The Gambia - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in The Gambia was 3,117 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,558 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,622 in 1961.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,624 |
| 1961 | 2,622 |
| 1962 | 2,626 |
| 1963 | 2,630 |
| 1964 | 2,640 |
| 1965 | 2,650 |
| 1966 | 2,666 |
| 1967 | 2,682 |
| 1968 | 2,698 |
| 1969 | 2,718 |
| 1970 | 2,739 |
| 1971 | 2,762 |
| 1972 | 2,787 |
| 1973 | 2,817 |
| 1974 | 2,851 |
| 1975 | 2,884 |
| 1976 | 2,917 |
| 1977 | 2,948 |
| 1978 | 2,976 |
| 1979 | 3,000 |
| 1980 | 3,022 |
| 1981 | 3,048 |
| 1982 | 3,078 |
| 1983 | 3,115 |
| 1984 | 3,163 |
| 1985 | 3,216 |
| 1986 | 3,277 |
| 1987 | 3,337 |
| 1988 | 3,397 |
| 1989 | 3,453 |
| 1990 | 3,499 |
| 1991 | 3,533 |
| 1992 | 3,553 |
| 1993 | 3,558 |
| 1994 | 3,550 |
| 1995 | 3,532 |
| 1996 | 3,508 |
| 1997 | 3,481 |
| 1998 | 3,453 |
| 1999 | 3,426 |
| 2000 | 3,404 |
| 2001 | 3,384 |
| 2002 | 3,369 |
| 2003 | 3,355 |
| 2004 | 3,343 |
| 2005 | 3,333 |
| 2006 | 3,324 |
| 2007 | 3,317 |
| 2008 | 3,311 |
| 2009 | 3,304 |
| 2010 | 3,298 |
| 2011 | 3,290 |
| 2012 | 3,282 |
| 2013 | 3,272 |
| 2014 | 3,259 |
| 2015 | 3,238 |
| 2016 | 3,217 |
| 2017 | 3,192 |
| 2018 | 3,168 |
| 2019 | 3,144 |
| 2020 | 3,117 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in The Gambia was 4,377 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,866 in 1992 and a minimum value of 4,377 in 2020.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,075 |
| 1962 | 6,067 |
| 1963 | 6,056 |
| 1964 | 6,055 |
| 1965 | 6,053 |
| 1966 | 6,065 |
| 1967 | 6,076 |
| 1968 | 6,088 |
| 1969 | 6,109 |
| 1970 | 6,130 |
| 1971 | 6,153 |
| 1972 | 6,173 |
| 1973 | 6,202 |
| 1974 | 6,236 |
| 1975 | 6,271 |
| 1976 | 6,308 |
| 1977 | 6,347 |
| 1978 | 6,385 |
| 1979 | 6,415 |
| 1980 | 6,432 |
| 1981 | 6,450 |
| 1982 | 6,461 |
| 1983 | 6,476 |
| 1984 | 6,507 |
| 1985 | 6,543 |
| 1986 | 6,597 |
| 1987 | 6,653 |
| 1988 | 6,716 |
| 1989 | 6,780 |
| 1990 | 6,831 |
| 1991 | 6,862 |
| 1992 | 6,866 |
| 1993 | 6,839 |
| 1994 | 6,778 |
| 1995 | 6,697 |
| 1996 | 6,597 |
| 1997 | 6,485 |
| 1998 | 6,365 |
| 1999 | 6,242 |
| 2000 | 6,125 |
| 2001 | 6,007 |
| 2002 | 5,897 |
| 2003 | 5,793 |
| 2004 | 5,692 |
| 2005 | 5,596 |
| 2006 | 5,504 |
| 2007 | 5,418 |
| 2008 | 5,336 |
| 2009 | 5,254 |
| 2010 | 5,177 |
| 2011 | 5,101 |
| 2012 | 5,028 |
| 2013 | 4,954 |
| 2014 | 4,876 |
| 2015 | 4,788 |
| 2016 | 4,704 |
| 2017 | 4,617 |
| 2018 | 4,534 |
| 2019 | 4,457 |
| 2020 | 4,377 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in The Gambia was 2,340 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,450 in 2013 and a minimum value of 2,224 in 1990.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,224 |
| 1991 | 2,259 |
| 1992 | 2,283 |
| 1993 | 2,300 |
| 1994 | 2,313 |
| 1995 | 2,316 |
| 1996 | 2,312 |
| 1997 | 2,307 |
| 1998 | 2,296 |
| 1999 | 2,288 |
| 2000 | 2,287 |
| 2001 | 2,296 |
| 2002 | 2,314 |
| 2003 | 2,332 |
| 2004 | 2,352 |
| 2005 | 2,371 |
| 2006 | 2,390 |
| 2007 | 2,402 |
| 2008 | 2,413 |
| 2009 | 2,424 |
| 2010 | 2,434 |
| 2011 | 2,443 |
| 2012 | 2,449 |
| 2013 | 2,450 |
| 2014 | 2,445 |
| 2015 | 2,434 |
| 2016 | 2,418 |
| 2017 | 2,401 |
| 2018 | 2,381 |
| 2019 | 2,361 |
| 2020 | 2,340 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
