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Life Expectancy in Congo vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.4 years in the Congo vs 62.3 in Sierra Leone. The Congo is ranked 168/197 by life expectancy, and Sierra Leone is 186/197. In the Congo, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Sierra Leone, it's 60.6 years for males and 64.1 years for females.

Congo vs Sierra Leone life expectancy at birth by year chart

Congo
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.6 38.4 40.8 28.9 27.5 30.4
1951 40.3 39.1 41.6 29.3 27.8 30.8
1952 41.1 39.9 42.3 29.7 28.3 31.2
1953 41.9 40.6 43.2 30.1 28.7 31.6
1954 42.6 41.3 43.9 30.5 29.1 32
1955 43.4 42.1 44.8 30.9 29.5 32.4
1956 44.3 42.9 45.7 31.3 29.9 32.8
1957 45.1 43.8 46.5 31.8 30.3 33.2
1958 46 44.6 47.4 32.1 30.7 33.6
1959 46.8 45.4 48.2 32.6 31.1 34
1960 47.6 46.2 49.1 33.1 31.6 34.6
1961 48.4 46.9 49.8 33.6 32.1 35.2
1962 49 47.6 50.5 34.2 32.7 35.7
1963 49.7 48.3 51.2 34.7 33.3 36.2
1964 50.4 48.9 51.9 35.3 33.9 36.7
1965 51 49.5 52.6 35.9 34.5 37.3
1966 51.6 50 53.1 36.6 35.4 37.9
1967 51.9 50.4 53.5 37.3 36 38.5
1968 52.6 51 54.3 37.8 36.5 39
1969 53.1 51.5 54.8 38.2 37 39.4
1970 53.6 51.9 55.2 38.6 37.3 39.9
1971 54 52.3 55.7 39.1 37.8 40.5
1972 54.4 52.7 56.1 39.5 38.1 41
1973 54.7 53 56.5 40 38.4 41.5
1974 55.1 53.3 56.8 40.4 38.8 42.1
1975 55.4 53.7 57.2 41 39.3 42.7
1976 55.7 53.9 57.5 41.4 39.7 43.1
1977 56 54.2 57.8 41.8 40.1 43.5
1978 56.2 54.5 58 42.2 40.5 43.9
1979 56.5 54.6 58.4 42.5 40.8 44.3
1980 56.8 54.9 58.7 42.8 41.1 44.6
1981 57.1 55.1 59.1 43.1 41.4 44.8
1982 57.2 55.3 59.2 43.3 41.6 45
1983 57.4 55.5 59.4 43.5 41.8 45.1
1984 57.5 55.7 59.4 43.6 42 45.2
1985 57.6 55.9 59.3 43.6 42 45.1
1986 57.6 56 59.2 43.5 42 45
1987 57.6 56.1 59 43.7 42.3 45.2
1988 57.5 56.2 58.7 43.8 42.3 45.2
1989 57.3 56.2 58.3 43.7 42.3 45.2
1990 57.1 56 58 43.7 42.4 45.1
1991 56.8 55.8 57.7 43.3 41.8 44.8
1992 56.5 55.6 57.3 43.5 42 45
1993 56 55.2 56.8 43.4 41.9 44.9
1994 55.6 54.8 56.4 42.8 41.2 44.4
1995 55.5 54.8 56.1 42.6 40.8 44.4
1996 55.2 54.6 55.9 43.5 42.2 44.9
1997 48.6 44.1 53.8 43.6 42.3 45
1998 52.6 50.6 54.6 42.7 40.7 44.8
1999 54.4 53.5 55.4 42 38.8 45.5
2000 55.4 54.7 55.9 44.8 43.7 46
2001 55.9 55.3 56.4 45.4 44.3 46.6
2002 56.4 55.7 57.1 46.2 45.2 47.1
2003 57.1 56.5 57.7 46.8 45.8 47.7
2004 58 57.3 58.5 47.5 46.6 48.4
2005 58.7 58 59.4 48.3 47.4 49.2
2006 59.5 58.7 60.2 49.5 48.6 50.5
2007 60.1 59.1 60.9 50 49 51
2008 60.8 59.8 61.8 50.7 49.7 51.7
2009 61.2 60.1 62.3 51.3 50.3 52.3
2010 61.7 60.6 62.9 51.9 50.9 52.9
2011 62.3 61 63.6 52.6 51.7 53.5
2012 62.7 61.4 64 53.2 52.2 54.1
2013 63 61.6 64.4 54.1 53.1 55
2014 63.3 62 64.8 54.3 53.4 55.1
2015 63.7 62.2 65.1 55.5 54.5 56.3
2016 63.9 62.4 65.4 56.9 56 57.9
2017 64.2 62.7 65.7 57.8 56.7 58.8
2018 64.5 63 66 59.1 57.8 60.3
2019 63.2 61.7 64.6 59.6 58.3 60.9
2020 64.4 62.7 66.2 59.7 58.2 61.2
2021 64.2 62.7 65.8 60.3 58.8 61.7
2022 65 63.4 66.6 61.3 59.5 63
2023 65.8 64.1 67.5 61.8 60.1 63.5
2024 66 64.3 67.7 62 60.2 63.7
2025 66.2 64.5 67.9 62.2 60.4 63.9
2026 66.4 64.7 68.2 62.3 60.6 64.1

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 53.1 in Sierra Leone. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the Congo and 12.6 in Sierra Leone.

Congo vs Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone, 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 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.7 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 73.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Congo Sierra Leone
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 96.7% 96.8% 97.1%
50 88.8% 91.1% 91.1% 92.1%
60 75.9% 81.3% 79.2% 83.0%
65 66.3% 73.7% 69.2% 75.1%
70 54.1% 63.3% 56.0% 63.8%
75 39.3% 49.3% 39.8% 48.2%
80 24.1% 32.8% 23.2% 30.2%
85 11.5% 16.9% 10.0% 14.4%
90 3.9% 6.0% 2.8% 4.6%
95 0.9% 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
100 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%

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 Sierra Leone: 70.7 years vs 71 at 30, 78.3 vs 77.7 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.4 vs 62.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Congo Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.4 64.7 68.2 62.3 60.6 64.1
1 68.2 66.7 69.8 66.9 65.4 68.3
2 68.5 67 70.1 67.8 66.4 69.2
3 68.7 67.2 70.3 68.3 66.9 69.7
4 68.8 67.3 70.4 68.5 67.1 69.9
5 68.9 67.4 70.5 68.6 67.2 70
6 69 67.4 70.6 68.8 67.4 70.2
7 69.1 67.5 70.6 68.9 67.5 70.3
8 69.1 67.5 70.7 69 67.6 70.4
9 69.2 67.6 70.7 69.1 67.7 70.4
10 69.2 67.6 70.8 69.1 67.8 70.5
11 69.2 67.7 70.8 69.2 67.8 70.5
12 69.3 67.7 70.8 69.3 67.9 70.6
13 69.3 67.8 70.9 69.3 68 70.7
14 69.3 67.8 70.9 69.4 68 70.7
15 69.4 67.8 71 69.5 68.1 70.8
16 69.4 67.9 71 69.5 68.2 70.9
17 69.5 68 71.1 69.6 68.3 70.9
18 69.6 68 71.1 69.7 68.4 71
19 69.6 68.1 71.2 69.8 68.6 71.1
20 69.7 68.2 71.2 69.9 68.7 71.2
21 69.8 68.3 71.3 70 68.8 71.3
22 69.9 68.4 71.4 70.2 68.9 71.3
23 70 68.5 71.5 70.3 69.1 71.4
24 70.1 68.6 71.5 70.4 69.2 71.5
25 70.1 68.7 71.6 70.5 69.3 71.6
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 70.6 69.4 71.7
27 70.3 68.9 71.8 70.7 69.6 71.8
28 70.5 69 71.9 70.8 69.7 71.9
29 70.6 69.1 72 70.9 69.8 72
30 70.7 69.3 72.1 71 69.9 72.1
31 70.8 69.4 72.2 71.1 70 72.2
32 70.9 69.5 72.3 71.2 70.1 72.3
33 71 69.6 72.4 71.3 70.2 72.4
34 71.2 69.8 72.5 71.4 70.3 72.5
35 71.3 69.9 72.7 71.5 70.4 72.6
36 71.4 70.1 72.8 71.6 70.5 72.7
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 71.8 70.7 72.8
38 71.7 70.4 73.1 71.9 70.8 72.9
39 71.9 70.5 73.2 72 70.9 73
40 72 70.7 73.3 72.1 71 73.2
41 72.2 70.9 73.5 72.3 71.1 73.3
42 72.3 71 73.7 72.4 71.3 73.4
43 72.5 71.2 73.8 72.5 71.4 73.6
44 72.7 71.4 74 72.7 71.6 73.7
45 72.9 71.6 74.1 72.8 71.7 73.9
46 73.1 71.8 74.3 73 71.9 74
47 73.3 72 74.5 73.1 72.1 74.2
48 73.5 72.2 74.7 73.3 72.2 74.3
49 73.7 72.5 74.9 73.5 72.4 74.5
50 73.9 72.7 75.1 73.7 72.6 74.7
51 74.1 73 75.3 73.9 72.8 74.8
52 74.4 73.2 75.5 74.1 73 75
53 74.6 73.5 75.7 74.3 73.3 75.2
54 74.9 73.8 75.9 74.5 73.5 75.4
55 75.1 74.1 76.2 74.7 73.7 75.6
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 75 74 75.8
57 75.7 74.7 76.7 75.2 74.3 76.1
58 76 75 76.9 75.5 74.6 76.3
59 76.3 75.3 77.2 75.7 74.9 76.5
60 76.6 75.6 77.4 76 75.2 76.8
61 76.9 76 77.7 76.3 75.5 77
62 77.2 76.4 78 76.6 75.8 77.3
63 77.6 76.7 78.3 77 76.2 77.6
64 77.9 77.1 78.6 77.3 76.6 77.9
65 78.3 77.5 79 77.7 77 78.3
66 78.7 77.9 79.3 78 77.4 78.6
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 78.4 77.8 79
68 79.5 78.8 80 78.8 78.3 79.3
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 79.3 78.7 79.7
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 79.7 79.2 80.1
71 80.8 80.3 81.3 80.2 79.7 80.6
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 80.7 80.2 81
73 81.8 81.3 82.2 81.2 80.8 81.5
74 82.3 81.9 82.7 81.7 81.3 82
75 82.9 82.5 83.2 82.3 81.9 82.6
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 82.9 82.5 83.1
77 84 83.7 84.3 83.5 83.1 83.7
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 84.1 83.8 84.3
79 85.2 85 85.4 84.7 84.4 84.9
80 85.9 85.7 86 85.4 85.1 85.6
81 86.5 86.4 86.7 86 85.8 86.2
82 87.2 87.1 87.3 86.7 86.5 86.9
83 87.9 87.8 88 87.5 87.2 87.6
84 88.6 88.5 88.7 88.2 87.9 88.4
85 89.3 89.3 89.4 88.9 88.7 89.1
86 90.1 90.1 90.1 89.7 89.5 89.9
87 90.9 90.9 90.9 90.5 90.3 90.6
88 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.3 91.1 91.4
89 92.4 92.5 92.4 92.1 91.9 92.2
90 93.2 93.3 93.2 93 92.8 93.1
91 94 94.1 94 93.8 93.6 93.9
92 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.5 94.7
93 95.7 95.8 95.7 95.5 95.3 95.6
94 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.4 96.2 96.4
95 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.3
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.1 98 98.2
97 99.2 99.3 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.1 100.2 100.1 99.9 99.8 100
99 101 101 101 100.9 100.8 100.9
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Congo vs Sierra Leone

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.1% in the Congo and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.5% and 52% will live to 70 years or older, 26.4% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 4.63% and 3.22% 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
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Congo Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.7% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 91.8% 91.2% 92.5%
3 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 91.2% 90.5% 91.9%
4 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 90.9% 90.2% 91.6%
5 96.3% 96% 96.6% 90.7% 90% 91.5%
6 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 90.5% 89.8% 91.2%
7 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 90.3% 89.6% 91.1%
8 96% 95.7% 96.4% 90.2% 89.4% 91%
9 96% 95.6% 96.3% 90.1% 89.3% 90.8%
10 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 90% 89.2% 90.8%
11 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 89.9% 89.1% 90.7%
12 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 89.8% 89% 90.6%
13 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 89.7% 88.9% 90.5%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96% 89.6% 88.7% 90.4%
15 95.6% 95.2% 95.9% 89.4% 88.6% 90.3%
16 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 89.3% 88.4% 90.2%
17 95.4% 95% 95.8% 89.2% 88.3% 90.1%
18 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 89% 88.1% 89.9%
19 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 88.8% 87.9% 89.8%
20 95% 94.5% 95.4% 88.6% 87.6% 89.6%
21 94.8% 94.4% 95.3% 88.4% 87.4% 89.5%
22 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 88.2% 87.2% 89.3%
23 94.5% 94% 95% 88% 86.9% 89.2%
24 94.3% 93.7% 94.9% 87.8% 86.7% 89%
25 94.1% 93.5% 94.7% 87.6% 86.4% 88.8%
26 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 87.4% 86.2% 88.7%
27 93.7% 93% 94.3% 87.2% 86% 88.5%
28 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 87% 85.7% 88.3%
29 93.2% 92.5% 93.9% 86.8% 85.5% 88.1%
30 93% 92.2% 93.7% 86.6% 85.3% 87.9%
31 92.7% 92% 93.4% 86.4% 85.1% 87.7%
32 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 86.2% 84.8% 87.5%
33 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 85.9% 84.6% 87.3%
34 91.8% 91% 92.6% 85.7% 84.3% 87%
35 91.5% 90.6% 92.4% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
36 91.1% 90.3% 92% 85.2% 83.8% 86.5%
37 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
38 90.4% 89.5% 91.4% 84.6% 83.2% 86%
39 90% 89% 91% 84.3% 82.9% 85.7%
40 89.5% 88.5% 90.6% 84% 82.6% 85.3%
41 89.1% 88% 90.2% 83.6% 82.2% 85%
42 88.6% 87.5% 89.7% 83.2% 81.9% 84.6%
43 88.1% 86.9% 89.3% 82.9% 81.5% 84.3%
44 87.6% 86.3% 88.8% 82.4% 81% 83.9%
45 87% 85.7% 88.3% 82% 80.6% 83.5%
46 86.4% 85% 87.8% 81.5% 80.1% 83%
47 85.7% 84.3% 87.2% 81% 79.6% 82.6%
48 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 80.5% 79% 82.1%
49 84.3% 82.8% 86% 79.9% 78.4% 81.6%
50 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 79.3% 77.7% 81%
51 82.8% 81% 84.6% 78.7% 77% 80.4%
52 81.9% 80% 83.8% 78% 76.2% 79.8%
53 81% 79% 83% 77.2% 75.4% 79.1%
54 80% 77.9% 82.2% 76.4% 74.5% 78.4%
55 79% 76.7% 81.3% 75.6% 73.5% 77.6%
56 77.9% 75.5% 80.4% 74.6% 72.5% 76.8%
57 76.8% 74.3% 79.4% 73.7% 71.4% 75.9%
58 75.6% 72.9% 78.4% 72.6% 70.2% 75%
59 74.4% 71.5% 77.3% 71.5% 68.9% 74%
60 73.1% 70% 76.1% 70.2% 67.6% 72.9%
61 71.6% 68.4% 74.9% 68.9% 66.1% 71.8%
62 70.1% 66.8% 73.6% 67.5% 64.5% 70.5%
63 68.5% 65% 72.1% 65.9% 62.8% 69.1%
64 66.9% 63.1% 70.6% 64.3% 61% 67.6%
65 65.1% 61.2% 69% 62.5% 59% 66%
66 63.2% 59.1% 67.3% 60.7% 57% 64.3%
67 61.2% 57% 65.5% 58.7% 54.9% 62.5%
68 59.1% 54.8% 63.5% 56.6% 52.6% 60.5%
69 56.9% 52.4% 61.5% 54.3% 50.2% 58.4%
70 54.5% 49.9% 59.3% 52% 47.8% 56.1%
71 52.1% 47.3% 56.9% 49.4% 45.2% 53.7%
72 49.5% 44.7% 54.4% 46.8% 42.5% 51.1%
73 46.8% 41.9% 51.8% 44% 39.7% 48.3%
74 44% 39.1% 49% 41.2% 36.8% 45.4%
75 41.2% 36.3% 46.2% 38.2% 33.9% 42.4%
76 38.2% 33.4% 43.2% 35.2% 31% 39.2%
77 35.3% 30.5% 40.1% 32.1% 28.1% 36.1%
78 32.3% 27.7% 37% 29.1% 25.3% 32.9%
79 29.3% 24.9% 33.8% 26.1% 22.5% 29.7%
80 26.4% 22.2% 30.7% 23.2% 19.8% 26.6%
81 23.5% 19.6% 27.5% 20.4% 17.2% 23.5%
82 20.7% 17.1% 24.5% 17.7% 14.8% 20.5%
83 18.1% 14.8% 21.5% 15.1% 12.5% 17.7%
84 15.5% 12.6% 18.6% 12.8% 10.4% 15.1%
85 13.2% 10.6% 15.9% 10.6% 8.51% 12.7%
86 11% 8.81% 13.3% 8.66% 6.84% 10.4%
87 9.11% 7.23% 11.1% 6.95% 5.39% 8.47%
88 7.39% 5.84% 9% 5.48% 4.17% 6.76%
89 5.9% 4.65% 7.2% 4.24% 3.16% 5.3%
90 4.63% 3.64% 5.65% 3.22% 2.35% 4.08%
91 3.55% 2.8% 4.34% 2.4% 1.71% 3.09%
92 2.68% 2.12% 3.27% 1.75% 1.22% 2.29%
93 1.98% 1.57% 2.4% 1.25% 0.85% 1.66%
94 1.43% 1.14% 1.72% 0.87% 0.57% 1.17%
95 1.01% 0.81% 1.2% 0.59% 0.38% 0.81%
96 0.69% 0.57% 0.82% 0.39% 0.24% 0.54%
97 0.46% 0.39% 0.54% 0.25% 0.15% 0.35%
98 0.3% 0.26% 0.35% 0.16% 0.09% 0.22%
99 0.19% 0.17% 0.22% 0.1% 0.05% 0.14%
100 0.12% 0.11% 0.13% 0.06% 0.03% 0.08%

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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 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.28% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.95% vs 1.89% at 60, and 11% vs 12.2% at 80.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Congo Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.67% 2.99% 2.35% 6.81% 7.42% 6.2%
1 0.44% 0.44% 0.45% 1.46% 1.53% 1.39%
2 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.72% 0.76% 0.68%
3 0.19% 0.2% 0.19% 0.29% 0.3% 0.27%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.14% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
5 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.26% 0.28% 0.23%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.16% 0.17% 0.14%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.18% 0.22% 0.15%
18 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.2% 0.24% 0.15%
19 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
20 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
24 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.23% 0.28% 0.19%
25 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
26 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
27 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.23% 0.26% 0.21%
28 0.26% 0.28% 0.23% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
29 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.24% 0.26% 0.23%
30 0.28% 0.31% 0.26% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
31 0.3% 0.33% 0.27% 0.26% 0.27% 0.25%
32 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
33 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.28% 0.29% 0.27%
34 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.3% 0.31% 0.28%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.31% 0.32% 0.3%
36 0.4% 0.44% 0.36% 0.33% 0.34% 0.32%
37 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.35% 0.36% 0.33%
38 0.45% 0.5% 0.41% 0.37% 0.38% 0.35%
39 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 0.39% 0.4% 0.37%
40 0.52% 0.57% 0.46% 0.41% 0.43% 0.4%
41 0.54% 0.6% 0.48% 0.44% 0.46% 0.42%
42 0.58% 0.65% 0.51% 0.47% 0.49% 0.44%
43 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.5% 0.52% 0.47%
44 0.65% 0.73% 0.57% 0.53% 0.56% 0.49%
45 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
46 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.61% 0.66% 0.55%
47 0.79% 0.9% 0.68% 0.65% 0.71% 0.59%
48 0.85% 0.97% 0.73% 0.7% 0.78% 0.63%
49 0.91% 1.04% 0.78% 0.76% 0.84% 0.68%
50 0.98% 1.12% 0.84% 0.83% 0.92% 0.74%
51 1.04% 1.19% 0.88% 0.9% 1% 0.79%
52 1.12% 1.29% 0.95% 0.97% 1.09% 0.85%
53 1.19% 1.37% 1.01% 1.05% 1.19% 0.91%
54 1.27% 1.47% 1.07% 1.13% 1.29% 0.97%
55 1.35% 1.57% 1.14% 1.22% 1.4% 1.04%
56 1.44% 1.68% 1.22% 1.32% 1.53% 1.12%
57 1.54% 1.79% 1.3% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.66% 1.93% 1.4% 1.56% 1.82% 1.32%
59 1.78% 2.08% 1.5% 1.71% 2% 1.45%
60 1.95% 2.28% 1.65% 1.89% 2.19% 1.6%
61 2.08% 2.43% 1.76% 2.08% 2.41% 1.78%
62 2.28% 2.65% 1.93% 2.28% 2.64% 1.96%
63 2.46% 2.86% 2.09% 2.5% 2.89% 2.16%
64 2.67% 3.09% 2.28% 2.74% 3.16% 2.37%
65 2.9% 3.34% 2.49% 3% 3.45% 2.6%
66 3.14% 3.62% 2.7% 3.28% 3.76% 2.86%
67 3.44% 3.95% 2.97% 3.59% 4.11% 3.15%
68 3.76% 4.32% 3.27% 3.95% 4.5% 3.49%
69 4.1% 4.7% 3.58% 4.36% 4.94% 3.89%
70 4.54% 5.18% 3.99% 4.83% 5.43% 4.34%
71 4.91% 5.6% 4.34% 5.35% 5.96% 4.86%
72 5.43% 6.16% 4.84% 5.92% 6.55% 5.42%
73 5.94% 6.7% 5.32% 6.54% 7.18% 6.03%
74 6.5% 7.28% 5.86% 7.2% 7.87% 6.67%
75 7.11% 7.91% 6.46% 7.9% 8.6% 7.36%
76 7.74% 8.57% 7.08% 8.64% 9.37% 8.08%
77 8.41% 9.26% 7.75% 9.43% 10.2% 8.85%
78 9.21% 10.1% 8.55% 10.3% 11.1% 9.68%
79 9.99% 10.9% 9.34% 11.2% 12% 10.6%
80 11% 11.8% 10.3% 12.2% 13% 11.5%
81 11.8% 12.6% 11.2% 13.2% 14.2% 12.6%
82 12.9% 13.7% 12.3% 14.4% 15.4% 13.7%
83 13.9% 14.7% 13.4% 15.6% 16.7% 14.9%
84 15.1% 15.8% 14.6% 17% 18.1% 16.2%
85 16.3% 16.9% 15.9% 18.3% 19.6% 17.5%
86 17.6% 18% 17.2% 19.8% 21.2% 18.8%
87 18.8% 19.2% 18.6% 21.2% 22.7% 20.2%
88 20.2% 20.4% 20% 22.6% 24.2% 21.6%
89 21.6% 21.6% 21.5% 24% 25.7% 23%
90 23.2% 23.1% 23.2% 25.5% 27.2% 24.4%
91 24.5% 24.3% 24.7% 27% 28.8% 25.9%
92 26.2% 25.8% 26.5% 28.6% 30.4% 27.6%
93 27.9% 27.3% 28.2% 30.3% 32.2% 29.3%
94 29.6% 28.8% 30.1% 32.1% 34% 31.1%
95 31.3% 30.3% 32% 33.9% 35.8% 33%
96 33% 31.7% 33.8% 35.7% 37.6% 34.8%
97 34.6% 33.1% 35.6% 37.5% 39.4% 36.6%
98 36.2% 34.3% 37.4% 39.2% 41.1% 38.4%
99 38% 36.1% 39.4% 40.8% 42.7% 40%
100 39.6% 37.4% 41.1% 42.6% 44.5% 41.8%

Death rate by age in the Congo compared to Sierra Leone

In the Congo, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 71.8 in the Congo and 70.8 in Sierra Leone — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Congo
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Congo Sierra Leone
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,669 2,985 2,347 6,810 7,421 6,205
1 433 425 441 1,363 1,421 1,302
2 269.7 269.8 269.5 664 694 633
3 186.3 189.4 183.1 263.1 274.4 251.4
4 135.6 139.5 131.7 160.3 163.4 157
5 104 107.7 100.1 231.8 249.9 213
6 87.5 91.9 82.9 175.8 191.6 159.5
7 76.9 81.7 72 140.3 153.9 126.2
8 68.7 73.3 64 118.2 130.1 105.9
9 63.5 67.8 59.1 105.4 116.1 94.2
10 61 65.2 56.6 99.1 109.4 88.5
11 60.8 65.6 55.9 98 108.4 87.3
12 63 68 58 101.1 112.4 89.5
13 68.1 73.3 62.8 108.1 121.1 94.7
14 76.3 82.8 69.7 118.5 134.3 102.1
15 88 96.3 79.6 131.6 151.3 111.2
16 101.9 113.8 89.7 146.4 171 121.1
17 117.2 133.7 100.4 161.7 191.8 130.6
18 133.5 155.1 111.4 175.9 211.6 139.1
19 146.1 170.3 121.4 187.8 228.2 145.9
20 158 184.2 131.3 196.4 240.1 151.2
21 168 196.6 138.8 201.9 246.7 155.4
22 178.5 207.8 148.7 204.4 248.2 159.1
23 188.3 217.3 158.7 205 245.6 162.9
24 197.6 225.7 169 204.6 240.4 167.2
25 206.9 234.1 179.3 203.9 234.2 172.3
26 216.8 242.3 190.8 203.8 228.6 178
27 227.6 252.1 202.6 204.9 224.7 184.5
28 238.5 262.8 213.9 207.6 223 191.6
29 250.5 274.3 226.3 211.8 223.9 199.3
30 264.4 288.9 239.4 217.5 227.2 207.5
31 275.1 301 249.1 224.6 232.6 216.4
32 292.4 319 265.8 233.1 239.9 226
33 308 336 280.5 242.7 248.7 236.4
34 326 355 296.8 253.4 258.9 247.7
35 347 377 316 265.3 270.4 260
36 367 399 334 278.5 283.4 273.4
37 387 422 352 293.1 297.9 288.1
38 411 448 373 309 314 304
39 434 474 393 327 332 321
40 461 506 416 346 353 339
41 482 529 434 366 375 357
42 513 565 459 388 400 376
43 539 596 481 411 427 395
44 569 631 505 436 457 415
45 605 673 534 464 490 437
46 638 712 561 495 527 461
47 676 757 593 529 568 489
48 721 807 631 567 613 520
49 765 859 669 610 662 557
50 820 921 716 656 715 596
51 857 966 747 705 772 637
52 915 1,030 797 755 831 679
53 962 1,084 836 808 894 721
54 1,014 1,144 881 862 960 763
55 1,067 1,204 927 919 1,030 808
56 1,123 1,266 980 982 1,106 859
57 1,182 1,332 1,032 1,053 1,189 919
58 1,255 1,411 1,098 1,134 1,279 990
59 1,327 1,491 1,163 1,224 1,377 1,074
60 1,426 1,596 1,254 1,324 1,481 1,170
61 1,493 1,666 1,319 1,431 1,591 1,275
62 1,598 1,773 1,420 1,541 1,702 1,384
63 1,689 1,862 1,510 1,652 1,814 1,495
64 1,784 1,953 1,609 1,762 1,924 1,606
65 1,886 2,046 1,717 1,874 2,034 1,719
66 1,986 2,143 1,819 1,988 2,145 1,839
67 2,103 2,254 1,942 2,108 2,256 1,968
68 2,223 2,365 2,075 2,236 2,369 2,112
69 2,334 2,463 2,201 2,371 2,482 2,269
70 2,476 2,586 2,367 2,510 2,591 2,437
71 2,558 2,649 2,472 2,646 2,693 2,606
72 2,690 2,752 2,634 2,771 2,782 2,768
73 2,778 2,808 2,754 2,878 2,852 2,912
74 2,861 2,849 2,875 2,961 2,899 3,030
75 2,926 2,871 2,980 3,015 2,918 3,117
76 2,960 2,862 3,058 3,039 2,908 3,172
77 2,969 2,829 3,109 3,029 2,867 3,193
78 2,977 2,793 3,163 2,989 2,796 3,181
79 2,932 2,706 3,161 2,921 2,699 3,137
80 2,898 2,633 3,165 2,822 2,576 3,060
81 2,773 2,477 3,069 2,695 2,432 2,952
82 2,671 2,343 3,001 2,543 2,268 2,812
83 2,519 2,170 2,871 2,367 2,085 2,640
84 2,351 1,991 2,715 2,166 1,885 2,439
85 2,150 1,791 2,515 1,946 1,671 2,213
86 1,939 1,590 2,297 1,711 1,447 1,967
87 1,715 1,387 2,053 1,471 1,223 1,713
88 1,492 1,193 1,802 1,237 1,009 1,459
89 1,273 1,006 1,549 1,018 812 1,218
90 1,072 841 1,311 820 639 997
91 872 679 1,070 648 492 801
92 704 547 865 501 371 630
93 552 429 678 379 272.6 485
94 422 329 518 280.1 195.3 364
95 315 246.7 385 201.1 135.9 266
96 227.9 180.2 277 140.1 91.7 188.4
97 160.2 128.3 193.1 94.5 59.9 129.2
98 109.4 89.1 130.4 61.8 37.9 85.7
99 73.5 61.5 86.1 39.1 23.2 55.1
100 0 2.72 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 the Congo and Sierra Leone 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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