Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Namibia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Namibia was 67.39 years. A difference of +3.2 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Namibia were 63.33 years and 71.34 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 Namibia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Namibia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Namibia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	48.53	46.51	50.5
1961	49.24	47.19	51.24
1962	49.97	47.94	51.94
1963	50.64	48.64	52.58
1964	51.35	49.39	53.24
1965	52	50.05	53.87
1966	52.3	50.08	54.45
1967	52.93	50.74	55.05
1968	53.55	51.34	55.68
1969	54.13	51.92	56.25
1970	54.69	52.47	56.82
1971	55.29	53.02	57.47
1972	55.85	53.54	58.06
1973	56.42	54.06	58.69
1974	56.94	54.49	59.31
1975	57.55	54.94	60.08
1976	58.04	55.35	60.64
1977	58.59	55.76	61.32
1978	59.11	56.15	61.98
1979	59.52	56.44	62.5
1980	56.57	51.03	62.65
1981	56.91	51.27	63.07
1982	57.34	51.65	63.49
1983	57.64	52.05	63.62
1984	58.1	52.67	63.85
1985	58.47	53.12	64.09
1986	58.73	53.43	64.26
1987	59.12	53.92	64.52
1988	59.03	53.94	64.3
1989	60.77	56.85	64.58
1990	61.36	58.22	64.32
1991	60.83	57.76	63.74
1992	60.16	57.18	62.98
1993	59.26	56.32	62.06
1994	58.44	55.84	60.88
1995	57.52	55.12	59.75
1996	56.64	54.45	58.65
1997	55.84	53.9	57.61
1998	54.77	52.94	56.42
1999	53.98	52.06	55.75
2000	52.95	51.23	54.5
2001	51.98	50.2	53.61
2002	51.99	50.2	53.64
2003	51.92	50.19	53.51
2004	52.18	50.33	53.89
2005	52.56	50.69	54.29
2006	53.18	51.03	55.23
2007	54.03	51.62	56.34
2008	54.74	52.12	57.3
2009	55.35	52.76	57.85
2010	56.09	53.43	58.67
2011	56.65	53.79	59.44
2012	57.73	54.69	60.73
2013	58.47	55.4	61.48
2014	59.31	56.27	62.27
2015	60.01	56.85	63.11
2016	60.81	57.48	64.09
2017	61.66	58.19	65.1
2018	62.58	58.95	66.18
2019	63.55	59.78	67.3
2020	64.07	60.16	68.04
2021	60.85	57.32	64.55
2022	64.19	60.36	68.07
2023	67.39	63.33	71.34