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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.2 years in the DR Congo vs 59.1 in Somalia. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.1 years for males and 64.4 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females.

DR Congo vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 41.5 40 42.9
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 39.1 38 40.2 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 42.5 41.1 44
1956 39.9 38.7 41 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 40.2 39 41.3 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 43.5 42.1 45
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 44 42.5 45.5
1963 40.6 39.1 42 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 40.8 39 42.4 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 42.2 41 43.3 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 43 41.8 44.1 45.5 44 46.9
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 43.9 42.7 45 46 44.6 47.5
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 47 45.6 48.5
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 47 45.4 48.7
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 47.4 46 48.9
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 45.9 45 46.8 48 46.6 49.5
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 48.4 47 49.9
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 47 46.2 47.8 48.4 47 49.9
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 49 47.6 50.5
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 25 23.9 26.3
1993 49.6 48 51.2 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 50.5 49 52.1
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 49.7 46.6 53 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 50.1 47 53.4 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 51.9 50 53.8 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 53 51.2 54.8 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 54 52.4 55.6 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 55 53.4 56.5 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 56.4 54.8 58 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 57.4 55.7 59 49.1 47.3 51
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 54 52.1 56
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 55.1 53 57.1
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 60 58 62.1 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 61 58.9 63.1 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 61.9 59.8 64 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 62.1 60 64.2 59 56.5 61.6
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 59.1 56.6 61.7

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 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 9.46 in Somalia.

DR 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 DR Congo and Somalia, 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 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.0% 93.4% 95.7%
50 87.7% 90.5% 85.5% 89.9%
60 76.2% 81.6% 73.6% 80.6%
65 67.6% 74.5% 65.0% 73.3%
70 56.3% 64.2% 53.9% 62.9%
75 42.2% 50.4% 40.2% 49.1%
80 26.7% 34.0% 25.4% 32.8%
85 12.9% 17.9% 12.2% 17.0%
90 4.0% 6.6% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.6% 1.5% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.0% 0.2% 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 DR Congo vs Somalia: 70.9 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.6 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.2 vs 59.1 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 Somalia.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.2 60.1 64.4 59.1 56.6 61.7
1 65.4 63.5 67.3 63.2 60.9 65.6
2 65.8 64 67.7 64.1 61.7 66.5
3 66.3 64.4 68.1 64.7 62.4 67.2
4 66.6 64.8 68.5 65.2 62.9 67.7
5 66.9 65.1 68.8 65.6 63.3 68
6 67.2 65.4 69 65.9 63.6 68.3
7 67.4 65.6 69.3 66.2 63.9 68.6
8 67.6 65.8 69.4 66.4 64 68.8
9 67.8 66 69.6 66.5 64.2 68.9
10 67.9 66.2 69.7 66.7 64.3 69.1
11 68.1 66.3 69.8 66.8 64.5 69.2
12 68.2 66.4 69.9 66.9 64.6 69.3
13 68.3 66.5 70 67 64.7 69.4
14 68.4 66.6 70.1 67.1 64.8 69.5
15 68.5 66.8 70.2 67.2 64.9 69.6
16 68.6 66.9 70.3 67.4 65.1 69.7
17 68.7 67 70.5 67.5 65.2 69.9
18 68.9 67.2 70.6 67.7 65.4 70
19 69 67.3 70.7 67.8 65.6 70.1
20 69.2 67.5 70.8 68 65.8 70.3
21 69.4 67.7 71 68.2 66.1 70.4
22 69.5 67.9 71.1 68.4 66.4 70.6
23 69.7 68.1 71.3 68.7 66.6 70.7
24 69.9 68.3 71.4 68.9 66.9 70.8
25 70.1 68.6 71.5 69.1 67.2 71
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 69.3 67.5 71.2
27 70.4 69 71.8 69.5 67.7 71.3
28 70.6 69.1 72 69.7 68 71.5
29 70.7 69.3 72.1 69.9 68.3 71.6
30 70.9 69.5 72.3 70.2 68.5 71.8
31 71.1 69.7 72.4 70.4 68.8 71.9
32 71.3 69.9 72.6 70.6 69 72.1
33 71.4 70.1 72.7 70.8 69.2 72.3
34 71.6 70.3 72.9 71 69.5 72.4
35 71.8 70.5 73 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 71.9 70.7 73.2 71.4 69.9 72.7
37 72.1 70.9 73.3 71.6 70.2 72.9
38 72.3 71 73.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 72.5 71.2 73.6 72 70.6 73.2
40 72.6 71.4 73.8 72.2 70.9 73.4
41 72.8 71.6 74 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 73 71.8 74.2 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 73.2 72 74.3 72.8 71.6 74
44 73.4 72.2 74.5 73 71.8 74.2
45 73.6 72.4 74.7 73.2 72 74.3
46 73.8 72.7 74.8 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 74 72.9 75 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 73.8 72.7 74.9
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 74.1 73 75.1
50 74.6 73.5 75.5 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 74.8 73.8 75.7 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75 74 75.9 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 75.2 74.3 76.1 75 74 75.9
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.7 74.8 76.6 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 76 75.1 76.8 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76.2 75.4 77 76 75.2 76.8
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 76.3 75.5 77
59 76.8 76 77.5 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 77 76.3 77.7 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.3 76.6 78 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 77.9 77.3 78.6 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 78.6 78 79.2 78.5 77.9 79
66 79 78.4 79.5 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 79.8 79.2 80.2 79.7 79.1 80.1
69 80.2 79.6 80.6 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 80.6 80.1 81 80.5 80 80.9
71 81 80.6 81.4 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.5 81 81.9 81.4 81 81.8
73 82 81.5 82.4 81.9 81.5 82.2
74 82.5 82.1 82.8 82.4 82 82.7
75 83 82.6 83.3 83 82.6 83.2
76 83.5 83.2 83.9 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.7 84.3 85 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.3 89 89.5 89.3 89 89.4
86 90 89.7 90.2 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.7 90.4 91 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.3 92 92.5 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.9 93.6 94 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.3 97 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99 98.8 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.9 99.8 100 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.8 101.6 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs Somalia

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 63.2% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.8% and 47.9% will live to 70 years or older, 26.1% and 23.9% to 80+ years, and 4.57% and 4.11% 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
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% 93.5% 93% 94%
2 94.5% 93.9% 95% 92.2% 91.7% 92.7%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 91.2% 90.7% 91.8%
4 93.3% 92.7% 94% 90.5% 89.9% 91.1%
5 92.9% 92.2% 93.5% 89.9% 89.3% 90.5%
6 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 89.4% 88.8% 90.1%
7 92.1% 91.4% 92.8% 89.1% 88.4% 89.7%
8 91.8% 91% 92.6% 88.8% 88.1% 89.5%
9 91.5% 90.8% 92.3% 88.5% 87.9% 89.2%
10 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
11 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 88.1% 87.4% 88.9%
12 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 88% 87.3% 88.7%
13 90.8% 89.9% 91.6% 87.8% 87.1% 88.5%
14 90.6% 89.8% 91.5% 87.6% 86.9% 88.3%
15 90.4% 89.6% 91.3% 87.4% 86.7% 88.2%
16 90.2% 89.3% 91.1% 87.2% 86.4% 88%
17 90% 89.1% 90.9% 87% 86.2% 87.8%
18 89.8% 88.8% 90.7% 86.7% 85.9% 87.5%
19 89.5% 88.5% 90.5% 86.4% 85.5% 87.3%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.3% 86.1% 85.1% 87.1%
21 88.9% 87.8% 90% 85.7% 84.6% 86.8%
22 88.6% 87.4% 89.8% 85.3% 84.1% 86.6%
23 88.3% 87% 89.5% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
24 87.9% 86.6% 89.3% 84.5% 83% 86%
25 87.6% 86.2% 89% 84.1% 82.4% 85.8%
26 87.2% 85.8% 88.7% 83.6% 81.9% 85.5%
27 86.9% 85.4% 88.4% 83.2% 81.4% 85.2%
28 86.5% 85% 88.1% 82.8% 80.8% 84.9%
29 86.2% 84.6% 87.8% 82.4% 80.3% 84.6%
30 85.8% 84.2% 87.5% 82% 79.8% 84.2%
31 85.5% 83.8% 87.2% 81.5% 79.3% 83.9%
32 85.1% 83.4% 86.9% 81.1% 78.8% 83.6%
33 84.7% 82.9% 86.5% 80.7% 78.2% 83.2%
34 84.3% 82.5% 86.2% 80.3% 77.7% 82.9%
35 84% 82.1% 85.9% 79.8% 77.2% 82.5%
36 83.6% 81.6% 85.5% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
37 83.2% 81.2% 85.2% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
38 82.8% 80.7% 84.8% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
39 82.3% 80.3% 84.4% 78% 75.1% 81%
40 81.9% 79.8% 84% 77.5% 74.6% 80.6%
41 81.4% 79.3% 83.6% 77% 74% 80.2%
42 80.9% 78.8% 83.2% 76.5% 73.4% 79.7%
43 80.4% 78.2% 82.7% 76% 72.8% 79.3%
44 79.9% 77.6% 82.3% 75.4% 72.2% 78.8%
45 79.4% 77.1% 81.8% 74.9% 71.6% 78.3%
46 78.9% 76.5% 81.3% 74.3% 71% 77.8%
47 78.3% 75.9% 80.8% 73.7% 70.3% 77.3%
48 77.7% 75.2% 80.3% 73.2% 69.7% 76.8%
49 77.1% 74.5% 79.8% 72.5% 69% 76.3%
50 76.5% 73.8% 79.2% 71.9% 68.2% 75.7%
51 75.8% 73.1% 78.6% 71.2% 67.5% 75.1%
52 75.1% 72.2% 78% 70.4% 66.6% 74.4%
53 74.3% 71.4% 77.3% 69.7% 65.8% 73.8%
54 73.5% 70.5% 76.6% 68.9% 64.9% 73%
55 72.6% 69.5% 75.8% 68% 64% 72.3%
56 71.8% 68.5% 75% 67.1% 63% 71.5%
57 70.8% 67.5% 74.2% 66.2% 62% 70.7%
58 69.9% 66.5% 73.3% 65.3% 61% 69.8%
59 68.9% 65.4% 72.4% 64.3% 59.9% 68.9%
60 67.8% 64.2% 71.4% 63.2% 58.7% 67.9%
61 66.6% 62.9% 70.4% 62.1% 57.5% 66.9%
62 65.4% 61.6% 69.2% 60.9% 56.2% 65.7%
63 64% 60.1% 68% 59.6% 54.9% 64.5%
64 62.6% 58.6% 66.6% 58.2% 53.4% 63.2%
65 61% 56.9% 65.2% 56.7% 51.9% 61.7%
66 59.4% 55.2% 63.6% 55.1% 50.3% 60.2%
67 57.6% 53.4% 61.9% 53.5% 48.6% 58.6%
68 55.8% 51.5% 60.2% 51.7% 46.8% 56.9%
69 53.8% 49.5% 58.3% 49.9% 44.9% 55%
70 51.8% 47.4% 56.2% 47.9% 43% 53%
71 49.6% 45.2% 54.1% 45.8% 41% 50.9%
72 47.3% 42.9% 51.8% 43.7% 38.9% 48.7%
73 44.9% 40.5% 49.3% 41.4% 36.7% 46.3%
74 42.4% 38.1% 46.8% 39% 34.4% 43.9%
75 39.8% 35.6% 44.1% 36.6% 32.1% 41.3%
76 37.1% 33% 41.4% 34.1% 29.7% 38.7%
77 34.4% 30.4% 38.6% 31.6% 27.4% 36%
78 31.7% 27.7% 35.7% 29% 25% 33.3%
79 28.9% 25.1% 32.7% 26.5% 22.6% 30.5%
80 26.1% 22.5% 29.8% 23.9% 20.3% 27.6%
81 23.3% 19.9% 26.8% 21.3% 18% 24.8%
82 20.6% 17.5% 23.9% 18.8% 15.7% 22.1%
83 18% 15.1% 21% 16.4% 13.6% 19.4%
84 15.5% 12.9% 18.2% 14.1% 11.6% 16.8%
85 13.2% 10.8% 15.6% 12% 9.7% 14.4%
86 11.1% 8.96% 13.2% 10% 8% 12.1%
87 9.12% 7.27% 11% 8.24% 6.47% 10.1%
88 7.39% 5.78% 9.02% 6.66% 5.13% 8.22%
89 5.87% 4.49% 7.27% 5.28% 3.98% 6.61%
90 4.57% 3.39% 5.76% 4.11% 3.03% 5.21%
91 3.48% 2.49% 4.48% 3.13% 2.25% 4.03%
92 2.59% 1.77% 3.41% 2.33% 1.63% 3.05%
93 1.88% 1.23% 2.53% 1.7% 1.15% 2.26%
94 1.33% 0.82% 1.83% 1.21% 0.79% 1.63%
95 0.91% 0.54% 1.28% 0.84% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.87% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.39% 0.21% 0.57% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.25% 0.12% 0.37% 0.24% 0.13% 0.35%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 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 4.8% in the birth year in the DR Congo and 6.5% in Somalia, 0.42% vs 0.52% at age 30, 1.72% vs 1.79% at 60, and 10.6% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.8% 5.31% 4.29% 6.5% 7.02% 5.97%
1 0.75% 0.8% 0.7% 1.39% 1.41% 1.37%
2 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 1.07% 1.1% 1.04%
3 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.82% 0.86% 0.79%
4 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.64% 0.68% 0.6%
5 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.5% 0.54% 0.47%
6 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.4% 0.43% 0.38%
7 0.33% 0.36% 0.3% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.28% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.2% 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
12 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.22% 0.24% 0.2%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.31% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.39% 0.5% 0.27%
20 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.43% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.36% 0.44% 0.28% 0.46% 0.62% 0.3%
22 0.37% 0.46% 0.28% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
23 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
24 0.38% 0.47% 0.3% 0.49% 0.65% 0.33%
25 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.49% 0.65% 0.34%
26 0.39% 0.47% 0.32% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
27 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.5% 0.65% 0.36%
28 0.41% 0.47% 0.34% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
29 0.42% 0.48% 0.35% 0.51% 0.65% 0.38%
30 0.42% 0.49% 0.36% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
31 0.43% 0.5% 0.37% 0.52% 0.65% 0.4%
32 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
33 0.45% 0.51% 0.38% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
34 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.54% 0.67% 0.42%
35 0.47% 0.53% 0.4% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
36 0.48% 0.54% 0.41% 0.56% 0.68% 0.45%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.58% 0.69% 0.46%
38 0.52% 0.58% 0.45% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
39 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
40 0.57% 0.63% 0.5% 0.65% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.53% 0.67% 0.78% 0.57%
42 0.62% 0.69% 0.55% 0.69% 0.8% 0.59%
43 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.71% 0.83% 0.6%
44 0.66% 0.74% 0.57% 0.73% 0.85% 0.62%
45 0.68% 0.77% 0.59% 0.75% 0.88% 0.63%
46 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.77% 0.91% 0.64%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.63% 0.81% 0.95% 0.67%
48 0.78% 0.9% 0.66% 0.85% 1% 0.7%
49 0.83% 0.97% 0.7% 0.9% 1.07% 0.75%
50 0.9% 1.04% 0.76% 0.97% 1.14% 0.8%
51 0.97% 1.12% 0.82% 1.03% 1.22% 0.86%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.88% 1.1% 1.29% 0.92%
53 1.1% 1.27% 0.93% 1.17% 1.37% 0.98%
54 1.16% 1.34% 0.98% 1.23% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.22% 1.41% 1.04% 1.29% 1.5% 1.09%
56 1.28% 1.48% 1.09% 1.35% 1.58% 1.15%
57 1.36% 1.56% 1.16% 1.43% 1.66% 1.22%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.25% 1.53% 1.77% 1.31%
59 1.57% 1.81% 1.36% 1.65% 1.9% 1.42%
60 1.72% 1.97% 1.49% 1.79% 2.06% 1.55%
61 1.88% 2.16% 1.64% 1.96% 2.25% 1.7%
62 2.07% 2.36% 1.8% 2.14% 2.45% 1.87%
63 2.26% 2.57% 1.99% 2.34% 2.66% 2.06%
64 2.47% 2.79% 2.18% 2.55% 2.88% 2.26%
65 2.69% 3.03% 2.39% 2.77% 3.12% 2.47%
66 2.93% 3.28% 2.62% 3.01% 3.37% 2.71%
67 3.2% 3.55% 2.88% 3.28% 3.65% 2.97%
68 3.49% 3.87% 3.17% 3.59% 3.96% 3.27%
69 3.83% 4.22% 3.49% 3.93% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.21% 4.62% 3.86% 4.31% 4.71% 3.98%
71 4.63% 5.06% 4.26% 4.73% 5.15% 4.39%
72 5.09% 5.55% 4.7% 5.19% 5.64% 4.83%
73 5.58% 6.07% 5.16% 5.69% 6.16% 5.3%
74 6.11% 6.64% 5.67% 6.22% 6.72% 5.81%
75 6.68% 7.26% 6.21% 6.79% 7.33% 6.36%
76 7.31% 7.93% 6.81% 7.42% 8% 6.96%
77 8.01% 8.67% 7.48% 8.11% 8.72% 7.64%
78 8.78% 9.48% 8.22% 8.88% 9.52% 8.39%
79 9.63% 10.4% 9.05% 9.74% 10.4% 9.24%
80 10.6% 11.4% 9.97% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.6% 12.4% 11% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.7% 13.5% 12% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 23.8% 26.6% 22.3% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 27.5% 30.8% 25.7% 27.1% 29.3% 26%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 31.4% 34.8% 29.8% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 33.4% 36.8% 32% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.4% 38.7% 34.2% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.3% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 37.2% 40.4% 36.1%
99 41% 44.6% 40.1% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 43% 46.5% 42.2% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to Somalia

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 70.8 in the DR Congo and 68.9 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,802 5,309 4,287 6,499 7,017 5,965
1 714 757 670 1,300 1,309 1,291
2 619 659 577 983 1,005 960
3 541 579 502 751 779 722
4 472 508 435 579 608 550
5 409 441 376 453 479 426
6 352 380 323 360 382 338
7 300 325 275.2 293.5 310 276.1
8 256.4 277.2 235.2 245.7 257.8 233
9 221 238.7 203.1 212.5 220.9 203.7
10 195.2 210.4 179.6 190.8 196.6 184.8
11 178.8 192.7 164.8 178.7 182.8 174.3
12 171.5 184.9 157.8 174.5 178.2 170.6
13 172.8 187 158.3 179.1 185.3 172.6
14 181.7 198.3 165 192.6 205.5 179.1
15 197.5 218 176.7 213.4 236.6 189.1
16 218.3 244.6 191.5 239.2 275.4 201.3
17 241.7 275.7 207.1 267.4 318 214.2
18 265.5 309 221.5 299.4 369 226.7
19 287.2 341 233.1 334 426 238.1
20 305 368 241.8 366 480 248.2
21 319 388 248.7 391 520 257
22 328 401 254.8 406 540 265
23 334 406 261.3 411 544 272.7
24 338 406 268.8 414 542 280.6
25 341 404 277.2 416 537 288.7
26 345 402 286.3 417 531 296.9
27 348 401 295.2 419 527 305
28 353 402 303 421 523 313
29 358 405 311 423 520 320
30 364 410 317 425 519 327
31 370 416 322 428 518 333
32 375 422 327 430 518 338
33 380 427 331 433 517 343
34 385 431 337 436 517 349
35 391 437 344 440 518 357
36 400 444 354 446 520 367
37 412 455 367 455 526 380
38 427 469 383 468 535 397
39 445 487 402 483 547 416
40 464 506 421 500 561 436
41 483 526 439 516 575 454
42 500 544 454 531 590 468
43 513 561 464 542 603 478
44 525 576 472 552 615 485
45 537 593 479 562 628 491
46 552 613 490 575 645 501
47 574 641 506 595 668 516
48 604 677 530 621 698 539
49 642 720 562 655 735 570
50 686 770 600 694 777 606
51 732 820 642 735 820 646
52 776 868 682 776 861 685
53 815 909 720 812 898 721
54 850 945 754 844 931 754
55 883 977 786 875 961 786
56 918 1,012 821 908 993 821
57 961 1,056 864 947 1,031 862
58 1,015 1,112 917 997 1,080 913
59 1,083 1,182 983 1,059 1,140 977
60 1,164 1,265 1,063 1,133 1,212 1,053
61 1,255 1,356 1,152 1,215 1,292 1,138
62 1,351 1,451 1,249 1,303 1,375 1,230
63 1,448 1,545 1,350 1,392 1,458 1,327
64 1,545 1,635 1,453 1,482 1,539 1,425
65 1,642 1,723 1,559 1,571 1,617 1,527
66 1,739 1,809 1,668 1,662 1,694 1,631
67 1,841 1,898 1,783 1,756 1,772 1,742
68 1,950 1,992 1,906 1,855 1,853 1,859
69 2,064 2,090 2,036 1,958 1,938 1,982
70 2,181 2,191 2,170 2,065 2,026 2,108
71 2,297 2,290 2,303 2,169 2,111 2,232
72 2,407 2,382 2,430 2,267 2,190 2,349
73 2,505 2,463 2,547 2,354 2,259 2,455
74 2,590 2,529 2,651 2,427 2,314 2,547
75 2,660 2,580 2,741 2,487 2,354 2,626
76 2,715 2,615 2,819 2,532 2,379 2,693
77 2,756 2,632 2,884 2,563 2,386 2,749
78 2,779 2,630 2,934 2,579 2,377 2,791
79 2,782 2,605 2,965 2,577 2,350 2,815
80 2,758 2,553 2,970 2,551 2,302 2,812
81 2,702 2,471 2,940 2,496 2,230 2,775
82 2,611 2,359 2,872 2,409 2,134 2,698
83 2,486 2,218 2,761 2,290 2,013 2,581
84 2,329 2,055 2,609 2,143 1,871 2,429
85 2,146 1,877 2,423 1,971 1,708 2,248
86 1,946 1,688 2,210 1,782 1,528 2,047
87 1,734 1,493 1,980 1,581 1,339 1,834
88 1,516 1,295 1,743 1,376 1,146 1,615
89 1,300 1,096 1,508 1,174 957 1,396
90 1,090 900 1,283 979 780 1,183
91 892 715 1,072 797 618 979
92 712 547 878 633 477 791
93 552 404 702 490 358 624
94 416 287 546 369 261.4 479
95 304 197.3 411 270.7 185 358
96 214.7 131.2 298.2 193.2 127 260.7
97 146.4 84.5 208.2 134.1 84.5 184.7
98 96.4 52.6 139.9 90.5 54.4 127.3
99 61.2 31.6 90.6 59.3 33.9 85.2
100 0 0 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 DR 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.

Life expectancy in other countries

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