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Life Expectancy in Somalia vs South Africa (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 59.1 years in Somalia vs 66.5 in South Africa. Somalia is ranked 192/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Somalia, the life expectancy is 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Somalia vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Somalia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Somalia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41.5 40 42.9 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 41.7 40.2 43.1 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 41.9 40.4 43.4 45 44 46.2
1953 42.1 40.6 43.6 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 42.3 40.8 43.8 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 42.5 41.1 44 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 42.7 41.3 44.2 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 42.9 41.5 44.4 50.2 48.6 52
1958 43.1 41.7 44.6 51.1 49.5 53
1959 43.3 41.9 44.8 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 43.5 42.1 45 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 43.7 42.2 45.2 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 44 42.5 45.5 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 44.2 42.7 45.7 53.9 52 56
1964 44.4 42.9 45.9 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 44.6 43.2 46.1 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 44.8 43.4 46.3 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 45.1 43.6 46.5 55 52.9 57.2
1968 45.3 43.8 46.7 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 45.5 44 46.9 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 45.6 44.2 47.1 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 45.8 44.4 47.3 56 53.8 58.4
1972 46 44.6 47.5 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 46.2 44.8 47.7 56.7 54.6 59
1974 44.3 42.9 45.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 44.5 43.1 45.9 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 44.7 43.3 46.2 58 55.8 60.4
1977 47 45.6 48.5 58.5 56.2 61
1978 47 45.4 48.7 59 56.6 61.6
1979 47.4 46 48.9 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 47.6 46.2 49.1 60 57.5 62.7
1981 47.8 46.4 49.3 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 48 46.6 49.5 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 48.2 46.8 49.7 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 48.4 47 49.9 61.8 59 64.9
1985 48.3 46.9 49.7 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 48.4 47 49.9 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 49 47.6 50.5 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 43.9 39.9 48.8 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 46.6 42.9 50.9 63 59.6 66.8
1990 46.9 43.1 51.2 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 25.4 23.7 27.3 63 59.5 67
1992 25 23.9 26.3 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 50.6 49.1 52.1 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 50.3 48.8 51.8 62.1 58.8 66
1995 50.6 49.1 52.2 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 50.5 49 52.1 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 50.3 48.8 51.8 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 50.8 49.3 52.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 50.6 49.1 52.1 59.2 56.1 62
2000 50.7 49.3 52.2 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 50.8 49.4 52.3 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 50.8 49.4 52.3 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 50.7 49.2 52.2 54.2 52 56.3
2004 50.7 49.2 52.2 54 51.9 55.8
2005 50.9 49.4 52.4 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 50.9 49.3 52.6 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 50.9 49.2 52.6 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 51.5 49.8 53.2 56 53.5 58.1
2009 52.1 50.5 53.7 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 48.9 47.1 50.8 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 32.5 31.3 33.7 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 49.1 47.3 51 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 54 52.1 56 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 54.4 52.4 56.6 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 55.1 53 57.1 64.1 60.8 67
2016 55.3 53.1 57.6 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 52.2 50.2 54.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 54.8 52.7 56.9 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 57.2 55.2 59.3 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 57.1 55.1 59.2 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 55.7 53.7 57.8 62 59.2 64.8
2022 53.9 51.8 56.2 65.5 61.8 69
2023 58.8 56.3 61.4 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 59 56.5 61.6 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 59.1 56.6 61.7 66.5 63 70

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 47.4 years in Somalia and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.46 healthy years in Somalia and 11.3 in South Africa.

Somalia vs South Africa 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 and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.2 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
73.2 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Somalia South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 93.4% 95.7% 93.5% 95.4%
50 85.5% 89.9% 83.5% 88.8%
60 73.6% 80.6% 67.9% 79.0%
65 65.0% 73.3% 57.9% 72.2%
70 53.9% 62.9% 46.5% 63.4%
75 40.2% 49.1% 34.9% 52.7%
80 25.4% 32.8% 23.8% 40.2%
85 12.2% 17.0% 14.8% 27.7%
90 3.8% 6.2% 7.7% 16.0%
95 0.7% 1.4% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.1% 0.2% 1.1% 2.3%

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 Somalia vs South Africa: 70.2 years vs 70.5 at 30, 78.5 vs 80.7 at 65, 85.9 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 59.1 vs 66.5 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 and South Africa.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Somalia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 59.1 56.6 61.7 66.5 63 70
1 63.2 60.9 65.6 68 64.6 71.4
2 64.1 61.7 66.5 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 64.7 62.4 67.2 68.4 65 71.8
4 65.2 62.9 67.7 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 65.6 63.3 68 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 65.9 63.6 68.3 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 66.2 63.9 68.6 68.6 65.2 72
8 66.4 64 68.8 68.7 65.3 72
9 66.5 64.2 68.9 68.7 65.3 72
10 66.7 64.3 69.1 68.7 65.3 72
11 66.8 64.5 69.2 68.7 65.3 72
12 66.9 64.6 69.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 67 64.7 69.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 67.1 64.8 69.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 67.2 64.9 69.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 67.4 65.1 69.7 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 67.5 65.2 69.9 69 65.6 72.3
18 67.7 65.4 70 69 65.7 72.3
19 67.8 65.6 70.1 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 68 65.8 70.3 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 68.2 66.1 70.4 69.3 66 72.5
22 68.4 66.4 70.6 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 68.7 66.6 70.7 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 68.9 66.9 70.8 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 69.1 67.2 71 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 69.3 67.5 71.2 69.9 66.7 73
27 69.5 67.7 71.3 70 66.8 73.1
28 69.7 68 71.5 70.2 67 73.2
29 69.9 68.3 71.6 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 70.2 68.5 71.8 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 70.4 68.8 71.9 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 70.6 69 72.1 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 70.8 69.2 72.3 71.1 68 74
34 71 69.5 72.4 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 71.2 69.7 72.6 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 71.4 69.9 72.7 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 71.8 70.4 73.1 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 72 70.6 73.2 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 72.2 70.9 73.4 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 72.4 71.1 73.6 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 72.6 71.3 73.8 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 72.8 71.6 74 73.3 70.4 76
44 73 71.8 74.2 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 73.2 72 74.3 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 73.4 72.3 74.5 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 73.6 72.5 74.7 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 73.8 72.7 74.9 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 74.1 73 75.1 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 74.3 73.2 75.3 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 74.5 73.5 75.5 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 74.8 73.8 75.7 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 75 74 75.9 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 75.3 74.3 76.1 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 75.5 74.6 76.3 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 75.8 74.9 76.6 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 76 75.2 76.8 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 76.3 75.5 77 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 76.6 75.8 77.3 78.2 76 80
60 76.9 76.1 77.5 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 77.2 76.5 77.8 79 76.9 80.7
62 77.5 76.8 78.1 79.4 77.4 81
63 77.8 77.2 78.4 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 78.2 77.5 78.7 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 78.5 77.9 79 80.7 78.9 82
66 78.9 78.3 79.4 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 79.3 78.7 79.7 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 79.7 79.1 80.1 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 80.1 79.6 80.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 80.5 80 80.9 83.1 81.6 84
71 81 80.5 81.3 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 81.4 81 81.8 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 81.9 81.5 82.2 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 82.4 82 82.7 85.2 84 85.8
75 83 82.6 83.2 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 83.5 83.1 83.8 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 84.1 83.7 84.3 86.9 86 87.4
78 84.6 84.3 84.9 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 85.2 84.9 85.5 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 88.7 88 89.1
81 86.5 86.2 86.7 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 90 89.4 90.2
83 87.8 87.6 88 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 88.5 88.3 88.7 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 89.3 89 89.4 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90 89.7 90.2 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.8 90.5 90.9 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 92.3 92.1 92.5 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.8 94.6 94.9 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.4 97.2 97.4 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 100 99.9 100
97 99.1 99 99.2 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100 99.9 100.1 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 100.9 100.8 101 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Somalia vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 63.2% in Somalia and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 47.9% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 23.9% and 30% to 80+ years, and 4.11% and 11.2% 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.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Somalia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.5% 93% 94% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 92.2% 91.7% 92.7% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 91.2% 90.7% 91.8% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 90.5% 89.9% 91.1% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.5% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 89.4% 88.8% 90.1% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 89.1% 88.4% 89.7% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 88.8% 88.1% 89.5% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 88.5% 87.9% 89.2% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 88.3% 87.6% 89% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 88.1% 87.4% 88.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 88% 87.3% 88.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 87.8% 87.1% 88.5% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 87.6% 86.9% 88.3% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 87.4% 86.7% 88.2% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 87.2% 86.4% 88% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 87% 86.2% 87.8% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 86.7% 85.9% 87.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 86.4% 85.5% 87.3% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 86.1% 85.1% 87.1% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 85.7% 84.6% 86.8% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 85.3% 84.1% 86.6% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 84.9% 83.5% 86.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 84.5% 83% 86% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 84.1% 82.4% 85.8% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 83.6% 81.9% 85.5% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 83.2% 81.4% 85.2% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 82.8% 80.8% 84.9% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 82.4% 80.3% 84.6% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 82% 79.8% 84.2% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 81.5% 79.3% 83.9% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 81.1% 78.8% 83.6% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 80.7% 78.2% 83.2% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 80.3% 77.7% 82.9% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 79.8% 77.2% 82.5% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 79.4% 76.7% 82.2% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 78.9% 76.2% 81.8% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 78.5% 75.6% 81.4% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 78% 75.1% 81% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 77.5% 74.6% 80.6% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 77% 74% 80.2% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 76.5% 73.4% 79.7% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 76% 72.8% 79.3% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 75.4% 72.2% 78.8% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 74.9% 71.6% 78.3% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 74.3% 71% 77.8% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 73.7% 70.3% 77.3% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 73.2% 69.7% 76.8% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 72.5% 69% 76.3% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 71.9% 68.2% 75.7% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 71.2% 67.5% 75.1% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 70.4% 66.6% 74.4% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 69.7% 65.8% 73.8% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 68.9% 64.9% 73% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 68% 64% 72.3% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 67.1% 63% 71.5% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 66.2% 62% 70.7% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 65.3% 61% 69.8% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 64.3% 59.9% 68.9% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 63.2% 58.7% 67.9% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 62.1% 57.5% 66.9% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 60.9% 56.2% 65.7% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 59.6% 54.9% 64.5% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 58.2% 53.4% 63.2% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 56.7% 51.9% 61.7% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 55.1% 50.3% 60.2% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 53.5% 48.6% 58.6% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 51.7% 46.8% 56.9% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 49.9% 44.9% 55% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 47.9% 43% 53% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 45.8% 41% 50.9% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 43.7% 38.9% 48.7% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 41.4% 36.7% 46.3% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 39% 34.4% 43.9% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 36.6% 32.1% 41.3% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 34.1% 29.7% 38.7% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 31.6% 27.4% 36% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 29% 25% 33.3% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 26.5% 22.6% 30.5% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 23.9% 20.3% 27.6% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 21.3% 18% 24.8% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 18.8% 15.7% 22.1% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 16.4% 13.6% 19.4% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 14.1% 11.6% 16.8% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 12% 9.7% 14.4% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 10% 8% 12.1% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 8.24% 6.47% 10.1% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 6.66% 5.13% 8.22% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 5.28% 3.98% 6.61% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 4.11% 3.03% 5.21% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 3.13% 2.25% 4.03% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 2.33% 1.63% 3.05% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 1.7% 1.15% 2.26% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 1.21% 0.79% 1.63% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 0.84% 0.53% 1.16% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 0.57% 0.35% 0.8% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 0.38% 0.22% 0.54% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 0.24% 0.13% 0.35% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 0.15% 0.08% 0.23% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.09% 0.05% 0.14% 1.61% 0.99% 2.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.5% in the birth year in Somalia and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.52% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.79% vs 2.1% at 60, and 10.7% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Somalia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Somalia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.5% 7.02% 5.97% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 1.39% 1.41% 1.37% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 1.07% 1.1% 1.04% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.82% 0.86% 0.79% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.64% 0.68% 0.6% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.5% 0.54% 0.47% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.4% 0.43% 0.38% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.33% 0.35% 0.31% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.28% 0.29% 0.26% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.2% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.2% 0.2% 0.19% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.22% 0.24% 0.2% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.31% 0.37% 0.24% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.35% 0.43% 0.26% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.39% 0.5% 0.27% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.43% 0.56% 0.28% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.46% 0.62% 0.3% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.48% 0.64% 0.31% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.48% 0.65% 0.32% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.49% 0.65% 0.33% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.49% 0.65% 0.34% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.5% 0.65% 0.36% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.51% 0.65% 0.37% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.51% 0.65% 0.38% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.52% 0.65% 0.4% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.53% 0.66% 0.4% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.54% 0.66% 0.41% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.54% 0.67% 0.42% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.55% 0.67% 0.43% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.56% 0.68% 0.45% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.58% 0.69% 0.46% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.6% 0.71% 0.49% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.62% 0.73% 0.51% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.65% 0.75% 0.54% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.67% 0.78% 0.57% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.69% 0.8% 0.59% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.71% 0.83% 0.6% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.73% 0.85% 0.62% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.75% 0.88% 0.63% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.77% 0.91% 0.64% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.81% 0.95% 0.67% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.85% 1% 0.7% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.9% 1.07% 0.75% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.97% 1.14% 0.8% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 1.03% 1.22% 0.86% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 1.1% 1.29% 0.92% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 1.17% 1.37% 0.98% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 1.23% 1.43% 1.03% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 1.29% 1.5% 1.09% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 1.35% 1.58% 1.15% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 1.43% 1.66% 1.22% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 1.53% 1.77% 1.31% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.65% 1.9% 1.42% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.79% 2.06% 1.55% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.96% 2.25% 1.7% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 2.14% 2.45% 1.87% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 2.34% 2.66% 2.06% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 2.55% 2.88% 2.26% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 2.77% 3.12% 2.47% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 3.01% 3.37% 2.71% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 3.28% 3.65% 2.97% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 3.59% 3.96% 3.27% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 3.93% 4.31% 3.6% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 4.31% 4.71% 3.98% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 4.73% 5.15% 4.39% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 5.19% 5.64% 4.83% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 5.69% 6.16% 5.3% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 6.22% 6.72% 5.81% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 6.79% 7.33% 6.36% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 7.42% 8% 6.96% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 8.11% 8.72% 7.64% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 8.88% 9.52% 8.39% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 9.74% 10.4% 9.24% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 10.7% 11.4% 10.2% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 11.7% 12.4% 11.2% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 12.8% 13.6% 12.2% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 13.9% 14.8% 13.3% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 15.2% 16.2% 14.5% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 16.4% 17.6% 15.7% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 17.8% 19.1% 16.9% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 19.2% 20.7% 18.2% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 20.7% 22.3% 19.6% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 22.2% 24% 21.1% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 23.8% 25.8% 22.7% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 25.5% 27.5% 24.3% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 27.1% 29.3% 26% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 28.8% 31.1% 27.6% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 30.5% 33% 29.3% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 32.2% 34.8% 31% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 33.9% 36.7% 32.7% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 35.6% 38.6% 34.4% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 37.2% 40.4% 36.1% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 38.9% 42.2% 37.8% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 40.6% 44.1% 39.5% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Somalia compared to South Africa

In Somalia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 68.9 in Somalia and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Somalia South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,499 7,017 5,965 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 1,300 1,309 1,291 350 381 318
2 983 1,005 960 223.1 248.2 197
3 751 779 722 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 579 608 550 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 453 479 426 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 360 382 338 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 293.5 310 276.1 43 51.1 34.9
8 245.7 257.8 233 38.7 46 31.3
9 212.5 220.9 203.7 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 190.8 196.6 184.8 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 178.7 182.8 174.3 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 174.5 178.2 170.6 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 179.1 185.3 172.6 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 192.6 205.5 179.1 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 213.4 236.6 189.1 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 239.2 275.4 201.3 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 267.4 318 214.2 121.8 145 98.1
18 299.4 369 226.7 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 334 426 238.1 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 366 480 248.2 181.2 225.1 136
21 391 520 257 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 406 540 265 223.3 281.1 163
23 411 544 272.7 245.8 309 179.6
24 414 542 280.6 269.3 336 199.1
25 416 537 288.7 293.9 364 221.6
26 417 531 296.9 319 390 246.3
27 419 527 305 345 416 271.9
28 421 523 313 369 440 296.8
29 423 520 320 392 464 320
30 425 519 327 414 487 342
31 428 518 333 436 510 361
32 430 518 338 457 534 380
33 433 517 343 478 558 398
34 436 517 349 500 582 417
35 440 518 357 522 607 436
36 446 520 367 545 633 456
37 455 526 380 569 659 477
38 468 535 397 594 687 499
39 483 547 416 620 715 522
40 500 561 436 646 744 545
41 516 575 454 674 776 567
42 531 590 468 702 811 588
43 542 603 478 731 849 607
44 552 615 485 762 890 625
45 562 628 491 793 934 642
46 575 645 501 824 980 658
47 595 668 516 855 1,027 674
48 621 698 539 888 1,076 692
49 655 735 570 922 1,125 712
50 694 777 606 958 1,175 736
51 735 820 646 997 1,228 765
52 776 861 685 1,041 1,283 800
53 812 898 721 1,088 1,340 840
54 844 931 754 1,139 1,400 885
55 875 961 786 1,192 1,462 934
56 908 993 821 1,243 1,521 983
57 947 1,031 862 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 997 1,080 913 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 1,059 1,140 977 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 1,133 1,212 1,053 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,215 1,292 1,138 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,303 1,375 1,230 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,392 1,458 1,327 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,482 1,539 1,425 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,571 1,617 1,527 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,662 1,694 1,631 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,756 1,772 1,742 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,855 1,853 1,859 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,958 1,938 1,982 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 2,065 2,026 2,108 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 2,169 2,111 2,232 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,267 2,190 2,349 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,354 2,259 2,455 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,427 2,314 2,547 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,487 2,354 2,626 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,532 2,379 2,693 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,563 2,386 2,749 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,579 2,377 2,791 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,577 2,350 2,815 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,551 2,302 2,812 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,496 2,230 2,775 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,409 2,134 2,698 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,290 2,013 2,581 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 2,143 1,871 2,429 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 1,971 1,708 2,248 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 1,782 1,528 2,047 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 1,581 1,339 1,834 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 1,376 1,146 1,615 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 1,174 957 1,396 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 979 780 1,183 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 797 618 979 1,353 904 1,779
92 633 477 791 1,247 811 1,656
93 490 358 624 1,138 722 1,526
94 369 261.4 479 1,022 636 1,380
95 270.7 185 358 901 552 1,223
96 193.2 127 260.7 781 473 1,066
97 134.1 84.5 184.7 670 401 918
98 90.5 54.4 127.3 566 336 778
99 59.3 33.9 85.2 470 277.7 647
100 0 0 0 354 202.1 494

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 Somalia and South Africa 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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