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Life Expectancy in Namibia vs Zimbabwe (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.8 years in Namibia vs 63.6 in Zimbabwe. Namibia is ranked 153/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In Namibia, the life expectancy is 63.7 years for males and 71.8 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 61 years for males and 65.9 years for females.

Namibia vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Namibia
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Namibia Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41.9 39.8 44.2 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 42.5 40.3 44.8 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 43.1 41 45.3 50.2 48 52.5
1953 43.8 41.6 45.9 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 44.4 42.3 46.6 51 48.8 53.3
1955 45 42.9 47.2 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 45.7 43.6 47.8 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 46.4 44.3 48.5 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 47.1 45 49.2 52.6 50.2 55
1959 47.8 45.7 49.8 53 50.6 55.5
1960 48.5 46.5 50.5 53.5 51.1 56
1961 49.2 47.2 51.2 54 51.5 56.5
1962 50 47.9 51.9 54.5 52 57
1963 50.6 48.6 52.6 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 51.3 49.4 53.2 55.4 52.9 58
1965 52 50 53.9 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 52.3 50.1 54.5 56.4 53.7 59
1967 52.9 50.7 55 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 53.6 51.3 55.7 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 54.1 51.9 56.2 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 54.7 52.5 56.8 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 55.3 53 57.5 58 55.3 60.7
1972 55.8 53.5 58.1 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 56.4 54.1 58.7 58.1 55.2 61
1974 56.9 54.5 59.3 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 57.6 54.9 60.1 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 58 55.4 60.6 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 58.6 55.8 61.3 57 53 61.3
1978 59.1 56.2 62 54.7 49 61.2
1979 59.5 56.4 62.5 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 56.6 51 62.6 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 56.9 51.3 63.1 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 57.3 51.6 63.5 59.9 56.8 63
1983 57.6 52.1 63.6 60 56.7 63.3
1984 58.1 52.7 63.8 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 58.5 53.1 64.1 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 58.7 53.4 64.3 61 57.5 64.5
1987 59.1 53.9 64.5 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 59 53.9 64.3 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 60.8 56.8 64.6 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 61.4 58.2 64.3 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 60.8 57.8 63.7 57 54.1 60.1
1992 60.2 57.2 63 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 59.3 56.3 62.1 54 51.6 56.5
1994 58.4 55.8 60.9 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 57.5 55.1 59.8 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 56.6 54.5 58.7 49 46.9 51.1
1997 55.8 53.9 57.6 48.5 47 50.1
1998 54.8 52.9 56.4 47.6 46 49.2
1999 54 52.1 55.7 46.4 45 47.8
2000 52.9 51.2 54.5 46 44.8 47.3
2001 52 50.2 53.6 44.5 44 45.1
2002 52 50.2 53.6 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 51.9 50.2 53.5 45.4 45 45.8
2004 52.2 50.3 53.9 46 45.7 46.5
2005 52.6 50.7 54.3 46.6 46.2 47
2006 53.2 51 55.2 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 54 51.6 56.3 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 54.7 52.1 57.3 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 55.3 52.8 57.8 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 56.1 53.4 58.7 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 56.6 53.8 59.4 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 57.7 54.7 60.7 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 58.5 55.4 61.5 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 59.3 56.3 62.3 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 60 56.8 63.1 59 57.3 60.5
2016 60.8 57.5 64.1 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 61.7 58.2 65.1 60.3 58.3 62
2018 62.6 59 66.2 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 63.5 59.8 67.3 61.1 58.8 63
2020 64.1 60.2 68 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 60.8 57.3 64.6 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 64.2 60.4 68.1 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 67.4 63.3 71.3 62.8 60.2 65
2024 67.5 63.5 71.5 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 67.7 63.6 71.6 63.3 60.8 65.6
2026 67.8 63.7 71.8 63.6 61 65.9

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 52.8 years in Namibia and 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 10.6 healthy years in Namibia and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

Namibia 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 Namibia and Zimbabwe, 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:
42.0 vs 38.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.0 vs 68.5 years

Median expected age of death:
74.1 vs 70.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Namibia Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 95.0% 97.6% 93.7% 95.2%
50 86.6% 93.3% 83.3% 87.7%
60 72.9% 84.8% 67.6% 76.0%
65 63.2% 77.8% 57.2% 67.5%
70 51.5% 68.4% 45.2% 57.0%
75 37.9% 56.8% 32.1% 44.6%
80 23.8% 43.4% 19.3% 31.3%
85 11.5% 28.8% 9.1% 18.2%
90 3.9% 14.9% 3.0% 7.8%
95 0.8% 5.6% 0.6% 2.2%
100 0.1% 1.3% 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 Namibia vs Zimbabwe: 72 years vs 68.5 at 30, 79.9 vs 78.3 at 65, 87.4 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.8 vs 63.6 years calculated at birth.

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

Namibia
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Namibia Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.8 63.7 71.8 63.6 61 65.9
1 69.6 65.6 73.4 65.6 63.2 67.7
2 69.9 65.9 73.7 66 63.5 68.1
3 70 66.1 73.9 66.2 63.6 68.3
4 70.2 66.2 74 66.3 63.8 68.4
5 70.2 66.3 74.1 66.4 63.9 68.5
6 70.3 66.4 74.1 66.5 64 68.6
7 70.4 66.4 74.2 66.5 64 68.7
8 70.4 66.5 74.2 66.6 64.1 68.7
9 70.4 66.5 74.3 66.6 64.1 68.8
10 70.5 66.5 74.3 66.7 64.2 68.8
11 70.5 66.6 74.3 66.7 64.2 68.8
12 70.6 66.6 74.4 66.8 64.2 68.9
13 70.6 66.7 74.4 66.8 64.3 68.9
14 70.6 66.7 74.4 66.8 64.3 69
15 70.7 66.7 74.5 66.9 64.4 69
16 70.7 66.8 74.5 67 64.4 69.1
17 70.8 66.9 74.5 67 64.5 69.1
18 70.8 66.9 74.6 67.1 64.6 69.2
19 70.9 67 74.6 67.2 64.7 69.3
20 71 67.1 74.7 67.3 64.8 69.3
21 71.1 67.2 74.8 67.4 64.9 69.4
22 71.2 67.3 74.8 67.5 65 69.5
23 71.2 67.4 74.9 67.6 65.1 69.6
24 71.3 67.6 74.9 67.7 65.3 69.7
25 71.4 67.7 75 67.8 65.4 69.8
26 71.5 67.8 75.1 68 65.5 70
27 71.6 67.9 75.1 68.1 65.7 70.1
28 71.7 68.1 75.2 68.2 65.8 70.2
29 71.8 68.2 75.3 68.4 66 70.4
30 72 68.3 75.4 68.5 66.2 70.5
31 72.1 68.5 75.4 68.7 66.3 70.6
32 72.2 68.6 75.5 68.9 66.5 70.8
33 72.3 68.8 75.6 69 66.7 71
34 72.4 69 75.7 69.2 66.9 71.1
35 72.6 69.1 75.8 69.4 67.1 71.3
36 72.7 69.3 75.9 69.6 67.3 71.5
37 72.9 69.5 76 69.8 67.5 71.7
38 73 69.7 76.1 70 67.8 71.9
39 73.2 69.9 76.2 70.2 68 72
40 73.3 70.1 76.3 70.5 68.2 72.2
41 73.5 70.3 76.4 70.7 68.5 72.5
42 73.7 70.5 76.6 70.9 68.7 72.7
43 73.9 70.7 76.7 71.2 69 72.9
44 74 70.9 76.8 71.4 69.3 73.1
45 74.2 71.2 77 71.7 69.6 73.3
46 74.4 71.4 77.1 71.9 69.9 73.6
47 74.6 71.7 77.3 72.2 70.2 73.8
48 74.9 71.9 77.4 72.5 70.5 74
49 75.1 72.2 77.6 72.7 70.8 74.3
50 75.3 72.5 77.8 73 71.1 74.6
51 75.6 72.7 78 73.3 71.4 74.8
52 75.8 73 78.1 73.6 71.8 75.1
53 76.1 73.3 78.3 73.9 72.1 75.4
54 76.3 73.6 78.6 74.2 72.5 75.7
55 76.6 74 78.8 74.6 72.8 76
56 76.9 74.3 79 74.9 73.2 76.3
57 77.2 74.6 79.2 75.2 73.6 76.6
58 77.5 75 79.5 75.6 74 76.9
59 77.8 75.3 79.7 75.9 74.4 77.2
60 78.1 75.7 80 76.3 74.8 77.5
61 78.5 76.1 80.3 76.7 75.2 77.9
62 78.8 76.4 80.6 77.1 75.6 78.2
63 79.2 76.8 80.9 77.5 76.1 78.6
64 79.6 77.3 81.2 77.9 76.5 79
65 79.9 77.7 81.6 78.3 77 79.4
66 80.4 78.1 81.9 78.8 77.5 79.8
67 80.8 78.6 82.3 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 81.2 79 82.7 79.7 78.4 80.7
69 81.6 79.5 83.1 80.2 79 81.1
70 82.1 80 83.5 80.7 79.5 81.6
71 82.6 80.5 83.9 81.2 80 82.1
72 83 81 84.3 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 83.5 81.5 84.8 82.2 81.2 83
74 84 82.1 85.2 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 84.6 82.6 85.7 83.4 82.3 84.1
76 85.1 83.2 86.2 83.9 83 84.6
77 85.7 83.8 86.7 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 86.2 84.4 87.2 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 86.8 85.1 87.7 85.8 84.9 86.3
80 87.4 85.7 88.2 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 88 86.4 88.8 87 86.3 87.5
82 88.6 87.1 89.3 87.7 87 88.1
83 89.3 87.8 89.9 88.4 87.7 88.7
84 89.9 88.5 90.5 89 88.4 89.4
85 90.6 89.2 91.1 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 91.3 90 91.8 90.5 90 90.8
87 92 90.8 92.4 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 92.8 91.6 93.1 92 91.6 92.2
89 93.5 92.4 93.8 92.8 92.4 93
90 94.3 93.2 94.5 93.6 93.2 93.8
91 95.1 94 95.3 94.4 94 94.5
92 95.8 94.9 96 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 96.6 95.7 96.8 96 95.7 96.1
94 97.4 96.6 97.6 96.9 96.6 97
95 98.3 97.4 98.4 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 99.1 98.3 99.2 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 99.9 99.2 100 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 100.8 100.1 100.9 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 101.6 101 101.7 101.2 101 101.3
100 102.5 101.9 102.6 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Namibia vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.5% in Namibia and 66.2% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 56.1% and 47.3% will live to 70 years or older, 31.8% and 23.5% to 80+ years, and 9.04% and 4.99% 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.

Namibia
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Namibia Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
2 97% 96.7% 97.4% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
3 96.8% 96.4% 97.1% 96.2% 95.8% 96.5%
4 96.6% 96.2% 97% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
5 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 95.8% 95.5% 96.1%
6 96.4% 96% 96.8% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
7 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
8 96.2% 95.8% 96.7% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
9 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 95.4% 95.1% 95.8%
10 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 95.3% 95% 95.7%
11 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 95.3% 94.9% 95.6%
12 96% 95.6% 96.5% 95.2% 94.8% 95.6%
13 96% 95.5% 96.4% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
14 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 95% 94.7% 95.4%
15 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
16 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
17 95.6% 95.1% 96.2% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
18 95.5% 95% 96.1% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
19 95.4% 94.8% 96% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
20 95.2% 94.6% 95.9% 94.2% 93.8% 94.7%
21 95.1% 94.4% 95.8% 94% 93.5% 94.5%
22 94.9% 94.2% 95.7% 93.8% 93.3% 94.4%
23 94.8% 93.9% 95.6% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
24 94.6% 93.7% 95.5% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
25 94.4% 93.4% 95.3% 93.1% 92.4% 93.7%
26 94.2% 93.1% 95.2% 92.8% 92.1% 93.5%
27 94% 92.9% 95.1% 92.5% 91.7% 93.2%
28 93.7% 92.6% 94.9% 92.1% 91.4% 92.9%
29 93.5% 92.2% 94.8% 91.8% 91% 92.6%
30 93.3% 91.9% 94.6% 91.4% 90.6% 92.3%
31 93% 91.6% 94.4% 91.1% 90.1% 91.9%
32 92.7% 91.2% 94.3% 90.7% 89.7% 91.6%
33 92.4% 90.8% 94.1% 90.2% 89.2% 91.2%
34 92.1% 90.4% 93.9% 89.8% 88.7% 90.8%
35 91.8% 89.9% 93.7% 89.3% 88.1% 90.4%
36 91.5% 89.5% 93.4% 88.8% 87.5% 89.9%
37 91.1% 89% 93.2% 88.2% 86.9% 89.5%
38 90.7% 88.5% 92.9% 87.7% 86.3% 89%
39 90.3% 87.9% 92.7% 87.1% 85.6% 88.4%
40 89.9% 87.4% 92.4% 86.4% 84.9% 87.9%
41 89.4% 86.7% 92.1% 85.8% 84.1% 87.3%
42 88.9% 86.1% 91.8% 85.1% 83.3% 86.7%
43 88.4% 85.4% 91.4% 84.4% 82.5% 86.1%
44 87.9% 84.7% 91% 83.6% 81.6% 85.5%
45 87.3% 84% 90.6% 82.9% 80.7% 84.8%
46 86.7% 83.2% 90.2% 82% 79.7% 84.1%
47 86.1% 82.4% 89.8% 81.2% 78.7% 83.4%
48 85.4% 81.5% 89.3% 80.3% 77.7% 82.6%
49 84.7% 80.6% 88.8% 79.4% 76.6% 81.8%
50 83.9% 79.6% 88.2% 78.4% 75.4% 81%
51 83.1% 78.6% 87.6% 77.4% 74.2% 80.1%
52 82.2% 77.5% 87% 76.3% 73% 79.1%
53 81.3% 76.4% 86.3% 75.2% 71.7% 78.2%
54 80.4% 75.2% 85.6% 74.1% 70.3% 77.2%
55 79.4% 74% 84.9% 72.9% 69% 76.1%
56 78.3% 72.7% 84.1% 71.7% 67.5% 75%
57 77.2% 71.4% 83.2% 70.4% 66% 73.9%
58 76% 70% 82.3% 69.1% 64.5% 72.7%
59 74.8% 68.5% 81.3% 67.6% 62.9% 71.4%
60 73.5% 67% 80.2% 66.2% 61.2% 70.1%
61 72.1% 65.4% 79.1% 64.6% 59.5% 68.7%
62 70.7% 63.7% 77.9% 63% 57.7% 67.2%
63 69.1% 61.9% 76.5% 61.2% 55.8% 65.7%
64 67.5% 60% 75.1% 59.5% 53.8% 64%
65 65.8% 58.1% 73.6% 57.6% 51.8% 62.3%
66 64% 56% 71.9% 55.6% 49.7% 60.5%
67 62.1% 54% 70.2% 53.6% 47.6% 58.6%
68 60.2% 51.8% 68.5% 51.6% 45.4% 56.7%
69 58.2% 49.6% 66.6% 49.5% 43.2% 54.7%
70 56.1% 47.3% 64.7% 47.3% 40.9% 52.6%
71 53.9% 44.9% 62.7% 45.1% 38.6% 50.4%
72 51.7% 42.5% 60.6% 42.8% 36.3% 48.2%
73 49.3% 40% 58.4% 40.4% 33.9% 45.9%
74 46.9% 37.5% 56.1% 38% 31.4% 43.6%
75 44.5% 34.9% 53.7% 35.6% 29% 41.2%
76 42% 32.2% 51.3% 33.2% 26.6% 38.7%
77 39.5% 29.6% 48.8% 30.7% 24.3% 36.3%
78 36.9% 27% 46.3% 28.3% 21.9% 33.8%
79 34.3% 24.4% 43.7% 25.9% 19.7% 31.3%
80 31.8% 21.8% 41.1% 23.5% 17.5% 28.8%
81 29.2% 19.3% 38.4% 21.2% 15.4% 26.4%
82 26.7% 17% 35.8% 19% 13.4% 24%
83 24.2% 14.7% 33% 16.8% 11.5% 21.5%
84 21.7% 12.6% 30.1% 14.7% 9.78% 19.1%
85 19.2% 10.6% 27.3% 12.7% 8.2% 16.8%
86 16.9% 8.82% 24.4% 10.8% 6.78% 14.5%
87 14.7% 7.22% 21.7% 9.1% 5.53% 12.4%
88 12.6% 5.82% 19% 7.56% 4.44% 10.5%
89 10.7% 4.61% 16.5% 6.18% 3.51% 8.72%
90 9.04% 3.59% 14.1% 4.99% 2.73% 7.15%
91 7.49% 2.74% 11.9% 3.95% 2.09% 5.75%
92 6.15% 2.06% 9.96% 3.08% 1.57% 4.57%
93 4.97% 1.52% 8.18% 2.36% 1.15% 3.55%
94 3.95% 1.09% 6.62% 1.77% 0.83% 2.71%
95 3.09% 0.77% 5.25% 1.3% 0.59% 2.02%
96 2.37% 0.53% 4.09% 0.94% 0.4% 1.47%
97 1.79% 0.35% 3.13% 0.66% 0.27% 1.05%
98 1.33% 0.23% 2.35% 0.46% 0.18% 0.73%
99 0.97% 0.15% 1.73% 0.31% 0.12% 0.5%
100 0.69% 0.09% 1.25% 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 2.59% in the birth year in Namibia and 3.05% in Zimbabwe, 0.28% vs 0.42% at age 30, 1.89% vs 2.37% at 60, and 8.1% vs 9.89% at 80.

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

Namibia
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Namibia Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.59% 2.91% 2.27% 3.05% 3.4% 2.7%
1 0.4% 0.42% 0.37% 0.5% 0.48% 0.52%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.23% 0.32% 0.32% 0.32%
3 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
15 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
16 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
17 0.12% 0.15% 0.08% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
18 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
19 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
20 0.16% 0.22% 0.11% 0.21% 0.25% 0.18%
21 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
22 0.18% 0.25% 0.12% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
23 0.2% 0.27% 0.12% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
24 0.21% 0.28% 0.13% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
25 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.31% 0.35% 0.26%
26 0.23% 0.31% 0.14% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
27 0.24% 0.33% 0.15% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
28 0.25% 0.34% 0.16% 0.37% 0.42% 0.33%
29 0.26% 0.36% 0.17% 0.4% 0.45% 0.35%
30 0.28% 0.38% 0.18% 0.42% 0.48% 0.37%
31 0.29% 0.4% 0.19% 0.44% 0.51% 0.39%
32 0.31% 0.43% 0.2% 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
33 0.33% 0.45% 0.21% 0.5% 0.58% 0.44%
34 0.35% 0.48% 0.23% 0.54% 0.62% 0.47%
35 0.37% 0.52% 0.24% 0.57% 0.66% 0.5%
36 0.4% 0.55% 0.26% 0.61% 0.71% 0.53%
37 0.42% 0.58% 0.27% 0.64% 0.75% 0.55%
38 0.45% 0.62% 0.29% 0.68% 0.8% 0.59%
39 0.48% 0.66% 0.31% 0.72% 0.85% 0.62%
40 0.51% 0.7% 0.34% 0.76% 0.9% 0.65%
41 0.54% 0.73% 0.35% 0.8% 0.95% 0.68%
42 0.57% 0.78% 0.38% 0.84% 1% 0.71%
43 0.61% 0.82% 0.4% 0.89% 1.06% 0.75%
44 0.65% 0.87% 0.43% 0.93% 1.12% 0.78%
45 0.69% 0.93% 0.46% 0.99% 1.19% 0.83%
46 0.74% 0.99% 0.49% 1.04% 1.25% 0.87%
47 0.79% 1.05% 0.53% 1.09% 1.33% 0.92%
48 0.85% 1.13% 0.57% 1.16% 1.41% 0.98%
49 0.91% 1.2% 0.62% 1.22% 1.5% 1.03%
50 0.98% 1.29% 0.67% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1%
51 1.03% 1.36% 0.71% 1.36% 1.68% 1.15%
52 1.1% 1.45% 0.78% 1.44% 1.78% 1.23%
53 1.17% 1.54% 0.83% 1.52% 1.87% 1.29%
54 1.25% 1.63% 0.89% 1.6% 1.97% 1.36%
55 1.33% 1.73% 0.95% 1.69% 2.09% 1.44%
56 1.41% 1.84% 1.03% 1.79% 2.2% 1.53%
57 1.5% 1.95% 1.1% 1.91% 2.33% 1.62%
58 1.61% 2.09% 1.2% 2.04% 2.48% 1.73%
59 1.73% 2.24% 1.3% 2.19% 2.65% 1.85%
60 1.89% 2.44% 1.44% 2.37% 2.87% 1.99%
61 2.01% 2.6% 1.54% 2.53% 3.04% 2.13%
62 2.19% 2.81% 1.71% 2.73% 3.28% 2.31%
63 2.34% 3.02% 1.86% 2.92% 3.5% 2.49%
64 2.53% 3.24% 2.03% 3.14% 3.74% 2.7%
65 2.75% 3.49% 2.23% 3.38% 4.01% 2.93%
66 2.91% 3.71% 2.35% 3.58% 4.26% 3.1%
67 3.11% 3.98% 2.52% 3.82% 4.56% 3.31%
68 3.35% 4.28% 2.71% 4.09% 4.9% 3.54%
69 3.58% 4.6% 2.88% 4.38% 5.25% 3.78%
70 3.91% 5.03% 3.17% 4.75% 5.7% 4.11%
71 4.14% 5.37% 3.33% 5.06% 6.09% 4.37%
72 4.52% 5.89% 3.65% 5.51% 6.62% 4.76%
73 4.85% 6.38% 3.91% 5.92% 7.12% 5.11%
74 5.23% 6.93% 4.21% 6.38% 7.68% 5.51%
75 5.63% 7.53% 4.54% 6.87% 8.28% 5.94%
76 6.03% 8.16% 4.85% 7.37% 8.9% 6.37%
77 6.44% 8.83% 5.16% 7.89% 9.57% 6.81%
78 7.01% 9.66% 5.6% 8.54% 10.4% 7.38%
79 7.45% 10.4% 5.93% 9.11% 11.1% 7.87%
80 8.1% 11.4% 6.48% 9.89% 12.1% 8.58%
81 8.57% 12.2% 6.9% 10.5% 12.9% 9.17%
82 9.52% 13.4% 7.82% 11.6% 14% 10.2%
83 10.3% 14.5% 8.6% 12.5% 15% 11.2%
84 11.3% 15.7% 9.54% 13.6% 16.2% 12.3%
85 12.1% 16.9% 10.4% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 13.1% 18.1% 11.4% 15.8% 18.5% 14.5%
87 13.9% 19.4% 12.3% 16.9% 19.7% 15.6%
88 14.9% 20.8% 13.3% 18.2% 20.9% 16.8%
89 15.9% 22.1% 14.2% 19.3% 22.2% 18%
90 17.2% 23.6% 15.7% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 17.9% 24.8% 16.4% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 19.2% 26.5% 17.9% 23.5% 26.4% 22.2%
93 20.4% 28% 19.2% 24.9% 27.9% 23.7%
94 21.8% 29.6% 20.6% 26.4% 29.5% 25.4%
95 23.3% 31.4% 22.2% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 24.6% 32.9% 23.6% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 25.8% 34.4% 24.9% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 27% 35.8% 26.1% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 28.7% 37.6% 27.9% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 29.8% 39% 29.2% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in Namibia compared to Zimbabwe

In Namibia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 72.7 in Namibia and 68.8 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Namibia
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Namibia Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,592 2,914 2,268 3,053 3,402 2,699
1 385 404 366 484 463 505
2 241.7 261.2 222.1 308 305 311
3 167.8 182.9 152.6 211.7 213.4 209.9
4 123.5 135.3 111.5 153.9 157.9 149.8
5 94.8 103.8 85.7 116.6 119.9 113.1
6 80.2 89.3 71 98.5 103 94
7 70.9 80.4 61.3 87.5 92.4 82.5
8 63.4 72.6 54.2 78.6 83.3 73.8
9 58.5 67.3 49.8 72.9 76.9 68.8
10 56.4 65.4 47.5 70.4 74.5 66.2
11 56.8 66.7 47 70.9 76.1 65.5
12 59.1 69.7 48.5 73.9 79.4 68.4
13 63.9 75.6 52.3 80.4 85.9 74.8
14 72 86.5 57.7 90.9 97.8 83.9
15 83.7 102.1 65.4 106.1 114.9 97.1
16 97.5 121.5 73.6 122.8 135.4 110
17 113 144.7 81.4 143.2 161.3 124.9
18 129.6 170.1 89.2 164.9 188.9 140.6
19 142.3 188 95.9 182.4 209.2 155.3
20 154.6 205.2 102.1 200.4 229.9 170.6
21 165 221 106.6 216.1 249.9 182.2
22 175.5 236.2 112.3 234.1 270.1 198.3
23 185.1 249.9 118.1 251.5 289 214.4
24 194.2 262.3 124.2 268.5 307 231.1
25 203.7 275.5 130.1 286.4 326 248.2
26 213.4 287.6 137 304 344 267.1
27 224.2 302 144.3 324 365 286.2
28 235 317 151.8 343 387 303
29 246.8 333 159.9 363 409 323
30 261.3 352 169.4 385 436 341
31 272.1 368 175.9 403 458 356
32 288.7 390 188.3 428 487 379
33 305 412 199.3 453 517 400
34 323 437 211.5 481 550 423
35 344 464 226.1 512 586 450
36 364 490 240.1 539 619 473
37 386 518 254.3 568 655 496
38 410 547 272.6 599 691 522
39 432 576 289 627 725 545
40 460 611 310 659 766 571
41 480 636 325 685 795 592
42 511 672 350 717 834 617
43 538 705 370 747 871 642
44 569 741 392 779 911 669
45 605 784 420 816 958 702
46 638 824 445 850 1,000 731
47 678 868 476 888 1,046 766
48 723 917 512 929 1,096 806
49 766 967 548 969 1,146 846
50 820 1,027 595 1,018 1,207 892
51 855 1,068 624 1,050 1,245 925
52 908 1,125 677 1,100 1,298 971
53 952 1,174 716 1,140 1,342 1,009
54 1,002 1,227 763 1,184 1,389 1,052
55 1,053 1,283 810 1,233 1,440 1,097
56 1,103 1,336 865 1,284 1,485 1,146
57 1,156 1,395 919 1,341 1,537 1,197
58 1,224 1,465 989 1,411 1,599 1,257
59 1,293 1,537 1,056 1,481 1,664 1,318
60 1,392 1,635 1,155 1,571 1,756 1,398
61 1,453 1,697 1,218 1,632 1,809 1,463
62 1,545 1,790 1,328 1,718 1,890 1,553
63 1,621 1,867 1,422 1,790 1,952 1,636
64 1,711 1,945 1,525 1,866 2,014 1,726
65 1,809 2,025 1,640 1,945 2,075 1,824
66 1,863 2,080 1,693 1,993 2,121 1,875
67 1,935 2,147 1,768 2,050 2,172 1,938
68 2,015 2,218 1,853 2,111 2,224 2,007
69 2,081 2,283 1,920 2,166 2,269 2,069
70 2,195 2,378 2,050 2,250 2,336 2,164
71 2,230 2,414 2,083 2,281 2,352 2,203
72 2,338 2,504 2,210 2,356 2,400 2,294
73 2,394 2,551 2,279 2,393 2,412 2,346
74 2,455 2,594 2,361 2,427 2,414 2,401
75 2,505 2,626 2,437 2,448 2,404 2,446
76 2,530 2,630 2,486 2,444 2,370 2,468
77 2,542 2,615 2,515 2,424 2,321 2,470
78 2,587 2,607 2,594 2,416 2,272 2,497
79 2,559 2,544 2,591 2,358 2,186 2,465
80 2,572 2,492 2,664 2,328 2,113 2,474
81 2,502 2,356 2,652 2,235 1,982 2,419
82 2,541 2,274 2,798 2,197 1,873 2,450
83 2,493 2,131 2,837 2,102 1,730 2,403
84 2,442 1,982 2,876 1,999 1,583 2,345
85 2,329 1,789 2,837 1,858 1,418 2,232
86 2,209 1,600 2,779 1,709 1,253 2,102
87 2,048 1,400 2,654 1,540 1,088 1,934
88 1,888 1,207 2,524 1,372 930 1,762
89 1,704 1,017 2,347 1,196 779 1,570
90 1,555 849 2,215 1,040 647 1,401
91 1,337 680 1,951 863 518 1,184
92 1,184 546 1,780 724 414 1,016
93 1,016 425 1,568 588 322 843
94 861 324 1,362 469 244.7 687
95 719 241.2 1,164 366 181.8 548
96 583 173.8 963 277.6 131.3 423
97 462 121.9 778 205 92.4 318
98 358 83.2 613 147.6 63.5 232.4
99 278.1 56 484 105.4 43.2 168.4
100 148 0 287.8 24.9 0 53

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 Namibia 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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