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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Gambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Benin vs 66.3 in the Gambia. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females.

Benin vs Gambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Benin
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 36 34.2 37.8 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 37 35.1 38.8 32.4 31.8 33
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 38 36.1 39.9 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 40.1 38 42.1 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 41 38.8 43.1 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6 39 38.2 39.8
1970 43 40.9 45.1 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4 40 39.2 40.9
1972 43.9 41.8 46 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5 41.1 40.2 42
1974 44.9 42.7 47 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 46 43.6 48.2 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3 45 44 45.9
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 48.8 46 51.6 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 50 47 52.9 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 52 49.1 54.9 50.1 49 51.4
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4 50.7 49.5 52
1990 53 50.1 55.9 51.3 50 52.6
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9 52.5 51 54.1
1993 54.6 52 57.1 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 55 52.6 57.3 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6 54.8 53 56.8
1997 56 54 57.9 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 56.2 54.2 58 56 54 58.2
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3 56.9 54.9 59
2001 56.7 55 58.2 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4 58.2 56.5 60
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 58 56.7 59.1 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4 60 58.6 61.4
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2 60.7 59.4 62
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8 62.3 61 63.5
2014 59 58 60 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1 63 61.7 64.3
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3 63.4 62 64.8
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8 64 62.5 65.5
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 61 59.5 62.4 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6 66.3 64.5 68

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 55.8 in the Gambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Benin and 11.9 in the Gambia.

Benin vs Gambia 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 the Gambia, 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 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.4 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 94.7% 95.4% 95.8% 96.7%
50 87.6% 89.3% 89.9% 91.9%
60 76.0% 79.8% 79.7% 83.8%
65 67.4% 72.3% 71.7% 77.1%
70 56.0% 61.7% 60.8% 67.3%
75 41.9% 47.7% 46.8% 53.7%
80 26.4% 31.5% 30.8% 37.1%
85 12.7% 16.1% 15.6% 20.1%
90 3.9% 5.8% 5.2% 7.7%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.9% 1.8%
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 Benin vs the Gambia: 70.4 years vs 72.3 at 30, 78.4 vs 79.2 at 65, 85.8 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 vs 66.3 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 and the Gambia.

Benin
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 66.3 64.5 68
1 64.4 63.2 65.6 68.2 66.7 69.7
2 64.9 63.7 66.1 68.4 66.9 69.9
3 65.4 64.2 66.5 68.7 67.2 70.1
4 65.8 64.6 66.9 68.9 67.4 70.4
5 66.1 64.9 67.3 69.1 67.7 70.6
6 66.4 65.2 67.6 69.3 67.9 70.8
7 66.7 65.5 67.8 69.5 68 70.9
8 66.9 65.7 68.1 69.6 68.2 71.1
9 67.1 65.9 68.3 69.8 68.3 71.2
10 67.2 66 68.4 69.9 68.4 71.3
11 67.4 66.2 68.5 70 68.5 71.4
12 67.5 66.3 68.7 70.1 68.6 71.5
13 67.6 66.4 68.8 70.1 68.7 71.6
14 67.7 66.5 68.9 70.2 68.8 71.6
15 67.8 66.6 69 70.3 68.9 71.7
16 68 66.8 69.1 70.4 69 71.8
17 68.1 66.9 69.3 70.5 69.1 71.9
18 68.2 67.1 69.4 70.6 69.2 72
19 68.4 67.2 69.6 70.8 69.4 72.1
20 68.6 67.4 69.7 70.9 69.5 72.2
21 68.7 67.6 69.9 71 69.7 72.3
22 68.9 67.8 70 71.2 69.9 72.4
23 69.1 68 70.2 71.3 70 72.6
24 69.3 68.2 70.3 71.5 70.2 72.7
25 69.5 68.4 70.5 71.6 70.4 72.8
26 69.7 68.6 70.6 71.8 70.5 72.9
27 69.8 68.8 70.8 71.9 70.7 73
28 70 69 71 72 70.9 73.2
29 70.2 69.2 71.1 72.2 71 73.3
30 70.4 69.4 71.3 72.3 71.2 73.4
31 70.6 69.6 71.5 72.5 71.3 73.6
32 70.8 69.8 71.7 72.6 71.5 73.7
33 70.9 70 71.8 72.8 71.7 73.8
34 71.1 70.2 72 72.9 71.8 73.9
35 71.3 70.4 72.2 73.1 72 74.1
36 71.5 70.6 72.3 73.2 72.1 74.2
37 71.7 70.8 72.5 73.3 72.3 74.3
38 71.8 70.9 72.7 73.5 72.4 74.5
39 72 71.1 72.9 73.6 72.6 74.6
40 72.2 71.3 73.1 73.8 72.8 74.7
41 72.4 71.5 73.2 73.9 72.9 74.9
42 72.6 71.7 73.4 74.1 73.1 75
43 72.8 71.9 73.6 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 73 72.2 73.8 74.4 73.4 75.3
45 73.2 72.4 74 74.6 73.6 75.5
46 73.4 72.6 74.2 74.8 73.8 75.6
47 73.6 72.8 74.4 74.9 74 75.8
48 73.8 73 74.6 75.1 74.2 75.9
49 74 73.2 74.8 75.3 74.4 76.1
50 74.2 73.5 75 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 75.7 74.8 76.4
52 74.7 74 75.4 75.9 75 76.6
53 74.9 74.2 75.6 76.1 75.2 76.8
54 75.2 74.5 75.8 76.3 75.5 77
55 75.4 74.8 76 76.5 75.7 77.2
56 75.7 75 76.3 76.7 76 77.4
57 76 75.3 76.5 77 76.2 77.6
58 76.2 75.6 76.8 77.2 76.5 77.8
59 76.5 75.9 77 77.4 76.7 78.1
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 77.7 77 78.3
61 77.1 76.5 77.6 78 77.3 78.5
62 77.4 76.9 77.8 78.2 77.6 78.8
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 78.5 77.9 79.1
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 78.9 78.3 79.3
65 78.4 78 78.8 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 78.8 78.3 79.2 79.5 79 80
67 79.2 78.8 79.5 79.9 79.4 80.3
68 79.6 79.2 79.9 80.2 79.8 80.6
69 80 79.6 80.3 80.6 80.2 81
70 80.4 80.1 80.7 81 80.6 81.4
71 80.9 80.5 81.2 81.4 81 81.8
72 81.3 81 81.6 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 81.8 81.5 82.1 82.3 82 82.7
74 82.4 82 82.6 82.8 82.5 83.1
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 83.3 83 83.6
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 83.8 83.5 84.1
77 84 83.7 84.2 84.4 84.1 84.6
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 84.9 84.6 85.2
79 85.2 84.9 85.4 85.5 85.2 85.7
80 85.8 85.5 86 86.1 85.8 86.3
81 86.4 86.2 86.6 86.7 86.5 86.9
82 87.1 86.9 87.3 87.4 87.1 87.6
83 87.8 87.5 88 88 87.8 88.2
84 88.5 88.2 88.7 88.7 88.5 88.9
85 89.2 89 89.4 89.4 89.2 89.6
86 90 89.7 90.1 90.1 89.9 90.3
87 90.7 90.4 90.9 90.8 90.6 91.1
88 91.5 91.2 91.6 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.3 92 92.4 92.4 92.1 92.6
90 93 92.8 93.2 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.9 93.6 94 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.2 97 97.3 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.2 98 98.2
97 99 98.8 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Benin vs Gambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 66.1% in Benin and 73.6% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.9% and 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 24.6% and 30.7% to 80+ years, and 4.17% and 5.83% 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
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Benin Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.7% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 92.3% 91.8% 93% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 95.5% 95% 96%
7 91.5% 90.9% 92.1% 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 91.2% 90.6% 91.8% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 90.9% 90.3% 91.5% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 90.6% 90.1% 91.2% 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 90.4% 89.8% 91% 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 90% 89.5% 90.6% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 89.8% 89.3% 90.4% 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 89.6% 89.1% 90.3% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 89.4% 88.8% 90% 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 88.9% 88.3% 89.6% 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 88.7% 88% 89.3% 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 88.4% 87.7% 89.1% 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 88% 87.3% 88.8% 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 87.7% 86.9% 88.5% 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 87.3% 86.5% 88.2% 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 87% 86.1% 87.9% 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 86.6% 85.7% 87.6% 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 86.3% 85.3% 87.3% 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 85.9% 84.9% 87% 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 85.5% 84.5% 86.6% 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 85.2% 84.1% 86.3% 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 84.8% 83.7% 86% 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 84.4% 83.3% 85.6% 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 84% 82.9% 85.2% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 83.6% 82.4% 84.9% 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 83.2% 82% 84.5% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 82.8% 81.6% 84.1% 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 82.4% 81.1% 83.7% 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 82% 80.7% 83.3% 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 81.5% 80.2% 82.9% 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 81.1% 79.8% 82.5% 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 80.6% 79.3% 82% 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 80.1% 78.8% 81.5% 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 79.6% 78.2% 81.1% 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 79.1% 77.7% 80.6% 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 78.6% 77.1% 80% 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 78% 76.6% 79.5% 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 77.5% 76% 79% 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 76.9% 75.3% 78.5% 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 76.3% 74.7% 77.9% 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 75.7% 74% 77.4% 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 75% 73.3% 76.8% 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 74.3% 72.5% 76.1% 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 73.5% 71.7% 75.4% 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 72.8% 70.8% 74.7% 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 71.9% 69.9% 74% 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 71.1% 69% 73.2% 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 70.1% 68% 72.4% 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 69.2% 67% 71.5% 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 68.2% 65.9% 70.6% 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 67.2% 64.8% 69.6% 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 66.1% 63.6% 68.6% 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 64.9% 62.4% 67.5% 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 63.6% 61% 66.3% 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 62.3% 59.6% 65% 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 60.8% 58% 63.6% 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 59.2% 56.4% 62.1% 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 57.6% 54.7% 60.5% 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 55.8% 52.9% 58.8% 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 54% 51% 57% 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 52% 49% 55.1% 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 49.9% 46.9% 53% 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 47.8% 44.7% 50.8% 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 45.5% 42.4% 48.5% 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 43.1% 40.1% 46.1% 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 40.6% 37.6% 43.6% 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 38% 35.1% 41% 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 35.4% 32.5% 38.3% 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 32.7% 29.9% 35.5% 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 30% 27.3% 32.8% 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 27.3% 24.7% 29.9% 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 24.6% 22.1% 27.1% 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 22% 19.6% 24.3% 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 19.4% 17.2% 21.5% 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 16.9% 14.8% 18.8% 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 14.5% 12.6% 16.3% 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 12.3% 10.6% 13.9% 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 10.2% 8.76% 11.6% 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 8.41% 7.11% 9.63% 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 6.79% 5.64% 7.85% 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 5.37% 4.37% 6.3% 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 4.17% 3.3% 4.96% 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 3.16% 2.42% 3.83% 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 2.34% 1.72% 2.9% 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 1.69% 1.19% 2.14% 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.54% 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 0.81% 0.52% 1.07% 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 0.54% 0.33% 0.72% 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.47% 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.3% 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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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 2.83% in the Gambia, 0.45% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.52% at 60, and 10.8% vs 9.96% at 80.

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

Benin
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Benin Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.09% 5.55% 4.61% 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 0.81% 0.87% 0.74% 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.67% 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.64% 0.67% 0.61% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.56% 0.58% 0.55% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.49% 0.5% 0.49% 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.37% 0.37% 0.37% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.32% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.27% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.39% 0.46% 0.33% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.44% 0.47% 0.4% 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.41% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.45% 0.49% 0.42% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.46% 0.5% 0.43% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.47% 0.51% 0.43% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.48% 0.52% 0.44% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.49% 0.53% 0.45% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.53% 0.57% 0.5% 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.55% 0.59% 0.52% 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.58% 0.61% 0.55% 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.61% 0.64% 0.57% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.68% 0.73% 0.63% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.7% 0.75% 0.64% 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.72% 0.78% 0.66% 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.74% 0.81% 0.67% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.7% 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.82% 0.91% 0.73% 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.87% 0.98% 0.78% 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.94% 1.05% 0.83% 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 1.01% 1.13% 0.89% 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 1.08% 1.21% 0.95% 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 1.15% 1.29% 1.01% 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 1.21% 1.35% 1.07% 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 1.27% 1.42% 1.13% 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 1.34% 1.49% 1.19% 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.42% 1.58% 1.27% 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.52% 1.69% 1.36% 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.65% 1.83% 1.48% 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.79% 1.99% 1.62% 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 1.97% 2.17% 1.77% 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 2.15% 2.38% 1.95% 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 2.35% 2.59% 2.14% 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 2.57% 2.81% 2.35% 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.79% 3.05% 2.57% 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 3.04% 3.3% 2.81% 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 3.32% 3.58% 3.08% 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 3.63% 3.9% 3.39% 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 3.97% 4.25% 3.73% 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 4.36% 4.66% 4.11% 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 4.8% 5.1% 4.53% 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 5.26% 5.59% 4.98% 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 5.77% 6.12% 5.47% 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 6.31% 6.69% 5.99% 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 6.9% 7.31% 6.55% 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 7.54% 7.99% 7.17% 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 8.25% 8.73% 7.85% 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 9.02% 9.55% 8.62% 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 9.87% 10.4% 9.47% 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 14.1% 14.8% 13.6% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.4% 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 27.8% 30.9% 26.2% 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 29.7% 33% 28.2% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 31.7% 34.9% 30.3% 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 33.7% 36.8% 32.4% 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 35.7% 38.7% 34.5% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 39.5% 42.6% 38.5% 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 41.3% 44.5% 40.2% 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Benin compared to the Gambia

In Benin, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in the Gambia. The median age of death is 70 in Benin and 73.3 in the Gambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Benin
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Benin Gambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,090 5,553 4,612 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 765 821 707 380 416 342
2 676 712 638 360 390 329
3 597 618 574 339 363 315
4 524 534 513 317 336 297.6
5 457 459 454 291 305 276.1
6 394 392 395 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 336 333 340 229.7 239.2 220
8 286.1 282.8 289.7 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 245.6 243.2 248 171.9 180 163.6
10 215.6 214.6 216.7 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 196.4 196.7 196.2 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 187.3 188.8 185.8 132.8 142.2 123
13 187.8 190.7 184.8 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 196.6 201.5 191.6 144 157.1 130.5
15 212.8 220.6 204.7 159.5 176 142.5
16 234.4 246.5 221.7 179.9 201.2 158
17 258.6 276.9 239.5 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 283 309 255.5 225.1 260.1 189
19 305 340 267.8 244.3 287 200.3
20 323 367 276.6 259.2 309 208.3
21 336 387 283.1 269.6 324 213.9
22 346 400 288.9 276.3 332 218.6
23 352 406 295.6 280.8 336 224
24 356 406 304 284 336 230.6
25 360 404 313 287.2 335 238.4
26 363 401 324 290.8 333 246.9
27 368 400 334 295.1 334 255.4
28 373 401 344 300 336 263
29 379 405 352 305 340 269.5
30 385 410 359 311 346 274.6
31 391 416 365 315 351 278.6
32 397 422 371 320 357 282.1
33 402 427 376 324 361 285.5
34 408 432 383 328 365 290
35 415 438 391 334 370 296.4
36 424 446 402 342 377 306
37 436 457 415 353 387 319
38 452 471 432 368 400 335
39 469 489 450 386 417 354
40 488 508 468 406 436 375
41 507 528 485 424 455 394
42 523 547 498 441 472 409
43 536 563 507 455 488 421
44 547 579 514 467 503 430
45 558 596 521 479 519 438
46 574 616 531 495 539 449
47 595 644 547 517 568 466
48 625 679 570 548 605 491
49 662 723 601 588 652 524
50 705 772 639 634 705 564
51 750 822 679 682 759 607
52 794 869 719 728 810 649
53 833 911 757 768 854 687
54 868 946 792 802 889 720
55 902 979 827 834 922 751
56 938 1,014 864 867 956 784
57 982 1,057 908 909 1,000 825
58 1,037 1,113 963 964 1,057 878
59 1,106 1,183 1,030 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,186 1,265 1,109 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,275 1,356 1,197 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,370 1,450 1,292 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,466 1,543 1,391 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,561 1,632 1,492 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,655 1,719 1,595 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,751 1,805 1,701 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 1,851 1,893 1,813 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 1,957 1,986 1,931 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,067 2,084 2,054 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,180 2,184 2,180 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,291 2,282 2,303 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,394 2,373 2,419 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,485 2,452 2,522 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,562 2,517 2,611 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 2,624 2,566 2,685 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 2,670 2,598 2,745 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 2,701 2,613 2,792 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 2,710 2,609 2,823 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 2,698 2,582 2,834 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 2,666 2,528 2,819 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 2,602 2,444 2,771 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 2,504 2,329 2,687 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 2,374 2,188 2,564 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 2,214 2,024 2,405 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 2,031 1,846 2,216 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 1,832 1,658 2,005 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 1,624 1,465 1,782 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 1,413 1,268 1,556 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 1,206 1,072 1,336 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 1,006 880 1,127 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 819 698 934 1,122 957 1,282
92 651 533 759 904 747 1,061
93 503 393 602 708 562 858
94 377 278.9 465 538 407 674
95 274 191.4 347 396 285.5 513
96 192.5 127.2 250 282.1 193.9 376
97 130.6 81.8 173.4 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 85.6 50.9 115.8 128.9 81.1 180
99 54.1 30.6 74.6 83 49.8 117.7
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 Benin and the Gambia 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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