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Somalia life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

Somalia is ranked 192/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 56.8 years for males, 61.9 years for females, and 59.3 years for both genders combined.

Somalia life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 41.5 40 42.9
1951 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 42.5 41.1 44
1956 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 43.5 42.1 45
1961 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 44 42.5 45.5
1963 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 45.5 44 46.9
1970 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 46 44.6 47.5
1973 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 47 45.6 48.5
1978 47 45.4 48.7
1979 47.4 46 48.9
1980 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 48 46.6 49.5
1983 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 48.4 47 49.9
1985 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 48.4 47 49.9
1987 49 47.6 50.5
1988 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 25 23.9 26.3
1993 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 50.5 49 52.1
1997 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 49.1 47.3 51
2013 54 52.1 56
2014 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 55.1 53 57.1
2016 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 59 56.5 61.6
2025 59.1 56.6 61.7
2026 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.

In Somalia, 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 46.2 years for men and 48.7 for women, with a combined average of 47.4 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 9.46 healthy years, 8.88 for males and 10 for females.

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 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: 40.2 Years

Mean expected age of death: 70.2 Years

Median expected age of death: 73.2 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 94.6% 93.5% 95.8%
50 87.8% 85.6% 89.9%
60 77.3% 73.7% 80.7%
65 69.3% 65.1% 73.4%
70 58.6% 54.0% 63.1%
75 44.8% 40.3% 49.2%
80 29.2% 25.4% 32.9%
85 14.7% 12.2% 17.1%
90 5.0% 3.8% 6.2%
95 1.0% 0.7% 1.4%
100 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.

In Somalia, total life expectancy is 78.5 years at age 65, 80.5 at 70, 83 at 75, and 85.9 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 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 Somalia.

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

Probability of survival to age graph

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 93.6% 93% 94.1%
2 92.3% 91.7% 92.8%
3 91.3% 90.7% 91.9%
4 90.6% 90% 91.2%
5 90% 89.4% 90.6%
6 89.5% 88.9% 90.2%
7 89.2% 88.5% 89.9%
8 88.9% 88.2% 89.6%
9 88.7% 88% 89.4%
10 88.4% 87.7% 89.2%
11 88.3% 87.6% 89%
12 88.1% 87.4% 88.8%
13 87.9% 87.2% 88.7%
14 87.7% 87% 88.5%
15 87.5% 86.8% 88.3%
16 87.3% 86.6% 88.1%
17 87.1% 86.3% 87.9%
18 86.8% 86% 87.7%
19 86.5% 85.6% 87.5%
20 86.2% 85.2% 87.2%
21 85.8% 84.7% 87%
22 85.5% 84.2% 86.7%
23 85.1% 83.7% 86.5%
24 84.6% 83.1% 86.2%
25 84.2% 82.6% 85.9%
26 83.8% 82.1% 85.6%
27 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
28 83% 81% 85.1%
29 82.6% 80.5% 84.7%
30 82.2% 80% 84.4%
31 81.7% 79.5% 84.1%
32 81.3% 79% 83.8%
33 80.9% 78.4% 83.4%
34 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
35 80% 77.4% 82.7%
36 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
37 79.1% 76.4% 82%
38 78.7% 75.9% 81.7%
39 78.2% 75.3% 81.3%
40 77.7% 74.8% 80.8%
41 77.2% 74.2% 80.4%
42 76.7% 73.7% 80%
43 76.2% 73.1% 79.5%
44 75.7% 72.5% 79%
45 75.1% 71.9% 78.5%
46 74.6% 71.2% 78.1%
47 74% 70.6% 77.6%
48 73.4% 69.9% 77%
49 72.8% 69.2% 76.5%
50 72.1% 68.5% 75.9%
51 71.4% 67.7% 75.3%
52 70.7% 66.9% 74.7%
53 69.9% 66% 74%
54 69.1% 65.1% 73.3%
55 68.3% 64.2% 72.5%
56 67.4% 63.2% 71.7%
57 66.5% 62.2% 70.9%
58 65.5% 61.2% 70.1%
59 64.5% 60.1% 69.1%
60 63.5% 59% 68.2%
61 62.3% 57.8% 67.1%
62 61.1% 56.5% 66%
63 59.8% 55.1% 64.8%
64 58.4% 53.6% 63.4%
65 56.9% 52.1% 62%
66 55.4% 50.5% 60.5%
67 53.7% 48.8% 58.8%
68 51.9% 47% 57.1%
69 50.1% 45.1% 55.2%
70 48.1% 43.2% 53.2%
71 46% 41.1% 51.1%
72 43.9% 39% 48.9%
73 41.6% 36.8% 46.5%
74 39.2% 34.6% 44.1%
75 36.8% 32.2% 41.5%
76 34.3% 29.9% 38.9%
77 31.8% 27.5% 36.2%
78 29.2% 25.1% 33.4%
79 26.6% 22.7% 30.6%
80 24% 20.3% 27.8%
81 21.4% 18% 25%
82 18.9% 15.8% 22.2%
83 16.5% 13.6% 19.5%
84 14.2% 11.6% 16.9%
85 12.1% 9.75% 14.4%
86 10.1% 8.03% 12.2%
87 8.28% 6.5% 10.1%
88 6.69% 5.15% 8.27%
89 5.31% 4% 6.65%
90 4.13% 3.04% 5.25%
91 3.15% 2.26% 4.06%
92 2.35% 1.64% 3.07%
93 1.71% 1.16% 2.27%
94 1.22% 0.8% 1.65%
95 0.85% 0.53% 1.16%
96 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.24% 0.14% 0.35%
99 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In Somalia, the risk of dying is lowest at age 12 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 6.43% in the birth year, 0.51% at age 30, 1.79% at 60, and 10.7% at 80.

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 6.43% 6.96% 5.9%
1 1.37% 1.39% 1.35%
2 1.05% 1.08% 1.02%
3 0.81% 0.85% 0.77%
4 0.63% 0.67% 0.59%
5 0.5% 0.53% 0.46%
6 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.3%
8 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.24% 0.25% 0.22%
10 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
12 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.2%
15 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
19 0.38% 0.49% 0.27%
20 0.42% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.45% 0.61% 0.29%
22 0.47% 0.64% 0.3%
23 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
24 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
25 0.49% 0.64% 0.33%
26 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
27 0.5% 0.64% 0.35%
28 0.5% 0.64% 0.36%
29 0.51% 0.64% 0.37%
30 0.51% 0.64% 0.38%
31 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
32 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
33 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
34 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
35 0.55% 0.66% 0.43%
36 0.56% 0.67% 0.44%
37 0.57% 0.68% 0.46%
38 0.59% 0.7% 0.48%
39 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
40 0.64% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.67% 0.77% 0.56%
42 0.69% 0.8% 0.58%
43 0.71% 0.82% 0.6%
44 0.73% 0.85% 0.61%
45 0.75% 0.87% 0.62%
46 0.77% 0.9% 0.64%
47 0.8% 0.95% 0.66%
48 0.84% 1% 0.7%
49 0.9% 1.06% 0.74%
50 0.96% 1.13% 0.8%
51 1.03% 1.21% 0.85%
52 1.1% 1.29% 0.91%
53 1.16% 1.36% 0.97%
54 1.22% 1.43% 1.03%
55 1.28% 1.5% 1.08%
56 1.35% 1.57% 1.14%
57 1.43% 1.66% 1.21%
58 1.52% 1.77% 1.3%
59 1.64% 1.9% 1.41%
60 1.79% 2.06% 1.54%
61 1.95% 2.24% 1.7%
62 2.13% 2.44% 1.87%
63 2.33% 2.65% 2.05%
64 2.54% 2.88% 2.25%
65 2.77% 3.11% 2.47%
66 3.01% 3.37% 2.7%
67 3.28% 3.65% 2.96%
68 3.58% 3.96% 3.26%
69 3.92% 4.31% 3.6%
70 4.3% 4.71% 3.97%
71 4.73% 5.15% 4.38%
72 5.18% 5.63% 4.82%
73 5.68% 6.16% 5.29%
74 6.21% 6.72% 5.8%
75 6.78% 7.33% 6.35%
76 7.41% 8% 6.95%
77 8.1% 8.72% 7.63%
78 8.88% 9.52% 8.38%
79 9.73% 10.4% 9.23%
80 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 27.1% 29.3% 25.9%
93 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 37.3% 40.4% 36.1%
99 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in Somalia

The chart below shows the number of deaths in Somalia by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

In Somalia, most deaths occur at age 0 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 0 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 66.3 for men, 71.5 for women, and 69 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 6,435 6,958 5,895
1 1,286 1,297 1,274
2 972 995 947
3 742 770 712
4 572 601 542
5 447 473 420
6 356 377 333
7 289.8 307 272.2
8 242.6 254.9 229.7
9 209.9 218.5 200.9
10 188.6 194.5 182.4
11 176.6 181 172.1
12 172.6 176.5 168.5
13 177.2 183.6 170.5
14 190.6 203.7 177.1
15 211.2 234.4 187
16 236.8 272.8 199.1
17 264.8 315 211.9
18 296.4 365 224.4
19 331 422 235.7
20 363 475 245.7
21 388 515 254.5
22 402 535 262.5
23 407 539 270.2
24 410 537 278
25 412 532 286
26 413 526 294.2
27 415 522 302
28 417 519 310
29 419 516 317
30 422 515 324
31 424 514 330
32 427 514 335
33 430 514 341
34 433 514 347
35 437 514 354
36 443 517 364
37 453 523 377
38 465 532 394
39 481 544 413
40 497 558 433
41 514 573 451
42 528 587 465
43 540 601 475
44 550 613 482
45 560 627 489
46 574 644 499
47 593 667 514
48 620 697 537
49 654 734 568
50 693 776 604
51 734 819 644
52 775 861 683
53 811 898 720
54 844 931 753
55 875 962 785
56 908 994 820
57 948 1,033 861
58 998 1,082 913
59 1,060 1,143 977
60 1,134 1,215 1,053
61 1,217 1,295 1,139
62 1,305 1,379 1,231
63 1,395 1,462 1,328
64 1,485 1,544 1,427
65 1,575 1,622 1,528
66 1,665 1,699 1,633
67 1,760 1,778 1,744
68 1,859 1,860 1,862
69 1,964 1,945 1,985
70 2,071 2,033 2,113
71 2,176 2,119 2,237
72 2,274 2,199 2,355
73 2,362 2,268 2,462
74 2,436 2,323 2,555
75 2,496 2,364 2,635
76 2,542 2,389 2,703
77 2,573 2,397 2,759
78 2,590 2,388 2,802
79 2,588 2,361 2,826
80 2,562 2,312 2,824
81 2,507 2,240 2,788
82 2,420 2,143 2,711
83 2,302 2,022 2,594
84 2,154 1,879 2,441
85 1,981 1,715 2,260
86 1,791 1,535 2,058
87 1,589 1,345 1,844
88 1,383 1,151 1,624
89 1,179 961 1,405
90 984 783 1,190
91 802 621 985
92 637 479 797
93 493 360 628
94 371 262.4 482
95 272.3 185.8 361
96 194.3 127.5 262.5
97 134.9 84.8 186
98 91 54.6 128.2
99 59.7 34 85.8
100 0 0 0

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 Somalia's 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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