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Life Expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

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The average life expectancy at birth is 70.3 years in Sao Tome and Principe vs 62.3 in Sierra Leone. Sao Tome and Principe is ranked 136/197 by life expectancy, and Sierra Leone is 186/197. In Sao Tome and Principe, the life expectancy is 66.7 years for males and 74.3 years for females. In Sierra Leone, it's 60.6 years for males and 64.1 years for females.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone life expectancy at birth by year chart

Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.1 38.2 40.1 28.9 27.5 30.4
1951 39.1 38.2 40.1 29.3 27.8 30.8
1952 39.1 38.2 40.1 29.7 28.3 31.2
1953 39.1 38.1 40.1 30.1 28.7 31.6
1954 39.2 38.2 40.1 30.5 29.1 32
1955 39.3 38.3 40.3 30.9 29.5 32.4
1956 39.5 38.5 40.6 31.3 29.9 32.8
1957 40.1 39.1 41.2 31.8 30.3 33.2
1958 41 39.8 42.1 32.1 30.7 33.6
1959 42.1 40.9 43.4 32.6 31.1 34
1960 43.6 42.3 45 33.1 31.6 34.6
1961 45.2 43.9 46.7 33.6 32.1 35.2
1962 46.8 45.5 48.4 34.2 32.7 35.7
1963 48.4 47 49.9 34.7 33.3 36.2
1964 49.7 48.3 51.3 35.3 33.9 36.7
1965 51.1 49.6 52.7 35.9 34.5 37.3
1966 52.3 50.7 54 36.6 35.4 37.9
1967 53.4 51.8 55.3 37.3 36 38.5
1968 54.5 52.7 56.5 37.8 36.5 39
1969 55.4 53.4 57.6 38.2 37 39.4
1970 56.3 54.1 58.7 38.6 37.3 39.9
1971 57 54.7 59.5 39.1 37.8 40.5
1972 57.4 55.1 60 39.5 38.1 41
1973 57.9 55.6 60.4 40 38.4 41.5
1974 58.3 56 60.7 40.4 38.8 42.1
1975 58.6 56.4 60.9 41 39.3 42.7
1976 58.8 56.8 60.9 41.4 39.7 43.1
1977 59 57.1 61 41.8 40.1 43.5
1978 59.1 57.3 61.1 42.2 40.5 43.9
1979 59.3 57.5 61.2 42.5 40.8 44.3
1980 59.4 57.5 61.3 42.8 41.1 44.6
1981 59.4 57.6 61.4 43.1 41.4 44.8
1982 59.5 57.6 61.5 43.3 41.6 45
1983 59.7 57.8 61.7 43.5 41.8 45.1
1984 59.9 58 61.8 43.6 42 45.2
1985 60.1 58.3 62 43.6 42 45.1
1986 57.6 56 59.3 43.5 42 45
1987 60.7 58.9 62.5 43.7 42.3 45.2
1988 60.8 59.1 62.6 43.8 42.3 45.2
1989 59.7 58.1 61.5 43.7 42.3 45.2
1990 60.7 58.9 62.5 43.7 42.4 45.1
1991 60.8 59 62.7 43.3 41.8 44.8
1992 60.7 58.8 62.7 43.5 42 45
1993 60.6 58.7 62.6 43.4 41.9 44.9
1994 60.6 58.6 62.6 42.8 41.2 44.4
1995 60.5 58.5 62.6 42.6 40.8 44.4
1996 60.6 58.5 62.7 43.5 42.2 44.9
1997 60.6 58.6 62.8 43.6 42.3 45
1998 60.8 58.7 62.9 42.7 40.7 44.8
1999 61 58.9 63.1 42 38.8 45.5
2000 61.2 59.2 63.3 44.8 43.7 46
2001 61.5 59.5 63.6 45.4 44.3 46.6
2002 61.8 59.8 63.9 46.2 45.2 47.1
2003 62.2 60.2 64.2 46.8 45.8 47.7
2004 62.6 60.5 64.6 47.5 46.6 48.4
2005 62.4 60.4 64.6 48.3 47.4 49.2
2006 63 60.9 65.3 49.5 48.6 50.5
2007 63.3 61.1 65.7 50 49 51
2008 63.4 61.1 65.9 50.7 49.7 51.7
2009 63.7 61.2 66.3 51.3 50.3 52.3
2010 63.9 61.4 66.5 51.9 50.9 52.9
2011 64.1 61.6 66.9 52.6 51.7 53.5
2012 64.5 61.9 67.4 53.2 52.2 54.1
2013 64.9 62.2 68 54.1 53.1 55
2014 65.5 62.7 68.6 54.3 53.4 55.1
2015 66 63.1 69.3 55.5 54.5 56.3
2016 66.6 63.6 70 56.9 56 57.9
2017 67.1 64 70.6 57.8 56.7 58.8
2018 67.6 64.4 71.3 59.1 57.8 60.3
2019 68 64.8 71.9 59.6 58.3 60.9
2020 68 64.6 72 59.7 58.2 61.2
2021 68 64.7 72 60.3 58.8 61.7
2022 69.2 65.8 73.3 61.3 59.5 63
2023 69.7 66.2 73.7 61.8 60.1 63.5
2024 69.9 66.4 73.9 62 60.2 63.7
2025 70.1 66.6 74.1 62.2 60.4 63.9
2026 70.3 66.7 74.3 62.3 60.6 64.1

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 62.4 years in Sao Tome and Principe and 53.1 in Sierra Leone. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.4 healthy years in Sao Tome and Principe and 12.6 in Sierra Leone.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone 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 Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone, 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:
42.6 vs 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.6 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
74.8 vs 73.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone
Male Female Male Female
40 96.3% 98.2% 96.8% 97.1%
50 89.3% 94.6% 91.1% 92.1%
60 75.8% 87.4% 79.2% 83.0%
65 65.6% 81.6% 69.2% 75.1%
70 53.0% 73.4% 56.0% 63.8%
75 38.9% 61.7% 39.8% 48.2%
80 24.5% 46.1% 23.2% 30.2%
85 12.2% 28.0% 10.0% 14.4%
90 4.4% 12.3% 2.8% 4.6%
95 1.0% 3.4% 0.4% 0.9%
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 Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone: 72.6 years vs 71 at 30, 79.5 vs 77.7 at 65, 86.6 vs 85.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 70.3 vs 62.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone.

Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 70.3 66.7 74.3 62.3 60.6 64.1
1 71 67.5 75 66.9 65.4 68.3
2 71 67.5 75 67.8 66.4 69.2
3 71.1 67.6 75 68.3 66.9 69.7
4 71.1 67.6 75.1 68.5 67.1 69.9
5 71.1 67.6 75.1 68.6 67.2 70
6 71.2 67.6 75.1 68.8 67.4 70.2
7 71.2 67.7 75.2 68.9 67.5 70.3
8 71.2 67.7 75.2 69 67.6 70.4
9 71.2 67.7 75.2 69.1 67.7 70.4
10 71.3 67.7 75.2 69.1 67.8 70.5
11 71.3 67.8 75.3 69.2 67.8 70.5
12 71.3 67.8 75.3 69.3 67.9 70.6
13 71.3 67.8 75.3 69.3 68 70.7
14 71.3 67.8 75.3 69.4 68 70.7
15 71.4 67.9 75.4 69.5 68.1 70.8
16 71.4 67.9 75.4 69.5 68.2 70.9
17 71.5 68 75.5 69.6 68.3 70.9
18 71.5 68 75.5 69.7 68.4 71
19 71.6 68.1 75.6 69.8 68.6 71.1
20 71.7 68.2 75.6 69.9 68.7 71.2
21 71.8 68.3 75.7 70 68.8 71.3
22 71.9 68.4 75.8 70.2 68.9 71.3
23 71.9 68.5 75.8 70.3 69.1 71.4
24 72 68.6 75.9 70.4 69.2 71.5
25 72.1 68.8 75.9 70.5 69.3 71.6
26 72.2 68.9 76 70.6 69.4 71.7
27 72.3 69 76 70.7 69.6 71.8
28 72.4 69.1 76.1 70.8 69.7 71.9
29 72.5 69.2 76.2 70.9 69.8 72
30 72.6 69.3 76.2 71 69.9 72.1
31 72.7 69.4 76.3 71.1 70 72.2
32 72.7 69.5 76.4 71.2 70.1 72.3
33 72.8 69.7 76.4 71.3 70.2 72.4
34 72.9 69.8 76.5 71.4 70.3 72.5
35 73 69.9 76.6 71.5 70.4 72.6
36 73.1 70 76.7 71.6 70.5 72.7
37 73.3 70.2 76.7 71.8 70.7 72.8
38 73.4 70.3 76.8 71.9 70.8 72.9
39 73.5 70.5 76.9 72 70.9 73
40 73.6 70.6 77 72.1 71 73.2
41 73.7 70.8 77.1 72.3 71.1 73.3
42 73.9 70.9 77.2 72.4 71.3 73.4
43 74 71.1 77.3 72.5 71.4 73.6
44 74.2 71.3 77.4 72.7 71.6 73.7
45 74.3 71.5 77.5 72.8 71.7 73.9
46 74.5 71.7 77.6 73 71.9 74
47 74.7 71.9 77.8 73.1 72.1 74.2
48 74.8 72.1 77.9 73.3 72.2 74.3
49 75 72.3 78 73.5 72.4 74.5
50 75.2 72.6 78.2 73.7 72.6 74.7
51 75.4 72.8 78.3 73.9 72.8 74.8
52 75.7 73.1 78.5 74.1 73 75
53 75.9 73.4 78.7 74.3 73.3 75.2
54 76.1 73.7 78.8 74.5 73.5 75.4
55 76.4 74 79 74.7 73.7 75.6
56 76.6 74.3 79.2 75 74 75.8
57 76.9 74.6 79.4 75.2 74.3 76.1
58 77.2 74.9 79.6 75.5 74.6 76.3
59 77.5 75.3 79.8 75.7 74.9 76.5
60 77.8 75.6 80 76 75.2 76.8
61 78.1 76 80.3 76.3 75.5 77
62 78.4 76.4 80.5 76.6 75.8 77.3
63 78.8 76.8 80.8 77 76.2 77.6
64 79.1 77.2 81 77.3 76.6 77.9
65 79.5 77.7 81.3 77.7 77 78.3
66 79.9 78.1 81.6 78 77.4 78.6
67 80.2 78.6 81.8 78.4 77.8 79
68 80.6 79.1 82.2 78.8 78.3 79.3
69 81.1 79.5 82.5 79.3 78.7 79.7
70 81.5 80 82.8 79.7 79.2 80.1
71 81.9 80.6 83.2 80.2 79.7 80.6
72 82.4 81.1 83.5 80.7 80.2 81
73 82.9 81.6 83.9 81.2 80.8 81.5
74 83.4 82.2 84.3 81.7 81.3 82
75 83.9 82.8 84.7 82.3 81.9 82.6
76 84.4 83.4 85.2 82.9 82.5 83.1
77 84.9 84 85.6 83.5 83.1 83.7
78 85.5 84.6 86.1 84.1 83.8 84.3
79 86 85.2 86.6 84.7 84.4 84.9
80 86.6 85.9 87.1 85.4 85.1 85.6
81 87.3 86.6 87.7 86 85.8 86.2
82 87.9 87.2 88.3 86.7 86.5 86.9
83 88.5 87.9 88.9 87.5 87.2 87.6
84 89.2 88.7 89.5 88.2 87.9 88.4
85 89.9 89.4 90.1 88.9 88.7 89.1
86 90.6 90.1 90.8 89.7 89.5 89.9
87 91.3 90.9 91.5 90.5 90.3 90.6
88 92 91.7 92.2 91.3 91.1 91.4
89 92.8 92.4 92.9 92.1 91.9 92.2
90 93.5 93.2 93.7 93 92.8 93.1
91 94.3 94.1 94.4 93.8 93.6 93.9
92 95.1 94.9 95.2 94.6 94.5 94.7
93 95.9 95.7 96 95.5 95.3 95.6
94 96.8 96.6 96.8 96.4 96.2 96.4
95 97.6 97.4 97.7 97.2 97.1 97.3
96 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.1 98 98.2
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 99.9 99.8 100
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 100.9 100.8 100.9
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.1% in Sao Tome and Principe and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 60.1% and 52% will live to 70 years or older, 33% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 7.65% and 3.22% 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.

Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Sao Tome Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99% 98.9% 99% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
2 98.9% 98.8% 99% 91.8% 91.2% 92.5%
3 98.9% 98.8% 99% 91.2% 90.5% 91.9%
4 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 90.9% 90.2% 91.6%
5 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 90.7% 90% 91.5%
6 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 90.5% 89.8% 91.2%
7 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 90.3% 89.6% 91.1%
8 98.6% 98.6% 98.7% 90.2% 89.4% 91%
9 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 90.1% 89.3% 90.8%
10 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 90% 89.2% 90.8%
11 98.5% 98.4% 98.6% 89.9% 89.1% 90.7%
12 98.5% 98.4% 98.6% 89.8% 89% 90.6%
13 98.5% 98.4% 98.6% 89.7% 88.9% 90.5%
14 98.4% 98.3% 98.5% 89.6% 88.7% 90.4%
15 98.4% 98.3% 98.5% 89.4% 88.6% 90.3%
16 98.3% 98.2% 98.4% 89.3% 88.4% 90.2%
17 98.2% 98.1% 98.3% 89.2% 88.3% 90.1%
18 98.1% 98% 98.2% 89% 88.1% 89.9%
19 98% 97.8% 98.1% 88.8% 87.9% 89.8%
20 97.8% 97.6% 98% 88.6% 87.6% 89.6%
21 97.6% 97.4% 97.9% 88.4% 87.4% 89.5%
22 97.5% 97.1% 97.8% 88.2% 87.2% 89.3%
23 97.3% 96.9% 97.7% 88% 86.9% 89.2%
24 97.1% 96.7% 97.6% 87.8% 86.7% 89%
25 97% 96.4% 97.5% 87.6% 86.4% 88.8%
26 96.8% 96.2% 97.4% 87.4% 86.2% 88.7%
27 96.6% 95.9% 97.2% 87.2% 86% 88.5%
28 96.4% 95.7% 97.1% 87% 85.7% 88.3%
29 96.2% 95.4% 97% 86.8% 85.5% 88.1%
30 96% 95.1% 96.8% 86.6% 85.3% 87.9%
31 95.8% 94.9% 96.7% 86.4% 85.1% 87.7%
32 95.6% 94.6% 96.6% 86.2% 84.8% 87.5%
33 95.3% 94.3% 96.4% 85.9% 84.6% 87.3%
34 95.1% 93.9% 96.3% 85.7% 84.3% 87%
35 94.9% 93.6% 96.1% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
36 94.6% 93.3% 95.9% 85.2% 83.8% 86.5%
37 94.3% 92.9% 95.7% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
38 94% 92.5% 95.5% 84.6% 83.2% 86%
39 93.7% 92.1% 95.3% 84.3% 82.9% 85.7%
40 93.3% 91.6% 95.1% 84% 82.6% 85.3%
41 93% 91.1% 94.8% 83.6% 82.2% 85%
42 92.6% 90.6% 94.6% 83.2% 81.9% 84.6%
43 92.2% 90.1% 94.3% 82.9% 81.5% 84.3%
44 91.7% 89.5% 94% 82.4% 81% 83.9%
45 91.3% 88.9% 93.7% 82% 80.6% 83.5%
46 90.7% 88.2% 93.3% 81.5% 80.1% 83%
47 90.2% 87.5% 92.9% 81% 79.6% 82.6%
48 89.6% 86.7% 92.5% 80.5% 79% 82.1%
49 88.9% 85.8% 92.1% 79.9% 78.4% 81.6%
50 88.2% 84.9% 91.6% 79.3% 77.7% 81%
51 87.5% 84% 91.1% 78.7% 77% 80.4%
52 86.7% 83% 90.6% 78% 76.2% 79.8%
53 85.8% 81.9% 90% 77.2% 75.4% 79.1%
54 84.9% 80.7% 89.4% 76.4% 74.5% 78.4%
55 84% 79.5% 88.7% 75.6% 73.5% 77.6%
56 82.9% 78.2% 88% 74.6% 72.5% 76.8%
57 81.8% 76.8% 87.3% 73.7% 71.4% 75.9%
58 80.7% 75.3% 86.5% 72.6% 70.2% 75%
59 79.4% 73.7% 85.6% 71.5% 68.9% 74%
60 78.1% 72.1% 84.7% 70.2% 67.6% 72.9%
61 76.7% 70.3% 83.7% 68.9% 66.1% 71.8%
62 75.2% 68.5% 82.6% 67.5% 64.5% 70.5%
63 73.7% 66.5% 81.5% 65.9% 62.8% 69.1%
64 72% 64.5% 80.3% 64.3% 61% 67.6%
65 70.3% 62.4% 79.1% 62.5% 59% 66%
66 68.5% 60.1% 77.7% 60.7% 57% 64.3%
67 66.5% 57.8% 76.2% 58.7% 54.9% 62.5%
68 64.5% 55.5% 74.6% 56.6% 52.6% 60.5%
69 62.4% 53% 72.9% 54.3% 50.2% 58.4%
70 60.1% 50.5% 71.1% 52% 47.8% 56.1%
71 57.8% 47.9% 69.1% 49.4% 45.2% 53.7%
72 55.4% 45.2% 67% 46.8% 42.5% 51.1%
73 52.9% 42.5% 64.8% 44% 39.7% 48.3%
74 50.2% 39.8% 62.4% 41.2% 36.8% 45.4%
75 47.5% 37% 59.8% 38.2% 33.9% 42.4%
76 44.7% 34.2% 57.1% 35.2% 31% 39.2%
77 41.9% 31.5% 54.2% 32.1% 28.1% 36.1%
78 38.9% 28.7% 51.2% 29.1% 25.3% 32.9%
79 36% 26% 48% 26.1% 22.5% 29.7%
80 33% 23.3% 44.7% 23.2% 19.8% 26.6%
81 30% 20.7% 41.2% 20.4% 17.2% 23.5%
82 27.1% 18.3% 37.7% 17.7% 14.8% 20.5%
83 24.2% 15.9% 34.2% 15.1% 12.5% 17.7%
84 21.3% 13.7% 30.7% 12.8% 10.4% 15.1%
85 18.6% 11.6% 27.2% 10.6% 8.51% 12.7%
86 16.1% 9.78% 23.7% 8.66% 6.84% 10.4%
87 13.7% 8.09% 20.5% 6.95% 5.39% 8.47%
88 11.5% 6.6% 17.4% 5.48% 4.17% 6.76%
89 9.44% 5.29% 14.5% 4.24% 3.16% 5.3%
90 7.65% 4.16% 11.9% 3.22% 2.35% 4.08%
91 6.08% 3.21% 9.61% 2.4% 1.71% 3.09%
92 4.73% 2.43% 7.58% 1.75% 1.22% 2.29%
93 3.61% 1.79% 5.86% 1.25% 0.85% 1.66%
94 2.69% 1.3% 4.42% 0.87% 0.57% 1.17%
95 1.96% 0.91% 3.26% 0.59% 0.38% 0.81%
96 1.39% 0.63% 2.34% 0.39% 0.24% 0.54%
97 0.96% 0.42% 1.64% 0.25% 0.15% 0.35%
98 0.65% 0.28% 1.11% 0.16% 0.09% 0.22%
99 0.42% 0.18% 0.73% 0.1% 0.05% 0.14%
100 0.27% 0.11% 0.47% 0.06% 0.03% 0.08%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 1.03% in the birth year in Sao Tome and Principe and 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.22% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.89% at 60, and 9.03% vs 12.2% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Sao Tome and Principe compared to Sierra Leone at any given age.

Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Sao Tome Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.03% 1.1% 0.95% 6.81% 7.42% 6.2%
1 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 1.46% 1.53% 1.39%
2 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.72% 0.76% 0.68%
3 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.29% 0.3% 0.27%
4 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
5 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.26% 0.28% 0.23%
6 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
7 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.16% 0.17% 0.14%
8 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
10 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
12 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
13 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
14 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
15 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.08% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.09% 0.18% 0.22% 0.15%
18 0.14% 0.17% 0.1% 0.2% 0.24% 0.15%
19 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
20 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
21 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
22 0.17% 0.24% 0.11% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
23 0.18% 0.24% 0.11% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
24 0.18% 0.25% 0.11% 0.23% 0.28% 0.19%
25 0.18% 0.25% 0.12% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
26 0.19% 0.26% 0.12% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
27 0.2% 0.27% 0.13% 0.23% 0.26% 0.21%
28 0.2% 0.28% 0.13% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
29 0.21% 0.29% 0.14% 0.24% 0.26% 0.23%
30 0.22% 0.3% 0.14% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
31 0.23% 0.31% 0.15% 0.26% 0.27% 0.25%
32 0.24% 0.32% 0.16% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
33 0.25% 0.34% 0.17% 0.28% 0.29% 0.27%
34 0.26% 0.36% 0.18% 0.3% 0.31% 0.28%
35 0.28% 0.38% 0.19% 0.31% 0.32% 0.3%
36 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.33% 0.34% 0.32%
37 0.32% 0.43% 0.21% 0.35% 0.36% 0.33%
38 0.34% 0.46% 0.23% 0.37% 0.38% 0.35%
39 0.36% 0.49% 0.24% 0.39% 0.4% 0.37%
40 0.39% 0.52% 0.26% 0.41% 0.43% 0.4%
41 0.42% 0.56% 0.28% 0.44% 0.46% 0.42%
42 0.45% 0.61% 0.3% 0.47% 0.49% 0.44%
43 0.48% 0.65% 0.32% 0.5% 0.52% 0.47%
44 0.52% 0.7% 0.34% 0.53% 0.56% 0.49%
45 0.57% 0.76% 0.37% 0.57% 0.61% 0.52%
46 0.61% 0.82% 0.41% 0.61% 0.66% 0.55%
47 0.67% 0.89% 0.44% 0.65% 0.71% 0.59%
48 0.72% 0.97% 0.47% 0.7% 0.78% 0.63%
49 0.78% 1.05% 0.51% 0.76% 0.84% 0.68%
50 0.84% 1.13% 0.55% 0.83% 0.92% 0.74%
51 0.91% 1.22% 0.59% 0.9% 1% 0.79%
52 0.98% 1.32% 0.63% 0.97% 1.09% 0.85%
53 1.06% 1.42% 0.68% 1.05% 1.19% 0.91%
54 1.14% 1.53% 0.73% 1.13% 1.29% 0.97%
55 1.23% 1.65% 0.79% 1.22% 1.4% 1.04%
56 1.33% 1.77% 0.86% 1.32% 1.53% 1.12%
57 1.43% 1.91% 0.93% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.55% 2.07% 1% 1.56% 1.82% 1.32%
59 1.67% 2.24% 1.08% 1.71% 2% 1.45%
60 1.79% 2.43% 1.16% 1.89% 2.19% 1.6%
61 1.92% 2.63% 1.25% 2.08% 2.41% 1.78%
62 2.06% 2.84% 1.35% 2.28% 2.64% 1.96%
63 2.22% 3.07% 1.46% 2.5% 2.89% 2.16%
64 2.4% 3.31% 1.59% 2.74% 3.16% 2.37%
65 2.61% 3.56% 1.74% 3% 3.45% 2.6%
66 2.83% 3.83% 1.9% 3.28% 3.76% 2.86%
67 3.06% 4.12% 2.09% 3.59% 4.11% 3.15%
68 3.31% 4.43% 2.29% 3.95% 4.5% 3.49%
69 3.58% 4.77% 2.52% 4.36% 4.94% 3.89%
70 3.87% 5.14% 2.77% 4.83% 5.43% 4.34%
71 4.19% 5.54% 3.04% 5.35% 5.96% 4.86%
72 4.56% 5.97% 3.36% 5.92% 6.55% 5.42%
73 4.96% 6.44% 3.71% 6.54% 7.18% 6.03%
74 5.4% 6.95% 4.11% 7.2% 7.87% 6.67%
75 5.88% 7.5% 4.55% 7.9% 8.6% 7.36%
76 6.42% 8.1% 5.05% 8.64% 9.37% 8.08%
77 6.99% 8.75% 5.61% 9.43% 10.2% 8.85%
78 7.61% 9.47% 6.23% 10.3% 11.1% 9.68%
79 8.29% 10.2% 6.91% 11.2% 12% 10.6%
80 9.03% 11.1% 7.66% 12.2% 13% 11.5%
81 9.85% 12% 8.48% 13.2% 14.2% 12.6%
82 10.7% 12.9% 9.38% 14.4% 15.4% 13.7%
83 11.7% 13.9% 10.4% 15.6% 16.7% 14.9%
84 12.7% 14.9% 11.4% 17% 18.1% 16.2%
85 13.8% 16% 12.5% 18.3% 19.6% 17.5%
86 14.9% 17.2% 13.8% 19.8% 21.2% 18.8%
87 16.2% 18.5% 15.1% 21.2% 22.7% 20.2%
88 17.6% 19.9% 16.5% 22.6% 24.2% 21.6%
89 19% 21.3% 17.9% 24% 25.7% 23%
90 20.5% 22.8% 19.5% 25.5% 27.2% 24.4%
91 22.1% 24.4% 21.1% 27% 28.8% 25.9%
92 23.8% 26.1% 22.8% 28.6% 30.4% 27.6%
93 25.5% 27.7% 24.5% 30.3% 32.2% 29.3%
94 27.2% 29.4% 26.3% 32.1% 34% 31.1%
95 29% 31.1% 28.2% 33.9% 35.8% 33%
96 30.8% 32.8% 30.1% 35.7% 37.6% 34.8%
97 32.7% 34.6% 32% 37.5% 39.4% 36.6%
98 34.6% 36.4% 34% 39.2% 41.1% 38.4%
99 36.6% 38.2% 36% 40.8% 42.7% 40%
100 38.5% 39.9% 38% 42.6% 44.5% 41.8%

Death rate by age in Sao Tome and Principe compared to Sierra Leone

In Sao Tome and Principe, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 74.1 in Sao Tome and Principe and 70.8 in Sierra Leone — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Sao Tome and Principe
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Sao Tome Sierra Leone
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,028 1,104 950 6,810 7,421 6,205
1 53.3 56.5 49.9 1,363 1,421 1,302
2 51.3 54.5 48.1 664 694 633
3 49.4 52.4 46.4 263.1 274.4 251.4
4 47.3 50 44.5 160.3 163.4 157
5 44.8 47.1 42.5 231.8 249.9 213
6 42.1 43.8 40.3 175.8 191.6 159.5
7 39.1 40.2 37.9 140.3 153.9 126.2
8 36.3 36.8 35.9 118.2 130.1 105.9
9 34.3 34.2 34.4 105.4 116.1 94.2
10 33.4 33 33.9 99.1 109.4 88.5
11 34.4 33.8 35 98 108.4 87.3
12 37.7 37.3 38.2 101.1 112.4 89.5
13 44.3 44.7 43.9 108.1 121.1 94.7
14 55 57.3 52.7 118.5 134.3 102.1
15 70.6 76.7 64.5 131.6 151.3 111.2
16 90.9 103.6 78.3 146.4 171 121.1
17 113.9 135.9 91.9 161.7 191.8 130.6
18 136 169.4 102.7 175.9 211.6 139.1
19 153.1 197.5 108.8 187.8 228.2 145.9
20 163.7 217.2 110.7 196.4 240.1 151.2
21 168.8 228.3 110.2 201.9 246.7 155.4
22 170.5 233.7 109.1 204.4 248.2 159.1
23 171.8 237 109.2 205 245.6 162.9
24 174.2 240.3 110.9 204.6 240.4 167.2
25 178.3 244.8 114.3 203.9 234.2 172.3
26 183.8 250.7 119 203.8 228.6 178
27 189.9 257.6 124.1 204.9 224.7 184.5
28 196.3 265.2 129.4 207.6 223 191.6
29 203.2 273.5 134.4 211.8 223.9 199.3
30 210.6 282.6 139.5 217.5 227.2 207.5
31 219 292.9 145 224.6 232.6 216.4
32 228.5 305 151.6 233.1 239.9 226
33 239.2 318 159.4 242.7 248.7 236.4
34 251.8 334 168.8 253.4 258.9 247.7
35 266.2 352 179.6 265.3 270.4 260
36 282.2 373 191.5 278.5 283.4 273.4
37 299.7 396 204.2 293.1 297.9 288.1
38 319 421 217.4 309 314 304
39 340 449 231 327 332 321
40 363 479 245.4 346 353 339
41 389 513 261.4 366 375 357
42 416 549 279.4 388 400 376
43 447 588 300 411 427 395
44 480 631 324 436 457 415
45 517 677 350 464 490 437
46 557 726 378 495 527 461
47 600 780 408 529 568 489
48 646 837 438 567 613 520
49 693 897 468 610 662 557
50 743 961 500 656 715 596
51 797 1,026 533 705 772 637
52 852 1,094 570 755 831 679
53 908 1,163 611 808 894 721
54 968 1,234 656 862 960 763
55 1,032 1,308 705 919 1,030 808
56 1,101 1,386 758 982 1,106 859
57 1,172 1,469 812 1,053 1,189 919
58 1,247 1,558 867 1,134 1,279 990
59 1,322 1,652 924 1,224 1,377 1,074
60 1,398 1,750 982 1,324 1,481 1,170
61 1,475 1,849 1,045 1,431 1,591 1,275
62 1,552 1,948 1,113 1,541 1,702 1,384
63 1,638 2,043 1,190 1,652 1,814 1,495
64 1,732 2,135 1,277 1,762 1,924 1,606
65 1,832 2,221 1,373 1,874 2,034 1,719
66 1,935 2,304 1,477 1,988 2,145 1,839
67 2,033 2,383 1,590 2,108 2,256 1,968
68 2,134 2,458 1,709 2,236 2,369 2,112
69 2,232 2,529 1,835 2,371 2,482 2,269
70 2,325 2,595 1,966 2,510 2,591 2,437
71 2,422 2,653 2,104 2,646 2,693 2,606
72 2,524 2,701 2,250 2,771 2,782 2,768
73 2,622 2,738 2,402 2,878 2,852 2,912
74 2,711 2,763 2,561 2,961 2,899 3,030
75 2,795 2,775 2,722 3,015 2,918 3,117
76 2,870 2,773 2,884 3,039 2,908 3,172
77 2,926 2,755 3,041 3,029 2,867 3,193
78 2,965 2,720 3,186 2,989 2,796 3,181
79 2,983 2,665 3,315 2,921 2,699 3,137
80 2,980 2,587 3,421 2,822 2,576 3,060
81 2,956 2,485 3,498 2,695 2,432 2,952
82 2,901 2,359 3,539 2,543 2,268 2,812
83 2,815 2,212 3,540 2,367 2,085 2,640
84 2,704 2,046 3,497 2,166 1,885 2,439
85 2,564 1,869 3,407 1,946 1,671 2,213
86 2,402 1,684 3,269 1,711 1,447 1,967
87 2,217 1,497 3,086 1,471 1,223 1,713
88 2,012 1,310 2,862 1,237 1,009 1,459
89 1,794 1,127 2,604 1,018 812 1,218
90 1,570 950 2,321 820 639 997
91 1,345 784 2,025 648 492 801
92 1,126 632 1,726 501 371 630
93 920 497 1,435 379 272.6 485
94 731 381 1,163 280.1 195.3 364
95 567 284.5 918 201.1 135.9 266
96 428 206.8 704 140.1 91.7 188.4
97 314 146.3 524 94.5 59.9 129.2
98 223.8 100.6 378 61.8 37.9 85.7
99 154.4 67.1 264.1 39.1 23.2 55.1
100 28.7 0 67.6 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 Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone 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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