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Life Expectancy in DR Congo vs Netherlands (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.4 years in the DR Congo vs 82.6 in the Netherlands. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and the Netherlands is 25/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.2 years for males and 64.6 years for females. In the Netherlands, it's 81.1 years for males and 84.1 years for females.

DR Congo vs Netherlands life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
Netherlands
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Netherlands
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 71.4 70.3 72.6
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 71.5 70.3 72.8
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 72.1 71 73.3
1953 39.1 38 40.2 71.7 70.4 73
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 72.4 71 73.8
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 72.5 70.9 74.1
1956 39.9 38.7 41 72.5 71 74.1
1957 40.2 39 41.3 73 71.4 74.6
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 73.1 71.5 74.8
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 73.2 71.3 75.2
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 73.4 71.4 75.3
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 73.6 71.4 75.7
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 73.2 71 75.6
1963 40.6 39.1 42 73.4 71 75.8
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 73.7 71.3 76.3
1965 40.8 39 42.4 73.6 71.1 76.2
1966 42.2 41 43.3 73.6 71.1 76.1
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 73.8 71.2 76.6
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 73.6 70.9 76.4
1969 43 41.8 44.1 73.6 70.9 76.3
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 73.6 70.8 76.5
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 73.9 71 76.8
1972 43.9 42.7 45 73.8 70.8 76.8
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 74.2 71.3 77.2
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 74.6 71.6 77.6
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 74.6 71.5 77.7
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 74.7 71.5 77.9
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 75.3 72.1 78.5
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 75.2 71.9 78.5
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 75.6 72.4 78.9
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 75.8 72.4 79.1
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 76 72.7 79.3
1982 45.9 45 46.8 76.1 72.7 79.4
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 76.3 72.9 79.6
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 76.3 73 79.7
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 76.4 73.1 79.6
1986 47 46.2 47.8 76.4 73.1 79.6
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 76.8 73.5 80
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 77 73.7 80.2
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 76.8 73.7 79.9
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 77 73.8 80.1
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 77.2 74 80.1
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 77.4 74.3 80.3
1993 49.6 48 51.2 77 74 80
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 77.5 74.6 80.3
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 77.6 74.6 80.4
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 77.6 74.6 80.3
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 77.9 75.2 80.5
1998 49.7 46.6 53 78 75.2 80.7
1999 50.1 47 53.4 78 75.3 80.4
2000 51.9 50 53.8 78.1 75.5 80.6
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 78.3 75.8 80.7
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 78.4 76 80.7
2003 53 51.2 54.8 78.7 76.2 80.9
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 79.2 76.9 81.4
2005 54 52.4 55.6 79.5 77.2 81.6
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 79.8 77.6 81.9
2007 55 53.4 56.5 80.3 78 82.3
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 80.4 78.3 82.3
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 80.7 78.5 82.6
2010 56.4 54.8 58 80.8 78.8 82.7
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 81.1 79.2 82.9
2012 57.4 55.7 59 81.1 79.1 82.8
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 81.3 79.4 83
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 81.7 79.9 83.3
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 81.5 79.7 83.1
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 81.6 79.9 83.1
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 81.7 80.1 83.3
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 81.8 80.2 83.3
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 82.1 80.5 83.6
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 81.4 79.7 83.1
2021 60 58 62.1 81.4 79.7 83
2022 61 58.9 63.1 81.9 80.3 83.5
2023 61.9 59.8 64 82.2 80.5 83.7
2024 62.1 60 64.2 82.3 80.7 83.9
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 82.4 80.9 84
2026 62.4 60.2 64.6 82.6 81.1 84.1

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 53.2 years in the DR Congo and 70 in the Netherlands. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 17.8 in the Netherlands.

DR Congo vs Netherlands 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 the Netherlands, 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 vs 53.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 83.1 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 85.6 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo Netherlands
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.1% 99.4% 99.6%
50 87.8% 90.6% 98.2% 98.7%
60 76.4% 81.8% 94.7% 95.9%
65 67.8% 74.6% 91.0% 93.2%
70 56.5% 64.4% 85.6% 89.3%
75 42.4% 50.6% 77.3% 83.5%
80 26.8% 34.2% 64.7% 74.2%
85 12.9% 18.0% 46.0% 58.7%
90 4.1% 6.6% 23.6% 35.7%
95 0.6% 1.5% 7.0% 13.1%
100 0.0% 0.2% 0.9% 2.1%

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 DR Congo vs the Netherlands: 71 years vs 83.1 at 30, 78.6 vs 85.5 at 65, 85.9 vs 89.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.4 vs 82.6 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 the Netherlands.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Netherlands
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo Netherlands
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.4 60.2 64.6 82.6 81.1 84.1
1 65.5 63.6 67.4 82.8 81.3 84.3
2 66 64.1 67.9 82.9 81.4 84.3
3 66.4 64.5 68.3 82.9 81.4 84.4
4 66.7 64.9 68.6 82.9 81.4 84.4
5 67 65.2 68.9 82.9 81.4 84.4
6 67.3 65.5 69.1 82.9 81.4 84.4
7 67.5 65.7 69.4 82.9 81.4 84.4
8 67.7 65.9 69.5 82.9 81.4 84.4
9 67.9 66.1 69.7 82.9 81.4 84.4
10 68 66.3 69.8 82.9 81.4 84.4
11 68.2 66.4 69.9 82.9 81.4 84.4
12 68.3 66.5 70 82.9 81.4 84.4
13 68.4 66.6 70.1 82.9 81.4 84.4
14 68.5 66.7 70.2 82.9 81.4 84.4
15 68.6 66.8 70.3 82.9 81.4 84.4
16 68.7 67 70.4 82.9 81.4 84.4
17 68.8 67.1 70.6 82.9 81.4 84.4
18 69 67.2 70.7 83 81.5 84.4
19 69.1 67.4 70.8 83 81.5 84.4
20 69.3 67.6 70.9 83 81.5 84.4
21 69.4 67.8 71.1 83 81.5 84.4
22 69.6 68 71.2 83 81.5 84.5
23 69.8 68.2 71.3 83 81.5 84.5
24 69.9 68.4 71.5 83 81.6 84.5
25 70.1 68.6 71.6 83.1 81.6 84.5
26 70.3 68.8 71.8 83.1 81.6 84.5
27 70.5 69 71.9 83.1 81.6 84.5
28 70.6 69.2 72 83.1 81.7 84.5
29 70.8 69.4 72.2 83.1 81.7 84.5
30 71 69.6 72.3 83.1 81.7 84.5
31 71.1 69.8 72.5 83.2 81.7 84.6
32 71.3 70 72.6 83.2 81.7 84.6
33 71.5 70.2 72.8 83.2 81.8 84.6
34 71.7 70.3 72.9 83.2 81.8 84.6
35 71.8 70.5 73.1 83.2 81.8 84.6
36 72 70.7 73.2 83.3 81.8 84.6
37 72.2 70.9 73.4 83.3 81.9 84.7
38 72.3 71.1 73.5 83.3 81.9 84.7
39 72.5 71.3 73.7 83.3 81.9 84.7
40 72.7 71.5 73.9 83.4 82 84.7
41 72.9 71.7 74 83.4 82 84.7
42 73.1 71.9 74.2 83.4 82 84.8
43 73.2 72.1 74.4 83.5 82.1 84.8
44 73.4 72.3 74.5 83.5 82.1 84.8
45 73.6 72.5 74.7 83.5 82.1 84.9
46 73.8 72.7 74.9 83.6 82.2 84.9
47 74 72.9 75.1 83.6 82.2 84.9
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 83.7 82.3 85
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 83.7 82.4 85
50 74.6 73.6 75.6 83.8 82.4 85.1
51 74.8 73.8 75.8 83.8 82.5 85.2
52 75 74.1 76 83.9 82.6 85.2
53 75.3 74.3 76.2 84 82.6 85.3
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 84.1 82.7 85.4
55 75.8 74.9 76.6 84.2 82.8 85.4
56 76 75.1 76.8 84.3 82.9 85.5
57 76.3 75.4 77.1 84.4 83 85.6
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 84.5 83.1 85.7
59 76.8 76 77.5 84.6 83.3 85.8
60 77.1 76.3 77.8 84.7 83.4 85.9
61 77.3 76.6 78 84.8 83.6 86.1
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 85 83.7 86.2
63 78 77.3 78.6 85.1 83.9 86.3
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 85.3 84 86.5
65 78.6 78 79.2 85.5 84.2 86.6
66 79 78.4 79.5 85.6 84.4 86.8
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 85.8 84.6 86.9
68 79.8 79.2 80.3 86 84.8 87.1
69 80.2 79.7 80.6 86.2 85.1 87.3
70 80.6 80.1 81 86.4 85.3 87.4
71 81.1 80.6 81.5 86.6 85.5 87.6
72 81.5 81.1 81.9 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 82 81.6 82.4 87.1 86.1 88
74 82.5 82.1 82.9 87.4 86.3 88.3
75 83 82.6 83.4 87.6 86.6 88.5
76 83.6 83.2 83.9 87.9 87 88.7
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 88.2 87.3 89
78 84.7 84.3 85 88.5 87.6 89.2
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 88.8 88 89.5
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 89.2 88.4 89.8
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 89.6 88.8 90.2
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 90 89.3 90.5
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 90.4 89.7 90.9
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 90.8 90.2 91.3
85 89.3 89 89.5 91.3 90.7 91.7
86 90 89.7 90.2 91.8 91.3 92.2
87 90.8 90.4 91 92.4 91.9 92.7
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 92.9 92.5 93.2
89 92.3 92 92.5 93.5 93.1 93.8
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 94.2 93.8 94.4
91 93.9 93.6 94 94.8 94.5 95
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.5 95.2 95.7
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 96.2 96 96.4
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97 96.8 97.1
95 97.3 97 97.3 97.8 97.6 97.8
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.5 98.4 98.6
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.2 99.4
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.2 100.1 100.2
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101 100.9 101.1
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.9 101.8 101.9

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs Netherlands

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68% in the DR Congo and 94.6% in the Netherlands are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52% and 86.8% will live to 70 years or older, 26.3% and 68.9% to 80+ years, and 4.61% and 29.6% 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
Netherlands
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Netherlands
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
2 94.6% 94% 95.1% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
5 92.9% 92.3% 93.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
6 92.5% 91.8% 93.3% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
7 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
8 91.9% 91.1% 92.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
9 91.6% 90.9% 92.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
10 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
11 91.2% 90.4% 92.1% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
12 91.1% 90.2% 91.9% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
13 90.9% 90% 91.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
14 90.7% 89.9% 91.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
15 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
16 90.3% 89.5% 91.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
17 90.1% 89.2% 91.1% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
18 89.9% 88.9% 90.9% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
19 89.6% 88.6% 90.6% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
20 89.3% 88.3% 90.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
21 89% 87.9% 90.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
22 88.7% 87.5% 89.9% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
23 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
24 88.1% 86.7% 89.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
25 87.7% 86.3% 89.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
26 87.4% 85.9% 88.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
27 87.1% 85.5% 88.6% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
28 86.7% 85.1% 88.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5%
29 86.4% 84.8% 88% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
30 86% 84.4% 87.7% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
31 85.6% 83.9% 87.4% 99.2% 99.1% 99.4%
32 85.3% 83.5% 87.1% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
33 84.9% 83.1% 86.7% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
34 84.5% 82.7% 86.4% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
35 84.1% 82.3% 86.1% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
36 83.8% 81.8% 85.7% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
37 83.4% 81.4% 85.4% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
38 83% 80.9% 85% 98.9% 98.7% 99.1%
39 82.5% 80.5% 84.6% 98.9% 98.6% 99.1%
40 82.1% 80% 84.2% 98.8% 98.6% 99%
41 81.6% 79.5% 83.8% 98.7% 98.5% 99%
42 81.2% 79% 83.4% 98.7% 98.4% 98.9%
43 80.7% 78.4% 82.9% 98.6% 98.3% 98.9%
44 80.1% 77.9% 82.5% 98.5% 98.2% 98.8%
45 79.6% 77.3% 82% 98.4% 98.1% 98.7%
46 79.1% 76.7% 81.5% 98.3% 97.9% 98.6%
47 78.5% 76.1% 81% 98.1% 97.8% 98.5%
48 78% 75.4% 80.5% 98% 97.7% 98.4%
49 77.4% 74.8% 80% 97.9% 97.5% 98.2%
50 76.7% 74.1% 79.5% 97.7% 97.3% 98.1%
51 76% 73.3% 78.9% 97.5% 97.1% 97.9%
52 75.3% 72.5% 78.2% 97.3% 96.9% 97.7%
53 74.5% 71.6% 77.5% 97.1% 96.6% 97.5%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.8% 96.8% 96.3% 97.3%
55 72.9% 69.8% 76.1% 96.5% 96% 97.1%
56 72% 68.8% 75.3% 96.2% 95.7% 96.8%
57 71.1% 67.8% 74.5% 95.9% 95.3% 96.5%
58 70.1% 66.7% 73.6% 95.5% 94.8% 96.1%
59 69.1% 65.6% 72.7% 95% 94.4% 95.7%
60 68% 64.4% 71.7% 94.6% 93.8% 95.3%
61 66.9% 63.2% 70.6% 94% 93.2% 94.9%
62 65.6% 61.8% 69.5% 93.5% 92.6% 94.4%
63 64.3% 60.3% 68.3% 92.8% 91.9% 93.8%
64 62.8% 58.8% 66.9% 92.2% 91.1% 93.3%
65 61.3% 57.2% 65.4% 91.4% 90.2% 92.6%
66 59.6% 55.4% 63.9% 90.6% 89.3% 92%
67 57.9% 53.6% 62.2% 89.8% 88.3% 91.3%
68 56% 51.7% 60.4% 88.9% 87.2% 90.5%
69 54.1% 49.7% 58.5% 87.9% 86.1% 89.7%
70 52% 47.6% 56.5% 86.8% 84.8% 88.8%
71 49.8% 45.4% 54.3% 85.6% 83.4% 87.8%
72 47.5% 43.1% 52% 84.3% 81.9% 86.7%
73 45.1% 40.8% 49.6% 82.9% 80.3% 85.6%
74 42.6% 38.3% 47% 81.4% 78.5% 84.3%
75 40% 35.7% 44.4% 79.8% 76.6% 83%
76 37.3% 33.2% 41.6% 77.9% 74.5% 81.5%
77 34.6% 30.5% 38.8% 76% 72.2% 79.8%
78 31.9% 27.9% 35.9% 73.8% 69.8% 78%
79 29.1% 25.3% 33% 71.5% 67.1% 76%
80 26.3% 22.6% 30% 68.9% 64.1% 73.7%
81 23.5% 20.1% 27% 66.1% 60.9% 71.3%
82 20.8% 17.6% 24% 63% 57.4% 68.5%
83 18.2% 15.2% 21.2% 59.6% 53.7% 65.4%
84 15.7% 13% 18.4% 55.9% 49.8% 62.1%
85 13.3% 10.9% 15.8% 52% 45.6% 58.4%
86 11.2% 9.03% 13.3% 47.8% 41.2% 54.3%
87 9.2% 7.33% 11.1% 43.4% 36.7% 49.9%
88 7.45% 5.83% 9.1% 38.8% 32.2% 45.3%
89 5.92% 4.52% 7.34% 34.2% 27.7% 40.4%
90 4.61% 3.42% 5.82% 29.6% 23.4% 35.5%
91 3.52% 2.51% 4.53% 25.1% 19.3% 30.5%
92 2.62% 1.79% 3.45% 20.8% 15.5% 25.6%
93 1.9% 1.24% 2.56% 16.8% 12.2% 21%
94 1.34% 0.83% 1.85% 13.2% 9.31% 16.8%
95 0.92% 0.54% 1.3% 10.1% 6.9% 13%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.88% 7.49% 4.95% 9.77%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.58% 5.36% 3.43% 7.07%
98 0.25% 0.13% 0.37% 3.7% 2.3% 4.93%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 2.46% 1.48% 3.31%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 1.57% 0.92% 2.13%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.74% in the birth year in the DR Congo and 0.29% in the Netherlands, 0.42% vs 0.03% at age 30, 1.71% vs 0.55% at 60, and 10.5% vs 4.14% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
Netherlands
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo Netherlands
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.74% 5.25% 4.22% 0.29% 0.31% 0.27%
1 0.74% 0.79% 0.69% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 0.65% 0.69% 0.6% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
3 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.008% 0.009% 0.006%
4 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
5 0.43% 0.47% 0.4% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
6 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.005% 0.004% 0.005%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.004% 0.004% 0.005%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
11 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.005% 0.006% 0.004%
12 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.006% 0.007% 0.004%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.007% 0.008% 0.005%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.008% 0.01% 0.006%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
17 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
18 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
20 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
21 0.35% 0.44% 0.27% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
22 0.37% 0.45% 0.28% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
23 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
24 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
25 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
26 0.39% 0.46% 0.32% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
27 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
28 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
29 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
30 0.42% 0.48% 0.36% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
31 0.43% 0.49% 0.36% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
32 0.44% 0.5% 0.37% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
33 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
34 0.45% 0.52% 0.39% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
35 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
36 0.47% 0.54% 0.41% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
38 0.51% 0.58% 0.45% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
39 0.54% 0.6% 0.47% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
40 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
42 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
43 0.63% 0.71% 0.56% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
44 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.1% 0.12% 0.09%
45 0.67% 0.76% 0.58% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
46 0.69% 0.8% 0.6% 0.13% 0.14% 0.11%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.62% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
48 0.77% 0.89% 0.65% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
49 0.83% 0.96% 0.7% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
50 0.89% 1.04% 0.75% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
51 0.96% 1.12% 0.81% 0.21% 0.24% 0.19%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.87% 0.24% 0.26% 0.21%
53 1.09% 1.27% 0.92% 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
54 1.15% 1.33% 0.98% 0.3% 0.33% 0.26%
55 1.21% 1.4% 1.03% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
56 1.27% 1.47% 1.09% 0.36% 0.4% 0.32%
57 1.35% 1.56% 1.16% 0.4% 0.45% 0.35%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.24% 0.45% 0.51% 0.39%
59 1.57% 1.8% 1.35% 0.5% 0.57% 0.43%
60 1.71% 1.96% 1.48% 0.55% 0.63% 0.47%
61 1.88% 2.15% 1.63% 0.61% 0.7% 0.53%
62 2.06% 2.35% 1.8% 0.67% 0.77% 0.58%
63 2.25% 2.56% 1.98% 0.73% 0.84% 0.62%
64 2.46% 2.78% 2.17% 0.79% 0.93% 0.66%
65 2.68% 3.02% 2.38% 0.87% 1.02% 0.72%
66 2.92% 3.27% 2.61% 0.95% 1.12% 0.78%
67 3.18% 3.54% 2.87% 1.03% 1.21% 0.84%
68 3.48% 3.86% 3.16% 1.12% 1.33% 0.91%
69 3.82% 4.21% 3.48% 1.23% 1.47% 0.99%
70 4.2% 4.61% 3.85% 1.36% 1.63% 1.1%
71 4.62% 5.05% 4.25% 1.51% 1.81% 1.22%
72 5.07% 5.54% 4.68% 1.66% 2% 1.33%
73 5.57% 6.06% 5.15% 1.82% 2.21% 1.46%
74 6.1% 6.63% 5.65% 2.03% 2.47% 1.62%
75 6.67% 7.24% 6.2% 2.27% 2.76% 1.82%
76 7.3% 7.91% 6.79% 2.52% 3.04% 2.04%
77 7.99% 8.65% 7.46% 2.81% 3.38% 2.28%
78 8.76% 9.47% 8.2% 3.16% 3.82% 2.57%
79 9.61% 10.4% 9.03% 3.61% 4.39% 2.92%
80 10.5% 11.3% 9.95% 4.14% 5.04% 3.36%
81 11.6% 12.4% 10.9% 4.72% 5.71% 3.88%
82 12.6% 13.5% 12% 5.37% 6.46% 4.48%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 6.12% 7.34% 5.15%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 7.02% 8.41% 5.95%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 8.09% 9.65% 6.94%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 9.28% 11% 8.09%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 10.5% 12.3% 9.32%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 11.9% 13.9% 10.7%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 13.5% 15.6% 12.2%
90 23.8% 26.5% 22.2% 15.3% 17.5% 14%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 17.2% 19.4% 16%
92 27.4% 30.8% 25.7% 19.2% 21.5% 18%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 21.3% 23.7% 20.2%
94 31.3% 34.8% 29.8% 23.5% 25.9% 22.5%
95 33.4% 36.7% 32% 25.8% 28.2% 24.9%
96 35.4% 38.6% 34.1% 28.4% 30.7% 27.6%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.2% 31% 33.1% 30.3%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 33.6% 35.6% 33%
99 41% 44.6% 40% 36.2% 38% 35.7%
100 43% 46.5% 42.1% 38.8% 40.4% 38.4%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to the Netherlands

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the Netherlands. The median age of death is 70.9 in the DR Congo and 85.5 in the Netherlands — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Netherlands
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo Netherlands
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,741 5,250 4,223 291.2 315 266.3
1 706 750 662 22.9 23.2 22.5
2 612 653 570 8.36 9.38 7.28
3 534 573 494 7.65 9.36 5.85
4 466 502 429 6.71 7.67 5.71
5 404 436 370 5.6 5.73 5.45
6 347 376 317 5.13 5.3 4.94
7 296.1 321 270.8 4.84 4.97 4.71
8 252.8 273.8 231.4 4.54 3.95 5.15
9 218 235.8 199.9 4.38 3.57 5.24
10 192.5 207.9 176.9 4.49 4.63 4.35
11 176.5 190.4 162.3 4.98 5.86 4.06
12 169.3 182.8 155.5 5.68 6.93 4.36
13 170.6 184.9 156 6.74 8.32 5.08
14 179.5 196.1 162.6 8.35 10.2 6.36
15 195 215.6 174.2 10.5 12.6 8.34
16 215.6 241.9 188.8 13.2 15.7 10.7
17 238.7 272.7 204.2 16.7 20.3 13
18 262.3 306 218.4 20.1 25.6 14.3
19 283.9 337 229.9 22.3 29.8 14.6
20 302 364 238.6 23.2 31.9 14.2
21 315 384 245.4 23 31.7 14
22 325 397 251.5 23.8 32.4 14.8
23 331 402 258 25 33.8 15.9
24 335 403 265.4 25.9 35.4 16.1
25 338 400 273.8 26.6 36.8 16.1
26 341 398 282.8 27.9 38.4 17.1
27 345 397 291.6 29.4 39.3 19.4
28 350 398 299.9 30.9 39 22.5
29 355 401 307 32.4 39.4 25.2
30 361 407 313 34.1 42.2 25.8
31 366 412 319 36.1 45.9 26.1
32 371 418 323 38.7 48.5 28.6
33 376 423 328 41.2 49.6 32.5
34 381 428 333 43.7 51.3 35.9
35 388 434 340 46.3 55.4 36.9
36 396 441 350 49.2 60.5 37.6
37 408 452 363 52.7 64.4 40.8
38 424 466 380 56.6 67 45.8
39 442 484 398 60.6 70.2 50.8
40 461 503 418 66.1 76 56
41 480 523 436 74.2 86.2 61.9
42 496 541 450 83.9 98.4 69.1
43 510 558 461 93.9 109 78.5
44 522 573 469 102.3 117.7 86.7
45 534 590 476 111 127 95
46 550 611 487 123 140 106
47 572 638 503 136.6 154.8 118.3
48 602 674 527 148.8 168.1 129.6
49 639 718 559 163.5 183.3 143.7
50 683 768 597 185.1 204.9 165.3
51 729 818 639 209.3 230 188.7
52 774 866 680 230.7 255.3 206.4
53 813 907 717 255.1 284.4 226.2
54 848 943 751 288.4 320 256.7
55 881 976 784 319 353 285.5
56 916 1,011 819 349 387 312
57 959 1,055 862 386 430 342
58 1,014 1,111 915 429 482 375
59 1,082 1,181 982 475 537 412
60 1,164 1,265 1,061 523 592 452
61 1,254 1,356 1,151 576 651 499
62 1,350 1,452 1,248 628 713 543
63 1,448 1,546 1,349 676 775 577
64 1,545 1,637 1,452 730 844 615
65 1,642 1,725 1,559 795 923 666
66 1,741 1,811 1,668 859 998 718
67 1,843 1,901 1,784 921 1,072 769
68 1,952 1,995 1,907 991 1,159 823
69 2,067 2,094 2,038 1,078 1,264 890
70 2,185 2,196 2,173 1,182 1,386 978
71 2,302 2,296 2,307 1,292 1,512 1,071
72 2,412 2,389 2,435 1,397 1,636 1,155
73 2,511 2,470 2,552 1,511 1,773 1,246
74 2,597 2,537 2,657 1,655 1,940 1,366
75 2,669 2,589 2,749 1,813 2,113 1,510
76 2,724 2,624 2,827 1,965 2,266 1,663
77 2,766 2,642 2,893 2,133 2,442 1,823
78 2,791 2,641 2,945 2,334 2,666 2,002
79 2,794 2,617 2,977 2,581 2,944 2,220
80 2,771 2,565 2,983 2,853 3,234 2,477
81 2,716 2,484 2,954 3,116 3,480 2,765
82 2,625 2,371 2,886 3,381 3,707 3,071
83 2,499 2,231 2,776 3,648 3,946 3,372
84 2,342 2,067 2,625 3,925 4,187 3,690
85 2,160 1,888 2,438 4,208 4,401 4,050
86 1,959 1,699 2,225 4,435 4,520 4,394
87 1,746 1,503 1,994 4,562 4,513 4,655
88 1,528 1,304 1,756 4,624 4,459 4,834
89 1,310 1,104 1,520 4,614 4,329 4,942
90 1,099 907 1,294 4,512 4,083 4,973
91 900 721 1,082 4,298 3,741 4,877
92 718 552 886 3,981 3,342 4,628
93 557 407 709 3,571 2,892 4,245
94 420 289.7 552 3,101 2,413 3,768
95 307 199.2 415 2,609 1,946 3,240
96 216.9 132.6 302 2,125 1,518 2,691
97 148 85.4 210.7 1,663 1,138 2,143
98 97.5 53.2 141.6 1,243 816 1,626
99 62 32 91.8 890 562 1,179
100 0 0 0 410 154.8 620

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 the Netherlands 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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