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Life Expectancy in Malawi vs South Sudan (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.7 years in Malawi vs 57.9 in South Sudan. Malawi is ranked 152/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Malawi, the life expectancy is 64.4 years for males and 71 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females.

Malawi vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Malawi
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Malawi South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 32.7 30.9 34.4 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 32.8 31.1 34.6 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 33 31.2 34.7 31 28.9 33.4
1953 33.2 31.4 34.9 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 33.3 31.6 35.1 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 33.6 31.9 35.3 32 30 34.3
1956 33.8 32.2 35.5 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 34.1 32.4 35.8 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 34.4 32.8 36.1 27.6 25.5 30
1959 34.8 33.2 36.3 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 35 33.4 36.6 28.1 26 30.4
1961 35.2 33.7 36.8 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 35.4 33.9 37 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 35.6 34.1 37.1 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 35.7 34.1 37.2 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 35.7 34.2 37.3 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 35.8 34.3 37.4 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 35.9 34.3 37.5 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 36.1 34.5 37.6 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 36.3 34.8 37.8 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 36.6 35.1 38.1 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 37.1 35.7 38.5 31 28.3 33.9
1972 37.6 36.2 39 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 38.4 36.9 39.8 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 39.2 37.7 40.6 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 40.1 38.5 41.6 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 41 39.3 42.7 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 42 40.1 43.8 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 43 41 45 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 43.7 41.7 45.7 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 44.3 42.3 46.4 38 37.5 38.5
1981 44.7 42.7 46.8 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 44.8 42.9 46.8 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 45 43 46.9 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 44.8 42.9 46.8 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 44.6 42.7 46.5 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 44.3 42.5 46.2 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 43.9 42.2 45.7 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 43.6 42 45.2 11 10.6 11.3
1989 43.5 42 45.1 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 43.6 42.1 45.1 28.6 26.4 31
1991 43.5 42.1 45 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 43.6 42.3 45 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 43.6 42.4 44.9 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 43.8 42.6 45 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 43.8 42.6 45 31.5 29.2 34
1996 44 42.7 45.3 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 44.2 42.8 45.6 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 44.3 42.8 45.8 19 17.6 20.7
1999 45.1 43.5 46.6 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 46.2 44.6 47.8 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 47.2 45.7 48.7 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 48.2 46.6 49.8 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 49.6 47.9 51.3 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 51.1 49.4 52.8 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 52.5 50.6 54.3 54 53.4 54.5
2006 53.7 51.8 55.4 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 54.7 53 56.3 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 55.7 53.9 57.4 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 56.7 54.8 58.6 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 57.8 55.6 59.9 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 58.9 56.5 61.2 57.7 56.3 59
2012 59.9 57.3 62.4 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 60.8 58.1 63.6 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 61.7 58.8 64.5 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 62.3 59.4 65.2 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 63.2 60.1 66.2 36.7 33.8 40
2017 63.9 60.8 67.1 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 64.5 61 67.9 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 65 61.6 68.4 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 65.2 61.7 68.8 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 64.8 61.3 68.2 57 54.4 59.7
2022 66 62.7 69.4 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 67.4 64.1 70.6 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 67.6 64.3 70.8 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 67.7 64.4 71 57.9 54.9 60.9

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 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.7 healthy years in Malawi and 11 in South Sudan.

Malawi vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan, 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:
42.0 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.0 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.3 vs 72.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Malawi South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.8% 92.9% 95.3%
50 88.6% 93.7% 83.8% 89.0%
60 75.5% 85.4% 70.4% 79.4%
65 65.7% 78.5% 61.0% 71.7%
70 53.6% 68.9% 49.2% 61.1%
75 39.4% 55.9% 35.3% 47.1%
80 24.6% 40.1% 20.9% 31.0%
85 11.9% 23.6% 9.2% 15.8%
90 4.1% 10.2% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.9% 2.9% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%

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 South Sudan: 72 years vs 69.1 at 30, 79.1 vs 78 at 65, 86.5 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.7 vs 57.9 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 South Sudan.

Malawi
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Malawi South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.7 64.4 71 57.9 54.9 60.9
1 69.7 66.6 72.7 61.7 58.8 64.6
2 70 66.8 73 62.4 59.4 65.4
3 70.1 67 73.2 63 60 66
4 70.3 67.1 73.3 63.5 60.5 66.5
5 70.4 67.2 73.4 64 61 66.9
6 70.4 67.3 73.4 64.3 61.4 67.3
7 70.5 67.4 73.5 64.7 61.7 67.5
8 70.5 67.4 73.5 64.9 62 67.8
9 70.6 67.5 73.6 65.1 62.3 67.9
10 70.6 67.5 73.6 65.3 62.5 68.1
11 70.7 67.6 73.6 65.5 62.7 68.2
12 70.7 67.6 73.7 65.6 62.9 68.4
13 70.7 67.6 73.7 65.8 63 68.5
14 70.8 67.7 73.7 65.9 63.2 68.6
15 70.8 67.7 73.8 66.1 63.3 68.7
16 70.9 67.8 73.8 66.2 63.5 68.9
17 70.9 67.8 73.9 66.4 63.7 69
18 71 67.9 73.9 66.5 63.9 69.1
19 71 68 74 66.7 64.1 69.3
20 71.1 68.1 74 66.9 64.3 69.4
21 71.2 68.2 74.1 67.1 64.6 69.6
22 71.3 68.3 74.1 67.3 64.8 69.8
23 71.4 68.4 74.2 67.6 65.1 69.9
24 71.4 68.5 74.2 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 71.5 68.6 74.3 68 65.6 70.2
26 71.6 68.7 74.4 68.2 65.9 70.4
27 71.7 68.8 74.4 68.4 66.2 70.6
28 71.8 69 74.5 68.7 66.4 70.7
29 71.9 69.1 74.6 68.9 66.7 70.9
30 72 69.2 74.6 69.1 66.9 71.1
31 72.1 69.3 74.7 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 72.2 69.4 74.8 69.5 67.4 71.4
33 72.3 69.6 74.9 69.7 67.7 71.6
34 72.4 69.7 74.9 69.9 67.9 71.8
35 72.5 69.9 75 70.1 68.1 72
36 72.6 70 75.1 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 72.8 70.2 75.2 70.6 68.6 72.3
38 72.9 70.3 75.3 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 73 70.5 75.4 71 69.1 72.7
40 73.2 70.6 75.5 71.2 69.3 72.9
41 73.3 70.8 75.6 71.4 69.6 73.1
42 73.5 71 75.7 71.6 69.9 73.3
43 73.6 71.2 75.9 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 73.8 71.4 76 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 73.9 71.6 76.1 72.3 70.6 73.8
46 74.1 71.8 76.2 72.6 70.9 74
47 74.3 72 76.4 72.8 71.2 74.2
48 74.5 72.2 76.5 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.7 72.5 76.7 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 74.9 72.7 76.8 73.5 72 74.8
51 75.1 73 77 73.7 72.3 75
52 75.3 73.2 77.2 74 72.6 75.2
53 75.6 73.5 77.4 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 75.8 73.8 77.6 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 76.1 74.1 77.8 74.8 73.5 75.9
56 76.3 74.4 78 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76.6 74.7 78.2 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 76.9 75 78.4 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 77.2 75.4 78.6 76 74.8 76.9
60 77.4 75.7 78.9 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.8 76.1 79.1 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 78.1 76.5 79.4 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 78.4 76.9 79.7 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.8 77.3 80 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 79.1 77.7 80.3 78 77.1 78.7
66 79.5 78.1 80.7 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.9 78.6 81 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 80.3 79 81.3 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 80.7 79.5 81.7 79.6 78.9 80.2
70 81.2 80 82.1 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 81.6 80.5 82.5 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 82.1 81 82.9 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 82.6 81.5 83.4 81.6 80.9 82
74 83.1 82.1 83.8 82.1 81.5 82.5
75 83.6 82.6 84.3 82.6 82 83.1
76 84.2 83.2 84.8 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 84.7 83.8 85.3 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 85.3 84.4 85.9 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85.9 85.1 86.4 85 84.5 85.3
80 86.5 85.7 87 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 87.1 86.4 87.6 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 87 86.5 87.2
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.8 89.3 90.1 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 90.5 90 90.8 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 91.3 90.8 91.5 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 92 91.6 92.2 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.8 92.4 93 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.6 93.2 93.7 93 92.6 93.2
91 94.4 94.1 94.5 93.8 93.4 94
92 95.2 94.9 95.3 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 96 95.8 96.1 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.9 96.6 96.9 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.7 97.5 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.6 98.4 98.6 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.4 99.2 99.5 98.9 98.7 99
98 100.3 100.1 100.4 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 101.2 101 101.3 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102.1 101.9 102.2 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Malawi vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.1% in Malawi and 61% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.3% and 45% will live to 70 years or older, 30.3% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 6.69% and 3.36% 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
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Malawi South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 93.7% 93.3% 94.2%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 92.6% 92.3% 93%
3 96.6% 96.1% 97% 91.7% 91.3% 92.1%
4 96.4% 96% 96.8% 90.9% 90.5% 91.4%
5 96.3% 95.8% 96.7% 90.3% 89.8% 90.8%
6 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 89.7% 89.1% 90.3%
7 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 89.2% 88.6% 89.9%
8 96% 95.5% 96.5% 88.8% 88.1% 89.6%
9 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 88.5% 87.7% 89.3%
10 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 88.2% 87.3% 89%
11 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 87.9% 87% 88.8%
12 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 87.7% 86.7% 88.6%
13 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 87.4% 86.4% 88.4%
14 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 87.2% 86.2% 88.2%
15 95.5% 95% 96.1% 87% 85.9% 88%
16 95.5% 94.9% 96% 86.7% 85.6% 87.8%
17 95.4% 94.8% 95.9% 86.4% 85.3% 87.6%
18 95.2% 94.6% 95.9% 86.1% 84.9% 87.4%
19 95.1% 94.5% 95.8% 85.8% 84.5% 87.1%
20 95% 94.3% 95.7% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
21 94.8% 94.1% 95.6% 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
22 94.7% 93.9% 95.5% 84.7% 83.1% 86.3%
23 94.5% 93.7% 95.4% 84.2% 82.6% 86%
24 94.4% 93.5% 95.2% 83.8% 82% 85.7%
25 94.2% 93.2% 95.1% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 94% 93% 95% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 93.8% 92.7% 94.9% 82.5% 80.4% 84.7%
28 93.6% 92.5% 94.7% 82.1% 79.9% 84.4%
29 93.4% 92.2% 94.6% 81.7% 79.4% 84%
30 93.2% 91.9% 94.5% 81.2% 78.9% 83.7%
31 93% 91.6% 94.3% 80.8% 78.3% 83.3%
32 92.7% 91.3% 94.1% 80.3% 77.8% 83%
33 92.5% 91% 94% 79.9% 77.3% 82.6%
34 92.2% 90.7% 93.8% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
35 91.9% 90.3% 93.6% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
36 91.7% 89.9% 93.4% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
37 91.3% 89.5% 93.1% 78% 75% 81%
38 91% 89.1% 92.9% 77.5% 74.5% 80.6%
39 90.7% 88.6% 92.7% 77% 73.9% 80.2%
40 90.3% 88.2% 92.4% 76.5% 73.3% 79.7%
41 89.9% 87.6% 92.1% 75.9% 72.6% 79.3%
42 89.5% 87.1% 91.8% 75.3% 72% 78.8%
43 89.1% 86.5% 91.5% 74.8% 71.3% 78.3%
44 88.6% 85.9% 91.1% 74.2% 70.6% 77.8%
45 88.1% 85.3% 90.7% 73.6% 69.9% 77.3%
46 87.5% 84.6% 90.3% 72.9% 69.2% 76.7%
47 87% 83.9% 89.9% 72.3% 68.5% 76.2%
48 86.3% 83.1% 89.5% 71.7% 67.7% 75.7%
49 85.7% 82.3% 89% 71% 66.9% 75.1%
50 85% 81.4% 88.5% 70.3% 66.1% 74.5%
51 84.2% 80.5% 87.9% 69.5% 65.2% 73.9%
52 83.4% 79.5% 87.3% 68.7% 64.3% 73.2%
53 82.5% 78.5% 86.6% 67.9% 63.3% 72.5%
54 81.6% 77.4% 86% 67% 62.3% 71.7%
55 80.7% 76.2% 85.2% 66.1% 61.3% 70.9%
56 79.7% 75% 84.4% 65.2% 60.2% 70.1%
57 78.6% 73.7% 83.6% 64.2% 59.1% 69.3%
58 77.5% 72.3% 82.7% 63.2% 58% 68.4%
59 76.4% 70.9% 81.7% 62.1% 56.8% 67.4%
60 75.1% 69.4% 80.7% 61% 55.5% 66.4%
61 73.8% 67.7% 79.6% 59.7% 54.2% 65.3%
62 72.4% 66.1% 78.4% 58.5% 52.8% 64.1%
63 70.8% 64.3% 77.1% 57.1% 51.3% 62.9%
64 69.2% 62.4% 75.7% 55.6% 49.7% 61.5%
65 67.5% 60.4% 74.2% 54.1% 48.1% 60%
66 65.7% 58.3% 72.5% 52.4% 46.4% 58.5%
67 63.7% 56.2% 70.8% 50.7% 44.6% 56.8%
68 61.7% 54% 69% 48.9% 42.8% 55%
69 59.6% 51.7% 67.1% 47% 40.8% 53.1%
70 57.3% 49.3% 65% 45% 38.8% 51.1%
71 55% 46.8% 62.8% 42.9% 36.7% 49%
72 52.5% 44.2% 60.5% 40.7% 34.6% 46.8%
73 50% 41.6% 58.1% 38.4% 32.4% 44.4%
74 47.3% 38.9% 55.5% 36% 30.1% 41.9%
75 44.6% 36.2% 52.8% 33.6% 27.8% 39.4%
76 41.8% 33.4% 49.9% 31.2% 25.5% 36.8%
77 38.9% 30.7% 47% 28.7% 23.2% 34.1%
78 36.1% 28% 44% 26.2% 20.9% 31.4%
79 33.2% 25.2% 41% 23.7% 18.7% 28.7%
80 30.3% 22.6% 37.8% 21.3% 16.5% 26%
81 27.4% 20% 34.7% 18.9% 14.4% 23.2%
82 24.7% 17.6% 31.6% 16.5% 12.4% 20.6%
83 21.9% 15.2% 28.5% 14.3% 10.6% 18%
84 19.2% 13% 25.4% 12.2% 8.84% 15.5%
85 16.7% 11% 22.3% 10.3% 7.28% 13.2%
86 14.3% 9.14% 19.4% 8.5% 5.9% 11.1%
87 12.1% 7.49% 16.6% 6.93% 4.68% 9.14%
88 10.1% 6.05% 14.1% 5.55% 3.63% 7.43%
89 8.26% 4.81% 11.7% 4.36% 2.75% 5.95%
90 6.69% 3.76% 9.62% 3.36% 2.02% 4.68%
91 5.31% 2.88% 7.74% 2.53% 1.45% 3.6%
92 4.16% 2.18% 6.15% 1.87% 1% 2.72%
93 3.19% 1.61% 4.78% 1.34% 0.67% 2%
94 2.4% 1.17% 3.64% 0.94% 0.43% 1.43%
95 1.77% 0.83% 2.72% 0.64% 0.27% 0.99%
96 1.27% 0.57% 1.98% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.89% 0.39% 1.41% 0.28% 0.09% 0.43%
98 0.61% 0.26% 0.98% 0.17% 0.05% 0.27%
99 0.41% 0.17% 0.67% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.27% 0.11% 0.44% 0.05% 0.02% 0.1%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.82% in the birth year in Malawi and 6.27% in South Sudan, 0.24% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.98% at 60, and 9.48% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

Malawi
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Malawi South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.82% 3.18% 2.44% 6.27% 6.72% 5.81%
1 0.4% 0.42% 0.37% 1.17% 1.11% 1.23%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.23% 1% 1% 0.99%
3 0.18% 0.19% 0.16% 0.86% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.73% 0.81% 0.65%
5 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.63% 0.72% 0.53%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.54% 0.63% 0.44%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.46% 0.55% 0.37%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
17 0.12% 0.15% 0.08% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
20 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.45% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.16% 0.22% 0.11% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
23 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.19% 0.25% 0.12% 0.51% 0.66% 0.36%
25 0.19% 0.26% 0.13% 0.51% 0.66% 0.37%
26 0.2% 0.27% 0.14% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
28 0.22% 0.29% 0.15% 0.53% 0.66% 0.41%
29 0.23% 0.3% 0.16% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.24% 0.32% 0.17% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.25% 0.33% 0.17% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.27% 0.36% 0.19% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.28% 0.38% 0.2% 0.58% 0.71% 0.46%
34 0.3% 0.4% 0.21% 0.59% 0.72% 0.47%
35 0.32% 0.42% 0.22% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.34% 0.45% 0.24% 0.61% 0.75% 0.5%
37 0.36% 0.48% 0.25% 0.63% 0.77% 0.51%
38 0.38% 0.51% 0.27% 0.66% 0.79% 0.54%
39 0.41% 0.54% 0.29% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.44% 0.58% 0.31% 0.72% 0.86% 0.59%
41 0.46% 0.61% 0.33% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.5% 0.66% 0.36% 0.77% 0.93% 0.63%
43 0.53% 0.7% 0.38% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
44 0.57% 0.75% 0.41% 0.82% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.62% 0.8% 0.44% 0.84% 1.03% 0.67%
46 0.66% 0.85% 0.47% 0.87% 1.07% 0.69%
47 0.71% 0.92% 0.5% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.77% 0.99% 0.54% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.83% 1.06% 0.59% 1.01% 1.25% 0.8%
50 0.9% 1.15% 0.64% 1.07% 1.33% 0.85%
51 0.95% 1.22% 0.68% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.03% 1.32% 0.75% 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
53 1.09% 1.41% 0.8% 1.29% 1.58% 1.03%
54 1.16% 1.5% 0.86% 1.35% 1.66% 1.09%
55 1.23% 1.61% 0.92% 1.42% 1.74% 1.15%
56 1.32% 1.72% 0.99% 1.5% 1.83% 1.22%
57 1.4% 1.84% 1.07% 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.51% 1.99% 1.17% 1.7% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.63% 2.14% 1.26% 1.83% 2.22% 1.51%
60 1.79% 2.34% 1.4% 1.98% 2.4% 1.64%
61 1.92% 2.5% 1.5% 2.16% 2.6% 1.8%
62 2.11% 2.72% 1.67% 2.36% 2.81% 1.98%
63 2.29% 2.94% 1.82% 2.56% 3.05% 2.17%
64 2.5% 3.17% 1.99% 2.79% 3.29% 2.38%
65 2.73% 3.43% 2.19% 3.02% 3.55% 2.6%
66 2.93% 3.67% 2.35% 3.28% 3.83% 2.85%
67 3.18% 3.95% 2.56% 3.57% 4.15% 3.12%
68 3.46% 4.28% 2.8% 3.9% 4.51% 3.43%
69 3.74% 4.62% 3.05% 4.27% 4.92% 3.78%
70 4.14% 5.06% 3.41% 4.68% 5.37% 4.17%
71 4.42% 5.41% 3.65% 5.14% 5.87% 4.59%
72 4.89% 5.95% 4.08% 5.62% 6.42% 5.04%
73 5.3% 6.45% 4.45% 6.14% 7% 5.53%
74 5.78% 7.01% 4.89% 6.69% 7.62% 6.06%
75 6.28% 7.62% 5.37% 7.3% 8.28% 6.62%
76 6.79% 8.25% 5.83% 7.95% 9.01% 7.24%
77 7.35% 8.91% 6.35% 8.67% 9.8% 7.93%
78 8.05% 9.73% 6.99% 9.47% 10.7% 8.7%
79 8.69% 10.5% 7.58% 10.4% 11.7% 9.55%
80 9.48% 11.4% 8.31% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 10.1% 12.2% 8.9% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 11.2% 13.4% 9.97% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 12.2% 14.4% 10.9% 14.7% 16.3% 13.7%
84 13.3% 15.7% 12% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 14.4% 16.8% 13.1% 17.2% 19% 16.1%
86 15.5% 18% 14.2% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 16.6% 19.2% 15.4% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 17.9% 20.5% 16.7% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 19.1% 21.8% 17.9% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 20.6% 23.3% 19.5% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 21.7% 24.4% 20.6% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 23.3% 26% 22.3% 28% 33% 26.4%
93 24.8% 27.5% 23.8% 29.8% 35.2% 28.4%
94 26.4% 29.1% 25.4% 31.7% 37.5% 30.6%
95 28.1% 30.8% 27.2% 33.5% 39.8% 32.8%
96 29.7% 32.3% 28.9% 35.7% 41.9% 35%
97 31.2% 33.7% 30.4% 38.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 32.7% 35.1% 32% 42.1% 45.5% 39.1%
99 34.5% 36.8% 33.8% 44.2% 47.1% 41%
100 35.9% 38.2% 35.3% 47.2% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Malawi compared to South Sudan

In Malawi, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 73 in Malawi and 67.4 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Malawi
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Malawi South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,815 3,184 2,444 6,268 6,715 5,811
1 386 411 362 1,094 1,033 1,158
2 241.7 262.2 220.9 924 923 924
3 171.1 186.7 155.2 784 826 741
4 128.8 140.6 116.8 667 735 598
5 101.8 111 92.4 568 647 485
6 87.3 96.4 78.1 482 564 397
7 77.6 86.8 68.2 409 485 330
8 69.5 78.3 60.6 348 415 278.6
9 63.9 72.3 55.4 299.8 356 241.3
10 60.8 69.2 52.3 264.5 312 215.6
11 60 69.1 50.9 241.6 281.4 199.9
12 61.5 71.2 51.8 229.7 264.9 192.9
13 65.7 76.4 54.9 228.5 262 193.4
14 73 86.3 59.7 236.7 271.8 200.1
15 83.5 100.3 66.7 253 292.7 211.5
16 96.6 118.9 74.3 275.3 323 225.8
17 110.5 139.8 81.3 301 359 240.8
18 125.5 162.7 88.5 329 400 254.9
19 136.1 178.1 94.3 356 442 266.8
20 145.7 192 99.5 381 480 276.5
21 153.6 204.1 103.3 400 511 284.6
22 161.4 215.1 108 414 530 292
23 168.5 224.5 112.8 422 538 299.8
24 175.2 232.6 118 426 538 308
25 181.8 240.9 122.9 429 535 317
26 188.8 248.9 128.8 431 529 327
27 196.7 258.5 135.2 434 526 336
28 205.1 269.1 141.9 438 524 345
29 214.2 280.7 149.1 442 526 353
30 225.4 295.1 157.8 447 529 361
31 233.8 307 163.7 452 535 367
32 247.8 325 175 457 540 373
33 260.6 342 185.1 462 546 379
34 275.2 361 196.3 467 551 385
35 291.9 383 209.7 474 557 393
36 308 404 222.8 482 565 403
37 326 429 236.1 494 576 417
38 347 455 253.6 510 591 433
39 368 481 269.4 528 609 451
40 394 513 289.7 547 629 469
41 414 537 304 566 650 485
42 445 573 329 582 669 498
43 473 604 348 595 686 507
44 504 640 370 606 702 514
45 542 683 397 618 718 520
46 577 723 422 632 738 529
47 618 769 452 653 763 545
48 664 820 488 680 795 567
49 710 873 523 715 833 598
50 766 936 569 754 876 634
51 803 982 598 796 920 673
52 858 1,047 651 836 961 713
53 901 1,103 690 873 999 749
54 949 1,163 738 907 1,033 784
55 996 1,225 785 940 1,066 817
56 1,048 1,289 840 976 1,102 853
57 1,103 1,356 894 1,019 1,144 897
58 1,173 1,436 965 1,071 1,196 950
59 1,243 1,516 1,032 1,135 1,259 1,015
60 1,345 1,621 1,132 1,210 1,330 1,092
61 1,414 1,692 1,195 1,292 1,407 1,178
62 1,526 1,798 1,307 1,377 1,486 1,270
63 1,624 1,886 1,401 1,463 1,563 1,366
64 1,728 1,976 1,506 1,549 1,636 1,464
65 1,840 2,069 1,622 1,635 1,707 1,564
66 1,922 2,138 1,705 1,722 1,778 1,667
67 2,025 2,222 1,813 1,812 1,851 1,775
68 2,134 2,308 1,935 1,908 1,928 1,890
69 2,231 2,384 2,045 2,007 2,008 2,009
70 2,373 2,491 2,218 2,107 2,086 2,130
71 2,432 2,532 2,296 2,202 2,158 2,248
72 2,568 2,633 2,469 2,287 2,219 2,359
73 2,650 2,684 2,586 2,357 2,264 2,457
74 2,733 2,728 2,710 2,412 2,292 2,540
75 2,799 2,759 2,831 2,452 2,303 2,609
76 2,835 2,758 2,912 2,478 2,297 2,665
77 2,864 2,735 2,984 2,486 2,275 2,706
78 2,904 2,719 3,078 2,480 2,237 2,734
79 2,882 2,645 3,105 2,456 2,179 2,741
80 2,873 2,583 3,146 2,409 2,099 2,724
81 2,772 2,436 3,090 2,334 1,995 2,675
82 2,760 2,349 3,152 2,229 1,866 2,590
83 2,665 2,198 3,113 2,095 1,717 2,468
84 2,558 2,042 3,053 1,936 1,555 2,311
85 2,392 1,842 2,924 1,760 1,386 2,126
86 2,210 1,646 2,757 1,572 1,215 1,920
87 2,005 1,440 2,556 1,379 1,047 1,704
88 1,799 1,243 2,344 1,187 883 1,485
89 1,576 1,048 2,095 1,001 726 1,272
90 1,381 878 1,879 826 579 1,071
91 1,150 704 1,593 666 446 886
92 970 568 1,370 523 330 718
93 790 444 1,137 401 236 568
94 632 340 926 298.6 162.8 438
95 497 255.2 740 216 107.8 326
96 377 185.2 570 153 68.4 233.8
97 278.4 131 428 106.6 41.5 161.3
98 200.4 90.3 312 71.1 24.3 106.9
99 142.3 61.4 224.8 43.2 13.7 68.3
100 33.4 0 68.7 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 South Sudan 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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