What is life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia?

Life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia was 78.2 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Namibia?

The highest recorded value was 78.2 years in 2100.

What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Namibia?

The lowest recorded value was 56.73 years in 2003.

How does Namibia rank for life expectancy at age 15?

Namibia ranks 202nd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.

Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Namibia?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Namibia data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia

Name: Life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Namibia: Life expectancy at age 15 was 78.2 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)

78.2 years

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

202nd

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.2 years

in 2100

All-time low

56.73 years

in 2003

Years of data

151

1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia, 1950–2100

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia stood at 78.2 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia peaked at 78.2 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.73 years, in 2003.

Namibia ranks 202nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	61.83 years	60.81 years	62.98 years	10
1960s	64.39 years	63.29 years	65.34 years	10
1970s	66.81 years	65.57 years	68.01 years	10
1980s	65.13 years	64.4 years	66.73 years	10
1990s	63.28 years	59.22 years	67.17 years	10
2000s	57.61 years	56.73 years	59.11 years	10
2010s	63.05 years	59.68 years	66.76 years	10
2020s	69.28 years	63.74 years	70.96 years	10
2030s	71.47 years	71.06 years	71.87 years	10
2040s	72.32 years	71.94 years	72.71 years	10
2050s	73.21 years	72.8 years	73.64 years	10
2060s	74.2 years	73.74 years	74.67 years	10
2070s	75.26 years	74.78 years	75.77 years	10
2080s	76.4 years	75.88 years	76.91 years	10
2090s	77.55 years	77.02 years	78.08 years	10
2100s	78.2 years	78.2 years	78.2 years	1

Countries ranked near Namibia

199 Cameroon 78.31 years compare
200 Zimbabwe 78.24 years compare
201 Afghanistan 78.21 years compare
203 Micronesia (country) 78.17 years compare
204 Fiji 78.15 years compare
205 Tuvalu 78.04 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Namibia

Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 29,582 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 2.9% (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 43,578 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 28,860 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 29,210 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 31,119 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 32,356 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 31,695 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 117,312 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 30,096 (2025)

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia?: Life expectancy at age 15 in Namibia was 78.2 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 78.2 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 56.73 years in 2003.
How does Namibia rank for life expectancy at age 15?: Namibia ranks 202nd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Namibia?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.