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Life Expectancy in Malawi vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.9 years in Malawi vs 59.3 in Somalia. Malawi is ranked 152/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Malawi, the life expectancy is 64.6 years for males and 71.1 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Malawi vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Malawi
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Malawi Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 32.7 30.9 34.4 41.5 40 42.9
1951 32.8 31.1 34.6 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 33 31.2 34.7 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 33.2 31.4 34.9 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 33.3 31.6 35.1 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 33.6 31.9 35.3 42.5 41.1 44
1956 33.8 32.2 35.5 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 34.1 32.4 35.8 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 34.4 32.8 36.1 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 34.8 33.2 36.3 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 35 33.4 36.6 43.5 42.1 45
1961 35.2 33.7 36.8 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 35.4 33.9 37 44 42.5 45.5
1963 35.6 34.1 37.1 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 35.7 34.1 37.2 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 35.7 34.2 37.3 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 35.8 34.3 37.4 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 35.9 34.3 37.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 36.1 34.5 37.6 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 36.3 34.8 37.8 45.5 44 46.9
1970 36.6 35.1 38.1 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 37.1 35.7 38.5 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 37.6 36.2 39 46 44.6 47.5
1973 38.4 36.9 39.8 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 39.2 37.7 40.6 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 40.1 38.5 41.6 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 41 39.3 42.7 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 42 40.1 43.8 47 45.6 48.5
1978 43 41 45 47 45.4 48.7
1979 43.7 41.7 45.7 47.4 46 48.9
1980 44.3 42.3 46.4 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 44.7 42.7 46.8 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 44.8 42.9 46.8 48 46.6 49.5
1983 45 43 46.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 44.8 42.9 46.8 48.4 47 49.9
1985 44.6 42.7 46.5 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 44.3 42.5 46.2 48.4 47 49.9
1987 43.9 42.2 45.7 49 47.6 50.5
1988 43.6 42 45.2 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 43.5 42 45.1 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 43.6 42.1 45.1 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 43.5 42.1 45 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 43.6 42.3 45 25 23.9 26.3
1993 43.6 42.4 44.9 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 43.8 42.6 45 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 43.8 42.6 45 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 44 42.7 45.3 50.5 49 52.1
1997 44.2 42.8 45.6 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 44.3 42.8 45.8 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 45.1 43.5 46.6 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 46.2 44.6 47.8 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 47.2 45.7 48.7 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 48.2 46.6 49.8 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 49.6 47.9 51.3 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 51.1 49.4 52.8 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 52.5 50.6 54.3 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 53.7 51.8 55.4 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 54.7 53 56.3 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 55.7 53.9 57.4 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 56.7 54.8 58.6 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 57.8 55.6 59.9 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 58.9 56.5 61.2 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 59.9 57.3 62.4 49.1 47.3 51
2013 60.8 58.1 63.6 54 52.1 56
2014 61.7 58.8 64.5 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 62.3 59.4 65.2 55.1 53 57.1
2016 63.2 60.1 66.2 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 63.9 60.8 67.1 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 64.5 61 67.9 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 65 61.6 68.4 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 65.2 61.7 68.8 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 64.8 61.3 68.2 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 66 62.7 69.4 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 67.4 64.1 70.6 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 67.6 64.3 70.8 59 56.5 61.6
2025 67.7 64.4 71 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 67.9 64.6 71.1 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 54.7 years in Malawi and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.7 healthy years in Malawi and 9.46 in Somalia.

Malawi 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 Malawi 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:
42.1 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.1 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
74.4 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Malawi Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 97.9% 93.5% 95.8%
50 88.7% 93.8% 85.6% 89.9%
60 75.7% 85.6% 73.7% 80.7%
65 66.0% 78.7% 65.1% 73.4%
70 53.9% 69.1% 54.0% 63.1%
75 39.7% 56.2% 40.3% 49.2%
80 24.8% 40.4% 25.4% 32.9%
85 12.1% 23.8% 12.2% 17.1%
90 4.1% 10.3% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.9% 2.9% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 0.5% 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 Malawi vs Somalia: 72.1 years vs 70.2 at 30, 79.2 vs 78.5 at 65, 86.5 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.9 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 Malawi and Somalia.

Malawi
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Malawi Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.9 64.6 71.1 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 69.8 66.7 72.9 63.3 61 65.7
2 70.1 67 73.1 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 70.3 67.1 73.3 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 70.4 67.3 73.4 65.3 63 67.8
5 70.5 67.4 73.5 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 70.5 67.4 73.5 66 63.7 68.4
7 70.6 67.5 73.6 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 70.7 67.5 73.6 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 70.7 67.6 73.7 66.6 64.3 69
10 70.7 67.6 73.7 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 70.8 67.7 73.8 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 70.8 67.7 73.8 67 64.7 69.4
13 70.9 67.8 73.8 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 70.9 67.8 73.9 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 70.9 67.8 73.9 67.3 65 69.7
16 71 67.9 73.9 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 71 68 74 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 71.1 68 74 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 71.2 68.1 74.1 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 71.2 68.2 74.1 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 71.3 68.3 74.2 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 71.4 68.4 74.2 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 71.5 68.5 74.3 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 71.6 68.6 74.3 68.9 67 70.9
25 71.6 68.7 74.4 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 71.7 68.8 74.5 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 71.8 68.9 74.5 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 71.9 69.1 74.6 69.8 68 71.5
29 72 69.2 74.7 70 68.3 71.7
30 72.1 69.3 74.7 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 72.2 69.4 74.8 70.4 68.8 72
32 72.3 69.5 74.9 70.6 69 72.2
33 72.4 69.7 75 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 72.5 69.8 75 71 69.5 72.5
35 72.6 69.9 75.1 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 72.7 70.1 75.2 71.4 70 72.8
37 72.9 70.2 75.3 71.6 70.2 73
38 73 70.4 75.4 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 73.1 70.6 75.5 72 70.7 73.3
40 73.3 70.7 75.6 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 73.4 70.9 75.7 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 73.5 71.1 75.8 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 73.7 71.3 75.9 72.8 71.6 74
44 73.8 71.5 76.1 73 71.8 74.2
45 74 71.7 76.2 73.2 72 74.4
46 74.2 71.9 76.3 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 74.4 72.1 76.5 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 74.6 72.3 76.6 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 74.8 72.5 76.7 74.1 73 75.1
50 75 72.8 76.9 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 75.2 73 77.1 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75.4 73.3 77.3 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 75.6 73.6 77.4 75 74 75.9
54 75.9 73.9 77.6 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 76.1 74.2 77.8 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 76.4 74.5 78 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76.7 74.8 78.2 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 76.9 75.1 78.5 76.3 75.5 77
59 77.2 75.4 78.7 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 77.5 75.8 78.9 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.8 76.1 79.2 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 78.1 76.5 79.5 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 78.5 76.9 79.8 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.8 77.3 80 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 79.2 77.7 80.4 78.5 77.9 79
66 79.5 78.1 80.7 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.9 78.6 81 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 80.3 79 81.4 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 80.8 79.5 81.8 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 81.2 80 82.1 80.5 80 80.9
71 81.7 80.5 82.5 81 80.5 81.3
72 82.1 81 83 81.4 81 81.8
73 82.6 81.5 83.4 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 83.1 82.1 83.9 82.4 82 82.7
75 83.6 82.7 84.3 83 82.6 83.3
76 84.2 83.2 84.8 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84.8 83.8 85.3 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 85.3 84.5 85.9 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.9 85.1 86.4 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 86.5 85.8 87 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 87.8 87.6 88
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.8 89.3 90.1 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.6 90.1 90.8 90 89.7 90.2
87 91.3 90.8 91.5 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 92.1 91.6 92.2 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.8 92.4 93 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.6 93.2 93.8 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.4 94.1 94.5 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 95.2 94.9 95.3 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 96 95.8 96.1 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.9 96.6 97 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.7 97.5 97.8 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.6 98.4 98.6 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99.4 99.2 99.5 99.1 99 99.2
98 100.3 100.1 100.4 100 99.9 100.1
99 101.2 101 101.3 100.9 100.8 101
100 102.1 101.9 102.2 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Malawi vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.4% in Malawi and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.7% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30.6% and 24% to 80+ years, and 6.79% 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.

Malawi
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Malawi Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 96.9% 96.5% 97.3% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 96.5% 96% 96.9% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 96.2% 95.8% 96.7% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 96% 95.5% 96.5% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.3% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 95.6% 95.1% 96.2% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 95.5% 95% 96.1% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 95.4% 94.9% 96% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 95.3% 94.7% 96% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 95.2% 94.6% 95.9% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 95.1% 94.4% 95.8% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 94.9% 94.2% 95.7% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 94.8% 94% 95.6% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 94.6% 93.8% 95.5% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 94.3% 93.3% 95.2% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 94.1% 93.1% 95.1% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 93.9% 92.9% 95% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 93.7% 92.6% 94.9% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 93.5% 92.3% 94.7% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 92.9% 91.5% 94.3% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 92.6% 91.1% 94.1% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 92.4% 90.8% 93.9% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 92.1% 90.5% 93.7% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 91.8% 90.1% 93.5% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 91.5% 89.7% 93.3% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 91.2% 89.3% 93.1% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 90.8% 88.8% 92.8% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 90.5% 88.3% 92.5% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 90.1% 87.8% 92.3% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 89.7% 87.3% 92% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 89.2% 86.7% 91.6% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 88.8% 86.1% 91.3% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 88.3% 85.5% 90.9% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 87.7% 84.8% 90.5% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 87.2% 84.1% 90.1% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 86.6% 83.3% 89.7% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 85.9% 82.5% 89.2% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 85.2% 81.7% 88.7% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 84.5% 80.7% 88.1% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 83.7% 79.8% 87.5% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 82.8% 78.7% 86.9% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 81.9% 77.6% 86.2% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 81% 76.5% 85.5% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 80% 75.2% 84.7% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 78.9% 74% 83.8% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 77.8% 72.6% 83% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 76.6% 71.2% 82% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 75.4% 69.7% 81% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 74.1% 68.1% 79.9% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 72.7% 66.4% 78.7% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 71.1% 64.6% 77.4% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 69.5% 62.7% 76% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 67.8% 60.7% 74.5% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 66% 58.7% 72.9% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 64.1% 56.5% 71.2% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 62.1% 54.3% 69.4% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 59.9% 52% 67.4% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 57.7% 49.6% 65.4% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 55.3% 47.1% 63.2% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 52.9% 44.6% 60.9% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 50.3% 41.9% 58.4% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 47.7% 39.2% 55.8% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 44.9% 36.5% 53.1% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 42.1% 33.7% 50.3% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 39.3% 31% 47.4% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 36.4% 28.2% 44.4% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 33.5% 25.5% 41.3% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 30.6% 22.8% 38.2% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 27.7% 20.2% 35% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 24.9% 17.8% 31.9% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 22.1% 15.4% 28.7% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 19.5% 13.2% 25.6% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 16.9% 11.1% 22.5% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 14.5% 9.26% 19.6% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 12.2% 7.6% 16.8% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 10.2% 6.14% 14.2% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 8.39% 4.88% 11.9% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 6.79% 3.82% 9.75% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 5.39% 2.93% 7.85% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 4.23% 2.22% 6.24% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 3.24% 1.64% 4.85% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 2.44% 1.19% 3.7% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 1.8% 0.84% 2.76% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 1.29% 0.58% 2.01% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.91% 0.4% 1.43% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.63% 0.26% 1% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.42% 0.17% 0.68% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.28% 0.11% 0.45% 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 2.76% in the birth year in Malawi and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.24% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.77% vs 1.79% at 60, and 9.44% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Malawi
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Malawi Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.76% 3.13% 2.38% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.39% 0.42% 0.36% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.22% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.21% 0.27% 0.14% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.22% 0.29% 0.15% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.23% 0.3% 0.15% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.24% 0.32% 0.16% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.25% 0.33% 0.17% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.26% 0.35% 0.18% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.29% 0.39% 0.21% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.31% 0.42% 0.22% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.35% 0.47% 0.25% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.38% 0.5% 0.27% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.4% 0.53% 0.29% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.43% 0.57% 0.31% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.45% 0.6% 0.33% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.49% 0.65% 0.35% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.52% 0.69% 0.37% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.56% 0.74% 0.4% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.6% 0.79% 0.43% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.65% 0.84% 0.46% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.7% 0.91% 0.5% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.76% 0.98% 0.54% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.82% 1.05% 0.58% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.89% 1.14% 0.63% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.94% 1.21% 0.67% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 1.02% 1.3% 0.74% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.09% 1.39% 0.79% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.16% 1.49% 0.85% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.23% 1.59% 0.91% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.31% 1.7% 0.98% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.4% 1.83% 1.06% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.5% 1.97% 1.15% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.62% 2.12% 1.25% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.77% 2.32% 1.39% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.9% 2.48% 1.49% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.09% 2.7% 1.65% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.27% 2.92% 1.8% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.47% 3.15% 1.97% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.7% 3.4% 2.17% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.9% 3.64% 2.33% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.15% 3.93% 2.54% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.43% 4.25% 2.78% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.72% 4.59% 3.03% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.11% 5.03% 3.39% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.4% 5.38% 3.63% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 4.86% 5.92% 4.05% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.28% 6.42% 4.43% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 5.75% 6.98% 4.86% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.27% 7.59% 5.34% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 6.76% 8.21% 5.8% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 7.31% 8.88% 6.31% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 8.01% 9.69% 6.95% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 8.65% 10.4% 7.55% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 9.44% 11.4% 8.27% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 10.1% 12.1% 8.87% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 11.1% 13.3% 9.93% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 12.1% 14.4% 10.9% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 13.3% 15.6% 12% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 14.3% 16.7% 13.1% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 15.4% 18% 14.2% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 16.6% 19.2% 15.3% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 17.8% 20.5% 16.6% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 19% 21.7% 17.8% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 20.6% 23.3% 19.5% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 21.6% 24.4% 20.5% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 23.3% 26% 22.2% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 24.7% 27.5% 23.7% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 26.3% 29.1% 25.4% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 28.1% 30.8% 27.2% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 29.7% 32.3% 28.8% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 31.2% 33.7% 30.4% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 32.6% 35.1% 31.9% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 34.4% 36.8% 33.8% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 35.9% 38.2% 35.3% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Malawi compared to Somalia

In Malawi, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 73.1 in Malawi and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Malawi
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Malawi Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,759 3,129 2,385 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 379 404 353 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 237.5 258.9 215.8 972 995 947
3 168.3 184.6 151.7 742 770 712
4 126.8 139.2 114.2 572 601 542
5 100.2 110 90.4 447 473 420
6 85.9 95.4 76.4 356 377 333
7 76.3 85.7 66.7 289.8 307 272.2
8 68.3 77.3 59.2 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 62.8 71.3 54.1 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 59.7 68.2 51.1 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 59 68.1 49.8 176.6 181 172.1
12 60.4 70.1 50.6 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 64.5 75.3 53.7 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 71.7 85 58.4 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 82 98.8 65.2 211.2 234.4 187
16 94.9 117 72.7 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 108.6 137.6 79.6 264.8 315 211.9
18 123.3 160.2 86.6 296.4 365 224.4
19 133.8 175.4 92.3 331 422 235.7
20 143.1 189.1 97.4 363 475 245.7
21 151 201 101.2 388 515 254.5
22 158.7 211.8 105.8 402 535 262.5
23 165.6 221 110.5 407 539 270.2
24 172.2 229 115.6 410 537 278
25 178.7 237.2 120.4 412 532 286
26 185.6 245.1 126.3 413 526 294.2
27 193.4 254.5 132.5 415 522 302
28 201.9 265 139.1 417 519 310
29 210.9 276.4 146.2 419 516 317
30 222 290.7 154.7 422 515 324
31 230.4 302 160.6 424 514 330
32 244.2 320 171.7 427 514 335
33 257 337 181.7 430 514 341
34 271.5 356 192.6 433 514 347
35 288.1 378 205.9 437 514 354
36 304 399 218.8 443 517 364
37 322 423 232 453 523 377
38 343 449 249.3 465 532 394
39 363 474 265.1 481 544 413
40 388 506 285.2 497 558 433
41 408 530 299.9 514 573 451
42 438 566 324 528 587 465
43 465 598 343 540 601 475
44 496 634 365 550 613 482
45 533 677 392 560 627 489
46 568 716 416 574 644 499
47 609 762 446 593 667 514
48 655 813 482 620 697 537
49 702 865 517 654 734 568
50 759 929 563 693 776 604
51 798 975 592 734 819 644
52 855 1,040 645 775 861 683
53 900 1,096 684 811 898 720
54 949 1,157 731 844 931 753
55 996 1,219 778 875 962 785
56 1,048 1,282 833 908 994 820
57 1,102 1,350 887 948 1,033 861
58 1,171 1,430 958 998 1,082 913
59 1,239 1,510 1,025 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,338 1,616 1,125 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,405 1,687 1,188 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,516 1,794 1,300 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,612 1,883 1,395 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,716 1,973 1,499 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,828 2,067 1,615 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,912 2,137 1,699 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 2,016 2,222 1,808 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 2,127 2,309 1,930 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,226 2,386 2,040 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,371 2,494 2,214 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,433 2,537 2,293 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,572 2,639 2,467 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,655 2,691 2,586 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,739 2,737 2,711 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,815 2,769 2,834 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,847 2,770 2,916 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,869 2,749 2,989 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,915 2,734 3,085 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,894 2,661 3,115 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,887 2,601 3,158 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,788 2,455 3,104 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,777 2,368 3,168 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,684 2,217 3,131 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,577 2,061 3,073 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,412 1,861 2,944 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 2,231 1,664 2,778 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 2,026 1,457 2,578 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,819 1,259 2,365 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,594 1,061 2,117 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,399 890 1,900 984 783 1,190
91 1,166 714 1,612 802 621 985
92 983 576 1,387 637 479 797
93 802 451 1,153 493 360 628
94 643 345 939 371 262.4 482
95 505 259.5 751 272.3 185.8 361
96 384 188.4 580 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 283.6 133.3 435 134.9 84.8 186
98 204.3 91.9 318 91 54.6 128.2
99 145.2 62.6 229.1 59.7 34 85.8
100 34.7 0.008 71 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 Malawi 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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