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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs United States (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in Afghanistan vs 79.6 in the United States. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 68.1 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females.

Afghanistan vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Afghanistan
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 68.1 65.4 71
1951 28.6 28 29.3 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 29 28.4 29.7 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 69.7 66.6 73
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 33.3 32.6 34 70.3 67 73.7
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 34.7 34 35.4 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 70.2 66.7 74
1967 36 35.3 36.9 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 37 36.3 37.8 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 70.7 67 74.6
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 71.1 67.4 75
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 39 38.2 39.8 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 72 68.2 75.8
1975 40 39.3 40.8 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 73.8 70 77.7
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 73.7 70 77.5
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 74.6 71 78.1
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 43.2 40.7 46 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 44.5 42.1 47 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 45.5 43 48.3 75.5 72 79
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 51 49.8 52.3 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 51 48.9 53.1 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 54.5 53.1 56 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 55 53.5 56.6 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 56.2 55 57.4 77 74.3 79.6
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 77.5 75 80.1
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 77.5 75 80.1
2006 58.6 57 60.1 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 59 57.1 60.8 78 75.5 80.6
2008 59.7 58 61.4 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 78.5 76 80.9
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 62.3 60.5 64 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 77 74.3 79.9
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 78 75.3 80.8
2023 66 64.5 67.5 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 79.5 77 82
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 79.6 77.2 82.1

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 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.88 healthy years in Afghanistan and 15.7 in the United States.

Afghanistan vs United States 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 the United States, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.1 vs 50.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.1 vs 80.8 years

Median expected age of death:
74.4 vs 84.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan United States
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.4% 98.0% 99.0%
50 91.9% 93.1% 95.1% 97.2%
60 80.5% 84.7% 88.6% 93.1%
65 71.0% 77.4% 83.3% 89.7%
70 58.5% 66.9% 76.6% 85.1%
75 43.1% 52.4% 67.6% 78.3%
80 26.5% 34.8% 55.6% 68.3%
85 12.2% 17.5% 40.2% 53.7%
90 3.6% 5.9% 22.4% 34.1%
95 0.6% 1.2% 7.8% 14.6%
100 0.0% 0.1% 1.3% 3.3%

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 the United States: 72.1 years vs 80.8 at 30, 78.4 vs 85.1 at 65, 85.6 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 vs 79.6 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 the United States.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 64.9 68.1 79.6 77.2 82.1
1 69.4 68 70.7 80 77.6 82.5
2 69.7 68.3 71 80 77.7 82.5
3 69.9 68.5 71.3 80 77.7 82.5
4 70.1 68.7 71.4 80.1 77.7 82.5
5 70.2 68.8 71.6 80.1 77.7 82.5
6 70.3 68.9 71.6 80.1 77.7 82.5
7 70.4 69 71.7 80.1 77.7 82.5
8 70.4 69 71.8 80.1 77.7 82.5
9 70.5 69.1 71.8 80.1 77.7 82.6
10 70.5 69.1 71.9 80.1 77.7 82.6
11 70.6 69.2 71.9 80.1 77.8 82.6
12 70.6 69.2 71.9 80.1 77.8 82.6
13 70.7 69.3 72 80.1 77.8 82.6
14 70.7 69.3 72 80.1 77.8 82.6
15 70.8 69.4 72.1 80.1 77.8 82.6
16 70.8 69.5 72.1 80.2 77.8 82.6
17 70.9 69.5 72.2 80.2 77.8 82.6
18 71 69.6 72.3 80.2 77.9 82.6
19 71.1 69.7 72.3 80.2 77.9 82.7
20 71.2 69.8 72.4 80.3 78 82.7
21 71.2 69.9 72.5 80.3 78 82.7
22 71.3 70 72.6 80.4 78.1 82.7
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 80.4 78.2 82.8
24 71.5 70.2 72.7 80.5 78.3 82.8
25 71.6 70.3 72.8 80.5 78.3 82.8
26 71.7 70.4 72.9 80.6 78.4 82.9
27 71.8 70.5 73 80.7 78.5 82.9
28 71.9 70.6 73.1 80.7 78.6 82.9
29 72 70.7 73.2 80.8 78.7 83
30 72.1 70.8 73.3 80.8 78.7 83
31 72.2 70.9 73.4 80.9 78.8 83
32 72.3 71 73.5 81 78.9 83.1
33 72.4 71.1 73.6 81 79 83.1
34 72.5 71.2 73.6 81.1 79.1 83.2
35 72.6 71.3 73.7 81.2 79.2 83.2
36 72.7 71.4 73.8 81.2 79.3 83.3
37 72.8 71.5 73.9 81.3 79.3 83.3
38 72.9 71.6 74.1 81.4 79.4 83.4
39 73 71.7 74.2 81.5 79.5 83.4
40 73.1 71.8 74.3 81.5 79.6 83.5
41 73.2 72 74.4 81.6 79.7 83.5
42 73.3 72.1 74.5 81.7 79.8 83.6
43 73.5 72.2 74.6 81.8 79.9 83.7
44 73.6 72.4 74.7 81.9 80 83.7
45 73.7 72.5 74.9 81.9 80.1 83.8
46 73.9 72.7 75 82 80.2 83.9
47 74 72.8 75.1 82.1 80.3 83.9
48 74.2 73 75.3 82.2 80.4 84
49 74.4 73.2 75.4 82.3 80.5 84.1
50 74.5 73.4 75.6 82.4 80.7 84.2
51 74.7 73.6 75.8 82.6 80.8 84.3
52 74.9 73.8 75.9 82.7 81 84.4
53 75.1 74 76.1 82.8 81.1 84.5
54 75.3 74.2 76.3 83 81.3 84.6
55 75.5 74.5 76.5 83.1 81.5 84.7
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 83.3 81.7 84.9
57 76 75 76.9 83.5 81.9 85
58 76.3 75.3 77.1 83.6 82.1 85.2
59 76.5 75.6 77.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 84 82.5 85.5
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 84.2 82.7 85.6
62 77.4 76.5 78.1 84.4 83 85.8
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 84.6 83.2 86
64 78 77.2 78.7 84.9 83.5 86.1
65 78.4 77.6 79 85.1 83.8 86.3
66 78.7 78 79.3 85.3 84 86.5
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 85.6 84.3 86.7
68 79.5 78.9 80 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 86.1 84.9 87.1
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 80.8 80.2 81.2 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 81.2 80.7 81.6 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 81.7 81.2 82.1 87.2 86.2 88
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 87.5 86.5 88.3
75 82.7 82.3 83 87.8 86.9 88.6
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 88.1 87.2 88.9
77 83.8 83.5 84.1 88.5 87.6 89.2
78 84.4 84.1 84.6 88.8 88 89.5
79 85 84.7 85.2 89.2 88.4 89.8
80 85.6 85.4 85.8 89.6 88.9 90.2
81 86.3 86 86.5 90 89.3 90.6
82 86.9 86.7 87.1 90.4 89.8 90.9
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 90.9 90.2 91.4
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 91.4 90.7 91.8
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 91.8 91.3 92.2
86 89.8 89.6 89.9 92.3 91.8 92.7
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 91.3 91.2 91.5 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.1 92 92.2 94 93.6 94.3
90 93 92.8 93 94.7 94.2 94.9
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 95.3 94.9 95.5
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 96 95.6 96.2
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 96.7 96.3 96.9
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.1 98 98.1 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99 98.9 99 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Afghanistan vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.4% in Afghanistan and 89% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.5% and 79.2% will live to 70 years or older, 28.2% and 60.7% to 80+ years, and 4.39% and 27.7% 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
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 95.4% 95.1% 95.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 94.6% 94.2% 95% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 94.4% 94% 94.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 94.3% 93.9% 94.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 94.1% 93.7% 94.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 94% 93.6% 94.4% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
15 93.8% 93.4% 94.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 93.7% 93.3% 94.2% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 93.6% 93.2% 94.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 93.5% 93% 94% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 93.3% 92.9% 93.8% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
20 93.2% 92.7% 93.7% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 93% 92.5% 93.6% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
23 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
24 92.5% 91.9% 93.1% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
25 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 91.9% 91.2% 92.6% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
28 91.7% 91% 92.4% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
29 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 91.3% 90.6% 92% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
31 91.1% 90.4% 91.8% 98% 97.4% 98.6%
32 90.9% 90.2% 91.6% 97.8% 97.2% 98.6%
33 90.7% 90% 91.4% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 90.5% 89.7% 91.2% 97.6% 96.8% 98.4%
35 90.2% 89.5% 91% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
36 90% 89.2% 90.7% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
37 89.7% 89% 90.5% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
38 89.4% 88.7% 90.2% 97% 96% 98%
39 89.2% 88.4% 90% 96.8% 95.8% 97.8%
40 88.9% 88.1% 89.7% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
41 88.5% 87.7% 89.4% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
42 88.2% 87.4% 89.1% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 87.8% 87% 88.7% 96.1% 94.9% 97.3%
44 87.5% 86.6% 88.4% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 87% 86.1% 88% 95.6% 94.4% 97%
46 86.6% 85.6% 87.6% 95.4% 94.1% 96.8%
47 86.1% 85.1% 87.2% 95.2% 93.8% 96.6%
48 85.6% 84.5% 86.7% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 85.1% 83.9% 86.3% 94.6% 93.1% 96.2%
50 84.5% 83.3% 85.7% 94.3% 92.7% 95.9%
51 83.8% 82.5% 85.2% 93.9% 92.3% 95.6%
52 83.1% 81.8% 84.6% 93.5% 91.8% 95.3%
53 82.4% 80.9% 83.9% 93.1% 91.3% 95%
54 81.6% 80% 83.2% 92.6% 90.8% 94.7%
55 80.8% 79.1% 82.5% 92.1% 90.2% 94.3%
56 79.8% 78% 81.7% 91.6% 89.5% 93.9%
57 78.9% 76.9% 80.9% 91% 88.8% 93.4%
58 77.8% 75.7% 80% 90.4% 88.1% 92.9%
59 76.7% 74.3% 79% 89.7% 87.3% 92.4%
60 75.4% 72.9% 77.9% 89% 86.4% 91.9%
61 74.1% 71.4% 76.8% 88.3% 85.5% 91.3%
62 72.7% 69.8% 75.6% 87.5% 84.5% 90.7%
63 71.2% 68.1% 74.3% 86.6% 83.5% 90%
64 69.6% 66.3% 72.8% 85.7% 82.4% 89.3%
65 67.9% 64.4% 71.3% 84.8% 81.2% 88.6%
66 66.1% 62.3% 69.6% 83.8% 80% 87.8%
67 64.1% 60.2% 67.8% 82.7% 78.8% 87%
68 62% 57.9% 65.9% 81.6% 77.5% 86.1%
69 59.8% 55.6% 63.8% 80.5% 76.1% 85.1%
70 57.5% 53.1% 61.6% 79.2% 74.7% 84%
71 55% 50.5% 59.2% 77.9% 73.1% 82.9%
72 52.4% 47.7% 56.7% 76.4% 71.5% 81.7%
73 49.6% 44.9% 54% 74.9% 69.8% 80.3%
74 46.8% 42% 51.2% 73.3% 67.9% 78.9%
75 43.8% 39.1% 48.2% 71.5% 65.9% 77.3%
76 40.8% 36.1% 45.1% 69.6% 63.8% 75.6%
77 37.7% 33.1% 42% 67.6% 61.6% 73.8%
78 34.6% 30% 38.7% 65.4% 59.3% 71.8%
79 31.4% 27% 35.4% 63.1% 56.8% 69.7%
80 28.2% 24.1% 32% 60.7% 54.2% 67.4%
81 25.1% 21.2% 28.6% 58.1% 51.5% 64.9%
82 22% 18.4% 25.3% 55.3% 48.6% 62.3%
83 19.1% 15.8% 22.1% 52.4% 45.6% 59.4%
84 16.3% 13.3% 19% 49.3% 42.5% 56.3%
85 13.7% 11.1% 16.1% 46% 39.2% 53.1%
86 11.3% 9.03% 13.4% 42.6% 35.8% 49.5%
87 9.2% 7.23% 11% 39% 32.4% 45.8%
88 7.34% 5.66% 8.88% 35.3% 28.8% 41.9%
89 5.74% 4.35% 7.02% 31.5% 25.3% 37.8%
90 4.39% 3.26% 5.43% 27.7% 21.8% 33.6%
91 3.29% 2.39% 4.11% 24% 18.5% 29.5%
92 2.4% 1.7% 3.04% 20.4% 15.3% 25.4%
93 1.71% 1.19% 2.2% 17% 12.4% 21.4%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.55% 13.8% 9.83% 17.8%
95 0.81% 0.53% 1.06% 11% 7.57% 14.4%
96 0.53% 0.34% 0.71% 8.54% 5.67% 11.3%
97 0.34% 0.21% 0.46% 6.45% 4.12% 8.7%
98 0.21% 0.13% 0.29% 4.73% 2.9% 6.49%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.18% 3.37% 1.98% 4.69%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 2.32% 1.3% 3.28%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.14% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 0.48% in the United States, 0.22% vs 0.13% at age 30, 1.74% vs 0.84% at 60, and 11.1% vs 4.29% at 80.

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

Afghanistan
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.14% 4.51% 3.75% 0.48% 0.53% 0.43%
1 0.45% 0.43% 0.46% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.33% 0.33% 0.33% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
3 0.24% 0.25% 0.24% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.18% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.14% 0.15% 0.12% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.09% 0.14% 0.05%
24 0.2% 0.23% 0.18% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.2% 0.23% 0.18% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.21% 0.23% 0.2% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.24% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.25% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.27% 0.29% 0.26% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.29% 0.3% 0.27% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.3% 0.32% 0.28% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.34% 0.36% 0.31% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
40 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.47% 0.52% 0.42% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.51% 0.56% 0.45% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
46 0.55% 0.61% 0.49% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2%
47 0.59% 0.67% 0.52% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
50 0.76% 0.86% 0.65% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
51 0.82% 0.93% 0.71% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 0.89% 1.02% 0.76% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
53 0.96% 1.11% 0.82% 0.49% 0.6% 0.37%
54 1.05% 1.22% 0.88% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
55 1.13% 1.33% 0.95% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
56 1.23% 1.45% 1.03% 0.63% 0.79% 0.48%
57 1.34% 1.59% 1.12% 0.69% 0.85% 0.52%
58 1.46% 1.73% 1.22% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
59 1.59% 1.89% 1.33% 0.79% 0.99% 0.59%
60 1.74% 2.06% 1.46% 0.84% 1.06% 0.63%
61 1.89% 2.25% 1.6% 0.91% 1.14% 0.68%
62 2.07% 2.45% 1.75% 0.97% 1.22% 0.72%
63 2.26% 2.66% 1.93% 1.04% 1.31% 0.78%
64 2.47% 2.9% 2.12% 1.11% 1.4% 0.83%
65 2.7% 3.16% 2.33% 1.17% 1.47% 0.88%
66 2.96% 3.45% 2.57% 1.25% 1.56% 0.95%
67 3.24% 3.76% 2.84% 1.33% 1.65% 1.03%
68 3.56% 4.11% 3.14% 1.43% 1.76% 1.12%
69 3.92% 4.49% 3.48% 1.55% 1.9% 1.23%
70 4.32% 4.91% 3.86% 1.68% 2.05% 1.35%
71 4.75% 5.37% 4.28% 1.85% 2.24% 1.49%
72 5.23% 5.88% 4.74% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
73 5.74% 6.43% 5.24% 2.21% 2.65% 1.81%
74 6.31% 7.03% 5.78% 2.42% 2.91% 2%
75 6.92% 7.69% 6.38% 2.65% 3.18% 2.19%
76 7.59% 8.4% 7.04% 2.91% 3.48% 2.41%
77 8.33% 9.18% 7.78% 3.18% 3.79% 2.67%
78 9.18% 10% 8.61% 3.5% 4.15% 2.95%
79 10.1% 11% 9.53% 3.87% 4.57% 3.29%
80 11.1% 12% 10.5% 4.29% 5.05% 3.67%
81 12.2% 13.1% 11.6% 4.78% 5.6% 4.11%
82 13.4% 14.3% 12.8% 5.29% 6.19% 4.59%
83 14.6% 15.5% 14% 5.9% 6.88% 5.16%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 6.61% 7.69% 5.84%
85 17.3% 18.4% 16.6% 7.44% 8.61% 6.63%
86 18.7% 20% 17.9% 8.41% 9.67% 7.55%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.4% 9.54% 10.9% 8.61%
88 21.8% 23.3% 20.9% 10.8% 12.3% 9.76%
89 23.5% 25% 22.6% 12% 13.7% 11%
90 25.2% 26.8% 24.3% 13.4% 15.2% 12.3%
91 26.9% 28.6% 26% 15.1% 17.1% 13.9%
92 28.7% 30.4% 27.8% 16.7% 19% 15.5%
93 30.5% 32.2% 29.6% 18.5% 21% 17.2%
94 32.3% 34.1% 31.4% 20.4% 23% 19.1%
95 34.1% 36% 33.2% 22.4% 25.1% 21.1%
96 35.9% 37.8% 35% 24.5% 27.3% 23.2%
97 37.7% 39.7% 36.8% 26.6% 29.6% 25.4%
98 39.5% 41.5% 38.7% 28.9% 31.9% 27.7%
99 41.2% 43.3% 40.5% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 43% 45.1% 42.3% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Afghanistan compared to the United States

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the United States. The median age of death is 72.9 in Afghanistan and 83.8 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Afghanistan United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,138 4,511 3,748 480 526 432
1 429 413 445 46.6 51.7 41.3
2 312 310 315 17.6 19.9 15.2
3 231.7 236.4 226.8 15.3 17.4 13.2
4 175.5 183.3 167.4 13.1 14.7 11.4
5 136.6 145.2 127.6 10.7 11.8 9.6
6 110.3 118.5 101.6 9.83 10.7 8.92
7 92.8 100.2 85 9.64 10.5 8.74
8 81.6 88.2 74.8 9.33 10.2 8.38
9 75.2 80.9 69.2 9.24 10.3 8.12
10 72.5 77.6 67.1 9.7 11 8.28
11 72.9 77.7 67.8 10.4 11.8 8.88
12 76.1 80.9 71.1 11.8 13.3 10.1
13 82.2 87.5 76.5 14.5 16.8 12
14 90.9 97.4 84 18.7 22.7 14.5
15 101.9 110.3 93 24.4 31.3 17.2
16 114.8 125.7 103.3 32.3 43.4 20.5
17 128.8 142.7 113.9 43.8 60.7 25.8
18 142.8 160.3 124.2 56.5 79.9 31.6
19 155.9 176.9 133.6 67 96 36
20 167.1 191.1 141.7 75.2 108.7 39.4
21 175.8 201.5 148.6 82.7 120 42.9
22 181.8 207.6 154.6 88.5 128.1 46.2
23 185.5 209.7 159.8 92.8 133.8 49
24 187.6 209.3 164.6 97.3 139.5 52
25 188.9 207.5 169.3 101.9 145.2 55.4
26 190.2 205.5 174.1 107 151 59.5
27 192 204.5 179 112 156.6 63.8
28 194.8 205.1 184.3 116.3 161.3 67.6
29 198.8 207.5 189.9 120.8 165.8 72
30 204.1 211.8 196.1 124.8 168.9 76.9
31 210.5 218 202.8 128.9 172 82.1
32 218.1 225.7 210.2 134.2 177.1 87.5
33 226.6 234.8 218.2 139.2 182.8 91.9
34 236.1 245.1 226.9 144.1 188.3 96.1
35 246.6 256.6 236.3 148.5 192.6 100.6
36 258.2 269.5 246.6 153.6 197.5 106
37 271.1 284 257.8 159.4 203.3 111.7
38 285.3 300 270 165.1 209 117.2
39 301 319 283.3 171.7 216.1 123.3
40 319 339 297.9 177.9 222.3 129.5
41 339 363 314 184.9 229.1 136.8
42 361 389 332 192.7 236.9 144.8
43 385 418 352 204.3 249.6 155.2
44 413 450 374 219.8 267.7 168.1
45 443 486 399 237.3 288.3 182.1
46 476 525 426 255.4 310 196.9
47 512 567 456 274.6 332 212.7
48 551 612 488 296.6 358 230.6
49 593 661 524 323 389 251.6
50 638 714 561 352 425 274.4
51 687 771 601 386 465 300
52 738 833 644 419 505 326
53 794 900 688 456 551 353
54 853 973 735 497 603 383
55 917 1,051 787 539 654 416
56 985 1,133 842 581 704 449
57 1,058 1,220 904 624 756 482
58 1,136 1,311 973 666 808 514
59 1,220 1,406 1,050 709 861 548
60 1,309 1,504 1,135 752 914 581
61 1,404 1,604 1,227 803 975 619
62 1,504 1,708 1,326 851 1,034 656
63 1,608 1,815 1,431 903 1,095 699
64 1,718 1,924 1,543 952 1,150 741
65 1,833 2,036 1,662 995 1,197 782
66 1,953 2,150 1,788 1,048 1,251 835
67 2,079 2,265 1,924 1,102 1,304 893
68 2,210 2,381 2,069 1,167 1,366 963
69 2,345 2,495 2,222 1,245 1,443 1,045
70 2,481 2,606 2,380 1,332 1,529 1,132
71 2,613 2,710 2,537 1,438 1,637 1,236
72 2,738 2,805 2,689 1,537 1,735 1,338
73 2,852 2,888 2,831 1,652 1,851 1,454
74 2,953 2,956 2,960 1,774 1,973 1,574
75 3,036 3,005 3,076 1,896 2,097 1,696
76 3,096 3,032 3,177 2,022 2,219 1,826
77 3,143 3,034 3,264 2,151 2,336 1,967
78 3,172 3,011 3,331 2,289 2,458 2,121
79 3,172 2,959 3,372 2,445 2,599 2,293
80 3,138 2,878 3,375 2,605 2,741 2,472
81 3,064 2,766 3,332 2,773 2,885 2,668
82 2,947 2,624 3,236 2,926 3,008 2,858
83 2,789 2,454 3,088 3,092 3,138 3,068
84 2,593 2,258 2,893 3,258 3,264 3,290
85 2,368 2,040 2,662 3,422 3,375 3,517
86 2,121 1,805 2,405 3,584 3,466 3,740
87 1,862 1,562 2,134 3,724 3,529 3,945
88 1,602 1,320 1,858 3,795 3,534 4,085
89 1,347 1,087 1,584 3,786 3,461 4,147
90 1,106 873 1,319 3,719 3,326 4,151
91 885 682 1,071 3,614 3,157 4,105
92 689 518 847 3,406 2,910 3,930
93 522 382 651 3,137 2,610 3,685
94 384 273.9 486 2,821 2,262 3,386
95 274.6 190.4 352 2,467 1,899 3,033
96 190.6 128.3 248 2,091 1,546 2,631
97 128.3 83.7 169.5 1,719 1,219 2,211
98 83.8 52.8 112.4 1,367 926 1,797
99 53 32.2 72.2 1,049 677 1,409
100 0 0 0 670 334 992

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 the United States 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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