Life Expectancy in DR Congo vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

DR Congo

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	DR Congo			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.8	100.7	100.9	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	99.9	99.8	100	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99	98.8	99.1	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.1	97.9	98.2	100	99.9	100
95	97.3	97	97.3	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.5	95.3	95.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.7	94.4	94.8	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.9	93.6	94	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.1	92.8	93.3	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.3	92	92.5	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.5	91.2	91.7	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.8	90.4	91	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90	89.7	90.2	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.3	89	89.5	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.6	88.3	88.8	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	87.9	87.6	88.1	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.2	86.9	87.4	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.5	86.2	86.8	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	85.9	85.6	86.1	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.3	84.9	85.5	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.7	84.3	85	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.1	83.7	84.4	86.9	86	87.4
76	83.6	83.2	83.9	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83	82.6	83.4	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.5	82.1	82.9	85.2	84	85.9
73	82	81.6	82.4	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.5	81.1	81.9	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.1	80.6	81.5	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	80.6	80.1	81	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.2	79.7	80.6	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	79.8	79.2	80.3	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.4	78.8	79.9	81.6	80	82.8
66	79	78.4	79.5	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	78.6	78	79.2	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	78.3	77.6	78.9	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	78	77.3	78.6	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	77.6	76.9	78.3	79.4	77.4	81
61	77.3	76.6	78	79	76.9	80.7
60	77.1	76.3	77.8	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	76.8	76	77.5	78.3	76	80.1
58	76.5	75.7	77.3	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	76.3	75.4	77.1	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76	75.1	76.8	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	75.8	74.9	76.6	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	75.5	74.6	76.4	76.5	74	78.7
53	75.3	74.3	76.2	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75	74.1	76	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	74.8	73.8	75.8	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	74.6	73.6	75.6	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	74.4	73.3	75.4	75	72.2	77.4
48	74.2	73.1	75.2	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	74	72.9	75.1	74.4	71.6	77
46	73.8	72.7	74.9	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	73.6	72.5	74.7	73.9	71	76.5
44	73.4	72.3	74.5	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	73.2	72.1	74.4	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	73.1	71.9	74.2	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	72.9	71.7	74	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	72.7	71.5	73.9	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	72.5	71.3	73.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	72.3	71.1	73.5	72.2	69.2	75
37	72.2	70.9	73.4	72	68.9	74.8
36	72	70.7	73.2	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	71.8	70.5	73.1	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	71.7	70.3	72.9	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	71.5	70.2	72.8	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	71.3	70	72.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	71.1	69.8	72.5	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	71	69.6	72.3	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	70.8	69.4	72.2	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	70.6	69.2	72	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	70.5	69	71.9	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	70.3	68.8	71.8	70	66.8	73.1
25	70.1	68.6	71.6	69.9	66.6	73
24	69.9	68.4	71.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	69.8	68.2	71.3	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	69.6	68	71.2	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	69.4	67.8	71.1	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	69.3	67.6	70.9	69.3	66	72.6
19	69.1	67.4	70.8	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	69	67.2	70.7	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	68.8	67.1	70.6	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	68.7	67	70.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	68.6	66.8	70.3	69	65.6	72.3
14	68.5	66.7	70.2	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	68.4	66.6	70.1	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	68.3	66.5	70	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	68.2	66.4	69.9	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	68	66.3	69.8	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	67.9	66.1	69.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	67.7	65.9	69.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	67.5	65.7	69.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	67.3	65.5	69.1	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	67	65.2	68.9	68.7	65.3	72
4	66.7	64.9	68.6	68.6	65.2	72
3	66.4	64.5	68.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	66	64.1	67.9	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	65.5	63.6	67.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	62.4	60.2	64.6	66.7	63.1	70.2

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in the DR Congo can expect to live to 71 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 78.6 and 80.7 at 65, and to 85.9 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 62.4 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in the DR Congo and South Africa.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

DR Congo

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	DR Congo			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.09%	0.04%	0.14%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.15%	0.07%	0.23%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.25%	0.13%	0.37%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.4%	0.21%	0.58%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.61%	0.34%	0.88%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	0.92%	0.54%	1.3%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.34%	0.83%	1.85%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	1.9%	1.24%	2.56%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	2.62%	1.79%	3.45%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	3.52%	2.51%	4.53%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	4.61%	3.42%	5.82%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	5.92%	4.52%	7.34%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	7.45%	5.83%	9.1%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	9.2%	7.33%	11.1%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	11.2%	9.03%	13.3%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	13.3%	10.9%	15.8%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	15.7%	13%	18.4%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	18.2%	15.2%	21.2%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	20.8%	17.6%	24%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	23.5%	20.1%	27%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	26.3%	22.6%	30%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	29.1%	25.3%	33%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	31.9%	27.9%	35.9%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	34.6%	30.5%	38.8%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	37.3%	33.2%	41.6%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	40%	35.7%	44.4%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	42.6%	38.3%	47%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	45.1%	40.8%	49.6%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	47.5%	43.1%	52%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	49.8%	45.4%	54.3%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	52%	47.6%	56.5%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	54.1%	49.7%	58.5%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	56%	51.7%	60.4%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	57.9%	53.6%	62.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	59.6%	55.4%	63.9%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	61.3%	57.2%	65.4%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	62.8%	58.8%	66.9%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	64.3%	60.3%	68.3%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	65.6%	61.8%	69.5%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	66.9%	63.2%	70.6%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	68%	64.4%	71.7%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	69.1%	65.6%	72.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	70.1%	66.7%	73.6%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	71.1%	67.8%	74.5%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	72%	68.8%	75.3%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	72.9%	69.8%	76.1%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	73.7%	70.7%	76.8%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	74.5%	71.6%	77.5%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	75.3%	72.5%	78.2%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	76%	73.3%	78.9%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	76.7%	74.1%	79.5%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	77.4%	74.8%	80%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	78%	75.4%	80.5%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	78.5%	76.1%	81%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	79.1%	76.7%	81.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	79.6%	77.3%	82%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	80.1%	77.9%	82.5%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	80.7%	78.4%	82.9%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	81.2%	79%	83.4%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	81.6%	79.5%	83.8%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	82.1%	80%	84.2%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	82.5%	80.5%	84.6%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	83%	80.9%	85%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	83.4%	81.4%	85.4%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	83.8%	81.8%	85.7%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	84.1%	82.3%	86.1%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	84.5%	82.7%	86.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	84.9%	83.1%	86.7%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	85.3%	83.5%	87.1%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	85.6%	83.9%	87.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	86%	84.4%	87.7%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	86.4%	84.8%	88%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	86.7%	85.1%	88.3%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	87.1%	85.5%	88.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	87.4%	85.9%	88.9%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	87.7%	86.3%	89.1%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	88.1%	86.7%	89.4%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	88.4%	87.1%	89.7%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	88.7%	87.5%	89.9%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	89%	87.9%	90.2%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	89.3%	88.3%	90.4%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	89.6%	88.6%	90.6%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	89.9%	88.9%	90.9%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	90.1%	89.2%	91.1%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	90.3%	89.5%	91.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	90.5%	89.7%	91.4%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	90.7%	89.9%	91.6%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	90.9%	90%	91.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	91.1%	90.2%	91.9%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	91.2%	90.4%	92.1%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	91.4%	90.6%	92.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	91.6%	90.9%	92.4%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	91.9%	91.1%	92.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	92.2%	91.5%	92.9%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	92.5%	91.8%	93.3%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	92.9%	92.3%	93.6%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	93.4%	92.8%	94.1%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	93.9%	93.3%	94.5%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	94.6%	94%	95.1%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	95.3%	94.7%	95.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68% of newborns in the DR Congo and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 52% and 51.6% past 70, 26.3% and 30.2% past 80, and only 4.61% and 11.3% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

DR Congo

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	DR Congo			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	43%	46.5%	42.1%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	41%	44.6%	40%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	39.2%	42.6%	38.2%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	37.3%	40.6%	36.2%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	35.4%	38.6%	34.1%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	33.4%	36.7%	32%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	31.3%	34.8%	29.8%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	29.4%	32.9%	27.7%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	27.4%	30.8%	25.7%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	25.6%	28.7%	23.9%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	23.8%	26.5%	22.2%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	22.1%	24.4%	20.7%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	20.5%	22.4%	19.3%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	19%	20.5%	18%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	17.6%	18.8%	16.7%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	16.2%	17.3%	15.5%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	15%	15.9%	14.3%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	13.8%	14.7%	13.1%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	12.6%	13.5%	12%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	11.6%	12.4%	10.9%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	10.5%	11.3%	9.95%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	9.61%	10.4%	9.03%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.76%	9.47%	8.2%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.99%	8.65%	7.46%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	7.3%	7.91%	6.79%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.67%	7.24%	6.2%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	6.1%	6.63%	5.65%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	5.57%	6.06%	5.15%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	5.07%	5.54%	4.68%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.62%	5.05%	4.25%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.2%	4.61%	3.85%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.82%	4.21%	3.48%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.48%	3.86%	3.16%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.18%	3.54%	2.87%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.92%	3.27%	2.61%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.68%	3.02%	2.38%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.46%	2.78%	2.17%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.25%	2.56%	1.98%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.06%	2.35%	1.8%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.88%	2.15%	1.63%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.71%	1.96%	1.48%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.57%	1.8%	1.35%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.45%	1.67%	1.24%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.35%	1.56%	1.16%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.27%	1.47%	1.09%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.21%	1.4%	1.03%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.15%	1.33%	0.98%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.09%	1.27%	0.92%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.03%	1.2%	0.87%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.96%	1.12%	0.81%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.89%	1.04%	0.75%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.83%	0.96%	0.7%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.77%	0.89%	0.65%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.73%	0.84%	0.62%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.69%	0.8%	0.6%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.67%	0.76%	0.58%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.65%	0.74%	0.57%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.63%	0.71%	0.56%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.61%	0.69%	0.54%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.59%	0.66%	0.52%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.56%	0.63%	0.5%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.54%	0.6%	0.47%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.51%	0.58%	0.45%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.49%	0.56%	0.43%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.47%	0.54%	0.41%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.46%	0.53%	0.4%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.45%	0.52%	0.39%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.44%	0.51%	0.38%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.44%	0.5%	0.37%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.43%	0.49%	0.36%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.42%	0.48%	0.36%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.41%	0.47%	0.35%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.4%	0.47%	0.34%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.4%	0.46%	0.33%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.39%	0.46%	0.32%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.38%	0.46%	0.3%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.37%	0.46%	0.29%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.37%	0.45%	0.28%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.35%	0.44%	0.27%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.32%	0.38%	0.25%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.29%	0.34%	0.24%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.26%	0.31%	0.22%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.24%	0.27%	0.21%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.22%	0.24%	0.19%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.2%	0.22%	0.18%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.19%	0.2%	0.17%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.19%	0.21%	0.18%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.21%	0.23%	0.19%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.24%	0.26%	0.22%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.28%	0.3%	0.25%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.32%	0.35%	0.29%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.37%	0.41%	0.34%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.43%	0.47%	0.4%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.5%	0.54%	0.46%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.57%	0.61%	0.52%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.65%	0.69%	0.6%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.74%	0.79%	0.69%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	4.74%	5.25%	4.22%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in the DR Congo compared to South Africa, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 4.74% in the birth year in the DR Congo and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.42% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.71% vs 2.08% at 60, and 10.5% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in DR Congo vs South Africa

Chart Table

DR Congo

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	DR Congo			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	62	32	91.8	475	280.8	655
98	97.5	53.2	141.6	572	340	787
97	148	85.4	210.7	677	406	928
96	216.9	132.6	302	789	478	1,077
95	307	199.2	415	909	558	1,236
94	420	289.7	552	1,031	642	1,393
93	557	407	709	1,148	729	1,540
92	718	552	886	1,257	818	1,670
91	900	721	1,082	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,099	907	1,294	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,310	1,104	1,520	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,528	1,304	1,756	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,746	1,503	1,994	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,959	1,699	2,225	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,160	1,888	2,438	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,342	2,067	2,625	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,499	2,231	2,776	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,625	2,371	2,886	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,716	2,484	2,954	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,771	2,565	2,983	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,794	2,617	2,977	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,791	2,641	2,945	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,766	2,642	2,893	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,724	2,624	2,827	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,669	2,589	2,749	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,597	2,537	2,657	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,511	2,470	2,552	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,412	2,389	2,435	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,302	2,296	2,307	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,185	2,196	2,173	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,067	2,094	2,038	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,952	1,995	1,907	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,843	1,901	1,784	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,741	1,811	1,668	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,642	1,725	1,559	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,545	1,637	1,452	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,448	1,546	1,349	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,350	1,452	1,248	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,254	1,356	1,151	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,164	1,265	1,061	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,082	1,181	982	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,014	1,111	915	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	959	1,055	862	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	916	1,011	819	1,242	1,519	978
55	881	976	784	1,190	1,459	929
54	848	943	751	1,137	1,397	881
53	813	907	717	1,085	1,337	835
52	774	866	680	1,037	1,279	795
51	729	818	639	994	1,223	760
50	683	768	597	954	1,171	731
49	639	718	559	918	1,120	707
48	602	674	527	883	1,071	686
47	572	638	503	850	1,022	668
46	550	611	487	818	974	652
45	534	590	476	786	928	635
44	522	573	469	755	884	619
43	510	558	461	724	842	601
42	496	541	450	695	804	581
41	480	523	436	667	770	560
40	461	503	418	639	738	538
39	442	484	398	613	708	515
38	424	466	380	587	680	492
37	408	452	363	562	653	470
36	396	441	350	538	626	449
35	388	434	340	515	600	429
34	381	428	333	493	575	410
33	376	423	328	471	551	392
32	371	418	323	450	527	374
31	366	412	319	429	504	355
30	361	407	313	408	481	335
29	355	401	307	386	458	314
28	350	398	299.9	363	434	291.3
27	345	397	291.6	339	410	266.7
26	341	398	282.8	314	384	241.5
25	338	400	273.8	289.1	358	217.1
24	335	403	265.4	264.7	331	195.1
23	331	402	258	241.4	304	176
22	325	397	251.5	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	315	384	245.4	198.1	249	145.6
20	302	364	238.6	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	283.9	337	229.9	158	194.2	121.2
18	262.3	306	218.4	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	238.7	272.7	204.2	119.5	142.6	96
16	215.6	241.9	188.8	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	195	215.6	174.2	85	99.4	70.2
14	179.5	196.1	162.6	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	170.6	184.9	156	58.9	68.7	49
12	169.3	182.8	155.5	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	176.5	190.4	162.3	43	50.5	35.3
10	192.5	207.9	176.9	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	218	235.8	199.9	37	43.9	30
8	252.8	273.8	231.4	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	296.1	321	270.8	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	347	376	317	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	404	436	370	67.2	79	55.4
4	466	502	429	95.3	110.3	80
3	534	573	494	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	612	653	570	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	706	750	662	343	375	310
0	4,741	5,250	4,223	2,192	2,441	1,934

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 70.9 in the DR Congo and 70.8 in South Africa, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of the DR Congo and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

+ -

1x