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Life Expectancy in Congo vs Gabon (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.4 years in the Congo vs 68.9 in Gabon. The Congo is ranked 168/197 by life expectancy, and Gabon is 147/197. In the Congo, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Gabon, it's 66.4 years for males and 71.6 years for females.

Congo vs Gabon life expectancy at birth by year chart

Congo
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.6 38.4 40.8 39.3 36.6 42.1
1951 40.3 39.1 41.6 40 37.3 42.8
1952 41.1 39.9 42.3 40.7 38.1 43.6
1953 41.9 40.6 43.2 41.5 38.8 44.3
1954 42.6 41.3 43.9 42.2 39.5 45
1955 43.4 42.1 44.8 42.9 40.3 45.7
1956 44.3 42.9 45.7 43.7 41 46.4
1957 45.1 43.8 46.5 44.4 41.7 47.1
1958 46 44.6 47.4 45.1 42.5 47.8
1959 46.8 45.4 48.2 45.8 43.2 48.5
1960 47.6 46.2 49.1 46.4 43.9 49.1
1961 48.4 46.9 49.8 47.1 44.5 49.8
1962 49 47.6 50.5 47.8 45.2 50.4
1963 49.7 48.3 51.2 48.4 45.9 51.1
1964 50.4 48.9 51.9 49 46.3 51.7
1965 51 49.5 52.6 49.7 47.1 52.4
1966 51.6 50 53.1 50.3 47.7 53
1967 51.9 50.4 53.5 50.9 48.4 53.6
1968 52.6 51 54.3 51.5 49 54.1
1969 53.1 51.5 54.8 52.1 49.6 54.7
1970 53.6 51.9 55.2 52.7 50.2 55.3
1971 54 52.3 55.7 53.3 50.7 55.8
1972 54.4 52.7 56.1 53.8 51.3 56.3
1973 54.7 53 56.5 54.4 51.8 56.9
1974 55.1 53.3 56.8 54.9 52.4 57.4
1975 55.4 53.7 57.2 55.5 52.9 58
1976 55.7 53.9 57.5 56 53.5 58.5
1977 56 54.2 57.8 56.5 54 59
1978 56.2 54.5 58 57 54.4 59.5
1979 56.5 54.6 58.4 57.4 54.9 60
1980 56.8 54.9 58.7 57.9 55.3 60.5
1981 57.1 55.1 59.1 58.3 55.8 60.9
1982 57.2 55.3 59.2 58.6 56.2 61.1
1983 57.4 55.5 59.4 59 56.6 61.4
1984 57.5 55.7 59.4 59.3 57.1 61.6
1985 57.6 55.9 59.3 59.7 57.5 61.8
1986 57.6 56 59.2 60 57.9 62
1987 57.6 56.1 59 60.2 58.2 62.1
1988 57.5 56.2 58.7 60.4 58.6 62.2
1989 57.3 56.2 58.3 60.6 58.9 62.2
1990 57.1 56 58 60.7 59.1 62.3
1991 56.8 55.8 57.7 60.9 59.4 62.4
1992 56.5 55.6 57.3 61 59.5 62.4
1993 56 55.2 56.8 61.1 59.7 62.5
1994 55.6 54.8 56.4 61.2 59.8 62.5
1995 55.5 54.8 56.1 61.3 59.9 62.6
1996 55.2 54.6 55.9 61.3 59.9 62.6
1997 48.6 44.1 53.8 61.4 60 62.7
1998 52.6 50.6 54.6 61.5 60.1 62.8
1999 54.4 53.5 55.4 61.7 60.3 63
2000 55.4 54.7 55.9 61.8 60.4 63.2
2001 55.9 55.3 56.4 62 60.6 63.4
2002 56.4 55.7 57.1 62.2 60.7 63.6
2003 57.1 56.5 57.7 62.5 61 63.9
2004 58 57.3 58.5 62.7 61.2 64.2
2005 58.7 58 59.4 63 61.5 64.5
2006 59.5 58.7 60.2 63.3 61.8 64.8
2007 60.1 59.1 60.9 63.6 62 65.3
2008 60.8 59.8 61.8 64 62.3 65.8
2009 61.2 60.1 62.3 64.4 62.5 66.3
2010 61.7 60.6 62.9 64.7 62.8 66.8
2011 62.3 61 63.6 65.1 63.1 67.2
2012 62.7 61.4 64 65.4 63.4 67.6
2013 63 61.6 64.4 65.8 63.7 68
2014 63.3 62 64.8 66.1 63.9 68.4
2015 63.7 62.2 65.1 66.3 64.2 68.7
2016 63.9 62.4 65.4 66.6 64.5 68.9
2017 64.2 62.7 65.7 66.8 64.7 69.2
2018 64.5 63 66 67 64.9 69.4
2019 63.2 61.7 64.6 67.3 65.1 69.8
2020 64.4 62.7 66.2 67.1 64.7 69.7
2021 64.2 62.7 65.8 67.1 64.8 69.6
2022 65 63.4 66.6 67.7 65.4 70.3
2023 65.8 64.1 67.5 68.3 65.9 71.1
2024 66 64.3 67.7 68.5 66.1 71.2
2025 66.2 64.5 67.9 68.7 66.2 71.4
2026 66.4 64.7 68.2 68.9 66.4 71.6

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 54.8 years in the Congo and 56.3 in Gabon. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the Congo and 12 in Gabon.

Congo vs Gabon 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 the Congo and Gabon, 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:
40.7 vs 42.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.7 vs 72.8 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Congo Gabon
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 96.7% 96.5% 97.9%
50 88.8% 91.1% 90.1% 94.0%
60 75.9% 81.3% 78.3% 86.2%
65 66.3% 73.7% 69.1% 79.6%
70 54.1% 63.3% 57.6% 70.2%
75 39.3% 49.3% 44.1% 57.3%
80 24.1% 32.8% 29.6% 41.3%
85 11.5% 16.9% 16.1% 24.4%
90 3.9% 6.0% 6.4% 10.6%
95 0.9% 1.3% 1.6% 3.0%
100 0.1% 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 the Congo vs Gabon: 70.7 years vs 72.8 at 30, 78.3 vs 79.6 at 65, 85.9 vs 86.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.4 vs 68.9 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in the Congo and Gabon.

Congo
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Congo Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.4 64.7 68.2 68.9 66.4 71.6
1 68.2 66.7 69.8 70.7 68.3 73.2
2 68.5 67 70.1 70.9 68.6 73.5
3 68.7 67.2 70.3 71.1 68.8 73.7
4 68.8 67.3 70.4 71.2 68.9 73.8
5 68.9 67.4 70.5 71.3 69 73.9
6 69 67.4 70.6 71.4 69.1 73.9
7 69.1 67.5 70.6 71.4 69.1 74
8 69.1 67.5 70.7 71.5 69.2 74
9 69.2 67.6 70.7 71.5 69.2 74
10 69.2 67.6 70.8 71.5 69.3 74.1
11 69.2 67.7 70.8 71.6 69.3 74.1
12 69.3 67.7 70.8 71.6 69.4 74.1
13 69.3 67.8 70.9 71.6 69.4 74.2
14 69.3 67.8 70.9 71.7 69.4 74.2
15 69.4 67.8 71 71.7 69.5 74.2
16 69.4 67.9 71 71.8 69.5 74.3
17 69.5 68 71.1 71.8 69.6 74.3
18 69.6 68 71.1 71.9 69.7 74.4
19 69.6 68.1 71.2 71.9 69.7 74.4
20 69.7 68.2 71.2 72 69.8 74.5
21 69.8 68.3 71.3 72.1 69.9 74.5
22 69.9 68.4 71.4 72.2 70 74.6
23 70 68.5 71.5 72.2 70.1 74.6
24 70.1 68.6 71.5 72.3 70.2 74.7
25 70.1 68.7 71.6 72.4 70.3 74.7
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 72.5 70.4 74.8
27 70.3 68.9 71.8 72.6 70.5 74.9
28 70.5 69 71.9 72.7 70.6 74.9
29 70.6 69.1 72 72.7 70.7 75
30 70.7 69.3 72.1 72.8 70.8 75.1
31 70.8 69.4 72.2 72.9 70.9 75.1
32 70.9 69.5 72.3 73 71.1 75.2
33 71 69.6 72.4 73.1 71.2 75.3
34 71.2 69.8 72.5 73.2 71.3 75.4
35 71.3 69.9 72.7 73.3 71.4 75.4
36 71.4 70.1 72.8 73.4 71.6 75.5
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 73.5 71.7 75.6
38 71.7 70.4 73.1 73.7 71.8 75.7
39 71.9 70.5 73.2 73.8 72 75.8
40 72 70.7 73.3 73.9 72.1 75.9
41 72.2 70.9 73.5 74.1 72.3 76
42 72.3 71 73.7 74.2 72.4 76.1
43 72.5 71.2 73.8 74.3 72.6 76.2
44 72.7 71.4 74 74.5 72.8 76.3
45 72.9 71.6 74.1 74.6 73 76.5
46 73.1 71.8 74.3 74.8 73.2 76.6
47 73.3 72 74.5 75 73.4 76.7
48 73.5 72.2 74.7 75.2 73.6 76.9
49 73.7 72.5 74.9 75.3 73.8 77
50 73.9 72.7 75.1 75.5 74 77.2
51 74.1 73 75.3 75.7 74.2 77.3
52 74.4 73.2 75.5 75.9 74.5 77.5
53 74.6 73.5 75.7 76.2 74.7 77.7
54 74.9 73.8 75.9 76.4 75 77.9
55 75.1 74.1 76.2 76.6 75.3 78
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 76.9 75.6 78.2
57 75.7 74.7 76.7 77.1 75.9 78.4
58 76 75 76.9 77.4 76.2 78.7
59 76.3 75.3 77.2 77.7 76.5 78.9
60 76.6 75.6 77.4 78 76.8 79.1
61 76.9 76 77.7 78.3 77.2 79.4
62 77.2 76.4 78 78.6 77.5 79.6
63 77.6 76.7 78.3 78.9 77.9 79.9
64 77.9 77.1 78.6 79.3 78.3 80.2
65 78.3 77.5 79 79.6 78.7 80.5
66 78.7 77.9 79.3 80 79.1 80.8
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 80.4 79.5 81.1
68 79.5 78.8 80 80.8 80 81.5
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 81.2 80.4 81.8
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 81.6 80.9 82.2
71 80.8 80.3 81.3 82 81.4 82.6
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 82.5 81.9 83
73 81.8 81.3 82.2 83 82.4 83.5
74 82.3 81.9 82.7 83.5 82.9 83.9
75 82.9 82.5 83.2 84 83.5 84.4
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 84.5 84 84.9
77 84 83.7 84.3 85 84.6 85.4
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 85.6 85.2 85.9
79 85.2 85 85.4 86.2 85.8 86.4
80 85.9 85.7 86 86.7 86.4 87
81 86.5 86.4 86.7 87.4 87.1 87.6
82 87.2 87.1 87.3 88 87.7 88.2
83 87.9 87.8 88 88.6 88.4 88.8
84 88.6 88.5 88.7 89.3 89.1 89.5
85 89.3 89.3 89.4 90 89.8 90.1
86 90.1 90.1 90.1 90.7 90.5 90.8
87 90.9 90.9 90.9 91.4 91.2 91.5
88 91.6 91.6 91.6 92.2 92 92.3
89 92.4 92.5 92.4 92.9 92.8 93
90 93.2 93.3 93.2 93.7 93.5 93.8
91 94 94.1 94 94.5 94.3 94.6
92 94.9 94.9 94.8 95.3 95.2 95.3
93 95.7 95.8 95.7 96.1 96 96.1
94 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.9 96.8 97
95 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.8 97.7 97.8
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.6 98.5 98.7
97 99.2 99.3 99.1 99.5 99.4 99.5
98 100.1 100.2 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.4
99 101 101 101 101.2 101.2 101.3
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 102.1 102 102.2

Odds of living to age in Congo vs Gabon

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.1% in the Congo and 76.9% in Gabon are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.5% and 59.6% will live to 70 years or older, 26.4% and 32.9% to 80+ years, and 4.63% and 7.85% 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.

Congo
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Congo Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.7% 97.5% 97.1% 97.8%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 97.1% 96.7% 97.4%
3 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
4 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
5 96.3% 96% 96.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
6 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
7 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
8 96% 95.7% 96.4% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
9 96% 95.6% 96.3% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
10 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
11 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
12 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
13 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 96% 95.6% 96.5%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
15 95.6% 95.2% 95.9% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
16 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
17 95.4% 95% 95.8% 95.7% 95.2% 96.3%
18 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 95.6% 95.1% 96.2%
19 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 95.5% 94.9% 96.1%
20 95% 94.5% 95.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96%
21 94.8% 94.4% 95.3% 95.3% 94.6% 95.9%
22 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 95.1% 94.4% 95.8%
23 94.5% 94% 95% 95% 94.2% 95.7%
24 94.3% 93.7% 94.9% 94.8% 94% 95.6%
25 94.1% 93.5% 94.7% 94.7% 93.8% 95.5%
26 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 93.7% 93% 94.3% 94.3% 93.4% 95.3%
28 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 94.1% 93.2% 95.1%
29 93.2% 92.5% 93.9% 94% 92.9% 95%
30 93% 92.2% 93.7% 93.8% 92.7% 94.9%
31 92.7% 92% 93.4% 93.6% 92.4% 94.7%
32 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 93.3% 92.2% 94.6%
33 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 93.1% 91.9% 94.4%
34 91.8% 91% 92.6% 92.9% 91.6% 94.2%
35 91.5% 90.6% 92.4% 92.6% 91.3% 94%
36 91.1% 90.3% 92% 92.4% 90.9% 93.8%
37 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 92.1% 90.6% 93.6%
38 90.4% 89.5% 91.4% 91.8% 90.2% 93.4%
39 90% 89% 91% 91.4% 89.8% 93.1%
40 89.5% 88.5% 90.6% 91.1% 89.4% 92.9%
41 89.1% 88% 90.2% 90.7% 89% 92.6%
42 88.6% 87.5% 89.7% 90.4% 88.5% 92.3%
43 88.1% 86.9% 89.3% 89.9% 88% 92%
44 87.6% 86.3% 88.8% 89.5% 87.5% 91.7%
45 87% 85.7% 88.3% 89% 86.9% 91.3%
46 86.4% 85% 87.8% 88.5% 86.3% 91%
47 85.7% 84.3% 87.2% 88% 85.7% 90.6%
48 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 87.5% 85% 90.1%
49 84.3% 82.8% 86% 86.8% 84.3% 89.7%
50 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 86.2% 83.5% 89.2%
51 82.8% 81% 84.6% 85.5% 82.7% 88.6%
52 81.9% 80% 83.8% 84.8% 81.8% 88.1%
53 81% 79% 83% 84% 80.9% 87.5%
54 80% 77.9% 82.2% 83.1% 79.9% 86.8%
55 79% 76.7% 81.3% 82.2% 78.8% 86.1%
56 77.9% 75.5% 80.4% 81.3% 77.7% 85.3%
57 76.8% 74.3% 79.4% 80.3% 76.5% 84.6%
58 75.6% 72.9% 78.4% 79.2% 75.3% 83.7%
59 74.4% 71.5% 77.3% 78.1% 73.9% 82.8%
60 73.1% 70% 76.1% 76.9% 72.5% 81.8%
61 71.6% 68.4% 74.9% 75.6% 71% 80.7%
62 70.1% 66.8% 73.6% 74.2% 69.4% 79.6%
63 68.5% 65% 72.1% 72.7% 67.7% 78.3%
64 66.9% 63.1% 70.6% 71.1% 66% 77%
65 65.1% 61.2% 69% 69.4% 64.1% 75.5%
66 63.2% 59.1% 67.3% 67.6% 62.1% 73.9%
67 61.2% 57% 65.5% 65.8% 60% 72.3%
68 59.1% 54.8% 63.5% 63.8% 57.9% 70.5%
69 56.9% 52.4% 61.5% 61.7% 55.7% 68.6%
70 54.5% 49.9% 59.3% 59.6% 53.4% 66.6%
71 52.1% 47.3% 56.9% 57.3% 51% 64.4%
72 49.5% 44.7% 54.4% 54.9% 48.6% 62.1%
73 46.8% 41.9% 51.8% 52.4% 46.1% 59.6%
74 44% 39.1% 49% 49.8% 43.5% 57.1%
75 41.2% 36.3% 46.2% 47.2% 40.8% 54.3%
76 38.2% 33.4% 43.2% 44.4% 38.2% 51.5%
77 35.3% 30.5% 40.1% 41.6% 35.5% 48.5%
78 32.3% 27.7% 37% 38.8% 32.8% 45.5%
79 29.3% 24.9% 33.8% 35.9% 30.1% 42.4%
80 26.4% 22.2% 30.7% 32.9% 27.4% 39.2%
81 23.5% 19.6% 27.5% 30% 24.8% 36%
82 20.7% 17.1% 24.5% 27.2% 22.2% 32.8%
83 18.1% 14.8% 21.5% 24.3% 19.7% 29.5%
84 15.5% 12.6% 18.6% 21.5% 17.2% 26.3%
85 13.2% 10.6% 15.9% 18.8% 14.9% 23.2%
86 11% 8.81% 13.3% 16.2% 12.7% 20.2%
87 9.11% 7.23% 11.1% 13.8% 10.7% 17.3%
88 7.39% 5.84% 9% 11.6% 8.92% 14.7%
89 5.9% 4.65% 7.2% 9.62% 7.3% 12.2%
90 4.63% 3.64% 5.65% 7.85% 5.89% 10.1%
91 3.55% 2.8% 4.34% 6.28% 4.66% 8.12%
92 2.68% 2.12% 3.27% 4.96% 3.63% 6.46%
93 1.98% 1.57% 2.4% 3.83% 2.77% 5.04%
94 1.43% 1.14% 1.72% 2.9% 2.07% 3.85%
95 1.01% 0.81% 1.2% 2.15% 1.51% 2.88%
96 0.69% 0.57% 0.82% 1.56% 1.08% 2.1%
97 0.46% 0.39% 0.54% 1.1% 0.76% 1.5%
98 0.3% 0.26% 0.35% 0.77% 0.52% 1.05%
99 0.19% 0.17% 0.22% 0.52% 0.35% 0.71%
100 0.12% 0.11% 0.13% 0.34% 0.23% 0.47%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.67% in the birth year in the Congo and 2.52% in Gabon, 0.28% vs 0.22% at age 30, 1.95% vs 1.71% at 60, and 11% vs 8.89% at 80.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Congo Gabon
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.67% 2.99% 2.35% 2.52% 2.86% 2.18%
1 0.44% 0.44% 0.45% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
2 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.25% 0.27% 0.23%
3 0.19% 0.2% 0.19% 0.17% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.14% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
5 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
18 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
19 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
20 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
24 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
25 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.18% 0.23% 0.12%
26 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
27 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
28 0.26% 0.28% 0.23% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
29 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.28% 0.31% 0.26% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
31 0.3% 0.33% 0.27% 0.23% 0.29% 0.16%
32 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.24% 0.31% 0.18%
33 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.26% 0.32% 0.19%
34 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.29% 0.36% 0.21%
36 0.4% 0.44% 0.36% 0.31% 0.38% 0.23%
37 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
38 0.45% 0.5% 0.41% 0.35% 0.44% 0.26%
39 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 0.37% 0.46% 0.27%
40 0.52% 0.57% 0.46% 0.4% 0.5% 0.3%
41 0.54% 0.6% 0.48% 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
42 0.58% 0.65% 0.51% 0.46% 0.56% 0.34%
43 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.49% 0.6% 0.36%
44 0.65% 0.73% 0.57% 0.52% 0.64% 0.38%
45 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 0.56% 0.69% 0.41%
46 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
47 0.79% 0.9% 0.68% 0.64% 0.79% 0.47%
48 0.85% 0.97% 0.73% 0.69% 0.85% 0.51%
49 0.91% 1.04% 0.78% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
50 0.98% 1.12% 0.84% 0.81% 1% 0.6%
51 1.04% 1.19% 0.88% 0.86% 1.06% 0.64%
52 1.12% 1.29% 0.95% 0.94% 1.15% 0.7%
53 1.19% 1.37% 1.01% 1% 1.23% 0.75%
54 1.27% 1.47% 1.07% 1.07% 1.32% 0.81%
55 1.35% 1.57% 1.14% 1.15% 1.42% 0.87%
56 1.44% 1.68% 1.22% 1.24% 1.52% 0.94%
57 1.54% 1.79% 1.3% 1.33% 1.63% 1.01%
58 1.66% 1.93% 1.4% 1.44% 1.76% 1.1%
59 1.78% 2.08% 1.5% 1.55% 1.9% 1.19%
60 1.95% 2.28% 1.65% 1.71% 2.08% 1.33%
61 2.08% 2.43% 1.76% 1.83% 2.23% 1.42%
62 2.28% 2.65% 1.93% 2.01% 2.44% 1.58%
63 2.46% 2.86% 2.09% 2.18% 2.64% 1.73%
64 2.67% 3.09% 2.28% 2.37% 2.86% 1.89%
65 2.9% 3.34% 2.49% 2.58% 3.1% 2.08%
66 3.14% 3.62% 2.7% 2.76% 3.3% 2.24%
67 3.44% 3.95% 2.97% 2.98% 3.54% 2.45%
68 3.76% 4.32% 3.27% 3.24% 3.82% 2.7%
69 4.1% 4.7% 3.58% 3.49% 4.1% 2.94%
70 4.54% 5.18% 3.99% 3.85% 4.47% 3.3%
71 4.91% 5.6% 4.34% 4.12% 4.76% 3.54%
72 5.43% 6.16% 4.84% 4.54% 5.2% 3.97%
73 5.94% 6.7% 5.32% 4.92% 5.61% 4.34%
74 6.5% 7.28% 5.86% 5.36% 6.06% 4.77%
75 7.11% 7.91% 6.46% 5.84% 6.55% 5.24%
76 7.74% 8.57% 7.08% 6.33% 7.06% 5.73%
77 8.41% 9.26% 7.75% 6.85% 7.6% 6.23%
78 9.21% 10.1% 8.55% 7.5% 8.26% 6.88%
79 9.99% 10.9% 9.34% 8.1% 8.88% 7.47%
80 11% 11.8% 10.3% 8.89% 9.66% 8.28%
81 11.8% 12.6% 11.2% 9.55% 10.4% 8.9%
82 12.9% 13.7% 12.3% 10.6% 11.4% 9.92%
83 13.9% 14.7% 13.4% 11.5% 12.4% 10.9%
84 15.1% 15.8% 14.6% 12.6% 13.5% 11.9%
85 16.3% 16.9% 15.9% 13.6% 14.5% 13%
86 17.6% 18% 17.2% 14.8% 15.7% 14.2%
87 18.8% 19.2% 18.6% 15.9% 16.9% 15.3%
88 20.2% 20.4% 20% 17.2% 18.1% 16.5%
89 21.6% 21.6% 21.5% 18.4% 19.4% 17.7%
90 23.2% 23.1% 23.2% 19.9% 20.9% 19.3%
91 24.5% 24.3% 24.7% 21.1% 22.1% 20.4%
92 26.2% 25.8% 26.5% 22.7% 23.7% 22.1%
93 27.9% 27.3% 28.2% 24.2% 25.3% 23.6%
94 29.6% 28.8% 30.1% 25.9% 26.9% 25.3%
95 31.3% 30.3% 32% 27.5% 28.4% 27%
96 33% 31.7% 33.8% 29.1% 30% 28.7%
97 34.6% 33.1% 35.6% 30.7% 31.5% 30.2%
98 36.2% 34.3% 37.4% 32.2% 32.9% 31.8%
99 38% 36.1% 39.4% 34.1% 34.7% 33.7%
100 39.6% 37.4% 41.1% 35.5% 36.1% 35.2%

Death rate by age in the Congo compared to Gabon

In the Congo, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 80 in Gabon. The median age of death is 71.8 in the Congo and 73.9 in Gabon — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Congo
Male

Female
Gabon
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Congo Gabon
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,669 2,985 2,347 2,523 2,857 2,184
1 433 425 441 388 410 366
2 269.7 269.8 269.5 240.3 257.8 222.4
3 186.3 189.4 183.1 167.3 181.2 153.2
4 135.6 139.5 131.7 122.6 133.2 111.7
5 104 107.7 100.1 94.7 103.4 85.8
6 87.5 91.9 82.9 79.6 88.2 70.8
7 76.9 81.7 72 69.5 78.2 60.7
8 68.7 73.3 64 61.9 70.2 53.3
9 63.5 67.8 59.1 56.9 65 48.7
10 61 65.2 56.6 54.5 62.4 46.4
11 60.8 65.6 55.9 54.2 62.5 45.8
12 63 68 58 56 64.8 47.1
13 68.1 73.3 62.8 60.2 69.8 50.3
14 76.3 82.8 69.7 67.1 78.9 55.1
15 88 96.3 79.6 76.8 91.4 61.9
16 101.9 113.8 89.7 89 108.3 69.4
17 117.2 133.7 100.4 101.7 126.8 76.2
18 133.5 155.1 111.4 115.2 146.9 82.9
19 146.1 170.3 121.4 125.2 161.1 88.7
20 158 184.2 131.3 134.1 173.6 93.9
21 168 196.6 138.8 141.6 184.3 98
22 178.5 207.8 148.7 148.6 193.5 102.6
23 188.3 217.3 158.7 154.8 201.1 107.5
24 197.6 225.7 169 160.6 207.4 112.6
25 206.9 234.1 179.3 166.1 213.6 117.4
26 216.8 242.3 190.8 172.1 219.7 123
27 227.6 252.1 202.6 178.9 227.1 129.1
28 238.5 262.8 213.9 186.5 235.5 135.6
29 250.5 274.3 226.3 194.7 244.8 142.2
30 264.4 288.9 239.4 205.2 256.8 150.6
31 275.1 301 249.1 212.9 266.2 156
32 292.4 319 265.8 226.3 281.5 166.8
33 308 336 280.5 238.7 295.8 176.3
34 326 355 296.8 252.7 312 186.9
35 347 377 316 268.9 331 199.6
36 367 399 334 284.7 349 212
37 387 422 352 302 370 224.5
38 411 448 373 322 393 241.3
39 434 474 393 342 416 256
40 461 506 416 366 444 275.8
41 482 529 434 384 466 288.7
42 513 565 459 413 499 313
43 539 596 481 436 527 330
44 569 631 505 464 559 351
45 605 673 534 497 599 376
46 638 712 561 527 634 398
47 676 757 593 563 677 426
48 721 807 631 604 725 461
49 765 859 669 647 774 494
50 820 921 716 700 835 539
51 857 966 747 736 878 566
52 915 1,030 797 794 942 618
53 962 1,084 836 841 996 655
54 1,014 1,144 881 894 1,056 701
55 1,067 1,204 927 946 1,115 746
56 1,123 1,266 980 1,005 1,179 799
57 1,182 1,332 1,032 1,064 1,246 851
58 1,255 1,411 1,098 1,139 1,326 920
59 1,327 1,491 1,163 1,212 1,406 985
60 1,426 1,596 1,254 1,315 1,512 1,086
61 1,493 1,666 1,319 1,381 1,584 1,146
62 1,598 1,773 1,420 1,492 1,695 1,258
63 1,689 1,862 1,510 1,585 1,788 1,352
64 1,784 1,953 1,609 1,684 1,884 1,455
65 1,886 2,046 1,717 1,791 1,985 1,570
66 1,986 2,143 1,819 1,865 2,047 1,658
67 2,103 2,254 1,942 1,961 2,128 1,773
68 2,223 2,365 2,075 2,066 2,212 1,903
69 2,334 2,463 2,201 2,157 2,285 2,016
70 2,476 2,586 2,367 2,295 2,386 2,198
71 2,558 2,649 2,472 2,358 2,431 2,281
72 2,690 2,752 2,634 2,495 2,529 2,463
73 2,778 2,808 2,754 2,582 2,584 2,586
74 2,861 2,849 2,875 2,673 2,636 2,721
75 2,926 2,871 2,980 2,753 2,676 2,848
76 2,960 2,862 3,058 2,813 2,696 2,948
77 2,969 2,829 3,109 2,849 2,696 3,023
78 2,977 2,793 3,163 2,906 2,706 3,132
79 2,932 2,706 3,161 2,902 2,670 3,164
80 2,898 2,633 3,165 2,928 2,646 3,246
81 2,773 2,477 3,069 2,867 2,571 3,199
82 2,671 2,343 3,001 2,869 2,531 3,250
83 2,519 2,170 2,871 2,796 2,433 3,206
84 2,351 1,991 2,715 2,707 2,321 3,143
85 2,150 1,791 2,515 2,562 2,164 3,011
86 1,939 1,590 2,297 2,402 2,001 2,855
87 1,715 1,387 2,053 2,203 1,813 2,644
88 1,492 1,193 1,802 1,996 1,618 2,422
89 1,273 1,006 1,549 1,772 1,417 2,172
90 1,072 841 1,311 1,565 1,228 1,945
91 872 679 1,070 1,324 1,031 1,657
92 704 547 865 1,126 861 1,426
93 552 429 678 929 699 1,189
94 422 329 518 750 555 972
95 315 246.7 385 593 430 777
96 227.9 180.2 277 454 324 602
97 160.2 128.3 193.1 339 238.3 453
98 109.4 89.1 130.4 246.3 170.7 332
99 73.5 61.5 86.1 176.9 120.7 240.4
100 0 2.72 0 50 25.2 77.9

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 the Congo and Gabon 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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