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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Gabon (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Benin vs 68.7 in Gabon. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and Gabon is 147/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In Gabon, it's 66.2 years for males and 71.4 years for females.

Benin vs Gabon life expectancy at birth by year chart

Benin
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2 39.3 36.6 42.1
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5 40 37.3 42.8
1952 36 34.2 37.8 40.7 38.1 43.6
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2 41.5 38.8 44.3
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5 42.2 39.5 45
1955 37 35.1 38.8 42.9 40.3 45.7
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1 43.7 41 46.4
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6 44.4 41.7 47.1
1958 38 36.1 39.9 45.1 42.5 47.8
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3 45.8 43.2 48.5
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7 46.4 43.9 49.1
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3 47.1 44.5 49.8
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6 47.8 45.2 50.4
1963 40.1 38 42.1 48.4 45.9 51.1
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6 49 46.3 51.7
1965 41 38.8 43.1 49.7 47.1 52.4
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2 50.3 47.7 53
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7 50.9 48.4 53.6
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2 51.5 49 54.1
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6 52.1 49.6 54.7
1970 43 40.9 45.1 52.7 50.2 55.3
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4 53.3 50.7 55.8
1972 43.9 41.8 46 53.8 51.3 56.3
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5 54.4 51.8 56.9
1974 44.9 42.7 47 54.9 52.4 57.4
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6 55.5 52.9 58
1976 46 43.6 48.2 56 53.5 58.5
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9 56.5 54 59
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4 57 54.4 59.5
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9 57.4 54.9 60
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3 57.9 55.3 60.5
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8 58.3 55.8 60.9
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2 58.6 56.2 61.1
1983 48.8 46 51.6 59 56.6 61.4
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3 59.3 57.1 61.6
1985 50 47 52.9 59.7 57.5 61.8
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6 60 57.9 62
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2 60.2 58.2 62.1
1988 52 49.1 54.9 60.4 58.6 62.2
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4 60.6 58.9 62.2
1990 53 50.1 55.9 60.7 59.1 62.3
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2 60.9 59.4 62.4
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9 61 59.5 62.4
1993 54.6 52 57.1 61.1 59.7 62.5
1994 55 52.6 57.3 61.2 59.8 62.5
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6 61.3 59.9 62.6
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6 61.3 59.9 62.6
1997 56 54 57.9 61.4 60 62.7
1998 56.2 54.2 58 61.5 60.1 62.8
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2 61.7 60.3 63
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3 61.8 60.4 63.2
2001 56.7 55 58.2 62 60.6 63.4
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3 62.2 60.7 63.6
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4 62.5 61 63.9
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6 62.7 61.2 64.2
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9 63 61.5 64.5
2006 58 56.7 59.1 63.3 61.8 64.8
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4 63.6 62 65.3
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1 64 62.3 65.8
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2 64.4 62.5 66.3
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3 64.7 62.8 66.8
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3 65.1 63.1 67.2
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5 65.4 63.4 67.6
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8 65.8 63.7 68
2014 59 58 60 66.1 63.9 68.4
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1 66.3 64.2 68.7
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3 66.6 64.5 68.9
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6 66.8 64.7 69.2
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8 67 64.9 69.4
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1 67.3 65.1 69.8
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6 67.1 64.7 69.7
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8 67.1 64.8 69.6
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8 67.7 65.4 70.3
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2 68.3 65.9 71.1
2024 61 59.5 62.4 68.5 66.1 71.2
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6 68.7 66.2 71.4

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 55.7 years in Benin and 56.3 in Gabon. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Benin and 12 in Gabon.

Benin vs Gabon 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 and Gabon, 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:
40.4 vs 42.7 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.4 vs 72.7 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 75.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Gabon
Male Female Male Female
40 94.7% 95.4% 96.4% 97.9%
50 87.6% 89.3% 90.0% 93.9%
60 76.0% 79.8% 78.1% 86.1%
65 67.4% 72.3% 68.9% 79.4%
70 56.0% 61.7% 57.4% 69.9%
75 41.9% 47.7% 43.8% 57.0%
80 26.4% 31.5% 29.3% 41.1%
85 12.7% 16.1% 15.9% 24.2%
90 3.9% 5.8% 6.3% 10.5%
95 0.6% 1.2% 1.6% 3.0%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%

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 Benin vs Gabon: 70.4 years vs 72.7 at 30, 78.4 vs 79.6 at 65, 85.8 vs 86.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 vs 68.7 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 and Gabon.

Benin
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 68.7 66.2 71.4
1 64.4 63.2 65.6 70.5 68.2 73.1
2 64.9 63.7 66.1 70.8 68.5 73.4
3 65.4 64.2 66.5 71 68.7 73.5
4 65.8 64.6 66.9 71.1 68.8 73.7
5 66.1 64.9 67.3 71.2 68.9 73.7
6 66.4 65.2 67.6 71.3 69 73.8
7 66.7 65.5 67.8 71.3 69 73.9
8 66.9 65.7 68.1 71.4 69.1 73.9
9 67.1 65.9 68.3 71.4 69.1 73.9
10 67.2 66 68.4 71.4 69.2 74
11 67.4 66.2 68.5 71.5 69.2 74
12 67.5 66.3 68.7 71.5 69.2 74
13 67.6 66.4 68.8 71.5 69.3 74.1
14 67.7 66.5 68.9 71.6 69.3 74.1
15 67.8 66.6 69 71.6 69.4 74.1
16 68 66.8 69.1 71.7 69.4 74.2
17 68.1 66.9 69.3 71.7 69.5 74.2
18 68.2 67.1 69.4 71.8 69.6 74.3
19 68.4 67.2 69.6 71.8 69.6 74.3
20 68.6 67.4 69.7 71.9 69.7 74.4
21 68.7 67.6 69.9 72 69.8 74.4
22 68.9 67.8 70 72.1 69.9 74.5
23 69.1 68 70.2 72.1 70 74.5
24 69.3 68.2 70.3 72.2 70.1 74.6
25 69.5 68.4 70.5 72.3 70.2 74.6
26 69.7 68.6 70.6 72.4 70.3 74.7
27 69.8 68.8 70.8 72.5 70.4 74.8
28 70 69 71 72.6 70.5 74.8
29 70.2 69.2 71.1 72.6 70.6 74.9
30 70.4 69.4 71.3 72.7 70.7 75
31 70.6 69.6 71.5 72.8 70.9 75
32 70.8 69.8 71.7 72.9 71 75.1
33 70.9 70 71.8 73 71.1 75.2
34 71.1 70.2 72 73.1 71.2 75.3
35 71.3 70.4 72.2 73.2 71.3 75.4
36 71.5 70.6 72.3 73.3 71.5 75.4
37 71.7 70.8 72.5 73.5 71.6 75.5
38 71.8 70.9 72.7 73.6 71.8 75.6
39 72 71.1 72.9 73.7 71.9 75.7
40 72.2 71.3 73.1 73.8 72.1 75.8
41 72.4 71.5 73.2 74 72.2 75.9
42 72.6 71.7 73.4 74.1 72.4 76
43 72.8 71.9 73.6 74.3 72.5 76.2
44 73 72.2 73.8 74.4 72.7 76.3
45 73.2 72.4 74 74.6 72.9 76.4
46 73.4 72.6 74.2 74.7 73.1 76.5
47 73.6 72.8 74.4 74.9 73.3 76.7
48 73.8 73 74.6 75.1 73.5 76.8
49 74 73.2 74.8 75.3 73.7 76.9
50 74.2 73.5 75 75.5 73.9 77.1
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 75.7 74.2 77.3
52 74.7 74 75.4 75.9 74.4 77.4
53 74.9 74.2 75.6 76.1 74.7 77.6
54 75.2 74.5 75.8 76.3 75 77.8
55 75.4 74.8 76 76.6 75.2 78
56 75.7 75 76.3 76.8 75.5 78.2
57 76 75.3 76.5 77.1 75.8 78.4
58 76.2 75.6 76.8 77.3 76.1 78.6
59 76.5 75.9 77 77.6 76.4 78.8
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 77.9 76.8 79.1
61 77.1 76.5 77.6 78.2 77.1 79.3
62 77.4 76.9 77.8 78.5 77.5 79.6
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 78.9 77.9 79.9
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 79.2 78.2 80.1
65 78.4 78 78.8 79.6 78.7 80.4
66 78.8 78.3 79.2 79.9 79.1 80.8
67 79.2 78.8 79.5 80.3 79.5 81.1
68 79.6 79.2 79.9 80.7 80 81.4
69 80 79.6 80.3 81.1 80.4 81.8
70 80.4 80.1 80.7 81.6 80.9 82.2
71 80.9 80.5 81.2 82 81.4 82.6
72 81.3 81 81.6 82.5 81.9 83
73 81.8 81.5 82.1 82.9 82.4 83.4
74 82.4 82 82.6 83.4 82.9 83.9
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 83.9 83.5 84.3
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 84.5 84 84.8
77 84 83.7 84.2 85 84.6 85.4
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 85.6 85.2 85.9
79 85.2 84.9 85.4 86.1 85.8 86.4
80 85.8 85.5 86 86.7 86.4 87
81 86.4 86.2 86.6 87.3 87 87.6
82 87.1 86.9 87.3 88 87.7 88.2
83 87.8 87.5 88 88.6 88.4 88.8
84 88.5 88.2 88.7 89.3 89 89.4
85 89.2 89 89.4 90 89.8 90.1
86 90 89.7 90.1 90.7 90.5 90.8
87 90.7 90.4 90.9 91.4 91.2 91.5
88 91.5 91.2 91.6 92.1 92 92.3
89 92.3 92 92.4 92.9 92.8 93
90 93 92.8 93.2 93.7 93.5 93.8
91 93.9 93.6 94 94.5 94.3 94.6
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.3 95.1 95.3
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 96.1 96 96.1
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.9 96.8 97
95 97.2 97 97.3 97.7 97.7 97.8
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.6 98.5 98.6
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.5 99.4 99.5
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.3 100.3 100.4
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.2 101.2 101.3
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.1 102 102.2

Odds of living to age in Benin vs Gabon

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 66.1% in Benin and 76.6% in Gabon are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.9% and 59.3% will live to 70 years or older, 24.6% and 32.7% to 80+ years, and 4.17% and 7.73% 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.

Benin
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Benin Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.7% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
3 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.8% 96.4% 97.1%
4 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
5 92.3% 91.8% 93% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
6 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
7 91.5% 90.9% 92.1% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
8 91.2% 90.6% 91.8% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
9 90.9% 90.3% 91.5% 96.2% 95.7% 96.6%
10 90.6% 90.1% 91.2% 96.1% 95.7% 96.5%
11 90.4% 89.8% 91% 96% 95.6% 96.5%
12 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 96% 95.5% 96.4%
13 90% 89.5% 90.6% 95.9% 95.5% 96.4%
14 89.8% 89.3% 90.4% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
15 89.6% 89.1% 90.3% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
16 89.4% 88.8% 90% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
17 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
18 88.9% 88.3% 89.6% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
19 88.7% 88% 89.3% 95.4% 94.8% 96%
20 88.4% 87.7% 89.1% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
21 88% 87.3% 88.8% 95.1% 94.5% 95.8%
22 87.7% 86.9% 88.5% 95% 94.3% 95.7%
23 87.3% 86.5% 88.2% 94.9% 94.1% 95.6%
24 87% 86.1% 87.9% 94.7% 93.9% 95.5%
25 86.6% 85.7% 87.6% 94.5% 93.7% 95.4%
26 86.3% 85.3% 87.3% 94.4% 93.5% 95.2%
27 85.9% 84.9% 87% 94.2% 93.3% 95.1%
28 85.5% 84.5% 86.6% 94% 93% 95%
29 85.2% 84.1% 86.3% 93.8% 92.8% 94.8%
30 84.8% 83.7% 86% 93.6% 92.6% 94.7%
31 84.4% 83.3% 85.6% 93.4% 92.3% 94.6%
32 84% 82.9% 85.2% 93.2% 92% 94.4%
33 83.6% 82.4% 84.9% 93% 91.7% 94.2%
34 83.2% 82% 84.5% 92.7% 91.4% 94%
35 82.8% 81.6% 84.1% 92.5% 91.1% 93.9%
36 82.4% 81.1% 83.7% 92.2% 90.8% 93.7%
37 82% 80.7% 83.3% 91.9% 90.4% 93.4%
38 81.5% 80.2% 82.9% 91.6% 90.1% 93.2%
39 81.1% 79.8% 82.5% 91.3% 89.7% 93%
40 80.6% 79.3% 82% 90.9% 89.2% 92.7%
41 80.1% 78.8% 81.5% 90.6% 88.8% 92.4%
42 79.6% 78.2% 81.1% 90.2% 88.3% 92.1%
43 79.1% 77.7% 80.6% 89.7% 87.8% 91.8%
44 78.6% 77.1% 80% 89.3% 87.3% 91.5%
45 78% 76.6% 79.5% 88.8% 86.7% 91.1%
46 77.5% 76% 79% 88.3% 86.1% 90.7%
47 76.9% 75.3% 78.5% 87.8% 85.5% 90.3%
48 76.3% 74.7% 77.9% 87.2% 84.8% 89.9%
49 75.7% 74% 77.4% 86.6% 84.1% 89.4%
50 75% 73.3% 76.8% 86% 83.3% 88.9%
51 74.3% 72.5% 76.1% 85.3% 82.5% 88.4%
52 73.5% 71.7% 75.4% 84.5% 81.6% 87.8%
53 72.8% 70.8% 74.7% 83.7% 80.6% 87.2%
54 71.9% 69.9% 74% 82.9% 79.6% 86.5%
55 71.1% 69% 73.2% 82% 78.6% 85.8%
56 70.1% 68% 72.4% 81% 77.4% 85.1%
57 69.2% 67% 71.5% 80% 76.3% 84.3%
58 68.2% 65.9% 70.6% 79% 75% 83.4%
59 67.2% 64.8% 69.6% 77.8% 73.7% 82.5%
60 66.1% 63.6% 68.6% 76.6% 72.3% 81.5%
61 64.9% 62.4% 67.5% 75.3% 70.7% 80.4%
62 63.6% 61% 66.3% 73.9% 69.1% 79.3%
63 62.3% 59.6% 65% 72.4% 67.4% 78%
64 60.8% 58% 63.6% 70.8% 65.7% 76.6%
65 59.2% 56.4% 62.1% 69.1% 63.8% 75.2%
66 57.6% 54.7% 60.5% 67.3% 61.8% 73.6%
67 55.8% 52.9% 58.8% 65.4% 59.7% 71.9%
68 54% 51% 57% 63.5% 57.6% 70.2%
69 52% 49% 55.1% 61.4% 55.4% 68.3%
70 49.9% 46.9% 53% 59.3% 53.1% 66.2%
71 47.8% 44.7% 50.8% 57% 50.7% 64%
72 45.5% 42.4% 48.5% 54.6% 48.3% 61.8%
73 43.1% 40.1% 46.1% 52.1% 45.8% 59.3%
74 40.6% 37.6% 43.6% 49.5% 43.2% 56.7%
75 38% 35.1% 41% 46.9% 40.5% 54%
76 35.4% 32.5% 38.3% 44.1% 37.9% 51.1%
77 32.7% 29.9% 35.5% 41.3% 35.2% 48.2%
78 30% 27.3% 32.8% 38.5% 32.5% 45.2%
79 27.3% 24.7% 29.9% 35.6% 29.8% 42%
80 24.6% 22.1% 27.1% 32.7% 27.1% 38.9%
81 22% 19.6% 24.3% 29.7% 24.5% 35.7%
82 19.4% 17.2% 21.5% 26.9% 22% 32.5%
83 16.9% 14.8% 18.8% 24% 19.4% 29.2%
84 14.5% 12.6% 16.3% 21.3% 17% 26%
85 12.3% 10.6% 13.9% 18.6% 14.7% 22.9%
86 10.2% 8.76% 11.6% 16% 12.6% 19.9%
87 8.41% 7.11% 9.63% 13.6% 10.6% 17.1%
88 6.79% 5.64% 7.85% 11.5% 8.8% 14.5%
89 5.37% 4.37% 6.3% 9.49% 7.2% 12.1%
90 4.17% 3.3% 4.96% 7.73% 5.8% 9.92%
91 3.16% 2.42% 3.83% 6.19% 4.59% 8%
92 2.34% 1.72% 2.9% 4.88% 3.57% 6.36%
93 1.69% 1.19% 2.14% 3.77% 2.72% 4.95%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.54% 2.85% 2.03% 3.78%
95 0.81% 0.52% 1.07% 2.11% 1.49% 2.82%
96 0.54% 0.33% 0.72% 1.53% 1.06% 2.06%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.47% 1.08% 0.74% 1.47%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.3% 0.75% 0.51% 1.02%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.51% 0.34% 0.7%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.34% 0.22% 0.46%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 5.09% in the birth year in Benin and 2.59% in Gabon, 0.45% vs 0.22% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.72% at 60, and 10.8% vs 8.93% at 80.

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

Benin
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Benin Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.09% 5.55% 4.61% 2.59% 2.92% 2.26%
1 0.81% 0.87% 0.74% 0.41% 0.43% 0.39%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.67% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
3 0.64% 0.67% 0.61% 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.56% 0.58% 0.55% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
5 0.49% 0.5% 0.49% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
6 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
7 0.37% 0.37% 0.37% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.32% 0.07% 0.07% 0.06%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
10 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
11 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
15 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.09% 0.12% 0.07%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.27% 0.11% 0.14% 0.08%
18 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.12% 0.16% 0.09%
19 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
20 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
22 0.39% 0.46% 0.33% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
23 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.17% 0.22% 0.11%
24 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
25 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.19% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.19% 0.25% 0.14%
28 0.44% 0.47% 0.4% 0.2% 0.26% 0.15%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.41% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
30 0.45% 0.49% 0.42% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
31 0.46% 0.5% 0.43% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
32 0.47% 0.51% 0.43% 0.25% 0.31% 0.18%
33 0.48% 0.52% 0.44% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
34 0.49% 0.53% 0.45% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
35 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.3% 0.37% 0.22%
36 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
37 0.53% 0.57% 0.5% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
38 0.55% 0.59% 0.52% 0.36% 0.44% 0.26%
39 0.58% 0.61% 0.55% 0.38% 0.47% 0.28%
40 0.61% 0.64% 0.57% 0.41% 0.5% 0.3%
41 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.43% 0.53% 0.32%
42 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.46% 0.57% 0.34%
43 0.68% 0.73% 0.63% 0.49% 0.61% 0.36%
44 0.7% 0.75% 0.64% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
45 0.72% 0.78% 0.66% 0.56% 0.7% 0.42%
46 0.74% 0.81% 0.67% 0.6% 0.74% 0.44%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.7% 0.65% 0.8% 0.48%
48 0.82% 0.91% 0.73% 0.7% 0.86% 0.52%
49 0.87% 0.98% 0.78% 0.75% 0.93% 0.56%
50 0.94% 1.05% 0.83% 0.82% 1.01% 0.61%
51 1.01% 1.13% 0.89% 0.87% 1.07% 0.65%
52 1.08% 1.21% 0.95% 0.95% 1.16% 0.71%
53 1.15% 1.29% 1.01% 1.01% 1.24% 0.76%
54 1.21% 1.35% 1.07% 1.08% 1.33% 0.82%
55 1.27% 1.42% 1.13% 1.16% 1.43% 0.88%
56 1.34% 1.49% 1.19% 1.25% 1.53% 0.95%
57 1.42% 1.58% 1.27% 1.34% 1.64% 1.02%
58 1.52% 1.69% 1.36% 1.45% 1.78% 1.11%
59 1.65% 1.83% 1.48% 1.56% 1.92% 1.2%
60 1.79% 1.99% 1.62% 1.72% 2.1% 1.34%
61 1.97% 2.17% 1.77% 1.84% 2.25% 1.43%
62 2.15% 2.38% 1.95% 2.03% 2.46% 1.59%
63 2.35% 2.59% 2.14% 2.2% 2.66% 1.74%
64 2.57% 2.81% 2.35% 2.39% 2.88% 1.91%
65 2.79% 3.05% 2.57% 2.6% 3.12% 2.1%
66 3.04% 3.3% 2.81% 2.78% 3.32% 2.26%
67 3.32% 3.58% 3.08% 3% 3.57% 2.47%
68 3.63% 3.9% 3.39% 3.26% 3.84% 2.72%
69 3.97% 4.25% 3.73% 3.52% 4.13% 2.96%
70 4.36% 4.66% 4.11% 3.88% 4.49% 3.32%
71 4.8% 5.1% 4.53% 4.14% 4.79% 3.57%
72 5.26% 5.59% 4.98% 4.57% 5.23% 3.99%
73 5.77% 6.12% 5.47% 4.95% 5.64% 4.36%
74 6.31% 6.69% 5.99% 5.39% 6.09% 4.8%
75 6.9% 7.31% 6.55% 5.87% 6.58% 5.27%
76 7.54% 7.99% 7.17% 6.37% 7.1% 5.76%
77 8.25% 8.73% 7.85% 6.88% 7.63% 6.26%
78 9.02% 9.55% 8.62% 7.54% 8.29% 6.92%
79 9.87% 10.4% 9.47% 8.13% 8.92% 7.51%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 8.93% 9.7% 8.32%
81 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 9.59% 10.4% 8.94%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 10.6% 11.5% 9.96%
83 14.1% 14.8% 13.6% 11.6% 12.4% 10.9%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 12.7% 13.5% 12%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 13.7% 14.6% 13%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 14.9% 15.8% 14.2%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 16% 16.9% 15.3%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 17.2% 18.2% 16.6%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 18.5% 19.5% 17.8%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 20% 20.9% 19.4%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.4% 21.1% 22.2% 20.5%
92 27.8% 30.9% 26.2% 22.8% 23.8% 22.1%
93 29.7% 33% 28.2% 24.3% 25.3% 23.7%
94 31.7% 34.9% 30.3% 25.9% 26.9% 25.3%
95 33.7% 36.8% 32.4% 27.6% 28.5% 27.1%
96 35.7% 38.7% 34.5% 29.2% 30% 28.7%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 30.7% 31.5% 30.3%
98 39.5% 42.6% 38.5% 32.2% 32.9% 31.8%
99 41.3% 44.5% 40.2% 34.1% 34.7% 33.8%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 35.6% 36.1% 35.3%

Death rate by age in Benin compared to Gabon

In Benin, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in Gabon. The median age of death is 70 in Benin and 73.8 in Gabon — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Benin
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Benin Gabon
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,090 5,553 4,612 2,594 2,920 2,263
1 765 821 707 399 418 379
2 676 712 638 246.2 262.5 229.6
3 597 618 574 171.1 184 157.9
4 524 534 513 125.2 135.1 115.1
5 457 459 454 96.6 104.7 88.3
6 394 392 395 81.1 89.3 72.8
7 336 333 340 70.9 79.2 62.4
8 286.1 282.8 289.7 63.1 71.2 54.8
9 245.6 243.2 248 58 65.9 50
10 215.6 214.6 216.7 55.5 63.4 47.6
11 196.4 196.7 196.2 55.3 63.5 46.9
12 187.3 188.8 185.8 57.1 65.7 48.3
13 187.8 190.7 184.8 61.3 70.8 51.6
14 196.6 201.5 191.6 68.3 80 56.4
15 212.8 220.6 204.7 78.2 92.7 63.3
16 234.4 246.5 221.7 90.5 109.8 71
17 258.6 276.9 239.5 103.4 128.5 77.9
18 283 309 255.5 117 148.8 84.8
19 305 340 267.8 127.2 163.1 90.6
20 323 367 276.6 136.2 175.7 95.9
21 336 387 283.1 143.7 186.6 100
22 346 400 288.9 150.8 196 104.7
23 352 406 295.6 157.1 203.6 109.7
24 356 406 304 163 210 114.8
25 360 404 313 168.6 216.2 119.7
26 363 401 324 174.7 222.5 125.4
27 368 400 334 181.7 229.9 131.6
28 373 401 344 189.5 238.4 138.1
29 379 405 352 197.8 247.8 144.8
30 385 410 359 208.4 259.9 153.3
31 391 416 365 216.2 269.4 158.8
32 397 422 371 229.8 284.8 169.8
33 402 427 376 242.3 299.2 179.5
34 408 432 383 256.5 316 190.2
35 415 438 391 272.9 335 203
36 424 446 402 288.8 353 215.6
37 436 457 415 306 374 228.2
38 452 471 432 327 397 245.1
39 469 489 450 346 420 259.8
40 488 508 468 371 449 279.7
41 507 528 485 389 470 292.6
42 523 547 498 418 503 317
43 536 563 507 441 532 334
44 547 579 514 469 565 355
45 558 596 521 502 604 380
46 574 616 531 532 640 403
47 595 644 547 568 682 431
48 625 679 570 610 731 466
49 662 723 601 652 780 499
50 705 772 639 705 840 544
51 750 822 679 741 884 571
52 794 869 719 799 948 623
53 833 911 757 846 1,002 660
54 868 946 792 899 1,061 706
55 902 979 827 951 1,121 751
56 938 1,014 864 1,010 1,185 804
57 982 1,057 908 1,070 1,252 856
58 1,037 1,113 963 1,145 1,332 926
59 1,106 1,183 1,030 1,218 1,412 991
60 1,186 1,265 1,109 1,321 1,517 1,093
61 1,275 1,356 1,197 1,386 1,589 1,152
62 1,370 1,450 1,292 1,497 1,700 1,264
63 1,466 1,543 1,391 1,590 1,793 1,358
64 1,561 1,632 1,492 1,689 1,889 1,461
65 1,655 1,719 1,595 1,795 1,989 1,576
66 1,751 1,805 1,701 1,869 2,050 1,664
67 1,851 1,893 1,813 1,964 2,130 1,778
68 1,957 1,986 1,931 2,068 2,213 1,907
69 2,067 2,084 2,054 2,159 2,286 2,020
70 2,180 2,184 2,180 2,297 2,386 2,202
71 2,291 2,282 2,303 2,358 2,430 2,284
72 2,394 2,373 2,419 2,495 2,527 2,465
73 2,485 2,452 2,522 2,580 2,581 2,587
74 2,562 2,517 2,611 2,670 2,631 2,721
75 2,624 2,566 2,685 2,751 2,669 2,847
76 2,670 2,598 2,745 2,808 2,688 2,945
77 2,701 2,613 2,792 2,842 2,687 3,018
78 2,710 2,609 2,823 2,898 2,695 3,126
79 2,698 2,582 2,834 2,892 2,657 3,156
80 2,666 2,528 2,819 2,916 2,632 3,235
81 2,602 2,444 2,771 2,853 2,556 3,186
82 2,504 2,329 2,687 2,854 2,515 3,235
83 2,374 2,188 2,564 2,779 2,416 3,189
84 2,214 2,024 2,405 2,689 2,303 3,125
85 2,031 1,846 2,216 2,543 2,146 2,990
86 1,832 1,658 2,005 2,382 1,983 2,833
87 1,624 1,465 1,782 2,183 1,795 2,622
88 1,413 1,268 1,556 1,976 1,601 2,400
89 1,206 1,072 1,336 1,752 1,401 2,150
90 1,006 880 1,127 1,546 1,214 1,924
91 819 698 934 1,308 1,017 1,637
92 651 533 759 1,111 850 1,408
93 503 393 602 916 689 1,172
94 377 278.9 465 739 547 957
95 274 191.4 347 583 423 765
96 192.5 127.2 250 447 319 591
97 130.6 81.8 173.4 333 234.2 445
98 85.6 50.9 115.8 241.7 167.6 326
99 54.1 30.6 74.6 173.4 118.5 235.6
100 0 0 0 48.2 24.3 75.2

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 Benin and Gabon 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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