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Life Expectancy in Kenya vs United States (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64 years in Kenya vs 79.6 in the United States. Kenya is ranked 177/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Kenya, the life expectancy is 61.8 years for males and 66.3 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females.

Kenya vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Kenya
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Kenya United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 36.9 35.8 38.2 68.1 65.4 71
1951 38 36.9 39.3 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 38.6 37.1 40.4 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 39.8 38.2 41.7 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 41 39.4 42.9 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 42.3 40.6 44.2 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 43.5 41.8 45.5 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 45.3 44.2 46.7 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 46.5 45.3 47.8 69.7 66.6 73
1959 47.5 46.3 48.9 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 48.5 47.2 49.9 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 49.3 48.1 50.8 70.3 67 73.7
1962 50.1 48.8 51.6 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 50.8 49.5 52.2 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 51.3 50 52.8 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 51.9 50.6 53.4 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 52.4 51.1 53.8 70.2 66.7 74
1967 52.8 51.6 54.2 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 53.3 52 54.7 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 53.7 52.5 55.1 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 54.1 52.9 55.6 70.7 67 74.6
1971 54.5 53.2 56.1 71.1 67.4 75
1972 55 53.5 56.6 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 55.5 53.9 57.2 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 56 54.4 57.8 72 68.2 75.8
1975 56.6 55 58.4 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 57.2 55.4 59 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 57.7 55.9 59.6 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 58.2 56.4 60.2 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 58.7 56.9 60.6 73.8 70 77.7
1980 59.2 57.4 61.1 73.7 70 77.5
1981 59.6 57.8 61.4 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 59.9 58.1 61.7 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 60.3 58.6 62.1 74.6 71 78.1
1984 60.6 58.8 62.4 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 60.9 59.1 62.6 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 60.8 59 62.6 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 60.7 58.8 62.6 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 60.3 58.3 62.3 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 60 58 62 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 58.3 56.6 60 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 57.8 56.1 59.5 75.5 72 79
1992 57.1 55.3 58.8 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 56.7 55.1 58.2 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 56.1 54.8 57.4 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 55.9 54.8 56.9 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 55.6 54.8 56.3 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 55.5 54.7 56.2 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 55.6 54.7 56.3 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 55.9 55 56.6 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 56.1 55.3 56.8 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 56.5 55.7 57.3 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 56.8 55.8 57.6 77 74.3 79.6
2003 57.4 56.5 58.2 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 57.9 57 58.9 77.5 75 80.1
2005 58.5 57.4 59.5 77.5 75 80.1
2006 59.1 57.8 60.2 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 59.4 58 60.8 78 75.5 80.6
2008 60 58.4 61.5 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 60.5 58.9 62.1 78.5 76 80.9
2010 60.9 59.2 62.6 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 61.3 59.5 63.1 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 61.5 59.7 63.4 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 61.7 59.9 63.6 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 62 60.1 64 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 62.3 60.3 64.3 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 62.5 60.5 64.7 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 62.7 60.6 64.9 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 62.8 60.7 65 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 62.9 60.9 65.1 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 61.6 59.1 64.2 77 74.3 79.9
2021 61.2 59 63.6 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 63.5 61.3 65.9 78 75.3 80.8
2023 63.6 61.5 65.9 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 63.8 61.6 66.1 79.5 77 82
2025 64 61.8 66.3 79.6 77.2 82.1

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 58.2 years in Kenya and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in Kenya and 15.7 in the United States.

Kenya vs United States 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 Kenya and the United States, 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:
38.8 vs 50.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
68.8 vs 80.8 years

Median expected age of death:
70.7 vs 84.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Kenya United States
Male Female Male Female
40 93.7% 95.0% 98.0% 99.0%
50 83.4% 87.3% 95.1% 97.2%
60 67.8% 75.6% 88.6% 93.1%
65 57.6% 67.4% 83.3% 89.7%
70 46.1% 57.3% 76.6% 85.1%
75 34.2% 45.7% 67.6% 78.3%
80 22.6% 33.2% 55.6% 68.3%
85 12.1% 20.4% 40.2% 53.7%
90 4.7% 9.4% 22.4% 34.1%
95 1.2% 2.9% 7.8% 14.6%
100 0.2% 0.5% 1.3% 3.3%

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 Kenya vs the United States: 68.8 years vs 80.8 at 30, 79.1 vs 85.1 at 65, 87 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64 vs 79.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Kenya and the United States.

Kenya
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Kenya United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64 61.8 66.3 79.6 77.2 82.1
1 65.9 63.8 68 80 77.6 82.5
2 66.2 64.1 68.4 80 77.7 82.5
3 66.4 64.3 68.6 80 77.7 82.5
4 66.5 64.4 68.7 80.1 77.7 82.5
5 66.6 64.5 68.8 80.1 77.7 82.5
6 66.7 64.6 68.9 80.1 77.7 82.5
7 66.7 64.6 68.9 80.1 77.7 82.5
8 66.8 64.7 69 80.1 77.7 82.5
9 66.8 64.7 69 80.1 77.7 82.6
10 66.9 64.8 69.1 80.1 77.7 82.6
11 66.9 64.8 69.1 80.1 77.8 82.6
12 67 64.9 69.1 80.1 77.8 82.6
13 67 64.9 69.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
14 67 65 69.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
15 67.1 65 69.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
16 67.2 65.1 69.3 80.2 77.8 82.6
17 67.2 65.1 69.4 80.2 77.8 82.6
18 67.3 65.2 69.5 80.2 77.9 82.6
19 67.4 65.3 69.5 80.2 77.9 82.7
20 67.5 65.4 69.6 80.3 78 82.7
21 67.6 65.5 69.7 80.3 78 82.7
22 67.7 65.6 69.8 80.4 78.1 82.7
23 67.8 65.8 69.9 80.4 78.2 82.8
24 67.9 65.9 70 80.5 78.3 82.8
25 68 66 70.1 80.5 78.3 82.8
26 68.2 66.2 70.2 80.6 78.4 82.9
27 68.3 66.3 70.4 80.7 78.5 82.9
28 68.5 66.5 70.5 80.7 78.6 82.9
29 68.6 66.6 70.7 80.8 78.7 83
30 68.8 66.8 70.8 80.8 78.7 83
31 68.9 67 71 80.9 78.8 83
32 69.1 67.2 71.1 81 78.9 83.1
33 69.3 67.3 71.3 81 79 83.1
34 69.5 67.5 71.5 81.1 79.1 83.2
35 69.7 67.7 71.7 81.2 79.2 83.2
36 69.9 68 71.8 81.2 79.3 83.3
37 70.1 68.2 72 81.3 79.3 83.3
38 70.3 68.4 72.2 81.4 79.4 83.4
39 70.5 68.7 72.4 81.5 79.5 83.4
40 70.8 68.9 72.7 81.5 79.6 83.5
41 71 69.2 72.9 81.6 79.7 83.5
42 71.2 69.4 73.1 81.7 79.8 83.6
43 71.5 69.7 73.3 81.8 79.9 83.7
44 71.8 70 73.6 81.9 80 83.7
45 72 70.3 73.8 81.9 80.1 83.8
46 72.3 70.6 74 82 80.2 83.9
47 72.6 70.9 74.3 82.1 80.3 83.9
48 72.9 71.2 74.5 82.2 80.4 84
49 73.2 71.5 74.8 82.3 80.5 84.1
50 73.5 71.8 75.1 82.4 80.7 84.2
51 73.8 72.2 75.3 82.6 80.8 84.3
52 74.1 72.5 75.6 82.7 81 84.4
53 74.4 72.9 75.9 82.8 81.1 84.5
54 74.8 73.2 76.2 83 81.3 84.6
55 75.1 73.6 76.5 83.1 81.5 84.7
56 75.4 74 76.8 83.3 81.7 84.9
57 75.8 74.4 77.1 83.5 81.9 85
58 76.2 74.8 77.5 83.6 82.1 85.2
59 76.5 75.2 77.8 83.8 82.3 85.3
60 76.9 75.6 78.1 84 82.5 85.5
61 77.3 76.1 78.5 84.2 82.7 85.6
62 77.7 76.5 78.8 84.4 83 85.8
63 78.2 77 79.2 84.6 83.2 86
64 78.6 77.4 79.6 84.9 83.5 86.1
65 79.1 77.9 80 85.1 83.8 86.3
66 79.5 78.5 80.4 85.3 84 86.5
67 80 79 80.9 85.6 84.3 86.7
68 80.5 79.5 81.3 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 81 80 81.8 86.1 84.9 87.1
70 81.5 80.5 82.2 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 82 81.1 82.7 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 82.5 81.6 83.2 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 83 82.2 83.7 87.2 86.2 88
74 83.5 82.7 84.2 87.5 86.5 88.3
75 84.1 83.3 84.7 87.8 86.9 88.6
76 84.6 83.9 85.2 88.1 87.2 88.9
77 85.2 84.5 85.7 88.5 87.6 89.2
78 85.8 85.1 86.3 88.8 88 89.5
79 86.4 85.7 86.8 89.2 88.4 89.8
80 87 86.3 87.4 89.6 88.9 90.2
81 87.6 87 87.9 90 89.3 90.6
82 88.2 87.6 88.5 90.4 89.8 90.9
83 88.8 88.3 89.1 90.9 90.2 91.4
84 89.5 89 89.7 91.4 90.7 91.8
85 90.1 89.7 90.4 91.8 91.3 92.2
86 90.8 90.4 91.1 92.3 91.8 92.7
87 91.6 91.1 91.8 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 92.3 91.9 92.5 93.5 93 93.8
89 93 92.7 93.2 94 93.6 94.3
90 93.8 93.5 94 94.7 94.2 94.9
91 94.6 94.3 94.7 95.3 94.9 95.5
92 95.4 95.1 95.5 96 95.6 96.2
93 96.2 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.3 96.9
94 97 96.8 97.1 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.8 97.6 97.9 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 100.4 100.2 100.5 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 101.3 101.1 101.4 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 102.2 102 102.2 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Kenya vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 65.7% in Kenya and 89% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 47.3% and 79.2% will live to 70 years or older, 25.5% and 60.7% to 80+ years, and 6.47% and 27.7% 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.

Kenya
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Kenya United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.8% 97.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 96.7% 96.4% 97% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96% 95.7% 96.3% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 95.8% 95.5% 96.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 95.7% 95.4% 96% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 95.6% 95.3% 95.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 95.5% 95.2% 95.9% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 95.5% 95.2% 95.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 95.4% 95.1% 95.7% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 95.3% 95% 95.7% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
15 95.2% 94.9% 95.6% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 95% 94.7% 95.4% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
20 94.5% 94.1% 95% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
23 93.9% 93.3% 94.4% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
24 93.6% 93.1% 94.2% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
25 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 93% 92.4% 93.7% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
28 92.4% 91.7% 93.1% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
29 92.1% 91.3% 92.8% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 91.7% 90.9% 92.4% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
31 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 98% 97.4% 98.6%
32 90.9% 90% 91.7% 97.8% 97.2% 98.6%
33 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 90% 89% 90.9% 97.6% 96.8% 98.4%
35 89.5% 88.5% 90.4% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
36 88.9% 87.9% 90% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
37 88.4% 87.3% 89.5% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
38 87.8% 86.6% 89% 97% 96% 98%
39 87.2% 85.9% 88.4% 96.8% 95.8% 97.8%
40 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
41 85.8% 84.4% 87.3% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
42 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 84.4% 82.8% 86% 96.1% 94.9% 97.3%
44 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 82.8% 81% 84.7% 95.6% 94.4% 97%
46 82% 80.1% 83.9% 95.4% 94.1% 96.8%
47 81.1% 79.1% 83.2% 95.2% 93.8% 96.6%
48 80.2% 78% 82.4% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 79.2% 76.9% 81.6% 94.6% 93.1% 96.2%
50 78.2% 75.8% 80.7% 94.3% 92.7% 95.9%
51 77.2% 74.6% 79.8% 93.9% 92.3% 95.6%
52 76.1% 73.3% 78.9% 93.5% 91.8% 95.3%
53 74.9% 72.1% 77.9% 93.1% 91.3% 95%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.9% 92.6% 90.8% 94.7%
55 72.5% 69.3% 75.9% 92.1% 90.2% 94.3%
56 71.3% 67.9% 74.8% 91.6% 89.5% 93.9%
57 69.9% 66.4% 73.6% 91% 88.8% 93.4%
58 68.6% 64.9% 72.5% 90.4% 88.1% 92.9%
59 67.2% 63.3% 71.2% 89.7% 87.3% 92.4%
60 65.7% 61.7% 69.9% 89% 86.4% 91.9%
61 64.1% 59.9% 68.5% 88.3% 85.5% 91.3%
62 62.5% 58.1% 67.1% 87.5% 84.5% 90.7%
63 60.8% 56.3% 65.6% 86.6% 83.5% 90%
64 59% 54.3% 64% 85.7% 82.4% 89.3%
65 57.2% 52.3% 62.3% 84.8% 81.2% 88.6%
66 55.3% 50.3% 60.5% 83.8% 80% 87.8%
67 53.3% 48.2% 58.7% 82.7% 78.8% 87%
68 51.3% 46.1% 56.8% 81.6% 77.5% 86.1%
69 49.3% 44% 54.9% 80.5% 76.1% 85.1%
70 47.3% 41.9% 53% 79.2% 74.7% 84%
71 45.2% 39.8% 50.9% 77.9% 73.1% 82.9%
72 43.1% 37.6% 48.8% 76.4% 71.5% 81.7%
73 40.9% 35.5% 46.7% 74.9% 69.8% 80.3%
74 38.8% 33.3% 44.5% 73.3% 67.9% 78.9%
75 36.6% 31.1% 42.3% 71.5% 65.9% 77.3%
76 34.3% 29% 40% 69.6% 63.8% 75.6%
77 32.1% 26.8% 37.7% 67.6% 61.6% 73.8%
78 29.9% 24.7% 35.4% 65.4% 59.3% 71.8%
79 27.6% 22.6% 33% 63.1% 56.8% 69.7%
80 25.5% 20.5% 30.7% 60.7% 54.2% 67.4%
81 23.3% 18.5% 28.4% 58.1% 51.5% 64.9%
82 21.2% 16.6% 26% 55.3% 48.6% 62.3%
83 19% 14.6% 23.6% 52.4% 45.6% 59.4%
84 16.9% 12.8% 21.3% 49.3% 42.5% 56.3%
85 14.9% 11% 18.9% 46% 39.2% 53.1%
86 13% 9.4% 16.6% 42.6% 35.8% 49.5%
87 11.1% 7.89% 14.4% 39% 32.4% 45.8%
88 9.42% 6.53% 12.3% 35.3% 28.8% 41.9%
89 7.87% 5.32% 10.4% 31.5% 25.3% 37.8%
90 6.47% 4.26% 8.66% 27.7% 21.8% 33.6%
91 5.23% 3.35% 7.07% 24% 18.5% 29.5%
92 4.17% 2.6% 5.71% 20.4% 15.3% 25.4%
93 3.25% 1.97% 4.52% 17% 12.4% 21.4%
94 2.49% 1.46% 3.5% 13.8% 9.83% 17.8%
95 1.86% 1.06% 2.66% 11% 7.57% 14.4%
96 1.36% 0.75% 1.98% 8.54% 5.67% 11.3%
97 0.98% 0.52% 1.43% 6.45% 4.12% 8.7%
98 0.68% 0.35% 1.02% 4.73% 2.9% 6.49%
99 0.47% 0.23% 0.71% 3.37% 1.98% 4.69%
100 0.31% 0.15% 0.48% 2.32% 1.3% 3.28%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.86% in the birth year in Kenya and 0.48% in the United States, 0.43% vs 0.13% at age 30, 2.38% vs 0.84% at 60, and 8.52% vs 4.29% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Kenya compared to the United States at any given age.

Kenya
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Kenya United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.86% 3.19% 2.52% 0.48% 0.53% 0.43%
1 0.47% 0.45% 0.5% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.3% 0.29% 0.31% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
3 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.19% 0.22% 0.17% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.23% 0.27% 0.2% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.25% 0.29% 0.22% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.09% 0.14% 0.05%
24 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.36% 0.4% 0.32% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.46% 0.51% 0.41% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.49% 0.54% 0.43% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.52% 0.58% 0.46% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.55% 0.62% 0.49% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.63% 0.7% 0.55% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.67% 0.75% 0.58% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
40 0.79% 0.9% 0.67% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.82% 0.94% 0.7% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.87% 1% 0.73% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.91% 1.05% 0.77% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.96% 1.11% 0.8% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 1.02% 1.18% 0.85% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
46 1.07% 1.25% 0.89% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2%
47 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
48 1.2% 1.4% 0.99% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 1.27% 1.48% 1.05% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
50 1.35% 1.59% 1.11% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
51 1.41% 1.66% 1.17% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 1.5% 1.76% 1.23% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
53 1.57% 1.85% 1.29% 0.49% 0.6% 0.37%
54 1.66% 1.95% 1.36% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
55 1.75% 2.06% 1.44% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
56 1.84% 2.17% 1.52% 0.63% 0.79% 0.48%
57 1.95% 2.3% 1.61% 0.69% 0.85% 0.52%
58 2.07% 2.45% 1.71% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
59 2.21% 2.61% 1.82% 0.79% 0.99% 0.59%
60 2.38% 2.83% 1.96% 0.84% 1.06% 0.63%
61 2.53% 2.99% 2.09% 0.91% 1.14% 0.68%
62 2.72% 3.22% 2.26% 0.97% 1.22% 0.72%
63 2.91% 3.44% 2.44% 1.04% 1.31% 0.78%
64 3.12% 3.68% 2.63% 1.11% 1.4% 0.83%
65 3.36% 3.93% 2.85% 1.17% 1.47% 0.88%
66 3.51% 4.11% 3% 1.25% 1.56% 0.95%
67 3.7% 4.31% 3.18% 1.33% 1.65% 1.03%
68 3.91% 4.55% 3.38% 1.43% 1.76% 1.12%
69 4.13% 4.79% 3.58% 1.55% 1.9% 1.23%
70 4.43% 5.12% 3.86% 1.68% 2.05% 1.35%
71 4.66% 5.38% 4.08% 1.85% 2.24% 1.49%
72 5.01% 5.77% 4.4% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
73 5.32% 6.12% 4.69% 2.21% 2.65% 1.81%
74 5.68% 6.52% 5.03% 2.42% 2.91% 2%
75 6.1% 6.96% 5.39% 2.65% 3.18% 2.19%
76 6.52% 7.41% 5.76% 2.91% 3.48% 2.41%
77 6.93% 7.9% 6.12% 3.18% 3.79% 2.67%
78 7.44% 8.51% 6.61% 3.5% 4.15% 2.95%
79 7.89% 9.08% 7.02% 3.87% 4.57% 3.29%
80 8.52% 9.82% 7.64% 4.29% 5.05% 3.67%
81 9.12% 10.6% 8.2% 4.78% 5.6% 4.11%
82 10.1% 11.6% 9.2% 5.29% 6.19% 4.59%
83 11% 12.6% 10.1% 5.9% 6.88% 5.16%
84 12% 13.8% 11.2% 6.61% 7.69% 5.84%
85 13% 14.8% 12.2% 7.44% 8.61% 6.63%
86 14.2% 16% 13.3% 8.41% 9.67% 7.55%
87 15.3% 17.3% 14.4% 9.54% 10.9% 8.61%
88 16.5% 18.5% 15.6% 10.8% 12.3% 9.76%
89 17.7% 19.8% 16.7% 12% 13.7% 11%
90 19.2% 21.3% 18.3% 13.4% 15.2% 12.3%
91 20.3% 22.6% 19.3% 15.1% 17.1% 13.9%
92 22% 24.3% 20.9% 16.7% 19% 15.5%
93 23.5% 25.8% 22.4% 18.5% 21% 17.2%
94 25.1% 27.5% 24% 20.4% 23% 19.1%
95 26.8% 29.1% 25.8% 22.4% 25.1% 21.1%
96 28.4% 30.6% 27.4% 24.5% 27.3% 23.2%
97 29.9% 32.2% 28.9% 26.6% 29.6% 25.4%
98 31.3% 33.6% 30.4% 28.9% 31.9% 27.7%
99 33.2% 35.4% 32.3% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 34.7% 36.8% 33.8% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Kenya compared to the United States

In Kenya, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the United States. The median age of death is 68.7 in Kenya and 83.8 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Kenya
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Kenya United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,858 3,192 2,520 480 526 432
1 460 432 488 46.6 51.7 41.3
2 291.4 283.7 299.3 17.6 19.9 15.2
3 199.6 198.6 200.7 15.3 17.4 13.2
4 145.1 147.2 142.9 13.1 14.7 11.4
5 109.9 112 107.8 10.7 11.8 9.6
6 93.2 96.6 89.7 9.83 10.7 8.92
7 83.2 87.1 79.2 9.64 10.5 8.74
8 75 78.8 71.1 9.33 10.2 8.38
9 69.8 72.9 66.5 9.24 10.3 8.12
10 67.6 70.9 64.1 9.7 11 8.28
11 68.2 72.8 63.5 10.4 11.8 8.88
12 71.4 76.1 66.5 11.8 13.3 10.1
13 78 82.7 73.2 14.5 16.8 12
14 88.8 94.9 82.7 18.7 22.7 14.5
15 104.5 112.4 96.4 24.4 31.3 17.2
16 121.5 133.3 109.6 32.3 43.4 20.5
17 142.5 159.6 125.2 43.8 60.7 25.8
18 165 188 141.8 56.5 79.9 31.6
19 183.1 208.7 157.4 67 96 36
20 201.8 229.7 173.9 75.2 108.7 39.4
21 218 250 186.2 82.7 120 42.9
22 236.8 270.3 203.6 88.5 128.1 46.2
23 254.9 289.2 221.2 92.8 133.8 49
24 272.8 307 239.3 97.3 139.5 52
25 291.8 327 258.1 101.9 145.2 55.4
26 311 345 278.7 107 151 59.5
27 332 366 299.4 112 156.6 63.8
28 352 388 318 116.3 161.3 67.6
29 374 410 339 120.8 165.8 72
30 397 437 358 124.8 168.9 76.9
31 416 459 374 128.9 172 82.1
32 443 488 399 134.2 177.1 87.5
33 468 517 420 139.2 182.8 91.9
34 497 551 444 144.1 188.3 96.1
35 530 586 473 148.5 192.6 100.6
36 558 619 496 153.6 197.5 106
37 589 656 519 159.4 203.3 111.7
38 619 691 544 165.1 209 117.2
39 649 725 567 171.7 216.1 123.3
40 682 766 592 177.9 222.3 129.5
41 708 795 614 184.9 229.1 136.8
42 739 833 637 192.7 236.9 144.8
43 770 870 661 204.3 249.6 155.2
44 803 909 687 219.8 267.7 168.1
45 842 956 719 237.3 288.3 182.1
46 878 997 748 255.4 310 196.9
47 918 1,043 782 274.6 332 212.7
48 962 1,093 820 296.6 358 230.6
49 1,005 1,141 858 323 389 251.6
50 1,057 1,201 900 352 425 274.4
51 1,091 1,238 931 386 465 300
52 1,138 1,290 974 419 505 326
53 1,178 1,333 1,009 456 551 353
54 1,221 1,379 1,049 497 603 383
55 1,268 1,430 1,091 539 654 416
56 1,313 1,474 1,137 581 704 449
57 1,363 1,527 1,185 624 756 482
58 1,421 1,588 1,241 666 808 514
59 1,481 1,651 1,299 709 861 548
60 1,563 1,742 1,371 752 914 581
61 1,621 1,794 1,435 803 975 619
62 1,701 1,874 1,518 851 1,034 656
63 1,771 1,936 1,598 903 1,095 699
64 1,844 1,997 1,684 952 1,150 741
65 1,920 2,058 1,778 995 1,197 782
66 1,942 2,065 1,817 1,048 1,251 835
67 1,973 2,079 1,866 1,102 1,304 893
68 2,008 2,097 1,920 1,167 1,366 963
69 2,039 2,110 1,969 1,245 1,443 1,045
70 2,094 2,146 2,044 1,332 1,529 1,132
71 2,105 2,140 2,075 1,438 1,637 1,236
72 2,158 2,170 2,150 1,537 1,735 1,338
73 2,179 2,172 2,192 1,652 1,851 1,454
74 2,202 2,171 2,239 1,774 1,973 1,574
75 2,229 2,165 2,278 1,896 2,097 1,696
76 2,238 2,147 2,301 2,022 2,219 1,826
77 2,223 2,118 2,306 2,151 2,336 1,967
78 2,223 2,101 2,339 2,289 2,458 2,121
79 2,181 2,052 2,319 2,445 2,599 2,293
80 2,169 2,017 2,346 2,605 2,741 2,472
81 2,124 1,957 2,327 2,773 2,885 2,668
82 2,138 1,925 2,396 2,926 3,008 2,858
83 2,093 1,847 2,390 3,092 3,138 3,068
84 2,040 1,759 2,372 3,258 3,264 3,290
85 1,943 1,635 2,297 3,422 3,375 3,517
86 1,837 1,508 2,206 3,584 3,466 3,740
87 1,699 1,361 2,066 3,724 3,529 3,945
88 1,554 1,210 1,916 3,795 3,534 4,085
89 1,393 1,055 1,740 3,786 3,461 4,147
90 1,245 910 1,583 3,719 3,326 4,151
91 1,063 759 1,364 3,614 3,157 4,105
92 915 630 1,195 3,406 2,910 3,930
93 763 508 1,012 3,137 2,610 3,685
94 624 400 842 2,821 2,262 3,386
95 499 307 686 2,467 1,899 3,033
96 387 229.8 541 2,091 1,546 2,631
97 292 167.2 415 1,719 1,219 2,211
98 214.6 118.6 310 1,367 926 1,797
99 156.2 82.9 229.5 1,049 677 1,409
100 52.4 13.1 92.9 670 334 992

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 Kenya and the United States 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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