Life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon
Gabon: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 68.34 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon is 68.34 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon peaked at 68.34 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.27 years, in 1950.
That places Gabon 183rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.54 years | 39.27 years | 45.76 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 49.34 years | 46.44 years | 52.13 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.13 years | 52.7 years | 57.44 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 59.4 years | 57.89 years | 60.58 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.2 years | 60.74 years | 61.66 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.94 years | 61.81 years | 64.36 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.12 years | 64.71 years | 67.34 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.55 years | 67.07 years | 68.34 years | 4 |
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More health data for Gabon
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 750.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 711 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 19,767 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 19,587 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 20,249 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 20,104 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 20,781 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 20,646 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Gabon was 68.34 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 68.34 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.27 years in 1950.
- How does Gabon rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Gabon ranks 183rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.