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Benin life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

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Benin is ranked 189/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 59.8 years for males, 62.8 years for females, and 61.3 years for both genders combined.

Benin life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5
1952 36 34.2 37.8
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5
1955 37 35.1 38.8
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6
1958 38 36.1 39.9
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6
1963 40.1 38 42.1
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6
1965 41 38.8 43.1
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6
1970 43 40.9 45.1
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4
1972 43.9 41.8 46
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5
1974 44.9 42.7 47
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6
1976 46 43.6 48.2
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2
1983 48.8 46 51.6
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3
1985 50 47 52.9
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2
1988 52 49.1 54.9
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4
1990 53 50.1 55.9
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9
1993 54.6 52 57.1
1994 55 52.6 57.3
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6
1997 56 54 57.9
1998 56.2 54.2 58
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3
2001 56.7 55 58.2
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9
2006 58 56.7 59.1
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8
2014 59 58 60
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2
2024 61 59.5 62.4
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6
2026 61.3 59.8 62.8

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.

In Benin, 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 54.9 years for men and 56.6 for women, with a combined average of 55.7 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years, 12.5 for males and 13.7 for females.

Benin 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 Benin, 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: 40.5 Years

Mean expected age of death: 70.5 Years

Median expected age of death: 73.3 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
50 88.6% 87.7% 89.4%
60 78.1% 76.2% 80.0%
65 70.0% 67.5% 72.5%
70 59.1% 56.2% 61.9%
75 45.1% 42.1% 47.9%
80 29.2% 26.6% 31.7%
85 14.6% 12.8% 16.2%
90 5.0% 4.0% 5.8%
95 1.0% 0.6% 1.3%
100 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%

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.

In Benin, total life expectancy is 78.4 years at age 65, 80.4 at 70, 82.9 at 75, and 85.8 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Average
Male
Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Average Male Female
0 61.3 59.8 62.8
1 64.6 63.3 65.8
2 65.1 63.8 66.3
3 65.5 64.3 66.7
4 65.9 64.7 67.1
5 66.2 65.1 67.4
6 66.5 65.4 67.7
7 66.8 65.6 68
8 67 65.8 68.2
9 67.2 66 68.4
10 67.3 66.1 68.5
11 67.5 66.3 68.7
12 67.6 66.4 68.8
13 67.7 66.5 68.9
14 67.8 66.6 69
15 67.9 66.7 69.1
16 68.1 66.9 69.3
17 68.2 67 69.4
18 68.3 67.2 69.5
19 68.5 67.3 69.7
20 68.7 67.5 69.8
21 68.8 67.7 70
22 69 67.9 70.1
23 69.2 68.1 70.3
24 69.4 68.3 70.4
25 69.6 68.5 70.6
26 69.7 68.7 70.7
27 69.9 68.9 70.9
28 70.1 69.1 71.1
29 70.3 69.3 71.2
30 70.5 69.5 71.4
31 70.6 69.7 71.6
32 70.8 69.9 71.7
33 71 70.1 71.9
34 71.2 70.3 72.1
35 71.4 70.4 72.2
36 71.5 70.6 72.4
37 71.7 70.8 72.6
38 71.9 71 72.8
39 72.1 71.2 72.9
40 72.3 71.4 73.1
41 72.5 71.6 73.3
42 72.7 71.8 73.5
43 72.9 72 73.7
44 73.1 72.2 73.9
45 73.3 72.4 74.1
46 73.5 72.6 74.2
47 73.7 72.8 74.4
48 73.9 73 74.6
49 74.1 73.3 74.8
50 74.3 73.5 75
51 74.5 73.7 75.2
52 74.7 74 75.4
53 75 74.3 75.6
54 75.2 74.5 75.9
55 75.5 74.8 76.1
56 75.7 75.1 76.3
57 76 75.4 76.6
58 76.3 75.6 76.8
59 76.5 75.9 77.1
60 76.8 76.2 77.3
61 77.1 76.6 77.6
62 77.4 76.9 77.9
63 77.7 77.2 78.2
64 78.1 77.6 78.5
65 78.4 78 78.8
66 78.8 78.4 79.2
67 79.2 78.8 79.5
68 79.6 79.2 79.9
69 80 79.6 80.3
70 80.4 80.1 80.7
71 80.9 80.5 81.2
72 81.4 81 81.6
73 81.9 81.5 82.1
74 82.4 82 82.6
75 82.9 82.6 83.1
76 83.4 83.1 83.7
77 84 83.7 84.2
78 84.6 84.3 84.8
79 85.2 84.9 85.4
80 85.8 85.5 86
81 86.5 86.2 86.6
82 87.1 86.9 87.3
83 87.8 87.5 88
84 88.5 88.2 88.7
85 89.2 89 89.4
86 90 89.7 90.1
87 90.7 90.4 90.9
88 91.5 91.2 91.6
89 92.3 92 92.4
90 93 92.8 93.2
91 93.9 93.6 94
92 94.7 94.4 94.8
93 95.5 95.3 95.6
94 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.2 97 97.3
96 98.1 97.9 98.2
97 99 98.8 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.8 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8

Probability of survival to age graph

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth: 66.4% of the newborn cohort in Benin are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 50.2% will live to 70 years or older, 24.8% to 80+ years, and 4.21% 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.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 95% 94.5% 95.5%
2 94.2% 93.7% 94.8%
3 93.5% 93% 94.1%
4 93% 92.4% 93.6%
5 92.4% 91.9% 93.1%
6 92% 91.4% 92.6%
7 91.6% 91% 92.2%
8 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
9 91% 90.4% 91.6%
10 90.8% 90.2% 91.4%
11 90.5% 90% 91.1%
12 90.3% 89.8% 91%
13 90.2% 89.6% 90.8%
14 90% 89.4% 90.6%
15 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
16 89.6% 89% 90.2%
17 89.3% 88.7% 90%
18 89.1% 88.4% 89.7%
19 88.8% 88.1% 89.5%
20 88.5% 87.8% 89.2%
21 88.2% 87.4% 89%
22 87.9% 87.1% 88.7%
23 87.5% 86.7% 88.4%
24 87.2% 86.3% 88.1%
25 86.8% 85.9% 87.8%
26 86.5% 85.5% 87.5%
27 86.1% 85.1% 87.2%
28 85.7% 84.7% 86.8%
29 85.4% 84.3% 86.5%
30 85% 83.9% 86.2%
31 84.6% 83.5% 85.8%
32 84.2% 83% 85.4%
33 83.8% 82.6% 85.1%
34 83.4% 82.2% 84.7%
35 83% 81.8% 84.3%
36 82.6% 81.3% 83.9%
37 82.2% 80.9% 83.5%
38 81.8% 80.4% 83.1%
39 81.3% 80% 82.7%
40 80.8% 79.5% 82.3%
41 80.4% 79% 81.8%
42 79.9% 78.5% 81.3%
43 79.3% 77.9% 80.8%
44 78.8% 77.4% 80.3%
45 78.3% 76.8% 79.8%
46 77.7% 76.2% 79.3%
47 77.1% 75.6% 78.8%
48 76.5% 74.9% 78.2%
49 75.9% 74.3% 77.7%
50 75.3% 73.5% 77.1%
51 74.6% 72.8% 76.4%
52 73.8% 71.9% 75.7%
53 73% 71.1% 75%
54 72.2% 70.2% 74.3%
55 71.3% 69.2% 73.5%
56 70.4% 68.3% 72.7%
57 69.5% 67.2% 71.8%
58 68.5% 66.2% 70.9%
59 67.5% 65.1% 69.9%
60 66.4% 63.9% 68.9%
61 65.2% 62.6% 67.8%
62 63.9% 61.3% 66.6%
63 62.5% 59.8% 65.3%
64 61.1% 58.3% 63.9%
65 59.5% 56.6% 62.4%
66 57.9% 54.9% 60.8%
67 56.1% 53.1% 59.1%
68 54.3% 51.2% 57.3%
69 52.3% 49.2% 55.4%
70 50.2% 47.2% 53.3%
71 48% 45% 51.2%
72 45.8% 42.7% 48.8%
73 43.4% 40.3% 46.4%
74 40.9% 37.8% 43.9%
75 38.3% 35.3% 41.3%
76 35.7% 32.7% 38.6%
77 33% 30.1% 35.8%
78 30.3% 27.5% 33%
79 27.5% 24.9% 30.2%
80 24.8% 22.3% 27.3%
81 22.1% 19.7% 24.5%
82 19.5% 17.3% 21.7%
83 17% 14.9% 19%
84 14.6% 12.7% 16.4%
85 12.4% 10.7% 14%
86 10.3% 8.84% 11.8%
87 8.49% 7.17% 9.74%
88 6.86% 5.7% 7.94%
89 5.43% 4.42% 6.37%
90 4.21% 3.34% 5.02%
91 3.2% 2.45% 3.88%
92 2.37% 1.74% 2.94%
93 1.71% 1.21% 2.17%
94 1.21% 0.81% 1.56%
95 0.82% 0.53% 1.09%
96 0.55% 0.33% 0.74%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.48%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.31%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In Benin, the risk of dying is lowest at age 12 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 5.03% in the birth year, 0.45% at age 30, 1.78% at 60, and 10.8% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Benin at any given age.

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 5.03% 5.49% 4.54%
1 0.8% 0.86% 0.73%
2 0.71% 0.75% 0.66%
3 0.63% 0.66% 0.6%
4 0.56% 0.57% 0.54%
5 0.49% 0.49% 0.48%
6 0.42% 0.42% 0.42%
7 0.36% 0.36% 0.36%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.31%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27%
10 0.23% 0.24% 0.23%
11 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
12 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2%
14 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
15 0.23% 0.24% 0.22%
16 0.26% 0.27% 0.24%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.26%
18 0.31% 0.35% 0.28%
19 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
20 0.36% 0.41% 0.31%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.31%
22 0.39% 0.45% 0.32%
23 0.4% 0.46% 0.33%
24 0.4% 0.47% 0.34%
25 0.41% 0.47% 0.35%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37%
27 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
28 0.43% 0.47% 0.39%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.4%
30 0.45% 0.48% 0.41%
31 0.46% 0.49% 0.42%
32 0.47% 0.5% 0.43%
33 0.48% 0.51% 0.44%
34 0.48% 0.52% 0.45%
35 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
36 0.51% 0.54% 0.47%
37 0.53% 0.56% 0.49%
38 0.55% 0.58% 0.51%
39 0.57% 0.61% 0.54%
40 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
41 0.63% 0.66% 0.59%
42 0.65% 0.69% 0.61%
43 0.67% 0.72% 0.62%
44 0.69% 0.74% 0.64%
45 0.71% 0.77% 0.65%
46 0.73% 0.8% 0.66%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.69%
48 0.81% 0.9% 0.72%
49 0.87% 0.97% 0.77%
50 0.93% 1.05% 0.82%
51 1% 1.13% 0.88%
52 1.07% 1.2% 0.95%
53 1.14% 1.28% 1%
54 1.2% 1.34% 1.06%
55 1.26% 1.41% 1.12%
56 1.33% 1.48% 1.18%
57 1.41% 1.57% 1.26%
58 1.51% 1.68% 1.35%
59 1.64% 1.82% 1.47%
60 1.78% 1.98% 1.61%
61 1.95% 2.16% 1.76%
62 2.14% 2.37% 1.94%
63 2.34% 2.58% 2.13%
64 2.55% 2.8% 2.33%
65 2.78% 3.04% 2.55%
66 3.03% 3.29% 2.8%
67 3.3% 3.57% 3.07%
68 3.61% 3.88% 3.37%
69 3.96% 4.24% 3.71%
70 4.35% 4.64% 4.09%
71 4.78% 5.09% 4.51%
72 5.25% 5.57% 4.96%
73 5.75% 6.1% 5.45%
74 6.29% 6.67% 5.97%
75 6.88% 7.29% 6.53%
76 7.52% 7.97% 7.15%
77 8.23% 8.71% 7.83%
78 9.01% 9.53% 8.59%
79 9.86% 10.4% 9.44%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4%
81 11.8% 12.4% 11.4%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5%
83 14% 14.7% 13.6%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.3%
92 27.7% 30.9% 26.2%
93 29.6% 32.9% 28.1%
94 31.6% 34.9% 30.2%
95 33.6% 36.8% 32.4%
96 35.6% 38.7% 34.5%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5%
98 39.4% 42.5% 38.4%
99 41.2% 44.5% 40.2%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3%

Death rate by age in Benin

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

In Benin, most deaths occur at age 0 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 0 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 68.6 for men, 71.5 for women, and 70.1 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 5,025 5,492 4,543
1 757 813 698
2 668 705 629
3 589 611 566
4 517 528 505
5 450 454 446
6 388 387 389
7 331 328 334
8 282 279.3 284.8
9 242 240.2 243.9
10 212.5 212 213.2
11 193.7 194.3 193.1
12 184.8 186.6 182.9
13 185.3 188.5 181.9
14 194.1 199.2 188.7
15 210.1 218.1 201.6
16 231.4 243.8 218.4
17 255.3 274 235.9
18 279.5 306 251.7
19 301 337 263.9
20 319 363 272.6
21 332 383 279.1
22 342 396 284.9
23 348 402 291.6
24 352 402 299.7
25 356 400 309
26 359 397 319
27 364 396 330
28 369 397 339
29 375 401 348
30 381 406 355
31 387 413 361
32 393 419 366
33 399 424 372
34 404 429 378
35 411 435 387
36 420 442 397
37 432 453 411
38 448 468 427
39 466 485 445
40 485 505 464
41 503 525 480
42 519 543 494
43 532 560 503
44 543 576 510
45 555 593 517
46 570 613 527
47 592 641 543
48 621 676 566
49 659 720 598
50 702 769 635
51 747 819 675
52 791 867 716
53 830 908 754
54 866 943 789
55 899 976 824
56 936 1,012 861
57 980 1,056 905
58 1,035 1,112 960
59 1,104 1,182 1,028
60 1,185 1,264 1,107
61 1,274 1,355 1,195
62 1,369 1,450 1,291
63 1,465 1,543 1,390
64 1,560 1,633 1,491
65 1,656 1,720 1,595
66 1,752 1,806 1,702
67 1,853 1,895 1,814
68 1,959 1,989 1,933
69 2,070 2,087 2,057
70 2,184 2,188 2,184
71 2,296 2,287 2,308
72 2,400 2,379 2,425
73 2,492 2,459 2,529
74 2,570 2,525 2,619
75 2,633 2,575 2,695
76 2,681 2,609 2,757
77 2,713 2,625 2,804
78 2,727 2,621 2,837
79 2,716 2,595 2,849
80 2,679 2,541 2,835
81 2,616 2,458 2,789
82 2,519 2,344 2,705
83 2,389 2,202 2,582
84 2,229 2,038 2,423
85 2,046 1,859 2,234
86 1,846 1,671 2,022
87 1,638 1,476 1,798
88 1,426 1,279 1,571
89 1,217 1,081 1,349
90 1,016 888 1,139
91 828 704 945
92 657 539 768
93 508 397 610
94 381 282.1 471
95 277.3 193.8 352
96 195 128.9 253.5
97 132.4 83 175.9
98 86.8 51.7 117.5
99 54.9 31.1 75.8
100 0 0 0

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 Benin's 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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