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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs Malawi (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 66.8 years in Afghanistan vs 67.9 in Malawi. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and Malawi is 152/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 65.2 years for males and 68.3 years for females. In Malawi, it's 64.6 years for males and 71.1 years for females.

Afghanistan vs Malawi life expectancy at birth by year

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 66.8 65.2 68.3 67.9 64.6 71.1
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 67.7 64.4 71
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 67.6 64.3 70.8
2023 66 64.5 67.5 67.4 64.1 70.6
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 66 62.7 69.4
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 64.8 61.3 68.2
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 65.2 61.7 68.8
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 65 61.6 68.4
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 64.5 61 67.9
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 63.9 60.8 67.1
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 63.2 60.1 66.2
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 62.3 59.4 65.2
2014 62.3 60.5 64 61.7 58.8 64.5
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 60.8 58.1 63.6
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 59.9 57.3 62.4
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 58.9 56.5 61.2
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 57.8 55.6 59.9
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 56.7 54.8 58.6
2008 59.7 58 61.4 55.7 53.9 57.4
2007 59 57.1 60.8 54.7 53 56.3
2006 58.6 57 60.1 53.7 51.8 55.4
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 52.5 50.6 54.3
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 51.1 49.4 52.8
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 49.6 47.9 51.3
2002 56.2 55 57.4 48.2 46.6 49.8
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 47.2 45.7 48.7
2000 55 53.5 56.6 46.2 44.6 47.8
1999 54.5 53.1 56 45.1 43.5 46.6
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 44.3 42.8 45.8
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 44.2 42.8 45.6
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 44 42.7 45.3
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 43.8 42.6 45
1994 51 48.9 53.1 43.8 42.6 45
1993 51 49.8 52.3 43.6 42.4 44.9
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 43.6 42.3 45
1991 45.5 43 48.3 43.5 42.1 45
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 43.6 42.1 45.1
1989 44.5 42.1 47 43.5 42 45.1
1988 43.2 40.7 46 43.6 42 45.2
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 43.9 42.2 45.7
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 44.3 42.5 46.2
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 44.6 42.7 46.5
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 44.8 42.9 46.8
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 45 43 46.9
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 44.8 42.9 46.8
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 44.7 42.7 46.8
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 44.3 42.3 46.4
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 43.7 41.7 45.7
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 43 41 45
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 42 40.1 43.8
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 41 39.3 42.7
1975 40 39.3 40.8 40.1 38.5 41.6
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 39.2 37.7 40.6
1973 39 38.2 39.8 38.4 36.9 39.8
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 37.6 36.2 39
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 37.1 35.7 38.5
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 36.6 35.1 38.1
1969 37 36.3 37.8 36.3 34.8 37.8
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 36.1 34.5 37.6
1967 36 35.3 36.9 35.9 34.3 37.5
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 35.8 34.3 37.4
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 35.7 34.2 37.3
1964 34.7 34 35.4 35.7 34.1 37.2
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 35.6 34.1 37.1
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 35.4 33.9 37
1961 33.3 32.6 34 35.2 33.7 36.8
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 35 33.4 36.6
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 34.8 33.2 36.3
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 34.4 32.8 36.1
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 34.1 32.4 35.8
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 33.8 32.2 35.5
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 33.6 31.9 35.3
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 33.3 31.6 35.1
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 33.2 31.4 34.9
1952 29 28.4 29.7 33 31.2 34.7
1951 28.6 28 29.3 32.8 31.1 34.6
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 32.7 30.9 34.4

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 50.4 years in Afghanistan and 54.7 in Malawi. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.88 healthy years in Afghanistan and 11.7 in Malawi.

Afghanistan vs Malawi life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and Malawi, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.2 vs 42.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.2 vs 72.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 74.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan Malawi
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.5% 96.0% 97.9%
50 92.0% 93.3% 88.7% 93.8%
60 80.6% 84.9% 75.7% 85.6%
65 71.2% 77.7% 66.0% 78.7%
70 58.7% 67.2% 53.9% 69.1%
75 43.3% 52.6% 39.7% 56.2%
80 26.7% 35.0% 24.8% 40.4%
85 12.3% 17.6% 12.1% 23.8%
90 3.6% 6.0% 4.1% 10.3%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.9% 2.9%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%

Life expectancy by current age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 102.1 101.9 102.2
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 101.2 101 101.3
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 100.3 100.1 100.4
97 99 98.9 99 99.4 99.2 99.5
96 98.1 98 98.2 98.6 98.4 98.6
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.7 97.5 97.8
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.9 96.6 97
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 96 95.8 96.1
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 95.2 94.9 95.3
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 94.4 94.1 94.5
90 93 92.8 93.1 93.6 93.2 93.8
89 92.2 92 92.3 92.8 92.4 93
88 91.4 91.2 91.5 92.1 91.6 92.2
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 91.3 90.8 91.5
86 89.8 89.6 90 90.6 90.1 90.8
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 89.8 89.3 90.1
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 89.1 88.5 89.4
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 88.4 87.8 88.8
82 87 86.7 87.1 87.8 87.1 88.2
81 86.3 86 86.5 87.2 86.4 87.6
80 85.7 85.4 85.9 86.5 85.8 87
79 85 84.7 85.2 85.9 85.1 86.4
78 84.4 84.1 84.7 85.3 84.5 85.9
77 83.9 83.5 84.1 84.8 83.8 85.3
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 84.2 83.2 84.8
75 82.8 82.3 83.1 83.6 82.7 84.3
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 83.1 82.1 83.9
73 81.7 81.3 82.1 82.6 81.5 83.4
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 82.1 81 83
71 80.8 80.3 81.2 81.7 80.5 82.5
70 80.4 79.8 80.8 81.2 80 82.1
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 80.8 79.5 81.8
68 79.5 78.9 80 80.3 79 81.4
67 79.1 78.5 79.7 79.9 78.6 81
66 78.8 78 79.4 79.5 78.1 80.7
65 78.4 77.6 79 79.2 77.7 80.4
64 78.1 77.3 78.7 78.8 77.3 80
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 78.5 76.9 79.8
62 77.4 76.6 78.2 78.1 76.5 79.5
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 77.8 76.1 79.2
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 77.5 75.8 78.9
59 76.6 75.6 77.4 77.2 75.4 78.7
58 76.3 75.3 77.2 76.9 75.1 78.5
57 76.1 75 77 76.7 74.8 78.2
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 76.4 74.5 78
55 75.6 74.5 76.5 76.1 74.2 77.8
54 75.4 74.2 76.4 75.9 73.9 77.6
53 75.2 74 76.2 75.6 73.6 77.4
52 75 73.8 76 75.4 73.3 77.3
51 74.8 73.6 75.8 75.2 73 77.1
50 74.6 73.4 75.7 75 72.8 76.9
49 74.4 73.2 75.5 74.8 72.5 76.7
48 74.3 73 75.3 74.6 72.3 76.6
47 74.1 72.9 75.2 74.4 72.1 76.5
46 73.9 72.7 75.1 74.2 71.9 76.3
45 73.8 72.6 74.9 74 71.7 76.2
44 73.7 72.4 74.8 73.8 71.5 76.1
43 73.5 72.3 74.7 73.7 71.3 75.9
42 73.4 72.1 74.6 73.5 71.1 75.8
41 73.3 72 74.5 73.4 70.9 75.7
40 73.2 71.9 74.3 73.3 70.7 75.6
39 73.1 71.8 74.2 73.1 70.6 75.5
38 73 71.7 74.1 73 70.4 75.4
37 72.8 71.6 74 72.9 70.2 75.3
36 72.7 71.5 73.9 72.7 70.1 75.2
35 72.6 71.4 73.8 72.6 69.9 75.1
34 72.5 71.3 73.7 72.5 69.8 75
33 72.5 71.2 73.6 72.4 69.7 75
32 72.4 71.1 73.5 72.3 69.5 74.9
31 72.3 71 73.5 72.2 69.4 74.8
30 72.2 70.9 73.4 72.1 69.3 74.7
29 72.1 70.8 73.3 72 69.2 74.7
28 72 70.7 73.2 71.9 69.1 74.6
27 71.9 70.6 73.1 71.8 68.9 74.5
26 71.8 70.5 73 71.7 68.8 74.5
25 71.7 70.4 72.9 71.6 68.7 74.4
24 71.6 70.3 72.9 71.6 68.6 74.3
23 71.5 70.2 72.8 71.5 68.5 74.3
22 71.4 70.1 72.7 71.4 68.4 74.2
21 71.3 70 72.6 71.3 68.3 74.2
20 71.3 69.9 72.5 71.2 68.2 74.1
19 71.2 69.8 72.5 71.2 68.1 74.1
18 71.1 69.7 72.4 71.1 68 74
17 71 69.6 72.3 71 68 74
16 71 69.6 72.3 71 67.9 73.9
15 70.9 69.5 72.2 70.9 67.8 73.9
14 70.8 69.4 72.2 70.9 67.8 73.9
13 70.8 69.4 72.1 70.9 67.8 73.8
12 70.7 69.3 72.1 70.8 67.7 73.8
11 70.7 69.3 72 70.8 67.7 73.8
10 70.7 69.2 72 70.7 67.6 73.7
9 70.6 69.2 71.9 70.7 67.6 73.7
8 70.6 69.1 71.9 70.7 67.5 73.6
7 70.5 69.1 71.8 70.6 67.5 73.6
6 70.4 69 71.8 70.5 67.4 73.5
5 70.3 68.9 71.7 70.5 67.4 73.5
4 70.2 68.8 71.6 70.4 67.3 73.4
3 70.1 68.6 71.4 70.3 67.1 73.3
2 69.8 68.4 71.2 70.1 67 73.1
1 69.5 68.1 70.9 69.8 66.7 72.9
0 66.8 65.2 68.3 67.9 64.6 71.1

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Afghanistan can expect to live to 72.2 years compared to 72.1 in Malawi, rising to 78.4 and 79.2 at 65, and to 85.7 and 86.5 at 80 — higher than the 66.8 and 67.9 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and Malawi.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.28% 0.11% 0.45%
99 0.13% 0.08% 0.18% 0.42% 0.17% 0.68%
98 0.22% 0.13% 0.3% 0.63% 0.26% 1%
97 0.35% 0.22% 0.47% 0.91% 0.4% 1.43%
96 0.54% 0.35% 0.73% 1.29% 0.58% 2.01%
95 0.82% 0.54% 1.09% 1.8% 0.84% 2.76%
94 1.22% 0.82% 1.58% 2.44% 1.19% 3.7%
93 1.75% 1.21% 2.25% 3.24% 1.64% 4.85%
92 2.45% 1.73% 3.11% 4.23% 2.22% 6.24%
91 3.35% 2.42% 4.19% 5.39% 2.93% 7.85%
90 4.47% 3.31% 5.53% 6.79% 3.82% 9.75%
89 5.83% 4.41% 7.14% 8.39% 4.88% 11.9%
88 7.45% 5.74% 9.02% 10.2% 6.14% 14.2%
87 9.33% 7.32% 11.2% 12.2% 7.6% 16.8%
86 11.5% 9.14% 13.6% 14.5% 9.26% 19.6%
85 13.9% 11.2% 16.3% 16.9% 11.1% 22.5%
84 16.5% 13.5% 19.2% 19.5% 13.2% 25.6%
83 19.3% 15.9% 22.3% 22.1% 15.4% 28.7%
82 22.3% 18.6% 25.6% 24.9% 17.8% 31.9%
81 25.3% 21.4% 28.9% 27.7% 20.2% 35%
80 28.5% 24.3% 32.3% 30.6% 22.8% 38.2%
79 31.7% 27.2% 35.7% 33.5% 25.5% 41.3%
78 34.9% 30.3% 39% 36.4% 28.2% 44.4%
77 38% 33.3% 42.3% 39.3% 31% 47.4%
76 41.1% 36.4% 45.5% 42.1% 33.7% 50.3%
75 44.2% 39.4% 48.6% 44.9% 36.5% 53.1%
74 47.1% 42.3% 51.6% 47.7% 39.2% 55.8%
73 50% 45.2% 54.4% 50.3% 41.9% 58.4%
72 52.7% 48% 57.1% 52.9% 44.6% 60.9%
71 55.3% 50.8% 59.6% 55.3% 47.1% 63.2%
70 57.8% 53.4% 62% 57.7% 49.6% 65.4%
69 60.2% 55.9% 64.2% 59.9% 52% 67.4%
68 62.4% 58.3% 66.3% 62.1% 54.3% 69.4%
67 64.5% 60.5% 68.2% 64.1% 56.5% 71.2%
66 66.4% 62.7% 70% 66% 58.7% 72.9%
65 68.2% 64.7% 71.7% 67.8% 60.7% 74.5%
64 70% 66.6% 73.2% 69.5% 62.7% 76%
63 71.6% 68.5% 74.6% 71.1% 64.6% 77.4%
62 73.1% 70.2% 76% 72.7% 66.4% 78.7%
61 74.5% 71.8% 77.2% 74.1% 68.1% 79.9%
60 75.8% 73.3% 78.3% 75.4% 69.7% 81%
59 77% 74.7% 79.4% 76.6% 71.2% 82%
58 78.1% 76% 80.3% 77.8% 72.6% 83%
57 79.2% 77.2% 81.2% 78.9% 74% 83.8%
56 80.2% 78.3% 82.1% 80% 75.2% 84.7%
55 81.1% 79.4% 82.9% 81% 76.5% 85.5%
54 81.9% 80.3% 83.6% 81.9% 77.6% 86.2%
53 82.7% 81.2% 84.3% 82.8% 78.7% 86.9%
52 83.5% 82.1% 84.9% 83.7% 79.8% 87.5%
51 84.1% 82.8% 85.5% 84.5% 80.7% 88.1%
50 84.8% 83.6% 86.1% 85.2% 81.7% 88.7%
49 85.4% 84.2% 86.6% 85.9% 82.5% 89.2%
48 85.9% 84.8% 87.1% 86.6% 83.3% 89.7%
47 86.4% 85.4% 87.5% 87.2% 84.1% 90.1%
46 86.9% 85.9% 87.9% 87.7% 84.8% 90.5%
45 87.3% 86.4% 88.3% 88.3% 85.5% 90.9%
44 87.7% 86.8% 88.7% 88.8% 86.1% 91.3%
43 88.1% 87.2% 89.1% 89.2% 86.7% 91.6%
42 88.5% 87.6% 89.4% 89.7% 87.3% 92%
41 88.8% 88% 89.7% 90.1% 87.8% 92.3%
40 89.1% 88.3% 90% 90.5% 88.3% 92.5%
39 89.4% 88.6% 90.3% 90.8% 88.8% 92.8%
38 89.7% 88.9% 90.5% 91.2% 89.3% 93.1%
37 90% 89.2% 90.8% 91.5% 89.7% 93.3%
36 90.2% 89.5% 91% 91.8% 90.1% 93.5%
35 90.5% 89.7% 91.3% 92.1% 90.5% 93.7%
34 90.7% 90% 91.5% 92.4% 90.8% 93.9%
33 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 92.6% 91.1% 94.1%
32 91.2% 90.4% 91.9% 92.9% 91.5% 94.3%
31 91.4% 90.7% 92.1% 93.1% 91.8% 94.4%
30 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 93.3% 92.1% 94.6%
29 91.8% 91.1% 92.5% 93.5% 92.3% 94.7%
28 91.9% 91.3% 92.7% 93.7% 92.6% 94.9%
27 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 93.9% 92.9% 95%
26 92.3% 91.7% 93% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
25 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 94.3% 93.3% 95.2%
24 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
23 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 94.6% 93.8% 95.5%
22 93% 92.5% 93.6% 94.8% 94% 95.6%
21 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 94.9% 94.2% 95.7%
20 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 95.1% 94.4% 95.8%
19 93.5% 93% 94.1% 95.2% 94.6% 95.9%
18 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 95.3% 94.7% 96%
17 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
16 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
15 94% 93.6% 94.5% 95.6% 95.1% 96.2%
14 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
13 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 95.8% 95.2% 96.3%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.7% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
11 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
10 94.4% 94% 94.8% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
9 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
8 94.6% 94.2% 95% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
7 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
6 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 96.2% 95.8% 96.7%
5 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
4 95.1% 94.7% 95.4% 96.5% 96% 96.9%
3 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
2 95.6% 95.2% 96% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
1 96% 95.6% 96.4% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 75.8% of newborns in Afghanistan and 75.4% in Malawi are expected to live past 60, 57.8% and 57.7% past 70, 28.5% and 30.6% past 80, and only 4.47% and 6.79% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 43% 45.1% 42.2% 35.9% 38.2% 35.3%
99 41.2% 43.2% 40.4% 34.4% 36.8% 33.8%
98 39.4% 41.4% 38.6% 32.6% 35.1% 31.9%
97 37.6% 39.6% 36.7% 31.2% 33.7% 30.4%
96 35.8% 37.7% 34.9% 29.7% 32.3% 28.8%
95 34% 35.9% 33.1% 28.1% 30.8% 27.2%
94 32.2% 34% 31.3% 26.3% 29.1% 25.4%
93 30.4% 32.2% 29.5% 24.7% 27.5% 23.7%
92 28.6% 30.3% 27.7% 23.3% 26% 22.2%
91 26.8% 28.5% 25.9% 21.6% 24.4% 20.5%
90 25.1% 26.7% 24.2% 20.6% 23.3% 19.5%
89 23.4% 25% 22.5% 19% 21.7% 17.8%
88 21.7% 23.2% 20.8% 17.8% 20.5% 16.6%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.3% 16.6% 19.2% 15.3%
86 18.7% 19.9% 17.9% 15.4% 18% 14.2%
85 17.2% 18.4% 16.5% 14.3% 16.7% 13.1%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 13.3% 15.6% 12%
83 14.6% 15.5% 13.9% 12.1% 14.4% 10.9%
82 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 11.1% 13.3% 9.93%
81 12.2% 13% 11.6% 10.1% 12.1% 8.87%
80 11.1% 11.9% 10.5% 9.44% 11.4% 8.27%
79 10.1% 10.9% 9.49% 8.65% 10.4% 7.55%
78 9.13% 9.99% 8.57% 8.01% 9.69% 6.95%
77 8.3% 9.15% 7.74% 7.31% 8.88% 6.31%
76 7.57% 8.37% 7% 6.76% 8.21% 5.8%
75 6.9% 7.66% 6.35% 6.27% 7.59% 5.34%
74 6.28% 7% 5.75% 5.75% 6.98% 4.86%
73 5.72% 6.4% 5.21% 5.28% 6.42% 4.43%
72 5.2% 5.85% 4.72% 4.86% 5.92% 4.05%
71 4.73% 5.35% 4.26% 4.4% 5.38% 3.63%
70 4.29% 4.89% 3.84% 4.11% 5.03% 3.39%
69 3.9% 4.47% 3.46% 3.72% 4.59% 3.03%
68 3.54% 4.09% 3.12% 3.43% 4.25% 2.78%
67 3.23% 3.75% 2.82% 3.15% 3.93% 2.54%
66 2.94% 3.43% 2.55% 2.9% 3.64% 2.33%
65 2.69% 3.15% 2.32% 2.7% 3.4% 2.17%
64 2.46% 2.89% 2.1% 2.47% 3.15% 1.97%
63 2.25% 2.65% 1.91% 2.27% 2.92% 1.8%
62 2.06% 2.43% 1.74% 2.09% 2.7% 1.65%
61 1.88% 2.23% 1.59% 1.9% 2.48% 1.49%
60 1.73% 2.05% 1.45% 1.77% 2.32% 1.39%
59 1.58% 1.88% 1.32% 1.62% 2.12% 1.25%
58 1.45% 1.72% 1.21% 1.5% 1.97% 1.15%
57 1.33% 1.58% 1.11% 1.4% 1.83% 1.06%
56 1.23% 1.44% 1.02% 1.31% 1.7% 0.98%
55 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.23% 1.59% 0.91%
54 1.04% 1.21% 0.88% 1.16% 1.49% 0.85%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.81% 1.09% 1.39% 0.79%
52 0.88% 1.01% 0.75% 1.02% 1.3% 0.74%
51 0.81% 0.93% 0.7% 0.94% 1.21% 0.67%
50 0.75% 0.85% 0.65% 0.89% 1.14% 0.63%
49 0.69% 0.78% 0.6% 0.82% 1.05% 0.58%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.76% 0.98% 0.54%
47 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.7% 0.91% 0.5%
46 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.65% 0.84% 0.46%
45 0.5% 0.56% 0.45% 0.6% 0.79% 0.43%
44 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.56% 0.74% 0.4%
43 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.52% 0.69% 0.37%
42 0.4% 0.44% 0.37% 0.49% 0.65% 0.35%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.45% 0.6% 0.33%
40 0.35% 0.38% 0.33% 0.43% 0.57% 0.31%
39 0.33% 0.36% 0.31% 0.4% 0.53% 0.29%
38 0.31% 0.33% 0.29% 0.38% 0.5% 0.27%
37 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.35% 0.47% 0.25%
36 0.28% 0.3% 0.27% 0.33% 0.44% 0.23%
35 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.31% 0.42% 0.22%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.29% 0.39% 0.21%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.23% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.26% 0.35% 0.18%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.25% 0.33% 0.17%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.24% 0.32% 0.16%
29 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.23% 0.3% 0.15%
28 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.22% 0.29% 0.15%
27 0.2% 0.22% 0.19% 0.21% 0.27% 0.14%
26 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.2% 0.26% 0.13%
25 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.19% 0.25% 0.13%
24 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
23 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.17% 0.23% 0.11%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
20 0.18% 0.2% 0.15% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
19 0.16% 0.19% 0.14% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.11% 0.15% 0.08%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.06%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
7 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
6 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
3 0.24% 0.24% 0.23% 0.17% 0.19% 0.16%
2 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 0.25% 0.27% 0.22%
1 0.43% 0.42% 0.45% 0.39% 0.42% 0.36%
0 4% 4.38% 3.61% 2.76% 3.13% 2.38%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/malawi | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Afghanistan compared to Malawi, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 4% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 2.76% in Malawi, 0.22% vs 0.24% at age 30, 1.73% vs 1.77% at 60, and 11.1% vs 9.44% at 80.

Death rate by age in Afghanistan vs Malawi

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Afghanistan Malawi
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 34.7 0.008 71
99 54.4 33 74.3 145.2 62.6 229.1
98 85.9 54 115.4 204.3 91.9 318
97 131.4 85.5 173.8 283.6 133.3 435
96 194.8 130.9 253.9 384 188.4 580
95 280.2 194 360 505 259.5 751
94 391 278.7 495 643 345 939
93 531 388 663 802 451 1,153
92 700 526 861 983 576 1,387
91 898 691 1,088 1,166 714 1,612
90 1,121 884 1,338 1,399 890 1,900
89 1,364 1,100 1,604 1,594 1,061 2,117
88 1,620 1,334 1,880 1,819 1,259 2,365
87 1,883 1,578 2,157 2,026 1,457 2,578
86 2,142 1,822 2,429 2,231 1,664 2,778
85 2,389 2,057 2,685 2,412 1,861 2,944
84 2,614 2,276 2,916 2,577 2,061 3,073
83 2,809 2,472 3,110 2,684 2,217 3,131
82 2,966 2,642 3,257 2,777 2,368 3,168
81 3,081 2,783 3,351 2,788 2,455 3,104
80 3,152 2,894 3,392 2,887 2,601 3,158
79 3,184 2,974 3,387 2,894 2,661 3,115
78 3,181 3,025 3,345 2,915 2,734 3,085
77 3,155 3,048 3,275 2,869 2,749 2,989
76 3,112 3,044 3,187 2,847 2,770 2,916
75 3,045 3,015 3,084 2,815 2,769 2,834
74 2,959 2,965 2,966 2,739 2,737 2,711
73 2,858 2,896 2,836 2,655 2,691 2,586
72 2,743 2,812 2,693 2,572 2,639 2,467
71 2,616 2,716 2,540 2,433 2,537 2,293
70 2,483 2,611 2,382 2,371 2,494 2,214
69 2,346 2,499 2,223 2,226 2,386 2,040
68 2,211 2,384 2,069 2,127 2,309 1,930
67 2,079 2,268 1,923 2,016 2,222 1,808
66 1,953 2,152 1,787 1,912 2,137 1,699
65 1,833 2,037 1,660 1,828 2,067 1,615
64 1,718 1,925 1,541 1,716 1,973 1,499
63 1,608 1,814 1,429 1,612 1,883 1,395
62 1,503 1,707 1,323 1,516 1,794 1,300
61 1,403 1,603 1,224 1,405 1,687 1,188
60 1,308 1,502 1,132 1,338 1,616 1,125
59 1,219 1,404 1,047 1,239 1,510 1,025
58 1,134 1,309 970 1,171 1,430 958
57 1,056 1,218 900 1,102 1,350 887
56 982 1,131 838 1,048 1,282 833
55 914 1,048 783 996 1,219 778
54 850 970 731 949 1,157 731
53 791 897 684 900 1,096 684
52 735 830 639 855 1,040 645
51 683 768 597 798 975 592
50 635 711 557 759 929 563
49 589 658 519 702 865 517
48 547 609 484 655 813 482
47 508 563 452 609 762 446
46 472 521 422 568 716 416
45 439 482 395 533 677 392
44 409 447 370 496 634 365
43 382 414 348 465 598 343
42 357 385 328 438 566 324
41 335 359 310 408 530 299.9
40 315 336 293.8 388 506 285.2
39 297.5 315 279.2 363 474 265.1
38 281.7 297 266 343 449 249.3
37 267.4 280.7 253.8 322 423 232
36 254.6 266.2 242.7 304 399 218.8
35 243 253.3 232.4 288.1 378 205.9
34 232.5 241.9 222.9 271.5 356 192.6
33 223 231.6 214.2 257 337 181.7
32 214.5 222.6 206.2 244.2 320 171.7
31 207 214.8 198.9 230.4 302 160.6
30 200.5 208.6 192.2 222 290.7 154.7
29 195.3 204.3 186.1 210.9 276.4 146.2
28 191.3 201.8 180.4 201.9 265 139.1
27 188.5 201.2 175.2 193.4 254.5 132.5
26 186.6 202.1 170.3 185.6 245.1 126.3
25 185.2 203.9 165.5 178.7 237.2 120.4
24 183.9 205.7 160.9 172.2 229 115.6
23 181.8 206 156.1 165.6 221 110.5
22 178.1 203.8 150.9 158.7 211.8 105.8
21 172.2 197.7 145 151 201 101.2
20 163.6 187.4 138.2 143.1 189.1 97.4
19 152.5 173.5 130.2 133.8 175.4 92.3
18 139.6 157.1 121 123.3 160.2 86.6
17 125.8 139.9 110.9 108.6 137.6 79.6
16 112.2 123.2 100.5 94.9 117 72.7
15 99.5 108 90.5 82 98.8 65.2
14 88.6 95.3 81.6 71.7 85 58.4
13 80.1 85.6 74.4 64.5 75.3 53.7
12 74.2 79.2 69 60.4 70.1 50.6
11 71 75.9 65.8 59 68.1 49.8
10 70.6 75.8 65.1 59.7 68.2 51.1
9 73.2 79 67.1 62.8 71.3 54.1
8 79.4 86.1 72.4 68.3 77.3 59.2
7 90.3 97.8 82.3 76.3 85.7 66.7
6 107.2 115.6 98.4 85.9 95.4 76.4
5 132.8 141.6 123.5 100.2 110 90.4
4 170.4 178.6 161.8 126.8 139.2 114.2
3 224.8 230.2 219.1 168.3 184.6 151.7
2 303 302 304 237.5 258.9 215.8
1 415 401 430 379 404 353
0 4,004 4,381 3,610 2,759 3,129 2,385

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/malawi | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 78 in Malawi. The median age of death is 73 in Afghanistan and 73.1 in Malawi, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Afghanistan and Malawi more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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