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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.4 years in the DR Congo vs 58 in South Sudan. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.2 years for males and 64.6 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

DR Congo vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 31 28.9 33.4
1953 39.1 38 40.2 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 32 30 34.3
1956 39.9 38.7 41 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 40.2 39 41.3 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 27.6 25.5 30
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 28.1 26 30.4
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 40.6 39.1 42 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 40.8 39 42.4 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 42.2 41 43.3 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 43 41.8 44.1 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 31 28.3 33.9
1972 43.9 42.7 45 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 38 37.5 38.5
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 45.9 45 46.8 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 47 46.2 47.8 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 11 10.6 11.3
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 28.6 26.4 31
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 49.6 48 51.2 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 31.5 29.2 34
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 49.7 46.6 53 19 17.6 20.7
1999 50.1 47 53.4 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 51.9 50 53.8 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 53 51.2 54.8 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 54 52.4 55.6 54 53.4 54.5
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 55 53.4 56.5 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 56.4 54.8 58 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 57.7 56.3 59
2012 57.4 55.7 59 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 36.7 33.8 40
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 60 58 62.1 57 54.4 59.7
2022 61 58.9 63.1 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 61.9 59.8 64 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 62.1 60 64.2 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 57.9 54.9 60.9
2026 62.4 60.2 64.6 58 55 61

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 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 11 in South Sudan.

DR Congo vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan, 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 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.1% 92.9% 95.3%
50 87.8% 90.6% 83.9% 89.1%
60 76.4% 81.8% 70.5% 79.4%
65 67.8% 74.6% 61.1% 71.8%
70 56.5% 64.4% 49.3% 61.2%
75 42.4% 50.6% 35.3% 47.2%
80 26.8% 34.2% 21.0% 31.1%
85 12.9% 18.0% 9.3% 15.8%
90 4.1% 6.6% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.6% 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%

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 South Sudan: 71 years vs 69.1 at 30, 78.6 vs 78 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.4 vs 58 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 South Sudan.

DR Congo
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.4 60.2 64.6 58 55 61
1 65.5 63.6 67.4 61.8 58.9 64.7
2 66 64.1 67.9 62.5 59.5 65.5
3 66.4 64.5 68.3 63.1 60.1 66.1
4 66.7 64.9 68.6 63.6 60.6 66.6
5 67 65.2 68.9 64 61.1 67
6 67.3 65.5 69.1 64.4 61.5 67.3
7 67.5 65.7 69.4 64.7 61.8 67.6
8 67.7 65.9 69.5 65 62.1 67.8
9 67.9 66.1 69.7 65.2 62.4 68
10 68 66.3 69.8 65.4 62.6 68.2
11 68.2 66.4 69.9 65.5 62.8 68.3
12 68.3 66.5 70 65.7 62.9 68.4
13 68.4 66.6 70.1 65.8 63.1 68.5
14 68.5 66.7 70.2 66 63.2 68.7
15 68.6 66.8 70.3 66.1 63.4 68.8
16 68.7 67 70.4 66.3 63.5 68.9
17 68.8 67.1 70.6 66.4 63.7 69
18 69 67.2 70.7 66.6 63.9 69.2
19 69.1 67.4 70.8 66.8 64.1 69.3
20 69.3 67.6 70.9 67 64.4 69.5
21 69.4 67.8 71.1 67.2 64.6 69.6
22 69.6 68 71.2 67.4 64.9 69.8
23 69.8 68.2 71.3 67.6 65.1 70
24 69.9 68.4 71.5 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 70.1 68.6 71.6 68 65.7 70.3
26 70.3 68.8 71.8 68.3 65.9 70.4
27 70.5 69 71.9 68.5 66.2 70.6
28 70.6 69.2 72 68.7 66.5 70.8
29 70.8 69.4 72.2 68.9 66.7 71
30 71 69.6 72.3 69.1 67 71.1
31 71.1 69.8 72.5 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 71.3 70 72.6 69.5 67.4 71.5
33 71.5 70.2 72.8 69.8 67.7 71.7
34 71.7 70.3 72.9 70 67.9 71.8
35 71.8 70.5 73.1 70.2 68.2 72
36 72 70.7 73.2 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 72.2 70.9 73.4 70.6 68.6 72.4
38 72.3 71.1 73.5 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 72.5 71.3 73.7 71 69.1 72.7
40 72.7 71.5 73.9 71.2 69.4 72.9
41 72.9 71.7 74 71.5 69.6 73.1
42 73.1 71.9 74.2 71.7 69.9 73.3
43 73.2 72.1 74.4 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 73.4 72.3 74.5 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 73.6 72.5 74.7 72.4 70.6 73.9
46 73.8 72.7 74.9 72.6 70.9 74.1
47 74 72.9 75.1 72.8 71.2 74.3
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 74.6 73.6 75.6 73.5 72 74.8
51 74.8 73.8 75.8 73.8 72.3 75.1
52 75 74.1 76 74 72.6 75.3
53 75.3 74.3 76.2 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 75.8 74.9 76.6 74.8 73.5 76
56 76 75.1 76.8 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76.3 75.4 77.1 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 76.8 76 77.5 76 74.8 76.9
60 77.1 76.3 77.8 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.3 76.6 78 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 78 77.3 78.6 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 78.6 78 79.2 78 77.1 78.7
66 79 78.4 79.5 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 79.8 79.2 80.3 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 80.2 79.7 80.6 79.7 78.9 80.2
70 80.6 80.1 81 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 81.1 80.6 81.5 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.5 81.1 81.9 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 82 81.6 82.4 81.6 80.9 82.1
74 82.5 82.1 82.9 82.1 81.5 82.6
75 83 82.6 83.4 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.6 83.2 83.9 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.7 84.3 85 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 85 84.5 85.3
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 87 86.5 87.2
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.3 89 89.5 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 90 89.7 90.2 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.8 90.4 91 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.3 92 92.5 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.9 93.6 94 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.3 97 97.3 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.1 97.8 98.1
97 99 98.8 99.1 98.9 98.7 99
98 99.9 99.8 100 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68% in the DR Congo and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52% and 45.1% will live to 70 years or older, 26.3% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 4.61% and 3.37% 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
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%
2 94.6% 94% 95.1% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
5 92.9% 92.3% 93.6% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
6 92.5% 91.8% 93.3% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
7 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
8 91.9% 91.1% 92.7% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
9 91.6% 90.9% 92.4% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
10 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
11 91.2% 90.4% 92.1% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
12 91.1% 90.2% 91.9% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
13 90.9% 90% 91.7% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
14 90.7% 89.9% 91.6% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
15 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
16 90.3% 89.5% 91.2% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
17 90.1% 89.2% 91.1% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
18 89.9% 88.9% 90.9% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
19 89.6% 88.6% 90.6% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
20 89.3% 88.3% 90.4% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
21 89% 87.9% 90.2% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
22 88.7% 87.5% 89.9% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
23 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
24 88.1% 86.7% 89.4% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
25 87.7% 86.3% 89.1% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
26 87.4% 85.9% 88.9% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
27 87.1% 85.5% 88.6% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
28 86.7% 85.1% 88.3% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
29 86.4% 84.8% 88% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
30 86% 84.4% 87.7% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
31 85.6% 83.9% 87.4% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
32 85.3% 83.5% 87.1% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 84.9% 83.1% 86.7% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 84.5% 82.7% 86.4% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 84.1% 82.3% 86.1% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
36 83.8% 81.8% 85.7% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
37 83.4% 81.4% 85.4% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
38 83% 80.9% 85% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
39 82.5% 80.5% 84.6% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
40 82.1% 80% 84.2% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
41 81.6% 79.5% 83.8% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
42 81.2% 79% 83.4% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
43 80.7% 78.4% 82.9% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
44 80.1% 77.9% 82.5% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
45 79.6% 77.3% 82% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
46 79.1% 76.7% 81.5% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
47 78.5% 76.1% 81% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
48 78% 75.4% 80.5% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
49 77.4% 74.8% 80% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
50 76.7% 74.1% 79.5% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
51 76% 73.3% 78.9% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
52 75.3% 72.5% 78.2% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
53 74.5% 71.6% 77.5% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.8% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
55 72.9% 69.8% 76.1% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
56 72% 68.8% 75.3% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
57 71.1% 67.8% 74.5% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
58 70.1% 66.7% 73.6% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
59 69.1% 65.6% 72.7% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
60 68% 64.4% 71.7% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
61 66.9% 63.2% 70.6% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
62 65.6% 61.8% 69.5% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
63 64.3% 60.3% 68.3% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
64 62.8% 58.8% 66.9% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
65 61.3% 57.2% 65.4% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
66 59.6% 55.4% 63.9% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
67 57.9% 53.6% 62.2% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
68 56% 51.7% 60.4% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
69 54.1% 49.7% 58.5% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
70 52% 47.6% 56.5% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
71 49.8% 45.4% 54.3% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
72 47.5% 43.1% 52% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
73 45.1% 40.8% 49.6% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
74 42.6% 38.3% 47% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
75 40% 35.7% 44.4% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
76 37.3% 33.2% 41.6% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
77 34.6% 30.5% 38.8% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
78 31.9% 27.9% 35.9% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
79 29.1% 25.3% 33% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
80 26.3% 22.6% 30% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
81 23.5% 20.1% 27% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
82 20.8% 17.6% 24% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
83 18.2% 15.2% 21.2% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
84 15.7% 13% 18.4% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
85 13.3% 10.9% 15.8% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
86 11.2% 9.03% 13.3% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
87 9.2% 7.33% 11.1% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
88 7.45% 5.83% 9.1% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
89 5.92% 4.52% 7.34% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
90 4.61% 3.42% 5.82% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
91 3.52% 2.51% 4.53% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
92 2.62% 1.79% 3.45% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
93 1.9% 1.24% 2.56% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
94 1.34% 0.83% 1.85% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
95 0.92% 0.54% 1.3% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.88% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.58% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
98 0.25% 0.13% 0.37% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 0.06% 0.02% 0.1%

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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 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.42% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.71% vs 1.98% at 60, and 10.5% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.74% 5.25% 4.22% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%
1 0.74% 0.79% 0.69% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
2 0.65% 0.69% 0.6% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
3 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
5 0.43% 0.47% 0.4% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
6 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
11 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
12 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
17 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
20 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.35% 0.44% 0.27% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.37% 0.45% 0.28% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
23 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
25 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
26 0.39% 0.46% 0.32% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
28 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
29 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.42% 0.48% 0.36% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.43% 0.49% 0.36% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.44% 0.5% 0.37% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
34 0.45% 0.52% 0.39% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
35 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.47% 0.54% 0.41% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
38 0.51% 0.58% 0.45% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
39 0.54% 0.6% 0.47% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
43 0.63% 0.71% 0.56% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
44 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.67% 0.76% 0.58% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
46 0.69% 0.8% 0.6% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.62% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.77% 0.89% 0.65% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.83% 0.96% 0.7% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
50 0.89% 1.04% 0.75% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
51 0.96% 1.12% 0.81% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.87% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
53 1.09% 1.27% 0.92% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
54 1.15% 1.33% 0.98% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
55 1.21% 1.4% 1.03% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
56 1.27% 1.47% 1.09% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
57 1.35% 1.56% 1.16% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.24% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.57% 1.8% 1.35% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
60 1.71% 1.96% 1.48% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
61 1.88% 2.15% 1.63% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
62 2.06% 2.35% 1.8% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
63 2.25% 2.56% 1.98% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
64 2.46% 2.78% 2.17% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
65 2.68% 3.02% 2.38% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
66 2.92% 3.27% 2.61% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
67 3.18% 3.54% 2.87% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
68 3.48% 3.86% 3.16% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
69 3.82% 4.21% 3.48% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
70 4.2% 4.61% 3.85% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
71 4.62% 5.05% 4.25% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
72 5.07% 5.54% 4.68% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
73 5.57% 6.06% 5.15% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
74 6.1% 6.63% 5.65% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
75 6.67% 7.24% 6.2% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
76 7.3% 7.91% 6.79% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
77 7.99% 8.65% 7.46% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
78 8.76% 9.47% 8.2% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
79 9.61% 10.4% 9.03% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
80 10.5% 11.3% 9.95% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 11.6% 12.4% 10.9% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 12.6% 13.5% 12% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 23.8% 26.5% 22.2% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 27.4% 30.8% 25.7% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
94 31.3% 34.8% 29.8% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
95 33.4% 36.7% 32% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
96 35.4% 38.6% 34.1% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.2% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
99 41% 44.6% 40% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
100 43% 46.5% 42.1% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to South Sudan

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 70.9 in the DR Congo and 67.5 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,741 5,250 4,223 6,215 6,667 5,754
1 706 750 662 1,086 1,027 1,147
2 612 653 570 915 916 915
3 534 573 494 776 818 733
4 466 502 429 660 727 591
5 404 436 370 561 641 479
6 347 376 317 477 558 393
7 296.1 321 270.8 404 480 326
8 252.8 273.8 231.4 344 411 275.7
9 218 235.8 199.9 296.8 353 238.8
10 192.5 207.9 176.9 262 309 213.5
11 176.5 190.4 162.3 239.4 279 198.2
12 169.3 182.8 155.5 227.9 262.8 191.3
13 170.6 184.9 156 226.8 260.1 192
14 179.5 196.1 162.6 235.1 270 198.7
15 195 215.6 174.2 251.3 290.8 210.1
16 215.6 241.9 188.8 273.6 321 224.4
17 238.7 272.7 204.2 299.3 357 239.3
18 262.3 306 218.4 327 397 253.5
19 283.9 337 229.9 354 439 265.4
20 302 364 238.6 379 478 275.1
21 315 384 245.4 398 508 283.3
22 325 397 251.5 412 527 290.7
23 331 402 258 420 535 298.4
24 335 403 265.4 424 536 307
25 338 400 273.8 427 532 316
26 341 398 282.8 429 527 325
27 345 397 291.6 432 523 335
28 350 398 299.9 436 522 344
29 355 401 307 440 523 352
30 361 407 313 446 527 359
31 366 412 319 451 533 366
32 371 418 323 456 538 372
33 376 423 328 461 544 377
34 381 428 333 466 549 384
35 388 434 340 473 555 392
36 396 441 350 481 563 402
37 408 452 363 493 575 415
38 424 466 380 508 590 431
39 442 484 398 526 608 449
40 461 503 418 545 628 467
41 480 523 436 564 648 483
42 496 541 450 580 667 496
43 510 558 461 593 685 506
44 522 573 469 604 700 512
45 534 590 476 616 717 519
46 550 611 487 631 737 528
47 572 638 503 651 762 543
48 602 674 527 679 794 566
49 639 718 559 713 832 596
50 683 768 597 753 875 633
51 729 818 639 795 919 672
52 774 866 680 835 961 711
53 813 907 717 872 999 748
54 848 943 751 906 1,033 782
55 881 976 784 939 1,066 816
56 916 1,011 819 976 1,102 853
57 959 1,055 862 1,018 1,145 896
58 1,014 1,111 915 1,072 1,197 950
59 1,082 1,181 982 1,136 1,260 1,015
60 1,164 1,265 1,061 1,210 1,332 1,092
61 1,254 1,356 1,151 1,292 1,409 1,178
62 1,350 1,452 1,248 1,378 1,488 1,270
63 1,448 1,546 1,349 1,465 1,565 1,366
64 1,545 1,637 1,452 1,551 1,639 1,464
65 1,642 1,725 1,559 1,636 1,710 1,565
66 1,741 1,811 1,668 1,724 1,782 1,668
67 1,843 1,901 1,784 1,815 1,855 1,777
68 1,952 1,995 1,907 1,911 1,933 1,891
69 2,067 2,094 2,038 2,011 2,013 2,011
70 2,185 2,196 2,173 2,111 2,091 2,133
71 2,302 2,296 2,307 2,207 2,164 2,252
72 2,412 2,389 2,435 2,292 2,226 2,363
73 2,511 2,470 2,552 2,364 2,272 2,461
74 2,597 2,537 2,657 2,419 2,300 2,546
75 2,669 2,589 2,749 2,459 2,311 2,615
76 2,724 2,624 2,827 2,485 2,305 2,672
77 2,766 2,642 2,893 2,497 2,284 2,714
78 2,791 2,641 2,945 2,490 2,246 2,742
79 2,794 2,617 2,977 2,465 2,188 2,750
80 2,771 2,565 2,983 2,417 2,108 2,734
81 2,716 2,484 2,954 2,342 2,003 2,685
82 2,625 2,371 2,886 2,237 1,874 2,600
83 2,499 2,231 2,776 2,103 1,725 2,478
84 2,342 2,067 2,625 1,944 1,562 2,321
85 2,160 1,888 2,438 1,767 1,392 2,135
86 1,959 1,699 2,225 1,579 1,221 1,929
87 1,746 1,503 1,994 1,386 1,052 1,712
88 1,528 1,304 1,756 1,193 887 1,492
89 1,310 1,104 1,520 1,007 729 1,279
90 1,099 907 1,294 831 582 1,077
91 900 721 1,082 670 447 890
92 718 552 886 527 331 722
93 557 407 709 404 237 571
94 420 289.7 552 301 163.5 440
95 307 199.2 415 217.2 108.2 328
96 216.9 132.6 302 151.7 68.7 235
97 148 85.4 210.7 103.4 41.7 162.1
98 97.5 53.2 141.6 69.1 24.4 107.5
99 62 32 91.8 44.4 13.7 68.6
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 South Sudan 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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