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Life Expectancy in Benin vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.3 years in Benin vs 59.3 in Somalia. Benin is ranked 189/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Benin, the life expectancy is 59.8 years for males and 62.8 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 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
2026 61.3 59.8 62.8 59.3 56.8 61.9

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


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.5 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.5 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 94.8% 95.5% 93.5% 95.8%
50 87.7% 89.4% 85.6% 89.9%
60 76.2% 80.0% 73.7% 80.7%
65 67.5% 72.5% 65.1% 73.4%
70 56.2% 61.9% 54.0% 63.1%
75 42.1% 47.9% 40.3% 49.2%
80 26.6% 31.7% 25.4% 32.9%
85 12.8% 16.2% 12.2% 17.1%
90 4.0% 5.8% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.6% 1.3% 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: 70.5 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.4 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.8 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.3 vs 59.3 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 Somalia.

Benin
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Benin Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.3 59.8 62.8 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 64.6 63.3 65.8 63.3 61 65.7
2 65.1 63.8 66.3 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 65.5 64.3 66.7 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 65.9 64.7 67.1 65.3 63 67.8
5 66.2 65.1 67.4 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 66.5 65.4 67.7 66 63.7 68.4
7 66.8 65.6 68 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 67 65.8 68.2 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 67.2 66 68.4 66.6 64.3 69
10 67.3 66.1 68.5 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 67.5 66.3 68.7 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 67.6 66.4 68.8 67 64.7 69.4
13 67.7 66.5 68.9 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 67.8 66.6 69 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 67.9 66.7 69.1 67.3 65 69.7
16 68.1 66.9 69.3 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 68.2 67 69.4 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 68.3 67.2 69.5 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 68.5 67.3 69.7 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 68.7 67.5 69.8 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 68.8 67.7 70 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 69 67.9 70.1 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 69.2 68.1 70.3 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 69.4 68.3 70.4 68.9 67 70.9
25 69.6 68.5 70.6 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 69.7 68.7 70.7 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 69.9 68.9 70.9 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 70.1 69.1 71.1 69.8 68 71.5
29 70.3 69.3 71.2 70 68.3 71.7
30 70.5 69.5 71.4 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 70.6 69.7 71.6 70.4 68.8 72
32 70.8 69.9 71.7 70.6 69 72.2
33 71 70.1 71.9 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 71.2 70.3 72.1 71 69.5 72.5
35 71.4 70.4 72.2 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 71.5 70.6 72.4 71.4 70 72.8
37 71.7 70.8 72.6 71.6 70.2 73
38 71.9 71 72.8 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 72.1 71.2 72.9 72 70.7 73.3
40 72.3 71.4 73.1 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 72.5 71.6 73.3 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 72.7 71.8 73.5 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 72.9 72 73.7 72.8 71.6 74
44 73.1 72.2 73.9 73 71.8 74.2
45 73.3 72.4 74.1 73.2 72 74.4
46 73.5 72.6 74.2 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 73.7 72.8 74.4 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 73.9 73 74.6 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 74.1 73.3 74.8 74.1 73 75.1
50 74.3 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 75 74.3 75.6 75 74 75.9
54 75.2 74.5 75.9 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.5 74.8 76.1 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 75.7 75.1 76.3 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76 75.4 76.6 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 76.3 75.6 76.8 76.3 75.5 77
59 76.5 75.9 77.1 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 76.8 76.2 77.3 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.1 76.6 77.6 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 77.4 76.9 77.9 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 78.4 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 79.2 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 81.4 81 81.6 81.4 81 81.8
73 81.9 81.5 82.1 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.4 82 82.6 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.9 82.6 83.1 83 82.6 83.3
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 86.5 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, 66.4% in Benin and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.2% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 24.8% and 24% to 80+ years, and 4.21% and 4.13% 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 95% 94.5% 95.5% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 94.2% 93.7% 94.8% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 93.5% 93% 94.1% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 93% 92.4% 93.6% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 92.4% 91.9% 93.1% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 92% 91.4% 92.6% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 91.6% 91% 92.2% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 91.3% 90.7% 91.9% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 91% 90.4% 91.6% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 90.8% 90.2% 91.4% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 90.5% 90% 91.1% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 90.3% 89.8% 91% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 90.2% 89.6% 90.8% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 90% 89.4% 90.6% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 89.8% 89.2% 90.4% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 89.6% 89% 90.2% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 89.3% 88.7% 90% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 89.1% 88.4% 89.7% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 88.8% 88.1% 89.5% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 88.5% 87.8% 89.2% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 88.2% 87.4% 89% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 87.9% 87.1% 88.7% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 87.5% 86.7% 88.4% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 87.2% 86.3% 88.1% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 86.8% 85.9% 87.8% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 86.5% 85.5% 87.5% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 86.1% 85.1% 87.2% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 85.7% 84.7% 86.8% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 85.4% 84.3% 86.5% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 85% 83.9% 86.2% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 84.6% 83.5% 85.8% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 84.2% 83% 85.4% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 83.8% 82.6% 85.1% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 83.4% 82.2% 84.7% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 83% 81.8% 84.3% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 82.6% 81.3% 83.9% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 82.2% 80.9% 83.5% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 81.8% 80.4% 83.1% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 81.3% 80% 82.7% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 80.8% 79.5% 82.3% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 80.4% 79% 81.8% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 79.9% 78.5% 81.3% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 79.3% 77.9% 80.8% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 78.8% 77.4% 80.3% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 78.3% 76.8% 79.8% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 77.7% 76.2% 79.3% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 77.1% 75.6% 78.8% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 76.5% 74.9% 78.2% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 75.9% 74.3% 77.7% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 75.3% 73.5% 77.1% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 74.6% 72.8% 76.4% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 73.8% 71.9% 75.7% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 73% 71.1% 75% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 72.2% 70.2% 74.3% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 71.3% 69.2% 73.5% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 70.4% 68.3% 72.7% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 69.5% 67.2% 71.8% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 68.5% 66.2% 70.9% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 67.5% 65.1% 69.9% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 66.4% 63.9% 68.9% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 65.2% 62.6% 67.8% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 63.9% 61.3% 66.6% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 62.5% 59.8% 65.3% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 61.1% 58.3% 63.9% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 59.5% 56.6% 62.4% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 57.9% 54.9% 60.8% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 56.1% 53.1% 59.1% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 54.3% 51.2% 57.3% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 52.3% 49.2% 55.4% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 50.2% 47.2% 53.3% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 48% 45% 51.2% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 45.8% 42.7% 48.8% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 43.4% 40.3% 46.4% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 40.9% 37.8% 43.9% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 38.3% 35.3% 41.3% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 35.7% 32.7% 38.6% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 33% 30.1% 35.8% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 30.3% 27.5% 33% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 27.5% 24.9% 30.2% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 24.8% 22.3% 27.3% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 22.1% 19.7% 24.5% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 19.5% 17.3% 21.7% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 17% 14.9% 19% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 14.6% 12.7% 16.4% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 12.4% 10.7% 14% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 10.3% 8.84% 11.8% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 8.49% 7.17% 9.74% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 6.86% 5.7% 7.94% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 5.43% 4.42% 6.37% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 4.21% 3.34% 5.02% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 3.2% 2.45% 3.88% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 2.37% 1.74% 2.94% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.71% 1.21% 2.17% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.21% 0.81% 1.56% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 0.82% 0.53% 1.09% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.55% 0.33% 0.74% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.35% 0.2% 0.48% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.22% 0.12% 0.31% 0.24% 0.14% 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 5.03% in the birth year in Benin and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.45% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.78% 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 5.03% 5.49% 4.54% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.8% 0.86% 0.73% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.71% 0.75% 0.66% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.63% 0.66% 0.6% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.56% 0.57% 0.54% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.49% 0.49% 0.48% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.42% 0.42% 0.42% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.36% 0.36% 0.36% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.31% 0.31% 0.31% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.27% 0.27% 0.27% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.23% 0.24% 0.23% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.21% 0.22% 0.21% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.2% 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% 0.22% 0.21% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.29% 0.31% 0.26% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.31% 0.35% 0.28% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.38% 0.44% 0.31% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.39% 0.45% 0.32% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.42% 0.47% 0.38% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.43% 0.47% 0.39% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.45% 0.48% 0.41% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.46% 0.49% 0.42% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.47% 0.5% 0.43% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.48% 0.51% 0.44% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.48% 0.52% 0.45% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.5% 0.53% 0.46% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.51% 0.54% 0.47% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.53% 0.56% 0.49% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.55% 0.58% 0.51% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.57% 0.61% 0.54% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.63% 0.66% 0.59% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.65% 0.69% 0.61% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.67% 0.72% 0.62% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.69% 0.74% 0.64% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.71% 0.77% 0.65% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.73% 0.8% 0.66% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.77% 0.85% 0.69% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.81% 0.9% 0.72% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.87% 0.97% 0.77% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.93% 1.05% 0.82% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 1% 1.13% 0.88% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 1.07% 1.2% 0.95% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.14% 1.28% 1% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.2% 1.34% 1.06% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.26% 1.41% 1.12% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.33% 1.48% 1.18% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.41% 1.57% 1.26% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.51% 1.68% 1.35% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.64% 1.82% 1.47% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.78% 1.98% 1.61% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.95% 2.16% 1.76% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.14% 2.37% 1.94% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.34% 2.58% 2.13% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.55% 2.8% 2.33% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.78% 3.04% 2.55% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 3.03% 3.29% 2.8% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.3% 3.57% 3.07% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.61% 3.88% 3.37% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.96% 4.24% 3.71% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.35% 4.64% 4.09% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.78% 5.09% 4.51% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.25% 5.57% 4.96% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.75% 6.1% 5.45% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 6.29% 6.67% 5.97% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.88% 7.29% 6.53% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 7.52% 7.97% 7.15% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 8.23% 8.71% 7.83% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 9.01% 9.53% 8.59% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 9.86% 10.4% 9.44% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 10.8% 11.4% 10.4% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.8% 12.4% 11.4% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 14% 14.7% 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% 24.3% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 27.7% 30.9% 26.2% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 29.6% 32.9% 28.1% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 31.6% 34.9% 30.2% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 33.6% 36.8% 32.4% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.6% 38.7% 34.5% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.6% 40.6% 36.5% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.4% 42.5% 38.4% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 41.2% 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 70.1 in Benin and 69 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 5,025 5,492 4,543 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 757 813 698 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 668 705 629 972 995 947
3 589 611 566 742 770 712
4 517 528 505 572 601 542
5 450 454 446 447 473 420
6 388 387 389 356 377 333
7 331 328 334 289.8 307 272.2
8 282 279.3 284.8 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 242 240.2 243.9 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 212.5 212 213.2 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 193.7 194.3 193.1 176.6 181 172.1
12 184.8 186.6 182.9 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 185.3 188.5 181.9 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 194.1 199.2 188.7 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 210.1 218.1 201.6 211.2 234.4 187
16 231.4 243.8 218.4 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 255.3 274 235.9 264.8 315 211.9
18 279.5 306 251.7 296.4 365 224.4
19 301 337 263.9 331 422 235.7
20 319 363 272.6 363 475 245.7
21 332 383 279.1 388 515 254.5
22 342 396 284.9 402 535 262.5
23 348 402 291.6 407 539 270.2
24 352 402 299.7 410 537 278
25 356 400 309 412 532 286
26 359 397 319 413 526 294.2
27 364 396 330 415 522 302
28 369 397 339 417 519 310
29 375 401 348 419 516 317
30 381 406 355 422 515 324
31 387 413 361 424 514 330
32 393 419 366 427 514 335
33 399 424 372 430 514 341
34 404 429 378 433 514 347
35 411 435 387 437 514 354
36 420 442 397 443 517 364
37 432 453 411 453 523 377
38 448 468 427 465 532 394
39 466 485 445 481 544 413
40 485 505 464 497 558 433
41 503 525 480 514 573 451
42 519 543 494 528 587 465
43 532 560 503 540 601 475
44 543 576 510 550 613 482
45 555 593 517 560 627 489
46 570 613 527 574 644 499
47 592 641 543 593 667 514
48 621 676 566 620 697 537
49 659 720 598 654 734 568
50 702 769 635 693 776 604
51 747 819 675 734 819 644
52 791 867 716 775 861 683
53 830 908 754 811 898 720
54 866 943 789 844 931 753
55 899 976 824 875 962 785
56 936 1,012 861 908 994 820
57 980 1,056 905 948 1,033 861
58 1,035 1,112 960 998 1,082 913
59 1,104 1,182 1,028 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,185 1,264 1,107 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,274 1,355 1,195 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,369 1,450 1,291 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,465 1,543 1,390 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,560 1,633 1,491 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,656 1,720 1,595 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,752 1,806 1,702 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 1,853 1,895 1,814 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 1,959 1,989 1,933 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,070 2,087 2,057 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,184 2,188 2,184 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,296 2,287 2,308 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,400 2,379 2,425 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,492 2,459 2,529 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,570 2,525 2,619 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,633 2,575 2,695 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,681 2,609 2,757 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,713 2,625 2,804 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,727 2,621 2,837 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,716 2,595 2,849 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,679 2,541 2,835 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,616 2,458 2,789 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,519 2,344 2,705 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,389 2,202 2,582 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,229 2,038 2,423 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,046 1,859 2,234 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 1,846 1,671 2,022 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,638 1,476 1,798 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,426 1,279 1,571 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,217 1,081 1,349 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,016 888 1,139 984 783 1,190
91 828 704 945 802 621 985
92 657 539 768 637 479 797
93 508 397 610 493 360 628
94 381 282.1 471 371 262.4 482
95 277.3 193.8 352 272.3 185.8 361
96 195 128.9 253.5 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 132.4 83 175.9 134.9 84.8 186
98 86.8 51.7 117.5 91 54.6 128.2
99 54.9 31.1 75.8 59.7 34 85.8
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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