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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Malawi (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Benin vs 67.7 in Malawi. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and Malawi is 152/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In Malawi, it's 64.4 years for males and 71 years for females.

Benin vs Malawi life expectancy at birth by year chart

Benin
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2 32.7 30.9 34.4
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5 32.8 31.1 34.6
1952 36 34.2 37.8 33 31.2 34.7
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2 33.2 31.4 34.9
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5 33.3 31.6 35.1
1955 37 35.1 38.8 33.6 31.9 35.3
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1 33.8 32.2 35.5
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6 34.1 32.4 35.8
1958 38 36.1 39.9 34.4 32.8 36.1
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3 34.8 33.2 36.3
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7 35 33.4 36.6
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3 35.2 33.7 36.8
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6 35.4 33.9 37
1963 40.1 38 42.1 35.6 34.1 37.1
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6 35.7 34.1 37.2
1965 41 38.8 43.1 35.7 34.2 37.3
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2 35.8 34.3 37.4
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7 35.9 34.3 37.5
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2 36.1 34.5 37.6
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6 36.3 34.8 37.8
1970 43 40.9 45.1 36.6 35.1 38.1
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4 37.1 35.7 38.5
1972 43.9 41.8 46 37.6 36.2 39
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5 38.4 36.9 39.8
1974 44.9 42.7 47 39.2 37.7 40.6
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6 40.1 38.5 41.6
1976 46 43.6 48.2 41 39.3 42.7
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9 42 40.1 43.8
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4 43 41 45
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9 43.7 41.7 45.7
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3 44.3 42.3 46.4
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8 44.7 42.7 46.8
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2 44.8 42.9 46.8
1983 48.8 46 51.6 45 43 46.9
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3 44.8 42.9 46.8
1985 50 47 52.9 44.6 42.7 46.5
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6 44.3 42.5 46.2
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2 43.9 42.2 45.7
1988 52 49.1 54.9 43.6 42 45.2
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4 43.5 42 45.1
1990 53 50.1 55.9 43.6 42.1 45.1
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2 43.5 42.1 45
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9 43.6 42.3 45
1993 54.6 52 57.1 43.6 42.4 44.9
1994 55 52.6 57.3 43.8 42.6 45
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6 43.8 42.6 45
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6 44 42.7 45.3
1997 56 54 57.9 44.2 42.8 45.6
1998 56.2 54.2 58 44.3 42.8 45.8
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2 45.1 43.5 46.6
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3 46.2 44.6 47.8
2001 56.7 55 58.2 47.2 45.7 48.7
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3 48.2 46.6 49.8
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4 49.6 47.9 51.3
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6 51.1 49.4 52.8
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9 52.5 50.6 54.3
2006 58 56.7 59.1 53.7 51.8 55.4
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4 54.7 53 56.3
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1 55.7 53.9 57.4
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2 56.7 54.8 58.6
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3 57.8 55.6 59.9
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3 58.9 56.5 61.2
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5 59.9 57.3 62.4
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8 60.8 58.1 63.6
2014 59 58 60 61.7 58.8 64.5
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1 62.3 59.4 65.2
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3 63.2 60.1 66.2
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6 63.9 60.8 67.1
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8 64.5 61 67.9
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1 65 61.6 68.4
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6 65.2 61.7 68.8
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8 64.8 61.3 68.2
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8 66 62.7 69.4
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2 67.4 64.1 70.6
2024 61 59.5 62.4 67.6 64.3 70.8
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6 67.7 64.4 71

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 54.7 in Malawi. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Benin and 11.7 in Malawi.

Benin vs Malawi 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 Malawi, 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 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.4 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Malawi
Male Female Male Female
40 94.7% 95.4% 95.9% 97.8%
50 87.6% 89.3% 88.6% 93.7%
60 76.0% 79.8% 75.5% 85.4%
65 67.4% 72.3% 65.7% 78.5%
70 56.0% 61.7% 53.6% 68.9%
75 41.9% 47.7% 39.4% 55.9%
80 26.4% 31.5% 24.6% 40.1%
85 12.7% 16.1% 11.9% 23.6%
90 3.9% 5.8% 4.1% 10.2%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.9% 2.9%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 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 Malawi: 70.4 years vs 72 at 30, 78.4 vs 79.1 at 65, 85.8 vs 86.5 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 vs 67.7 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 Malawi.

Benin
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 67.7 64.4 71
1 64.4 63.2 65.6 69.7 66.6 72.7
2 64.9 63.7 66.1 70 66.8 73
3 65.4 64.2 66.5 70.1 67 73.2
4 65.8 64.6 66.9 70.3 67.1 73.3
5 66.1 64.9 67.3 70.4 67.2 73.4
6 66.4 65.2 67.6 70.4 67.3 73.4
7 66.7 65.5 67.8 70.5 67.4 73.5
8 66.9 65.7 68.1 70.5 67.4 73.5
9 67.1 65.9 68.3 70.6 67.5 73.6
10 67.2 66 68.4 70.6 67.5 73.6
11 67.4 66.2 68.5 70.7 67.6 73.6
12 67.5 66.3 68.7 70.7 67.6 73.7
13 67.6 66.4 68.8 70.7 67.6 73.7
14 67.7 66.5 68.9 70.8 67.7 73.7
15 67.8 66.6 69 70.8 67.7 73.8
16 68 66.8 69.1 70.9 67.8 73.8
17 68.1 66.9 69.3 70.9 67.8 73.9
18 68.2 67.1 69.4 71 67.9 73.9
19 68.4 67.2 69.6 71 68 74
20 68.6 67.4 69.7 71.1 68.1 74
21 68.7 67.6 69.9 71.2 68.2 74.1
22 68.9 67.8 70 71.3 68.3 74.1
23 69.1 68 70.2 71.4 68.4 74.2
24 69.3 68.2 70.3 71.4 68.5 74.2
25 69.5 68.4 70.5 71.5 68.6 74.3
26 69.7 68.6 70.6 71.6 68.7 74.4
27 69.8 68.8 70.8 71.7 68.8 74.4
28 70 69 71 71.8 69 74.5
29 70.2 69.2 71.1 71.9 69.1 74.6
30 70.4 69.4 71.3 72 69.2 74.6
31 70.6 69.6 71.5 72.1 69.3 74.7
32 70.8 69.8 71.7 72.2 69.4 74.8
33 70.9 70 71.8 72.3 69.6 74.9
34 71.1 70.2 72 72.4 69.7 74.9
35 71.3 70.4 72.2 72.5 69.9 75
36 71.5 70.6 72.3 72.6 70 75.1
37 71.7 70.8 72.5 72.8 70.2 75.2
38 71.8 70.9 72.7 72.9 70.3 75.3
39 72 71.1 72.9 73 70.5 75.4
40 72.2 71.3 73.1 73.2 70.6 75.5
41 72.4 71.5 73.2 73.3 70.8 75.6
42 72.6 71.7 73.4 73.5 71 75.7
43 72.8 71.9 73.6 73.6 71.2 75.9
44 73 72.2 73.8 73.8 71.4 76
45 73.2 72.4 74 73.9 71.6 76.1
46 73.4 72.6 74.2 74.1 71.8 76.2
47 73.6 72.8 74.4 74.3 72 76.4
48 73.8 73 74.6 74.5 72.2 76.5
49 74 73.2 74.8 74.7 72.5 76.7
50 74.2 73.5 75 74.9 72.7 76.8
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 75.1 73 77
52 74.7 74 75.4 75.3 73.2 77.2
53 74.9 74.2 75.6 75.6 73.5 77.4
54 75.2 74.5 75.8 75.8 73.8 77.6
55 75.4 74.8 76 76.1 74.1 77.8
56 75.7 75 76.3 76.3 74.4 78
57 76 75.3 76.5 76.6 74.7 78.2
58 76.2 75.6 76.8 76.9 75 78.4
59 76.5 75.9 77 77.2 75.4 78.6
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 77.4 75.7 78.9
61 77.1 76.5 77.6 77.8 76.1 79.1
62 77.4 76.9 77.8 78.1 76.5 79.4
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 78.4 76.9 79.7
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 78.8 77.3 80
65 78.4 78 78.8 79.1 77.7 80.3
66 78.8 78.3 79.2 79.5 78.1 80.7
67 79.2 78.8 79.5 79.9 78.6 81
68 79.6 79.2 79.9 80.3 79 81.3
69 80 79.6 80.3 80.7 79.5 81.7
70 80.4 80.1 80.7 81.2 80 82.1
71 80.9 80.5 81.2 81.6 80.5 82.5
72 81.3 81 81.6 82.1 81 82.9
73 81.8 81.5 82.1 82.6 81.5 83.4
74 82.4 82 82.6 83.1 82.1 83.8
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 83.6 82.6 84.3
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 84.2 83.2 84.8
77 84 83.7 84.2 84.7 83.8 85.3
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 85.3 84.4 85.9
79 85.2 84.9 85.4 85.9 85.1 86.4
80 85.8 85.5 86 86.5 85.7 87
81 86.4 86.2 86.6 87.1 86.4 87.6
82 87.1 86.9 87.3 87.8 87.1 88.2
83 87.8 87.5 88 88.4 87.8 88.8
84 88.5 88.2 88.7 89.1 88.5 89.4
85 89.2 89 89.4 89.8 89.3 90.1
86 90 89.7 90.1 90.5 90 90.8
87 90.7 90.4 90.9 91.3 90.8 91.5
88 91.5 91.2 91.6 92 91.6 92.2
89 92.3 92 92.4 92.8 92.4 93
90 93 92.8 93.2 93.6 93.2 93.7
91 93.9 93.6 94 94.4 94.1 94.5
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 96 95.8 96.1
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.9 96.6 96.9
95 97.2 97 97.3 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.6 98.4 98.6
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.4 99.2 99.5
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.3 100.1 100.4
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.2 101 101.3
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.1 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Benin vs Malawi

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 66.1% in Benin and 75.1% in Malawi are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.9% and 57.3% will live to 70 years or older, 24.6% and 30.3% to 80+ years, and 4.17% and 6.69% 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
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Benin Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 97.2% 96.8% 97.6%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.7% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.6% 96.1% 97%
4 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 92.3% 91.8% 93% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
6 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 96.2% 95.7% 96.6%
7 91.5% 90.9% 92.1% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
8 91.2% 90.6% 91.8% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
9 90.9% 90.3% 91.5% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
10 90.6% 90.1% 91.2% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
11 90.4% 89.8% 91% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
12 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
13 90% 89.5% 90.6% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
14 89.8% 89.3% 90.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
15 89.6% 89.1% 90.3% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
16 89.4% 88.8% 90% 95.5% 94.9% 96%
17 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 95.4% 94.8% 95.9%
18 88.9% 88.3% 89.6% 95.2% 94.6% 95.9%
19 88.7% 88% 89.3% 95.1% 94.5% 95.8%
20 88.4% 87.7% 89.1% 95% 94.3% 95.7%
21 88% 87.3% 88.8% 94.8% 94.1% 95.6%
22 87.7% 86.9% 88.5% 94.7% 93.9% 95.5%
23 87.3% 86.5% 88.2% 94.5% 93.7% 95.4%
24 87% 86.1% 87.9% 94.4% 93.5% 95.2%
25 86.6% 85.7% 87.6% 94.2% 93.2% 95.1%
26 86.3% 85.3% 87.3% 94% 93% 95%
27 85.9% 84.9% 87% 93.8% 92.7% 94.9%
28 85.5% 84.5% 86.6% 93.6% 92.5% 94.7%
29 85.2% 84.1% 86.3% 93.4% 92.2% 94.6%
30 84.8% 83.7% 86% 93.2% 91.9% 94.5%
31 84.4% 83.3% 85.6% 93% 91.6% 94.3%
32 84% 82.9% 85.2% 92.7% 91.3% 94.1%
33 83.6% 82.4% 84.9% 92.5% 91% 94%
34 83.2% 82% 84.5% 92.2% 90.7% 93.8%
35 82.8% 81.6% 84.1% 91.9% 90.3% 93.6%
36 82.4% 81.1% 83.7% 91.7% 89.9% 93.4%
37 82% 80.7% 83.3% 91.3% 89.5% 93.1%
38 81.5% 80.2% 82.9% 91% 89.1% 92.9%
39 81.1% 79.8% 82.5% 90.7% 88.6% 92.7%
40 80.6% 79.3% 82% 90.3% 88.2% 92.4%
41 80.1% 78.8% 81.5% 89.9% 87.6% 92.1%
42 79.6% 78.2% 81.1% 89.5% 87.1% 91.8%
43 79.1% 77.7% 80.6% 89.1% 86.5% 91.5%
44 78.6% 77.1% 80% 88.6% 85.9% 91.1%
45 78% 76.6% 79.5% 88.1% 85.3% 90.7%
46 77.5% 76% 79% 87.5% 84.6% 90.3%
47 76.9% 75.3% 78.5% 87% 83.9% 89.9%
48 76.3% 74.7% 77.9% 86.3% 83.1% 89.5%
49 75.7% 74% 77.4% 85.7% 82.3% 89%
50 75% 73.3% 76.8% 85% 81.4% 88.5%
51 74.3% 72.5% 76.1% 84.2% 80.5% 87.9%
52 73.5% 71.7% 75.4% 83.4% 79.5% 87.3%
53 72.8% 70.8% 74.7% 82.5% 78.5% 86.6%
54 71.9% 69.9% 74% 81.6% 77.4% 86%
55 71.1% 69% 73.2% 80.7% 76.2% 85.2%
56 70.1% 68% 72.4% 79.7% 75% 84.4%
57 69.2% 67% 71.5% 78.6% 73.7% 83.6%
58 68.2% 65.9% 70.6% 77.5% 72.3% 82.7%
59 67.2% 64.8% 69.6% 76.4% 70.9% 81.7%
60 66.1% 63.6% 68.6% 75.1% 69.4% 80.7%
61 64.9% 62.4% 67.5% 73.8% 67.7% 79.6%
62 63.6% 61% 66.3% 72.4% 66.1% 78.4%
63 62.3% 59.6% 65% 70.8% 64.3% 77.1%
64 60.8% 58% 63.6% 69.2% 62.4% 75.7%
65 59.2% 56.4% 62.1% 67.5% 60.4% 74.2%
66 57.6% 54.7% 60.5% 65.7% 58.3% 72.5%
67 55.8% 52.9% 58.8% 63.7% 56.2% 70.8%
68 54% 51% 57% 61.7% 54% 69%
69 52% 49% 55.1% 59.6% 51.7% 67.1%
70 49.9% 46.9% 53% 57.3% 49.3% 65%
71 47.8% 44.7% 50.8% 55% 46.8% 62.8%
72 45.5% 42.4% 48.5% 52.5% 44.2% 60.5%
73 43.1% 40.1% 46.1% 50% 41.6% 58.1%
74 40.6% 37.6% 43.6% 47.3% 38.9% 55.5%
75 38% 35.1% 41% 44.6% 36.2% 52.8%
76 35.4% 32.5% 38.3% 41.8% 33.4% 49.9%
77 32.7% 29.9% 35.5% 38.9% 30.7% 47%
78 30% 27.3% 32.8% 36.1% 28% 44%
79 27.3% 24.7% 29.9% 33.2% 25.2% 41%
80 24.6% 22.1% 27.1% 30.3% 22.6% 37.8%
81 22% 19.6% 24.3% 27.4% 20% 34.7%
82 19.4% 17.2% 21.5% 24.7% 17.6% 31.6%
83 16.9% 14.8% 18.8% 21.9% 15.2% 28.5%
84 14.5% 12.6% 16.3% 19.2% 13% 25.4%
85 12.3% 10.6% 13.9% 16.7% 11% 22.3%
86 10.2% 8.76% 11.6% 14.3% 9.14% 19.4%
87 8.41% 7.11% 9.63% 12.1% 7.49% 16.6%
88 6.79% 5.64% 7.85% 10.1% 6.05% 14.1%
89 5.37% 4.37% 6.3% 8.26% 4.81% 11.7%
90 4.17% 3.3% 4.96% 6.69% 3.76% 9.62%
91 3.16% 2.42% 3.83% 5.31% 2.88% 7.74%
92 2.34% 1.72% 2.9% 4.16% 2.18% 6.15%
93 1.69% 1.19% 2.14% 3.19% 1.61% 4.78%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.54% 2.4% 1.17% 3.64%
95 0.81% 0.52% 1.07% 1.77% 0.83% 2.72%
96 0.54% 0.33% 0.72% 1.27% 0.57% 1.98%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.47% 0.89% 0.39% 1.41%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.3% 0.61% 0.26% 0.98%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.41% 0.17% 0.67%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.27% 0.11% 0.44%

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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 2.82% in Malawi, 0.45% vs 0.24% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.79% at 60, and 10.8% vs 9.48% at 80.

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

Benin
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Benin Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.09% 5.55% 4.61% 2.82% 3.18% 2.44%
1 0.81% 0.87% 0.74% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.67% 0.25% 0.27% 0.23%
3 0.64% 0.67% 0.61% 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.56% 0.58% 0.55% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
5 0.49% 0.5% 0.49% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
6 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
7 0.37% 0.37% 0.37% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.32% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
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% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.1% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.27% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
18 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
19 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
20 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 0.16% 0.22% 0.11%
22 0.39% 0.46% 0.33% 0.17% 0.23% 0.11%
23 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
24 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
25 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.19% 0.26% 0.13%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.2% 0.27% 0.14%
27 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.21% 0.28% 0.14%
28 0.44% 0.47% 0.4% 0.22% 0.29% 0.15%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.41% 0.23% 0.3% 0.16%
30 0.45% 0.49% 0.42% 0.24% 0.32% 0.17%
31 0.46% 0.5% 0.43% 0.25% 0.33% 0.17%
32 0.47% 0.51% 0.43% 0.27% 0.36% 0.19%
33 0.48% 0.52% 0.44% 0.28% 0.38% 0.2%
34 0.49% 0.53% 0.45% 0.3% 0.4% 0.21%
35 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.32% 0.42% 0.22%
36 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% 0.34% 0.45% 0.24%
37 0.53% 0.57% 0.5% 0.36% 0.48% 0.25%
38 0.55% 0.59% 0.52% 0.38% 0.51% 0.27%
39 0.58% 0.61% 0.55% 0.41% 0.54% 0.29%
40 0.61% 0.64% 0.57% 0.44% 0.58% 0.31%
41 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.46% 0.61% 0.33%
42 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.5% 0.66% 0.36%
43 0.68% 0.73% 0.63% 0.53% 0.7% 0.38%
44 0.7% 0.75% 0.64% 0.57% 0.75% 0.41%
45 0.72% 0.78% 0.66% 0.62% 0.8% 0.44%
46 0.74% 0.81% 0.67% 0.66% 0.85% 0.47%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.7% 0.71% 0.92% 0.5%
48 0.82% 0.91% 0.73% 0.77% 0.99% 0.54%
49 0.87% 0.98% 0.78% 0.83% 1.06% 0.59%
50 0.94% 1.05% 0.83% 0.9% 1.15% 0.64%
51 1.01% 1.13% 0.89% 0.95% 1.22% 0.68%
52 1.08% 1.21% 0.95% 1.03% 1.32% 0.75%
53 1.15% 1.29% 1.01% 1.09% 1.41% 0.8%
54 1.21% 1.35% 1.07% 1.16% 1.5% 0.86%
55 1.27% 1.42% 1.13% 1.23% 1.61% 0.92%
56 1.34% 1.49% 1.19% 1.32% 1.72% 0.99%
57 1.42% 1.58% 1.27% 1.4% 1.84% 1.07%
58 1.52% 1.69% 1.36% 1.51% 1.99% 1.17%
59 1.65% 1.83% 1.48% 1.63% 2.14% 1.26%
60 1.79% 1.99% 1.62% 1.79% 2.34% 1.4%
61 1.97% 2.17% 1.77% 1.92% 2.5% 1.5%
62 2.15% 2.38% 1.95% 2.11% 2.72% 1.67%
63 2.35% 2.59% 2.14% 2.29% 2.94% 1.82%
64 2.57% 2.81% 2.35% 2.5% 3.17% 1.99%
65 2.79% 3.05% 2.57% 2.73% 3.43% 2.19%
66 3.04% 3.3% 2.81% 2.93% 3.67% 2.35%
67 3.32% 3.58% 3.08% 3.18% 3.95% 2.56%
68 3.63% 3.9% 3.39% 3.46% 4.28% 2.8%
69 3.97% 4.25% 3.73% 3.74% 4.62% 3.05%
70 4.36% 4.66% 4.11% 4.14% 5.06% 3.41%
71 4.8% 5.1% 4.53% 4.42% 5.41% 3.65%
72 5.26% 5.59% 4.98% 4.89% 5.95% 4.08%
73 5.77% 6.12% 5.47% 5.3% 6.45% 4.45%
74 6.31% 6.69% 5.99% 5.78% 7.01% 4.89%
75 6.9% 7.31% 6.55% 6.28% 7.62% 5.37%
76 7.54% 7.99% 7.17% 6.79% 8.25% 5.83%
77 8.25% 8.73% 7.85% 7.35% 8.91% 6.35%
78 9.02% 9.55% 8.62% 8.05% 9.73% 6.99%
79 9.87% 10.4% 9.47% 8.69% 10.5% 7.58%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 9.48% 11.4% 8.31%
81 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 10.1% 12.2% 8.9%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 11.2% 13.4% 9.97%
83 14.1% 14.8% 13.6% 12.2% 14.4% 10.9%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 13.3% 15.7% 12%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 14.4% 16.8% 13.1%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 15.5% 18% 14.2%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 16.6% 19.2% 15.4%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 17.9% 20.5% 16.7%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 19.1% 21.8% 17.9%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 20.6% 23.3% 19.5%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.4% 21.7% 24.4% 20.6%
92 27.8% 30.9% 26.2% 23.3% 26% 22.3%
93 29.7% 33% 28.2% 24.8% 27.5% 23.8%
94 31.7% 34.9% 30.3% 26.4% 29.1% 25.4%
95 33.7% 36.8% 32.4% 28.1% 30.8% 27.2%
96 35.7% 38.7% 34.5% 29.7% 32.3% 28.9%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 31.2% 33.7% 30.4%
98 39.5% 42.6% 38.5% 32.7% 35.1% 32%
99 41.3% 44.5% 40.2% 34.5% 36.8% 33.8%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 35.9% 38.2% 35.3%

Death rate by age in Benin compared to Malawi

In Benin, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 78 in Malawi. The median age of death is 70 in Benin and 73 in Malawi — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Benin
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Benin Malawi
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,090 5,553 4,612 2,815 3,184 2,444
1 765 821 707 386 411 362
2 676 712 638 241.7 262.2 220.9
3 597 618 574 171.1 186.7 155.2
4 524 534 513 128.8 140.6 116.8
5 457 459 454 101.8 111 92.4
6 394 392 395 87.3 96.4 78.1
7 336 333 340 77.6 86.8 68.2
8 286.1 282.8 289.7 69.5 78.3 60.6
9 245.6 243.2 248 63.9 72.3 55.4
10 215.6 214.6 216.7 60.8 69.2 52.3
11 196.4 196.7 196.2 60 69.1 50.9
12 187.3 188.8 185.8 61.5 71.2 51.8
13 187.8 190.7 184.8 65.7 76.4 54.9
14 196.6 201.5 191.6 73 86.3 59.7
15 212.8 220.6 204.7 83.5 100.3 66.7
16 234.4 246.5 221.7 96.6 118.9 74.3
17 258.6 276.9 239.5 110.5 139.8 81.3
18 283 309 255.5 125.5 162.7 88.5
19 305 340 267.8 136.1 178.1 94.3
20 323 367 276.6 145.7 192 99.5
21 336 387 283.1 153.6 204.1 103.3
22 346 400 288.9 161.4 215.1 108
23 352 406 295.6 168.5 224.5 112.8
24 356 406 304 175.2 232.6 118
25 360 404 313 181.8 240.9 122.9
26 363 401 324 188.8 248.9 128.8
27 368 400 334 196.7 258.5 135.2
28 373 401 344 205.1 269.1 141.9
29 379 405 352 214.2 280.7 149.1
30 385 410 359 225.4 295.1 157.8
31 391 416 365 233.8 307 163.7
32 397 422 371 247.8 325 175
33 402 427 376 260.6 342 185.1
34 408 432 383 275.2 361 196.3
35 415 438 391 291.9 383 209.7
36 424 446 402 308 404 222.8
37 436 457 415 326 429 236.1
38 452 471 432 347 455 253.6
39 469 489 450 368 481 269.4
40 488 508 468 394 513 289.7
41 507 528 485 414 537 304
42 523 547 498 445 573 329
43 536 563 507 473 604 348
44 547 579 514 504 640 370
45 558 596 521 542 683 397
46 574 616 531 577 723 422
47 595 644 547 618 769 452
48 625 679 570 664 820 488
49 662 723 601 710 873 523
50 705 772 639 766 936 569
51 750 822 679 803 982 598
52 794 869 719 858 1,047 651
53 833 911 757 901 1,103 690
54 868 946 792 949 1,163 738
55 902 979 827 996 1,225 785
56 938 1,014 864 1,048 1,289 840
57 982 1,057 908 1,103 1,356 894
58 1,037 1,113 963 1,173 1,436 965
59 1,106 1,183 1,030 1,243 1,516 1,032
60 1,186 1,265 1,109 1,345 1,621 1,132
61 1,275 1,356 1,197 1,414 1,692 1,195
62 1,370 1,450 1,292 1,526 1,798 1,307
63 1,466 1,543 1,391 1,624 1,886 1,401
64 1,561 1,632 1,492 1,728 1,976 1,506
65 1,655 1,719 1,595 1,840 2,069 1,622
66 1,751 1,805 1,701 1,922 2,138 1,705
67 1,851 1,893 1,813 2,025 2,222 1,813
68 1,957 1,986 1,931 2,134 2,308 1,935
69 2,067 2,084 2,054 2,231 2,384 2,045
70 2,180 2,184 2,180 2,373 2,491 2,218
71 2,291 2,282 2,303 2,432 2,532 2,296
72 2,394 2,373 2,419 2,568 2,633 2,469
73 2,485 2,452 2,522 2,650 2,684 2,586
74 2,562 2,517 2,611 2,733 2,728 2,710
75 2,624 2,566 2,685 2,799 2,759 2,831
76 2,670 2,598 2,745 2,835 2,758 2,912
77 2,701 2,613 2,792 2,864 2,735 2,984
78 2,710 2,609 2,823 2,904 2,719 3,078
79 2,698 2,582 2,834 2,882 2,645 3,105
80 2,666 2,528 2,819 2,873 2,583 3,146
81 2,602 2,444 2,771 2,772 2,436 3,090
82 2,504 2,329 2,687 2,760 2,349 3,152
83 2,374 2,188 2,564 2,665 2,198 3,113
84 2,214 2,024 2,405 2,558 2,042 3,053
85 2,031 1,846 2,216 2,392 1,842 2,924
86 1,832 1,658 2,005 2,210 1,646 2,757
87 1,624 1,465 1,782 2,005 1,440 2,556
88 1,413 1,268 1,556 1,799 1,243 2,344
89 1,206 1,072 1,336 1,576 1,048 2,095
90 1,006 880 1,127 1,381 878 1,879
91 819 698 934 1,150 704 1,593
92 651 533 759 970 568 1,370
93 503 393 602 790 444 1,137
94 377 278.9 465 632 340 926
95 274 191.4 347 497 255.2 740
96 192.5 127.2 250 377 185.2 570
97 130.6 81.8 173.4 278.4 131 428
98 85.6 50.9 115.8 200.4 90.3 312
99 54.1 30.6 74.6 142.3 61.4 224.8
100 0 0 0 33.4 0 68.7

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 Malawi 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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