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DR Congo life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 60.2 years for males, 64.6 years for females, and 62.4 years for both genders combined.

DR Congo life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9
1953 39.1 38 40.2
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8
1956 39.9 38.7 41
1957 40.2 39 41.3
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8
1963 40.6 39.1 42
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9
1965 40.8 39 42.4
1966 42.2 41 43.3
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8
1969 43 41.8 44.1
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7
1972 43.9 42.7 45
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6
1982 45.9 45 46.8
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5
1986 47 46.2 47.8
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7
1993 49.6 48 51.2
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6
1998 49.7 46.6 53
1999 50.1 47 53.4
2000 51.9 50 53.8
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4
2003 53 51.2 54.8
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2
2005 54 52.4 55.6
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1
2007 55 53.4 56.5
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4
2010 56.4 54.8 58
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5
2012 57.4 55.7 59
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5
2021 60 58 62.1
2022 61 58.9 63.1
2023 61.9 59.8 64
2024 62.1 60 64.2
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4
2026 62.4 60.2 64.6

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.

In the DR Congo, 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 52.2 years for men and 54.3 for women, with a combined average of 53.2 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years, 10.8 for males and 12.2 for females.

DR Congo 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 DR Congo, 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: 41.0 Years

Mean expected age of death: 71.0 Years

Median expected age of death: 73.8 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 95.5% 94.8% 96.1%
50 89.2% 87.8% 90.6%
60 79.1% 76.4% 81.8%
65 71.2% 67.8% 74.6%
70 60.5% 56.5% 64.4%
75 46.5% 42.4% 50.6%
80 30.5% 26.8% 34.2%
85 15.5% 12.9% 18.0%
90 5.4% 4.1% 6.6%
95 1.1% 0.6% 1.5%
100 0.1% 0.0% 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.

In the DR Congo, total life expectancy is 78.6 years at age 65, 80.6 at 70, 83 at 75, and 85.9 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.4 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 DR Congo.

Average
Male
Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Average Male Female
0 62.4 60.2 64.6
1 65.5 63.6 67.4
2 66 64.1 67.9
3 66.4 64.5 68.3
4 66.7 64.9 68.6
5 67 65.2 68.9
6 67.3 65.5 69.1
7 67.5 65.7 69.4
8 67.7 65.9 69.5
9 67.9 66.1 69.7
10 68 66.3 69.8
11 68.2 66.4 69.9
12 68.3 66.5 70
13 68.4 66.6 70.1
14 68.5 66.7 70.2
15 68.6 66.8 70.3
16 68.7 67 70.4
17 68.8 67.1 70.6
18 69 67.2 70.7
19 69.1 67.4 70.8
20 69.3 67.6 70.9
21 69.4 67.8 71.1
22 69.6 68 71.2
23 69.8 68.2 71.3
24 69.9 68.4 71.5
25 70.1 68.6 71.6
26 70.3 68.8 71.8
27 70.5 69 71.9
28 70.6 69.2 72
29 70.8 69.4 72.2
30 71 69.6 72.3
31 71.1 69.8 72.5
32 71.3 70 72.6
33 71.5 70.2 72.8
34 71.7 70.3 72.9
35 71.8 70.5 73.1
36 72 70.7 73.2
37 72.2 70.9 73.4
38 72.3 71.1 73.5
39 72.5 71.3 73.7
40 72.7 71.5 73.9
41 72.9 71.7 74
42 73.1 71.9 74.2
43 73.2 72.1 74.4
44 73.4 72.3 74.5
45 73.6 72.5 74.7
46 73.8 72.7 74.9
47 74 72.9 75.1
48 74.2 73.1 75.2
49 74.4 73.3 75.4
50 74.6 73.6 75.6
51 74.8 73.8 75.8
52 75 74.1 76
53 75.3 74.3 76.2
54 75.5 74.6 76.4
55 75.8 74.9 76.6
56 76 75.1 76.8
57 76.3 75.4 77.1
58 76.5 75.7 77.3
59 76.8 76 77.5
60 77.1 76.3 77.8
61 77.3 76.6 78
62 77.6 76.9 78.3
63 78 77.3 78.6
64 78.3 77.6 78.9
65 78.6 78 79.2
66 79 78.4 79.5
67 79.4 78.8 79.9
68 79.8 79.2 80.3
69 80.2 79.7 80.6
70 80.6 80.1 81
71 81.1 80.6 81.5
72 81.5 81.1 81.9
73 82 81.6 82.4
74 82.5 82.1 82.9
75 83 82.6 83.4
76 83.6 83.2 83.9
77 84.1 83.7 84.4
78 84.7 84.3 85
79 85.3 84.9 85.5
80 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.5 86.2 86.8
82 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.9 87.6 88.1
84 88.6 88.3 88.8
85 89.3 89 89.5
86 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.8 90.4 91
88 91.5 91.2 91.7
89 92.3 92 92.5
90 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 93.9 93.6 94
92 94.7 94.4 94.8
93 95.5 95.3 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.3 97 97.3
96 98.1 97.9 98.2
97 99 98.8 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.8 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8

Probability of survival to age graph

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth: 68% of the newborn cohort in the DR Congo are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 52% will live to 70 years or older, 26.3% to 80+ years, and 4.61% 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.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.7% 95.8%
2 94.6% 94% 95.1%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94.1%
5 92.9% 92.3% 93.6%
6 92.5% 91.8% 93.3%
7 92.2% 91.5% 92.9%
8 91.9% 91.1% 92.7%
9 91.6% 90.9% 92.4%
10 91.4% 90.6% 92.2%
11 91.2% 90.4% 92.1%
12 91.1% 90.2% 91.9%
13 90.9% 90% 91.7%
14 90.7% 89.9% 91.6%
15 90.5% 89.7% 91.4%
16 90.3% 89.5% 91.2%
17 90.1% 89.2% 91.1%
18 89.9% 88.9% 90.9%
19 89.6% 88.6% 90.6%
20 89.3% 88.3% 90.4%
21 89% 87.9% 90.2%
22 88.7% 87.5% 89.9%
23 88.4% 87.1% 89.7%
24 88.1% 86.7% 89.4%
25 87.7% 86.3% 89.1%
26 87.4% 85.9% 88.9%
27 87.1% 85.5% 88.6%
28 86.7% 85.1% 88.3%
29 86.4% 84.8% 88%
30 86% 84.4% 87.7%
31 85.6% 83.9% 87.4%
32 85.3% 83.5% 87.1%
33 84.9% 83.1% 86.7%
34 84.5% 82.7% 86.4%
35 84.1% 82.3% 86.1%
36 83.8% 81.8% 85.7%
37 83.4% 81.4% 85.4%
38 83% 80.9% 85%
39 82.5% 80.5% 84.6%
40 82.1% 80% 84.2%
41 81.6% 79.5% 83.8%
42 81.2% 79% 83.4%
43 80.7% 78.4% 82.9%
44 80.1% 77.9% 82.5%
45 79.6% 77.3% 82%
46 79.1% 76.7% 81.5%
47 78.5% 76.1% 81%
48 78% 75.4% 80.5%
49 77.4% 74.8% 80%
50 76.7% 74.1% 79.5%
51 76% 73.3% 78.9%
52 75.3% 72.5% 78.2%
53 74.5% 71.6% 77.5%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.8%
55 72.9% 69.8% 76.1%
56 72% 68.8% 75.3%
57 71.1% 67.8% 74.5%
58 70.1% 66.7% 73.6%
59 69.1% 65.6% 72.7%
60 68% 64.4% 71.7%
61 66.9% 63.2% 70.6%
62 65.6% 61.8% 69.5%
63 64.3% 60.3% 68.3%
64 62.8% 58.8% 66.9%
65 61.3% 57.2% 65.4%
66 59.6% 55.4% 63.9%
67 57.9% 53.6% 62.2%
68 56% 51.7% 60.4%
69 54.1% 49.7% 58.5%
70 52% 47.6% 56.5%
71 49.8% 45.4% 54.3%
72 47.5% 43.1% 52%
73 45.1% 40.8% 49.6%
74 42.6% 38.3% 47%
75 40% 35.7% 44.4%
76 37.3% 33.2% 41.6%
77 34.6% 30.5% 38.8%
78 31.9% 27.9% 35.9%
79 29.1% 25.3% 33%
80 26.3% 22.6% 30%
81 23.5% 20.1% 27%
82 20.8% 17.6% 24%
83 18.2% 15.2% 21.2%
84 15.7% 13% 18.4%
85 13.3% 10.9% 15.8%
86 11.2% 9.03% 13.3%
87 9.2% 7.33% 11.1%
88 7.45% 5.83% 9.1%
89 5.92% 4.52% 7.34%
90 4.61% 3.42% 5.82%
91 3.52% 2.51% 4.53%
92 2.62% 1.79% 3.45%
93 1.9% 1.24% 2.56%
94 1.34% 0.83% 1.85%
95 0.92% 0.54% 1.3%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.88%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.58%
98 0.25% 0.13% 0.37%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In the DR Congo, the risk of dying is lowest at age 12 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 4.74% in the birth year, 0.42% at age 30, 1.71% at 60, and 10.5% at 80.

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 4.74% 5.25% 4.22%
1 0.74% 0.79% 0.69%
2 0.65% 0.69% 0.6%
3 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
4 0.5% 0.54% 0.46%
5 0.43% 0.47% 0.4%
6 0.37% 0.41% 0.34%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.29%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.19%
11 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
12 0.19% 0.2% 0.17%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
17 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
18 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.25%
20 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
21 0.35% 0.44% 0.27%
22 0.37% 0.45% 0.28%
23 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
24 0.38% 0.46% 0.3%
25 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
26 0.39% 0.46% 0.32%
27 0.4% 0.46% 0.33%
28 0.4% 0.47% 0.34%
29 0.41% 0.47% 0.35%
30 0.42% 0.48% 0.36%
31 0.43% 0.49% 0.36%
32 0.44% 0.5% 0.37%
33 0.44% 0.51% 0.38%
34 0.45% 0.52% 0.39%
35 0.46% 0.53% 0.4%
36 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43%
38 0.51% 0.58% 0.45%
39 0.54% 0.6% 0.47%
40 0.56% 0.63% 0.5%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
42 0.61% 0.69% 0.54%
43 0.63% 0.71% 0.56%
44 0.65% 0.74% 0.57%
45 0.67% 0.76% 0.58%
46 0.69% 0.8% 0.6%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.62%
48 0.77% 0.89% 0.65%
49 0.83% 0.96% 0.7%
50 0.89% 1.04% 0.75%
51 0.96% 1.12% 0.81%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.87%
53 1.09% 1.27% 0.92%
54 1.15% 1.33% 0.98%
55 1.21% 1.4% 1.03%
56 1.27% 1.47% 1.09%
57 1.35% 1.56% 1.16%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.24%
59 1.57% 1.8% 1.35%
60 1.71% 1.96% 1.48%
61 1.88% 2.15% 1.63%
62 2.06% 2.35% 1.8%
63 2.25% 2.56% 1.98%
64 2.46% 2.78% 2.17%
65 2.68% 3.02% 2.38%
66 2.92% 3.27% 2.61%
67 3.18% 3.54% 2.87%
68 3.48% 3.86% 3.16%
69 3.82% 4.21% 3.48%
70 4.2% 4.61% 3.85%
71 4.62% 5.05% 4.25%
72 5.07% 5.54% 4.68%
73 5.57% 6.06% 5.15%
74 6.1% 6.63% 5.65%
75 6.67% 7.24% 6.2%
76 7.3% 7.91% 6.79%
77 7.99% 8.65% 7.46%
78 8.76% 9.47% 8.2%
79 9.61% 10.4% 9.03%
80 10.5% 11.3% 9.95%
81 11.6% 12.4% 10.9%
82 12.6% 13.5% 12%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7%
87 19% 20.5% 18%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7%
90 23.8% 26.5% 22.2%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9%
92 27.4% 30.8% 25.7%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7%
94 31.3% 34.8% 29.8%
95 33.4% 36.7% 32%
96 35.4% 38.6% 34.1%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.2%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2%
99 41% 44.6% 40%
100 43% 46.5% 42.1%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo

The chart below shows the number of deaths in the DR Congo by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

In the DR Congo, most deaths occur at age 0 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 0 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 68.9 for men, 72.8 for women, and 70.9 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 4,741 5,250 4,223
1 706 750 662
2 612 653 570
3 534 573 494
4 466 502 429
5 404 436 370
6 347 376 317
7 296.1 321 270.8
8 252.8 273.8 231.4
9 218 235.8 199.9
10 192.5 207.9 176.9
11 176.5 190.4 162.3
12 169.3 182.8 155.5
13 170.6 184.9 156
14 179.5 196.1 162.6
15 195 215.6 174.2
16 215.6 241.9 188.8
17 238.7 272.7 204.2
18 262.3 306 218.4
19 283.9 337 229.9
20 302 364 238.6
21 315 384 245.4
22 325 397 251.5
23 331 402 258
24 335 403 265.4
25 338 400 273.8
26 341 398 282.8
27 345 397 291.6
28 350 398 299.9
29 355 401 307
30 361 407 313
31 366 412 319
32 371 418 323
33 376 423 328
34 381 428 333
35 388 434 340
36 396 441 350
37 408 452 363
38 424 466 380
39 442 484 398
40 461 503 418
41 480 523 436
42 496 541 450
43 510 558 461
44 522 573 469
45 534 590 476
46 550 611 487
47 572 638 503
48 602 674 527
49 639 718 559
50 683 768 597
51 729 818 639
52 774 866 680
53 813 907 717
54 848 943 751
55 881 976 784
56 916 1,011 819
57 959 1,055 862
58 1,014 1,111 915
59 1,082 1,181 982
60 1,164 1,265 1,061
61 1,254 1,356 1,151
62 1,350 1,452 1,248
63 1,448 1,546 1,349
64 1,545 1,637 1,452
65 1,642 1,725 1,559
66 1,741 1,811 1,668
67 1,843 1,901 1,784
68 1,952 1,995 1,907
69 2,067 2,094 2,038
70 2,185 2,196 2,173
71 2,302 2,296 2,307
72 2,412 2,389 2,435
73 2,511 2,470 2,552
74 2,597 2,537 2,657
75 2,669 2,589 2,749
76 2,724 2,624 2,827
77 2,766 2,642 2,893
78 2,791 2,641 2,945
79 2,794 2,617 2,977
80 2,771 2,565 2,983
81 2,716 2,484 2,954
82 2,625 2,371 2,886
83 2,499 2,231 2,776
84 2,342 2,067 2,625
85 2,160 1,888 2,438
86 1,959 1,699 2,225
87 1,746 1,503 1,994
88 1,528 1,304 1,756
89 1,310 1,104 1,520
90 1,099 907 1,294
91 900 721 1,082
92 718 552 886
93 557 407 709
94 420 289.7 552
95 307 199.2 415
96 216.9 132.6 302
97 148 85.4 210.7
98 97.5 53.2 141.6
99 62 32 91.8
100 0 0 0

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 DR Congo's 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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