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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.8 years in Afghanistan vs 59.3 in Somalia. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 65.2 years for males and 68.3 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Afghanistan vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 41.5 40 42.9
1951 28.6 28 29.3 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 29 28.4 29.7 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 42.5 41.1 44
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 43.5 42.1 45
1961 33.3 32.6 34 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 44 42.5 45.5
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 34.7 34 35.4 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 36 35.3 36.9 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 37 36.3 37.8 45.5 44 46.9
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 46 44.6 47.5
1973 39 38.2 39.8 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 40 39.3 40.8 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 47 45.6 48.5
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 47 45.4 48.7
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 47.4 46 48.9
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 48 46.6 49.5
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 48.4 47 49.9
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 48.4 47 49.9
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 49 47.6 50.5
1988 43.2 40.7 46 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 44.5 42.1 47 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 45.5 43 48.3 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 25 23.9 26.3
1993 51 49.8 52.3 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 51 48.9 53.1 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 50.5 49 52.1
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 54.5 53.1 56 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 55 53.5 56.6 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 56.2 55 57.4 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 58.6 57 60.1 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 59 57.1 60.8 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 59.7 58 61.4 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 49.1 47.3 51
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 54 52.1 56
2014 62.3 60.5 64 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 55.1 53 57.1
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 66 64.5 67.5 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 59 56.5 61.6
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 66.8 65.2 68.3 59.3 56.8 61.9

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 life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these 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 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.88 healthy years in Afghanistan and 9.46 in Somalia.

Afghanistan vs Somalia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and Somalia, also providing 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.2 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.5% 93.5% 95.8%
50 92.0% 93.3% 85.6% 89.9%
60 80.6% 84.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 71.2% 77.7% 65.1% 73.4%
70 58.7% 67.2% 54.0% 63.1%
75 43.3% 52.6% 40.3% 49.2%
80 26.7% 35.0% 25.4% 32.9%
85 12.3% 17.6% 12.2% 17.1%
90 3.6% 6.0% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Afghanistan vs Somalia: 72.2 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.4 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.7 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.8 vs 59.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and Somalia.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.8 65.2 68.3 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 69.5 68.1 70.9 63.3 61 65.7
2 69.8 68.4 71.2 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 70.1 68.6 71.4 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 70.2 68.8 71.6 65.3 63 67.8
5 70.3 68.9 71.7 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 70.4 69 71.8 66 63.7 68.4
7 70.5 69.1 71.8 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 70.6 69.1 71.9 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 70.6 69.2 71.9 66.6 64.3 69
10 70.7 69.2 72 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 70.7 69.3 72 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 70.7 69.3 72.1 67 64.7 69.4
13 70.8 69.4 72.1 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 70.8 69.4 72.2 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 70.9 69.5 72.2 67.3 65 69.7
16 71 69.6 72.3 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 71 69.6 72.3 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 71.1 69.7 72.4 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 71.2 69.8 72.5 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 71.3 69.9 72.5 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 71.3 70 72.6 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 71.4 70.1 72.7 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 71.5 70.2 72.8 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 71.6 70.3 72.9 68.9 67 70.9
25 71.7 70.4 72.9 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 71.8 70.5 73 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 71.9 70.6 73.1 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 72 70.7 73.2 69.8 68 71.5
29 72.1 70.8 73.3 70 68.3 71.7
30 72.2 70.9 73.4 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 72.3 71 73.5 70.4 68.8 72
32 72.4 71.1 73.5 70.6 69 72.2
33 72.5 71.2 73.6 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 72.5 71.3 73.7 71 69.5 72.5
35 72.6 71.4 73.8 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 72.7 71.5 73.9 71.4 70 72.8
37 72.8 71.6 74 71.6 70.2 73
38 73 71.7 74.1 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 73.1 71.8 74.2 72 70.7 73.3
40 73.2 71.9 74.3 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 73.3 72 74.5 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 73.4 72.1 74.6 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 73.5 72.3 74.7 72.8 71.6 74
44 73.7 72.4 74.8 73 71.8 74.2
45 73.8 72.6 74.9 73.2 72 74.4
46 73.9 72.7 75.1 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 74.1 72.9 75.2 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 74.3 73 75.3 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 74.4 73.2 75.5 74.1 73 75.1
50 74.6 73.4 75.7 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 74.8 73.6 75.8 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75 73.8 76 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 75.2 74 76.2 75 74 75.9
54 75.4 74.2 76.4 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.6 74.5 76.5 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76.1 75 77 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 76.3 75.3 77.2 76.3 75.5 77
59 76.6 75.6 77.4 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 77.4 76.6 78.2 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.1 77.3 78.7 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 78.4 77.6 79 78.5 77.9 79
66 78.8 78 79.4 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.1 78.5 79.7 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 79.5 78.9 80 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 80.4 79.8 80.8 80.5 80 80.9
71 80.8 80.3 81.2 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 81.4 81 81.8
73 81.7 81.3 82.1 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.8 82.3 83.1 83 82.6 83.3
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 83.9 83.5 84.1 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.4 84.1 84.7 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85 84.7 85.2 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.7 85.4 85.9 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.3 86 86.5 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87 86.7 87.1 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 89.3 89 89.4
86 89.8 89.6 90 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.4 91.2 91.5 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.2 92 92.3 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93 92.8 93.1 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.1 98 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99 98.9 99 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Afghanistan vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.8% in Afghanistan and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.8% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 28.5% and 24% to 80+ years, and 4.47% and 4.13% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96% 95.6% 96.4% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 95.6% 95.2% 96% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 95.1% 94.7% 95.4% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 94.6% 94.2% 95% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 94.4% 94% 94.8% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.7% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 94% 93.6% 94.5% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 93.5% 93% 94.1% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 93% 92.5% 93.6% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 92.3% 91.7% 93% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 91.9% 91.3% 92.7% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 91.8% 91.1% 92.5% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 91.4% 90.7% 92.1% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 91.2% 90.4% 91.9% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 90.7% 90% 91.5% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 90.5% 89.7% 91.3% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 90.2% 89.5% 91% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 90% 89.2% 90.8% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 89.7% 88.9% 90.5% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 89.4% 88.6% 90.3% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 89.1% 88.3% 90% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 88.8% 88% 89.7% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 88.5% 87.6% 89.4% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 88.1% 87.2% 89.1% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 87.7% 86.8% 88.7% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 87.3% 86.4% 88.3% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 86.9% 85.9% 87.9% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 86.4% 85.4% 87.5% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 85.9% 84.8% 87.1% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 85.4% 84.2% 86.6% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 84.8% 83.6% 86.1% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 84.1% 82.8% 85.5% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 83.5% 82.1% 84.9% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 82.7% 81.2% 84.3% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 81.9% 80.3% 83.6% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 81.1% 79.4% 82.9% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 80.2% 78.3% 82.1% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 79.2% 77.2% 81.2% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 78.1% 76% 80.3% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 77% 74.7% 79.4% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 75.8% 73.3% 78.3% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 74.5% 71.8% 77.2% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 73.1% 70.2% 76% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 71.6% 68.5% 74.6% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 70% 66.6% 73.2% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 68.2% 64.7% 71.7% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 66.4% 62.7% 70% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 64.5% 60.5% 68.2% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 62.4% 58.3% 66.3% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 60.2% 55.9% 64.2% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 57.8% 53.4% 62% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 55.3% 50.8% 59.6% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 52.7% 48% 57.1% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 50% 45.2% 54.4% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 47.1% 42.3% 51.6% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 44.2% 39.4% 48.6% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 41.1% 36.4% 45.5% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 38% 33.3% 42.3% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 34.9% 30.3% 39% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 31.7% 27.2% 35.7% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 28.5% 24.3% 32.3% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 25.3% 21.4% 28.9% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 22.3% 18.6% 25.6% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 19.3% 15.9% 22.3% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 16.5% 13.5% 19.2% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 13.9% 11.2% 16.3% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 11.5% 9.14% 13.6% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 9.33% 7.32% 11.2% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 7.45% 5.74% 9.02% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 5.83% 4.41% 7.14% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 4.47% 3.31% 5.53% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 3.35% 2.42% 4.19% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 2.45% 1.73% 3.11% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.75% 1.21% 2.25% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.22% 0.82% 1.58% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 0.82% 0.54% 1.09% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.54% 0.35% 0.73% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.35% 0.22% 0.47% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.22% 0.13% 0.3% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.13% 0.08% 0.18% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.22% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.73% vs 1.79% at 60, and 11.1% vs 10.7% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Afghanistan compared to Somalia at any given age.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4% 4.38% 3.61% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.43% 0.42% 0.45% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.24% 0.24% 0.23% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.16% 0.19% 0.14% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.18% 0.2% 0.15% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.2% 0.22% 0.19% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.23% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.28% 0.3% 0.27% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.31% 0.33% 0.29% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.33% 0.36% 0.31% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.35% 0.38% 0.33% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.4% 0.44% 0.37% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.5% 0.56% 0.45% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.69% 0.78% 0.6% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.75% 0.85% 0.65% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.81% 0.93% 0.7% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 0.88% 1.01% 0.75% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.81% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.04% 1.21% 0.88% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.23% 1.44% 1.02% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.33% 1.58% 1.11% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.45% 1.72% 1.21% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.58% 1.88% 1.32% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.73% 2.05% 1.45% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.88% 2.23% 1.59% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.06% 2.43% 1.74% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.25% 2.65% 1.91% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.46% 2.89% 2.1% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.69% 3.15% 2.32% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.94% 3.43% 2.55% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.23% 3.75% 2.82% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.54% 4.09% 3.12% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.9% 4.47% 3.46% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.29% 4.89% 3.84% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.73% 5.35% 4.26% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.2% 5.85% 4.72% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.72% 6.4% 5.21% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 6.28% 7% 5.75% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.9% 7.66% 6.35% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 7.57% 8.37% 7% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 8.3% 9.15% 7.74% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 9.13% 9.99% 8.57% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 10.1% 10.9% 9.49% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 11.1% 11.9% 10.5% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 12.2% 13% 11.6% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 14.6% 15.5% 13.9% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 17.2% 18.4% 16.5% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 18.7% 19.9% 17.9% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.3% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 21.7% 23.2% 20.8% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 23.4% 25% 22.5% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 25.1% 26.7% 24.2% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 26.8% 28.5% 25.9% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 28.6% 30.3% 27.7% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 30.4% 32.2% 29.5% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 32.2% 34% 31.3% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 34% 35.9% 33.1% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.8% 37.7% 34.9% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.6% 39.6% 36.7% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.4% 41.4% 38.6% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 41.2% 43.2% 40.4% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 43% 45.1% 42.2% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Afghanistan compared to Somalia

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 73 in Afghanistan and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Afghanistan Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,004 4,381 3,610 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 415 401 430 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 303 302 304 972 995 947
3 224.8 230.2 219.1 742 770 712
4 170.4 178.6 161.8 572 601 542
5 132.8 141.6 123.5 447 473 420
6 107.2 115.6 98.4 356 377 333
7 90.3 97.8 82.3 289.8 307 272.2
8 79.4 86.1 72.4 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 73.2 79 67.1 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 70.6 75.8 65.1 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 71 75.9 65.8 176.6 181 172.1
12 74.2 79.2 69 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 80.1 85.6 74.4 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 88.6 95.3 81.6 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 99.5 108 90.5 211.2 234.4 187
16 112.2 123.2 100.5 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 125.8 139.9 110.9 264.8 315 211.9
18 139.6 157.1 121 296.4 365 224.4
19 152.5 173.5 130.2 331 422 235.7
20 163.6 187.4 138.2 363 475 245.7
21 172.2 197.7 145 388 515 254.5
22 178.1 203.8 150.9 402 535 262.5
23 181.8 206 156.1 407 539 270.2
24 183.9 205.7 160.9 410 537 278
25 185.2 203.9 165.5 412 532 286
26 186.6 202.1 170.3 413 526 294.2
27 188.5 201.2 175.2 415 522 302
28 191.3 201.8 180.4 417 519 310
29 195.3 204.3 186.1 419 516 317
30 200.5 208.6 192.2 422 515 324
31 207 214.8 198.9 424 514 330
32 214.5 222.6 206.2 427 514 335
33 223 231.6 214.2 430 514 341
34 232.5 241.9 222.9 433 514 347
35 243 253.3 232.4 437 514 354
36 254.6 266.2 242.7 443 517 364
37 267.4 280.7 253.8 453 523 377
38 281.7 297 266 465 532 394
39 297.5 315 279.2 481 544 413
40 315 336 293.8 497 558 433
41 335 359 310 514 573 451
42 357 385 328 528 587 465
43 382 414 348 540 601 475
44 409 447 370 550 613 482
45 439 482 395 560 627 489
46 472 521 422 574 644 499
47 508 563 452 593 667 514
48 547 609 484 620 697 537
49 589 658 519 654 734 568
50 635 711 557 693 776 604
51 683 768 597 734 819 644
52 735 830 639 775 861 683
53 791 897 684 811 898 720
54 850 970 731 844 931 753
55 914 1,048 783 875 962 785
56 982 1,131 838 908 994 820
57 1,056 1,218 900 948 1,033 861
58 1,134 1,309 970 998 1,082 913
59 1,219 1,404 1,047 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,308 1,502 1,132 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,403 1,603 1,224 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,503 1,707 1,323 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,608 1,814 1,429 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,718 1,925 1,541 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,833 2,037 1,660 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,953 2,152 1,787 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 2,079 2,268 1,923 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 2,211 2,384 2,069 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,346 2,499 2,223 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,483 2,611 2,382 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,616 2,716 2,540 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,743 2,812 2,693 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,858 2,896 2,836 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,959 2,965 2,966 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 3,045 3,015 3,084 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 3,112 3,044 3,187 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 3,155 3,048 3,275 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 3,181 3,025 3,345 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 3,184 2,974 3,387 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 3,152 2,894 3,392 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 3,081 2,783 3,351 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,966 2,642 3,257 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,809 2,472 3,110 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,614 2,276 2,916 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,389 2,057 2,685 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 2,142 1,822 2,429 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,883 1,578 2,157 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,620 1,334 1,880 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,364 1,100 1,604 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,121 884 1,338 984 783 1,190
91 898 691 1,088 802 621 985
92 700 526 861 637 479 797
93 531 388 663 493 360 628
94 391 278.7 495 371 262.4 482
95 280.2 194 360 272.3 185.8 361
96 194.8 130.9 253.9 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 131.4 85.5 173.8 134.9 84.8 186
98 85.9 54 115.4 91 54.6 128.2
99 54.4 33 74.3 59.7 34 85.8
100 0 0 0 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Afghanistan and Somalia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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