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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Somalia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Benin vs 59.1 in Somalia. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females.

Benin vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Benin
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.4 33.6 37.2 41.5 40 42.9
1951 35.7 33.9 37.5 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 36 34.2 37.8 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 36.3 34.4 38.2 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 36.7 34.8 38.5 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 37 35.1 38.8 42.5 41.1 44
1956 37.3 35.4 39.1 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 37.6 35.7 39.6 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 38 36.1 39.9 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 38.4 36.4 40.3 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 38.8 36.8 40.7 43.5 42.1 45
1961 39.2 37.2 41.3 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 39.6 37.6 41.6 44 42.5 45.5
1963 40.1 38 42.1 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 40.5 38.4 42.6 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 41 38.8 43.1 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 41.3 39.3 43.2 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 41.8 39.8 43.7 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 42.2 40.1 44.2 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 42.6 40.5 44.6 45.5 44 46.9
1970 43 40.9 45.1 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 43.4 41.3 45.4 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 43.9 41.8 46 46 44.6 47.5
1973 44.4 42.3 46.5 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 44.9 42.7 47 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 45.4 43.2 47.6 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 46 43.6 48.2 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 46.5 44.1 48.9 47 45.6 48.5
1978 46.9 44.4 49.4 47 45.4 48.7
1979 47.4 44.8 49.9 47.4 46 48.9
1980 47.7 45.1 50.3 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 48.1 45.5 50.8 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 48.5 45.8 51.2 48 46.6 49.5
1983 48.8 46 51.6 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 49.4 46.5 52.3 48.4 47 49.9
1985 50 47 52.9 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 50.6 47.7 53.6 48.4 47 49.9
1987 51.3 48.3 54.2 49 47.6 50.5
1988 52 49.1 54.9 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 52.5 49.5 55.4 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 53 50.1 55.9 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 53.4 50.6 56.2 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 54.1 51.4 56.9 25 23.9 26.3
1993 54.6 52 57.1 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 55 52.6 57.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 55.4 53.1 57.6 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 55.6 53.6 57.6 50.5 49 52.1
1997 56 54 57.9 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 56.2 54.2 58 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 56.3 54.4 58.2 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 56.6 54.8 58.3 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 56.7 55 58.2 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 56.9 55.3 58.3 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 57.1 55.7 58.4 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 57.3 56.1 58.6 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 57.7 56.5 58.9 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 58 56.7 59.1 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 58.2 57.1 59.4 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 58.1 57.1 59.1 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 58.3 57.3 59.2 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 58.4 57.5 59.3 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 58.5 57.6 59.3 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 58.6 57.6 59.5 49.1 47.3 51
2013 58.9 57.9 59.8 54 52.1 56
2014 59 58 60 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 59.1 58.1 60.1 55.1 53 57.1
2016 59.3 58.3 60.3 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 59.5 58.4 60.6 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 59.7 58.6 60.8 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 59.9 58.7 61.1 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 60.2 58.7 61.6 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 59.6 58.4 60.8 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 60.5 59.2 61.8 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 60.8 59.3 62.2 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 61 59.5 62.4 59 56.5 61.6
2025 61.1 59.7 62.6 59.1 56.6 61.7

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 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Benin and 9.46 in Somalia.

Benin vs Somalia 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 Somalia, 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.4 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Benin Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 94.7% 95.4% 93.4% 95.7%
50 87.6% 89.3% 85.5% 89.9%
60 76.0% 79.8% 73.6% 80.6%
65 67.4% 72.3% 65.0% 73.3%
70 56.0% 61.7% 53.9% 62.9%
75 41.9% 47.7% 40.2% 49.1%
80 26.4% 31.5% 25.4% 32.8%
85 12.7% 16.1% 12.2% 17.0%
90 3.9% 5.8% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.7% 1.4%
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 Somalia: 70.4 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.4 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.8 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 vs 59.1 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 Somalia.

Benin
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 59.1 56.6 61.7
1 64.4 63.2 65.6 63.2 60.9 65.6
2 64.9 63.7 66.1 64.1 61.7 66.5
3 65.4 64.2 66.5 64.7 62.4 67.2
4 65.8 64.6 66.9 65.2 62.9 67.7
5 66.1 64.9 67.3 65.6 63.3 68
6 66.4 65.2 67.6 65.9 63.6 68.3
7 66.7 65.5 67.8 66.2 63.9 68.6
8 66.9 65.7 68.1 66.4 64 68.8
9 67.1 65.9 68.3 66.5 64.2 68.9
10 67.2 66 68.4 66.7 64.3 69.1
11 67.4 66.2 68.5 66.8 64.5 69.2
12 67.5 66.3 68.7 66.9 64.6 69.3
13 67.6 66.4 68.8 67 64.7 69.4
14 67.7 66.5 68.9 67.1 64.8 69.5
15 67.8 66.6 69 67.2 64.9 69.6
16 68 66.8 69.1 67.4 65.1 69.7
17 68.1 66.9 69.3 67.5 65.2 69.9
18 68.2 67.1 69.4 67.7 65.4 70
19 68.4 67.2 69.6 67.8 65.6 70.1
20 68.6 67.4 69.7 68 65.8 70.3
21 68.7 67.6 69.9 68.2 66.1 70.4
22 68.9 67.8 70 68.4 66.4 70.6
23 69.1 68 70.2 68.7 66.6 70.7
24 69.3 68.2 70.3 68.9 66.9 70.8
25 69.5 68.4 70.5 69.1 67.2 71
26 69.7 68.6 70.6 69.3 67.5 71.2
27 69.8 68.8 70.8 69.5 67.7 71.3
28 70 69 71 69.7 68 71.5
29 70.2 69.2 71.1 69.9 68.3 71.6
30 70.4 69.4 71.3 70.2 68.5 71.8
31 70.6 69.6 71.5 70.4 68.8 71.9
32 70.8 69.8 71.7 70.6 69 72.1
33 70.9 70 71.8 70.8 69.2 72.3
34 71.1 70.2 72 71 69.5 72.4
35 71.3 70.4 72.2 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 71.5 70.6 72.3 71.4 69.9 72.7
37 71.7 70.8 72.5 71.6 70.2 72.9
38 71.8 70.9 72.7 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 72 71.1 72.9 72 70.6 73.2
40 72.2 71.3 73.1 72.2 70.9 73.4
41 72.4 71.5 73.2 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 72.6 71.7 73.4 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 72.8 71.9 73.6 72.8 71.6 74
44 73 72.2 73.8 73 71.8 74.2
45 73.2 72.4 74 73.2 72 74.3
46 73.4 72.6 74.2 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 73.6 72.8 74.4 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 73.8 73 74.6 73.8 72.7 74.9
49 74 73.2 74.8 74.1 73 75.1
50 74.2 73.5 75 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 74.5 73.7 75.2 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 74.7 74 75.4 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 74.9 74.2 75.6 75 74 75.9
54 75.2 74.5 75.8 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.4 74.8 76 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 75.7 75 76.3 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76 75.3 76.5 76 75.2 76.8
58 76.2 75.6 76.8 76.3 75.5 77
59 76.5 75.9 77 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.1 76.5 77.6 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 77.4 76.9 77.8 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 77.7 77.2 78.2 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.1 77.6 78.5 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 78.4 78 78.8 78.5 77.9 79
66 78.8 78.3 79.2 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.2 78.8 79.5 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 79.6 79.2 79.9 79.7 79.1 80.1
69 80 79.6 80.3 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 80.4 80.1 80.7 80.5 80 80.9
71 80.9 80.5 81.2 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.3 81 81.6 81.4 81 81.8
73 81.8 81.5 82.1 81.9 81.5 82.2
74 82.4 82 82.6 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 83 82.6 83.2
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84 83.7 84.2 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.2 84.9 85.4 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.8 85.5 86 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.4 86.2 86.6 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.1 86.9 87.3 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.8 87.5 88 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.5 88.2 88.7 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.2 89 89.4 89.3 89 89.4
86 90 89.7 90.1 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.7 90.4 90.9 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.5 91.2 91.6 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.3 92 92.4 92.3 92.1 92.5
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 94.6 94.9
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.2 97 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.9 99.8 100 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Benin vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 66.1% in Benin and 63.2% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.9% and 47.9% will live to 70 years or older, 24.6% and 23.9% to 80+ years, and 4.17% and 4.11% 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
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Benin Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 93.5% 93% 94%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.7% 92.2% 91.7% 92.7%
3 93.5% 92.9% 94% 91.2% 90.7% 91.8%
4 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 90.5% 89.9% 91.1%
5 92.3% 91.8% 93% 89.9% 89.3% 90.5%
6 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 89.4% 88.8% 90.1%
7 91.5% 90.9% 92.1% 89.1% 88.4% 89.7%
8 91.2% 90.6% 91.8% 88.8% 88.1% 89.5%
9 90.9% 90.3% 91.5% 88.5% 87.9% 89.2%
10 90.6% 90.1% 91.2% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
11 90.4% 89.8% 91% 88.1% 87.4% 88.9%
12 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 88% 87.3% 88.7%
13 90% 89.5% 90.6% 87.8% 87.1% 88.5%
14 89.8% 89.3% 90.4% 87.6% 86.9% 88.3%
15 89.6% 89.1% 90.3% 87.4% 86.7% 88.2%
16 89.4% 88.8% 90% 87.2% 86.4% 88%
17 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 87% 86.2% 87.8%
18 88.9% 88.3% 89.6% 86.7% 85.9% 87.5%
19 88.7% 88% 89.3% 86.4% 85.5% 87.3%
20 88.4% 87.7% 89.1% 86.1% 85.1% 87.1%
21 88% 87.3% 88.8% 85.7% 84.6% 86.8%
22 87.7% 86.9% 88.5% 85.3% 84.1% 86.6%
23 87.3% 86.5% 88.2% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
24 87% 86.1% 87.9% 84.5% 83% 86%
25 86.6% 85.7% 87.6% 84.1% 82.4% 85.8%
26 86.3% 85.3% 87.3% 83.6% 81.9% 85.5%
27 85.9% 84.9% 87% 83.2% 81.4% 85.2%
28 85.5% 84.5% 86.6% 82.8% 80.8% 84.9%
29 85.2% 84.1% 86.3% 82.4% 80.3% 84.6%
30 84.8% 83.7% 86% 82% 79.8% 84.2%
31 84.4% 83.3% 85.6% 81.5% 79.3% 83.9%
32 84% 82.9% 85.2% 81.1% 78.8% 83.6%
33 83.6% 82.4% 84.9% 80.7% 78.2% 83.2%
34 83.2% 82% 84.5% 80.3% 77.7% 82.9%
35 82.8% 81.6% 84.1% 79.8% 77.2% 82.5%
36 82.4% 81.1% 83.7% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
37 82% 80.7% 83.3% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
38 81.5% 80.2% 82.9% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
39 81.1% 79.8% 82.5% 78% 75.1% 81%
40 80.6% 79.3% 82% 77.5% 74.6% 80.6%
41 80.1% 78.8% 81.5% 77% 74% 80.2%
42 79.6% 78.2% 81.1% 76.5% 73.4% 79.7%
43 79.1% 77.7% 80.6% 76% 72.8% 79.3%
44 78.6% 77.1% 80% 75.4% 72.2% 78.8%
45 78% 76.6% 79.5% 74.9% 71.6% 78.3%
46 77.5% 76% 79% 74.3% 71% 77.8%
47 76.9% 75.3% 78.5% 73.7% 70.3% 77.3%
48 76.3% 74.7% 77.9% 73.2% 69.7% 76.8%
49 75.7% 74% 77.4% 72.5% 69% 76.3%
50 75% 73.3% 76.8% 71.9% 68.2% 75.7%
51 74.3% 72.5% 76.1% 71.2% 67.5% 75.1%
52 73.5% 71.7% 75.4% 70.4% 66.6% 74.4%
53 72.8% 70.8% 74.7% 69.7% 65.8% 73.8%
54 71.9% 69.9% 74% 68.9% 64.9% 73%
55 71.1% 69% 73.2% 68% 64% 72.3%
56 70.1% 68% 72.4% 67.1% 63% 71.5%
57 69.2% 67% 71.5% 66.2% 62% 70.7%
58 68.2% 65.9% 70.6% 65.3% 61% 69.8%
59 67.2% 64.8% 69.6% 64.3% 59.9% 68.9%
60 66.1% 63.6% 68.6% 63.2% 58.7% 67.9%
61 64.9% 62.4% 67.5% 62.1% 57.5% 66.9%
62 63.6% 61% 66.3% 60.9% 56.2% 65.7%
63 62.3% 59.6% 65% 59.6% 54.9% 64.5%
64 60.8% 58% 63.6% 58.2% 53.4% 63.2%
65 59.2% 56.4% 62.1% 56.7% 51.9% 61.7%
66 57.6% 54.7% 60.5% 55.1% 50.3% 60.2%
67 55.8% 52.9% 58.8% 53.5% 48.6% 58.6%
68 54% 51% 57% 51.7% 46.8% 56.9%
69 52% 49% 55.1% 49.9% 44.9% 55%
70 49.9% 46.9% 53% 47.9% 43% 53%
71 47.8% 44.7% 50.8% 45.8% 41% 50.9%
72 45.5% 42.4% 48.5% 43.7% 38.9% 48.7%
73 43.1% 40.1% 46.1% 41.4% 36.7% 46.3%
74 40.6% 37.6% 43.6% 39% 34.4% 43.9%
75 38% 35.1% 41% 36.6% 32.1% 41.3%
76 35.4% 32.5% 38.3% 34.1% 29.7% 38.7%
77 32.7% 29.9% 35.5% 31.6% 27.4% 36%
78 30% 27.3% 32.8% 29% 25% 33.3%
79 27.3% 24.7% 29.9% 26.5% 22.6% 30.5%
80 24.6% 22.1% 27.1% 23.9% 20.3% 27.6%
81 22% 19.6% 24.3% 21.3% 18% 24.8%
82 19.4% 17.2% 21.5% 18.8% 15.7% 22.1%
83 16.9% 14.8% 18.8% 16.4% 13.6% 19.4%
84 14.5% 12.6% 16.3% 14.1% 11.6% 16.8%
85 12.3% 10.6% 13.9% 12% 9.7% 14.4%
86 10.2% 8.76% 11.6% 10% 8% 12.1%
87 8.41% 7.11% 9.63% 8.24% 6.47% 10.1%
88 6.79% 5.64% 7.85% 6.66% 5.13% 8.22%
89 5.37% 4.37% 6.3% 5.28% 3.98% 6.61%
90 4.17% 3.3% 4.96% 4.11% 3.03% 5.21%
91 3.16% 2.42% 3.83% 3.13% 2.25% 4.03%
92 2.34% 1.72% 2.9% 2.33% 1.63% 3.05%
93 1.69% 1.19% 2.14% 1.7% 1.15% 2.26%
94 1.19% 0.8% 1.54% 1.21% 0.79% 1.63%
95 0.81% 0.52% 1.07% 0.84% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.54% 0.33% 0.72% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.47% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.3% 0.24% 0.13% 0.35%
99 0.13% 0.07% 0.19% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%

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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 6.5% in Somalia, 0.45% vs 0.52% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.79% at 60, and 10.8% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Benin
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Benin Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.09% 5.55% 4.61% 6.5% 7.02% 5.97%
1 0.81% 0.87% 0.74% 1.39% 1.41% 1.37%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.67% 1.07% 1.1% 1.04%
3 0.64% 0.67% 0.61% 0.82% 0.86% 0.79%
4 0.56% 0.58% 0.55% 0.64% 0.68% 0.6%
5 0.49% 0.5% 0.49% 0.5% 0.54% 0.47%
6 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.4% 0.43% 0.38%
7 0.37% 0.37% 0.37% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.32% 0.28% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
10 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
11 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
12 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.22% 0.24% 0.2%
15 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.26% 0.28% 0.25% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.27% 0.31% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
19 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.39% 0.5% 0.27%
20 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.43% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 0.46% 0.62% 0.3%
22 0.39% 0.46% 0.33% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
23 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
24 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.49% 0.65% 0.33%
25 0.42% 0.47% 0.36% 0.49% 0.65% 0.34%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
27 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.5% 0.65% 0.36%
28 0.44% 0.47% 0.4% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.41% 0.51% 0.65% 0.38%
30 0.45% 0.49% 0.42% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
31 0.46% 0.5% 0.43% 0.52% 0.65% 0.4%
32 0.47% 0.51% 0.43% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
33 0.48% 0.52% 0.44% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
34 0.49% 0.53% 0.45% 0.54% 0.67% 0.42%
35 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
36 0.51% 0.55% 0.48% 0.56% 0.68% 0.45%
37 0.53% 0.57% 0.5% 0.58% 0.69% 0.46%
38 0.55% 0.59% 0.52% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
39 0.58% 0.61% 0.55% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
40 0.61% 0.64% 0.57% 0.65% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.67% 0.78% 0.57%
42 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.69% 0.8% 0.59%
43 0.68% 0.73% 0.63% 0.71% 0.83% 0.6%
44 0.7% 0.75% 0.64% 0.73% 0.85% 0.62%
45 0.72% 0.78% 0.66% 0.75% 0.88% 0.63%
46 0.74% 0.81% 0.67% 0.77% 0.91% 0.64%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.7% 0.81% 0.95% 0.67%
48 0.82% 0.91% 0.73% 0.85% 1% 0.7%
49 0.87% 0.98% 0.78% 0.9% 1.07% 0.75%
50 0.94% 1.05% 0.83% 0.97% 1.14% 0.8%
51 1.01% 1.13% 0.89% 1.03% 1.22% 0.86%
52 1.08% 1.21% 0.95% 1.1% 1.29% 0.92%
53 1.15% 1.29% 1.01% 1.17% 1.37% 0.98%
54 1.21% 1.35% 1.07% 1.23% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.27% 1.42% 1.13% 1.29% 1.5% 1.09%
56 1.34% 1.49% 1.19% 1.35% 1.58% 1.15%
57 1.42% 1.58% 1.27% 1.43% 1.66% 1.22%
58 1.52% 1.69% 1.36% 1.53% 1.77% 1.31%
59 1.65% 1.83% 1.48% 1.65% 1.9% 1.42%
60 1.79% 1.99% 1.62% 1.79% 2.06% 1.55%
61 1.97% 2.17% 1.77% 1.96% 2.25% 1.7%
62 2.15% 2.38% 1.95% 2.14% 2.45% 1.87%
63 2.35% 2.59% 2.14% 2.34% 2.66% 2.06%
64 2.57% 2.81% 2.35% 2.55% 2.88% 2.26%
65 2.79% 3.05% 2.57% 2.77% 3.12% 2.47%
66 3.04% 3.3% 2.81% 3.01% 3.37% 2.71%
67 3.32% 3.58% 3.08% 3.28% 3.65% 2.97%
68 3.63% 3.9% 3.39% 3.59% 3.96% 3.27%
69 3.97% 4.25% 3.73% 3.93% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.36% 4.66% 4.11% 4.31% 4.71% 3.98%
71 4.8% 5.1% 4.53% 4.73% 5.15% 4.39%
72 5.26% 5.59% 4.98% 5.19% 5.64% 4.83%
73 5.77% 6.12% 5.47% 5.69% 6.16% 5.3%
74 6.31% 6.69% 5.99% 6.22% 6.72% 5.81%
75 6.9% 7.31% 6.55% 6.79% 7.33% 6.36%
76 7.54% 7.99% 7.17% 7.42% 8% 6.96%
77 8.25% 8.73% 7.85% 8.11% 8.72% 7.64%
78 9.02% 9.55% 8.62% 8.88% 9.52% 8.39%
79 9.87% 10.4% 9.47% 9.74% 10.4% 9.24%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 14.1% 14.8% 13.6% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 15.3% 16% 14.8% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 16.5% 17.4% 16% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 17.9% 18.9% 17.2% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 19.3% 20.6% 18.5% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 20.8% 22.5% 19.8% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 22.4% 24.5% 21.2% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 24.1% 26.6% 22.7% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 25.9% 28.8% 24.4% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 27.8% 30.9% 26.2% 27.1% 29.3% 26%
93 29.7% 33% 28.2% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 31.7% 34.9% 30.3% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 33.7% 36.8% 32.4% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.7% 38.7% 34.5% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.5% 42.6% 38.5% 37.2% 40.4% 36.1%
99 41.3% 44.5% 40.2% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 43.2% 46.4% 42.3% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Benin compared to Somalia

In Benin, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 70 in Benin and 68.9 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Benin
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Benin Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,090 5,553 4,612 6,499 7,017 5,965
1 765 821 707 1,300 1,309 1,291
2 676 712 638 983 1,005 960
3 597 618 574 751 779 722
4 524 534 513 579 608 550
5 457 459 454 453 479 426
6 394 392 395 360 382 338
7 336 333 340 293.5 310 276.1
8 286.1 282.8 289.7 245.7 257.8 233
9 245.6 243.2 248 212.5 220.9 203.7
10 215.6 214.6 216.7 190.8 196.6 184.8
11 196.4 196.7 196.2 178.7 182.8 174.3
12 187.3 188.8 185.8 174.5 178.2 170.6
13 187.8 190.7 184.8 179.1 185.3 172.6
14 196.6 201.5 191.6 192.6 205.5 179.1
15 212.8 220.6 204.7 213.4 236.6 189.1
16 234.4 246.5 221.7 239.2 275.4 201.3
17 258.6 276.9 239.5 267.4 318 214.2
18 283 309 255.5 299.4 369 226.7
19 305 340 267.8 334 426 238.1
20 323 367 276.6 366 480 248.2
21 336 387 283.1 391 520 257
22 346 400 288.9 406 540 265
23 352 406 295.6 411 544 272.7
24 356 406 304 414 542 280.6
25 360 404 313 416 537 288.7
26 363 401 324 417 531 296.9
27 368 400 334 419 527 305
28 373 401 344 421 523 313
29 379 405 352 423 520 320
30 385 410 359 425 519 327
31 391 416 365 428 518 333
32 397 422 371 430 518 338
33 402 427 376 433 517 343
34 408 432 383 436 517 349
35 415 438 391 440 518 357
36 424 446 402 446 520 367
37 436 457 415 455 526 380
38 452 471 432 468 535 397
39 469 489 450 483 547 416
40 488 508 468 500 561 436
41 507 528 485 516 575 454
42 523 547 498 531 590 468
43 536 563 507 542 603 478
44 547 579 514 552 615 485
45 558 596 521 562 628 491
46 574 616 531 575 645 501
47 595 644 547 595 668 516
48 625 679 570 621 698 539
49 662 723 601 655 735 570
50 705 772 639 694 777 606
51 750 822 679 735 820 646
52 794 869 719 776 861 685
53 833 911 757 812 898 721
54 868 946 792 844 931 754
55 902 979 827 875 961 786
56 938 1,014 864 908 993 821
57 982 1,057 908 947 1,031 862
58 1,037 1,113 963 997 1,080 913
59 1,106 1,183 1,030 1,059 1,140 977
60 1,186 1,265 1,109 1,133 1,212 1,053
61 1,275 1,356 1,197 1,215 1,292 1,138
62 1,370 1,450 1,292 1,303 1,375 1,230
63 1,466 1,543 1,391 1,392 1,458 1,327
64 1,561 1,632 1,492 1,482 1,539 1,425
65 1,655 1,719 1,595 1,571 1,617 1,527
66 1,751 1,805 1,701 1,662 1,694 1,631
67 1,851 1,893 1,813 1,756 1,772 1,742
68 1,957 1,986 1,931 1,855 1,853 1,859
69 2,067 2,084 2,054 1,958 1,938 1,982
70 2,180 2,184 2,180 2,065 2,026 2,108
71 2,291 2,282 2,303 2,169 2,111 2,232
72 2,394 2,373 2,419 2,267 2,190 2,349
73 2,485 2,452 2,522 2,354 2,259 2,455
74 2,562 2,517 2,611 2,427 2,314 2,547
75 2,624 2,566 2,685 2,487 2,354 2,626
76 2,670 2,598 2,745 2,532 2,379 2,693
77 2,701 2,613 2,792 2,563 2,386 2,749
78 2,710 2,609 2,823 2,579 2,377 2,791
79 2,698 2,582 2,834 2,577 2,350 2,815
80 2,666 2,528 2,819 2,551 2,302 2,812
81 2,602 2,444 2,771 2,496 2,230 2,775
82 2,504 2,329 2,687 2,409 2,134 2,698
83 2,374 2,188 2,564 2,290 2,013 2,581
84 2,214 2,024 2,405 2,143 1,871 2,429
85 2,031 1,846 2,216 1,971 1,708 2,248
86 1,832 1,658 2,005 1,782 1,528 2,047
87 1,624 1,465 1,782 1,581 1,339 1,834
88 1,413 1,268 1,556 1,376 1,146 1,615
89 1,206 1,072 1,336 1,174 957 1,396
90 1,006 880 1,127 979 780 1,183
91 819 698 934 797 618 979
92 651 533 759 633 477 791
93 503 393 602 490 358 624
94 377 278.9 465 369 261.4 479
95 274 191.4 347 270.7 185 358
96 192.5 127.2 250 193.2 127 260.7
97 130.6 81.8 173.4 134.1 84.5 184.7
98 85.6 50.9 115.8 90.5 54.4 127.3
99 54.1 30.6 74.6 59.3 33.9 85.2
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 Somalia 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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