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Life Expectancy in Rwanda vs Zimbabwe (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.5 years in Rwanda vs 63.6 in Zimbabwe. Rwanda is ranked 148/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In Rwanda, the life expectancy is 66.1 years for males and 70.6 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 61 years for males and 65.9 years for females.

Rwanda vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Rwanda
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.2 42.7 43.7 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 43.5 42.9 44 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 43.8 43.3 44.3 50.2 48 52.5
1953 44.1 43.6 44.6 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 44.4 43.9 44.9 51 48.8 53.3
1955 44.8 44.3 45.3 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 45.2 44.7 45.7 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 45.6 45.1 46.1 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 46.1 45.5 46.6 52.6 50.2 55
1959 46.5 46 47.1 53 50.6 55.5
1960 47 46.5 47.5 53.5 51.1 56
1961 47.5 46.9 48 54 51.5 56.5
1962 47.8 47.2 48.3 54.5 52 57
1963 44 42.9 45.1 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 48.1 47.5 48.7 55.4 52.9 58
1965 48.2 47.6 48.7 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 48.1 47.5 48.6 56.4 53.7 59
1967 48 47.4 48.5 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 47.7 47.2 48.3 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 47.4 46.9 48 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 47.1 46.6 47.6 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 46.8 46.3 47.2 58 55.3 60.7
1972 46.3 45.9 46.8 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 45.9 45.6 46.3 58.1 55.2 61
1974 45.6 45.2 45.9 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 45.3 45 45.6 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 45.3 44.9 45.7 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 45.6 45.1 46.1 57 53 61.3
1978 46.2 45.5 46.8 54.7 49 61.2
1979 47.1 46.3 47.9 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 48.1 47.2 49.1 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 49.2 48.1 50.3 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 50.2 49 51.4 59.9 56.8 63
1983 50.9 49.6 52.3 60 56.7 63.3
1984 51.4 50 52.9 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 51.7 50.2 53.2 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 51.7 50.2 53.3 61 57.5 64.5
1987 51.5 50 53 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 50.9 49.5 52.4 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 49.5 47.5 51.6 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 47.8 45.4 50.3 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 46.2 43.7 49.1 57 54.1 60.1
1992 44.4 41.8 47.3 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 42.9 40.6 45.5 54 51.6 56.5
1994 12.2 11.4 13.3 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 41.5 39.2 43.7 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 42.5 40.6 44.2 49 46.9 51.1
1997 42 39.6 44.3 48.5 47 50.1
1998 43.1 40.7 45.4 47.6 46 49.2
1999 45.7 44.3 47.1 46.4 45 47.8
2000 47.8 46.5 49 46 44.8 47.3
2001 49.5 48 50.9 44.5 44 45.1
2002 51.3 49.9 52.5 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 53.5 52.3 54.7 45.4 45 45.8
2004 55.5 54.1 56.8 46 45.7 46.5
2005 57 55.3 58.4 46.6 46.2 47
2006 58.3 56.5 60 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 59.5 57.5 61.3 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 60.6 58.5 62.6 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 61.8 59.7 63.7 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 62.8 60.9 64.5 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 63.5 61.5 65.3 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 64.2 62.2 65.9 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 64.7 62.6 66.5 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 65.1 62.9 67 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 65.4 63.2 67.4 59 57.3 60.5
2016 65.7 63.5 67.8 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 66.1 63.8 68.2 60.3 58.3 62
2018 66.4 64.1 68.4 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 66.7 64.4 68.8 61.1 58.8 63
2020 67 64.6 69.1 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 66.8 64.6 68.9 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 67.5 65.2 69.6 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 67.8 65.5 69.9 62.8 60.2 65
2024 68 65.7 70.1 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 68.2 65.9 70.4 63.3 60.8 65.6
2026 68.5 66.1 70.6 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 58.7 years in Rwanda and 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Rwanda and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

Rwanda 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 Rwanda 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:
42.3 vs 38.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.3 vs 68.5 years

Median expected age of death:
74.6 vs 70.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 96.4% 97.7% 93.7% 95.2%
50 89.9% 93.4% 83.3% 87.7%
60 77.9% 84.9% 67.6% 76.0%
65 68.7% 77.9% 57.2% 67.5%
70 56.9% 68.0% 45.2% 57.0%
75 42.6% 54.4% 32.1% 44.6%
80 27.4% 37.7% 19.3% 31.3%
85 13.9% 20.9% 9.1% 18.2%
90 5.0% 8.2% 3.0% 7.8%
95 1.1% 2.0% 0.6% 2.2%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: 72.3 years vs 68.5 at 30, 79.1 vs 78.3 at 65, 86.3 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.5 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 Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.5 66.1 70.6 63.6 61 65.9
1 70.2 68 72.2 65.6 63.2 67.7
2 70.4 68.2 72.4 66 63.5 68.1
3 70.6 68.4 72.6 66.2 63.6 68.3
4 70.7 68.5 72.7 66.3 63.8 68.4
5 70.8 68.6 72.8 66.4 63.9 68.5
6 70.8 68.6 72.8 66.5 64 68.6
7 70.9 68.7 72.9 66.5 64 68.7
8 70.9 68.7 72.9 66.6 64.1 68.7
9 71 68.8 73 66.6 64.1 68.8
10 71 68.8 73 66.7 64.2 68.8
11 71 68.9 73 66.7 64.2 68.8
12 71.1 68.9 73 66.8 64.2 68.9
13 71.1 68.9 73.1 66.8 64.3 68.9
14 71.1 69 73.1 66.8 64.3 69
15 71.2 69 73.1 66.9 64.4 69
16 71.2 69.1 73.2 67 64.4 69.1
17 71.3 69.1 73.2 67 64.5 69.1
18 71.3 69.2 73.3 67.1 64.6 69.2
19 71.4 69.3 73.3 67.2 64.7 69.3
20 71.5 69.3 73.4 67.3 64.8 69.3
21 71.5 69.4 73.4 67.4 64.9 69.4
22 71.6 69.5 73.5 67.5 65 69.5
23 71.7 69.6 73.5 67.6 65.1 69.6
24 71.8 69.7 73.6 67.7 65.3 69.7
25 71.9 69.8 73.7 67.8 65.4 69.8
26 71.9 69.9 73.7 68 65.5 70
27 72 70 73.8 68.1 65.7 70.1
28 72.1 70.1 73.9 68.2 65.8 70.2
29 72.2 70.2 73.9 68.4 66 70.4
30 72.3 70.3 74 68.5 66.2 70.5
31 72.4 70.5 74.1 68.7 66.3 70.6
32 72.5 70.6 74.2 68.9 66.5 70.8
33 72.6 70.7 74.2 69 66.7 71
34 72.7 70.8 74.3 69.2 66.9 71.1
35 72.8 70.9 74.4 69.4 67.1 71.3
36 72.9 71.1 74.5 69.6 67.3 71.5
37 73 71.2 74.6 69.8 67.5 71.7
38 73.1 71.3 74.7 70 67.8 71.9
39 73.3 71.5 74.8 70.2 68 72
40 73.4 71.6 74.9 70.5 68.2 72.2
41 73.5 71.8 75 70.7 68.5 72.5
42 73.7 72 75.1 70.9 68.7 72.7
43 73.8 72.1 75.3 71.2 69 72.9
44 74 72.3 75.4 71.4 69.3 73.1
45 74.1 72.5 75.5 71.7 69.6 73.3
46 74.3 72.7 75.7 71.9 69.9 73.6
47 74.5 72.9 75.8 72.2 70.2 73.8
48 74.6 73.1 75.9 72.5 70.5 74
49 74.8 73.3 76.1 72.7 70.8 74.3
50 75 73.5 76.3 73 71.1 74.6
51 75.2 73.8 76.4 73.3 71.4 74.8
52 75.4 74 76.6 73.6 71.8 75.1
53 75.7 74.3 76.8 73.9 72.1 75.4
54 75.9 74.5 77 74.2 72.5 75.7
55 76.1 74.8 77.2 74.6 72.8 76
56 76.4 75.1 77.4 74.9 73.2 76.3
57 76.6 75.4 77.6 75.2 73.6 76.6
58 76.9 75.7 77.9 75.6 74 76.9
59 77.2 76 78.1 75.9 74.4 77.2
60 77.4 76.3 78.3 76.3 74.8 77.5
61 77.7 76.6 78.6 76.7 75.2 77.9
62 78.1 77 78.9 77.1 75.6 78.2
63 78.4 77.4 79.1 77.5 76.1 78.6
64 78.7 77.8 79.4 77.9 76.5 79
65 79.1 78.1 79.7 78.3 77 79.4
66 79.4 78.6 80.1 78.8 77.5 79.8
67 79.8 79 80.4 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 80.2 79.4 80.8 79.7 78.4 80.7
69 80.6 79.9 81.1 80.2 79 81.1
70 81 80.3 81.5 80.7 79.5 81.6
71 81.5 80.8 81.9 81.2 80 82.1
72 81.9 81.3 82.3 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 82.4 81.8 82.8 82.2 81.2 83
74 82.9 82.4 83.3 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 83.4 82.9 83.7 83.4 82.3 84.1
76 84 83.5 84.3 83.9 83 84.6
77 84.5 84.1 84.8 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 85.1 84.7 85.3 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 85.7 85.3 85.9 85.8 84.9 86.3
80 86.3 86 86.5 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 86.9 86.6 87.1 87 86.3 87.5
82 87.6 87.3 87.7 87.7 87 88.1
83 88.2 88 88.4 88.4 87.7 88.7
84 88.9 88.7 89 89 88.4 89.4
85 89.6 89.4 89.7 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 90.3 90.2 90.4 90.5 90 90.8
87 91.1 90.9 91.2 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 91.9 91.7 91.9 92 91.6 92.2
89 92.6 92.5 92.7 92.8 92.4 93
90 93.4 93.3 93.5 93.6 93.2 93.8
91 94.2 94.1 94.3 94.4 94 94.5
92 95 95 95.1 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 95.9 95.8 95.9 96 95.7 96.1
94 96.7 96.7 96.7 96.9 96.6 97
95 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 100.2 100.2 100.2 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 101.1 101 101.1 101.2 101 101.3
100 102 101.9 102 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Rwanda vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.6% in Rwanda and 66.2% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 59% and 47.3% will live to 70 years or older, 30.9% and 23.5% to 80+ years, and 6.34% 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.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
2 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
3 97% 96.7% 97.3% 96.2% 95.8% 96.5%
4 96.8% 96.5% 97.1% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
5 96.7% 96.4% 97% 95.8% 95.5% 96.1%
6 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
7 96.5% 96.2% 96.9% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
8 96.5% 96.1% 96.8% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
9 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 95.4% 95.1% 95.8%
10 96.4% 96% 96.7% 95.3% 95% 95.7%
11 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 95.3% 94.9% 95.6%
12 96.2% 95.9% 96.6% 95.2% 94.8% 95.6%
13 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
14 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 95% 94.7% 95.4%
15 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
16 96% 95.6% 96.4% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
17 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
18 95.8% 95.4% 96.3% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
19 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
20 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 94.2% 93.8% 94.7%
21 95.4% 94.9% 96% 94% 93.5% 94.5%
22 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 93.8% 93.3% 94.4%
23 95.1% 94.5% 95.8% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
24 95% 94.3% 95.6% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
25 94.8% 94.1% 95.5% 93.1% 92.4% 93.7%
26 94.6% 93.9% 95.4% 92.8% 92.1% 93.5%
27 94.5% 93.7% 95.3% 92.5% 91.7% 93.2%
28 94.3% 93.4% 95.1% 92.1% 91.4% 92.9%
29 94.1% 93.2% 95% 91.8% 91% 92.6%
30 93.9% 93% 94.8% 91.4% 90.6% 92.3%
31 93.7% 92.7% 94.6% 91.1% 90.1% 91.9%
32 93.5% 92.4% 94.5% 90.7% 89.7% 91.6%
33 93.2% 92.1% 94.3% 90.2% 89.2% 91.2%
34 93% 91.8% 94.1% 89.8% 88.7% 90.8%
35 92.7% 91.5% 93.9% 89.3% 88.1% 90.4%
36 92.4% 91.2% 93.7% 88.8% 87.5% 89.9%
37 92.1% 90.8% 93.4% 88.2% 86.9% 89.5%
38 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 87.7% 86.3% 89%
39 91.5% 90.1% 92.9% 87.1% 85.6% 88.4%
40 91.1% 89.6% 92.6% 86.4% 84.9% 87.9%
41 90.8% 89.2% 92.3% 85.8% 84.1% 87.3%
42 90.4% 88.7% 92% 85.1% 83.3% 86.7%
43 89.9% 88.2% 91.7% 84.4% 82.5% 86.1%
44 89.5% 87.7% 91.3% 83.6% 81.6% 85.5%
45 89% 87.1% 90.9% 82.9% 80.7% 84.8%
46 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 82% 79.7% 84.1%
47 88% 85.8% 90.1% 81.2% 78.7% 83.4%
48 87.4% 85.1% 89.6% 80.3% 77.7% 82.6%
49 86.8% 84.4% 89.1% 79.4% 76.6% 81.8%
50 86.1% 83.6% 88.5% 78.4% 75.4% 81%
51 85.4% 82.8% 87.9% 77.4% 74.2% 80.1%
52 84.6% 81.9% 87.3% 76.3% 73% 79.1%
53 83.8% 80.9% 86.6% 75.2% 71.7% 78.2%
54 83% 79.9% 85.9% 74.1% 70.3% 77.2%
55 82.1% 78.8% 85.2% 72.9% 69% 76.1%
56 81.1% 77.7% 84.4% 71.7% 67.5% 75%
57 80.1% 76.5% 83.5% 70.4% 66% 73.9%
58 79% 75.2% 82.6% 69.1% 64.5% 72.7%
59 77.9% 73.8% 81.6% 67.6% 62.9% 71.4%
60 76.6% 72.4% 80.5% 66.2% 61.2% 70.1%
61 75.3% 70.9% 79.4% 64.6% 59.5% 68.7%
62 73.9% 69.3% 78.2% 63% 57.7% 67.2%
63 72.4% 67.6% 76.8% 61.2% 55.8% 65.7%
64 70.8% 65.7% 75.4% 59.5% 53.8% 64%
65 69.1% 63.8% 73.9% 57.6% 51.8% 62.3%
66 67.3% 61.8% 72.2% 55.6% 49.7% 60.5%
67 65.3% 59.7% 70.5% 53.6% 47.6% 58.6%
68 63.3% 57.6% 68.6% 51.6% 45.4% 56.7%
69 61.2% 55.3% 66.6% 49.5% 43.2% 54.7%
70 59% 52.9% 64.5% 47.3% 40.9% 52.6%
71 56.6% 50.4% 62.1% 45.1% 38.6% 50.4%
72 54.1% 47.8% 59.7% 42.8% 36.3% 48.2%
73 51.4% 45.2% 57.1% 40.4% 33.9% 45.9%
74 48.7% 42.4% 54.4% 38% 31.4% 43.6%
75 45.9% 39.6% 51.5% 35.6% 29% 41.2%
76 43% 36.8% 48.5% 33.2% 26.6% 38.7%
77 40% 34% 45.4% 30.7% 24.3% 36.3%
78 37% 31.1% 42.3% 28.3% 21.9% 33.8%
79 33.9% 28.3% 39% 25.9% 19.7% 31.3%
80 30.9% 25.5% 35.8% 23.5% 17.5% 28.8%
81 27.9% 22.7% 32.5% 21.2% 15.4% 26.4%
82 24.9% 20.1% 29.2% 19% 13.4% 24%
83 22% 17.5% 26% 16.8% 11.5% 21.5%
84 19.3% 15.1% 22.8% 14.7% 9.78% 19.1%
85 16.6% 12.9% 19.8% 12.7% 8.2% 16.8%
86 14.1% 10.8% 16.9% 10.8% 6.78% 14.5%
87 11.8% 8.96% 14.3% 9.1% 5.53% 12.4%
88 9.77% 7.31% 11.9% 7.56% 4.44% 10.5%
89 7.93% 5.87% 9.69% 6.18% 3.51% 8.72%
90 6.34% 4.63% 7.79% 4.99% 2.73% 7.15%
91 4.96% 3.59% 6.13% 3.95% 2.09% 5.75%
92 3.82% 2.73% 4.75% 3.08% 1.57% 4.57%
93 2.88% 2.04% 3.6% 2.36% 1.15% 3.55%
94 2.12% 1.49% 2.67% 1.77% 0.83% 2.71%
95 1.53% 1.06% 1.93% 1.3% 0.59% 2.02%
96 1.07% 0.74% 1.36% 0.94% 0.4% 1.47%
97 0.74% 0.5% 0.94% 0.66% 0.27% 1.05%
98 0.49% 0.34% 0.63% 0.46% 0.18% 0.73%
99 0.32% 0.22% 0.41% 0.31% 0.12% 0.5%
100 0.2% 0.14% 0.26% 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 2.46% in the birth year in Rwanda and 3.05% in Zimbabwe, 0.23% vs 0.42% at age 30, 1.74% vs 2.37% at 60, and 9.83% vs 9.89% at 80.

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

Rwanda
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.46% 2.74% 2.18% 3.05% 3.4% 2.7%
1 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 0.5% 0.48% 0.52%
2 0.23% 0.24% 0.21% 0.32% 0.32% 0.32%
3 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
19 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.21% 0.25% 0.18%
21 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
22 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
23 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
24 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.31% 0.35% 0.26%
26 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
27 0.19% 0.24% 0.15% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
28 0.2% 0.25% 0.16% 0.37% 0.42% 0.33%
29 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.4% 0.45% 0.35%
30 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.42% 0.48% 0.37%
31 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.44% 0.51% 0.39%
32 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
33 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.5% 0.58% 0.44%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.54% 0.62% 0.47%
35 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.57% 0.66% 0.5%
36 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 0.61% 0.71% 0.53%
37 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.64% 0.75% 0.55%
38 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.68% 0.8% 0.59%
39 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.72% 0.85% 0.62%
40 0.41% 0.5% 0.33% 0.76% 0.9% 0.65%
41 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.8% 0.95% 0.68%
42 0.47% 0.57% 0.38% 0.84% 1% 0.71%
43 0.5% 0.61% 0.4% 0.89% 1.06% 0.75%
44 0.53% 0.65% 0.42% 0.93% 1.12% 0.78%
45 0.57% 0.7% 0.46% 0.99% 1.19% 0.83%
46 0.61% 0.75% 0.49% 1.04% 1.25% 0.87%
47 0.66% 0.81% 0.52% 1.09% 1.33% 0.92%
48 0.71% 0.87% 0.57% 1.16% 1.41% 0.98%
49 0.76% 0.94% 0.61% 1.22% 1.5% 1.03%
50 0.83% 1.02% 0.67% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1%
51 0.87% 1.08% 0.71% 1.36% 1.68% 1.15%
52 0.95% 1.17% 0.77% 1.44% 1.78% 1.23%
53 1.02% 1.26% 0.82% 1.52% 1.87% 1.29%
54 1.09% 1.35% 0.89% 1.6% 1.97% 1.36%
55 1.17% 1.44% 0.95% 1.69% 2.09% 1.44%
56 1.26% 1.55% 1.02% 1.79% 2.2% 1.53%
57 1.35% 1.66% 1.1% 1.91% 2.33% 1.62%
58 1.47% 1.79% 1.2% 2.04% 2.48% 1.73%
59 1.58% 1.94% 1.3% 2.19% 2.65% 1.85%
60 1.74% 2.12% 1.44% 2.37% 2.87% 1.99%
61 1.86% 2.27% 1.54% 2.53% 3.04% 2.13%
62 2.05% 2.48% 1.7% 2.73% 3.28% 2.31%
63 2.22% 2.68% 1.86% 2.92% 3.5% 2.49%
64 2.41% 2.9% 2.03% 3.14% 3.74% 2.7%
65 2.62% 3.14% 2.23% 3.38% 4.01% 2.93%
66 2.83% 3.38% 2.42% 3.58% 4.26% 3.1%
67 3.08% 3.66% 2.65% 3.82% 4.56% 3.31%
68 3.37% 3.97% 2.93% 4.09% 4.9% 3.54%
69 3.67% 4.3% 3.2% 4.38% 5.25% 3.78%
70 4.07% 4.72% 3.59% 4.75% 5.7% 4.11%
71 4.38% 5.07% 3.89% 5.06% 6.09% 4.37%
72 4.86% 5.58% 4.35% 5.51% 6.62% 4.76%
73 5.3% 6.05% 4.78% 5.92% 7.12% 5.11%
74 5.8% 6.58% 5.27% 6.38% 7.68% 5.51%
75 6.35% 7.15% 5.81% 6.87% 8.28% 5.94%
76 6.92% 7.76% 6.37% 7.37% 8.9% 6.37%
77 7.51% 8.39% 6.95% 7.89% 9.57% 6.81%
78 8.25% 9.16% 7.69% 8.54% 10.4% 7.38%
79 8.93% 9.89% 8.37% 9.11% 11.1% 7.87%
80 9.83% 10.8% 9.28% 9.89% 12.1% 8.58%
81 10.5% 11.6% 9.99% 10.5% 12.9% 9.17%
82 11.6% 12.7% 11.1% 11.6% 14% 10.2%
83 12.6% 13.7% 12.1% 12.5% 15% 11.2%
84 13.8% 14.9% 13.3% 13.6% 16.2% 12.3%
85 14.9% 16% 14.4% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 16.2% 17.2% 15.7% 15.8% 18.5% 14.5%
87 17.4% 18.4% 16.9% 16.9% 19.7% 15.6%
88 18.8% 19.7% 18.3% 18.2% 20.9% 16.8%
89 20.1% 21% 19.6% 19.3% 22.2% 18%
90 21.7% 22.6% 21.3% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 22.9% 23.8% 22.5% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 24.7% 25.5% 24.3% 23.5% 26.4% 22.2%
93 26.3% 27% 25.9% 24.9% 27.9% 23.7%
94 28% 28.6% 27.6% 26.4% 29.5% 25.4%
95 29.8% 30.3% 29.5% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 31.4% 31.8% 31.2% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 33% 33.3% 32.9% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 34.6% 34.7% 34.5% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 36.5% 36.5% 36.5% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 38.1% 38% 38.1% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in Rwanda compared to Zimbabwe

In Rwanda, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 73.5 in Rwanda and 68.8 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Rwanda
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Rwanda Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,463 2,740 2,181 3,053 3,402 2,699
1 354 368 339 484 463 505
2 220.4 233.4 207 308 305 311
3 154.2 164.8 143.3 211.7 213.4 209.9
4 113.9 122.1 105.6 153.9 157.9 149.8
5 88.5 95.1 81.7 116.6 119.9 113.1
6 74.8 81.5 68 98.5 103 94
7 65.9 72.7 58.9 87.5 92.4 82.5
8 58.9 65.5 52.2 78.6 83.3 73.8
9 54.5 60.8 48.1 72.9 76.9 68.8
10 52.4 58.7 46.1 70.4 74.5 66.2
11 52.4 59.2 45.6 70.9 76.1 65.5
12 54.4 61.5 47.2 73.9 79.4 68.4
13 58.8 66.6 51 80.4 85.9 74.8
14 66.1 75.7 56.4 90.9 97.8 83.9
15 76.4 88.5 64.1 106.1 114.9 97.1
16 89 105.5 72.3 122.8 135.4 110
17 102.2 124.4 79.9 143.2 161.3 124.9
18 116.4 144.9 87.7 164.9 188.9 140.6
19 126.7 159.1 94.2 182.4 209.2 155.3
20 135.9 171.6 100.2 200.4 229.9 170.6
21 143.4 182.4 104.5 216.1 249.9 182.2
22 150.7 191.9 110 234.1 270.1 198.3
23 157.2 199.7 115.5 251.5 289 214.4
24 163.3 206.4 121.4 268.5 307 231.1
25 169.3 213.2 127 286.4 326 248.2
26 175.9 219.8 133.7 304 344 267.1
27 183.4 227.7 140.7 324 365 286.2
28 191.7 236.6 148 343 387 303
29 200.8 246.4 155.9 363 409 323
30 211.9 258.9 165.2 385 436 341
31 220.2 268.9 171.6 403 458 356
32 234.1 284.5 183.7 428 487 379
33 246.8 299.3 194.5 453 517 400
34 261.2 317 206.4 481 550 423
35 277.9 336 220.8 512 586 450
36 294.1 355 234.7 539 619 473
37 312 376 248.8 568 655 496
38 333 400 267 599 691 522
39 353 423 283.7 627 725 545
40 378 453 305 659 766 571
41 397 475 320 685 795 592
42 426 508 345 717 834 617
43 450 538 365 747 871 642
44 478 571 388 779 911 669
45 512 612 416 816 958 702
46 542 648 441 850 1,000 731
47 578 692 472 888 1,046 766
48 619 741 508 929 1,096 806
49 660 791 544 969 1,146 846
50 711 852 591 1,018 1,207 892
51 747 897 622 1,050 1,245 925
52 804 961 675 1,100 1,298 971
53 851 1,016 714 1,140 1,342 1,009
54 906 1,077 762 1,184 1,389 1,052
55 961 1,137 809 1,233 1,440 1,097
56 1,022 1,202 864 1,284 1,485 1,146
57 1,084 1,269 919 1,341 1,537 1,197
58 1,160 1,350 989 1,411 1,599 1,257
59 1,233 1,430 1,057 1,481 1,664 1,318
60 1,335 1,536 1,156 1,571 1,756 1,398
61 1,403 1,609 1,221 1,632 1,809 1,463
62 1,512 1,719 1,331 1,718 1,890 1,553
63 1,605 1,812 1,426 1,790 1,952 1,636
64 1,704 1,907 1,531 1,866 2,014 1,726
65 1,812 2,007 1,646 1,945 2,075 1,824
66 1,903 2,088 1,745 1,993 2,121 1,875
67 2,015 2,187 1,870 2,050 2,172 1,938
68 2,136 2,287 2,008 2,111 2,224 2,007
69 2,245 2,379 2,133 2,166 2,269 2,069
70 2,398 2,496 2,317 2,250 2,336 2,164
71 2,479 2,557 2,416 2,281 2,352 2,203
72 2,628 2,667 2,600 2,356 2,400 2,294
73 2,727 2,734 2,729 2,393 2,412 2,346
74 2,827 2,792 2,868 2,427 2,414 2,401
75 2,914 2,836 2,993 2,448 2,404 2,446
76 2,973 2,855 3,091 2,444 2,370 2,468
77 3,005 2,850 3,159 2,424 2,321 2,470
78 3,051 2,848 3,251 2,416 2,272 2,497
79 3,033 2,795 3,268 2,358 2,186 2,465
80 3,039 2,752 3,321 2,328 2,113 2,474
81 2,940 2,633 3,242 2,235 1,982 2,419
82 2,899 2,545 3,239 2,197 1,873 2,450
83 2,787 2,403 3,147 2,102 1,730 2,403
84 2,659 2,248 3,033 1,999 1,583 2,345
85 2,479 2,057 2,856 1,858 1,418 2,232
86 2,286 1,861 2,659 1,709 1,253 2,102
87 2,061 1,651 2,417 1,540 1,088 1,934
88 1,832 1,442 2,167 1,372 930 1,762
89 1,594 1,235 1,901 1,196 779 1,570
90 1,376 1,045 1,657 1,040 647 1,401
91 1,139 855 1,379 863 518 1,184
92 943 696 1,153 724 414 1,016
93 757 551 932 588 322 843
94 594 426 737 469 244.7 687
95 455 321 569 366 181.8 548
96 338 235.5 425 277.6 131.3 423
97 243.4 168 308 205 92.4 318
98 170.6 116.8 216.8 147.6 63.5 232.4
99 117.8 80.2 150.3 105.4 43.2 168.4
100 12.4 4.19 20.1 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 Rwanda 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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