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Life Expectancy in Ethiopia vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.1 years in Ethiopia vs 59.3 in Somalia. Ethiopia is ranked 150/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Ethiopia, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Ethiopia vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 32.3 39.1 41.5 40 42.9
1951 35.9 32.7 39.4 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 36.2 33 39.7 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 36.6 33.4 40.1 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 37 33.8 40.5 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 37.3 34.1 40.9 42.5 41.1 44
1956 37.8 34.5 41.4 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 32.2 29.5 35.1 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 32.6 29.9 35.6 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 39.2 35.8 42.8 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 39.6 36.2 43.3 43.5 42.1 45
1961 40.2 36.9 43.8 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 40.5 37.3 44 44 42.5 45.5
1963 41 37.7 44.4 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 41.3 38 44.7 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 41.4 38.1 45 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 39.3 36.3 42.6 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 41.9 38.6 45.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 42.1 38.8 45.6 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 42.1 38.8 45.7 45.5 44 46.9
1970 42.1 38.8 45.6 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 42.2 39 45.7 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 41 37.9 44.4 46 44.6 47.5
1973 41.1 38 44.5 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 39.1 36.1 42.3 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 38.9 35.9 42.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 41.3 37.9 45 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 41.4 37.9 45.1 47 45.6 48.5
1978 41.5 38.1 45.2 47 45.4 48.7
1979 42.4 39 46 47.4 46 48.9
1980 42.8 39.4 46.4 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 43.1 39.7 46.7 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 43.4 40.1 47 48 46.6 49.5
1983 36.3 33.9 38.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 36.7 34.5 39.1 48.4 47 49.9
1985 37.7 35.7 39.8 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 38.4 36.6 40.1 48.4 47 49.9
1987 45.9 44.2 47.6 49 47.6 50.5
1988 45.7 44.1 47.2 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 45.6 44 47.3 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 45.1 43.5 46.8 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 46.7 45.6 47.7 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 47.3 46.5 48 25 23.9 26.3
1993 47.7 46.9 48.5 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 47.9 47.1 48.8 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 48.2 47.2 49.1 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 48.7 47.9 49.5 50.5 49 52.1
1997 49.2 48.4 50.1 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 49.8 48.9 50.7 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 49.5 48.2 50.8 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 50.9 50.2 51.6 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 51.4 50.8 52.1 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 52.1 51.3 52.9 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 52.9 52 53.8 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 53.7 52.6 54.9 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 54.4 53.1 55.7 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 55.4 53.9 56.9 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 56.6 54.8 58.4 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 57.7 55.8 59.8 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 58.7 56.6 60.9 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 59.7 57.5 62 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 60.6 58.4 62.8 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 61.4 59.2 63.8 49.1 47.3 51
2013 62.2 59.8 64.7 54 52.1 56
2014 62.9 60.4 65.6 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 63.6 61 66.4 55.1 53 57.1
2016 64.2 61.4 67 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 64.8 61.9 67.7 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 65.3 62.4 68.3 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 65.7 62.8 68.9 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 66 62.8 69.4 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 65.3 62.1 68.7 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 66.9 63.7 70.3 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 67.3 64.1 70.7 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 67.6 64.4 71 59 56.5 61.6
2025 67.9 64.6 71.3 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 68.1 64.9 71.6 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 58.8 years in Ethiopia and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Ethiopia and 9.46 in Somalia.

Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia 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:
43.6 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.6 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
76.3 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ethiopia Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.9% 93.5% 95.8%
50 90.1% 94.4% 85.6% 89.9%
60 80.1% 87.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 72.1% 82.2% 65.1% 73.4%
70 61.4% 73.5% 54.0% 63.1%
75 47.5% 60.8% 40.3% 49.2%
80 31.3% 44.0% 25.4% 32.9%
85 16.0% 25.4% 12.2% 17.1%
90 5.4% 10.5% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.9% 2.6% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Ethiopia vs Somalia: 73.6 years vs 70.2 at 30, 79.8 vs 78.5 at 65, 86.4 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.1 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 Ethiopia and Somalia.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.1 64.9 71.6 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 70.2 67.2 73.4 63.3 61 65.7
2 70.5 67.4 73.7 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 70.7 67.6 73.8 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 70.8 67.8 74 65.3 63 67.8
5 71 68 74.1 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 71.1 68.2 74.2 66 63.7 68.4
7 71.3 68.3 74.3 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 71.4 68.5 74.4 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 71.5 68.6 74.4 66.6 64.3 69
10 71.5 68.7 74.5 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 71.6 68.8 74.5 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 71.7 68.9 74.5 67 64.7 69.4
13 71.7 69 74.6 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 71.8 69.1 74.6 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 71.9 69.1 74.7 67.3 65 69.7
16 72 69.2 74.7 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 72 69.4 74.8 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 72.1 69.5 74.9 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 72.2 69.6 74.9 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 72.4 69.8 75 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 72.5 69.9 75.1 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 72.6 70.1 75.2 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 72.7 70.3 75.2 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 72.9 70.4 75.3 68.9 67 70.9
25 73 70.6 75.4 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 73.1 70.8 75.5 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 73.2 70.9 75.6 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 73.4 71.1 75.6 69.8 68 71.5
29 73.5 71.2 75.7 70 68.3 71.7
30 73.6 71.4 75.8 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 73.7 71.5 75.9 70.4 68.8 72
32 73.9 71.7 76 70.6 69 72.2
33 74 71.9 76.1 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 74.1 72 76.2 71 69.5 72.5
35 74.2 72.2 76.2 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 74.3 72.3 76.3 71.4 70 72.8
37 74.5 72.5 76.4 71.6 70.2 73
38 74.6 72.6 76.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 74.7 72.8 76.6 72 70.7 73.3
40 74.8 72.9 76.7 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 75 73.1 76.8 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 75.1 73.3 76.9 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 75.3 73.4 77 72.8 71.6 74
44 75.4 73.6 77.1 73 71.8 74.2
45 75.5 73.8 77.2 73.2 72 74.4
46 75.7 74 77.4 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 75.8 74.1 77.5 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 76 74.3 77.6 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 76.1 74.5 77.7 74.1 73 75.1
50 76.3 74.7 77.8 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 76.5 74.9 78 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 76.7 75.1 78.1 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 76.9 75.4 78.3 75 74 75.9
54 77.1 75.6 78.5 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 77.3 75.8 78.6 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 77.5 76.1 78.8 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 77.7 76.3 79 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 77.9 76.6 79.1 76.3 75.5 77
59 78.1 76.9 79.3 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 78.4 77.1 79.5 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 78.6 77.4 79.7 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 78.9 77.7 79.9 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 79.2 78 80.2 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 79.4 78.4 80.4 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 79.8 78.7 80.7 78.5 77.9 79
66 80.1 79.1 81 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 80.4 79.5 81.2 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 80.8 79.8 81.6 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 81.1 80.3 81.9 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 81.5 80.7 82.2 80.5 80 80.9
71 81.9 81.1 82.6 81 80.5 81.3
72 82.3 81.6 83 81.4 81 81.8
73 82.8 82 83.4 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 82.4 82 82.7
75 83.7 83 84.2 83 82.6 83.3
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84.7 84.1 85.2 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 85.2 84.7 85.7 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 86.4 85.9 86.7 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 87 86.5 87.3 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.6 87.1 87.9 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 88.2 87.8 88.5 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.9 88.5 89.2 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.6 89.2 89.9 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.3 89.9 90.6 90 89.7 90.2
87 91 90.6 91.3 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.7 91.3 92 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.5 92.1 92.7 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.3 92.9 93.5 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.1 93.7 94.2 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.9 94.5 95 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.7 95.4 95.8 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.5 96.2 96.6 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.2 98 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99.1 99 99.2
98 100 99.8 100.1 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.9 100.7 101 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Ethiopia vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.7% in Ethiopia and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 61.6% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 34.4% and 24% to 80+ years, and 7.24% 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.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ethiopia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97% 96.6% 97.5% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.6% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 95.6% 94.8% 96.3% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 95.4% 94.6% 96.2% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 95.2% 94.4% 96.1% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 95.1% 94.2% 96.1% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 95% 94.1% 96% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 94.9% 93.9% 95.9% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 94.7% 93.7% 95.8% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 94.6% 93.5% 95.7% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 94.5% 93.4% 95.6% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 94.3% 93.2% 95.5% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 94.1% 92.9% 95.4% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 94% 92.7% 95.3% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 93.8% 92.4% 95.2% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 93.5% 92.1% 95% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 93.3% 91.8% 94.9% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 93.1% 91.5% 94.8% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 92.6% 90.8% 94.5% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 92.4% 90.5% 94.3% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 92.1% 90.2% 94.2% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 91.9% 89.8% 94% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 91.6% 89.5% 93.8% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 91.3% 89.2% 93.6% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 91.1% 88.8% 93.5% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 90.8% 88.5% 93.3% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 90.6% 88.1% 93.1% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 90.3% 87.8% 92.9% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 90% 87.4% 92.7% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 89.7% 87.1% 92.5% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 89.4% 86.7% 92.3% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 89.1% 86.3% 92.1% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 88.8% 85.9% 91.9% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 88.5% 85.5% 91.7% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 88.2% 85.1% 91.4% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 87.8% 84.6% 91.1% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 87.4% 84.2% 90.8% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 87% 83.7% 90.5% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 86.6% 83.2% 90.2% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 86.2% 82.7% 89.9% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 85.8% 82.2% 89.5% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 85.3% 81.6% 89.2% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 84.8% 81% 88.8% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 84.3% 80.4% 88.4% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 83.7% 79.7% 87.9% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 83.1% 78.9% 87.5% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 82.4% 78.1% 86.9% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 81.7% 77.3% 86.4% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 81% 76.4% 85.8% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 80.2% 75.5% 85.1% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 79.4% 74.6% 84.5% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 78.6% 73.6% 83.8% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 77.7% 72.5% 83.1% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 76.7% 71.4% 82.3% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 75.7% 70.2% 81.4% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 74.5% 68.9% 80.4% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 73.3% 67.5% 79.4% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 72% 66% 78.2% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 70.5% 64.3% 77% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 69% 62.6% 75.6% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 67.3% 60.8% 74.1% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 65.5% 58.9% 72.5% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 63.6% 56.9% 70.7% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 61.6% 54.7% 68.8% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 59.5% 52.5% 66.8% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 57.2% 50.1% 64.5% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 54.7% 47.6% 62.2% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 52.2% 45% 59.6% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 49.4% 42.3% 56.9% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 46.6% 39.5% 54% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 43.7% 36.7% 51% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 40.7% 33.8% 47.9% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 37.6% 30.9% 44.6% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 34.4% 27.9% 41.2% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 31.2% 25% 37.8% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 28% 22.2% 34.2% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 24.9% 19.4% 30.7% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 21.8% 16.8% 27.2% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 18.9% 14.3% 23.8% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 16.1% 12% 20.5% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 13.6% 9.87% 17.5% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 11.2% 7.97% 14.7% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 9.1% 6.29% 12.1% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 7.24% 4.84% 9.82% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 5.64% 3.62% 7.83% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 4.29% 2.62% 6.1% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 3.19% 1.85% 4.65% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 2.3% 1.27% 3.44% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 1.62% 0.84% 2.48% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 1.1% 0.54% 1.72% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.73% 0.34% 1.16% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.47% 0.21% 0.76% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.29% 0.12% 0.48% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.17% 0.07% 0.29% 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 2.99% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.29% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.35% vs 1.79% at 60, and 9.28% vs 10.7% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Ethiopia compared to Somalia at any given age.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ethiopia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.99% 3.43% 2.53% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.32% 0.32% 0.31% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.28% 0.31% 0.25% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.19% 0.27% 0.12% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.17% 0.24% 0.1% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.15% 0.21% 0.09% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.15% 0.21% 0.1% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.17% 0.24% 0.11% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.2% 0.27% 0.12% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.22% 0.3% 0.13% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.23% 0.33% 0.14% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.24% 0.34% 0.14% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.26% 0.36% 0.15% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.26% 0.36% 0.16% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.26% 0.36% 0.17% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.27% 0.36% 0.17% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.27% 0.36% 0.18% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.29% 0.39% 0.19% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.3% 0.39% 0.2% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.3% 0.41% 0.2% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.31% 0.41% 0.21% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.32% 0.42% 0.21% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.37% 0.48% 0.26% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.39% 0.5% 0.28% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.41% 0.52% 0.31% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.44% 0.55% 0.33% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.45% 0.57% 0.34% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.47% 0.59% 0.35% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.49% 0.61% 0.36% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.51% 0.64% 0.38% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.54% 0.68% 0.4% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.57% 0.73% 0.42% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.62% 0.79% 0.46% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.68% 0.86% 0.51% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.74% 0.94% 0.56% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 0.8% 1.01% 0.61% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 0.86% 1.08% 0.65% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 0.9% 1.14% 0.69% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 0.95% 1.19% 0.73% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 0.99% 1.25% 0.76% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.05% 1.33% 0.81% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.13% 1.42% 0.87% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.23% 1.54% 0.95% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.35% 1.69% 1.06% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.5% 1.87% 1.18% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 1.66% 2.05% 1.31% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 1.83% 2.25% 1.46% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.01% 2.46% 1.62% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.2% 2.68% 1.79% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.4% 2.9% 1.98% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 2.63% 3.15% 2.18% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 2.88% 3.44% 2.42% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.17% 3.76% 2.68% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 3.5% 4.12% 2.99% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 3.87% 4.52% 3.33% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 4.27% 4.97% 3.7% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 4.71% 5.45% 4.1% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 5.18% 5.98% 4.54% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 5.7% 6.56% 5.03% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 6.28% 7.19% 5.56% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 6.91% 7.89% 6.16% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 7.62% 8.67% 6.83% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 8.41% 9.51% 7.59% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 9.28% 10.4% 8.43% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.36% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 11.2% 12.5% 10.4% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 13.4% 14.8% 12.5% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 14.6% 16.1% 13.7% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 17.3% 19.2% 16.1% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 18.8% 21.1% 17.4% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 20.4% 23.1% 18.8% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 22.1% 25.2% 20.3% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 23.9% 27.4% 22% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 25.8% 29.5% 23.9% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 27.7% 31.6% 25.9% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 29.8% 33.5% 28.1% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 31.8% 35.5% 30.3% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 33.9% 37.4% 32.6% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 36% 39.4% 34.7% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 38% 41.4% 36.8% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 39.9% 43.5% 38.7% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 41.9% 45.4% 40.9% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Ethiopia compared to Somalia

In Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 74.8 in Ethiopia and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ethiopia Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,993 3,429 2,534 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 306 306 306 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 275.5 303 246.5 972 995 947
3 250.3 298.6 199.4 742 770 712
4 228.1 290.4 162.4 572 601 542
5 206.9 276.4 133.6 447 473 420
6 185.5 255.5 111.6 356 377 333
7 163.8 228.9 95.1 289.8 307 272.2
8 143.3 200.3 83.1 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 125.6 173.7 74.9 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 112.4 152.8 69.9 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 104.6 139.3 67.9 176.6 181 172.1
12 102.1 133.8 68.6 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 105.3 136.8 72 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 113.8 148 77.7 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 127.4 167 85.5 211.2 234.4 187
16 145 192.7 94.8 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 164.9 222.1 104.6 264.8 315 211.9
18 185.1 252.5 114.2 296.4 365 224.4
19 203.3 279.9 122.6 331 422 235.7
20 218.1 302 129.8 363 475 245.7
21 228.6 317 135.9 388 515 254.5
22 235.4 325 141.3 402 535 262.5
23 239.3 328 146.3 407 539 270.2
24 241.8 328 151.3 410 537 278
25 243.7 327 156.3 412 532 286
26 245.9 326 161.4 413 526 294.2
27 248.7 327 166.3 415 522 302
28 252.2 329 170.7 417 519 310
29 256.3 333 174.6 419 516 317
30 260.5 338 177.8 422 515 324
31 264.5 344 180.3 424 514 330
32 268 349 182.3 427 514 335
33 271.2 353 184.1 430 514 341
34 274.5 357 186.7 433 514 347
35 279.1 362 190.9 437 514 354
36 286 369 197.8 443 517 364
37 296.2 378 208.2 453 523 377
38 310 392 222.5 465 532 394
39 327 408 240.3 481 544 413
40 346 427 260.1 497 558 433
41 365 445 279.5 514 573 451
42 382 463 296.4 528 587 465
43 397 478 309 540 601 475
44 409 493 319 550 613 482
45 421 509 328 560 627 489
46 437 529 338 574 644 499
47 459 558 355 593 667 514
48 490 595 379 620 697 537
49 529 641 411 654 734 568
50 575 694 450 693 776 604
51 622 748 492 734 819 644
52 667 799 533 775 861 683
53 706 842 568 811 898 720
54 738 878 598 844 931 753
55 767 911 624 875 962 785
56 798 945 651 908 994 820
57 836 989 685 948 1,033 861
58 889 1,046 732 998 1,082 913
59 956 1,120 793 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,040 1,210 870 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,134 1,310 959 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,237 1,416 1,057 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,342 1,521 1,161 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,447 1,623 1,269 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,552 1,721 1,379 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,658 1,818 1,494 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 1,770 1,917 1,617 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 1,890 2,023 1,752 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,020 2,135 1,898 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,158 2,253 2,056 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,300 2,372 2,220 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,441 2,488 2,387 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,577 2,595 2,551 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,704 2,692 2,709 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,820 2,775 2,860 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,927 2,844 3,005 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 3,021 2,896 3,143 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 3,100 2,929 3,272 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 3,160 2,937 3,386 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 3,193 2,915 3,476 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 3,191 2,859 3,532 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 3,148 2,765 3,542 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 3,062 2,638 3,500 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,933 2,481 3,403 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,767 2,302 3,251 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 2,570 2,107 3,052 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 2,348 1,899 2,816 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 2,108 1,681 2,553 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,857 1,453 2,277 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,601 1,220 1,998 984 783 1,190
91 1,348 991 1,723 802 621 985
92 1,107 775 1,457 637 479 797
93 884 584 1,204 493 360 628
94 686 425 967 371 262.4 482
95 515 298.3 751 272.3 185.8 361
96 374 203 562 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 262.3 133.8 404 134.9 84.8 186
98 177.1 85.3 279 91 54.6 128.2
99 115.4 52.4 185.6 59.7 34 85.8
100 0 0 12.1 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 Ethiopia 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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