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Life Expectancy in Congo vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.4 years in the Congo vs 59.3 in Somalia. The Congo is ranked 168/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In the Congo, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Congo vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.6 38.4 40.8 41.5 40 42.9
1951 40.3 39.1 41.6 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 41.1 39.9 42.3 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 41.9 40.6 43.2 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 42.6 41.3 43.9 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 43.4 42.1 44.8 42.5 41.1 44
1956 44.3 42.9 45.7 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 45.1 43.8 46.5 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 46 44.6 47.4 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 46.8 45.4 48.2 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 47.6 46.2 49.1 43.5 42.1 45
1961 48.4 46.9 49.8 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 49 47.6 50.5 44 42.5 45.5
1963 49.7 48.3 51.2 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 50.4 48.9 51.9 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 51 49.5 52.6 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 51.6 50 53.1 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 51.9 50.4 53.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 52.6 51 54.3 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 53.1 51.5 54.8 45.5 44 46.9
1970 53.6 51.9 55.2 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 54 52.3 55.7 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 54.4 52.7 56.1 46 44.6 47.5
1973 54.7 53 56.5 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 55.1 53.3 56.8 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 55.4 53.7 57.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 55.7 53.9 57.5 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 56 54.2 57.8 47 45.6 48.5
1978 56.2 54.5 58 47 45.4 48.7
1979 56.5 54.6 58.4 47.4 46 48.9
1980 56.8 54.9 58.7 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 57.1 55.1 59.1 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 57.2 55.3 59.2 48 46.6 49.5
1983 57.4 55.5 59.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 57.5 55.7 59.4 48.4 47 49.9
1985 57.6 55.9 59.3 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 57.6 56 59.2 48.4 47 49.9
1987 57.6 56.1 59 49 47.6 50.5
1988 57.5 56.2 58.7 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 57.3 56.2 58.3 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 57.1 56 58 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 56.8 55.8 57.7 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 56.5 55.6 57.3 25 23.9 26.3
1993 56 55.2 56.8 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 55.6 54.8 56.4 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 55.5 54.8 56.1 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 55.2 54.6 55.9 50.5 49 52.1
1997 48.6 44.1 53.8 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 52.6 50.6 54.6 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 54.4 53.5 55.4 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 55.4 54.7 55.9 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 55.9 55.3 56.4 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 56.4 55.7 57.1 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 57.1 56.5 57.7 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 58 57.3 58.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 58.7 58 59.4 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 59.5 58.7 60.2 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 60.1 59.1 60.9 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 60.8 59.8 61.8 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 61.2 60.1 62.3 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 61.7 60.6 62.9 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 62.3 61 63.6 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 62.7 61.4 64 49.1 47.3 51
2013 63 61.6 64.4 54 52.1 56
2014 63.3 62 64.8 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 63.7 62.2 65.1 55.1 53 57.1
2016 63.9 62.4 65.4 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 64.2 62.7 65.7 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 64.5 63 66 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 63.2 61.7 64.6 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 64.4 62.7 66.2 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 64.2 62.7 65.8 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 65 63.4 66.6 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 65.8 64.1 67.5 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 66 64.3 67.7 59 56.5 61.6
2025 66.2 64.5 67.9 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 66.4 64.7 68.2 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 54.8 years in the Congo and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the Congo and 9.46 in Somalia.

Congo 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 the Congo 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:
40.7 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.7 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Congo Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 96.7% 93.5% 95.8%
50 88.8% 91.1% 85.6% 89.9%
60 75.9% 81.3% 73.7% 80.7%
65 66.3% 73.7% 65.1% 73.4%
70 54.1% 63.3% 54.0% 63.1%
75 39.3% 49.3% 40.3% 49.2%
80 24.1% 32.8% 25.4% 32.9%
85 11.5% 16.9% 12.2% 17.1%
90 3.9% 6.0% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.9% 1.3% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 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 the Congo vs Somalia: 70.7 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.3 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.4 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 the Congo and Somalia.

Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.4 64.7 68.2 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 68.2 66.7 69.8 63.3 61 65.7
2 68.5 67 70.1 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 68.7 67.2 70.3 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 68.8 67.3 70.4 65.3 63 67.8
5 68.9 67.4 70.5 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 69 67.4 70.6 66 63.7 68.4
7 69.1 67.5 70.6 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 69.1 67.5 70.7 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 69.2 67.6 70.7 66.6 64.3 69
10 69.2 67.6 70.8 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 69.2 67.7 70.8 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 69.3 67.7 70.8 67 64.7 69.4
13 69.3 67.8 70.9 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 69.3 67.8 70.9 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 69.4 67.8 71 67.3 65 69.7
16 69.4 67.9 71 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 69.5 68 71.1 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 69.6 68 71.1 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 69.6 68.1 71.2 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 69.7 68.2 71.2 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 69.8 68.3 71.3 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 69.9 68.4 71.4 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 70 68.5 71.5 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 70.1 68.6 71.5 68.9 67 70.9
25 70.1 68.7 71.6 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 70.3 68.9 71.8 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 70.5 69 71.9 69.8 68 71.5
29 70.6 69.1 72 70 68.3 71.7
30 70.7 69.3 72.1 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 70.8 69.4 72.2 70.4 68.8 72
32 70.9 69.5 72.3 70.6 69 72.2
33 71 69.6 72.4 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 71.2 69.8 72.5 71 69.5 72.5
35 71.3 69.9 72.7 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 71.4 70.1 72.8 71.4 70 72.8
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 71.6 70.2 73
38 71.7 70.4 73.1 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 71.9 70.5 73.2 72 70.7 73.3
40 72 70.7 73.3 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 72.2 70.9 73.5 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 72.3 71 73.7 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 72.5 71.2 73.8 72.8 71.6 74
44 72.7 71.4 74 73 71.8 74.2
45 72.9 71.6 74.1 73.2 72 74.4
46 73.1 71.8 74.3 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 73.3 72 74.5 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 73.5 72.2 74.7 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 73.7 72.5 74.9 74.1 73 75.1
50 73.9 72.7 75.1 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 74.1 73 75.3 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 74.4 73.2 75.5 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 74.6 73.5 75.7 75 74 75.9
54 74.9 73.8 75.9 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.1 74.1 76.2 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 75.7 74.7 76.7 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 76 75 76.9 76.3 75.5 77
59 76.3 75.3 77.2 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 76.6 75.6 77.4 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 76.9 76 77.7 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 77.2 76.4 78 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 77.6 76.7 78.3 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 77.9 77.1 78.6 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 78.3 77.5 79 78.5 77.9 79
66 78.7 77.9 79.3 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 79.5 78.8 80 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 80.5 80 80.9
71 80.8 80.3 81.3 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 81.4 81 81.8
73 81.8 81.3 82.2 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.3 81.9 82.7 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.9 82.5 83.2 83 82.6 83.3
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84 83.7 84.3 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.2 85 85.4 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.9 85.7 86 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.5 86.4 86.7 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.2 87.1 87.3 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.9 87.8 88 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.6 88.5 88.7 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.3 89.3 89.4 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.1 90.1 90.1 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.9 90.9 90.9 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.4 92.5 92.4 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.2 93.3 93.2 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94 94.1 94 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.7 95.8 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99.2 99.3 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
98 100.1 100.2 100.1 100 99.9 100.1
99 101 101 101 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Congo vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.1% in the Congo and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.5% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 26.4% and 24% to 80+ years, and 4.63% 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.

Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.7% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 96.3% 96% 96.6% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 96% 95.7% 96.4% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 96% 95.6% 96.3% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 95.6% 95.2% 95.9% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 95.4% 95% 95.8% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 95% 94.5% 95.4% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 94.8% 94.4% 95.3% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 94.5% 94% 95% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 94.3% 93.7% 94.9% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 94.1% 93.5% 94.7% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 93.7% 93% 94.3% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 93.2% 92.5% 93.9% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 93% 92.2% 93.7% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 92.7% 92% 93.4% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 91.8% 91% 92.6% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 91.5% 90.6% 92.4% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 91.1% 90.3% 92% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 90.4% 89.5% 91.4% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 90% 89% 91% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 89.5% 88.5% 90.6% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 89.1% 88% 90.2% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 88.6% 87.5% 89.7% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 88.1% 86.9% 89.3% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 87.6% 86.3% 88.8% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 87% 85.7% 88.3% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 86.4% 85% 87.8% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 85.7% 84.3% 87.2% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 84.3% 82.8% 86% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 82.8% 81% 84.6% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 81.9% 80% 83.8% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 81% 79% 83% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 80% 77.9% 82.2% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 79% 76.7% 81.3% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 77.9% 75.5% 80.4% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 76.8% 74.3% 79.4% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 75.6% 72.9% 78.4% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 74.4% 71.5% 77.3% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 73.1% 70% 76.1% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 71.6% 68.4% 74.9% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 70.1% 66.8% 73.6% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 68.5% 65% 72.1% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 66.9% 63.1% 70.6% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 65.1% 61.2% 69% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 63.2% 59.1% 67.3% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 61.2% 57% 65.5% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 59.1% 54.8% 63.5% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 56.9% 52.4% 61.5% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 54.5% 49.9% 59.3% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 52.1% 47.3% 56.9% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 49.5% 44.7% 54.4% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 46.8% 41.9% 51.8% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 44% 39.1% 49% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 41.2% 36.3% 46.2% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 38.2% 33.4% 43.2% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 35.3% 30.5% 40.1% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 32.3% 27.7% 37% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 29.3% 24.9% 33.8% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 26.4% 22.2% 30.7% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 23.5% 19.6% 27.5% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 20.7% 17.1% 24.5% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 18.1% 14.8% 21.5% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 15.5% 12.6% 18.6% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 13.2% 10.6% 15.9% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 11% 8.81% 13.3% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 9.11% 7.23% 11.1% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 7.39% 5.84% 9% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 5.9% 4.65% 7.2% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 4.63% 3.64% 5.65% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 3.55% 2.8% 4.34% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 2.68% 2.12% 3.27% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.98% 1.57% 2.4% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.43% 1.14% 1.72% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 1.01% 0.81% 1.2% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.69% 0.57% 0.82% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.46% 0.39% 0.54% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.3% 0.26% 0.35% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.19% 0.17% 0.22% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.12% 0.11% 0.13% 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 2.67% in the birth year in the Congo and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.28% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.95% vs 1.79% at 60, and 11% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.67% 2.99% 2.35% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.44% 0.44% 0.45% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.19% 0.2% 0.19% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.14% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.26% 0.28% 0.23% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.28% 0.31% 0.26% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.3% 0.33% 0.27% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.4% 0.44% 0.36% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.45% 0.5% 0.41% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.52% 0.57% 0.46% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.54% 0.6% 0.48% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.58% 0.65% 0.51% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.65% 0.73% 0.57% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.79% 0.9% 0.68% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.85% 0.97% 0.73% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.91% 1.04% 0.78% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.98% 1.12% 0.84% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 1.04% 1.19% 0.88% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 1.12% 1.29% 0.95% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.19% 1.37% 1.01% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.27% 1.47% 1.07% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.35% 1.57% 1.14% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.44% 1.68% 1.22% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.54% 1.79% 1.3% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.66% 1.93% 1.4% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.78% 2.08% 1.5% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.95% 2.28% 1.65% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 2.08% 2.43% 1.76% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.28% 2.65% 1.93% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.46% 2.86% 2.09% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.67% 3.09% 2.28% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.9% 3.34% 2.49% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 3.14% 3.62% 2.7% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.44% 3.95% 2.97% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.76% 4.32% 3.27% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 4.1% 4.7% 3.58% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.54% 5.18% 3.99% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.91% 5.6% 4.34% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.43% 6.16% 4.84% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.94% 6.7% 5.32% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 6.5% 7.28% 5.86% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 7.11% 7.91% 6.46% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 7.74% 8.57% 7.08% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 8.41% 9.26% 7.75% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 9.21% 10.1% 8.55% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 9.99% 10.9% 9.34% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 11% 11.8% 10.3% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.8% 12.6% 11.2% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.9% 13.7% 12.3% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 13.9% 14.7% 13.4% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 15.1% 15.8% 14.6% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 16.3% 16.9% 15.9% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 17.6% 18% 17.2% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 18.8% 19.2% 18.6% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 20.2% 20.4% 20% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 21.6% 21.6% 21.5% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 23.2% 23.1% 23.2% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 24.5% 24.3% 24.7% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 26.2% 25.8% 26.5% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 27.9% 27.3% 28.2% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 29.6% 28.8% 30.1% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 31.3% 30.3% 32% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 33% 31.7% 33.8% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 34.6% 33.1% 35.6% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 36.2% 34.3% 37.4% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 38% 36.1% 39.4% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 39.6% 37.4% 41.1% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in the Congo compared to Somalia

In the Congo, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 71.8 in the Congo and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Congo Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,669 2,985 2,347 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 433 425 441 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 269.7 269.8 269.5 972 995 947
3 186.3 189.4 183.1 742 770 712
4 135.6 139.5 131.7 572 601 542
5 104 107.7 100.1 447 473 420
6 87.5 91.9 82.9 356 377 333
7 76.9 81.7 72 289.8 307 272.2
8 68.7 73.3 64 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 63.5 67.8 59.1 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 61 65.2 56.6 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 60.8 65.6 55.9 176.6 181 172.1
12 63 68 58 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 68.1 73.3 62.8 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 76.3 82.8 69.7 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 88 96.3 79.6 211.2 234.4 187
16 101.9 113.8 89.7 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 117.2 133.7 100.4 264.8 315 211.9
18 133.5 155.1 111.4 296.4 365 224.4
19 146.1 170.3 121.4 331 422 235.7
20 158 184.2 131.3 363 475 245.7
21 168 196.6 138.8 388 515 254.5
22 178.5 207.8 148.7 402 535 262.5
23 188.3 217.3 158.7 407 539 270.2
24 197.6 225.7 169 410 537 278
25 206.9 234.1 179.3 412 532 286
26 216.8 242.3 190.8 413 526 294.2
27 227.6 252.1 202.6 415 522 302
28 238.5 262.8 213.9 417 519 310
29 250.5 274.3 226.3 419 516 317
30 264.4 288.9 239.4 422 515 324
31 275.1 301 249.1 424 514 330
32 292.4 319 265.8 427 514 335
33 308 336 280.5 430 514 341
34 326 355 296.8 433 514 347
35 347 377 316 437 514 354
36 367 399 334 443 517 364
37 387 422 352 453 523 377
38 411 448 373 465 532 394
39 434 474 393 481 544 413
40 461 506 416 497 558 433
41 482 529 434 514 573 451
42 513 565 459 528 587 465
43 539 596 481 540 601 475
44 569 631 505 550 613 482
45 605 673 534 560 627 489
46 638 712 561 574 644 499
47 676 757 593 593 667 514
48 721 807 631 620 697 537
49 765 859 669 654 734 568
50 820 921 716 693 776 604
51 857 966 747 734 819 644
52 915 1,030 797 775 861 683
53 962 1,084 836 811 898 720
54 1,014 1,144 881 844 931 753
55 1,067 1,204 927 875 962 785
56 1,123 1,266 980 908 994 820
57 1,182 1,332 1,032 948 1,033 861
58 1,255 1,411 1,098 998 1,082 913
59 1,327 1,491 1,163 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,426 1,596 1,254 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,493 1,666 1,319 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,598 1,773 1,420 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,689 1,862 1,510 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,784 1,953 1,609 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,886 2,046 1,717 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,986 2,143 1,819 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 2,103 2,254 1,942 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 2,223 2,365 2,075 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,334 2,463 2,201 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,476 2,586 2,367 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,558 2,649 2,472 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,690 2,752 2,634 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,778 2,808 2,754 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,861 2,849 2,875 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,926 2,871 2,980 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,960 2,862 3,058 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,969 2,829 3,109 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,977 2,793 3,163 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,932 2,706 3,161 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,898 2,633 3,165 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,773 2,477 3,069 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,671 2,343 3,001 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,519 2,170 2,871 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,351 1,991 2,715 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,150 1,791 2,515 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 1,939 1,590 2,297 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,715 1,387 2,053 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,492 1,193 1,802 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,273 1,006 1,549 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,072 841 1,311 984 783 1,190
91 872 679 1,070 802 621 985
92 704 547 865 637 479 797
93 552 429 678 493 360 628
94 422 329 518 371 262.4 482
95 315 246.7 385 272.3 185.8 361
96 227.9 180.2 277 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 160.2 128.3 193.1 134.9 84.8 186
98 109.4 89.1 130.4 91 54.6 128.2
99 73.5 61.5 86.1 59.7 34 85.8
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 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.

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