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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Kenya (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Benin vs 64 in Kenya. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and Kenya is 177/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In Kenya, it's 61.8 years for males and 66.3 years for females.

Benin vs Kenya life expectancy at birth by year chart

Benin
Male

Female
Kenya
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Kenya
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2 36.9 35.8 38.2
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5 38 36.9 39.3
1952 36 34.2 37.8 38.6 37.1 40.4
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2 39.8 38.2 41.7
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5 41 39.4 42.9
1955 37 35.1 38.8 42.3 40.6 44.2
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1 43.5 41.8 45.5
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6 45.3 44.2 46.7
1958 38 36.1 39.9 46.5 45.3 47.8
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3 47.5 46.3 48.9
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7 48.5 47.2 49.9
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3 49.3 48.1 50.8
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6 50.1 48.8 51.6
1963 40.1 38 42.1 50.8 49.5 52.2
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6 51.3 50 52.8
1965 41 38.8 43.1 51.9 50.6 53.4
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2 52.4 51.1 53.8
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7 52.8 51.6 54.2
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2 53.3 52 54.7
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6 53.7 52.5 55.1
1970 43 40.9 45.1 54.1 52.9 55.6
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4 54.5 53.2 56.1
1972 43.9 41.8 46 55 53.5 56.6
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5 55.5 53.9 57.2
1974 44.9 42.7 47 56 54.4 57.8
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6 56.6 55 58.4
1976 46 43.6 48.2 57.2 55.4 59
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9 57.7 55.9 59.6
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4 58.2 56.4 60.2
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9 58.7 56.9 60.6
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3 59.2 57.4 61.1
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8 59.6 57.8 61.4
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2 59.9 58.1 61.7
1983 48.8 46 51.6 60.3 58.6 62.1
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3 60.6 58.8 62.4
1985 50 47 52.9 60.9 59.1 62.6
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6 60.8 59 62.6
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2 60.7 58.8 62.6
1988 52 49.1 54.9 60.3 58.3 62.3
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4 60 58 62
1990 53 50.1 55.9 58.3 56.6 60
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2 57.8 56.1 59.5
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9 57.1 55.3 58.8
1993 54.6 52 57.1 56.7 55.1 58.2
1994 55 52.6 57.3 56.1 54.8 57.4
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6 55.9 54.8 56.9
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6 55.6 54.8 56.3
1997 56 54 57.9 55.5 54.7 56.2
1998 56.2 54.2 58 55.6 54.7 56.3
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2 55.9 55 56.6
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3 56.1 55.3 56.8
2001 56.7 55 58.2 56.5 55.7 57.3
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3 56.8 55.8 57.6
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4 57.4 56.5 58.2
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6 57.9 57 58.9
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9 58.5 57.4 59.5
2006 58 56.7 59.1 59.1 57.8 60.2
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4 59.4 58 60.8
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1 60 58.4 61.5
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2 60.5 58.9 62.1
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3 60.9 59.2 62.6
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3 61.3 59.5 63.1
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5 61.5 59.7 63.4
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8 61.7 59.9 63.6
2014 59 58 60 62 60.1 64
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1 62.3 60.3 64.3
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3 62.5 60.5 64.7
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6 62.7 60.6 64.9
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8 62.8 60.7 65
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1 62.9 60.9 65.1
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6 61.6 59.1 64.2
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8 61.2 59 63.6
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8 63.5 61.3 65.9
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2 63.6 61.5 65.9
2024 61 59.5 62.4 63.8 61.6 66.1
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6 64 61.8 66.3

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 58.2 in Kenya. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Benin and 11.9 in Kenya.

Benin vs Kenya 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 Kenya, 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 38.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.4 vs 68.8 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 70.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Kenya
Male Female Male Female
40 94.7% 95.4% 93.7% 95.0%
50 87.6% 89.3% 83.4% 87.3%
60 76.0% 79.8% 67.8% 75.6%
65 67.4% 72.3% 57.6% 67.4%
70 56.0% 61.7% 46.1% 57.3%
75 41.9% 47.7% 34.2% 45.7%
80 26.4% 31.5% 22.6% 33.2%
85 12.7% 16.1% 12.1% 20.4%
90 3.9% 5.8% 4.7% 9.4%
95 0.6% 1.2% 1.2% 2.9%
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 Kenya: 70.4 years vs 68.8 at 30, 78.4 vs 79.1 at 65, 85.8 vs 87 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 vs 64 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 Kenya.

Benin
Male

Female
Kenya
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Kenya
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 64 61.8 66.3
1 64.4 63.2 65.6 65.9 63.8 68
2 64.9 63.7 66.1 66.2 64.1 68.4
3 65.4 64.2 66.5 66.4 64.3 68.6
4 65.8 64.6 66.9 66.5 64.4 68.7
5 66.1 64.9 67.3 66.6 64.5 68.8
6 66.4 65.2 67.6 66.7 64.6 68.9
7 66.7 65.5 67.8 66.7 64.6 68.9
8 66.9 65.7 68.1 66.8 64.7 69
9 67.1 65.9 68.3 66.8 64.7 69
10 67.2 66 68.4 66.9 64.8 69.1
11 67.4 66.2 68.5 66.9 64.8 69.1
12 67.5 66.3 68.7 67 64.9 69.1
13 67.6 66.4 68.8 67 64.9 69.2
14 67.7 66.5 68.9 67 65 69.2
15 67.8 66.6 69 67.1 65 69.3
16 68 66.8 69.1 67.2 65.1 69.3
17 68.1 66.9 69.3 67.2 65.1 69.4
18 68.2 67.1 69.4 67.3 65.2 69.5
19 68.4 67.2 69.6 67.4 65.3 69.5
20 68.6 67.4 69.7 67.5 65.4 69.6
21 68.7 67.6 69.9 67.6 65.5 69.7
22 68.9 67.8 70 67.7 65.6 69.8
23 69.1 68 70.2 67.8 65.8 69.9
24 69.3 68.2 70.3 67.9 65.9 70
25 69.5 68.4 70.5 68 66 70.1
26 69.7 68.6 70.6 68.2 66.2 70.2
27 69.8 68.8 70.8 68.3 66.3 70.4
28 70 69 71 68.5 66.5 70.5
29 70.2 69.2 71.1 68.6 66.6 70.7
30 70.4 69.4 71.3 68.8 66.8 70.8
31 70.6 69.6 71.5 68.9 67 71
32 70.8 69.8 71.7 69.1 67.2 71.1
33 70.9 70 71.8 69.3 67.3 71.3
34 71.1 70.2 72 69.5 67.5 71.5
35 71.3 70.4 72.2 69.7 67.7 71.7
36 71.5 70.6 72.3 69.9 68 71.8
37 71.7 70.8 72.5 70.1 68.2 72
38 71.8 70.9 72.7 70.3 68.4 72.2
39 72 71.1 72.9 70.5 68.7 72.4
40 72.2 71.3 73.1 70.8 68.9 72.7
41 72.4 71.5 73.2 71 69.2 72.9
42 72.6 71.7 73.4 71.2 69.4 73.1
43 72.8 71.9 73.6 71.5 69.7 73.3
44 73 72.2 73.8 71.8 70 73.6
45 73.2 72.4 74 72 70.3 73.8
46 73.4 72.6 74.2 72.3 70.6 74
47 73.6 72.8 74.4 72.6 70.9 74.3
48 73.8 73 74.6 72.9 71.2 74.5
49 74 73.2 74.8 73.2 71.5 74.8
50 74.2 73.5 75 73.5 71.8 75.1
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 73.8 72.2 75.3
52 74.7 74 75.4 74.1 72.5 75.6
53 74.9 74.2 75.6 74.4 72.9 75.9
54 75.2 74.5 75.8 74.8 73.2 76.2
55 75.4 74.8 76 75.1 73.6 76.5
56 75.7 75 76.3 75.4 74 76.8
57 76 75.3 76.5 75.8 74.4 77.1
58 76.2 75.6 76.8 76.2 74.8 77.5
59 76.5 75.9 77 76.5 75.2 77.8
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 76.9 75.6 78.1
61 77.1 76.5 77.6 77.3 76.1 78.5
62 77.4 76.9 77.8 77.7 76.5 78.8
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 78.2 77 79.2
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 78.6 77.4 79.6
65 78.4 78 78.8 79.1 77.9 80
66 78.8 78.3 79.2 79.5 78.5 80.4
67 79.2 78.8 79.5 80 79 80.9
68 79.6 79.2 79.9 80.5 79.5 81.3
69 80 79.6 80.3 81 80 81.8
70 80.4 80.1 80.7 81.5 80.5 82.2
71 80.9 80.5 81.2 82 81.1 82.7
72 81.3 81 81.6 82.5 81.6 83.2
73 81.8 81.5 82.1 83 82.2 83.7
74 82.4 82 82.6 83.5 82.7 84.2
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 84.1 83.3 84.7
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 84.6 83.9 85.2
77 84 83.7 84.2 85.2 84.5 85.7
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 85.8 85.1 86.3
79 85.2 84.9 85.4 86.4 85.7 86.8
80 85.8 85.5 86 87 86.3 87.4
81 86.4 86.2 86.6 87.6 87 87.9
82 87.1 86.9 87.3 88.2 87.6 88.5
83 87.8 87.5 88 88.8 88.3 89.1
84 88.5 88.2 88.7 89.5 89 89.7
85 89.2 89 89.4 90.1 89.7 90.4
86 90 89.7 90.1 90.8 90.4 91.1
87 90.7 90.4 90.9 91.6 91.1 91.8
88 91.5 91.2 91.6 92.3 91.9 92.5
89 92.3 92 92.4 93 92.7 93.2
90 93 92.8 93.2 93.8 93.5 94
91 93.9 93.6 94 94.6 94.3 94.7
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.4 95.1 95.5
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 96.2 95.9 96.3
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97 96.8 97.1
95 97.2 97 97.3 97.8 97.6 97.9
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.7 98.5 98.8
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.5 99.4 99.6
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.4 100.2 100.5
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.3 101.1 101.4
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.2 102 102.2

Odds of living to age in Benin vs Kenya

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 66.1% in Benin and 65.7% in Kenya are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.9% and 47.3% will live to 70 years or older, 24.6% and 25.5% to 80+ years, and 4.17% and 6.47% 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
Kenya
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Benin Kenya
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 97.1% 96.8% 97.5%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.7% 96.7% 96.4% 97%
3 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.4% 96.1% 96.7%
4 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 96.2% 95.9% 96.5%
5 92.3% 91.8% 93% 96% 95.7% 96.3%
6 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 95.9% 95.6% 96.2%
7 91.5% 90.9% 92.1% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
8 91.2% 90.6% 91.8% 95.8% 95.5% 96.1%
9 90.9% 90.3% 91.5% 95.7% 95.4% 96%
10 90.6% 90.1% 91.2% 95.6% 95.3% 95.9%
11 90.4% 89.8% 91% 95.5% 95.2% 95.9%
12 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 95.5% 95.2% 95.8%
13 90% 89.5% 90.6% 95.4% 95.1% 95.7%
14 89.8% 89.3% 90.4% 95.3% 95% 95.7%
15 89.6% 89.1% 90.3% 95.2% 94.9% 95.6%
16 89.4% 88.8% 90% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
17 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 95% 94.7% 95.4%
18 88.9% 88.3% 89.6% 94.9% 94.5% 95.3%
19 88.7% 88% 89.3% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
20 88.4% 87.7% 89.1% 94.5% 94.1% 95%
21 88% 87.3% 88.8% 94.3% 93.9% 94.8%
22 87.7% 86.9% 88.5% 94.1% 93.6% 94.6%
23 87.3% 86.5% 88.2% 93.9% 93.3% 94.4%
24 87% 86.1% 87.9% 93.6% 93.1% 94.2%
25 86.6% 85.7% 87.6% 93.3% 92.8% 93.9%
26 86.3% 85.3% 87.3% 93% 92.4% 93.7%
27 85.9% 84.9% 87% 92.7% 92.1% 93.4%
28 85.5% 84.5% 86.6% 92.4% 91.7% 93.1%
29 85.2% 84.1% 86.3% 92.1% 91.3% 92.8%
30 84.8% 83.7% 86% 91.7% 90.9% 92.4%
31 84.4% 83.3% 85.6% 91.3% 90.5% 92.1%
32 84% 82.9% 85.2% 90.9% 90% 91.7%
33 83.6% 82.4% 84.9% 90.4% 89.5% 91.3%
34 83.2% 82% 84.5% 90% 89% 90.9%
35 82.8% 81.6% 84.1% 89.5% 88.5% 90.4%
36 82.4% 81.1% 83.7% 88.9% 87.9% 90%
37 82% 80.7% 83.3% 88.4% 87.3% 89.5%
38 81.5% 80.2% 82.9% 87.8% 86.6% 89%
39 81.1% 79.8% 82.5% 87.2% 85.9% 88.4%
40 80.6% 79.3% 82% 86.5% 85.2% 87.8%
41 80.1% 78.8% 81.5% 85.8% 84.4% 87.3%
42 79.6% 78.2% 81.1% 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
43 79.1% 77.7% 80.6% 84.4% 82.8% 86%
44 78.6% 77.1% 80% 83.6% 81.9% 85.3%
45 78% 76.6% 79.5% 82.8% 81% 84.7%
46 77.5% 76% 79% 82% 80.1% 83.9%
47 76.9% 75.3% 78.5% 81.1% 79.1% 83.2%
48 76.3% 74.7% 77.9% 80.2% 78% 82.4%
49 75.7% 74% 77.4% 79.2% 76.9% 81.6%
50 75% 73.3% 76.8% 78.2% 75.8% 80.7%
51 74.3% 72.5% 76.1% 77.2% 74.6% 79.8%
52 73.5% 71.7% 75.4% 76.1% 73.3% 78.9%
53 72.8% 70.8% 74.7% 74.9% 72.1% 77.9%
54 71.9% 69.9% 74% 73.7% 70.7% 76.9%
55 71.1% 69% 73.2% 72.5% 69.3% 75.9%
56 70.1% 68% 72.4% 71.3% 67.9% 74.8%
57 69.2% 67% 71.5% 69.9% 66.4% 73.6%
58 68.2% 65.9% 70.6% 68.6% 64.9% 72.5%
59 67.2% 64.8% 69.6% 67.2% 63.3% 71.2%
60 66.1% 63.6% 68.6% 65.7% 61.7% 69.9%
61 64.9% 62.4% 67.5% 64.1% 59.9% 68.5%
62 63.6% 61% 66.3% 62.5% 58.1% 67.1%
63 62.3% 59.6% 65% 60.8% 56.3% 65.6%
64 60.8% 58% 63.6% 59% 54.3% 64%
65 59.2% 56.4% 62.1% 57.2% 52.3% 62.3%
66 57.6% 54.7% 60.5% 55.3% 50.3% 60.5%
67 55.8% 52.9% 58.8% 53.3% 48.2% 58.7%
68 54% 51% 57% 51.3% 46.1% 56.8%
69 52% 49% 55.1% 49.3% 44% 54.9%
70 49.9% 46.9% 53% 47.3% 41.9% 53%
71 47.8% 44.7% 50.8% 45.2% 39.8% 50.9%
72 45.5% 42.4% 48.5% 43.1% 37.6% 48.8%
73 43.1% 40.1% 46.1% 40.9% 35.5% 46.7%
74 40.6% 37.6% 43.6% 38.8% 33.3% 44.5%
75 38% 35.1% 41% 36.6% 31.1% 42.3%
76 35.4% 32.5% 38.3% 34.3% 29% 40%
77 32.7% 29.9% 35.5% 32.1% 26.8% 37.7%
78 30% 27.3% 32.8% 29.9% 24.7% 35.4%
79 27.3% 24.7% 29.9% 27.6% 22.6% 33%
80 24.6% 22.1% 27.1% 25.5% 20.5% 30.7%
81 22% 19.6% 24.3% 23.3% 18.5% 28.4%
82 19.4% 17.2% 21.5% 21.2% 16.6% 26%
83 16.9% 14.8% 18.8% 19% 14.6% 23.6%
84 14.5% 12.6% 16.3% 16.9% 12.8% 21.3%
85 12.3% 10.6% 13.9% 14.9% 11% 18.9%
86 10.2% 8.76% 11.6% 13% 9.4% 16.6%
87 8.41% 7.11% 9.63% 11.1% 7.89% 14.4%
88 6.79% 5.64% 7.85% 9.42% 6.53% 12.3%
89 5.37% 4.37% 6.3% 7.87% 5.32% 10.4%
90 4.17% 3.3% 4.96% 6.47% 4.26% 8.66%
91 3.16% 2.42% 3.83% 5.23% 3.35% 7.07%
92 2.34% 1.72% 2.9% 4.17% 2.6% 5.71%
93 1.69% 1.19% 2.14% 3.25% 1.97% 4.52%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.54% 2.49% 1.46% 3.5%
95 0.81% 0.52% 1.07% 1.86% 1.06% 2.66%
96 0.54% 0.33% 0.72% 1.36% 0.75% 1.98%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.47% 0.98% 0.52% 1.43%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.3% 0.68% 0.35% 1.02%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.47% 0.23% 0.71%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.31% 0.15% 0.48%

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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 2.86% in Kenya, 0.45% vs 0.43% at age 30, 1.79% vs 2.38% at 60, and 10.8% vs 8.52% at 80.

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

Benin
Male

Female
Kenya
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Benin Kenya
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.09% 5.55% 4.61% 2.86% 3.19% 2.52%
1 0.81% 0.87% 0.74% 0.47% 0.45% 0.5%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.67% 0.3% 0.29% 0.31%
3 0.64% 0.67% 0.61% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
4 0.56% 0.58% 0.55% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%
5 0.49% 0.5% 0.49% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
6 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
7 0.37% 0.37% 0.37% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.32% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
11 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
15 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
16 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.13% 0.14% 0.11%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.27% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
18 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
19 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
20 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.21% 0.24% 0.18%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
22 0.39% 0.46% 0.33% 0.25% 0.29% 0.22%
23 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
24 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
25 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.31% 0.35% 0.27%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.33% 0.37% 0.3%
27 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.36% 0.4% 0.32%
28 0.44% 0.47% 0.4% 0.38% 0.42% 0.34%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.41% 0.41% 0.45% 0.37%
30 0.45% 0.49% 0.42% 0.43% 0.48% 0.39%
31 0.46% 0.5% 0.43% 0.46% 0.51% 0.41%
32 0.47% 0.51% 0.43% 0.49% 0.54% 0.43%
33 0.48% 0.52% 0.44% 0.52% 0.58% 0.46%
34 0.49% 0.53% 0.45% 0.55% 0.62% 0.49%
35 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
36 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% 0.63% 0.7% 0.55%
37 0.53% 0.57% 0.5% 0.67% 0.75% 0.58%
38 0.55% 0.59% 0.52% 0.71% 0.8% 0.61%
39 0.58% 0.61% 0.55% 0.74% 0.84% 0.64%
40 0.61% 0.64% 0.57% 0.79% 0.9% 0.67%
41 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.82% 0.94% 0.7%
42 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.87% 1% 0.73%
43 0.68% 0.73% 0.63% 0.91% 1.05% 0.77%
44 0.7% 0.75% 0.64% 0.96% 1.11% 0.8%
45 0.72% 0.78% 0.66% 1.02% 1.18% 0.85%
46 0.74% 0.81% 0.67% 1.07% 1.25% 0.89%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.7% 1.13% 1.32% 0.94%
48 0.82% 0.91% 0.73% 1.2% 1.4% 0.99%
49 0.87% 0.98% 0.78% 1.27% 1.48% 1.05%
50 0.94% 1.05% 0.83% 1.35% 1.59% 1.11%
51 1.01% 1.13% 0.89% 1.41% 1.66% 1.17%
52 1.08% 1.21% 0.95% 1.5% 1.76% 1.23%
53 1.15% 1.29% 1.01% 1.57% 1.85% 1.29%
54 1.21% 1.35% 1.07% 1.66% 1.95% 1.36%
55 1.27% 1.42% 1.13% 1.75% 2.06% 1.44%
56 1.34% 1.49% 1.19% 1.84% 2.17% 1.52%
57 1.42% 1.58% 1.27% 1.95% 2.3% 1.61%
58 1.52% 1.69% 1.36% 2.07% 2.45% 1.71%
59 1.65% 1.83% 1.48% 2.21% 2.61% 1.82%
60 1.79% 1.99% 1.62% 2.38% 2.83% 1.96%
61 1.97% 2.17% 1.77% 2.53% 2.99% 2.09%
62 2.15% 2.38% 1.95% 2.72% 3.22% 2.26%
63 2.35% 2.59% 2.14% 2.91% 3.44% 2.44%
64 2.57% 2.81% 2.35% 3.12% 3.68% 2.63%
65 2.79% 3.05% 2.57% 3.36% 3.93% 2.85%
66 3.04% 3.3% 2.81% 3.51% 4.11% 3%
67 3.32% 3.58% 3.08% 3.7% 4.31% 3.18%
68 3.63% 3.9% 3.39% 3.91% 4.55% 3.38%
69 3.97% 4.25% 3.73% 4.13% 4.79% 3.58%
70 4.36% 4.66% 4.11% 4.43% 5.12% 3.86%
71 4.8% 5.1% 4.53% 4.66% 5.38% 4.08%
72 5.26% 5.59% 4.98% 5.01% 5.77% 4.4%
73 5.77% 6.12% 5.47% 5.32% 6.12% 4.69%
74 6.31% 6.69% 5.99% 5.68% 6.52% 5.03%
75 6.9% 7.31% 6.55% 6.1% 6.96% 5.39%
76 7.54% 7.99% 7.17% 6.52% 7.41% 5.76%
77 8.25% 8.73% 7.85% 6.93% 7.9% 6.12%
78 9.02% 9.55% 8.62% 7.44% 8.51% 6.61%
79 9.87% 10.4% 9.47% 7.89% 9.08% 7.02%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 8.52% 9.82% 7.64%
81 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 9.12% 10.6% 8.2%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 10.1% 11.6% 9.2%
83 14.1% 14.8% 13.6% 11% 12.6% 10.1%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 12% 13.8% 11.2%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 13% 14.8% 12.2%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 14.2% 16% 13.3%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 15.3% 17.3% 14.4%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 16.5% 18.5% 15.6%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 17.7% 19.8% 16.7%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 19.2% 21.3% 18.3%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.4% 20.3% 22.6% 19.3%
92 27.8% 30.9% 26.2% 22% 24.3% 20.9%
93 29.7% 33% 28.2% 23.5% 25.8% 22.4%
94 31.7% 34.9% 30.3% 25.1% 27.5% 24%
95 33.7% 36.8% 32.4% 26.8% 29.1% 25.8%
96 35.7% 38.7% 34.5% 28.4% 30.6% 27.4%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 29.9% 32.2% 28.9%
98 39.5% 42.6% 38.5% 31.3% 33.6% 30.4%
99 41.3% 44.5% 40.2% 33.2% 35.4% 32.3%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 34.7% 36.8% 33.8%

Death rate by age in Benin compared to Kenya

In Benin, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Kenya. The median age of death is 70 in Benin and 68.7 in Kenya — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Benin
Male

Female
Kenya
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Benin Kenya
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,090 5,553 4,612 2,858 3,192 2,520
1 765 821 707 460 432 488
2 676 712 638 291.4 283.7 299.3
3 597 618 574 199.6 198.6 200.7
4 524 534 513 145.1 147.2 142.9
5 457 459 454 109.9 112 107.8
6 394 392 395 93.2 96.6 89.7
7 336 333 340 83.2 87.1 79.2
8 286.1 282.8 289.7 75 78.8 71.1
9 245.6 243.2 248 69.8 72.9 66.5
10 215.6 214.6 216.7 67.6 70.9 64.1
11 196.4 196.7 196.2 68.2 72.8 63.5
12 187.3 188.8 185.8 71.4 76.1 66.5
13 187.8 190.7 184.8 78 82.7 73.2
14 196.6 201.5 191.6 88.8 94.9 82.7
15 212.8 220.6 204.7 104.5 112.4 96.4
16 234.4 246.5 221.7 121.5 133.3 109.6
17 258.6 276.9 239.5 142.5 159.6 125.2
18 283 309 255.5 165 188 141.8
19 305 340 267.8 183.1 208.7 157.4
20 323 367 276.6 201.8 229.7 173.9
21 336 387 283.1 218 250 186.2
22 346 400 288.9 236.8 270.3 203.6
23 352 406 295.6 254.9 289.2 221.2
24 356 406 304 272.8 307 239.3
25 360 404 313 291.8 327 258.1
26 363 401 324 311 345 278.7
27 368 400 334 332 366 299.4
28 373 401 344 352 388 318
29 379 405 352 374 410 339
30 385 410 359 397 437 358
31 391 416 365 416 459 374
32 397 422 371 443 488 399
33 402 427 376 468 517 420
34 408 432 383 497 551 444
35 415 438 391 530 586 473
36 424 446 402 558 619 496
37 436 457 415 589 656 519
38 452 471 432 619 691 544
39 469 489 450 649 725 567
40 488 508 468 682 766 592
41 507 528 485 708 795 614
42 523 547 498 739 833 637
43 536 563 507 770 870 661
44 547 579 514 803 909 687
45 558 596 521 842 956 719
46 574 616 531 878 997 748
47 595 644 547 918 1,043 782
48 625 679 570 962 1,093 820
49 662 723 601 1,005 1,141 858
50 705 772 639 1,057 1,201 900
51 750 822 679 1,091 1,238 931
52 794 869 719 1,138 1,290 974
53 833 911 757 1,178 1,333 1,009
54 868 946 792 1,221 1,379 1,049
55 902 979 827 1,268 1,430 1,091
56 938 1,014 864 1,313 1,474 1,137
57 982 1,057 908 1,363 1,527 1,185
58 1,037 1,113 963 1,421 1,588 1,241
59 1,106 1,183 1,030 1,481 1,651 1,299
60 1,186 1,265 1,109 1,563 1,742 1,371
61 1,275 1,356 1,197 1,621 1,794 1,435
62 1,370 1,450 1,292 1,701 1,874 1,518
63 1,466 1,543 1,391 1,771 1,936 1,598
64 1,561 1,632 1,492 1,844 1,997 1,684
65 1,655 1,719 1,595 1,920 2,058 1,778
66 1,751 1,805 1,701 1,942 2,065 1,817
67 1,851 1,893 1,813 1,973 2,079 1,866
68 1,957 1,986 1,931 2,008 2,097 1,920
69 2,067 2,084 2,054 2,039 2,110 1,969
70 2,180 2,184 2,180 2,094 2,146 2,044
71 2,291 2,282 2,303 2,105 2,140 2,075
72 2,394 2,373 2,419 2,158 2,170 2,150
73 2,485 2,452 2,522 2,179 2,172 2,192
74 2,562 2,517 2,611 2,202 2,171 2,239
75 2,624 2,566 2,685 2,229 2,165 2,278
76 2,670 2,598 2,745 2,238 2,147 2,301
77 2,701 2,613 2,792 2,223 2,118 2,306
78 2,710 2,609 2,823 2,223 2,101 2,339
79 2,698 2,582 2,834 2,181 2,052 2,319
80 2,666 2,528 2,819 2,169 2,017 2,346
81 2,602 2,444 2,771 2,124 1,957 2,327
82 2,504 2,329 2,687 2,138 1,925 2,396
83 2,374 2,188 2,564 2,093 1,847 2,390
84 2,214 2,024 2,405 2,040 1,759 2,372
85 2,031 1,846 2,216 1,943 1,635 2,297
86 1,832 1,658 2,005 1,837 1,508 2,206
87 1,624 1,465 1,782 1,699 1,361 2,066
88 1,413 1,268 1,556 1,554 1,210 1,916
89 1,206 1,072 1,336 1,393 1,055 1,740
90 1,006 880 1,127 1,245 910 1,583
91 819 698 934 1,063 759 1,364
92 651 533 759 915 630 1,195
93 503 393 602 763 508 1,012
94 377 278.9 465 624 400 842
95 274 191.4 347 499 307 686
96 192.5 127.2 250 387 229.8 541
97 130.6 81.8 173.4 292 167.2 415
98 85.6 50.9 115.8 214.6 118.6 310
99 54.1 30.6 74.6 156.2 82.9 229.5
100 0 0 0 52.4 13.1 92.9

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 Kenya 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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