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Life Expectancy in Kenya vs Zimbabwe (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64 years in Kenya vs 63.3 in Zimbabwe. Kenya is ranked 177/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In Kenya, the life expectancy is 61.8 years for males and 66.3 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 60.8 years for males and 65.6 years for females.

Kenya vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Kenya
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Kenya Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 36.9 35.8 38.2 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 38 36.9 39.3 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 38.6 37.1 40.4 50.2 48 52.5
1953 39.8 38.2 41.7 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 41 39.4 42.9 51 48.8 53.3
1955 42.3 40.6 44.2 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 43.5 41.8 45.5 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 45.3 44.2 46.7 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 46.5 45.3 47.8 52.6 50.2 55
1959 47.5 46.3 48.9 53 50.6 55.5
1960 48.5 47.2 49.9 53.5 51.1 56
1961 49.3 48.1 50.8 54 51.5 56.5
1962 50.1 48.8 51.6 54.5 52 57
1963 50.8 49.5 52.2 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 51.3 50 52.8 55.4 52.9 58
1965 51.9 50.6 53.4 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 52.4 51.1 53.8 56.4 53.7 59
1967 52.8 51.6 54.2 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 53.3 52 54.7 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 53.7 52.5 55.1 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 54.1 52.9 55.6 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 54.5 53.2 56.1 58 55.3 60.7
1972 55 53.5 56.6 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 55.5 53.9 57.2 58.1 55.2 61
1974 56 54.4 57.8 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 56.6 55 58.4 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 57.2 55.4 59 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 57.7 55.9 59.6 57 53 61.3
1978 58.2 56.4 60.2 54.7 49 61.2
1979 58.7 56.9 60.6 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 59.2 57.4 61.1 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 59.6 57.8 61.4 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 59.9 58.1 61.7 59.9 56.8 63
1983 60.3 58.6 62.1 60 56.7 63.3
1984 60.6 58.8 62.4 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 60.9 59.1 62.6 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 60.8 59 62.6 61 57.5 64.5
1987 60.7 58.8 62.6 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 60.3 58.3 62.3 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 60 58 62 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 58.3 56.6 60 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 57.8 56.1 59.5 57 54.1 60.1
1992 57.1 55.3 58.8 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 56.7 55.1 58.2 54 51.6 56.5
1994 56.1 54.8 57.4 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 55.9 54.8 56.9 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 55.6 54.8 56.3 49 46.9 51.1
1997 55.5 54.7 56.2 48.5 47 50.1
1998 55.6 54.7 56.3 47.6 46 49.2
1999 55.9 55 56.6 46.4 45 47.8
2000 56.1 55.3 56.8 46 44.8 47.3
2001 56.5 55.7 57.3 44.5 44 45.1
2002 56.8 55.8 57.6 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 57.4 56.5 58.2 45.4 45 45.8
2004 57.9 57 58.9 46 45.7 46.5
2005 58.5 57.4 59.5 46.6 46.2 47
2006 59.1 57.8 60.2 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 59.4 58 60.8 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 60 58.4 61.5 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 60.5 58.9 62.1 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 60.9 59.2 62.6 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 61.3 59.5 63.1 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 61.5 59.7 63.4 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 61.7 59.9 63.6 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 62 60.1 64 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 62.3 60.3 64.3 59 57.3 60.5
2016 62.5 60.5 64.7 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 62.7 60.6 64.9 60.3 58.3 62
2018 62.8 60.7 65 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 62.9 60.9 65.1 61.1 58.8 63
2020 61.6 59.1 64.2 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 61.2 59 63.6 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 63.5 61.3 65.9 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 63.6 61.5 65.9 62.8 60.2 65
2024 63.8 61.6 66.1 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 64 61.8 66.3 63.3 60.8 65.6

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 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in Kenya and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

Kenya vs Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 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 38.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
68.8 vs 68.4 years

Median expected age of death:
70.7 vs 70.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Kenya Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 93.7% 95.0% 93.5% 95.1%
50 83.4% 87.3% 83.0% 87.4%
60 67.8% 75.6% 67.2% 75.6%
65 57.6% 67.4% 56.8% 67.1%
70 46.1% 57.3% 44.8% 56.6%
75 34.2% 45.7% 31.7% 44.2%
80 22.6% 33.2% 19.0% 30.9%
85 12.1% 20.4% 8.9% 18.0%
90 4.7% 9.4% 3.0% 7.7%
95 1.2% 2.9% 0.6% 2.2%
100 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%

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 Kenya vs Zimbabwe: 68.8 years vs 68.4 at 30, 79.1 vs 78.3 at 65, 87 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64 vs 63.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Kenya
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Kenya Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64 61.8 66.3 63.3 60.8 65.6
1 65.9 63.8 68 65.4 62.9 67.5
2 66.2 64.1 68.4 65.7 63.2 67.8
3 66.4 64.3 68.6 65.9 63.4 68.1
4 66.5 64.4 68.7 66.1 63.6 68.2
5 66.6 64.5 68.8 66.2 63.7 68.3
6 66.7 64.6 68.9 66.2 63.7 68.4
7 66.7 64.6 68.9 66.3 63.8 68.4
8 66.8 64.7 69 66.4 63.9 68.5
9 66.8 64.7 69 66.4 63.9 68.5
10 66.9 64.8 69.1 66.5 64 68.6
11 66.9 64.8 69.1 66.5 64 68.6
12 67 64.9 69.1 66.5 64 68.7
13 67 64.9 69.2 66.6 64.1 68.7
14 67 65 69.2 66.6 64.1 68.8
15 67.1 65 69.3 66.7 64.2 68.8
16 67.2 65.1 69.3 66.7 64.3 68.9
17 67.2 65.1 69.4 66.8 64.3 68.9
18 67.3 65.2 69.5 66.9 64.4 69
19 67.4 65.3 69.5 67 64.5 69.1
20 67.5 65.4 69.6 67.1 64.6 69.1
21 67.6 65.5 69.7 67.2 64.7 69.2
22 67.7 65.6 69.8 67.3 64.8 69.3
23 67.8 65.8 69.9 67.4 65 69.4
24 67.9 65.9 70 67.5 65.1 69.5
25 68 66 70.1 67.6 65.2 69.7
26 68.2 66.2 70.2 67.8 65.4 69.8
27 68.3 66.3 70.4 67.9 65.5 69.9
28 68.5 66.5 70.5 68.1 65.7 70
29 68.6 66.6 70.7 68.2 65.8 70.2
30 68.8 66.8 70.8 68.4 66 70.3
31 68.9 67 71 68.5 66.2 70.5
32 69.1 67.2 71.1 68.7 66.4 70.6
33 69.3 67.3 71.3 68.9 66.6 70.8
34 69.5 67.5 71.5 69.1 66.8 71
35 69.7 67.7 71.7 69.3 67 71.2
36 69.9 68 71.8 69.5 67.2 71.3
37 70.1 68.2 72 69.7 67.4 71.5
38 70.3 68.4 72.2 69.9 67.6 71.7
39 70.5 68.7 72.4 70.1 67.9 71.9
40 70.8 68.9 72.7 70.3 68.1 72.1
41 71 69.2 72.9 70.6 68.4 72.3
42 71.2 69.4 73.1 70.8 68.6 72.6
43 71.5 69.7 73.3 71 68.9 72.8
44 71.8 70 73.6 71.3 69.2 73
45 72 70.3 73.8 71.6 69.5 73.2
46 72.3 70.6 74 71.8 69.8 73.5
47 72.6 70.9 74.3 72.1 70.1 73.7
48 72.9 71.2 74.5 72.4 70.4 74
49 73.2 71.5 74.8 72.6 70.7 74.2
50 73.5 71.8 75.1 72.9 71 74.5
51 73.8 72.2 75.3 73.2 71.4 74.7
52 74.1 72.5 75.6 73.5 71.7 75
53 74.4 72.9 75.9 73.9 72.1 75.3
54 74.8 73.2 76.2 74.2 72.4 75.6
55 75.1 73.6 76.5 74.5 72.8 75.9
56 75.4 74 76.8 74.8 73.1 76.2
57 75.8 74.4 77.1 75.2 73.5 76.5
58 76.2 74.8 77.5 75.5 73.9 76.8
59 76.5 75.2 77.8 75.9 74.3 77.1
60 76.9 75.6 78.1 76.2 74.7 77.5
61 77.3 76.1 78.5 76.6 75.1 77.8
62 77.7 76.5 78.8 77 75.6 78.2
63 78.2 77 79.2 77.4 76 78.6
64 78.6 77.4 79.6 77.9 76.5 79
65 79.1 77.9 80 78.3 76.9 79.4
66 79.5 78.5 80.4 78.7 77.4 79.8
67 80 79 80.9 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 80.5 79.5 81.3 79.7 78.4 80.6
69 81 80 81.8 80.2 78.9 81.1
70 81.5 80.5 82.2 80.6 79.5 81.6
71 82 81.1 82.7 81.2 80 82
72 82.5 81.6 83.2 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 83 82.2 83.7 82.2 81.1 83
74 83.5 82.7 84.2 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 84.1 83.3 84.7 83.3 82.3 84.1
76 84.6 83.9 85.2 83.9 82.9 84.6
77 85.2 84.5 85.7 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 85.8 85.1 86.3 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 86.4 85.7 86.8 85.7 84.9 86.3
80 87 86.3 87.4 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 87.6 87 87.9 87 86.3 87.5
82 88.2 87.6 88.5 87.7 87 88.1
83 88.8 88.3 89.1 88.3 87.7 88.7
84 89.5 89 89.7 89 88.4 89.4
85 90.1 89.7 90.4 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 90.8 90.4 91.1 90.5 90 90.8
87 91.6 91.1 91.8 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 92.3 91.9 92.5 92 91.6 92.2
89 93 92.7 93.2 92.8 92.4 93
90 93.8 93.5 94 93.6 93.2 93.7
91 94.6 94.3 94.7 94.4 94 94.5
92 95.4 95.1 95.5 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 96.2 95.9 96.3 96 95.7 96.1
94 97 96.8 97.1 96.9 96.6 97
95 97.8 97.6 97.9 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 99.5 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 100.4 100.2 100.5 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 101.3 101.1 101.4 101.2 101 101.3
100 102.2 102 102.2 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Kenya vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 65.7% in Kenya and 65.6% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 47.3% and 46.8% will live to 70 years or older, 25.5% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 6.47% and 4.89% 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
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Kenya Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.8% 97.5% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
2 96.7% 96.4% 97% 96.4% 96% 96.7%
3 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 96.1% 95.7% 96.4%
4 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
5 96% 95.7% 96.3% 95.7% 95.4% 96%
6 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
7 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
8 95.8% 95.5% 96.1% 95.4% 95% 95.7%
9 95.7% 95.4% 96% 95.3% 95% 95.6%
10 95.6% 95.3% 95.9% 95.2% 94.9% 95.6%
11 95.5% 95.2% 95.9% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
12 95.5% 95.2% 95.8% 95.1% 94.7% 95.4%
13 95.4% 95.1% 95.7% 95% 94.6% 95.4%
14 95.3% 95% 95.7% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
15 95.2% 94.9% 95.6% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
16 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
17 95% 94.7% 95.4% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
18 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
19 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 94.3% 93.8% 94.7%
20 94.5% 94.1% 95% 94.1% 93.6% 94.5%
21 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 93.9% 93.4% 94.4%
22 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 93.7% 93.1% 94.2%
23 93.9% 93.3% 94.4% 93.4% 92.9% 94%
24 93.6% 93.1% 94.2% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
25 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 92.9% 92.2% 93.5%
26 93% 92.4% 93.7% 92.6% 91.9% 93.3%
27 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 92.3% 91.6% 93%
28 92.4% 91.7% 93.1% 91.9% 91.2% 92.7%
29 92.1% 91.3% 92.8% 91.6% 90.8% 92.4%
30 91.7% 90.9% 92.4% 91.2% 90.4% 92%
31 91.3% 90.5% 92.1% 90.8% 89.9% 91.7%
32 90.9% 90% 91.7% 90.4% 89.5% 91.3%
33 90.4% 89.5% 91.3% 90% 89% 90.9%
34 90% 89% 90.9% 89.5% 88.4% 90.5%
35 89.5% 88.5% 90.4% 89% 87.9% 90.1%
36 88.9% 87.9% 90% 88.5% 87.3% 89.6%
37 88.4% 87.3% 89.5% 87.9% 86.6% 89.1%
38 87.8% 86.6% 89% 87.4% 86% 88.6%
39 87.2% 85.9% 88.4% 86.7% 85.3% 88.1%
40 86.5% 85.2% 87.8% 86.1% 84.5% 87.5%
41 85.8% 84.4% 87.3% 85.4% 83.7% 87%
42 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 84.7% 82.9% 86.4%
43 84.4% 82.8% 86% 84% 82.1% 85.7%
44 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 83.2% 81.2% 85.1%
45 82.8% 81% 84.7% 82.5% 80.3% 84.4%
46 82% 80.1% 83.9% 81.6% 79.3% 83.7%
47 81.1% 79.1% 83.2% 80.8% 78.3% 82.9%
48 80.2% 78% 82.4% 79.9% 77.2% 82.2%
49 79.2% 76.9% 81.6% 78.9% 76.1% 81.3%
50 78.2% 75.8% 80.7% 78% 75% 80.5%
51 77.2% 74.6% 79.8% 76.9% 73.8% 79.6%
52 76.1% 73.3% 78.9% 75.9% 72.5% 78.7%
53 74.9% 72.1% 77.9% 74.8% 71.2% 77.7%
54 73.7% 70.7% 76.9% 73.6% 69.8% 76.7%
55 72.5% 69.3% 75.9% 72.4% 68.5% 75.6%
56 71.3% 67.9% 74.8% 71.2% 67% 74.5%
57 69.9% 66.4% 73.6% 69.9% 65.5% 73.3%
58 68.6% 64.9% 72.5% 68.5% 64% 72.1%
59 67.2% 63.3% 71.2% 67.1% 62.4% 70.9%
60 65.7% 61.7% 69.9% 65.6% 60.7% 69.6%
61 64.1% 59.9% 68.5% 64% 59% 68.1%
62 62.5% 58.1% 67.1% 62.4% 57.1% 66.7%
63 60.8% 56.3% 65.6% 60.7% 55.3% 65.1%
64 59% 54.3% 64% 58.9% 53.3% 63.5%
65 57.2% 52.3% 62.3% 57% 51.3% 61.8%
66 55.3% 50.3% 60.5% 55.1% 49.2% 59.9%
67 53.3% 48.2% 58.7% 53.1% 47.1% 58.1%
68 51.3% 46.1% 56.8% 51.1% 44.9% 56.1%
69 49.3% 44% 54.9% 49% 42.7% 54.1%
70 47.3% 41.9% 53% 46.8% 40.5% 52.1%
71 45.2% 39.8% 50.9% 44.6% 38.2% 49.9%
72 43.1% 37.6% 48.8% 42.3% 35.8% 47.7%
73 40.9% 35.5% 46.7% 39.9% 33.4% 45.4%
74 38.8% 33.3% 44.5% 37.6% 31% 43.1%
75 36.6% 31.1% 42.3% 35.2% 28.6% 40.7%
76 34.3% 29% 40% 32.7% 26.3% 38.3%
77 32.1% 26.8% 37.7% 30.3% 23.9% 35.8%
78 29.9% 24.7% 35.4% 27.9% 21.6% 33.4%
79 27.6% 22.6% 33% 25.5% 19.4% 30.9%
80 25.5% 20.5% 30.7% 23.2% 17.2% 28.5%
81 23.3% 18.5% 28.4% 20.9% 15.1% 26%
82 21.2% 16.6% 26% 18.7% 13.2% 23.6%
83 19% 14.6% 23.6% 16.5% 11.3% 21.2%
84 16.9% 12.8% 21.3% 14.4% 9.61% 18.8%
85 14.9% 11% 18.9% 12.4% 8.05% 16.5%
86 13% 9.4% 16.6% 10.6% 6.66% 14.3%
87 11.1% 7.89% 14.4% 8.93% 5.43% 12.2%
88 9.42% 6.53% 12.3% 7.41% 4.36% 10.3%
89 7.87% 5.32% 10.4% 6.06% 3.44% 8.59%
90 6.47% 4.26% 8.66% 4.89% 2.68% 7.05%
91 5.23% 3.35% 7.07% 3.87% 2.04% 5.66%
92 4.17% 2.6% 5.71% 3.02% 1.53% 4.5%
93 3.25% 1.97% 4.52% 2.31% 1.13% 3.5%
94 2.49% 1.46% 3.5% 1.74% 0.81% 2.66%
95 1.86% 1.06% 2.66% 1.28% 0.57% 1.99%
96 1.36% 0.75% 1.98% 0.92% 0.4% 1.45%
97 0.98% 0.52% 1.43% 0.65% 0.27% 1.03%
98 0.68% 0.35% 1.02% 0.45% 0.18% 0.72%
99 0.47% 0.23% 0.71% 0.3% 0.11% 0.49%
100 0.31% 0.15% 0.48% 0.2% 0.07% 0.33%

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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 3.14% in Zimbabwe, 0.43% vs 0.43% at age 30, 2.38% vs 2.4% at 60, and 8.52% vs 9.93% at 80.

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

Kenya
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Kenya Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.86% 3.19% 2.52% 3.14% 3.48% 2.78%
1 0.47% 0.45% 0.5% 0.51% 0.49% 0.54%
2 0.3% 0.29% 0.31% 0.33% 0.32% 0.33%
3 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.23% 0.23% 0.22%
4 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.11% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
13 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
16 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
17 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
18 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
19 0.19% 0.22% 0.17% 0.2% 0.23% 0.17%
20 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.22% 0.25% 0.19%
21 0.23% 0.27% 0.2% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
22 0.25% 0.29% 0.22% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
23 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
24 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.3% 0.34% 0.25%
25 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.32% 0.36% 0.27%
26 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.34% 0.38% 0.3%
27 0.36% 0.4% 0.32% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
28 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.38% 0.43% 0.34%
29 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.41% 0.46% 0.36%
30 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.43% 0.49% 0.38%
31 0.46% 0.51% 0.41% 0.45% 0.52% 0.4%
32 0.49% 0.54% 0.43% 0.49% 0.56% 0.43%
33 0.52% 0.58% 0.46% 0.52% 0.59% 0.45%
34 0.55% 0.62% 0.49% 0.55% 0.64% 0.48%
35 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.59% 0.68% 0.51%
36 0.63% 0.7% 0.55% 0.62% 0.72% 0.54%
37 0.67% 0.75% 0.58% 0.66% 0.77% 0.57%
38 0.71% 0.8% 0.61% 0.7% 0.82% 0.6%
39 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.74% 0.87% 0.63%
40 0.79% 0.9% 0.67% 0.78% 0.92% 0.67%
41 0.82% 0.94% 0.7% 0.82% 0.97% 0.69%
42 0.87% 1% 0.73% 0.86% 1.02% 0.73%
43 0.91% 1.05% 0.77% 0.9% 1.08% 0.76%
44 0.96% 1.11% 0.8% 0.95% 1.14% 0.8%
45 1.02% 1.18% 0.85% 1% 1.21% 0.84%
46 1.07% 1.25% 0.89% 1.05% 1.28% 0.89%
47 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.11% 1.35% 0.94%
48 1.2% 1.4% 0.99% 1.17% 1.43% 0.99%
49 1.27% 1.48% 1.05% 1.24% 1.52% 1.05%
50 1.35% 1.59% 1.11% 1.32% 1.62% 1.12%
51 1.41% 1.66% 1.17% 1.38% 1.7% 1.17%
52 1.5% 1.76% 1.23% 1.46% 1.8% 1.25%
53 1.57% 1.85% 1.29% 1.54% 1.89% 1.31%
54 1.66% 1.95% 1.36% 1.62% 2% 1.38%
55 1.75% 2.06% 1.44% 1.72% 2.11% 1.46%
56 1.84% 2.17% 1.52% 1.82% 2.22% 1.55%
57 1.95% 2.3% 1.61% 1.94% 2.35% 1.64%
58 2.07% 2.45% 1.71% 2.08% 2.51% 1.75%
59 2.21% 2.61% 1.82% 2.22% 2.67% 1.87%
60 2.38% 2.83% 1.96% 2.4% 2.89% 2.02%
61 2.53% 2.99% 2.09% 2.55% 3.07% 2.15%
62 2.72% 3.22% 2.26% 2.75% 3.3% 2.33%
63 2.91% 3.44% 2.44% 2.95% 3.53% 2.51%
64 3.12% 3.68% 2.63% 3.16% 3.77% 2.72%
65 3.36% 3.93% 2.85% 3.4% 4.03% 2.95%
66 3.51% 4.11% 3% 3.61% 4.29% 3.12%
67 3.7% 4.31% 3.18% 3.85% 4.59% 3.33%
68 3.91% 4.55% 3.38% 4.12% 4.93% 3.57%
69 4.13% 4.79% 3.58% 4.41% 5.28% 3.81%
70 4.43% 5.12% 3.86% 4.79% 5.74% 4.14%
71 4.66% 5.38% 4.08% 5.1% 6.12% 4.39%
72 5.01% 5.77% 4.4% 5.54% 6.65% 4.78%
73 5.32% 6.12% 4.69% 5.96% 7.16% 5.13%
74 5.68% 6.52% 5.03% 6.42% 7.71% 5.53%
75 6.1% 6.96% 5.39% 6.91% 8.32% 5.96%
76 6.52% 7.41% 5.76% 7.41% 8.94% 6.39%
77 6.93% 7.9% 6.12% 7.93% 9.61% 6.83%
78 7.44% 8.51% 6.61% 8.57% 10.4% 7.41%
79 7.89% 9.08% 7.02% 9.15% 11.2% 7.89%
80 8.52% 9.82% 7.64% 9.93% 12.1% 8.6%
81 9.12% 10.6% 8.2% 10.6% 12.9% 9.19%
82 10.1% 11.6% 9.2% 11.6% 14% 10.3%
83 11% 12.6% 10.1% 12.6% 15.1% 11.2%
84 12% 13.8% 11.2% 13.7% 16.2% 12.3%
85 13% 14.8% 12.2% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 14.2% 16% 13.3% 15.9% 18.5% 14.5%
87 15.3% 17.3% 14.4% 17% 19.7% 15.6%
88 16.5% 18.5% 15.6% 18.2% 21% 16.8%
89 17.7% 19.8% 16.7% 19.4% 22.2% 18%
90 19.2% 21.3% 18.3% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 20.3% 22.6% 19.3% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 22% 24.3% 20.9% 23.5% 26.5% 22.3%
93 23.5% 25.8% 22.4% 24.9% 27.9% 23.8%
94 25.1% 27.5% 24% 26.5% 29.5% 25.4%
95 26.8% 29.1% 25.8% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 28.4% 30.6% 27.4% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 29.9% 32.2% 28.9% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 31.3% 33.6% 30.4% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 33.2% 35.4% 32.3% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 34.7% 36.8% 33.8% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in Kenya compared to Zimbabwe

In Kenya, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 68.7 in Kenya and 68.5 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Kenya
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Kenya Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,858 3,192 2,520 3,136 3,483 2,783
1 460 432 488 497 473 521
2 291.4 283.7 299.3 315 310 320
3 199.6 198.6 200.7 216.2 216.8 215.5
4 145.1 147.2 142.9 156.9 160.1 153.6
5 109.9 112 107.8 118.8 121.5 116
6 93.2 96.6 89.7 100.5 104.5 96.4
7 83.2 87.1 79.2 89.4 93.9 84.7
8 75 78.8 71.1 80.4 84.8 75.8
9 69.8 72.9 66.5 74.6 78.4 70.8
10 67.6 70.9 64.1 72.1 76.1 68.1
11 68.2 72.8 63.5 72.7 77.8 67.4
12 71.4 76.1 66.5 75.8 81.1 70.4
13 78 82.7 73.2 82.5 87.9 77.1
14 88.8 94.9 82.7 93.4 100.1 86.5
15 104.5 112.4 96.4 109 117.7 100.2
16 121.5 133.3 109.6 126.2 138.7 113.6
17 142.5 159.6 125.2 147.2 165.3 128.9
18 165 188 141.8 169.5 193.7 145.2
19 183.1 208.7 157.4 187.5 214.4 160.3
20 201.8 229.7 173.9 205.9 235.6 176.2
21 218 250 186.2 222 256.1 188.1
22 236.8 270.3 203.6 240.5 276.8 204.7
23 254.9 289.2 221.2 258.3 296.1 221.4
24 272.8 307 239.3 275.7 314 238.6
25 291.8 327 258.1 294.1 334 256.2
26 311 345 278.7 313 353 275.5
27 332 366 299.4 333 374 295
28 352 388 318 352 396 312
29 374 410 339 372 419 333
30 397 437 358 395 446 351
31 416 459 374 413 468 366
32 443 488 399 439 498 390
33 468 517 420 464 528 411
34 497 551 444 492 562 434
35 530 586 473 524 598 462
36 558 619 496 551 631 485
37 589 656 519 582 668 508
38 619 691 544 611 704 534
39 649 725 567 639 738 557
40 682 766 592 673 780 583
41 708 795 614 698 808 604
42 739 833 637 729 847 629
43 770 870 661 758 884 654
44 803 909 687 789 924 680
45 842 956 719 826 970 713
46 878 997 748 859 1,012 742
47 918 1,043 782 896 1,058 777
48 962 1,093 820 937 1,108 817
49 1,005 1,141 858 976 1,156 856
50 1,057 1,201 900 1,026 1,217 902
51 1,091 1,238 931 1,061 1,254 934
52 1,138 1,290 974 1,109 1,307 980
53 1,178 1,333 1,009 1,148 1,349 1,017
54 1,221 1,379 1,049 1,193 1,395 1,060
55 1,268 1,430 1,091 1,244 1,446 1,104
56 1,313 1,474 1,137 1,297 1,490 1,153
57 1,363 1,527 1,185 1,355 1,542 1,203
58 1,421 1,588 1,241 1,422 1,603 1,262
59 1,481 1,651 1,299 1,489 1,666 1,323
60 1,563 1,742 1,371 1,576 1,757 1,402
61 1,621 1,794 1,435 1,633 1,808 1,466
62 1,701 1,874 1,518 1,717 1,888 1,555
63 1,771 1,936 1,598 1,788 1,949 1,637
64 1,844 1,997 1,684 1,862 2,010 1,726
65 1,920 2,058 1,778 1,941 2,070 1,823
66 1,942 2,065 1,817 1,987 2,114 1,872
67 1,973 2,079 1,866 2,044 2,164 1,934
68 2,008 2,097 1,920 2,105 2,214 2,002
69 2,039 2,110 1,969 2,159 2,257 2,062
70 2,094 2,146 2,044 2,242 2,322 2,156
71 2,105 2,140 2,075 2,272 2,337 2,192
72 2,158 2,170 2,150 2,345 2,383 2,282
73 2,179 2,172 2,192 2,380 2,394 2,332
74 2,202 2,171 2,239 2,411 2,394 2,385
75 2,229 2,165 2,278 2,430 2,383 2,429
76 2,238 2,147 2,301 2,425 2,347 2,449
77 2,223 2,118 2,306 2,403 2,297 2,449
78 2,223 2,101 2,339 2,392 2,248 2,474
79 2,181 2,052 2,319 2,333 2,161 2,441
80 2,169 2,017 2,346 2,302 2,087 2,449
81 2,124 1,957 2,327 2,209 1,956 2,393
82 2,138 1,925 2,396 2,170 1,848 2,423
83 2,093 1,847 2,390 2,075 1,706 2,376
84 2,040 1,759 2,372 1,972 1,560 2,317
85 1,943 1,635 2,297 1,833 1,396 2,205
86 1,837 1,508 2,206 1,685 1,233 2,076
87 1,699 1,361 2,066 1,517 1,069 1,910
88 1,554 1,210 1,916 1,349 914 1,739
89 1,393 1,055 1,740 1,174 765 1,548
90 1,245 910 1,583 1,021 635 1,382
91 1,063 759 1,364 847 508 1,167
92 915 630 1,195 709 406 1,001
93 763 508 1,012 576 315 830
94 624 400 842 459 239.6 676
95 499 307 686 359 177.9 539
96 387 229.8 541 271.7 128.5 416
97 292 167.2 415 200.6 90.4 312
98 214.6 118.6 310 144.5 62.1 228.5
99 156.2 82.9 229.5 103.1 42.2 165.5
100 52.4 13.1 92.9 24.2 0 51.9

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 Zimbabwe 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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