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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.4 years in the DR Congo vs 59.3 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 60.2 years for males and 64.6 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 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
2026 62.4 60.2 64.6 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 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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
41.0 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 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% 96.1% 93.5% 95.8%
50 87.8% 90.6% 85.6% 89.9%
60 76.4% 81.8% 73.7% 80.7%
65 67.8% 74.6% 65.1% 73.4%
70 56.5% 64.4% 54.0% 63.1%
75 42.4% 50.6% 40.3% 49.2%
80 26.8% 34.2% 25.4% 32.9%
85 12.9% 18.0% 12.2% 17.1%
90 4.1% 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: 71 years vs 70.2 at 30, 78.6 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.4 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 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 62.4 60.2 64.6 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 65.5 63.6 67.4 63.3 61 65.7
2 66 64.1 67.9 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 66.4 64.5 68.3 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 66.7 64.9 68.6 65.3 63 67.8
5 67 65.2 68.9 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 67.3 65.5 69.1 66 63.7 68.4
7 67.5 65.7 69.4 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 67.7 65.9 69.5 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 67.9 66.1 69.7 66.6 64.3 69
10 68 66.3 69.8 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 68.2 66.4 69.9 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 68.3 66.5 70 67 64.7 69.4
13 68.4 66.6 70.1 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 68.5 66.7 70.2 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 68.6 66.8 70.3 67.3 65 69.7
16 68.7 67 70.4 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 68.8 67.1 70.6 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 69 67.2 70.7 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 69.1 67.4 70.8 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 69.3 67.6 70.9 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 69.4 67.8 71.1 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 69.6 68 71.2 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 69.8 68.2 71.3 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 69.9 68.4 71.5 68.9 67 70.9
25 70.1 68.6 71.6 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 70.3 68.8 71.8 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 70.5 69 71.9 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 70.6 69.2 72 69.8 68 71.5
29 70.8 69.4 72.2 70 68.3 71.7
30 71 69.6 72.3 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 71.1 69.8 72.5 70.4 68.8 72
32 71.3 70 72.6 70.6 69 72.2
33 71.5 70.2 72.8 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 71.7 70.3 72.9 71 69.5 72.5
35 71.8 70.5 73.1 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 72 70.7 73.2 71.4 70 72.8
37 72.2 70.9 73.4 71.6 70.2 73
38 72.3 71.1 73.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 72.5 71.3 73.7 72 70.7 73.3
40 72.7 71.5 73.9 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 72.9 71.7 74 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 73.1 71.9 74.2 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 73.2 72.1 74.4 72.8 71.6 74
44 73.4 72.3 74.5 73 71.8 74.2
45 73.6 72.5 74.7 73.2 72 74.4
46 73.8 72.7 74.9 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 74 72.9 75.1 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 74.1 73 75.1
50 74.6 73.6 75.6 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 74.8 73.8 75.8 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75 74.1 76 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 75.3 74.3 76.2 75 74 75.9
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 75.8 74.9 76.6 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 76 75.1 76.8 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76.3 75.4 77.1 76.1 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 77.1 76.3 77.8 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 78 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 80.3 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 80.2 79.7 80.6 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 80.6 80.1 81 80.5 80 80.9
71 81.1 80.6 81.5 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.5 81.1 81.9 81.4 81 81.8
73 82 81.6 82.4 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.5 82.1 82.9 82.4 82 82.7
75 83 82.6 83.4 83 82.6 83.3
76 83.6 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 90.8 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
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

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, 68% in the DR Congo and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 26.3% and 24% to 80+ years, and 4.61% 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.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 94.6% 94% 95.1% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 92.9% 92.3% 93.6% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 92.5% 91.8% 93.3% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 91.9% 91.1% 92.7% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 91.6% 90.9% 92.4% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 91.2% 90.4% 92.1% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 91.1% 90.2% 91.9% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 90.9% 90% 91.7% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 90.7% 89.9% 91.6% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 90.3% 89.5% 91.2% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 90.1% 89.2% 91.1% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 89.9% 88.9% 90.9% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 89.6% 88.6% 90.6% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 89.3% 88.3% 90.4% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 89% 87.9% 90.2% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 88.7% 87.5% 89.9% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 88.1% 86.7% 89.4% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 87.7% 86.3% 89.1% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 87.4% 85.9% 88.9% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 87.1% 85.5% 88.6% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 86.7% 85.1% 88.3% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 86.4% 84.8% 88% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 86% 84.4% 87.7% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 85.6% 83.9% 87.4% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 85.3% 83.5% 87.1% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 84.9% 83.1% 86.7% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 84.5% 82.7% 86.4% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 84.1% 82.3% 86.1% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 83.8% 81.8% 85.7% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 83.4% 81.4% 85.4% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 83% 80.9% 85% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 82.5% 80.5% 84.6% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 82.1% 80% 84.2% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 81.6% 79.5% 83.8% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 81.2% 79% 83.4% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 80.7% 78.4% 82.9% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 80.1% 77.9% 82.5% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 79.6% 77.3% 82% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 79.1% 76.7% 81.5% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 78.5% 76.1% 81% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 78% 75.4% 80.5% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 77.4% 74.8% 80% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 76.7% 74.1% 79.5% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 76% 73.3% 78.9% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 75.3% 72.5% 78.2% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 74.5% 71.6% 77.5% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.8% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 72.9% 69.8% 76.1% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 72% 68.8% 75.3% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 71.1% 67.8% 74.5% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 70.1% 66.7% 73.6% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 69.1% 65.6% 72.7% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 68% 64.4% 71.7% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 66.9% 63.2% 70.6% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 65.6% 61.8% 69.5% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 64.3% 60.3% 68.3% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 62.8% 58.8% 66.9% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 61.3% 57.2% 65.4% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 59.6% 55.4% 63.9% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 57.9% 53.6% 62.2% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 56% 51.7% 60.4% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 54.1% 49.7% 58.5% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 52% 47.6% 56.5% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 49.8% 45.4% 54.3% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 47.5% 43.1% 52% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 45.1% 40.8% 49.6% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 42.6% 38.3% 47% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 40% 35.7% 44.4% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 37.3% 33.2% 41.6% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 34.6% 30.5% 38.8% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 31.9% 27.9% 35.9% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 29.1% 25.3% 33% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 26.3% 22.6% 30% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 23.5% 20.1% 27% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 20.8% 17.6% 24% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 18.2% 15.2% 21.2% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 15.7% 13% 18.4% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 13.3% 10.9% 15.8% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 11.2% 9.03% 13.3% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 9.2% 7.33% 11.1% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 7.45% 5.83% 9.1% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 5.92% 4.52% 7.34% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 4.61% 3.42% 5.82% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 3.52% 2.51% 4.53% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 2.62% 1.79% 3.45% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.9% 1.24% 2.56% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.34% 0.83% 1.85% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 0.92% 0.54% 1.3% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.88% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.58% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.25% 0.13% 0.37% 0.24% 0.14% 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 4.74% in the birth year in the DR Congo and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.42% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.71% vs 1.79% at 60, and 10.5% 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 4.74% 5.25% 4.22% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.74% 0.79% 0.69% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.65% 0.69% 0.6% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.43% 0.47% 0.4% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.19% 0.2% 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% 0.23% 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 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.35% 0.44% 0.27% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.37% 0.45% 0.28% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.39% 0.46% 0.32% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.42% 0.48% 0.36% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.43% 0.49% 0.36% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.44% 0.5% 0.37% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.45% 0.52% 0.39% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.47% 0.54% 0.41% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.51% 0.58% 0.45% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.54% 0.6% 0.47% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.63% 0.71% 0.56% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.67% 0.76% 0.58% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.69% 0.8% 0.6% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.62% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.77% 0.89% 0.65% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.83% 0.96% 0.7% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.89% 1.04% 0.75% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.96% 1.12% 0.81% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.87% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.09% 1.27% 0.92% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.15% 1.33% 0.98% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.21% 1.4% 1.03% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.27% 1.47% 1.09% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.35% 1.56% 1.16% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.24% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.57% 1.8% 1.35% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.71% 1.96% 1.48% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.88% 2.15% 1.63% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.06% 2.35% 1.8% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.25% 2.56% 1.98% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.46% 2.78% 2.17% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.68% 3.02% 2.38% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.92% 3.27% 2.61% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.18% 3.54% 2.87% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.48% 3.86% 3.16% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.82% 4.21% 3.48% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.2% 4.61% 3.85% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.62% 5.05% 4.25% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.07% 5.54% 4.68% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.57% 6.06% 5.15% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 6.1% 6.63% 5.65% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.67% 7.24% 6.2% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 7.3% 7.91% 6.79% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 7.99% 8.65% 7.46% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 8.76% 9.47% 8.2% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 9.61% 10.4% 9.03% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 10.5% 11.3% 9.95% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.6% 12.4% 10.9% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.6% 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% 26.5% 22.2% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 27.4% 30.8% 25.7% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 31.3% 34.8% 29.8% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 33.4% 36.7% 32% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.4% 38.6% 34.1% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.2% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 41% 44.6% 40% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 43% 46.5% 42.1% 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 70.9 in the DR Congo and 69 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 4,741 5,250 4,223 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 706 750 662 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 612 653 570 972 995 947
3 534 573 494 742 770 712
4 466 502 429 572 601 542
5 404 436 370 447 473 420
6 347 376 317 356 377 333
7 296.1 321 270.8 289.8 307 272.2
8 252.8 273.8 231.4 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 218 235.8 199.9 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 192.5 207.9 176.9 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 176.5 190.4 162.3 176.6 181 172.1
12 169.3 182.8 155.5 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 170.6 184.9 156 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 179.5 196.1 162.6 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 195 215.6 174.2 211.2 234.4 187
16 215.6 241.9 188.8 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 238.7 272.7 204.2 264.8 315 211.9
18 262.3 306 218.4 296.4 365 224.4
19 283.9 337 229.9 331 422 235.7
20 302 364 238.6 363 475 245.7
21 315 384 245.4 388 515 254.5
22 325 397 251.5 402 535 262.5
23 331 402 258 407 539 270.2
24 335 403 265.4 410 537 278
25 338 400 273.8 412 532 286
26 341 398 282.8 413 526 294.2
27 345 397 291.6 415 522 302
28 350 398 299.9 417 519 310
29 355 401 307 419 516 317
30 361 407 313 422 515 324
31 366 412 319 424 514 330
32 371 418 323 427 514 335
33 376 423 328 430 514 341
34 381 428 333 433 514 347
35 388 434 340 437 514 354
36 396 441 350 443 517 364
37 408 452 363 453 523 377
38 424 466 380 465 532 394
39 442 484 398 481 544 413
40 461 503 418 497 558 433
41 480 523 436 514 573 451
42 496 541 450 528 587 465
43 510 558 461 540 601 475
44 522 573 469 550 613 482
45 534 590 476 560 627 489
46 550 611 487 574 644 499
47 572 638 503 593 667 514
48 602 674 527 620 697 537
49 639 718 559 654 734 568
50 683 768 597 693 776 604
51 729 818 639 734 819 644
52 774 866 680 775 861 683
53 813 907 717 811 898 720
54 848 943 751 844 931 753
55 881 976 784 875 962 785
56 916 1,011 819 908 994 820
57 959 1,055 862 948 1,033 861
58 1,014 1,111 915 998 1,082 913
59 1,082 1,181 982 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,164 1,265 1,061 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,254 1,356 1,151 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,350 1,452 1,248 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,448 1,546 1,349 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,545 1,637 1,452 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,642 1,725 1,559 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,741 1,811 1,668 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 1,843 1,901 1,784 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 1,952 1,995 1,907 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,067 2,094 2,038 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,185 2,196 2,173 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,302 2,296 2,307 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,412 2,389 2,435 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,511 2,470 2,552 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,597 2,537 2,657 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,669 2,589 2,749 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,724 2,624 2,827 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,766 2,642 2,893 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,791 2,641 2,945 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,794 2,617 2,977 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,771 2,565 2,983 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,716 2,484 2,954 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,625 2,371 2,886 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,499 2,231 2,776 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,342 2,067 2,625 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,160 1,888 2,438 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 1,959 1,699 2,225 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,746 1,503 1,994 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,528 1,304 1,756 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,310 1,104 1,520 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,099 907 1,294 984 783 1,190
91 900 721 1,082 802 621 985
92 718 552 886 637 479 797
93 557 407 709 493 360 628
94 420 289.7 552 371 262.4 482
95 307 199.2 415 272.3 185.8 361
96 216.9 132.6 302 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 148 85.4 210.7 134.9 84.8 186
98 97.5 53.2 141.6 91 54.6 128.2
99 62 32 91.8 59.7 34 85.8
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.

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