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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Gambia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.3 years in Benin vs 66.5 in the Gambia. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.8 years for males and 62.8 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.7 years for males and 68.2 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
2026 61.3 59.8 62.8 66.5 64.7 68.2

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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.5 vs 42.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.5 vs 72.4 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 75.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 95.5% 95.9% 96.8%
50 87.7% 89.4% 90.0% 92.0%
60 76.2% 80.0% 79.9% 83.9%
65 67.5% 72.5% 71.9% 77.3%
70 56.2% 61.9% 61.0% 67.5%
75 42.1% 47.9% 47.0% 54.0%
80 26.6% 31.7% 30.9% 37.3%
85 12.8% 16.2% 15.7% 20.2%
90 4.0% 5.8% 5.3% 7.8%
95 0.6% 1.3% 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: 70.5 years vs 72.4 at 30, 78.4 vs 79.2 at 65, 85.8 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.3 vs 66.5 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 61.3 59.8 62.8 66.5 64.7 68.2
1 64.6 63.3 65.8 68.3 66.8 69.9
2 65.1 63.8 66.3 68.6 67.1 70.1
3 65.5 64.3 66.7 68.8 67.3 70.3
4 65.9 64.7 67.1 69.1 67.6 70.5
5 66.2 65.1 67.4 69.3 67.8 70.7
6 66.5 65.4 67.7 69.5 68 70.9
7 66.8 65.6 68 69.6 68.2 71.1
8 67 65.8 68.2 69.8 68.3 71.2
9 67.2 66 68.4 69.9 68.4 71.3
10 67.3 66.1 68.5 70 68.6 71.4
11 67.5 66.3 68.7 70.1 68.7 71.5
12 67.6 66.4 68.8 70.2 68.7 71.6
13 67.7 66.5 68.9 70.3 68.8 71.7
14 67.8 66.6 69 70.4 68.9 71.8
15 67.9 66.7 69.1 70.4 69 71.8
16 68.1 66.9 69.3 70.5 69.1 71.9
17 68.2 67 69.4 70.6 69.2 72
18 68.3 67.2 69.5 70.7 69.3 72.1
19 68.5 67.3 69.7 70.9 69.5 72.2
20 68.7 67.5 69.8 71 69.6 72.3
21 68.8 67.7 70 71.1 69.8 72.4
22 69 67.9 70.1 71.3 70 72.5
23 69.2 68.1 70.3 71.4 70.1 72.7
24 69.4 68.3 70.4 71.6 70.3 72.8
25 69.6 68.5 70.6 71.7 70.5 72.9
26 69.7 68.7 70.7 71.9 70.6 73
27 69.9 68.9 70.9 72 70.8 73.1
28 70.1 69.1 71.1 72.1 70.9 73.3
29 70.3 69.3 71.2 72.3 71.1 73.4
30 70.5 69.5 71.4 72.4 71.3 73.5
31 70.6 69.7 71.6 72.6 71.4 73.6
32 70.8 69.9 71.7 72.7 71.6 73.8
33 71 70.1 71.9 72.8 71.7 73.9
34 71.2 70.3 72.1 73 71.9 74
35 71.4 70.4 72.2 73.1 72 74.1
36 71.5 70.6 72.4 73.3 72.2 74.3
37 71.7 70.8 72.6 73.4 72.3 74.4
38 71.9 71 72.8 73.5 72.5 74.5
39 72.1 71.2 72.9 73.7 72.7 74.7
40 72.3 71.4 73.1 73.8 72.8 74.8
41 72.5 71.6 73.3 74 73 74.9
42 72.7 71.8 73.5 74.2 73.2 75.1
43 72.9 72 73.7 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 73.1 72.2 73.9 74.5 73.5 75.4
45 73.3 72.4 74.1 74.6 73.7 75.5
46 73.5 72.6 74.2 74.8 73.8 75.7
47 73.7 72.8 74.4 75 74 75.8
48 73.9 73 74.6 75.1 74.2 76
49 74.1 73.3 74.8 75.3 74.4 76.2
50 74.3 73.5 75 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 75.7 74.8 76.5
52 74.7 74 75.4 75.9 75 76.7
53 75 74.3 75.6 76.1 75.3 76.9
54 75.2 74.5 75.9 76.3 75.5 77.1
55 75.5 74.8 76.1 76.6 75.8 77.3
56 75.7 75.1 76.3 76.8 76 77.5
57 76 75.4 76.6 77 76.3 77.7
58 76.3 75.6 76.8 77.2 76.5 77.9
59 76.5 75.9 77.1 77.5 76.8 78.1
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 77.7 77 78.3
61 77.1 76.6 77.6 78 77.3 78.6
62 77.4 76.9 77.9 78.3 77.6 78.8
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 78.6 78 79.1
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 78.9 78.3 79.4
65 78.4 78 78.8 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 78.8 78.4 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 80.3 79.8 80.7
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 81.5 81.1 81.8
72 81.4 81 81.6 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 81.9 81.5 82.1 82.4 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 86.5 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 94.8 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, 66.4% in Benin and 74% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.2% and 58.1% will live to 70 years or older, 24.8% and 30.9% to 80+ years, and 4.21% and 5.9% 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 95% 94.5% 95.5% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
2 94.2% 93.7% 94.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.3%
3 93.5% 93% 94.1% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
4 93% 92.4% 93.6% 96.2% 95.7% 96.6%
5 92.4% 91.9% 93.1% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
6 92% 91.4% 92.6% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
7 91.6% 91% 92.2% 95.3% 94.8% 95.8%
8 91.3% 90.7% 91.9% 95.1% 94.6% 95.6%
9 91% 90.4% 91.6% 94.9% 94.4% 95.4%
10 90.8% 90.2% 91.4% 94.7% 94.2% 95.3%
11 90.5% 90% 91.1% 94.6% 94% 95.1%
12 90.3% 89.8% 91% 94.4% 93.9% 95%
13 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
14 90% 89.4% 90.6% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
15 89.8% 89.2% 90.4% 94% 93.5% 94.6%
16 89.6% 89% 90.2% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
17 89.3% 88.7% 90% 93.7% 93.1% 94.3%
18 89.1% 88.4% 89.7% 93.5% 92.9% 94.2%
19 88.8% 88.1% 89.5% 93.3% 92.6% 94%
20 88.5% 87.8% 89.2% 93.1% 92.3% 93.8%
21 88.2% 87.4% 89% 92.8% 92% 93.6%
22 87.9% 87.1% 88.7% 92.5% 91.7% 93.4%
23 87.5% 86.7% 88.4% 92.3% 91.4% 93.2%
24 87.2% 86.3% 88.1% 92% 91% 93%
25 86.8% 85.9% 87.8% 91.7% 90.7% 92.7%
26 86.5% 85.5% 87.5% 91.4% 90.4% 92.5%
27 86.1% 85.1% 87.2% 91.1% 90.1% 92.3%
28 85.7% 84.7% 86.8% 90.9% 89.7% 92%
29 85.4% 84.3% 86.5% 90.6% 89.4% 91.7%
30 85% 83.9% 86.2% 90.3% 89.1% 91.5%
31 84.6% 83.5% 85.8% 90% 88.7% 91.2%
32 84.2% 83% 85.4% 89.6% 88.4% 90.9%
33 83.8% 82.6% 85.1% 89.3% 88% 90.7%
34 83.4% 82.2% 84.7% 89% 87.7% 90.4%
35 83% 81.8% 84.3% 88.7% 87.3% 90.1%
36 82.6% 81.3% 83.9% 88.4% 86.9% 89.8%
37 82.2% 80.9% 83.5% 88% 86.6% 89.5%
38 81.8% 80.4% 83.1% 87.7% 86.2% 89.2%
39 81.3% 80% 82.7% 87.3% 85.8% 88.9%
40 80.8% 79.5% 82.3% 86.9% 85.4% 88.5%
41 80.4% 79% 81.8% 86.5% 85% 88.1%
42 79.9% 78.5% 81.3% 86.1% 84.5% 87.8%
43 79.3% 77.9% 80.8% 85.7% 84% 87.4%
44 78.8% 77.4% 80.3% 85.2% 83.5% 86.9%
45 78.3% 76.8% 79.8% 84.8% 83.1% 86.5%
46 77.7% 76.2% 79.3% 84.3% 82.5% 86.1%
47 77.1% 75.6% 78.8% 83.8% 82% 85.6%
48 76.5% 74.9% 78.2% 83.3% 81.4% 85.2%
49 75.9% 74.3% 77.7% 82.7% 80.8% 84.7%
50 75.3% 73.5% 77.1% 82.2% 80.2% 84.2%
51 74.6% 72.8% 76.4% 81.5% 79.5% 83.6%
52 73.8% 71.9% 75.7% 80.8% 78.7% 83%
53 73% 71.1% 75% 80.1% 77.9% 82.4%
54 72.2% 70.2% 74.3% 79.4% 77.1% 81.7%
55 71.3% 69.2% 73.5% 78.6% 76.2% 81%
56 70.4% 68.3% 72.7% 77.7% 75.3% 80.2%
57 69.5% 67.2% 71.8% 76.9% 74.3% 79.4%
58 68.5% 66.2% 70.9% 76% 73.3% 78.6%
59 67.5% 65.1% 69.9% 75% 72.3% 77.7%
60 66.4% 63.9% 68.9% 74% 71.1% 76.8%
61 65.2% 62.6% 67.8% 72.8% 69.9% 75.8%
62 63.9% 61.3% 66.6% 71.6% 68.6% 74.7%
63 62.5% 59.8% 65.3% 70.3% 67.2% 73.4%
64 61.1% 58.3% 63.9% 68.9% 65.6% 72.1%
65 59.5% 56.6% 62.4% 67.4% 64% 70.7%
66 57.9% 54.9% 60.8% 65.7% 62.3% 69.1%
67 56.1% 53.1% 59.1% 64% 60.4% 67.5%
68 54.3% 51.2% 57.3% 62.2% 58.5% 65.7%
69 52.3% 49.2% 55.4% 60.2% 56.5% 63.8%
70 50.2% 47.2% 53.3% 58.1% 54.3% 61.8%
71 48% 45% 51.2% 55.9% 52.1% 59.6%
72 45.8% 42.7% 48.8% 53.5% 49.7% 57.2%
73 43.4% 40.3% 46.4% 51.1% 47.2% 54.7%
74 40.9% 37.8% 43.9% 48.4% 44.6% 52.1%
75 38.3% 35.3% 41.3% 45.7% 41.9% 49.4%
76 35.7% 32.7% 38.6% 42.9% 39.1% 46.5%
77 33% 30.1% 35.8% 40% 36.3% 43.5%
78 30.3% 27.5% 33% 37% 33.4% 40.5%
79 27.5% 24.9% 30.2% 34% 30.5% 37.3%
80 24.8% 22.3% 27.3% 30.9% 27.5% 34.1%
81 22.1% 19.7% 24.5% 27.8% 24.6% 30.9%
82 19.5% 17.3% 21.7% 24.8% 21.8% 27.7%
83 17% 14.9% 19% 21.8% 19.1% 24.5%
84 14.6% 12.7% 16.4% 19% 16.4% 21.4%
85 12.4% 10.7% 14% 16.3% 14% 18.5%
86 10.3% 8.84% 11.8% 13.8% 11.7% 15.8%
87 8.49% 7.17% 9.74% 11.5% 9.65% 13.2%
88 6.86% 5.7% 7.94% 9.36% 7.78% 10.9%
89 5.43% 4.42% 6.37% 7.51% 6.13% 8.88%
90 4.21% 3.34% 5.02% 5.9% 4.71% 7.1%
91 3.2% 2.45% 3.88% 4.53% 3.52% 5.57%
92 2.37% 1.74% 2.94% 3.4% 2.55% 4.27%
93 1.71% 1.21% 2.17% 2.48% 1.79% 3.2%
94 1.21% 0.81% 1.56% 1.77% 1.23% 2.33%
95 0.82% 0.53% 1.09% 1.22% 0.81% 1.65%
96 0.55% 0.33% 0.74% 0.82% 0.52% 1.13%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 0.53% 0.33% 0.75%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.31% 0.34% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.21% 0.12% 0.3%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.12% 0.07% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 5.03% in the birth year in Benin and 2.78% in the Gambia, 0.45% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.78% vs 1.51% at 60, and 10.8% vs 9.93% 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 5.03% 5.49% 4.54% 2.78% 3.14% 2.41%
1 0.8% 0.86% 0.73% 0.38% 0.42% 0.34%
2 0.71% 0.75% 0.66% 0.36% 0.4% 0.33%
3 0.63% 0.66% 0.6% 0.34% 0.37% 0.32%
4 0.56% 0.57% 0.54% 0.32% 0.34% 0.3%
5 0.49% 0.49% 0.48% 0.3% 0.31% 0.28%
6 0.42% 0.42% 0.42% 0.27% 0.28% 0.25%
7 0.36% 0.36% 0.36% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.31% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.23% 0.24% 0.23% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.21% 0.22% 0.21% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
12 0.2% 0.21% 0.2% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
14 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.15% 0.16% 0.13%
15 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.17% 0.18% 0.15%
16 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.19% 0.21% 0.16%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.26% 0.21% 0.24% 0.18%
18 0.31% 0.35% 0.28% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
19 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.26% 0.3% 0.21%
20 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.27% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.31% 0.28% 0.35% 0.22%
22 0.39% 0.45% 0.32% 0.29% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
24 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
25 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.31% 0.36% 0.25%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.31% 0.36% 0.26%
27 0.42% 0.47% 0.38% 0.32% 0.36% 0.27%
28 0.43% 0.47% 0.39% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
30 0.45% 0.48% 0.41% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
31 0.46% 0.49% 0.42% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
32 0.47% 0.5% 0.43% 0.35% 0.4% 0.3%
33 0.48% 0.51% 0.44% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
34 0.48% 0.52% 0.45% 0.36% 0.41% 0.31%
35 0.5% 0.53% 0.46% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
36 0.51% 0.54% 0.47% 0.38% 0.43% 0.33%
37 0.53% 0.56% 0.49% 0.4% 0.44% 0.35%
38 0.55% 0.58% 0.51% 0.41% 0.46% 0.37%
39 0.57% 0.61% 0.54% 0.44% 0.48% 0.39%
40 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.46% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.63% 0.66% 0.59% 0.48% 0.53% 0.44%
42 0.65% 0.69% 0.61% 0.51% 0.55% 0.46%
43 0.67% 0.72% 0.62% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.69% 0.74% 0.64% 0.54% 0.6% 0.49%
45 0.71% 0.77% 0.65% 0.56% 0.62% 0.5%
46 0.73% 0.8% 0.66% 0.58% 0.65% 0.52%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.69% 0.61% 0.69% 0.54%
48 0.81% 0.9% 0.72% 0.65% 0.74% 0.57%
49 0.87% 0.97% 0.77% 0.71% 0.8% 0.61%
50 0.93% 1.05% 0.82% 0.77% 0.87% 0.67%
51 1% 1.13% 0.88% 0.83% 0.95% 0.72%
52 1.07% 1.2% 0.95% 0.9% 1.02% 0.78%
53 1.14% 1.28% 1% 0.95% 1.09% 0.83%
54 1.2% 1.34% 1.06% 1.01% 1.15% 0.88%
55 1.26% 1.41% 1.12% 1.06% 1.21% 0.92%
56 1.33% 1.48% 1.18% 1.11% 1.27% 0.97%
57 1.41% 1.57% 1.26% 1.18% 1.34% 1.04%
58 1.51% 1.68% 1.35% 1.27% 1.44% 1.11%
59 1.64% 1.82% 1.47% 1.38% 1.56% 1.21%
60 1.78% 1.98% 1.61% 1.51% 1.72% 1.33%
61 1.95% 2.16% 1.76% 1.66% 1.89% 1.47%
62 2.14% 2.37% 1.94% 1.84% 2.08% 1.63%
63 2.34% 2.58% 2.13% 2.02% 2.28% 1.8%
64 2.55% 2.8% 2.33% 2.21% 2.49% 1.98%
65 2.78% 3.04% 2.55% 2.42% 2.71% 2.18%
66 3.03% 3.29% 2.8% 2.64% 2.94% 2.39%
67 3.3% 3.57% 3.07% 2.88% 3.19% 2.63%
68 3.61% 3.88% 3.37% 3.16% 3.47% 2.9%
69 3.96% 4.24% 3.71% 3.47% 3.8% 3.21%
70 4.35% 4.64% 4.09% 3.82% 4.16% 3.55%
71 4.78% 5.09% 4.51% 4.21% 4.57% 3.93%
72 5.25% 5.57% 4.96% 4.64% 5.02% 4.35%
73 5.75% 6.1% 5.45% 5.11% 5.51% 4.8%
74 6.29% 6.67% 5.97% 5.61% 6.05% 5.28%
75 6.88% 7.29% 6.53% 6.17% 6.63% 5.81%
76 7.52% 7.97% 7.15% 6.77% 7.27% 6.38%
77 8.23% 8.71% 7.83% 7.45% 7.97% 7.03%
78 9.01% 9.53% 8.59% 8.2% 8.75% 7.75%
79 9.86% 10.4% 9.44% 9.03% 9.6% 8.56%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 9.93% 10.5% 9.45%
81 11.8% 12.4% 11.4% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 14% 14.7% 13.6% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 14.2% 14.9% 13.7%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 15.5% 16.2% 14.9%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 18.2% 19.4% 17.4%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 21.4% 23.2% 20.1%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 23.2% 25.3% 21.6%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.3% 25% 27.5% 23.3%
92 27.7% 30.9% 26.2% 26.9% 29.6% 25.1%
93 29.6% 32.9% 28.1% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 31.6% 34.9% 30.2% 30.8% 33.6% 29.2%
95 33.6% 36.8% 32.4% 32.9% 35.5% 31.4%
96 35.6% 38.7% 34.5% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 36.8% 39.4% 35.7%
98 39.4% 42.5% 38.4% 38.7% 41.4% 37.7%
99 41.2% 44.5% 40.2% 40.5% 43.5% 39.5%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 42.5% 45.4% 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 70.1 in Benin and 73.4 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 5,025 5,492 4,543 2,782 3,143 2,411
1 757 813 698 373 410 335
2 668 705 629 353 383 321
3 589 611 566 332 357 307
4 517 528 505 310 329 289.5
5 450 454 446 284.1 299.4 268.3
6 388 387 389 255.3 267.4 242.7
7 331 328 334 224.2 234.3 213.7
8 282 279.3 284.8 194.1 203.1 184.8
9 242 240.2 243.9 167.8 176.4 158.9
10 212.5 212 213.2 147.7 156.3 138.9
11 193.7 194.3 193.1 135 143.9 125.8
12 184.8 186.6 182.9 129.7 139.4 119.7
13 185.3 188.5 181.9 131.8 142.9 120.4
14 194.1 199.2 188.7 140.8 154.1 127
15 210.1 218.1 201.6 156 172.7 138.7
16 231.4 243.8 218.4 176 197.5 153.8
17 255.3 274 235.9 198.2 226 169.7
18 279.5 306 251.7 220.2 255.3 184.1
19 301 337 263.9 239.1 281.8 195.1
20 319 363 272.6 253.7 303 202.9
21 332 383 279.1 264 318 208.5
22 342 396 284.9 270.7 326 213.2
23 348 402 291.6 275.1 330 218.6
24 352 402 299.7 278.4 330 225
25 356 400 309 281.6 329 232.7
26 359 397 319 285.2 328 241.2
27 364 396 330 289.5 328 249.6
28 369 397 339 294.5 331 257.2
29 375 401 348 299.8 335 263.6
30 381 406 355 305 341 268.7
31 387 413 361 310 346 272.9
32 393 419 366 315 352 276.4
33 399 424 372 319 356 280
34 404 429 378 323 361 284.6
35 411 435 387 329 365 291.1
36 420 442 397 337 372 300
37 432 453 411 348 382 313
38 448 468 427 363 396 330
39 466 485 445 381 413 349
40 485 505 464 401 432 369
41 503 525 480 420 451 388
42 519 543 494 436 468 404
43 532 560 503 450 484 416
44 543 576 510 462 499 425
45 555 593 517 475 515 433
46 570 613 527 490 536 444
47 592 641 543 513 564 461
48 621 676 566 545 601 486
49 659 720 598 584 648 520
50 702 769 635 631 701 560
51 747 819 675 679 756 603
52 791 867 716 725 807 645
53 830 908 754 765 851 683
54 866 943 789 799 887 716
55 899 976 824 831 919 748
56 936 1,012 861 865 954 781
57 980 1,056 905 907 998 822
58 1,035 1,112 960 962 1,055 875
59 1,104 1,182 1,028 1,032 1,130 942
60 1,185 1,264 1,107 1,117 1,220 1,023
61 1,274 1,355 1,195 1,213 1,321 1,115
62 1,369 1,450 1,291 1,315 1,426 1,216
63 1,465 1,543 1,390 1,420 1,532 1,321
64 1,560 1,633 1,491 1,524 1,634 1,429
65 1,656 1,720 1,595 1,628 1,732 1,540
66 1,752 1,806 1,702 1,733 1,828 1,655
67 1,853 1,895 1,814 1,844 1,928 1,777
68 1,959 1,989 1,933 1,962 2,033 1,908
69 2,070 2,087 2,057 2,088 2,145 2,048
70 2,184 2,188 2,184 2,221 2,262 2,195
71 2,296 2,287 2,308 2,355 2,380 2,343
72 2,400 2,379 2,425 2,485 2,494 2,488
73 2,492 2,459 2,529 2,608 2,601 2,625
74 2,570 2,525 2,619 2,720 2,696 2,751
75 2,633 2,575 2,695 2,819 2,777 2,866
76 2,681 2,609 2,757 2,906 2,843 2,968
77 2,713 2,625 2,804 2,979 2,892 3,059
78 2,727 2,621 2,837 3,035 2,921 3,136
79 2,716 2,595 2,849 3,068 2,925 3,194
80 2,679 2,541 2,835 3,071 2,899 3,225
81 2,616 2,458 2,789 3,039 2,838 3,220
82 2,519 2,344 2,705 2,966 2,742 3,172
83 2,389 2,202 2,582 2,853 2,611 3,078
84 2,229 2,038 2,423 2,703 2,452 2,936
85 2,046 1,859 2,234 2,521 2,272 2,753
86 1,846 1,671 2,022 2,314 2,076 2,535
87 1,638 1,476 1,798 2,089 1,868 2,293
88 1,426 1,279 1,571 1,852 1,650 2,039
89 1,217 1,081 1,349 1,610 1,423 1,783
90 1,016 888 1,139 1,368 1,193 1,533
91 828 704 945 1,134 967 1,295
92 657 539 768 915 755 1,072
93 508 397 610 717 568 867
94 381 282.1 471 545 412 682
95 277.3 193.8 352 402 289.3 519
96 195 128.9 253.5 286.1 196.6 381
97 132.4 83 175.9 196.8 129.4 268.7
98 86.8 51.7 117.5 130.6 82.4 182.4
99 54.9 31.1 75.8 83.8 50.6 119.4
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.

Life expectancy in other countries

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