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Life Expectancy in Rwanda vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.5 years in Rwanda vs 59.3 in Somalia. Rwanda is ranked 148/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Rwanda, the life expectancy is 66.1 years for males and 70.6 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Rwanda vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Rwanda
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Rwanda Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.2 42.7 43.7 41.5 40 42.9
1951 43.5 42.9 44 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 43.8 43.3 44.3 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 44.1 43.6 44.6 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 44.4 43.9 44.9 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 44.8 44.3 45.3 42.5 41.1 44
1956 45.2 44.7 45.7 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 45.6 45.1 46.1 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 46.1 45.5 46.6 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 46.5 46 47.1 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 47 46.5 47.5 43.5 42.1 45
1961 47.5 46.9 48 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 47.8 47.2 48.3 44 42.5 45.5
1963 44 42.9 45.1 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 48.1 47.5 48.7 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 48.2 47.6 48.7 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 48.1 47.5 48.6 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 48 47.4 48.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 47.7 47.2 48.3 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 47.4 46.9 48 45.5 44 46.9
1970 47.1 46.6 47.6 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 46.8 46.3 47.2 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 46.3 45.9 46.8 46 44.6 47.5
1973 45.9 45.6 46.3 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 45.6 45.2 45.9 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 45.3 45 45.6 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 45.3 44.9 45.7 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 45.6 45.1 46.1 47 45.6 48.5
1978 46.2 45.5 46.8 47 45.4 48.7
1979 47.1 46.3 47.9 47.4 46 48.9
1980 48.1 47.2 49.1 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 49.2 48.1 50.3 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 50.2 49 51.4 48 46.6 49.5
1983 50.9 49.6 52.3 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 51.4 50 52.9 48.4 47 49.9
1985 51.7 50.2 53.2 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 51.7 50.2 53.3 48.4 47 49.9
1987 51.5 50 53 49 47.6 50.5
1988 50.9 49.5 52.4 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 49.5 47.5 51.6 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 47.8 45.4 50.3 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 46.2 43.7 49.1 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 44.4 41.8 47.3 25 23.9 26.3
1993 42.9 40.6 45.5 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 12.2 11.4 13.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 41.5 39.2 43.7 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 42.5 40.6 44.2 50.5 49 52.1
1997 42 39.6 44.3 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 43.1 40.7 45.4 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 45.7 44.3 47.1 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 47.8 46.5 49 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 49.5 48 50.9 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 51.3 49.9 52.5 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 53.5 52.3 54.7 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 55.5 54.1 56.8 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 57 55.3 58.4 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 58.3 56.5 60 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 59.5 57.5 61.3 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 60.6 58.5 62.6 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 61.8 59.7 63.7 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 62.8 60.9 64.5 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 63.5 61.5 65.3 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 64.2 62.2 65.9 49.1 47.3 51
2013 64.7 62.6 66.5 54 52.1 56
2014 65.1 62.9 67 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 65.4 63.2 67.4 55.1 53 57.1
2016 65.7 63.5 67.8 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 66.1 63.8 68.2 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 66.4 64.1 68.4 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 66.7 64.4 68.8 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 67 64.6 69.1 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 66.8 64.6 68.9 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 67.5 65.2 69.6 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 67.8 65.5 69.9 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 68 65.7 70.1 59 56.5 61.6
2025 68.2 65.9 70.4 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 68.5 66.1 70.6 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 58.7 years in Rwanda and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Rwanda and 9.46 in Somalia.

Rwanda 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 Rwanda 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:
42.3 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.3 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
74.6 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Rwanda Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.4% 97.7% 93.5% 95.8%
50 89.9% 93.4% 85.6% 89.9%
60 77.9% 84.9% 73.7% 80.7%
65 68.7% 77.9% 65.1% 73.4%
70 56.9% 68.0% 54.0% 63.1%
75 42.6% 54.4% 40.3% 49.2%
80 27.4% 37.7% 25.4% 32.9%
85 13.9% 20.9% 12.2% 17.1%
90 5.0% 8.2% 3.8% 6.2%
95 1.1% 2.0% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Rwanda vs Somalia: 72.3 years vs 70.2 at 30, 79.1 vs 78.5 at 65, 86.3 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.5 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 Rwanda and Somalia.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Rwanda Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.5 66.1 70.6 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 70.2 68 72.2 63.3 61 65.7
2 70.4 68.2 72.4 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 70.6 68.4 72.6 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 70.7 68.5 72.7 65.3 63 67.8
5 70.8 68.6 72.8 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 70.8 68.6 72.8 66 63.7 68.4
7 70.9 68.7 72.9 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 70.9 68.7 72.9 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 71 68.8 73 66.6 64.3 69
10 71 68.8 73 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 71 68.9 73 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 71.1 68.9 73 67 64.7 69.4
13 71.1 68.9 73.1 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 71.1 69 73.1 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 71.2 69 73.1 67.3 65 69.7
16 71.2 69.1 73.2 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 71.3 69.1 73.2 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 71.3 69.2 73.3 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 71.4 69.3 73.3 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 71.5 69.3 73.4 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 71.5 69.4 73.4 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 71.6 69.5 73.5 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 71.7 69.6 73.5 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 71.8 69.7 73.6 68.9 67 70.9
25 71.9 69.8 73.7 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 71.9 69.9 73.7 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 72 70 73.8 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 72.1 70.1 73.9 69.8 68 71.5
29 72.2 70.2 73.9 70 68.3 71.7
30 72.3 70.3 74 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 72.4 70.5 74.1 70.4 68.8 72
32 72.5 70.6 74.2 70.6 69 72.2
33 72.6 70.7 74.2 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 72.7 70.8 74.3 71 69.5 72.5
35 72.8 70.9 74.4 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 72.9 71.1 74.5 71.4 70 72.8
37 73 71.2 74.6 71.6 70.2 73
38 73.1 71.3 74.7 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 73.3 71.5 74.8 72 70.7 73.3
40 73.4 71.6 74.9 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 73.5 71.8 75 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 73.7 72 75.1 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 73.8 72.1 75.3 72.8 71.6 74
44 74 72.3 75.4 73 71.8 74.2
45 74.1 72.5 75.5 73.2 72 74.4
46 74.3 72.7 75.7 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 74.5 72.9 75.8 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 74.6 73.1 75.9 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 74.8 73.3 76.1 74.1 73 75.1
50 75 73.5 76.3 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 75.2 73.8 76.4 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 75.4 74 76.6 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 75.7 74.3 76.8 75 74 75.9
54 75.9 74.5 77 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 76.1 74.8 77.2 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 76.4 75.1 77.4 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 76.6 75.4 77.6 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 76.9 75.7 77.9 76.3 75.5 77
59 77.2 76 78.1 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 77.4 76.3 78.3 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 77.7 76.6 78.6 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 78.1 77 78.9 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 78.4 77.4 79.1 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 78.7 77.8 79.4 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 79.1 78.1 79.7 78.5 77.9 79
66 79.4 78.6 80.1 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 79.8 79 80.4 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 80.2 79.4 80.8 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 80.6 79.9 81.1 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 81 80.3 81.5 80.5 80 80.9
71 81.5 80.8 81.9 81 80.5 81.3
72 81.9 81.3 82.3 81.4 81 81.8
73 82.4 81.8 82.8 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 82.9 82.4 83.3 82.4 82 82.7
75 83.4 82.9 83.7 83 82.6 83.3
76 84 83.5 84.3 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 84.5 84.1 84.8 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 85.1 84.7 85.3 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 85.7 85.3 85.9 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 86.3 86 86.5 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86.9 86.6 87.1 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.6 87.3 87.7 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 88.2 88 88.4 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.9 88.7 89 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.6 89.4 89.7 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.3 90.2 90.4 90 89.7 90.2
87 91.1 90.9 91.2 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.9 91.7 91.9 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.6 92.5 92.7 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.4 93.3 93.5 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.2 94.1 94.3 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 95 95 95.1 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.9 95.8 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.7 96.7 96.7 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.1 99 99.2
98 100.2 100.2 100.2 100 99.9 100.1
99 101.1 101 101.1 100.9 100.8 101
100 102 101.9 102 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Rwanda vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.6% in Rwanda and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 59% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30.9% and 24% to 80+ years, and 6.34% 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.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Rwanda Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 97% 96.7% 97.3% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 96.8% 96.5% 97.1% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 96.7% 96.4% 97% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 96.5% 96.2% 96.9% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 96.5% 96.1% 96.8% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 96.4% 96% 96.7% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 96.2% 95.9% 96.6% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 96% 95.6% 96.4% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 95.8% 95.4% 96.3% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 95.4% 94.9% 96% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 95.1% 94.5% 95.8% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 95% 94.3% 95.6% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 94.8% 94.1% 95.5% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 94.6% 93.9% 95.4% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 94.5% 93.7% 95.3% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 94.3% 93.4% 95.1% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 94.1% 93.2% 95% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 93.9% 93% 94.8% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 93.7% 92.7% 94.6% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 93.5% 92.4% 94.5% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 93.2% 92.1% 94.3% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 93% 91.8% 94.1% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 92.7% 91.5% 93.9% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 92.4% 91.2% 93.7% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 92.1% 90.8% 93.4% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 91.5% 90.1% 92.9% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 91.1% 89.6% 92.6% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 90.8% 89.2% 92.3% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 90.4% 88.7% 92% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 89.9% 88.2% 91.7% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 89.5% 87.7% 91.3% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 89% 87.1% 90.9% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 88% 85.8% 90.1% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 87.4% 85.1% 89.6% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 86.8% 84.4% 89.1% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 86.1% 83.6% 88.5% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 85.4% 82.8% 87.9% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 84.6% 81.9% 87.3% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 83.8% 80.9% 86.6% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 83% 79.9% 85.9% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 82.1% 78.8% 85.2% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 81.1% 77.7% 84.4% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 80.1% 76.5% 83.5% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 79% 75.2% 82.6% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 77.9% 73.8% 81.6% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 76.6% 72.4% 80.5% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 75.3% 70.9% 79.4% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 73.9% 69.3% 78.2% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 72.4% 67.6% 76.8% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 70.8% 65.7% 75.4% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 69.1% 63.8% 73.9% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 67.3% 61.8% 72.2% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 65.3% 59.7% 70.5% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 63.3% 57.6% 68.6% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 61.2% 55.3% 66.6% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 59% 52.9% 64.5% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 56.6% 50.4% 62.1% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 54.1% 47.8% 59.7% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 51.4% 45.2% 57.1% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 48.7% 42.4% 54.4% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 45.9% 39.6% 51.5% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 43% 36.8% 48.5% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 40% 34% 45.4% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 37% 31.1% 42.3% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 33.9% 28.3% 39% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 30.9% 25.5% 35.8% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 27.9% 22.7% 32.5% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 24.9% 20.1% 29.2% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 22% 17.5% 26% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 19.3% 15.1% 22.8% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 16.6% 12.9% 19.8% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 14.1% 10.8% 16.9% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 11.8% 8.96% 14.3% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 9.77% 7.31% 11.9% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 7.93% 5.87% 9.69% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 6.34% 4.63% 7.79% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 4.96% 3.59% 6.13% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 3.82% 2.73% 4.75% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 2.88% 2.04% 3.6% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 2.12% 1.49% 2.67% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 1.53% 1.06% 1.93% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 1.07% 0.74% 1.36% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.74% 0.5% 0.94% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.49% 0.34% 0.63% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.32% 0.22% 0.41% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.2% 0.14% 0.26% 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 2.46% in the birth year in Rwanda and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.23% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.74% vs 1.79% at 60, and 9.83% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Rwanda
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Rwanda Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.46% 2.74% 2.18% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.23% 0.24% 0.21% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.19% 0.24% 0.15% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.2% 0.25% 0.16% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.41% 0.5% 0.33% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.47% 0.57% 0.38% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.5% 0.61% 0.4% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.53% 0.65% 0.42% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.57% 0.7% 0.46% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.61% 0.75% 0.49% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.66% 0.81% 0.52% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.71% 0.87% 0.57% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.76% 0.94% 0.61% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.83% 1.02% 0.67% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.87% 1.08% 0.71% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 0.95% 1.17% 0.77% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.02% 1.26% 0.82% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.09% 1.35% 0.89% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.17% 1.44% 0.95% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.26% 1.55% 1.02% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.35% 1.66% 1.1% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.47% 1.79% 1.2% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.58% 1.94% 1.3% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.74% 2.12% 1.44% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.86% 2.27% 1.54% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.05% 2.48% 1.7% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.22% 2.68% 1.86% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.41% 2.9% 2.03% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.62% 3.14% 2.23% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 2.83% 3.38% 2.42% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.08% 3.66% 2.65% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.37% 3.97% 2.93% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.67% 4.3% 3.2% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.07% 4.72% 3.59% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.38% 5.07% 3.89% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 4.86% 5.58% 4.35% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.3% 6.05% 4.78% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 5.8% 6.58% 5.27% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.35% 7.15% 5.81% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 6.92% 7.76% 6.37% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 7.51% 8.39% 6.95% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 8.25% 9.16% 7.69% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 8.93% 9.89% 8.37% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 9.83% 10.8% 9.28% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 10.5% 11.6% 9.99% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 11.6% 12.7% 11.1% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 12.6% 13.7% 12.1% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 13.8% 14.9% 13.3% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 14.9% 16% 14.4% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 16.2% 17.2% 15.7% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 17.4% 18.4% 16.9% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 18.8% 19.7% 18.3% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 20.1% 21% 19.6% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 21.7% 22.6% 21.3% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 22.9% 23.8% 22.5% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 24.7% 25.5% 24.3% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 26.3% 27% 25.9% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 28% 28.6% 27.6% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 29.8% 30.3% 29.5% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 31.4% 31.8% 31.2% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 33% 33.3% 32.9% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 34.6% 34.7% 34.5% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 36.5% 36.5% 36.5% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 38.1% 38% 38.1% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Rwanda compared to Somalia

In Rwanda, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 73.5 in Rwanda and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Rwanda Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,463 2,740 2,181 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 354 368 339 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 220.4 233.4 207 972 995 947
3 154.2 164.8 143.3 742 770 712
4 113.9 122.1 105.6 572 601 542
5 88.5 95.1 81.7 447 473 420
6 74.8 81.5 68 356 377 333
7 65.9 72.7 58.9 289.8 307 272.2
8 58.9 65.5 52.2 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 54.5 60.8 48.1 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 52.4 58.7 46.1 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 52.4 59.2 45.6 176.6 181 172.1
12 54.4 61.5 47.2 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 58.8 66.6 51 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 66.1 75.7 56.4 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 76.4 88.5 64.1 211.2 234.4 187
16 89 105.5 72.3 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 102.2 124.4 79.9 264.8 315 211.9
18 116.4 144.9 87.7 296.4 365 224.4
19 126.7 159.1 94.2 331 422 235.7
20 135.9 171.6 100.2 363 475 245.7
21 143.4 182.4 104.5 388 515 254.5
22 150.7 191.9 110 402 535 262.5
23 157.2 199.7 115.5 407 539 270.2
24 163.3 206.4 121.4 410 537 278
25 169.3 213.2 127 412 532 286
26 175.9 219.8 133.7 413 526 294.2
27 183.4 227.7 140.7 415 522 302
28 191.7 236.6 148 417 519 310
29 200.8 246.4 155.9 419 516 317
30 211.9 258.9 165.2 422 515 324
31 220.2 268.9 171.6 424 514 330
32 234.1 284.5 183.7 427 514 335
33 246.8 299.3 194.5 430 514 341
34 261.2 317 206.4 433 514 347
35 277.9 336 220.8 437 514 354
36 294.1 355 234.7 443 517 364
37 312 376 248.8 453 523 377
38 333 400 267 465 532 394
39 353 423 283.7 481 544 413
40 378 453 305 497 558 433
41 397 475 320 514 573 451
42 426 508 345 528 587 465
43 450 538 365 540 601 475
44 478 571 388 550 613 482
45 512 612 416 560 627 489
46 542 648 441 574 644 499
47 578 692 472 593 667 514
48 619 741 508 620 697 537
49 660 791 544 654 734 568
50 711 852 591 693 776 604
51 747 897 622 734 819 644
52 804 961 675 775 861 683
53 851 1,016 714 811 898 720
54 906 1,077 762 844 931 753
55 961 1,137 809 875 962 785
56 1,022 1,202 864 908 994 820
57 1,084 1,269 919 948 1,033 861
58 1,160 1,350 989 998 1,082 913
59 1,233 1,430 1,057 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,335 1,536 1,156 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,403 1,609 1,221 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,512 1,719 1,331 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,605 1,812 1,426 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,704 1,907 1,531 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,812 2,007 1,646 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,903 2,088 1,745 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 2,015 2,187 1,870 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 2,136 2,287 2,008 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,245 2,379 2,133 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,398 2,496 2,317 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,479 2,557 2,416 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,628 2,667 2,600 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,727 2,734 2,729 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,827 2,792 2,868 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,914 2,836 2,993 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,973 2,855 3,091 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 3,005 2,850 3,159 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 3,051 2,848 3,251 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 3,033 2,795 3,268 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 3,039 2,752 3,321 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,940 2,633 3,242 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,899 2,545 3,239 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,787 2,403 3,147 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,659 2,248 3,033 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 2,479 2,057 2,856 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 2,286 1,861 2,659 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 2,061 1,651 2,417 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,832 1,442 2,167 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,594 1,235 1,901 1,179 961 1,405
90 1,376 1,045 1,657 984 783 1,190
91 1,139 855 1,379 802 621 985
92 943 696 1,153 637 479 797
93 757 551 932 493 360 628
94 594 426 737 371 262.4 482
95 455 321 569 272.3 185.8 361
96 338 235.5 425 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 243.4 168 308 134.9 84.8 186
98 170.6 116.8 216.8 91 54.6 128.2
99 117.8 80.2 150.3 59.7 34 85.8
100 12.4 4.19 20.1 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 Rwanda 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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