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Life Expectancy in Malawi vs Malaysia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.9 years in Malawi vs 77.2 in Malaysia. Malawi is ranked 152/197 by life expectancy, and Malaysia is 73/197. In Malawi, the life expectancy is 64.6 years for males and 71.1 years for females. In Malaysia, it's 74.8 years for males and 79.8 years for females.

Malawi vs Malaysia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Malawi
Male

Female
Malaysia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Malawi Malaysia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 32.7 30.9 34.4 48.5 47.9 49.2
1951 32.8 31.1 34.6 49.2 48.5 50.1
1952 33 31.2 34.7 50.1 49.4 51
1953 33.2 31.4 34.9 51.1 50.5 51.9
1954 33.3 31.6 35.1 52 51.4 52.7
1955 33.6 31.9 35.3 52.8 52.3 53.5
1956 33.8 32.2 35.5 53.7 53.1 54.4
1957 34.1 32.4 35.8 54.5 53.9 55.3
1958 34.4 32.8 36.1 55.4 54.7 56.3
1959 34.8 33.2 36.3 56.3 55.5 57.2
1960 35 33.4 36.6 57.2 56.3 58.2
1961 35.2 33.7 36.8 58 57.1 59.1
1962 35.4 33.9 37 58.9 57.9 59.9
1963 35.6 34.1 37.1 59.7 58.7 60.8
1964 35.7 34.1 37.2 60.4 59.4 61.6
1965 35.7 34.2 37.3 61.1 60 62.4
1966 35.8 34.3 37.4 61.7 60.5 63
1967 35.9 34.3 37.5 62 60.9 63.4
1968 36.1 34.5 37.6 62.4 61.2 63.8
1969 36.3 34.8 37.8 62.9 61.6 64.3
1970 36.6 35.1 38.1 63.3 62 64.8
1971 37.1 35.7 38.5 63.8 62.4 65.3
1972 37.6 36.2 39 64.2 62.8 65.8
1973 38.4 36.9 39.8 64.7 63.3 66.3
1974 39.2 37.7 40.6 65.2 63.7 66.8
1975 40.1 38.5 41.6 65.7 64.2 67.3
1976 41 39.3 42.7 66.2 64.5 68.1
1977 42 40.1 43.8 66.7 64.8 68.8
1978 43 41 45 67.2 65.1 69.4
1979 43.7 41.7 45.7 67.6 65.5 69.9
1980 44.3 42.3 46.4 68.1 65.9 70.4
1981 44.7 42.7 46.8 68.5 66.3 70.8
1982 44.8 42.9 46.8 68.9 66.7 71.2
1983 45 43 46.9 69.2 67 71.5
1984 44.8 42.9 46.8 69.6 67.4 71.9
1985 44.6 42.7 46.5 69.9 67.6 72.3
1986 44.3 42.5 46.2 70.1 67.9 72.6
1987 43.9 42.2 45.7 70.4 68 72.9
1988 43.6 42 45.2 70.6 68.3 73
1989 43.5 42 45.1 70.8 68.5 73.2
1990 43.6 42.1 45.1 71 68.7 73.4
1991 43.5 42.1 45 71.2 69 73.7
1992 43.6 42.3 45 71.5 69.2 74
1993 43.6 42.4 44.9 71.7 69.4 74.3
1994 43.8 42.6 45 71.9 69.5 74.5
1995 43.8 42.6 45 72 69.5 74.7
1996 44 42.7 45.3 72.1 69.6 74.9
1997 44.2 42.8 45.6 72.3 69.7 75.1
1998 44.3 42.8 45.8 72.4 69.8 75.3
1999 45.1 43.5 46.6 72.4 69.8 75.3
2000 46.2 44.6 47.8 72.7 70.2 75.6
2001 47.2 45.7 48.7 73.1 70.6 75.9
2002 48.2 46.6 49.8 73.5 71 76.2
2003 49.6 47.9 51.3 73.7 71.3 76.5
2004 51.1 49.4 52.8 74 71.6 76.8
2005 52.5 50.6 54.3 74.4 71.9 77.1
2006 53.7 51.8 55.4 74.7 72.3 77.4
2007 54.7 53 56.3 75 72.6 77.7
2008 55.7 53.9 57.4 75.2 72.8 77.8
2009 56.7 54.8 58.6 75.3 72.9 78
2010 57.8 55.6 59.9 75.4 73 78.1
2011 58.9 56.5 61.2 75.5 73.1 78.2
2012 59.9 57.3 62.4 75.6 73.2 78.2
2013 60.8 58.1 63.6 75.5 73.1 78.1
2014 61.7 58.8 64.5 75.3 73 78.1
2015 62.3 59.4 65.2 75.3 72.9 78
2016 63.2 60.1 66.2 75.4 73 78.1
2017 63.9 60.8 67.1 75.5 73.2 78.3
2018 64.5 61 67.9 75.7 73.4 78.4
2019 65 61.6 68.4 75.9 73.5 78.6
2020 65.2 61.7 68.8 76.1 73.7 78.8
2021 64.8 61.3 68.2 73.9 71.5 76.7
2022 66 62.7 69.4 75.4 73.1 78.2
2023 67.4 64.1 70.6 76.7 74.3 79.4
2024 67.6 64.3 70.8 76.8 74.4 79.5
2025 67.7 64.4 71 77 74.6 79.7
2026 67.9 64.6 71.1 77.2 74.8 79.8

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 54.7 years in Malawi and 63.9 in Malaysia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.7 healthy years in Malawi and 13.8 in Malaysia.

Malawi vs Malaysia 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 Malawi and Malaysia, 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:
42.1 vs 48.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.1 vs 78.3 years

Median expected age of death:
74.4 vs 80.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Malawi Malaysia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 97.9% 98.4% 99.2%
50 88.7% 93.8% 94.8% 97.4%
60 75.7% 85.6% 86.8% 92.7%
65 66.0% 78.7% 80.4% 88.5%
70 53.9% 69.1% 71.4% 82.2%
75 39.7% 56.2% 59.9% 72.9%
80 24.8% 40.4% 44.1% 57.3%
85 12.1% 23.8% 28.7% 40.8%
90 4.1% 10.3% 14.7% 23.9%
95 0.9% 2.9% 5.3% 10.5%
100 0.1% 0.5% 1.2% 3.0%

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 Malawi vs Malaysia: 72.1 years vs 78.3 at 30, 79.2 vs 82.7 at 65, 86.5 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.9 vs 77.2 years calculated at birth.

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

Malawi
Male

Female
Malaysia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Malawi Malaysia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.9 64.6 71.1 77.2 74.8 79.8
1 69.8 66.7 72.9 77.5 75.2 80.2
2 70.1 67 73.1 77.6 75.2 80.2
3 70.3 67.1 73.3 77.6 75.3 80.2
4 70.4 67.3 73.4 77.6 75.3 80.2
5 70.5 67.4 73.5 77.6 75.3 80.2
6 70.5 67.4 73.5 77.6 75.3 80.2
7 70.6 67.5 73.6 77.6 75.3 80.3
8 70.7 67.5 73.6 77.6 75.3 80.3
9 70.7 67.6 73.7 77.7 75.3 80.3
10 70.7 67.6 73.7 77.7 75.4 80.3
11 70.8 67.7 73.8 77.7 75.4 80.3
12 70.8 67.7 73.8 77.7 75.4 80.3
13 70.9 67.8 73.8 77.7 75.4 80.3
14 70.9 67.8 73.9 77.7 75.4 80.3
15 70.9 67.8 73.9 77.7 75.4 80.3
16 71 67.9 73.9 77.8 75.5 80.4
17 71 68 74 77.8 75.5 80.4
18 71.1 68 74 77.8 75.6 80.4
19 71.2 68.1 74.1 77.9 75.6 80.4
20 71.2 68.2 74.1 77.9 75.7 80.4
21 71.3 68.3 74.2 78 75.8 80.4
22 71.4 68.4 74.2 78 75.8 80.5
23 71.5 68.5 74.3 78 75.9 80.5
24 71.6 68.6 74.3 78.1 75.9 80.5
25 71.6 68.7 74.4 78.1 76 80.5
26 71.7 68.8 74.5 78.1 76 80.5
27 71.8 68.9 74.5 78.2 76 80.6
28 71.9 69.1 74.6 78.2 76.1 80.6
29 72 69.2 74.7 78.2 76.1 80.6
30 72.1 69.3 74.7 78.3 76.2 80.6
31 72.2 69.4 74.8 78.3 76.2 80.7
32 72.3 69.5 74.9 78.4 76.3 80.7
33 72.4 69.7 75 78.4 76.3 80.7
34 72.5 69.8 75 78.5 76.4 80.8
35 72.6 69.9 75.1 78.5 76.5 80.8
36 72.7 70.1 75.2 78.6 76.5 80.8
37 72.9 70.2 75.3 78.6 76.6 80.9
38 73 70.4 75.4 78.7 76.7 80.9
39 73.1 70.6 75.5 78.7 76.8 80.9
40 73.3 70.7 75.6 78.8 76.9 81
41 73.4 70.9 75.7 78.9 77 81
42 73.5 71.1 75.8 79 77 81.1
43 73.7 71.3 75.9 79.1 77.2 81.2
44 73.8 71.5 76.1 79.1 77.3 81.2
45 74 71.7 76.2 79.2 77.4 81.3
46 74.2 71.9 76.3 79.3 77.5 81.3
47 74.4 72.1 76.5 79.4 77.6 81.4
48 74.6 72.3 76.6 79.5 77.8 81.5
49 74.8 72.5 76.7 79.7 77.9 81.6
50 75 72.8 76.9 79.8 78 81.7
51 75.2 73 77.1 79.9 78.2 81.8
52 75.4 73.3 77.3 80.1 78.4 81.9
53 75.6 73.6 77.4 80.2 78.5 82
54 75.9 73.9 77.6 80.4 78.7 82.1
55 76.1 74.2 77.8 80.5 78.9 82.2
56 76.4 74.5 78 80.7 79.2 82.4
57 76.7 74.8 78.2 80.9 79.4 82.5
58 76.9 75.1 78.5 81.1 79.6 82.7
59 77.2 75.4 78.7 81.3 79.8 82.8
60 77.5 75.8 78.9 81.5 80.1 83
61 77.8 76.1 79.2 81.7 80.3 83.1
62 78.1 76.5 79.5 81.9 80.6 83.3
63 78.5 76.9 79.8 82.2 80.9 83.5
64 78.8 77.3 80 82.4 81.2 83.7
65 79.2 77.7 80.4 82.7 81.5 83.9
66 79.5 78.1 80.7 83 81.8 84.2
67 79.9 78.6 81 83.3 82.1 84.4
68 80.3 79 81.4 83.6 82.5 84.6
69 80.8 79.5 81.8 83.9 82.9 84.9
70 81.2 80 82.1 84.2 83.2 85.2
71 81.7 80.5 82.5 84.5 83.6 85.5
72 82.1 81 83 84.9 84 85.7
73 82.6 81.5 83.4 85.2 84.4 86
74 83.1 82.1 83.9 85.6 84.8 86.4
75 83.6 82.7 84.3 86 85.3 86.8
76 84.2 83.2 84.8 86.5 85.8 87.2
77 84.8 83.8 85.3 87 86.3 87.7
78 85.3 84.5 85.9 87.5 86.9 88.2
79 85.9 85.1 86.4 88.1 87.4 88.7
80 86.5 85.8 87 88.7 88 89.2
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 89.2 88.6 89.8
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 89.8 89.2 90.3
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 90.4 89.8 90.9
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 91 90.4 91.4
85 89.8 89.3 90.1 91.5 91 92
86 90.6 90.1 90.8 92.2 91.6 92.6
87 91.3 90.8 91.5 92.8 92.3 93.2
88 92.1 91.6 92.2 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.8 92.4 93 94.2 93.7 94.5
90 93.6 93.2 93.8 94.9 94.4 95.2
91 94.4 94.1 94.5 95.6 95.2 95.9
92 95.2 94.9 95.3 96.3 95.9 96.6
93 96 95.8 96.1 97.1 96.7 97.3
94 96.9 96.6 97 97.9 97.5 98.1
95 97.7 97.5 97.8 98.6 98.3 98.8
96 98.6 98.4 98.6 99.4 99.1 99.6
97 99.4 99.2 99.5 100.2 99.9 100.4
98 100.3 100.1 100.4 101.1 100.8 101.2
99 101.2 101 101.3 101.9 101.6 102
100 102.1 101.9 102.2 102.8 102.5 102.9

Odds of living to age in Malawi vs Malaysia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.4% in Malawi and 88% in Malaysia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.7% and 75.2% will live to 70 years or older, 30.6% and 49.5% to 80+ years, and 6.79% and 18.7% 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.

Malawi
Male

Female
Malaysia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Malawi Malaysia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 96.9% 96.5% 97.3% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 96.5% 96% 96.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 96.2% 95.8% 96.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
7 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
8 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
9 96% 95.5% 96.5% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
10 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
11 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
12 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
14 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 99.2% 99.2% 99.3%
15 95.6% 95.1% 96.2% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
16 95.5% 95% 96.1% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
17 95.4% 94.9% 96% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
18 95.3% 94.7% 96% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
19 95.2% 94.6% 95.9% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
20 95.1% 94.4% 95.8% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
21 94.9% 94.2% 95.7% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
22 94.8% 94% 95.6% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
23 94.6% 93.8% 95.5% 98.7% 98.4% 99.1%
24 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 98.7% 98.3% 99.1%
25 94.3% 93.3% 95.2% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
26 94.1% 93.1% 95.1% 98.5% 98.1% 99%
27 93.9% 92.9% 95% 98.5% 98% 99%
28 93.7% 92.6% 94.9% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
29 93.5% 92.3% 94.7% 98.3% 97.9% 98.9%
30 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 98.3% 97.8% 98.8%
31 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 98.2% 97.6% 98.8%
32 92.9% 91.5% 94.3% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
33 92.6% 91.1% 94.1% 98% 97.4% 98.7%
34 92.4% 90.8% 93.9% 97.9% 97.3% 98.6%
35 92.1% 90.5% 93.7% 97.8% 97.1% 98.5%
36 91.8% 90.1% 93.5% 97.6% 96.9% 98.4%
37 91.5% 89.7% 93.3% 97.5% 96.8% 98.3%
38 91.2% 89.3% 93.1% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
39 90.8% 88.8% 92.8% 97.2% 96.4% 98.2%
40 90.5% 88.3% 92.5% 97% 96.1% 98%
41 90.1% 87.8% 92.3% 96.8% 95.9% 97.9%
42 89.7% 87.3% 92% 96.6% 95.6% 97.8%
43 89.2% 86.7% 91.6% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
44 88.8% 86.1% 91.3% 96.2% 95% 97.5%
45 88.3% 85.5% 90.9% 95.9% 94.7% 97.3%
46 87.7% 84.8% 90.5% 95.6% 94.4% 97.1%
47 87.2% 84.1% 90.1% 95.3% 94% 96.9%
48 86.6% 83.3% 89.7% 95% 93.6% 96.7%
49 85.9% 82.5% 89.2% 94.7% 93.1% 96.5%
50 85.2% 81.7% 88.7% 94.3% 92.6% 96.2%
51 84.5% 80.7% 88.1% 93.9% 92.1% 95.9%
52 83.7% 79.8% 87.5% 93.4% 91.5% 95.6%
53 82.8% 78.7% 86.9% 92.9% 90.9% 95.2%
54 81.9% 77.6% 86.2% 92.3% 90.2% 94.8%
55 81% 76.5% 85.5% 91.7% 89.5% 94.4%
56 80% 75.2% 84.7% 91.1% 88.7% 93.9%
57 78.9% 74% 83.8% 90.4% 87.8% 93.4%
58 77.8% 72.6% 83% 89.6% 86.9% 92.8%
59 76.6% 71.2% 82% 88.9% 85.9% 92.2%
60 75.4% 69.7% 81% 88% 84.9% 91.6%
61 74.1% 68.1% 79.9% 87.1% 83.8% 90.9%
62 72.7% 66.4% 78.7% 86.2% 82.6% 90.2%
63 71.1% 64.6% 77.4% 85.1% 81.4% 89.3%
64 69.5% 62.7% 76% 84% 80.1% 88.5%
65 67.8% 60.7% 74.5% 82.8% 78.6% 87.5%
66 66% 58.7% 72.9% 81.5% 77.1% 86.4%
67 64.1% 56.5% 71.2% 80% 75.4% 85.3%
68 62.1% 54.3% 69.4% 78.5% 73.6% 84%
69 59.9% 52% 67.4% 76.9% 71.7% 82.7%
70 57.7% 49.6% 65.4% 75.2% 69.8% 81.3%
71 55.3% 47.1% 63.2% 73.4% 67.8% 79.8%
72 52.9% 44.6% 60.9% 71.6% 65.7% 78.2%
73 50.3% 41.9% 58.4% 69.6% 63.5% 76.4%
74 47.7% 39.2% 55.8% 67.3% 61.1% 74.4%
75 44.9% 36.5% 53.1% 64.9% 58.5% 72.1%
76 42.1% 33.7% 50.3% 62.2% 55.7% 69.5%
77 39.3% 31% 47.4% 59.2% 52.7% 66.5%
78 36.4% 28.2% 44.4% 56% 49.6% 63.4%
79 33.5% 25.5% 41.3% 52.8% 46.3% 60%
80 30.6% 22.8% 38.2% 49.5% 43.1% 56.7%
81 27.7% 20.2% 35% 46.3% 40% 53.3%
82 24.9% 17.8% 31.9% 43.1% 37% 50.1%
83 22.1% 15.4% 28.7% 40% 34% 46.9%
84 19.5% 13.2% 25.6% 36.9% 31% 43.6%
85 16.9% 11.1% 22.5% 33.8% 28.1% 40.4%
86 14.5% 9.26% 19.6% 30.7% 25.2% 37%
87 12.2% 7.6% 16.8% 27.6% 22.3% 33.6%
88 10.2% 6.14% 14.2% 24.5% 19.5% 30.2%
89 8.39% 4.88% 11.9% 21.5% 16.8% 26.8%
90 6.79% 3.82% 9.75% 18.7% 14.3% 23.6%
91 5.39% 2.93% 7.85% 16% 12.1% 20.5%
92 4.23% 2.22% 6.24% 13.6% 10% 17.6%
93 3.24% 1.64% 4.85% 11.3% 8.19% 14.9%
94 2.44% 1.19% 3.7% 9.35% 6.58% 12.5%
95 1.8% 0.84% 2.76% 7.59% 5.19% 10.3%
96 1.29% 0.58% 2.01% 6.06% 4.02% 8.38%
97 0.91% 0.4% 1.43% 4.74% 3.05% 6.67%
98 0.63% 0.26% 1% 3.64% 2.26% 5.22%
99 0.42% 0.17% 0.68% 2.74% 1.64% 4%
100 0.28% 0.11% 0.45% 2.02% 1.16% 3%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.76% in the birth year in Malawi and 0.48% in Malaysia, 0.24% vs 0.08% at age 30, 1.77% vs 1.01% at 60, and 9.44% vs 6.51% at 80.

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

Malawi
Male

Female
Malaysia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Malawi Malaysia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.76% 3.13% 2.38% 0.48% 0.53% 0.42%
1 0.39% 0.42% 0.36% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.22% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
3 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
16 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.05% 0.07% 0.02%
17 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.06% 0.09% 0.03%
18 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.07% 0.1% 0.03%
19 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.07% 0.11% 0.03%
20 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.07% 0.11% 0.03%
21 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.07% 0.1% 0.03%
22 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.07% 0.1% 0.03%
23 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.06% 0.09% 0.03%
24 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
25 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
26 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
27 0.21% 0.27% 0.14% 0.07% 0.09% 0.04%
28 0.22% 0.29% 0.15% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
29 0.23% 0.3% 0.15% 0.08% 0.1% 0.05%
30 0.24% 0.32% 0.16% 0.08% 0.11% 0.05%
31 0.25% 0.33% 0.17% 0.09% 0.12% 0.06%
32 0.26% 0.35% 0.18% 0.1% 0.13% 0.06%
33 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.11% 0.14% 0.07%
34 0.29% 0.39% 0.21% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
35 0.31% 0.42% 0.22% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
36 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
37 0.35% 0.47% 0.25% 0.15% 0.2% 0.09%
38 0.38% 0.5% 0.27% 0.16% 0.21% 0.1%
39 0.4% 0.53% 0.29% 0.18% 0.23% 0.11%
40 0.43% 0.57% 0.31% 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
41 0.45% 0.6% 0.33% 0.21% 0.27% 0.13%
42 0.49% 0.65% 0.35% 0.23% 0.3% 0.15%
43 0.52% 0.69% 0.37% 0.25% 0.32% 0.16%
44 0.56% 0.74% 0.4% 0.27% 0.35% 0.17%
45 0.6% 0.79% 0.43% 0.29% 0.38% 0.19%
46 0.65% 0.84% 0.46% 0.31% 0.41% 0.21%
47 0.7% 0.91% 0.5% 0.34% 0.44% 0.23%
48 0.76% 0.98% 0.54% 0.37% 0.48% 0.25%
49 0.82% 1.05% 0.58% 0.41% 0.52% 0.28%
50 0.89% 1.14% 0.63% 0.45% 0.57% 0.31%
51 0.94% 1.21% 0.67% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
52 1.02% 1.3% 0.74% 0.54% 0.69% 0.38%
53 1.09% 1.39% 0.79% 0.59% 0.75% 0.42%
54 1.16% 1.49% 0.85% 0.65% 0.83% 0.47%
55 1.23% 1.59% 0.91% 0.71% 0.9% 0.51%
56 1.31% 1.7% 0.98% 0.77% 0.97% 0.55%
57 1.4% 1.83% 1.06% 0.83% 1.05% 0.6%
58 1.5% 1.97% 1.15% 0.88% 1.12% 0.64%
59 1.62% 2.12% 1.25% 0.95% 1.2% 0.69%
60 1.77% 2.32% 1.39% 1.01% 1.28% 0.75%
61 1.9% 2.48% 1.49% 1.1% 1.37% 0.82%
62 2.09% 2.7% 1.65% 1.19% 1.49% 0.9%
63 2.27% 2.92% 1.8% 1.31% 1.63% 0.99%
64 2.47% 3.15% 1.97% 1.45% 1.8% 1.1%
65 2.7% 3.4% 2.17% 1.6% 1.99% 1.22%
66 2.9% 3.64% 2.33% 1.76% 2.18% 1.34%
67 3.15% 3.93% 2.54% 1.91% 2.37% 1.47%
68 3.43% 4.25% 2.78% 2.06% 2.54% 1.58%
69 3.72% 4.59% 3.03% 2.2% 2.7% 1.71%
70 4.11% 5.03% 3.39% 2.35% 2.87% 1.84%
71 4.4% 5.38% 3.63% 2.54% 3.09% 2.03%
72 4.86% 5.92% 4.05% 2.81% 3.37% 2.28%
73 5.28% 6.42% 4.43% 3.17% 3.75% 2.63%
74 5.75% 6.98% 4.86% 3.63% 4.23% 3.08%
75 6.27% 7.59% 5.34% 4.18% 4.8% 3.62%
76 6.76% 8.21% 5.8% 4.78% 5.4% 4.21%
77 7.31% 8.88% 6.31% 5.35% 5.98% 4.78%
78 8.01% 9.69% 6.95% 5.83% 6.48% 5.25%
79 8.65% 10.4% 7.55% 6.21% 6.9% 5.61%
80 9.44% 11.4% 8.27% 6.51% 7.26% 5.87%
81 10.1% 12.1% 8.87% 6.82% 7.63% 6.12%
82 11.1% 13.3% 9.93% 7.2% 8.09% 6.44%
83 12.1% 14.4% 10.9% 7.71% 8.69% 6.88%
84 13.3% 15.6% 12% 8.38% 9.46% 7.5%
85 14.3% 16.7% 13.1% 9.21% 10.4% 8.27%
86 15.4% 18% 14.2% 10.2% 11.4% 9.17%
87 16.6% 19.2% 15.3% 11.2% 12.5% 10.2%
88 17.8% 20.5% 16.6% 12.2% 13.7% 11.2%
89 19% 21.7% 17.8% 13.3% 14.8% 12.1%
90 20.6% 23.3% 19.5% 14.3% 15.9% 13.1%
91 21.6% 24.4% 20.5% 15.3% 17% 14.1%
92 23.3% 26% 22.2% 16.4% 18.3% 15.1%
93 24.7% 27.5% 23.7% 17.5% 19.6% 16.2%
94 26.3% 29.1% 25.4% 18.8% 21.1% 17.5%
95 28.1% 30.8% 27.2% 20.2% 22.6% 18.9%
96 29.7% 32.3% 28.8% 21.7% 24.2% 20.4%
97 31.2% 33.7% 30.4% 23.2% 25.8% 21.8%
98 32.6% 35.1% 31.9% 24.8% 27.5% 23.4%
99 34.4% 36.8% 33.8% 26.4% 29.2% 25%
100 35.9% 38.2% 35.3% 27.8% 30.8% 26.5%

Death rate by age in Malawi compared to Malaysia

In Malawi, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 79 in Malaysia. The median age of death is 73.1 in Malawi and 79.8 in Malaysia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Malawi
Male

Female
Malaysia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Malawi Malaysia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,759 3,129 2,385 476 533 415
1 379 404 353 33.9 33.4 34.3
2 237.5 258.9 215.8 29.2 29.8 28.5
3 168.3 184.6 151.7 25.3 26.7 23.8
4 126.8 139.2 114.2 22.1 24 20.1
5 100.2 110 90.4 19.6 21.7 17.3
6 85.9 95.4 76.4 17.6 19.8 15.2
7 76.3 85.7 66.7 16.2 18.6 13.8
8 68.3 77.3 59.2 15.5 17.9 13
9 62.8 71.3 54.1 15.5 18.1 12.8
10 59.7 68.2 51.1 16.2 19.2 13.1
11 59 68.1 49.8 17.8 21.5 13.8
12 60.4 70.1 50.6 20.6 25.7 15
13 64.5 75.3 53.7 24.9 32.4 16.8
14 71.7 85 58.4 31.2 42.4 19
15 82 98.8 65.2 39.7 56.2 21.7
16 94.9 117 72.7 49.4 72.4 24.4
17 108.6 137.6 79.6 59.1 88.8 27
18 123.3 160.2 86.6 66.4 100.8 29.2
19 133.8 175.4 92.3 70.2 106.6 30.9
20 143.1 189.1 97.4 70.4 105.7 32
21 151 201 101.2 68.5 100.8 32.7
22 158.7 211.8 105.8 65.7 94.8 33.3
23 165.6 221 110.5 63.4 89.8 33.9
24 172.2 229 115.6 62.1 86.5 34.8
25 178.7 237.2 120.4 62.3 85.6 36.1
26 185.6 245.1 126.3 63.9 86.6 38
27 193.4 254.5 132.5 66.8 89.6 40.4
28 201.9 265 139.1 71.1 94.5 43.5
29 210.9 276.4 146.2 76.6 101.1 47.4
30 222 290.7 154.7 83.3 109.2 51.8
31 230.4 302 160.6 90.7 118.5 56.7
32 244.2 320 171.7 98.8 128.8 61.9
33 257 337 181.7 107.4 139.8 67.4
34 271.5 356 192.6 116.3 151.5 73
35 288.1 378 205.9 125.7 163.9 79
36 304 399 218.8 135.6 176.9 85.4
37 322 423 232 146.5 191.2 92.5
38 343 449 249.3 158.6 206.8 100.8
39 363 474 265.1 172.1 224 110.2
40 388 506 285.2 187 242.8 120.7
41 408 530 299.9 203 262.9 132.2
42 438 566 324 220.2 284.2 144.3
43 465 598 343 238.5 307 156.9
44 496 634 365 257.8 331 170.1
45 533 677 392 278.3 356 184.3
46 568 716 416 300 384 200.2
47 609 762 446 325 414 218.7
48 655 813 482 353 448 240.5
49 702 865 517 385 486 266.2
50 759 929 563 420 529 295.8
51 798 975 592 460 577 329
52 855 1,040 645 505 629 365
53 900 1,096 684 552 685 403
54 949 1,157 731 601 744 442
55 996 1,219 778 650 804 480
56 1,048 1,282 833 699 864 519
57 1,102 1,350 887 746 920 558
58 1,171 1,430 958 793 974 597
59 1,239 1,510 1,025 841 1,027 640
60 1,338 1,616 1,125 893 1,084 687
61 1,405 1,687 1,188 955 1,151 743
62 1,516 1,794 1,300 1,029 1,231 809
63 1,612 1,883 1,395 1,118 1,329 886
64 1,716 1,973 1,499 1,219 1,442 973
65 1,828 2,067 1,615 1,327 1,562 1,066
66 1,912 2,137 1,699 1,435 1,680 1,161
67 2,016 2,222 1,808 1,531 1,784 1,250
68 2,127 2,309 1,930 1,613 1,868 1,330
69 2,226 2,386 2,040 1,688 1,938 1,410
70 2,371 2,494 2,214 1,766 2,006 1,499
71 2,433 2,537 2,293 1,868 2,094 1,617
72 2,572 2,639 2,467 2,011 2,216 1,782
73 2,655 2,691 2,586 2,206 2,383 2,007
74 2,739 2,737 2,711 2,447 2,586 2,288
75 2,815 2,769 2,834 2,715 2,806 2,610
76 2,847 2,770 2,916 2,972 3,009 2,928
77 2,869 2,749 2,989 3,167 3,152 3,181
78 2,915 2,734 3,085 3,267 3,211 3,326
79 2,894 2,661 3,115 3,278 3,197 3,365
80 2,887 2,601 3,158 3,223 3,131 3,323
81 2,788 2,455 3,104 3,155 3,055 3,264
82 2,777 2,368 3,168 3,103 2,991 3,224
83 2,684 2,217 3,131 3,084 2,953 3,226
84 2,577 2,061 3,073 3,096 2,935 3,272
85 2,412 1,861 2,944 3,118 2,917 3,338
86 2,231 1,664 2,778 3,124 2,876 3,396
87 2,026 1,457 2,578 3,089 2,795 3,416
88 1,819 1,259 2,365 2,999 2,662 3,374
89 1,594 1,061 2,117 2,851 2,485 3,260
90 1,399 890 1,900 2,663 2,278 3,094
91 1,166 714 1,612 2,448 2,056 2,891
92 983 576 1,387 2,216 1,829 2,655
93 802 451 1,153 1,983 1,605 2,416
94 643 345 939 1,759 1,387 2,186
95 505 259.5 751 1,536 1,174 1,950
96 384 188.4 580 1,315 972 1,706
97 283.6 133.3 435 1,101 787 1,458
98 204.3 91.9 318 901 621 1,219
99 145.2 62.6 229.1 722 478 999
100 34.7 0.008 71 503 283.8 749

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 Malawi and Malaysia 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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