.11	57.51	60.75
2006	59.67	58.13	61.23
2007	60	58.6	61.42
2008	60.47	59.16	61.79
2009	60.74	59.42	62.05
2010	61.17	59.9	62.43
2011	61.56	60.31	62.81
2012	61.9	60.65	63.14
2013	62.25	61.01	63.48
2014	62.58	61.32	63.82
2015	62.97	61.68	64.25
2016	63.39	61.99	64.77
2017	63.71	62.27	65.13
2018	64.03	62.54	65.52
2019	64.43	62.92	65.93
2020	64.42	62.71	66.12
2021	63.85	62.24	65.45
2022	64.86	63.21	66.5
2023	65.86	64.17	67.53