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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.4 years in the DR Congo vs 74 in Suriname. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and Suriname is 103/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.2 years for males and 64.6 years for females. In Suriname, it's 70.9 years for males and 77.3 years for females.

DR Congo vs Suriname life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
Suriname
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Suriname
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 50.7 49.1 52.7
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 51.1 49.4 53
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 51.4 49.7 53.4
1953 39.1 38 40.2 52.1 50.4 54.1
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 52.8 51.1 54.8
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 53.5 51.8 55.5
1956 39.9 38.7 41 54.1 52.4 56.1
1957 40.2 39 41.3 54.7 53 56.8
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 55.4 53.6 57.4
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 55.9 54.2 58
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 56.6 54.8 58.7
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 57.3 55.5 59.4
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 58 56.1 60.2
1963 40.6 39.1 42 58.5 56.5 60.9
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 58.9 56.7 61.5
1965 40.8 39 42.4 59.1 56.8 61.8
1966 42.2 41 43.3 59.2 56.8 62.1
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 59.2 56.7 62.1
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 59.3 56.8 62.3
1969 43 41.8 44.1 59.4 56.9 62.4
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 59.5 57 62.5
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 59.6 57.1 62.6
1972 43.9 42.7 45 59.7 57.2 62.7
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 59.8 57.3 62.8
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 59.9 57.4 62.9
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 60 57.5 63.1
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 60.2 57.6 63.2
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 60.3 57.7 63.3
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 60.4 57.8 63.5
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 60.5 57.9 63.6
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 60.7 58 63.7
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 60.8 58.2 63.9
1982 45.9 45 46.8 60.9 58.3 64
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 61.1 58.4 64.2
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 61.2 58.5 64.3
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 61.4 58.6 64.4
1986 47 46.2 47.8 61.2 58.2 64.6
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 61.3 58.3 64.7
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 61.5 58.5 64.9
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 62 59.2 65.1
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 62.1 59.2 65.2
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 62.2 59.3 65.3
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 62.2 59.3 65.5
1993 49.6 48 51.2 62.4 59.4 65.6
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 62.5 59.5 65.8
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 62.8 59.7 66
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 63.1 60.1 66.3
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 63.4 60.4 66.6
1998 49.7 46.6 53 63.7 60.7 67
1999 50.1 47 53.4 64 61.1 67.3
2000 51.9 50 53.8 64.4 61.5 67.6
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 64.8 61.9 68
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 65.3 62.4 68.5
2003 53 51.2 54.8 65.8 62.9 69
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 66.4 63.5 69.6
2005 54 52.4 55.6 67 64.1 70.2
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 67.6 64.7 70.9
2007 55 53.4 56.5 68.3 65.3 71.6
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 68.9 65.9 72.2
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 69.3 66.2 72.7
2010 56.4 54.8 58 69.6 66.5 73.1
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 69.8 66.6 73.3
2012 57.4 55.7 59 70 66.8 73.4
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 70.1 66.9 73.6
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 70.3 67.2 73.8
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 70.6 67.5 73.9
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 71 67.9 74.3
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 71.2 68.2 74.5
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 71.5 68.3 74.8
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 71.8 68.6 75.1
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 72.3 68.6 76.2
2021 60 58 62.1 68.9 66 72.1
2022 61 58.9 63.1 73.3 70.1 76.5
2023 61.9 59.8 64 73.6 70.5 76.8
2024 62.1 60 64.2 73.8 70.6 77
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 73.9 70.7 77.1
2026 62.4 60.2 64.6 74 70.9 77.3

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 60.3 in Suriname. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 13.6 in Suriname.

DR Congo vs Suriname 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 Suriname, 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 46.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 76.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 78.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo Suriname
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.1% 97.3% 98.1%
50 87.8% 90.6% 92.7% 95.4%
60 76.4% 81.8% 82.4% 89.4%
65 67.8% 74.6% 74.3% 84.8%
70 56.5% 64.4% 63.8% 77.8%
75 42.4% 50.6% 50.9% 68.4%
80 26.8% 34.2% 35.8% 54.9%
85 12.9% 18.0% 19.9% 38.2%
90 4.1% 6.6% 8.0% 21.5%
95 0.6% 1.5% 2.1% 8.8%
100 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 2.3%

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 Suriname: 71 years vs 76 at 30, 78.6 vs 81.8 at 65, 85.9 vs 88 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.4 vs 74 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 Suriname.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Suriname
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo Suriname
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.4 60.2 64.6 74 70.9 77.3
1 65.5 63.6 67.4 74.8 71.7 77.9
2 66 64.1 67.9 74.8 71.8 78
3 66.4 64.5 68.3 74.9 71.8 78
4 66.7 64.9 68.6 74.9 71.8 78
5 67 65.2 68.9 74.9 71.8 78.1
6 67.3 65.5 69.1 74.9 71.9 78.1
7 67.5 65.7 69.4 75 71.9 78.1
8 67.7 65.9 69.5 75 71.9 78.1
9 67.9 66.1 69.7 75 71.9 78.1
10 68 66.3 69.8 75 71.9 78.1
11 68.2 66.4 69.9 75 71.9 78.2
12 68.3 66.5 70 75 72 78.2
13 68.4 66.6 70.1 75.1 72 78.2
14 68.5 66.7 70.2 75.1 72 78.2
15 68.6 66.8 70.3 75.1 72 78.2
16 68.7 67 70.4 75.1 72 78.3
17 68.8 67.1 70.6 75.2 72.1 78.3
18 69 67.2 70.7 75.2 72.1 78.3
19 69.1 67.4 70.8 75.3 72.2 78.4
20 69.3 67.6 70.9 75.3 72.2 78.4
21 69.4 67.8 71.1 75.4 72.3 78.5
22 69.6 68 71.2 75.4 72.4 78.5
23 69.8 68.2 71.3 75.5 72.4 78.6
24 69.9 68.4 71.5 75.5 72.5 78.6
25 70.1 68.6 71.6 75.6 72.6 78.7
26 70.3 68.8 71.8 75.7 72.7 78.7
27 70.5 69 71.9 75.7 72.7 78.8
28 70.6 69.2 72 75.8 72.8 78.8
29 70.8 69.4 72.2 75.9 72.9 78.9
30 71 69.6 72.3 76 73 79
31 71.1 69.8 72.5 76.1 73.1 79
32 71.3 70 72.6 76.1 73.2 79.1
33 71.5 70.2 72.8 76.2 73.3 79.2
34 71.7 70.3 72.9 76.3 73.4 79.2
35 71.8 70.5 73.1 76.4 73.5 79.3
36 72 70.7 73.2 76.5 73.6 79.4
37 72.2 70.9 73.4 76.6 73.7 79.5
38 72.3 71.1 73.5 76.7 73.8 79.6
39 72.5 71.3 73.7 76.8 73.9 79.7
40 72.7 71.5 73.9 76.9 74.1 79.8
41 72.9 71.7 74 77 74.2 79.9
42 73.1 71.9 74.2 77.1 74.3 80
43 73.2 72.1 74.4 77.3 74.4 80.1
44 73.4 72.3 74.5 77.4 74.5 80.1
45 73.6 72.5 74.7 77.5 74.7 80.2
46 73.8 72.7 74.9 77.6 74.8 80.3
47 74 72.9 75.1 77.7 75 80.4
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 77.9 75.1 80.5
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 78 75.3 80.7
50 74.6 73.6 75.6 78.2 75.5 80.8
51 74.8 73.8 75.8 78.3 75.6 80.9
52 75 74.1 76 78.5 75.9 81
53 75.3 74.3 76.2 78.7 76.1 81.2
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 78.9 76.3 81.3
55 75.8 74.9 76.6 79.1 76.5 81.5
56 76 75.1 76.8 79.3 76.8 81.7
57 76.3 75.4 77.1 79.6 77.1 81.8
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 79.8 77.4 82
59 76.8 76 77.5 80.1 77.7 82.2
60 77.1 76.3 77.8 80.3 78 82.4
61 77.3 76.6 78 80.6 78.3 82.7
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 80.9 78.6 82.9
63 78 77.3 78.6 81.2 78.9 83.1
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 81.4 79.3 83.3
65 78.6 78 79.2 81.8 79.6 83.5
66 79 78.4 79.5 82.1 80 83.8
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 82.4 80.4 84.1
68 79.8 79.2 80.3 82.8 80.8 84.3
69 80.2 79.7 80.6 83.1 81.2 84.6
70 80.6 80.1 81 83.5 81.6 85
71 81.1 80.6 81.5 83.9 82 85.3
72 81.5 81.1 81.9 84.3 82.5 85.6
73 82 81.6 82.4 84.7 82.9 85.9
74 82.5 82.1 82.9 85.1 83.4 86.3
75 83 82.6 83.4 85.5 83.9 86.6
76 83.6 83.2 83.9 86 84.4 87
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 86.4 84.9 87.5
78 84.7 84.3 85 86.9 85.4 87.9
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 87.4 86 88.4
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 88 86.5 88.9
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 88.5 87.1 89.4
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 89.1 87.8 89.9
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 89.7 88.4 90.5
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 90.4 89.1 91
85 89.3 89 89.5 91 89.8 91.6
86 90 89.7 90.2 91.7 90.5 92.2
87 90.8 90.4 91 92.3 91.3 92.9
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 93 92 93.5
89 92.3 92 92.5 93.8 92.8 94.2
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 94.5 93.5 94.9
91 93.9 93.6 94 95.2 94.3 95.6
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 96 95.1 96.3
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 96.8 95.9 97.1
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97.6 96.8 97.8
95 97.3 97 97.3 98.4 97.6 98.6
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 99.2 98.5 99.4
97 99 98.8 99.1 100 99.4 100.2
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.9 100.2 101
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.7 101.1 101.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.6 102 102.7

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs Suriname

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68% in the DR Congo and 83.1% in Suriname are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52% and 68.5% will live to 70 years or older, 26.3% and 44.1% to 80+ years, and 4.61% and 14.4% 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
Suriname
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Suriname
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 99% 98.8% 99.1%
2 94.6% 94% 95.1% 98.9% 98.8% 99.1%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 98.9% 98.7% 99%
4 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 98.8% 98.7% 99%
5 92.9% 92.3% 93.6% 98.8% 98.6% 99%
6 92.5% 91.8% 93.3% 98.8% 98.6% 99%
7 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 98.8% 98.6% 98.9%
8 91.9% 91.1% 92.7% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
9 91.6% 90.9% 92.4% 98.7% 98.5% 98.9%
10 91.4% 90.6% 92.2% 98.7% 98.5% 98.9%
11 91.2% 90.4% 92.1% 98.7% 98.5% 98.8%
12 91.1% 90.2% 91.9% 98.6% 98.5% 98.8%
13 90.9% 90% 91.7% 98.6% 98.4% 98.8%
14 90.7% 89.9% 91.6% 98.6% 98.4% 98.7%
15 90.5% 89.7% 91.4% 98.5% 98.4% 98.7%
16 90.3% 89.5% 91.2% 98.5% 98.3% 98.7%
17 90.1% 89.2% 91.1% 98.4% 98.3% 98.6%
18 89.9% 88.9% 90.9% 98.4% 98.2% 98.5%
19 89.6% 88.6% 90.6% 98.3% 98.1% 98.5%
20 89.3% 88.3% 90.4% 98.2% 98% 98.4%
21 89% 87.9% 90.2% 98.1% 97.8% 98.3%
22 88.7% 87.5% 89.9% 98% 97.7% 98.3%
23 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 97.9% 97.6% 98.2%
24 88.1% 86.7% 89.4% 97.8% 97.4% 98.1%
25 87.7% 86.3% 89.1% 97.6% 97.3% 98%
26 87.4% 85.9% 88.9% 97.5% 97.1% 97.9%
27 87.1% 85.5% 88.6% 97.4% 96.9% 97.8%
28 86.7% 85.1% 88.3% 97.2% 96.8% 97.7%
29 86.4% 84.8% 88% 97.1% 96.6% 97.6%
30 86% 84.4% 87.7% 96.9% 96.4% 97.4%
31 85.6% 83.9% 87.4% 96.7% 96.2% 97.3%
32 85.3% 83.5% 87.1% 96.5% 96% 97.2%
33 84.9% 83.1% 86.7% 96.4% 95.7% 97%
34 84.5% 82.7% 86.4% 96.2% 95.5% 96.9%
35 84.1% 82.3% 86.1% 96% 95.2% 96.7%
36 83.8% 81.8% 85.7% 95.7% 95% 96.5%
37 83.4% 81.4% 85.4% 95.5% 94.7% 96.3%
38 83% 80.9% 85% 95.2% 94.4% 96.1%
39 82.5% 80.5% 84.6% 94.9% 94.1% 95.8%
40 82.1% 80% 84.2% 94.7% 93.8% 95.6%
41 81.6% 79.5% 83.8% 94.4% 93.4% 95.4%
42 81.2% 79% 83.4% 94.1% 93.1% 95.2%
43 80.7% 78.4% 82.9% 93.8% 92.7% 94.9%
44 80.1% 77.9% 82.5% 93.5% 92.4% 94.7%
45 79.6% 77.3% 82% 93.2% 92% 94.5%
46 79.1% 76.7% 81.5% 92.8% 91.5% 94.2%
47 78.5% 76.1% 81% 92.5% 91.1% 93.9%
48 78% 75.4% 80.5% 92% 90.6% 93.6%
49 77.4% 74.8% 80% 91.6% 90% 93.3%
50 76.7% 74.1% 79.5% 91.1% 89.4% 92.9%
51 76% 73.3% 78.9% 90.6% 88.7% 92.5%
52 75.3% 72.5% 78.2% 90% 87.9% 92.1%
53 74.5% 71.6% 77.5% 89.3% 87.1% 91.7%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.8% 88.6% 86.2% 91.2%
55 72.9% 69.8% 76.1% 87.9% 85.3% 90.7%
56 72% 68.8% 75.3% 87% 84.2% 90%
57 71.1% 67.8% 74.5% 86.1% 83.1% 89.4%
58 70.1% 66.7% 73.6% 85.2% 82% 88.7%
59 69.1% 65.6% 72.7% 84.2% 80.7% 87.9%
60 68% 64.4% 71.7% 83.1% 79.4% 87.1%
61 66.9% 63.2% 70.6% 82% 78% 86.3%
62 65.6% 61.8% 69.5% 80.8% 76.5% 85.5%
63 64.3% 60.3% 68.3% 79.6% 74.9% 84.6%
64 62.8% 58.8% 66.9% 78.3% 73.3% 83.6%
65 61.3% 57.2% 65.4% 76.9% 71.6% 82.6%
66 59.6% 55.4% 63.9% 75.4% 69.8% 81.4%
67 57.9% 53.6% 62.2% 73.8% 67.8% 80.2%
68 56% 51.7% 60.4% 72.1% 65.8% 78.8%
69 54.1% 49.7% 58.5% 70.3% 63.7% 77.3%
70 52% 47.6% 56.5% 68.5% 61.5% 75.8%
71 49.8% 45.4% 54.3% 66.5% 59.2% 74.1%
72 47.5% 43.1% 52% 64.5% 56.8% 72.4%
73 45.1% 40.8% 49.6% 62.4% 54.3% 70.6%
74 42.6% 38.3% 47% 60.2% 51.7% 68.7%
75 40% 35.7% 44.4% 57.8% 49.1% 66.7%
76 37.3% 33.2% 41.6% 55.3% 46.4% 64.4%
77 34.6% 30.5% 38.8% 52.7% 43.5% 62%
78 31.9% 27.9% 35.9% 49.9% 40.6% 59.3%
79 29.1% 25.3% 33% 47% 37.6% 56.5%
80 26.3% 22.6% 30% 44.1% 34.5% 53.5%
81 23.5% 20.1% 27% 41% 31.4% 50.4%
82 20.8% 17.6% 24% 37.8% 28.2% 47.2%
83 18.2% 15.2% 21.2% 34.7% 25.1% 43.9%
84 15.7% 13% 18.4% 31.5% 22% 40.6%
85 13.3% 10.9% 15.8% 28.4% 19.1% 37.2%
86 11.2% 9.03% 13.3% 25.3% 16.4% 33.8%
87 9.2% 7.33% 11.1% 22.4% 13.9% 30.5%
88 7.45% 5.83% 9.1% 19.6% 11.6% 27.2%
89 5.92% 4.52% 7.34% 16.9% 9.55% 24%
90 4.61% 3.42% 5.82% 14.4% 7.73% 20.9%
91 3.52% 2.51% 4.53% 12.1% 6.14% 18%
92 2.62% 1.79% 3.45% 10.1% 4.78% 15.3%
93 1.9% 1.24% 2.56% 8.24% 3.65% 12.8%
94 1.34% 0.83% 1.85% 6.64% 2.72% 10.6%
95 0.92% 0.54% 1.3% 5.27% 1.98% 8.57%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.88% 4.11% 1.41% 6.83%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.58% 3.14% 0.98% 5.33%
98 0.25% 0.13% 0.37% 2.36% 0.67% 4.08%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 1.73% 0.44% 3.05%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 1.24% 0.28% 2.23%

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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 1.03% in Suriname, 0.42% vs 0.18% at age 30, 1.71% vs 1.34% at 60, and 10.5% vs 6.97% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
Suriname
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo Suriname
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.74% 5.25% 4.22% 1.03% 1.18% 0.87%
1 0.74% 0.79% 0.69% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.65% 0.69% 0.6% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
3 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
4 0.5% 0.54% 0.46% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
5 0.43% 0.47% 0.4% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
6 0.37% 0.41% 0.34% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
11 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
12 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
17 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
18 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.09% 0.12% 0.07%
20 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.1% 0.13% 0.07%
21 0.35% 0.44% 0.27% 0.1% 0.13% 0.07%
22 0.37% 0.45% 0.28% 0.11% 0.14% 0.08%
23 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.11% 0.15% 0.08%
24 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.12% 0.16% 0.09%
25 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
26 0.39% 0.46% 0.32% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
27 0.4% 0.46% 0.33% 0.15% 0.19% 0.12%
28 0.4% 0.47% 0.34% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
29 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
30 0.42% 0.48% 0.36% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
31 0.43% 0.49% 0.36% 0.18% 0.22% 0.14%
32 0.44% 0.5% 0.37% 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
33 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
34 0.45% 0.52% 0.39% 0.22% 0.26% 0.18%
35 0.46% 0.53% 0.4% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
36 0.47% 0.54% 0.41% 0.26% 0.3% 0.21%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
38 0.51% 0.58% 0.45% 0.28% 0.33% 0.24%
39 0.54% 0.6% 0.47% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
40 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.3% 0.37% 0.23%
42 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.31% 0.38% 0.23%
43 0.63% 0.71% 0.56% 0.33% 0.4% 0.24%
44 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
45 0.67% 0.76% 0.58% 0.37% 0.47% 0.28%
46 0.69% 0.8% 0.6% 0.41% 0.51% 0.3%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.62% 0.45% 0.56% 0.33%
48 0.77% 0.89% 0.65% 0.49% 0.62% 0.35%
49 0.83% 0.96% 0.7% 0.54% 0.69% 0.38%
50 0.89% 1.04% 0.75% 0.59% 0.76% 0.41%
51 0.96% 1.12% 0.81% 0.65% 0.85% 0.44%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.87% 0.71% 0.93% 0.48%
53 1.09% 1.27% 0.92% 0.78% 1.02% 0.54%
54 1.15% 1.33% 0.98% 0.86% 1.11% 0.6%
55 1.21% 1.4% 1.03% 0.94% 1.21% 0.67%
56 1.27% 1.47% 1.09% 1.03% 1.31% 0.74%
57 1.35% 1.56% 1.16% 1.11% 1.42% 0.81%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.24% 1.19% 1.52% 0.86%
59 1.57% 1.8% 1.35% 1.27% 1.64% 0.9%
60 1.71% 1.96% 1.48% 1.34% 1.76% 0.93%
61 1.88% 2.15% 1.63% 1.43% 1.89% 0.98%
62 2.06% 2.35% 1.8% 1.53% 2.04% 1.04%
63 2.25% 2.56% 1.98% 1.64% 2.19% 1.12%
64 2.46% 2.78% 2.17% 1.78% 2.36% 1.24%
65 2.68% 3.02% 2.38% 1.94% 2.54% 1.38%
66 2.92% 3.27% 2.61% 2.11% 2.75% 1.55%
67 3.18% 3.54% 2.87% 2.3% 2.97% 1.71%
68 3.48% 3.86% 3.16% 2.48% 3.21% 1.87%
69 3.82% 4.21% 3.48% 2.66% 3.47% 2.02%
70 4.2% 4.61% 3.85% 2.84% 3.74% 2.15%
71 4.62% 5.05% 4.25% 3.03% 4.05% 2.3%
72 5.07% 5.54% 4.68% 3.27% 4.37% 2.48%
73 5.57% 6.06% 5.15% 3.55% 4.73% 2.72%
74 6.1% 6.63% 5.65% 3.9% 5.12% 3.01%
75 6.67% 7.24% 6.2% 4.3% 5.57% 3.37%
76 7.3% 7.91% 6.79% 4.76% 6.09% 3.79%
77 7.99% 8.65% 7.46% 5.26% 6.7% 4.26%
78 8.76% 9.47% 8.2% 5.78% 7.4% 4.76%
79 9.61% 10.4% 9.03% 6.35% 8.21% 5.28%
80 10.5% 11.3% 9.95% 6.97% 9.11% 5.81%
81 11.6% 12.4% 10.9% 7.66% 10.1% 6.37%
82 12.6% 13.5% 12% 8.4% 11.1% 6.96%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 9.17% 12.1% 7.6%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 9.94% 13.2% 8.3%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 10.7% 14.2% 9.07%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 11.6% 15.3% 9.91%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 12.6% 16.5% 10.8%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 13.6% 17.7% 11.8%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 14.7% 19.1% 12.8%
90 23.8% 26.5% 22.2% 15.8% 20.6% 13.9%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 17% 22.1% 15%
92 27.4% 30.8% 25.7% 18.2% 23.7% 16.3%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 19.4% 25.4% 17.5%
94 31.3% 34.8% 29.8% 20.7% 27% 18.9%
95 33.4% 36.7% 32% 22% 28.7% 20.3%
96 35.4% 38.6% 34.1% 23.5% 30.4% 21.9%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.2% 25% 32.3% 23.5%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 26.6% 34.1% 25.1%
99 41% 44.6% 40% 28.2% 35.9% 26.9%
100 43% 46.5% 42.1% 29.6% 37.7% 28.4%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to Suriname

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 82 in Suriname. The median age of death is 70.9 in the DR Congo and 78 in Suriname — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Suriname
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo Suriname
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,741 5,250 4,223 1,028 1,180 871
1 706 750 662 47.1 49.8 44.3
2 612 653 570 42.2 45.4 39
3 534 573 494 38 41.3 34.5
4 466 502 429 34.3 37.6 30.8
5 404 436 370 30.9 33.8 27.9
6 347 376 317 28 30.2 25.6
7 296.1 321 270.8 25.6 27 24.2
8 252.8 273.8 231.4 23.9 24.3 23.5
9 218 235.8 199.9 23.1 22.5 23.6
10 192.5 207.9 176.9 23.2 21.8 24.6
11 176.5 190.4 162.3 24.5 22.5 26.6
12 169.3 182.8 155.5 27.3 25 29.7
13 170.6 184.9 156 32 29.7 34.3
14 179.5 196.1 162.6 39 37.6 40.4
15 195 215.6 174.2 48.6 49.4 47.7
16 215.6 241.9 188.8 60 64.7 55.2
17 238.7 272.7 204.2 72.4 82.4 62
18 262.3 306 218.4 83.5 99.7 66.9
19 283.9 337 229.9 92.3 114 69.9
20 302 364 238.6 98.3 124.1 71.7
21 315 384 245.4 102.4 130.6 73.4
22 325 397 251.5 106.7 136.2 76.3
23 331 402 258 112.4 142.7 81.3
24 335 403 265.4 120.2 151.1 88.5
25 338 400 273.8 130 161.5 97.7
26 341 398 282.8 140.3 172.3 107.5
27 345 397 291.6 150.1 182.7 116.8
28 350 398 299.9 158.2 191.6 124.1
29 355 401 307 164.7 198.9 129.7
30 361 407 313 170.2 205.4 134
31 366 412 319 176.2 212.2 139.1
32 371 418 323 184.7 221.1 146.7
33 376 423 328 196.3 232.9 158
34 381 428 333 211.7 248.1 173.2
35 388 434 340 229.1 265.5 190.4
36 396 441 350 246.2 283.2 206.8
37 408 452 363 260.6 299.8 219.4
38 424 466 380 270.7 314 225.8
39 442 484 398 276.8 324 226.4
40 461 503 418 280.9 334 224
41 480 523 436 285.5 343 221.7
42 496 541 450 293.2 356 223.1
43 510 558 461 306 373 229.9
44 522 573 469 324 397 242.9
45 534 590 476 349 428 261.3
46 550 611 487 379 466 283.7
47 572 638 503 412 511 308
48 602 674 527 449 563 332
49 639 718 559 490 621 356
50 683 768 597 536 683 381
51 729 818 639 587 750 410
52 774 866 680 642 819 446
53 813 907 717 700 890 491
54 848 943 751 762 961 545
55 881 976 784 829 1,033 606
56 916 1,011 819 897 1,105 667
57 959 1,055 862 960 1,177 720
58 1,014 1,111 915 1,016 1,250 761
59 1,082 1,181 982 1,068 1,323 790
60 1,164 1,265 1,061 1,116 1,398 814
61 1,254 1,356 1,151 1,170 1,477 843
62 1,350 1,452 1,248 1,233 1,558 886
63 1,448 1,546 1,349 1,309 1,643 949
64 1,545 1,637 1,452 1,395 1,730 1,035
65 1,642 1,725 1,559 1,490 1,821 1,141
66 1,741 1,811 1,668 1,594 1,917 1,258
67 1,843 1,901 1,784 1,695 2,014 1,373
68 1,952 1,995 1,907 1,786 2,112 1,474
69 2,067 2,094 2,038 1,868 2,209 1,559
70 2,185 2,196 2,173 1,942 2,303 1,631
71 2,302 2,296 2,307 2,018 2,396 1,707
72 2,412 2,389 2,435 2,106 2,484 1,799
73 2,511 2,470 2,552 2,216 2,568 1,919
74 2,597 2,537 2,657 2,346 2,650 2,068
75 2,669 2,589 2,749 2,489 2,733 2,245
76 2,724 2,624 2,827 2,636 2,823 2,443
77 2,766 2,642 2,893 2,772 2,916 2,642
78 2,791 2,641 2,945 2,887 3,008 2,825
79 2,794 2,617 2,977 2,987 3,089 2,982
80 2,771 2,565 2,983 3,072 3,146 3,108
81 2,716 2,484 2,954 3,138 3,164 3,209
82 2,625 2,371 2,886 3,180 3,132 3,284
83 2,499 2,231 2,776 3,179 3,043 3,338
84 2,342 2,067 2,625 3,128 2,902 3,370
85 2,160 1,888 2,438 3,043 2,722 3,376
86 1,959 1,699 2,225 2,938 2,516 3,353
87 1,746 1,503 1,994 2,813 2,292 3,296
88 1,528 1,304 1,756 2,666 2,060 3,201
89 1,310 1,104 1,520 2,487 1,825 3,070
90 1,099 907 1,294 2,280 1,590 2,904
91 900 721 1,082 2,056 1,357 2,707
92 718 552 886 1,829 1,136 2,487
93 557 407 709 1,601 927 2,248
94 420 289.7 552 1,375 736 1,998
95 307 199.2 415 1,161 569 1,742
96 216.9 132.6 302 965 431 1,493
97 148 85.4 210.7 786 317 1,252
98 97.5 53.2 141.6 626 227.4 1,026
99 62 32 91.8 487 157.9 820
100 0 0 0 298.7 32.9 574

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 Suriname 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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