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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.2 years in the DR Congo vs 67.4 in Tanzania. The DR Congo is ranked 185/197 by life expectancy, and Tanzania is 155/197. In the DR Congo, the life expectancy is 60.1 years for males and 64.4 years for females. In Tanzania, it's 64.6 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

DR Congo vs Tanzania life expectancy at birth by year chart

DR Congo
Male

Female
Tanzania
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
DR Congo Tanzania
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 37.1 39.3 41 39.6 42.5
1951 38.5 37.3 39.6 41.2 39.7 42.6
1952 38.9 37.7 39.9 41.4 39.9 42.8
1953 39.1 38 40.2 41.5 40.1 42.9
1954 39.4 38.2 40.5 41.7 40.2 43.1
1955 39.7 38.4 40.8 41.8 40.4 43.3
1956 39.9 38.7 41 42 40.5 43.5
1957 40.2 39 41.3 42.1 40.7 43.5
1958 40.5 39.3 41.6 42.3 40.9 43.7
1959 40.6 39.4 41.7 42.5 41 43.9
1960 40.8 39.5 41.9 42.6 41.2 44
1961 40.2 38.6 41.6 42.8 41.5 44.2
1962 40.4 38.8 41.8 43.2 41.9 44.5
1963 40.6 39.1 42 43.6 42.3 44.9
1964 40.1 38.2 41.9 44.1 42.9 45.3
1965 40.8 39 42.4 44.5 43.4 45.7
1966 42.2 41 43.3 44.9 43.8 46.1
1967 42.3 41.1 43.5 45.2 43.8 46.5
1968 42.7 41.5 43.8 45.6 44.2 47.1
1969 43 41.8 44.1 46 44.5 47.6
1970 43.3 42.1 44.5 46.5 44.9 48.1
1971 43.6 42.4 44.7 47 45.4 48.6
1972 43.9 42.7 45 47.4 45.8 49.1
1973 44.1 42.9 45.2 47.9 46.2 49.7
1974 44.3 43.1 45.4 48.4 46.7 50.3
1975 44.5 43.4 45.6 48.9 47.1 50.8
1976 44.7 43.6 45.7 49.5 47.6 51.4
1977 44.9 43.8 45.9 50 48 52
1978 44.6 43.4 45.8 50.4 48.4 52.5
1979 45.3 44.3 46.2 50.8 48.9 52.8
1980 45.5 44.6 46.4 51.3 49.2 53.5
1981 45.7 44.8 46.6 51.7 49.5 54
1982 45.9 45 46.8 52 49.8 54.4
1983 46.2 45.3 47.1 52.2 49.9 54.6
1984 46.5 45.6 47.4 52.2 49.9 54.5
1985 46.7 45.8 47.5 52.2 50 54.5
1986 47 46.2 47.8 52.2 50.2 54.4
1987 47.4 46.5 48.2 52.2 50.3 54.2
1988 47.8 46.8 48.7 52.2 50.4 54.1
1989 48.1 47.1 49.2 52.1 50.4 53.9
1990 48.5 47.4 49.7 52 50.3 53.8
1991 48.9 47.7 50.2 51.8 50.2 53.5
1992 49.3 47.9 50.7 51.4 49.8 53.1
1993 49.6 48 51.2 51.2 49.7 52.8
1994 49.9 48.3 51.5 51.1 49.6 52.6
1995 50.4 48.7 52.1 51 49.6 52.4
1996 49.4 47.1 51.7 51.1 49.9 52.4
1997 50.5 48.4 52.6 51.2 50.1 52.4
1998 49.7 46.6 53 51.8 50.8 52.9
1999 50.1 47 53.4 52.4 51.4 53.4
2000 51.9 50 53.8 53.2 52.1 54.3
2001 52.2 50.3 54.1 54.1 52.9 55.3
2002 52.4 50.4 54.4 54.9 53.7 56.2
2003 53 51.2 54.8 55.9 54.6 57.2
2004 53.5 51.9 55.2 56.8 55.4 58.2
2005 54 52.4 55.6 57.7 56.2 59.1
2006 54.5 52.9 56.1 58.5 56.9 60.1
2007 55 53.4 56.5 59.3 57.6 60.9
2008 55.4 53.8 56.9 59.9 58.2 61.6
2009 55.8 54.2 57.4 60.5 58.8 62.2
2010 56.4 54.8 58 61.1 59.3 62.9
2011 56.9 55.3 58.5 61.6 59.8 63.4
2012 57.4 55.7 59 62.3 60.3 64.2
2013 57.8 56.1 59.5 62.8 60.8 64.8
2014 58.2 56.5 59.9 63.4 61.1 65.6
2015 58.7 56.9 60.4 63.9 61.6 66.2
2016 59.1 57.3 60.9 64.4 62 66.8
2017 59.5 57.7 61.3 65 62.4 67.6
2018 59.9 58.1 61.8 65.5 62.8 68.3
2019 60.2 58.4 62.2 66 63.1 68.9
2020 60.4 58.4 62.5 66.8 63.7 70
2021 60 58 62.1 66.1 63.2 69.1
2022 61 58.9 63.1 66.9 64.1 69.6
2023 61.9 59.8 64 67 64.2 69.8
2024 62.1 60 64.2 67.2 64.4 70
2025 62.2 60.1 64.4 67.4 64.6 70.2

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 58.1 in Tanzania. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the DR Congo and 13.4 in Tanzania.

DR Congo vs Tanzania 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 Tanzania, 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 41.7 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 71.7 years

Median expected age of death:
73.8 vs 73.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
DR Congo Tanzania
Male Female Male Female
40 94.8% 96.0% 95.7% 97.0%
50 87.7% 90.5% 88.1% 91.6%
60 76.2% 81.6% 74.8% 82.1%
65 67.6% 74.5% 65.1% 74.6%
70 56.3% 64.2% 53.3% 65.0%
75 42.2% 50.4% 39.9% 53.4%
80 26.7% 34.0% 25.7% 40.7%
85 12.9% 17.9% 13.1% 27.1%
90 4.0% 6.6% 4.6% 14.3%
95 0.6% 1.5% 1.0% 5.4%
100 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4%

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 Tanzania: 70.9 years vs 71.7 at 30, 78.6 vs 79.8 at 65, 85.9 vs 87.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.2 vs 67.4 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 Tanzania.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Tanzania
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
DR Congo Tanzania
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.2 60.1 64.4 67.4 64.6 70.2
1 65.4 63.5 67.3 69.3 66.6 72
2 65.8 64 67.7 69.6 66.9 72.3
3 66.3 64.4 68.1 69.8 67.1 72.4
4 66.6 64.8 68.5 69.9 67.2 72.6
5 66.9 65.1 68.8 70 67.3 72.7
6 67.2 65.4 69 70.1 67.3 72.7
7 67.4 65.6 69.3 70.1 67.4 72.8
8 67.6 65.8 69.4 70.2 67.4 72.8
9 67.8 66 69.6 70.2 67.5 72.9
10 67.9 66.2 69.7 70.2 67.5 72.9
11 68.1 66.3 69.8 70.3 67.6 72.9
12 68.2 66.4 69.9 70.3 67.6 73
13 68.3 66.5 70 70.3 67.6 73
14 68.4 66.6 70.1 70.4 67.7 73
15 68.5 66.8 70.2 70.4 67.7 73.1
16 68.6 66.9 70.3 70.5 67.8 73.1
17 68.7 67 70.5 70.5 67.8 73.2
18 68.9 67.2 70.6 70.6 67.9 73.2
19 69 67.3 70.7 70.7 68 73.3
20 69.2 67.5 70.8 70.8 68.1 73.4
21 69.4 67.7 71 70.8 68.2 73.4
22 69.5 67.9 71.1 70.9 68.3 73.5
23 69.7 68.1 71.3 71 68.4 73.6
24 69.9 68.3 71.4 71.1 68.5 73.6
25 70.1 68.6 71.5 71.2 68.6 73.7
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 71.3 68.7 73.8
27 70.4 69 71.8 71.4 68.8 73.9
28 70.6 69.1 72 71.5 69 74
29 70.7 69.3 72.1 71.6 69.1 74.1
30 70.9 69.5 72.3 71.7 69.2 74.2
31 71.1 69.7 72.4 71.9 69.3 74.3
32 71.3 69.9 72.6 72 69.5 74.4
33 71.4 70.1 72.7 72.1 69.6 74.5
34 71.6 70.3 72.9 72.2 69.7 74.6
35 71.8 70.5 73 72.4 69.9 74.7
36 71.9 70.7 73.2 72.5 70.1 74.9
37 72.1 70.9 73.3 72.7 70.2 75
38 72.3 71 73.5 72.8 70.4 75.1
39 72.5 71.2 73.6 73 70.6 75.3
40 72.6 71.4 73.8 73.1 70.7 75.4
41 72.8 71.6 74 73.3 70.9 75.5
42 73 71.8 74.2 73.5 71.1 75.7
43 73.2 72 74.3 73.7 71.3 75.9
44 73.4 72.2 74.5 73.8 71.5 76
45 73.6 72.4 74.7 74 71.7 76.2
46 73.8 72.7 74.8 74.2 71.9 76.4
47 74 72.9 75 74.4 72.2 76.5
48 74.2 73.1 75.2 74.7 72.4 76.7
49 74.4 73.3 75.4 74.9 72.7 76.9
50 74.6 73.5 75.5 75.1 72.9 77.1
51 74.8 73.8 75.7 75.4 73.2 77.3
52 75 74 75.9 75.6 73.5 77.6
53 75.2 74.3 76.1 75.9 73.7 77.8
54 75.5 74.6 76.4 76.1 74 78
55 75.7 74.8 76.6 76.4 74.3 78.3
56 76 75.1 76.8 76.7 74.7 78.5
57 76.2 75.4 77 77 75 78.8
58 76.5 75.7 77.3 77.3 75.3 79.1
59 76.8 76 77.5 77.6 75.7 79.4
60 77 76.3 77.7 78 76 79.6
61 77.3 76.6 78 78.3 76.4 80
62 77.6 76.9 78.3 78.7 76.8 80.3
63 77.9 77.3 78.6 79 77.2 80.6
64 78.3 77.6 78.9 79.4 77.6 81
65 78.6 78 79.2 79.8 78 81.4
66 79 78.4 79.5 80.3 78.5 81.7
67 79.4 78.8 79.9 80.7 78.9 82.1
68 79.8 79.2 80.2 81.1 79.4 82.6
69 80.2 79.6 80.6 81.6 79.8 83
70 80.6 80.1 81 82 80.3 83.4
71 81 80.6 81.4 82.5 80.8 83.9
72 81.5 81 81.9 83 81.3 84.3
73 82 81.5 82.4 83.5 81.9 84.8
74 82.5 82.1 82.8 84 82.4 85.3
75 83 82.6 83.3 84.5 83 85.7
76 83.5 83.2 83.9 85 83.5 86.2
77 84.1 83.7 84.4 85.6 84.1 86.8
78 84.7 84.3 85 86.2 84.7 87.3
79 85.3 84.9 85.5 86.7 85.3 87.8
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 87.3 86 88.3
81 86.5 86.2 86.8 87.9 86.6 88.9
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 88.5 87.3 89.4
83 87.9 87.6 88.1 89.2 87.9 90
84 88.6 88.3 88.8 89.9 88.7 90.6
85 89.3 89 89.5 90.5 89.4 91.2
86 90 89.7 90.2 91.3 90.1 91.9
87 90.7 90.4 91 92 90.9 92.5
88 91.5 91.2 91.7 92.7 91.7 93.2
89 92.3 92 92.5 93.5 92.5 93.9
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 94.3 93.3 94.6
91 93.9 93.6 94 95 94.1 95.4
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 95.8 94.9 96.1
93 95.5 95.3 95.7 96.6 95.8 96.9
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97.4 96.6 97.7
95 97.3 97 97.3 98.3 97.5 98.4
96 98.1 97.9 98.2 99.1 98.4 99.3
97 99 98.8 99.1 100 99.2 100.1
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.8 100.1 100.9
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 101.7 101 101.7
100 101.8 101.6 101.8 102.5 101.9 102.6

Odds of living to age in DR Congo vs Tanzania

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 73% in Tanzania are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.8% and 55.3% will live to 70 years or older, 26.1% and 31.1% to 80+ years, and 4.57% and 8.68% 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
Tanzania
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
DR Congo Tanzania
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% 97.2% 97% 97.6%
2 94.5% 93.9% 95% 96.8% 96.5% 97.1%
3 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 96.6% 96.3% 96.9%
4 93.3% 92.7% 94% 96.4% 96.1% 96.7%
5 92.9% 92.2% 93.5% 96.3% 96% 96.6%
6 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 96.2% 95.9% 96.5%
7 92.1% 91.4% 92.8% 96.1% 95.8% 96.4%
8 91.8% 91% 92.6% 96% 95.7% 96.4%
9 91.5% 90.8% 92.3% 96% 95.6% 96.3%
10 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
11 91.1% 90.3% 91.9% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
12 90.9% 90.1% 91.8% 95.8% 95.4% 96.1%
13 90.8% 89.9% 91.6% 95.7% 95.4% 96.1%
14 90.6% 89.8% 91.5% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
15 90.4% 89.6% 91.3% 95.6% 95.2% 96%
16 90.2% 89.3% 91.1% 95.5% 95.1% 95.9%
17 90% 89.1% 90.9% 95.4% 95% 95.8%
18 89.8% 88.8% 90.7% 95.3% 94.9% 95.7%
19 89.5% 88.5% 90.5% 95.1% 94.7% 95.6%
20 89.2% 88.2% 90.3% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
21 88.9% 87.8% 90% 94.8% 94.3% 95.4%
22 88.6% 87.4% 89.8% 94.7% 94.1% 95.2%
23 88.3% 87% 89.5% 94.5% 93.9% 95.1%
24 87.9% 86.6% 89.3% 94.3% 93.7% 94.9%
25 87.6% 86.2% 89% 94.1% 93.5% 94.8%
26 87.2% 85.8% 88.7% 93.9% 93.2% 94.6%
27 86.9% 85.4% 88.4% 93.7% 93% 94.4%
28 86.5% 85% 88.1% 93.5% 92.7% 94.3%
29 86.2% 84.6% 87.8% 93.2% 92.4% 94.1%
30 85.8% 84.2% 87.5% 93% 92.1% 93.9%
31 85.5% 83.8% 87.2% 92.7% 91.8% 93.6%
32 85.1% 83.4% 86.9% 92.4% 91.5% 93.4%
33 84.7% 82.9% 86.5% 92.1% 91.1% 93.2%
34 84.3% 82.5% 86.2% 91.8% 90.8% 92.9%
35 84% 82.1% 85.9% 91.5% 90.4% 92.6%
36 83.6% 81.6% 85.5% 91.2% 90% 92.3%
37 83.2% 81.2% 85.2% 90.8% 89.6% 92%
38 82.8% 80.7% 84.8% 90.4% 89.1% 91.7%
39 82.3% 80.3% 84.4% 90% 88.6% 91.4%
40 81.9% 79.8% 84% 89.6% 88.1% 91%
41 81.4% 79.3% 83.6% 89.1% 87.6% 90.6%
42 80.9% 78.8% 83.2% 88.6% 87% 90.2%
43 80.4% 78.2% 82.7% 88.1% 86.4% 89.8%
44 79.9% 77.6% 82.3% 87.6% 85.8% 89.3%
45 79.4% 77.1% 81.8% 87% 85.1% 88.9%
46 78.9% 76.5% 81.3% 86.4% 84.4% 88.4%
47 78.3% 75.9% 80.8% 85.7% 83.7% 87.8%
48 77.7% 75.2% 80.3% 85.1% 82.9% 87.3%
49 77.1% 74.5% 79.8% 84.3% 82% 86.7%
50 76.5% 73.8% 79.2% 83.6% 81.1% 86%
51 75.8% 73.1% 78.6% 82.7% 80.1% 85.3%
52 75.1% 72.2% 78% 81.9% 79.1% 84.6%
53 74.3% 71.4% 77.3% 81% 78.1% 83.8%
54 73.5% 70.5% 76.6% 80% 76.9% 83%
55 72.6% 69.5% 75.8% 79% 75.8% 82.2%
56 71.8% 68.5% 75% 77.9% 74.5% 81.3%
57 70.8% 67.5% 74.2% 76.7% 73.2% 80.3%
58 69.9% 66.5% 73.3% 75.6% 71.9% 79.3%
59 68.9% 65.4% 72.4% 74.3% 70.4% 78.2%
60 67.8% 64.2% 71.4% 73% 68.9% 77.1%
61 66.6% 62.9% 70.4% 71.5% 67.3% 75.8%
62 65.4% 61.6% 69.2% 70.1% 65.6% 74.5%
63 64% 60.1% 68% 68.5% 63.8% 73.1%
64 62.6% 58.6% 66.6% 66.8% 61.9% 71.6%
65 61% 56.9% 65.2% 65% 59.9% 70.1%
66 59.4% 55.2% 63.6% 63.2% 57.9% 68.3%
67 57.6% 53.4% 61.9% 61.3% 55.8% 66.6%
68 55.8% 51.5% 60.2% 59.4% 53.6% 64.8%
69 53.8% 49.5% 58.3% 57.3% 51.4% 62.9%
70 51.8% 47.4% 56.2% 55.3% 49.1% 61%
71 49.6% 45.2% 54.1% 53.1% 46.8% 58.9%
72 47.3% 42.9% 51.8% 50.9% 44.4% 56.9%
73 44.9% 40.5% 49.3% 48.6% 41.9% 54.7%
74 42.4% 38.1% 46.8% 46.2% 39.3% 52.4%
75 39.8% 35.6% 44.1% 43.8% 36.7% 50.2%
76 37.1% 33% 41.4% 41.3% 34.1% 47.8%
77 34.4% 30.4% 38.6% 38.8% 31.5% 45.4%
78 31.7% 27.7% 35.7% 36.2% 28.9% 43%
79 28.9% 25.1% 32.7% 33.7% 26.3% 40.6%
80 26.1% 22.5% 29.8% 31.1% 23.7% 38.2%
81 23.3% 19.9% 26.8% 28.6% 21.2% 35.7%
82 20.6% 17.5% 23.9% 26.1% 18.8% 33.3%
83 18% 15.1% 21% 23.6% 16.4% 30.7%
84 15.5% 12.9% 18.2% 21.1% 14.2% 28.1%
85 13.2% 10.8% 15.6% 18.7% 12% 25.5%
86 11.1% 8.96% 13.2% 16.4% 10.1% 22.9%
87 9.12% 7.27% 11% 14.2% 8.34% 20.3%
88 7.39% 5.78% 9.02% 12.2% 6.78% 17.9%
89 5.87% 4.49% 7.27% 10.3% 5.43% 15.6%
90 4.57% 3.39% 5.76% 8.68% 4.27% 13.4%
91 3.48% 2.49% 4.48% 7.17% 3.29% 11.3%
92 2.59% 1.77% 3.41% 5.87% 2.5% 9.52%
93 1.88% 1.23% 2.53% 4.73% 1.85% 7.86%
94 1.33% 0.82% 1.83% 3.76% 1.35% 6.39%
95 0.91% 0.54% 1.28% 2.94% 0.96% 5.11%
96 0.61% 0.34% 0.87% 2.25% 0.66% 4%
97 0.39% 0.21% 0.57% 1.7% 0.45% 3.08%
98 0.25% 0.12% 0.37% 1.26% 0.3% 2.34%
99 0.15% 0.07% 0.23% 0.93% 0.19% 1.74%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.14% 0.66% 0.12% 1.27%

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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 2.75% in Tanzania, 0.42% vs 0.28% at age 30, 1.72% vs 1.95% at 60, and 10.6% vs 8.15% at 80.

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

DR Congo
Male

Female
Tanzania
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
DR Congo Tanzania
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.8% 5.31% 4.29% 2.75% 3.05% 2.45%
1 0.75% 0.8% 0.7% 0.42% 0.41% 0.42%
2 0.66% 0.7% 0.61% 0.26% 0.27% 0.25%
3 0.58% 0.62% 0.53% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
4 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.13% 0.14% 0.13%
5 0.44% 0.48% 0.4% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
6 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08%
7 0.33% 0.36% 0.3% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
8 0.28% 0.3% 0.25% 0.07% 0.07% 0.06%
9 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
10 0.21% 0.23% 0.2% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
12 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
13 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
14 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
15 0.22% 0.24% 0.19% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
16 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
18 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.14% 0.17% 0.11%
19 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.15% 0.19% 0.12%
20 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.17% 0.2% 0.13%
21 0.36% 0.44% 0.28% 0.18% 0.22% 0.14%
22 0.37% 0.46% 0.28% 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
23 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
24 0.38% 0.47% 0.3% 0.21% 0.25% 0.16%
25 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.22% 0.26% 0.17%
26 0.39% 0.47% 0.32% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
27 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.24% 0.29% 0.2%
28 0.41% 0.47% 0.34% 0.25% 0.3% 0.21%
29 0.42% 0.48% 0.35% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
30 0.42% 0.49% 0.36% 0.28% 0.33% 0.23%
31 0.43% 0.5% 0.37% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
32 0.44% 0.51% 0.38% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
33 0.45% 0.51% 0.38% 0.33% 0.39% 0.28%
34 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.36% 0.42% 0.29%
35 0.47% 0.53% 0.4% 0.38% 0.45% 0.31%
36 0.48% 0.54% 0.41% 0.4% 0.47% 0.33%
37 0.49% 0.56% 0.43% 0.43% 0.51% 0.35%
38 0.52% 0.58% 0.45% 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
39 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.48% 0.57% 0.4%
40 0.57% 0.63% 0.5% 0.52% 0.61% 0.43%
41 0.59% 0.66% 0.53% 0.54% 0.64% 0.45%
42 0.62% 0.69% 0.55% 0.58% 0.69% 0.48%
43 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.61% 0.73% 0.5%
44 0.66% 0.74% 0.57% 0.65% 0.78% 0.53%
45 0.68% 0.77% 0.59% 0.7% 0.84% 0.57%
46 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.74% 0.89% 0.6%
47 0.73% 0.84% 0.63% 0.79% 0.95% 0.64%
48 0.78% 0.9% 0.66% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
49 0.83% 0.97% 0.7% 0.91% 1.1% 0.74%
50 0.9% 1.04% 0.76% 0.99% 1.19% 0.8%
51 0.97% 1.12% 0.82% 1.05% 1.26% 0.84%
52 1.03% 1.2% 0.88% 1.13% 1.35% 0.91%
53 1.1% 1.27% 0.93% 1.2% 1.44% 0.97%
54 1.16% 1.34% 0.98% 1.28% 1.54% 1.03%
55 1.22% 1.41% 1.04% 1.36% 1.64% 1.1%
56 1.28% 1.48% 1.09% 1.46% 1.75% 1.18%
57 1.36% 1.56% 1.16% 1.55% 1.87% 1.26%
58 1.45% 1.67% 1.25% 1.67% 2.01% 1.36%
59 1.57% 1.81% 1.36% 1.79% 2.16% 1.46%
60 1.72% 1.97% 1.49% 1.95% 2.36% 1.6%
61 1.88% 2.16% 1.64% 2.08% 2.51% 1.71%
62 2.07% 2.36% 1.8% 2.26% 2.74% 1.88%
63 2.26% 2.57% 1.99% 2.43% 2.94% 2.04%
64 2.47% 2.79% 2.18% 2.63% 3.17% 2.22%
65 2.69% 3.03% 2.39% 2.84% 3.43% 2.43%
66 2.93% 3.28% 2.62% 2.99% 3.63% 2.56%
67 3.2% 3.55% 2.88% 3.18% 3.87% 2.72%
68 3.49% 3.87% 3.17% 3.4% 4.15% 2.9%
69 3.83% 4.22% 3.49% 3.62% 4.44% 3.08%
70 4.21% 4.62% 3.86% 3.94% 4.83% 3.36%
71 4.63% 5.06% 4.26% 4.16% 5.13% 3.51%
72 5.09% 5.55% 4.7% 4.54% 5.61% 3.83%
73 5.58% 6.07% 5.16% 4.88% 6.05% 4.08%
74 6.11% 6.64% 5.67% 5.26% 6.56% 4.37%
75 6.68% 7.26% 6.21% 5.69% 7.11% 4.69%
76 7.31% 7.93% 6.81% 6.1% 7.69% 4.97%
77 8.01% 8.67% 7.48% 6.51% 8.3% 5.26%
78 8.78% 9.48% 8.22% 7.07% 9.07% 5.67%
79 9.63% 10.4% 9.05% 7.53% 9.77% 5.97%
80 10.6% 11.4% 9.97% 8.15% 10.7% 6.42%
81 11.6% 12.4% 11% 8.65% 11.4% 6.81%
82 12.7% 13.5% 12% 9.65% 12.6% 7.71%
83 13.8% 14.7% 13.1% 10.5% 13.7% 8.48%
84 15% 15.9% 14.3% 11.5% 15% 9.39%
85 16.2% 17.3% 15.5% 12.3% 16.1% 10.2%
86 17.6% 18.8% 16.7% 13.3% 17.4% 11.1%
87 19% 20.5% 18% 14.2% 18.6% 12%
88 20.5% 22.4% 19.3% 15.2% 20% 13%
89 22.1% 24.4% 20.7% 16.1% 21.3% 13.9%
90 23.8% 26.6% 22.3% 17.4% 22.9% 15.4%
91 25.6% 28.7% 23.9% 18.1% 24.1% 16%
92 27.5% 30.8% 25.7% 19.4% 25.8% 17.5%
93 29.4% 32.9% 27.7% 20.6% 27.3% 18.7%
94 31.4% 34.8% 29.8% 21.8% 29% 20.1%
95 33.4% 36.8% 32% 23.3% 30.8% 21.6%
96 35.4% 38.7% 34.2% 24.5% 32.4% 23%
97 37.3% 40.6% 36.3% 25.7% 33.9% 24.3%
98 39.2% 42.6% 38.2% 26.8% 35.4% 25.5%
99 41% 44.6% 40.1% 28.3% 37.1% 27.1%
100 43% 46.5% 42.2% 29.4% 38.6% 28.4%

Death rate by age in the DR Congo compared to Tanzania

In the DR Congo, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Tanzania. The median age of death is 70.8 in the DR Congo and 72.4 in Tanzania — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

DR Congo
Male

Female
Tanzania
Male

Female
Age Death rate
DR Congo Tanzania
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,802 5,309 4,287 2,753 3,049 2,450
1 714 757 670 404 402 406
2 619 659 577 251.9 256.7 247
3 541 579 502 174.5 180.3 168.6
4 472 508 435 127.9 133.3 122.4
5 409 441 376 98.4 103 93.7
6 352 380 323 83.2 88.4 77.9
7 300 325 275.2 73.6 79.1 67.8
8 256.4 277.2 235.2 65.9 71.4 60.3
9 221 238.7 203.1 61.1 66.2 55.8
10 195.2 210.4 179.6 58.8 64 53.6
11 178.8 192.7 164.8 59 64.8 53
12 171.5 184.9 157.8 61.3 67.5 55
13 172.8 187 158.3 66.4 73.1 59.7
14 181.7 198.3 165 74.9 83.2 66.4
15 197.5 218 176.7 86.8 97.5 76
16 218.3 244.6 191.5 101 115.8 85.8
17 241.7 275.7 207.1 116.6 137 95.8
18 265.5 309 221.5 133.3 160 106.1
19 287.2 341 233.1 145.8 176 115.1
20 305 368 241.8 157.6 190.8 123.9
21 319 388 248.7 167.4 204.1 130.3
22 328 401 254.8 177.9 216.4 138.9
23 334 406 261.3 187.6 227.2 147.4
24 338 406 268.8 196.8 236.7 156.4
25 341 404 277.2 206.2 246.7 165.2
26 345 402 286.3 216 256.1 175.3
27 348 401 295.2 226.9 267.4 185.7
28 353 402 303 238 279.4 195.7
29 358 405 311 250.1 292.4 207
30 364 410 317 264.2 309 219
31 370 416 322 275.1 322 227.9
32 375 422 327 292.4 341 243.4
33 380 427 331 309 359 257.1
34 385 431 337 327 381 272.3
35 391 437 344 348 405 290.7
36 400 444 354 367 427 307
37 412 455 367 388 453 324
38 427 469 383 412 480 345
39 445 487 402 435 507 364
40 464 506 421 463 540 387
41 483 526 439 483 565 405
42 500 544 454 514 601 430
43 513 561 464 541 633 452
44 525 576 472 571 670 476
45 537 593 479 607 713 506
46 552 613 490 640 752 533
47 574 641 506 680 798 565
48 604 677 530 725 849 603
49 642 720 562 770 900 641
50 686 770 600 826 963 688
51 732 820 642 865 1,007 719
52 776 868 682 923 1,070 770
53 815 909 720 971 1,123 810
54 850 945 754 1,023 1,181 856
55 883 977 786 1,077 1,241 903
56 918 1,012 821 1,134 1,301 956
57 961 1,056 864 1,192 1,366 1,010
58 1,015 1,112 917 1,262 1,443 1,077
59 1,083 1,182 983 1,331 1,520 1,143
60 1,164 1,265 1,063 1,424 1,623 1,235
61 1,255 1,356 1,152 1,486 1,691 1,300
62 1,351 1,451 1,249 1,584 1,794 1,403
63 1,448 1,545 1,350 1,666 1,878 1,494
64 1,545 1,635 1,453 1,754 1,965 1,594
65 1,642 1,723 1,559 1,849 2,053 1,704
66 1,739 1,809 1,668 1,890 2,099 1,748
67 1,841 1,898 1,783 1,949 2,160 1,810
68 1,950 1,992 1,906 2,016 2,225 1,880
69 2,064 2,090 2,036 2,074 2,282 1,938
70 2,181 2,191 2,170 2,177 2,372 2,046
71 2,297 2,290 2,303 2,208 2,399 2,071
72 2,407 2,382 2,430 2,312 2,490 2,176
73 2,505 2,463 2,547 2,370 2,534 2,231
74 2,590 2,529 2,651 2,432 2,579 2,292
75 2,660 2,580 2,741 2,490 2,614 2,351
76 2,715 2,615 2,819 2,516 2,625 2,375
77 2,756 2,632 2,884 2,525 2,615 2,391
78 2,779 2,630 2,934 2,561 2,620 2,440
79 2,782 2,605 2,965 2,536 2,568 2,424
80 2,758 2,553 2,970 2,537 2,529 2,450
81 2,702 2,471 2,940 2,475 2,414 2,432
82 2,611 2,359 2,872 2,522 2,367 2,568
83 2,486 2,218 2,761 2,478 2,247 2,604
84 2,329 2,055 2,609 2,428 2,120 2,641
85 2,146 1,877 2,423 2,310 1,935 2,606
86 1,946 1,688 2,210 2,179 1,756 2,543
87 1,734 1,493 1,980 2,017 1,555 2,439
88 1,516 1,295 1,743 1,854 1,358 2,329
89 1,300 1,096 1,508 1,665 1,157 2,168
90 1,090 900 1,283 1,512 978 2,057
91 892 715 1,072 1,295 792 1,816
92 712 547 878 1,141 645 1,664
93 552 404 702 973 507 1,470
94 416 287 546 821 391 1,282
95 304 197.3 411 684 294.4 1,104
96 214.7 131.2 298.2 552 214.4 919
97 146.4 84.5 208.2 437 151.9 748
98 96.4 52.6 139.9 339 104.8 595
99 61.2 31.6 90.6 262 71 472
100 0 0 0 137.4 0.37 291.4

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 Tanzania 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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