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Life Expectancy in DR Congo vs Malawi (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.2 years in the DR Congo vs 67.7 in Malawi. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and Malawi is 152/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.1 years for males and 64.4 years for females. In Malawi, it's 64.4 years for males and 71 years for females.

DR Congo vs Malawi life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 32.7 30.9 34.4
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 32.8 31.1 34.6
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 33 31.2 34.7
1953 39.1 38 40.2 33.2 31.4 34.9
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 33.3 31.6 35.1
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 33.6 31.9 35.3
1956 39.9 38.7 41 33.8 32.2 35.5
1957 40.2 39 41.3 34.1 32.4 35.8
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 34.4 32.8 36.1
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 34.8 33.2 36.3
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 35 33.4 36.6
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 35.2 33.7 36.8
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 35.4 33.9 37
1963 40.6 39.1 42 35.6 34.1 37.1
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 35.7 34.1 37.2
1965 40.8 39 42.4 35.7 34.2 37.3
1966 42.2 41 43.3 35.8 34.3 37.4
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 35.9 34.3 37.5
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 36.1 34.5 37.6
1969 43 41.8 44.1 36.3 34.8 37.8
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 36.6 35.1 38.1
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 37.1 35.7 38.5
1972 43.9 42.7 45 37.6 36.2 39
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 38.4 36.9 39.8
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 39.2 37.7 40.6
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 40.1 38.5 41.6
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 41 39.3 42.7
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 42 40.1 43.8
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 43 41 45
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 43.7 41.7 45.7
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 44.3 42.3 46.4
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 44.7 42.7 46.8
1982 45.9 45 46.8 44.8 42.9 46.8
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 45 43 46.9
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 44.8 42.9 46.8
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 44.6 42.7 46.5
1986 47 46.2 47.8 44.3 42.5 46.2
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 43.9 42.2 45.7
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 43.6 42 45.2
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 43.5 42 45.1
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 43.6 42.1 45.1
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 43.5 42.1 45
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 43.6 42.3 45
1993 49.6 48 51.2 43.6 42.4 44.9
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 43.8 42.6 45
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 43.8 42.6 45
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 44 42.7 45.3
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 44.2 42.8 45.6
1998 49.7 46.6 53 44.3 42.8 45.8
1999 50.1 47 53.4 45.1 43.5 46.6
2000 51.9 50 53.8 46.2 44.6 47.8
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 47.2 45.7 48.7
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 48.2 46.6 49.8
2003 53 51.2 54.8 49.6 47.9 51.3
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 51.1 49.4 52.8
2005 54 52.4 55.6 52.5 50.6 54.3
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 53.7 51.8 55.4
2007 55 53.4 56.5 54.7 53 56.3
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 55.7 53.9 57.4
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 56.7 54.8 58.6
2010 56.4 54.8 58 57.8 55.6 59.9
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 58.9 56.5 61.2
2012 57.4 55.7 59 59.9 57.3 62.4
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 60.8 58.1 63.6
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 61.7 58.8 64.5
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 62.3 59.4 65.2
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 63.2 60.1 66.2
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 63.9 60.8 67.1
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 64.5 61 67.9
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 65 61.6 68.4
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 65.2 61.7 68.8
2021 60 58 62.1 64.8 61.3 68.2
2022 61 58.9 63.1 66 62.7 69.4
2023 61.9 59.8 64 67.4 64.1 70.6
2024 62.1 60 64.2 67.6 64.3 70.8
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 67.7 64.4 71

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 53.2 years in the DR Congo and 54.7 in Malawi. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 11.7 in Malawi.

DR Congo vs Malawi 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 and Malawi, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.9 vs 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo Malawi
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.0% 95.9% 97.8%
50 87.7% 90.5% 88.6% 93.7%
60 76.2% 81.6% 75.5% 85.4%
65 67.6% 74.5% 65.7% 78.5%
70 56.3% 64.2% 53.6% 68.9%
75 42.2% 50.4% 39.4% 55.9%
80 26.7% 34.0% 24.6% 40.1%
85 12.9% 17.9% 11.9% 23.6%
90 4.0% 6.6% 4.1% 10.2%
95 0.6% 1.5% 0.9% 2.9%
100 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 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 DR Congo vs Malawi: 70.9 years vs 72 at 30, 78.6 vs 79.1 at 65, 85.9 vs 86.5 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.2 vs 67.7 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 and Malawi.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.2 60.1 64.4 67.7 64.4 71
1 65.4 63.5 67.3 69.7 66.6 72.7
2 65.8 64 67.7 70 66.8 73
3 66.3 64.4 68.1 70.1 67 73.2
4 66.6 64.8 68.5 70.3 67.1 73.3
5 66.9 65.1 68.8 70.4 67.2 73.4
6 67.2 65.4 69 70.4 67.3 73.4
7 67.4 65.6 69.3 70.5 67.4 73.5
8 67.6 65.8 69.4 70.5 67.4 73.5
9 67.8 66 69.6 70.6 67.5 73.6
10 67.9 66.2 69.7 70.6 67.5 73.6
11 68.1 66.3 69.8 70.7 67.6 73.6
12 68.2 66.4 69.9 70.7 67.6 73.7
13 68.3 66.5 70 70.7 67.6 73.7
14 68.4 66.6 70.1 70.8 67.7 73.7
15 68.5 66.8 70.2 70.8 67.7 73.8
16 68.6 66.9 70.3 70.9 67.8 73.8
17 68.7 67 70.5 70.9 67.8 73.9
18 68.9 67.2 70.6 71 67.9 73.9
19 69 67.3 70.7 71 68 74
20 69.2 67.5 70.8 71.1 68.1 74
21 69.4 67.7 71 71.2 68.2 74.1
22 69.5 67.9 71.1 71.3 68.3 74.1
23 69.7 68.1 71.3 71.4 68.4 74.2
24 69.9 68.3 71.4 71.4 68.5 74.2
25 70.1 68.6 71.5 71.5 68.6 74.3
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 71.6 68.7 74.4
27 70.4 69 71.8 71.7 68.8 74.4
28 70.6 69.1 72 71.8 69 74.5
29 70.7 69.3 72.1 71.9 69.1 74.6
30 70.9 69.5 72.3 72 69.2 74.6
31 71.1 69.7 72.4 72.1 69.3 74.7
32 71.3 69.9 72.6 72.2 69.4 74.8
33 71.4 70.1 72.7 72.3 69.6 74.9
34 71.6 70.3 72.9 72.4 69.7 74.9
35 71.8 70.5 73 72.5 69.9 75
36 71.9 70.7 73.2 72.6 70 75.1
37 72.1 70.9 73.3 72.8 70.2 75.2
38 72.3 71 73.5 72.9 70.3 75.3
39 72.5 71.2 73.6 73 70.5 75.4
40 72.6 71.4 73.8 73.2 70.6 75.5
41 72.8 71.6 74 73.3 70.8 75.6
42 73 71.8 74.2 73.5 71 75.7
43 73.2 72 74.3 73.6 71.2 75.9
44 73.4 72.2 74.5 73.8 71.4 76
45 73.6 72.4 74.7 73.9 71.6 76.1
46 73.8 72.7 74.8 74.1 71.8 76.2
47 74 72.9 75 74.3 72 76.4
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 74.5 72.2 76.5
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 74.7 72.5 76.7
50 74.6 73.5 75.5 74.9 72.7 76.8
51 74.8 73.8 75.7 75.1 73 77
52 75 74 75.9 75.3 73.2 77.2
53 75.2 74.3 76.1 75.6 73.5 77.4
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 75.8 73.8 77.6
55 75.7 74.8 76.6 76.1 74.1 77.8
56 76 75.1 76.8 76.3 74.4 78
57 76.2 75.4 77 76.6 74.7 78.2
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 76.9 75 78.4
59 76.8 76 77.5 77.2 75.4 78.6
60 77 76.3 77.7 77.4 75.7 78.9
61 77.3 76.6 78 77.8 76.1 79.1
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 78.1 76.5 79.4
63 77.9 77.3 78.6 78.4 76.9 79.7
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 78.8 77.3 80
65 78.6 78 79.2 79.1 77.7 80.3
66 79 78.4 79.5 79.5 78.1 80.7
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 79.9 78.6 81
68 79.8 79.2 80.2 80.3 79 81.3
69 80.2 79.6 80.6 80.7 79.5 81.7
70 80.6 80.1 81 81.2 80 82.1
71 81 80.6 81.4 81.6 80.5 82.5
72 81.5 81 81.9 82.1 81 82.9
73 82 81.5 82.4 82.6 81.5 83.4
74 82.5 82.1 82.8 83.1 82.1 83.8
75 83 82.6 83.3 83.6 82.6 84.3
76 83.5 83.2 83.9 84.2 83.2 84.8
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 84.7 83.8 85.3
78 84.7 84.3 85 85.3 84.4 85.9
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 85.9 85.1 86.4
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 86.5 85.7 87
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 87.1 86.4 87.6
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 87.8 87.1 88.2
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 88.4 87.8 88.8
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 89.1 88.5 89.4
85 89.3 89 89.5 89.8 89.3 90.1
86 90 89.7 90.2 90.5 90 90.8
87 90.7 90.4 91 91.3 90.8 91.5
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 92 91.6 92.2
89 92.3 92 92.5 92.8 92.4 93
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 93.6 93.2 93.7
91 93.9 93.6 94 94.4 94.1 94.5
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 96 95.8 96.1
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.9 96.6 96.9
95 97.3 97 97.3 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.6 98.4 98.6
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.4 99.2 99.5
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.3 100.1 100.4
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.2 101 101.3
100 101.8 101.6 101.8 102.1 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs Malawi

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 67.8% in the DR Congo and 75.1% in Malawi are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.8% and 57.3% will live to 70 years or older, 26.1% and 30.3% to 80+ years, and 4.57% and 6.69% 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.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% 97.2% 96.8% 97.6%
2 94.5% 93.9% 95% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 96.6% 96.1% 97%
4 93.3% 92.7% 94% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 92.9% 92.2% 93.5% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
6 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 96.2% 95.7% 96.6%
7 92.1% 91.4% 92.8% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
8 91.8% 91% 92.6% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
9 91.5% 90.8% 92.3% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
10 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
11 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
12 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
13 90.8% 89.9% 91.6% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
14 90.6% 89.8% 91.5% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
15 90.4% 89.6% 91.3% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
16 90.2% 89.3% 91.1% 95.5% 94.9% 96%
17 90% 89.1% 90.9% 95.4% 94.8% 95.9%
18 89.8% 88.8% 90.7% 95.2% 94.6% 95.9%
19 89.5% 88.5% 90.5% 95.1% 94.5% 95.8%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.3% 95% 94.3% 95.7%
21 88.9% 87.8% 90% 94.8% 94.1% 95.6%
22 88.6% 87.4% 89.8% 94.7% 93.9% 95.5%
23 88.3% 87% 89.5% 94.5% 93.7% 95.4%
24 87.9% 86.6% 89.3% 94.4% 93.5% 95.2%
25 87.6% 86.2% 89% 94.2% 93.2% 95.1%
26 87.2% 85.8% 88.7% 94% 93% 95%
27 86.9% 85.4% 88.4% 93.8% 92.7% 94.9%
28 86.5% 85% 88.1% 93.6% 92.5% 94.7%
29 86.2% 84.6% 87.8% 93.4% 92.2% 94.6%
30 85.8% 84.2% 87.5% 93.2% 91.9% 94.5%
31 85.5% 83.8% 87.2% 93% 91.6% 94.3%
32 85.1% 83.4% 86.9% 92.7% 91.3% 94.1%
33 84.7% 82.9% 86.5% 92.5% 91% 94%
34 84.3% 82.5% 86.2% 92.2% 90.7% 93.8%
35 84% 82.1% 85.9% 91.9% 90.3% 93.6%
36 83.6% 81.6% 85.5% 91.7% 89.9% 93.4%
37 83.2% 81.2% 85.2% 91.3% 89.5% 93.1%
38 82.8% 80.7% 84.8% 91% 89.1% 92.9%
39 82.3% 80.3% 84.4% 90.7% 88.6% 92.7%
40 81.9% 79.8% 84% 90.3% 88.2% 92.4%
41 81.4% 79.3% 83.6% 89.9% 87.6% 92.1%
42 80.9% 78.8% 83.2% 89.5% 87.1% 91.8%
43 80.4% 78.2% 82.7% 89.1% 86.5% 91.5%
44 79.9% 77.6% 82.3% 88.6% 85.9% 91.1%
45 79.4% 77.1% 81.8% 88.1% 85.3% 90.7%
46 78.9% 76.5% 81.3% 87.5% 84.6% 90.3%
47 78.3% 75.9% 80.8% 87% 83.9% 89.9%
48 77.7% 75.2% 80.3% 86.3% 83.1% 89.5%
49 77.1% 74.5% 79.8% 85.7% 82.3% 89%
50 76.5% 73.8% 79.2% 85% 81.4% 88.5%
51 75.8% 73.1% 78.6% 84.2% 80.5% 87.9%
52 75.1% 72.2% 78% 83.4% 79.5% 87.3%
53 74.3% 71.4% 77.3% 82.5% 78.5% 86.6%
54 73.5% 70.5% 76.6% 81.6% 77.4% 86%
55 72.6% 69.5% 75.8% 80.7% 76.2% 85.2%
56 71.8% 68.5% 75% 79.7% 75% 84.4%
57 70.8% 67.5% 74.2% 78.6% 73.7% 83.6%
58 69.9% 66.5% 73.3% 77.5% 72.3% 82.7%
59 68.9% 65.4% 72.4% 76.4% 70.9% 81.7%
60 67.8% 64.2% 71.4% 75.1% 69.4% 80.7%
61 66.6% 62.9% 70.4% 73.8% 67.7% 79.6%
62 65.4% 61.6% 69.2% 72.4% 66.1% 78.4%
63 64% 60.1% 68% 70.8% 64.3% 77.1%
64 62.6% 58.6% 66.6% 69.2% 62.4% 75.7%
65 61% 56.9% 65.2% 67.5% 60.4% 74.2%
66 59.4% 55.2% 63.6% 65.7% 58.3% 72.5%
67 57.6% 53.4% 61.9% 63.7% 56.2% 70.8%
68 55.8% 51.5% 60.2% 61.7% 54% 69%
69 53.8% 49.5% 58.3% 59.6% 51.7% 67.1%
70 51.8% 47.4% 56.2% 57.3% 49.3% 65%
71 49.6% 45.2% 54.1% 55% 46.8% 62.8%
72 47.3% 42.9% 51.8% 52.5% 44.2% 60.5%
73 44.9% 40.5% 49.3% 50% 41.6% 58.1%
74 42.4% 38.1% 46.8% 47.3% 38.9% 55.5%
75 39.8% 35.6% 44.1% 44.6% 36.2% 52.8%
76 37.1% 33% 41.4% 41.8% 33.4% 49.9%
77 34.4% 30.4% 38.6% 38.9% 30.7% 47%
78 31.7% 27.7% 35.7% 36.1% 28% 44%
79 28.9% 25.1% 32.7% 33.2% 25.2% 41%
80 26.1% 22.5% 29.8% 30.3% 22.6% 37.8%
81 23.3% 19.9% 26.8% 27.4% 20% 34.7%
82 20.6% 17.5% 23.9% 24.7% 17.6% 31.6%
83 18% 15.1% 21% 21.9% 15.2% 28.5%
84 15.5% 12.9% 18.2% 19.2% 13% 25.4%
85 13.2% 10.8% 15.6% 16.7% 11% 22.3%
86 11.1% 8.96% 13.2% 14.3% 9.14% 19.4%
87 9.12% 7.27% 11% 12.1% 7.49% 16.6%
88 7.39% 5.78% 9.02% 10.1% 6.05% 14.1%
89 5.87% 4.49% 7.27% 8.26% 4.81% 11.7%
90 4.57% 3.39% 5.76% 6.69% 3.76% 9.62%
91 3.48% 2.49% 4.48% 5.31% 2.88% 7.74%
92 2.59% 1.77% 3.41% 4.16% 2.18% 6.15%
93 1.88% 1.23% 2.53% 3.19% 1.61% 4.78%
94 1.33% 0.82% 1.83% 2.4% 1.17% 3.64%
95 0.91% 0.54% 1.28% 1.77% 0.83% 2.72%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.87% 1.27% 0.57% 1.98%
97 0.39% 0.21% 0.57% 0.89% 0.39% 1.41%
98 0.25% 0.12% 0.37% 0.61% 0.26% 0.98%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 0.41% 0.17% 0.67%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 0.27% 0.11% 0.44%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.8% in the birth year in the DR Congo and 2.82% in Malawi, 0.42% vs 0.24% at age 30, 1.72% vs 1.79% at 60, and 10.6% vs 9.48% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo Malawi
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.8% 5.31% 4.29% 2.82% 3.18% 2.44%
1 0.75% 0.8% 0.7% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
2 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.25% 0.27% 0.23%
3 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
5 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
6 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
7 0.33% 0.36% 0.3% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.2% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.1% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
18 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
20 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
21 0.36% 0.44% 0.28% 0.16% 0.22% 0.11%
22 0.37% 0.46% 0.28% 0.17% 0.23% 0.11%
23 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
24 0.38% 0.47% 0.3% 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
25 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.19% 0.26% 0.13%
26 0.39% 0.47% 0.32% 0.2% 0.27% 0.14%
27 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.21% 0.28% 0.14%
28 0.41% 0.47% 0.34% 0.22% 0.29% 0.15%
29 0.42% 0.48% 0.35% 0.23% 0.3% 0.16%
30 0.42% 0.49% 0.36% 0.24% 0.32% 0.17%
31 0.43% 0.5% 0.37% 0.25% 0.33% 0.17%
32 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.27% 0.36% 0.19%
33 0.45% 0.51% 0.38% 0.28% 0.38% 0.2%
34 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.3% 0.4% 0.21%
35 0.47% 0.53% 0.4% 0.32% 0.42% 0.22%
36 0.48% 0.54% 0.41% 0.34% 0.45% 0.24%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.36% 0.48% 0.25%
38 0.52% 0.58% 0.45% 0.38% 0.51% 0.27%
39 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.41% 0.54% 0.29%
40 0.57% 0.63% 0.5% 0.44% 0.58% 0.31%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.53% 0.46% 0.61% 0.33%
42 0.62% 0.69% 0.55% 0.5% 0.66% 0.36%
43 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.53% 0.7% 0.38%
44 0.66% 0.74% 0.57% 0.57% 0.75% 0.41%
45 0.68% 0.77% 0.59% 0.62% 0.8% 0.44%
46 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.66% 0.85% 0.47%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.63% 0.71% 0.92% 0.5%
48 0.78% 0.9% 0.66% 0.77% 0.99% 0.54%
49 0.83% 0.97% 0.7% 0.83% 1.06% 0.59%
50 0.9% 1.04% 0.76% 0.9% 1.15% 0.64%
51 0.97% 1.12% 0.82% 0.95% 1.22% 0.68%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.88% 1.03% 1.32% 0.75%
53 1.1% 1.27% 0.93% 1.09% 1.41% 0.8%
54 1.16% 1.34% 0.98% 1.16% 1.5% 0.86%
55 1.22% 1.41% 1.04% 1.23% 1.61% 0.92%
56 1.28% 1.48% 1.09% 1.32% 1.72% 0.99%
57 1.36% 1.56% 1.16% 1.4% 1.84% 1.07%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.25% 1.51% 1.99% 1.17%
59 1.57% 1.81% 1.36% 1.63% 2.14% 1.26%
60 1.72% 1.97% 1.49% 1.79% 2.34% 1.4%
61 1.88% 2.16% 1.64% 1.92% 2.5% 1.5%
62 2.07% 2.36% 1.8% 2.11% 2.72% 1.67%
63 2.26% 2.57% 1.99% 2.29% 2.94% 1.82%
64 2.47% 2.79% 2.18% 2.5% 3.17% 1.99%
65 2.69% 3.03% 2.39% 2.73% 3.43% 2.19%
66 2.93% 3.28% 2.62% 2.93% 3.67% 2.35%
67 3.2% 3.55% 2.88% 3.18% 3.95% 2.56%
68 3.49% 3.87% 3.17% 3.46% 4.28% 2.8%
69 3.83% 4.22% 3.49% 3.74% 4.62% 3.05%
70 4.21% 4.62% 3.86% 4.14% 5.06% 3.41%
71 4.63% 5.06% 4.26% 4.42% 5.41% 3.65%
72 5.09% 5.55% 4.7% 4.89% 5.95% 4.08%
73 5.58% 6.07% 5.16% 5.3% 6.45% 4.45%
74 6.11% 6.64% 5.67% 5.78% 7.01% 4.89%
75 6.68% 7.26% 6.21% 6.28% 7.62% 5.37%
76 7.31% 7.93% 6.81% 6.79% 8.25% 5.83%
77 8.01% 8.67% 7.48% 7.35% 8.91% 6.35%
78 8.78% 9.48% 8.22% 8.05% 9.73% 6.99%
79 9.63% 10.4% 9.05% 8.69% 10.5% 7.58%
80 10.6% 11.4% 9.97% 9.48% 11.4% 8.31%
81 11.6% 12.4% 11% 10.1% 12.2% 8.9%
82 12.7% 13.5% 12% 11.2% 13.4% 9.97%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 12.2% 14.4% 10.9%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 13.3% 15.7% 12%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 14.4% 16.8% 13.1%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 15.5% 18% 14.2%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 16.6% 19.2% 15.4%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 17.9% 20.5% 16.7%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 19.1% 21.8% 17.9%
90 23.8% 26.6% 22.3% 20.6% 23.3% 19.5%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 21.7% 24.4% 20.6%
92 27.5% 30.8% 25.7% 23.3% 26% 22.3%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 24.8% 27.5% 23.8%
94 31.4% 34.8% 29.8% 26.4% 29.1% 25.4%
95 33.4% 36.8% 32% 28.1% 30.8% 27.2%
96 35.4% 38.7% 34.2% 29.7% 32.3% 28.9%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.3% 31.2% 33.7% 30.4%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 32.7% 35.1% 32%
99 41% 44.6% 40.1% 34.5% 36.8% 33.8%
100 43% 46.5% 42.2% 35.9% 38.2% 35.3%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to Malawi

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 78 in Malawi. The median age of death is 70.8 in the DR Congo and 73 in Malawi — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Malawi
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo Malawi
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,802 5,309 4,287 2,815 3,184 2,444
1 714 757 670 386 411 362
2 619 659 577 241.7 262.2 220.9
3 541 579 502 171.1 186.7 155.2
4 472 508 435 128.8 140.6 116.8
5 409 441 376 101.8 111 92.4
6 352 380 323 87.3 96.4 78.1
7 300 325 275.2 77.6 86.8 68.2
8 256.4 277.2 235.2 69.5 78.3 60.6
9 221 238.7 203.1 63.9 72.3 55.4
10 195.2 210.4 179.6 60.8 69.2 52.3
11 178.8 192.7 164.8 60 69.1 50.9
12 171.5 184.9 157.8 61.5 71.2 51.8
13 172.8 187 158.3 65.7 76.4 54.9
14 181.7 198.3 165 73 86.3 59.7
15 197.5 218 176.7 83.5 100.3 66.7
16 218.3 244.6 191.5 96.6 118.9 74.3
17 241.7 275.7 207.1 110.5 139.8 81.3
18 265.5 309 221.5 125.5 162.7 88.5
19 287.2 341 233.1 136.1 178.1 94.3
20 305 368 241.8 145.7 192 99.5
21 319 388 248.7 153.6 204.1 103.3
22 328 401 254.8 161.4 215.1 108
23 334 406 261.3 168.5 224.5 112.8
24 338 406 268.8 175.2 232.6 118
25 341 404 277.2 181.8 240.9 122.9
26 345 402 286.3 188.8 248.9 128.8
27 348 401 295.2 196.7 258.5 135.2
28 353 402 303 205.1 269.1 141.9
29 358 405 311 214.2 280.7 149.1
30 364 410 317 225.4 295.1 157.8
31 370 416 322 233.8 307 163.7
32 375 422 327 247.8 325 175
33 380 427 331 260.6 342 185.1
34 385 431 337 275.2 361 196.3
35 391 437 344 291.9 383 209.7
36 400 444 354 308 404 222.8
37 412 455 367 326 429 236.1
38 427 469 383 347 455 253.6
39 445 487 402 368 481 269.4
40 464 506 421 394 513 289.7
41 483 526 439 414 537 304
42 500 544 454 445 573 329
43 513 561 464 473 604 348
44 525 576 472 504 640 370
45 537 593 479 542 683 397
46 552 613 490 577 723 422
47 574 641 506 618 769 452
48 604 677 530 664 820 488
49 642 720 562 710 873 523
50 686 770 600 766 936 569
51 732 820 642 803 982 598
52 776 868 682 858 1,047 651
53 815 909 720 901 1,103 690
54 850 945 754 949 1,163 738
55 883 977 786 996 1,225 785
56 918 1,012 821 1,048 1,289 840
57 961 1,056 864 1,103 1,356 894
58 1,015 1,112 917 1,173 1,436 965
59 1,083 1,182 983 1,243 1,516 1,032
60 1,164 1,265 1,063 1,345 1,621 1,132
61 1,255 1,356 1,152 1,414 1,692 1,195
62 1,351 1,451 1,249 1,526 1,798 1,307
63 1,448 1,545 1,350 1,624 1,886 1,401
64 1,545 1,635 1,453 1,728 1,976 1,506
65 1,642 1,723 1,559 1,840 2,069 1,622
66 1,739 1,809 1,668 1,922 2,138 1,705
67 1,841 1,898 1,783 2,025 2,222 1,813
68 1,950 1,992 1,906 2,134 2,308 1,935
69 2,064 2,090 2,036 2,231 2,384 2,045
70 2,181 2,191 2,170 2,373 2,491 2,218
71 2,297 2,290 2,303 2,432 2,532 2,296
72 2,407 2,382 2,430 2,568 2,633 2,469
73 2,505 2,463 2,547 2,650 2,684 2,586
74 2,590 2,529 2,651 2,733 2,728 2,710
75 2,660 2,580 2,741 2,799 2,759 2,831
76 2,715 2,615 2,819 2,835 2,758 2,912
77 2,756 2,632 2,884 2,864 2,735 2,984
78 2,779 2,630 2,934 2,904 2,719 3,078
79 2,782 2,605 2,965 2,882 2,645 3,105
80 2,758 2,553 2,970 2,873 2,583 3,146
81 2,702 2,471 2,940 2,772 2,436 3,090
82 2,611 2,359 2,872 2,760 2,349 3,152
83 2,486 2,218 2,761 2,665 2,198 3,113
84 2,329 2,055 2,609 2,558 2,042 3,053
85 2,146 1,877 2,423 2,392 1,842 2,924
86 1,946 1,688 2,210 2,210 1,646 2,757
87 1,734 1,493 1,980 2,005 1,440 2,556
88 1,516 1,295 1,743 1,799 1,243 2,344
89 1,300 1,096 1,508 1,576 1,048 2,095
90 1,090 900 1,283 1,381 878 1,879
91 892 715 1,072 1,150 704 1,593
92 712 547 878 970 568 1,370
93 552 404 702 790 444 1,137
94 416 287 546 632 340 926
95 304 197.3 411 497 255.2 740
96 214.7 131.2 298.2 377 185.2 570
97 146.4 84.5 208.2 278.4 131 428
98 96.4 52.6 139.9 200.4 90.3 312
99 61.2 31.6 90.6 142.3 61.4 224.8
100 0 0 0 33.4 0 68.7

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 DR Congo and Malawi 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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