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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in the Gambia vs 59.3 in Somalia. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Gambia vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 41.5 40 42.9
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 32.4 31.8 33 42.5 41.1 44
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 43.5 42.1 45
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 44 42.5 45.5
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 39 38.2 39.8 45.5 44 46.9
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 40 39.2 40.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 46 44.6 47.5
1973 41.1 40.2 42 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 47 45.6 48.5
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 47 45.4 48.7
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 47.4 46 48.9
1980 45 44 45.9 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 48 46.6 49.5
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 48.4 47 49.9
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 48.4 47 49.9
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 49 47.6 50.5
1988 50.1 49 51.4 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 50.7 49.5 52 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 51.3 50 52.6 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 52.5 51 54.1 25 23.9 26.3
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 54.8 53 56.8 50.5 49 52.1
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 56 54 58.2 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 56.9 54.9 59 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 58.2 56.5 60 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 60 58.6 61.4 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 60.7 59.4 62 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 49.1 47.3 51
2013 62.3 61 63.5 54 52.1 56
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 63 61.7 64.3 55.1 53 57.1
2016 63.4 62 64.8 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 64 62.5 65.5 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 59 56.5 61.6
2025 66.3 64.5 68 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 66.5 64.7 68.2 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 55.8 years in the Gambia and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 9.46 in Somalia.

Gambia 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 the Gambia 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:
42.4 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.4 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
75.2 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 96.8% 93.5% 95.8%
50 90.0% 92.0% 85.6% 89.9%
60 79.9% 83.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 71.9% 77.3% 65.1% 73.4%
70 61.0% 67.5% 54.0% 63.1%
75 47.0% 54.0% 40.3% 49.2%
80 30.9% 37.3% 25.4% 32.9%
85 15.7% 20.2% 12.2% 17.1%
90 5.3% 7.8% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.9% 1.8% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 the Gambia vs Somalia: 72.4 years vs 70.2 at 30, 79.2 vs 78.5 at 65, 86.1 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 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 the Gambia and Somalia.

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 64.7 68.2 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 68.3 66.8 69.9 63.3 61 65.7
2 68.6 67.1 70.1 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 68.8 67.3 70.3 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 69.1 67.6 70.5 65.3 63 67.8
5 69.3 67.8 70.7 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 69.5 68 70.9 66 63.7 68.4
7 69.6 68.2 71.1 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 69.8 68.3 71.2 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 69.9 68.4 71.3 66.6 64.3 69
10 70 68.6 71.4 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 70.1 68.7 71.5 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 70.2 68.7 71.6 67 64.7 69.4
13 70.3 68.8 71.7 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 70.4 68.9 71.8 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 70.4 69 71.8 67.3 65 69.7
16 70.5 69.1 71.9 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 70.6 69.2 72 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 70.7 69.3 72.1 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 70.9 69.5 72.2 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 71 69.6 72.3 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 71.1 69.8 72.4 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 71.3 70 72.5 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 71.4 70.1 72.7 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 71.6 70.3 72.8 68.9 67 70.9
25 71.7 70.5 72.9 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 71.9 70.6 73 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 72 70.8 73.1 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 72.1 70.9 73.3 69.8 68 71.5
29 72.3 71.1 73.4 70 68.3 71.7
30 72.4 71.3 73.5 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 72.6 71.4 73.6 70.4 68.8 72
32 72.7 71.6 73.8 70.6 69 72.2
33 72.8 71.7 73.9 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 73 71.9 74 71 69.5 72.5
35 73.1 72 74.1 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 73.3 72.2 74.3 71.4 70 72.8
37 73.4 72.3 74.4 71.6 70.2 73
38 73.5 72.5 74.5 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 73.7 72.7 74.7 72 70.7 73.3
40 73.8 72.8 74.8 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 74 73 74.9 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 74.2 73.2 75.1 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 72.8 71.6 74
44 74.5 73.5 75.4 73 71.8 74.2
45 74.6 73.7 75.5 73.2 72 74.4
46 74.8 73.8 75.7 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 75 74 75.8 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 75.1 74.2 76 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 75.3 74.4 76.2 74.1 73 75.1
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 75.7 74.8 76.5 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75.9 75 76.7 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 76.1 75.3 76.9 75 74 75.9
54 76.3 75.5 77.1 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 76.6 75.8 77.3 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 76.8 76 77.5 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 77 76.3 77.7 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 77.2 76.5 77.9 76.3 75.5 77
59 77.5 76.8 78.1 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 77.7 77 78.3 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 78 77.3 78.6 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 78.3 77.6 78.8 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 78.6 78 79.1 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.9 78.3 79.4 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 78.5 77.9 79
66 79.5 79 80 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 80.3 79.8 80.7 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 80.6 80.2 81 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 81 80.6 81.4 80.5 80 80.9
71 81.5 81.1 81.8 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 81.4 81 81.8
73 82.4 82 82.7 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 82.4 82 82.7
75 83.3 83 83.6 83 82.6 83.3
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 88 87.8 88.2 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.8 94.5 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.2 98 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99 98.9 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.9 99.8 100 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Gambia vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74% in the Gambia and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 58.1% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30.9% and 24% to 80+ years, and 5.9% 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.

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 95.1% 94.6% 95.6% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 94.7% 94.2% 95.3% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 94.6% 94% 95.1% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 94.4% 93.9% 95% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 94% 93.5% 94.6% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 93.3% 92.6% 94% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 93.1% 92.3% 93.8% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 92.8% 92% 93.6% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 92.5% 91.7% 93.4% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 92.3% 91.4% 93.2% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 92% 91% 93% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 91.7% 90.7% 92.7% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 91.4% 90.4% 92.5% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 91.1% 90.1% 92.3% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 90.9% 89.7% 92% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 90.6% 89.4% 91.7% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 90.3% 89.1% 91.5% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 90% 88.7% 91.2% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 89.6% 88.4% 90.9% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 89.3% 88% 90.7% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 89% 87.7% 90.4% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 88.7% 87.3% 90.1% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 88.4% 86.9% 89.8% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 88% 86.6% 89.5% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 87.7% 86.2% 89.2% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 87.3% 85.8% 88.9% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 86.9% 85.4% 88.5% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 86.5% 85% 88.1% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 86.1% 84.5% 87.8% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 85.7% 84% 87.4% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 85.2% 83.5% 86.9% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 84.8% 83.1% 86.5% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 84.3% 82.5% 86.1% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 83.8% 82% 85.6% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 83.3% 81.4% 85.2% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 82.7% 80.8% 84.7% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 82.2% 80.2% 84.2% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 81.5% 79.5% 83.6% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 80.8% 78.7% 83% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 80.1% 77.9% 82.4% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 79.4% 77.1% 81.7% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 78.6% 76.2% 81% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 77.7% 75.3% 80.2% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 76.9% 74.3% 79.4% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 76% 73.3% 78.6% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 75% 72.3% 77.7% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 74% 71.1% 76.8% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 72.8% 69.9% 75.8% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 71.6% 68.6% 74.7% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 70.3% 67.2% 73.4% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 68.9% 65.6% 72.1% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 67.4% 64% 70.7% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 65.7% 62.3% 69.1% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 64% 60.4% 67.5% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 62.2% 58.5% 65.7% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 60.2% 56.5% 63.8% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 58.1% 54.3% 61.8% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 55.9% 52.1% 59.6% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 53.5% 49.7% 57.2% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 51.1% 47.2% 54.7% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 48.4% 44.6% 52.1% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 45.7% 41.9% 49.4% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 42.9% 39.1% 46.5% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 40% 36.3% 43.5% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 37% 33.4% 40.5% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 34% 30.5% 37.3% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 30.9% 27.5% 34.1% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 27.8% 24.6% 30.9% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 24.8% 21.8% 27.7% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 21.8% 19.1% 24.5% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 19% 16.4% 21.4% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 16.3% 14% 18.5% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 13.8% 11.7% 15.8% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 11.5% 9.65% 13.2% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 9.36% 7.78% 10.9% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 7.51% 6.13% 8.88% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 5.9% 4.71% 7.1% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 4.53% 3.52% 5.57% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 3.4% 2.55% 4.27% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 2.48% 1.79% 3.2% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.77% 1.23% 2.33% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 1.22% 0.81% 1.65% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.82% 0.52% 1.13% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.53% 0.33% 0.75% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.34% 0.2% 0.48% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.21% 0.12% 0.3% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.12% 0.07% 0.18% 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 2.78% in the birth year in the Gambia and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.34% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.51% vs 1.79% at 60, and 9.93% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.78% 3.14% 2.41% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.36% 0.4% 0.33% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.34% 0.37% 0.32% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.32% 0.34% 0.3% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.15% 0.16% 0.13% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.17% 0.18% 0.15% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.19% 0.21% 0.16% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.2% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.26% 0.3% 0.21% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.29% 0.36% 0.23% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.31% 0.36% 0.25% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.31% 0.36% 0.26% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.32% 0.36% 0.27% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.4% 0.44% 0.35% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.41% 0.46% 0.37% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.44% 0.48% 0.39% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.46% 0.51% 0.42% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.48% 0.53% 0.44% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.54% 0.6% 0.49% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.56% 0.62% 0.5% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.58% 0.65% 0.52% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.65% 0.74% 0.57% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.77% 0.87% 0.67% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.83% 0.95% 0.72% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 0.9% 1.02% 0.78% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 0.95% 1.09% 0.83% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.01% 1.15% 0.88% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.06% 1.21% 0.92% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.11% 1.27% 0.97% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.18% 1.34% 1.04% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.27% 1.44% 1.11% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.38% 1.56% 1.21% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.51% 1.72% 1.33% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.66% 1.89% 1.47% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 1.84% 2.08% 1.63% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.02% 2.28% 1.8% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.21% 2.49% 1.98% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.42% 2.71% 2.18% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.64% 2.94% 2.39% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 2.88% 3.19% 2.63% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.16% 3.47% 2.9% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.47% 3.8% 3.21% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 3.82% 4.16% 3.55% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.21% 4.57% 3.93% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 4.64% 5.02% 4.35% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.11% 5.51% 4.8% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 5.61% 6.05% 5.28% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.17% 6.63% 5.81% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 6.77% 7.27% 6.38% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 7.45% 7.97% 7.03% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 8.2% 8.75% 7.75% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 9.03% 9.6% 8.56% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 9.93% 10.5% 9.45% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 14.2% 14.9% 13.7% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 15.5% 16.2% 14.9% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 18.2% 19.4% 17.4% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 21.4% 23.2% 20.1% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 23.2% 25.3% 21.6% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 25% 27.5% 23.3% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 26.9% 29.6% 25.1% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 30.8% 33.6% 29.2% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 32.9% 35.5% 31.4% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 36.8% 39.4% 35.7% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 38.7% 41.4% 37.7% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 40.5% 43.5% 39.5% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 42.5% 45.4% 41.7% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in the Gambia compared to Somalia

In the Gambia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 73.4 in the Gambia and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gambia
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gambia Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,782 3,143 2,411 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 373 410 335 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 353 383 321 972 995 947
3 332 357 307 742 770 712
4 310 329 289.5 572 601 542
5 284.1 299.4 268.3 447 473 420
6 255.3 267.4 242.7 356 377 333
7 224.2 234.3 213.7 289.8 307 272.2
8 194.1 203.1 184.8 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 167.8 176.4 158.9 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 147.7 156.3 138.9 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 135 143.9 125.8 176.6 181 172.1
12 129.7 139.4 119.7 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 131.8 142.9 120.4 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 140.8 154.1 127 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 156 172.7 138.7 211.2 234.4 187
16 176 197.5 153.8 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 198.2 226 169.7 264.8 315 211.9
18 220.2 255.3 184.1 296.4 365 224.4
19 239.1 281.8 195.1 331 422 235.7
20 253.7 303 202.9 363 475 245.7
21 264 318 208.5 388 515 254.5
22 270.7 326 213.2 402 535 262.5
23 275.1 330 218.6 407 539 270.2
24 278.4 330 225 410 537 278
25 281.6 329 232.7 412 532 286
26 285.2 328 241.2 413 526 294.2
27 289.5 328 249.6 415 522 302
28 294.5 331 257.2 417 519 310
29 299.8 335 263.6 419 516 317
30 305 341 268.7 422 515 324
31 310 346 272.9 424 514 330
32 315 352 276.4 427 514 335
33 319 356 280 430 514 341
34 323 361 284.6 433 514 347
35 329 365 291.1 437 514 354
36 337 372 300 443 517 364
37 348 382 313 453 523 377
38 363 396 330 465 532 394
39 381 413 349 481 544 413
40 401 432 369 497 558 433
41 420 451 388 514 573 451
42 436 468 404 528 587 465
43 450 484 416 540 601 475
44 462 499 425 550 613 482
45 475 515 433 560 627 489
46 490 536 444 574 644 499
47 513 564 461 593 667 514
48 545 601 486 620 697 537
49 584 648 520 654 734 568
50 631 701 560 693 776 604
51 679 756 603 734 819 644
52 725 807 645 775 861 683
53 765 851 683 811 898 720
54 799 887 716 844 931 753
55 831 919 748 875 962 785
56 865 954 781 908 994 820
57 907 998 822 948 1,033 861
58 962 1,055 875 998 1,082 913
59 1,032 1,130 942 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,117 1,220 1,023 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,213 1,321 1,115 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,315 1,426 1,216 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,420 1,532 1,321 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,524 1,634 1,429 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,628 1,732 1,540 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,733 1,828 1,655 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 1,844 1,928 1,777 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 1,962 2,033 1,908 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,088 2,145 2,048 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,221 2,262 2,195 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,355 2,380 2,343 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,485 2,494 2,488 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,608 2,601 2,625 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,720 2,696 2,751 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,819 2,777 2,866 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,906 2,843 2,968 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,979 2,892 3,059 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 3,035 2,921 3,136 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 3,068 2,925 3,194 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 3,071 2,899 3,225 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 3,039 2,838 3,220 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,966 2,742 3,172 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,853 2,611 3,078 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,703 2,452 2,936 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,521 2,272 2,753 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 2,314 2,076 2,535 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 2,089 1,868 2,293 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,852 1,650 2,039 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,610 1,423 1,783 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,368 1,193 1,533 984 783 1,190
91 1,134 967 1,295 802 621 985
92 915 755 1,072 637 479 797
93 717 568 867 493 360 628
94 545 412 682 371 262.4 482
95 402 289.3 519 272.3 185.8 361
96 286.1 196.6 381 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 196.8 129.4 268.7 134.9 84.8 186
98 130.6 82.4 182.4 91 54.6 128.2
99 83.8 50.6 119.4 59.7 34 85.8
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 Gambia 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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