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Life Expectancy in Sierra Leone vs Somalia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 62.3 years in Sierra Leone vs 59.3 in Somalia. Sierra Leone is ranked 186/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In Sierra Leone, the life expectancy is 60.6 years for males and 64.1 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females.

Sierra Leone vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Sierra Leone Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 28.9 27.5 30.4 41.5 40 42.9
1951 29.3 27.8 30.8 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 29.7 28.3 31.2 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 30.1 28.7 31.6 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 30.5 29.1 32 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 30.9 29.5 32.4 42.5 41.1 44
1956 31.3 29.9 32.8 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 31.8 30.3 33.2 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 32.1 30.7 33.6 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 32.6 31.1 34 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 33.1 31.6 34.6 43.5 42.1 45
1961 33.6 32.1 35.2 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 34.2 32.7 35.7 44 42.5 45.5
1963 34.7 33.3 36.2 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 35.3 33.9 36.7 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 35.9 34.5 37.3 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 36.6 35.4 37.9 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 37.3 36 38.5 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 37.8 36.5 39 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 38.2 37 39.4 45.5 44 46.9
1970 38.6 37.3 39.9 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 39.1 37.8 40.5 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 39.5 38.1 41 46 44.6 47.5
1973 40 38.4 41.5 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 40.4 38.8 42.1 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 41 39.3 42.7 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 41.4 39.7 43.1 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 41.8 40.1 43.5 47 45.6 48.5
1978 42.2 40.5 43.9 47 45.4 48.7
1979 42.5 40.8 44.3 47.4 46 48.9
1980 42.8 41.1 44.6 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 43.1 41.4 44.8 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 43.3 41.6 45 48 46.6 49.5
1983 43.5 41.8 45.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 43.6 42 45.2 48.4 47 49.9
1985 43.6 42 45.1 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 43.5 42 45 48.4 47 49.9
1987 43.7 42.3 45.2 49 47.6 50.5
1988 43.8 42.3 45.2 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 43.7 42.3 45.2 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 43.7 42.4 45.1 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 43.3 41.8 44.8 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 43.5 42 45 25 23.9 26.3
1993 43.4 41.9 44.9 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 42.8 41.2 44.4 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 42.6 40.8 44.4 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 43.5 42.2 44.9 50.5 49 52.1
1997 43.6 42.3 45 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 42.7 40.7 44.8 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 42 38.8 45.5 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 44.8 43.7 46 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 45.4 44.3 46.6 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 46.2 45.2 47.1 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 46.8 45.8 47.7 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 47.5 46.6 48.4 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 48.3 47.4 49.2 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 49.5 48.6 50.5 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 50 49 51 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 50.7 49.7 51.7 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 51.3 50.3 52.3 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 51.9 50.9 52.9 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 52.6 51.7 53.5 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 53.2 52.2 54.1 49.1 47.3 51
2013 54.1 53.1 55 54 52.1 56
2014 54.3 53.4 55.1 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 55.5 54.5 56.3 55.1 53 57.1
2016 56.9 56 57.9 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 57.8 56.7 58.8 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 59.1 57.8 60.3 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 59.6 58.3 60.9 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 59.7 58.2 61.2 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 60.3 58.8 61.7 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 61.3 59.5 63 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 61.8 60.1 63.5 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 62 60.2 63.7 59 56.5 61.6
2025 62.2 60.4 63.9 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 62.3 60.6 64.1 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 53.1 years in Sierra Leone and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.6 healthy years in Sierra Leone and 9.46 in Somalia.

Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone 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:
41.0 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
73.3 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Sierra Leone Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.8% 97.1% 93.5% 95.8%
50 91.1% 92.1% 85.6% 89.9%
60 79.2% 83.0% 73.7% 80.7%
65 69.2% 75.1% 65.1% 73.4%
70 56.0% 63.8% 54.0% 63.1%
75 39.8% 48.2% 40.3% 49.2%
80 23.2% 30.2% 25.4% 32.9%
85 10.0% 14.4% 12.2% 17.1%
90 2.8% 4.6% 3.8% 6.2%
95 0.4% 0.9% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.0% 0.1% 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 Sierra Leone vs Somalia: 71 years vs 70.2 at 30, 77.7 vs 78.5 at 65, 85.4 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 62.3 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 Sierra Leone and Somalia.

Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Sierra Leone Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 62.3 60.6 64.1 59.3 56.8 61.9
1 66.9 65.4 68.3 63.3 61 65.7
2 67.8 66.4 69.2 64.2 61.8 66.6
3 68.3 66.9 69.7 64.8 62.5 67.3
4 68.5 67.1 69.9 65.3 63 67.8
5 68.6 67.2 70 65.7 63.4 68.1
6 68.8 67.4 70.2 66 63.7 68.4
7 68.9 67.5 70.3 66.3 63.9 68.7
8 69 67.6 70.4 66.5 64.1 68.9
9 69.1 67.7 70.4 66.6 64.3 69
10 69.1 67.8 70.5 66.8 64.4 69.1
11 69.2 67.8 70.5 66.9 64.6 69.3
12 69.3 67.9 70.6 67 64.7 69.4
13 69.3 68 70.7 67.1 64.8 69.5
14 69.4 68 70.7 67.2 64.9 69.6
15 69.5 68.1 70.8 67.3 65 69.7
16 69.5 68.2 70.9 67.4 65.1 69.8
17 69.6 68.3 70.9 67.6 65.3 69.9
18 69.7 68.4 71 67.7 65.5 70.1
19 69.8 68.6 71.1 67.9 65.7 70.2
20 69.9 68.7 71.2 68.1 65.9 70.3
21 70 68.8 71.3 68.3 66.1 70.5
22 70.2 68.9 71.3 68.5 66.4 70.6
23 70.3 69.1 71.4 68.7 66.7 70.8
24 70.4 69.2 71.5 68.9 67 70.9
25 70.5 69.3 71.6 69.2 67.3 71.1
26 70.6 69.4 71.7 69.4 67.5 71.2
27 70.7 69.6 71.8 69.6 67.8 71.4
28 70.8 69.7 71.9 69.8 68 71.5
29 70.9 69.8 72 70 68.3 71.7
30 71 69.9 72.1 70.2 68.6 71.8
31 71.1 70 72.2 70.4 68.8 72
32 71.2 70.1 72.3 70.6 69 72.2
33 71.3 70.2 72.4 70.8 69.3 72.3
34 71.4 70.3 72.5 71 69.5 72.5
35 71.5 70.4 72.6 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 71.6 70.5 72.7 71.4 70 72.8
37 71.8 70.7 72.8 71.6 70.2 73
38 71.9 70.8 72.9 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 72 70.9 73 72 70.7 73.3
40 72.1 71 73.2 72.2 70.9 73.5
41 72.3 71.1 73.3 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 72.4 71.3 73.4 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 72.5 71.4 73.6 72.8 71.6 74
44 72.7 71.6 73.7 73 71.8 74.2
45 72.8 71.7 73.9 73.2 72 74.4
46 73 71.9 74 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 73.1 72.1 74.2 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 73.3 72.2 74.3 73.9 72.7 74.9
49 73.5 72.4 74.5 74.1 73 75.1
50 73.7 72.6 74.7 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 73.9 72.8 74.8 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 74.1 73 75 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 74.3 73.3 75.2 75 74 75.9
54 74.5 73.5 75.4 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 74.7 73.7 75.6 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 75 74 75.8 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 75.2 74.3 76.1 76.1 75.2 76.8
58 75.5 74.6 76.3 76.3 75.5 77
59 75.7 74.9 76.5 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 76 75.2 76.8 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 76.3 75.5 77 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 76.6 75.8 77.3 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 77 76.2 77.6 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 77.3 76.6 77.9 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 77.7 77 78.3 78.5 77.9 79
66 78 77.4 78.6 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 78.4 77.8 79 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 78.8 78.3 79.3 79.7 79.2 80.1
69 79.3 78.7 79.7 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 79.7 79.2 80.1 80.5 80 80.9
71 80.2 79.7 80.6 81 80.5 81.3
72 80.7 80.2 81 81.4 81 81.8
73 81.2 80.8 81.5 81.9 81.5 82.3
74 81.7 81.3 82 82.4 82 82.7
75 82.3 81.9 82.6 83 82.6 83.3
76 82.9 82.5 83.1 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 83.5 83.1 83.7 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 84.1 83.8 84.3 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 84.7 84.4 84.9 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 85.4 85.1 85.6 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 86 85.8 86.2 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 86.7 86.5 86.9 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 87.5 87.2 87.6 87.8 87.6 88
84 88.2 87.9 88.4 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 88.9 88.7 89.1 89.3 89 89.4
86 89.7 89.5 89.9 90 89.7 90.2
87 90.5 90.3 90.6 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 91.3 91.1 91.4 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.1 91.9 92.2 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93 92.8 93.1 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.5 95.3 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.4 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.1 98 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99 98.9 99.1 99.1 99 99.2
98 99.9 99.8 100 100 99.9 100.1
99 100.9 100.8 100.9 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in Sierra Leone vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 70.2% in Sierra Leone and 63.5% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52% and 48.1% will live to 70 years or older, 23.2% and 24% to 80+ years, and 3.22% 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.

Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Sierra Leone Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.2% 92.6% 93.8% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 91.8% 91.2% 92.5% 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 91.2% 90.5% 91.9% 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 90.9% 90.2% 91.6% 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 90.7% 90% 91.5% 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 90.5% 89.8% 91.2% 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 90.3% 89.6% 91.1% 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 90.2% 89.4% 91% 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 90.1% 89.3% 90.8% 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 90% 89.2% 90.8% 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 89.9% 89.1% 90.7% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 89.8% 89% 90.6% 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 89.7% 88.9% 90.5% 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 89.6% 88.7% 90.4% 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 89.4% 88.6% 90.3% 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 89.3% 88.4% 90.2% 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 89.2% 88.3% 90.1% 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 89% 88.1% 89.9% 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 88.8% 87.9% 89.8% 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 88.6% 87.6% 89.6% 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 88.4% 87.4% 89.5% 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 88.2% 87.2% 89.3% 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 88% 86.9% 89.2% 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 87.8% 86.7% 89% 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 87.6% 86.4% 88.8% 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 87.2% 86% 88.5% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 87% 85.7% 88.3% 83% 81% 85.1%
29 86.8% 85.5% 88.1% 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 86.6% 85.3% 87.9% 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 86.4% 85.1% 87.7% 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 86.2% 84.8% 87.5% 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 85.9% 84.6% 87.3% 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 85.7% 84.3% 87% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 85.4% 84.1% 86.8% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 85.2% 83.8% 86.5% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 84.9% 83.5% 86.3% 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 84.6% 83.2% 86% 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 84.3% 82.9% 85.7% 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 84% 82.6% 85.3% 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 83.6% 82.2% 85% 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 83.2% 81.9% 84.6% 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 82.9% 81.5% 84.3% 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 82.4% 81% 83.9% 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 82% 80.6% 83.5% 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 81.5% 80.1% 83% 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 81% 79.6% 82.6% 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 80.5% 79% 82.1% 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 79.9% 78.4% 81.6% 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 79.3% 77.7% 81% 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 78.7% 77% 80.4% 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 78% 76.2% 79.8% 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 77.2% 75.4% 79.1% 69.9% 66% 74%
54 76.4% 74.5% 78.4% 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 75.6% 73.5% 77.6% 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 74.6% 72.5% 76.8% 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 73.7% 71.4% 75.9% 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 72.6% 70.2% 75% 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 71.5% 68.9% 74% 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 70.2% 67.6% 72.9% 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 68.9% 66.1% 71.8% 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 67.5% 64.5% 70.5% 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 65.9% 62.8% 69.1% 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 64.3% 61% 67.6% 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 62.5% 59% 66% 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 60.7% 57% 64.3% 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 58.7% 54.9% 62.5% 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 56.6% 52.6% 60.5% 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 54.3% 50.2% 58.4% 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 52% 47.8% 56.1% 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 49.4% 45.2% 53.7% 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 46.8% 42.5% 51.1% 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 44% 39.7% 48.3% 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 41.2% 36.8% 45.4% 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 38.2% 33.9% 42.4% 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 35.2% 31% 39.2% 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 32.1% 28.1% 36.1% 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 29.1% 25.3% 32.9% 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 26.1% 22.5% 29.7% 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 23.2% 19.8% 26.6% 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 20.4% 17.2% 23.5% 21.4% 18% 25%
82 17.7% 14.8% 20.5% 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 15.1% 12.5% 17.7% 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 12.8% 10.4% 15.1% 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 10.6% 8.51% 12.7% 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 8.66% 6.84% 10.4% 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 6.95% 5.39% 8.47% 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 5.48% 4.17% 6.76% 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 4.24% 3.16% 5.3% 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 3.22% 2.35% 4.08% 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 2.4% 1.71% 3.09% 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 1.75% 1.22% 2.29% 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.25% 0.85% 1.66% 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 0.87% 0.57% 1.17% 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 0.59% 0.38% 0.81% 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.39% 0.24% 0.54% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.25% 0.15% 0.35% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.16% 0.09% 0.22% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.1% 0.05% 0.14% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.06% 0.03% 0.08% 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 6.81% in the birth year in Sierra Leone and 6.43% in Somalia, 0.25% vs 0.51% at age 30, 1.89% vs 1.79% at 60, and 12.2% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Sierra Leone Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.81% 7.42% 6.2% 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 1.46% 1.53% 1.39% 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 0.72% 0.76% 0.68% 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.29% 0.3% 0.27% 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.18% 0.18% 0.17% 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.26% 0.28% 0.23% 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.12% 0.13% 0.1% 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.11% 0.13% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.13% 0.15% 0.11% 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.18% 0.22% 0.15% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.2% 0.24% 0.15% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.23% 0.28% 0.19% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.23% 0.27% 0.2% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.23% 0.26% 0.21% 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.24% 0.26% 0.23% 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.25% 0.27% 0.24% 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.26% 0.27% 0.25% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.28% 0.29% 0.27% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.31% 0.32% 0.3% 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.33% 0.34% 0.32% 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.35% 0.36% 0.33% 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.37% 0.38% 0.35% 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.39% 0.4% 0.37% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.41% 0.43% 0.4% 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.44% 0.46% 0.42% 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.47% 0.49% 0.44% 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.5% 0.52% 0.47% 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.53% 0.56% 0.49% 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.57% 0.61% 0.52% 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.61% 0.66% 0.55% 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.65% 0.71% 0.59% 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.7% 0.78% 0.63% 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.76% 0.84% 0.68% 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.83% 0.92% 0.74% 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 0.9% 1% 0.79% 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 0.97% 1.09% 0.85% 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.05% 1.19% 0.91% 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.13% 1.29% 0.97% 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.22% 1.4% 1.04% 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.32% 1.53% 1.12% 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.43% 1.66% 1.21% 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.56% 1.82% 1.32% 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.71% 2% 1.45% 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.89% 2.19% 1.6% 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 2.08% 2.41% 1.78% 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.28% 2.64% 1.96% 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.5% 2.89% 2.16% 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.74% 3.16% 2.37% 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 3% 3.45% 2.6% 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 3.28% 3.76% 2.86% 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.59% 4.11% 3.15% 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.95% 4.5% 3.49% 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 4.36% 4.94% 3.89% 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.83% 5.43% 4.34% 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 5.35% 5.96% 4.86% 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.92% 6.55% 5.42% 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 6.54% 7.18% 6.03% 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 7.2% 7.87% 6.67% 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 7.9% 8.6% 7.36% 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 8.64% 9.37% 8.08% 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 9.43% 10.2% 8.85% 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 10.3% 11.1% 9.68% 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 11.2% 12% 10.6% 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 12.2% 13% 11.5% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 13.2% 14.2% 12.6% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 14.4% 15.4% 13.7% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 15.6% 16.7% 14.9% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 17% 18.1% 16.2% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 18.3% 19.6% 17.5% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 19.8% 21.2% 18.8% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 21.2% 22.7% 20.2% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 22.6% 24.2% 21.6% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 24% 25.7% 23% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 25.5% 27.2% 24.4% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 27% 28.8% 25.9% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 28.6% 30.4% 27.6% 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 30.3% 32.2% 29.3% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 32.1% 34% 31.1% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 33.9% 35.8% 33% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 35.7% 37.6% 34.8% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 37.5% 39.4% 36.6% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 39.2% 41.1% 38.4% 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 40.8% 42.7% 40% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 42.6% 44.5% 41.8% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Sierra Leone compared to Somalia

In Sierra Leone, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 70.8 in Sierra Leone and 69 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Sierra Leone Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,810 7,421 6,205 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 1,363 1,421 1,302 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 664 694 633 972 995 947
3 263.1 274.4 251.4 742 770 712
4 160.3 163.4 157 572 601 542
5 231.8 249.9 213 447 473 420
6 175.8 191.6 159.5 356 377 333
7 140.3 153.9 126.2 289.8 307 272.2
8 118.2 130.1 105.9 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 105.4 116.1 94.2 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 99.1 109.4 88.5 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 98 108.4 87.3 176.6 181 172.1
12 101.1 112.4 89.5 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 108.1 121.1 94.7 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 118.5 134.3 102.1 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 131.6 151.3 111.2 211.2 234.4 187
16 146.4 171 121.1 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 161.7 191.8 130.6 264.8 315 211.9
18 175.9 211.6 139.1 296.4 365 224.4
19 187.8 228.2 145.9 331 422 235.7
20 196.4 240.1 151.2 363 475 245.7
21 201.9 246.7 155.4 388 515 254.5
22 204.4 248.2 159.1 402 535 262.5
23 205 245.6 162.9 407 539 270.2
24 204.6 240.4 167.2 410 537 278
25 203.9 234.2 172.3 412 532 286
26 203.8 228.6 178 413 526 294.2
27 204.9 224.7 184.5 415 522 302
28 207.6 223 191.6 417 519 310
29 211.8 223.9 199.3 419 516 317
30 217.5 227.2 207.5 422 515 324
31 224.6 232.6 216.4 424 514 330
32 233.1 239.9 226 427 514 335
33 242.7 248.7 236.4 430 514 341
34 253.4 258.9 247.7 433 514 347
35 265.3 270.4 260 437 514 354
36 278.5 283.4 273.4 443 517 364
37 293.1 297.9 288.1 453 523 377
38 309 314 304 465 532 394
39 327 332 321 481 544 413
40 346 353 339 497 558 433
41 366 375 357 514 573 451
42 388 400 376 528 587 465
43 411 427 395 540 601 475
44 436 457 415 550 613 482
45 464 490 437 560 627 489
46 495 527 461 574 644 499
47 529 568 489 593 667 514
48 567 613 520 620 697 537
49 610 662 557 654 734 568
50 656 715 596 693 776 604
51 705 772 637 734 819 644
52 755 831 679 775 861 683
53 808 894 721 811 898 720
54 862 960 763 844 931 753
55 919 1,030 808 875 962 785
56 982 1,106 859 908 994 820
57 1,053 1,189 919 948 1,033 861
58 1,134 1,279 990 998 1,082 913
59 1,224 1,377 1,074 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,324 1,481 1,170 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,431 1,591 1,275 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,541 1,702 1,384 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,652 1,814 1,495 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,762 1,924 1,606 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,874 2,034 1,719 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,988 2,145 1,839 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 2,108 2,256 1,968 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 2,236 2,369 2,112 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 2,371 2,482 2,269 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,510 2,591 2,437 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,646 2,693 2,606 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,771 2,782 2,768 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,878 2,852 2,912 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,961 2,899 3,030 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 3,015 2,918 3,117 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 3,039 2,908 3,172 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 3,029 2,867 3,193 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,989 2,796 3,181 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,921 2,699 3,137 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,822 2,576 3,060 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,695 2,432 2,952 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,543 2,268 2,812 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,367 2,085 2,640 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,166 1,885 2,439 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 1,946 1,671 2,213 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 1,711 1,447 1,967 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,471 1,223 1,713 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,237 1,009 1,459 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,018 812 1,218 1,179 961 1,405
90 820 639 997 984 783 1,190
91 648 492 801 802 621 985
92 501 371 630 637 479 797
93 379 272.6 485 493 360 628
94 280.1 195.3 364 371 262.4 482
95 201.1 135.9 266 272.3 185.8 361
96 140.1 91.7 188.4 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 94.5 59.9 129.2 134.9 84.8 186
98 61.8 37.9 85.7 91 54.6 128.2
99 39.1 23.2 55.1 59.7 34 85.8
100 0 0 0 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 Sierra Leone 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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