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Life Expectancy in Somalia vs South Korea (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 59.3 years in Somalia vs 84.6 in South Korea. Somalia is ranked 192/197 by life expectancy, and South Korea is 4/197. In Somalia, the life expectancy is 56.8 years for males and 61.9 years for females. In South Korea, it's 81.6 years for males and 87.5 years for females.

Somalia vs South Korea life expectancy at birth by year chart

Somalia
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Somalia South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41.5 40 42.9 22.2 17.5 34.6
1951 41.7 40.2 43.1 26.6 21 38.2
1952 41.9 40.4 43.4 36.6 31.7 42.9
1953 42.1 40.6 43.6 40.5 36.8 44.8
1954 42.3 40.8 43.8 46.1 43.9 48.4
1955 42.5 41.1 44 48.4 46.2 50.7
1956 42.7 41.3 44.2 50.2 48.1 52.5
1957 42.9 41.5 44.4 51.6 49.5 53.8
1958 43.1 41.7 44.6 51.8 49.5 54.3
1959 43.3 41.9 44.8 52.9 50.6 55.5
1960 43.5 42.1 45 53.8 51.4 56.3
1961 43.7 42.2 45.2 54.4 52 57
1962 44 42.5 45.5 55 52.7 57.6
1963 44.2 42.7 45.7 55 52.5 57.7
1964 44.4 42.9 45.9 55.3 52.7 58.3
1965 44.6 43.2 46.1 55.8 52.9 59
1966 44.8 43.4 46.3 55.4 52.5 58.7
1967 45.1 43.6 46.5 60.9 57.2 64.8
1968 45.3 43.8 46.7 60.9 57.2 64.9
1969 45.5 44 46.9 61.4 57.7 65.4
1970 45.6 44.2 47.1 62.2 58.5 66.1
1971 45.8 44.4 47.3 62.7 58.9 66.7
1972 46 44.6 47.5 63.2 59.3 67.4
1973 46.2 44.8 47.7 63.8 59.9 68
1974 44.3 42.9 45.7 64.2 60.2 68.6
1975 44.5 43.1 45.9 64.7 60.6 69.1
1976 44.7 43.3 46.2 65 60.9 69.5
1977 47 45.6 48.5 64.6 60.3 69.4
1978 47 45.4 48.7 65 60.5 70
1979 47.4 46 48.9 66.1 61.5 71.3
1980 47.6 46.2 49.1 64.8 60.5 69.7
1981 47.8 46.4 49.3 67.1 62.4 72.3
1982 48 46.6 49.5 67.1 62.5 72
1983 48.2 46.8 49.7 66.7 62.3 71.5
1984 48.4 47 49.9 68.1 63.7 72.8
1985 48.3 46.9 49.7 68.4 63.9 73.2
1986 48.4 47 49.9 69 64.5 73.8
1987 49 47.6 50.5 69.3 64.9 74
1988 43.9 39.9 48.8 70.2 65.7 74.9
1989 46.6 42.9 50.9 70.7 66.3 75.2
1990 46.9 43.1 51.2 71 66.8 75.4
1991 25.4 23.7 27.3 71.4 67.2 75.8
1992 25 23.9 26.3 72.2 68.1 76.4
1993 50.6 49.1 52.1 72.7 68.6 77
1994 50.3 48.8 51.8 72.9 68.8 77.1
1995 50.6 49.1 52.2 73.4 69.3 77.5
1996 50.5 49 52.1 74 70 78.1
1997 50.3 48.8 51.8 74.5 70.5 78.6
1998 50.8 49.3 52.2 75 71 79.1
1999 50.6 49.1 52.1 75.6 71.7 79.6
2000 50.7 49.3 52.2 76.2 72.3 80.1
2001 50.8 49.4 52.3 76.9 73 80.8
2002 50.8 49.4 52.3 77.2 73.4 81
2003 50.7 49.2 52.2 77.5 73.8 81.1
2004 50.7 49.2 52.2 78 74.3 81.6
2005 50.9 49.4 52.4 78.4 74.8 82
2006 50.9 49.3 52.6 79 75.4 82.5
2007 50.9 49.2 52.6 79.4 75.9 82.8
2008 51.5 49.8 53.2 80 76.3 83.5
2009 52.1 50.5 53.7 80.6 76.9 84
2010 48.9 47.1 50.8 80.7 77.1 84.2
2011 32.5 31.3 33.7 81.2 77.5 84.6
2012 49.1 47.3 51 81.3 77.7 84.7
2013 54 52.1 56 81.8 78.2 85.2
2014 54.4 52.4 56.6 82.4 78.7 85.7
2015 55.1 53 57.1 82.5 79 85.8
2016 55.3 53.1 57.6 82.9 79.4 86.1
2017 52.2 50.2 54.3 83.3 79.9 86.4
2018 54.8 52.7 56.9 83.3 79.9 86.4
2019 57.2 55.2 59.3 83.7 80.3 86.7
2020 57.1 55.1 59.2 83.7 80.3 86.8
2021 55.7 53.7 57.8 83.9 80.5 86.9
2022 53.9 51.8 56.2 82.7 79.6 85.8
2023 58.8 56.3 61.4 84.3 81.2 87.2
2024 59 56.5 61.6 84.4 81.3 87.3
2025 59.1 56.6 61.7 84.5 81.4 87.4
2026 59.3 56.8 61.9 84.6 81.6 87.5

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 72.5 in South Korea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.46 healthy years in Somalia and 19.6 in South Korea.

Somalia vs South Korea 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 Korea, 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 vs 55.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 85.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.2 vs 86.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Somalia South Korea
Male Female Male Female
40 93.5% 95.8% 99.6% 99.8%
50 85.6% 89.9% 98.5% 99.3%
60 73.7% 80.7% 95.0% 98.2%
65 65.1% 73.4% 91.3% 96.8%
70 54.0% 63.1% 85.0% 93.9%
75 40.3% 49.2% 76.8% 89.4%
80 25.4% 32.9% 63.7% 80.9%
85 12.2% 17.1% 45.9% 67.4%
90 3.8% 6.2% 25.7% 47.7%
95 0.7% 1.4% 9.3% 25.4%
100 0.1% 0.2% 1.7% 8.4%

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 Somalia vs South Korea: 70.2 years vs 85 at 30, 78.5 vs 86.8 at 65, 85.9 vs 90.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 59.3 vs 84.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Somalia and South Korea.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Somalia South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 59.3 56.8 61.9 84.6 81.6 87.5
1 63.3 61 65.7 84.8 81.7 87.7
2 64.2 61.8 66.6 84.8 81.7 87.7
3 64.8 62.5 67.3 84.8 81.7 87.7
4 65.3 63 67.8 84.8 81.8 87.7
5 65.7 63.4 68.1 84.8 81.8 87.7
6 66 63.7 68.4 84.9 81.8 87.7
7 66.3 63.9 68.7 84.9 81.8 87.7
8 66.5 64.1 68.9 84.9 81.8 87.7
9 66.6 64.3 69 84.9 81.8 87.7
10 66.8 64.4 69.1 84.9 81.8 87.7
11 66.9 64.6 69.3 84.9 81.8 87.7
12 67 64.7 69.4 84.9 81.8 87.7
13 67.1 64.8 69.5 84.9 81.8 87.8
14 67.2 64.9 69.6 84.9 81.8 87.8
15 67.3 65 69.7 84.9 81.8 87.8
16 67.4 65.1 69.8 84.9 81.8 87.8
17 67.6 65.3 69.9 84.9 81.8 87.8
18 67.7 65.5 70.1 84.9 81.8 87.8
19 67.9 65.7 70.2 84.9 81.8 87.8
20 68.1 65.9 70.3 84.9 81.8 87.8
21 68.3 66.1 70.5 84.9 81.9 87.8
22 68.5 66.4 70.6 84.9 81.9 87.8
23 68.7 66.7 70.8 84.9 81.9 87.8
24 68.9 67 70.9 85 81.9 87.8
25 69.2 67.3 71.1 85 81.9 87.8
26 69.4 67.5 71.2 85 81.9 87.8
27 69.6 67.8 71.4 85 81.9 87.8
28 69.8 68 71.5 85 81.9 87.8
29 70 68.3 71.7 85 81.9 87.8
30 70.2 68.6 71.8 85 81.9 87.9
31 70.4 68.8 72 85 82 87.9
32 70.6 69 72.2 85 82 87.9
33 70.8 69.3 72.3 85 82 87.9
34 71 69.5 72.5 85 82 87.9
35 71.2 69.7 72.6 85.1 82 87.9
36 71.4 70 72.8 85.1 82 87.9
37 71.6 70.2 73 85.1 82 87.9
38 71.8 70.4 73.1 85.1 82.1 87.9
39 72 70.7 73.3 85.1 82.1 88
40 72.2 70.9 73.5 85.1 82.1 88
41 72.4 71.1 73.6 85.2 82.1 88
42 72.6 71.3 73.8 85.2 82.2 88
43 72.8 71.6 74 85.2 82.2 88
44 73 71.8 74.2 85.2 82.2 88
45 73.2 72 74.4 85.3 82.3 88.1
46 73.4 72.3 74.5 85.3 82.3 88.1
47 73.6 72.5 74.7 85.4 82.4 88.1
48 73.9 72.7 74.9 85.4 82.4 88.1
49 74.1 73 75.1 85.4 82.5 88.1
50 74.3 73.2 75.3 85.5 82.5 88.2
51 74.5 73.5 75.5 85.5 82.6 88.2
52 74.8 73.8 75.7 85.6 82.7 88.2
53 75 74 75.9 85.6 82.8 88.3
54 75.3 74.3 76.1 85.7 82.8 88.3
55 75.5 74.6 76.3 85.8 82.9 88.3
56 75.8 74.9 76.6 85.8 83 88.4
57 76.1 75.2 76.8 85.9 83.1 88.4
58 76.3 75.5 77 86 83.3 88.4
59 76.6 75.8 77.3 86.1 83.4 88.5
60 76.9 76.1 77.5 86.2 83.5 88.5
61 77.2 76.5 77.8 86.3 83.7 88.6
62 77.5 76.8 78.1 86.4 83.8 88.7
63 77.8 77.2 78.4 86.5 84 88.7
64 78.2 77.5 78.7 86.7 84.2 88.8
65 78.5 77.9 79 86.8 84.4 88.9
66 78.9 78.3 79.4 87 84.6 89
67 79.3 78.7 79.7 87.2 84.8 89.1
68 79.7 79.2 80.1 87.4 85.1 89.3
69 80.1 79.6 80.5 87.6 85.3 89.4
70 80.5 80 80.9 87.8 85.6 89.6
71 81 80.5 81.3 88 85.9 89.7
72 81.4 81 81.8 88.3 86.1 89.9
73 81.9 81.5 82.3 88.5 86.4 90
74 82.4 82 82.7 88.7 86.7 90.2
75 83 82.6 83.3 89 87 90.4
76 83.5 83.1 83.8 89.3 87.3 90.6
77 84.1 83.7 84.3 89.6 87.7 90.9
78 84.6 84.3 84.9 89.9 88.1 91.1
79 85.2 84.9 85.5 90.3 88.5 91.4
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 90.7 88.9 91.7
81 86.5 86.2 86.7 91.1 89.3 92.1
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 91.5 89.8 92.4
83 87.8 87.6 88 91.9 90.3 92.8
84 88.5 88.3 88.7 92.4 90.8 93.2
85 89.3 89 89.4 92.8 91.3 93.6
86 90 89.7 90.2 93.3 91.9 94
87 90.8 90.5 90.9 93.9 92.5 94.5
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 94.4 93.1 95
89 92.3 92.1 92.5 95 93.7 95.5
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 95.6 94.4 96
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 96.2 95 96.6
92 94.8 94.6 94.9 96.9 95.7 97.2
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 97.6 96.5 97.8
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 98.3 97.2 98.5
95 97.4 97.2 97.4 99 98 99.1
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 99.7 98.8 99.8
97 99.1 99 99.2 100.5 99.6 100.6
98 100 99.9 100.1 101.2 100.4 101.3
99 100.9 100.8 101 102 101.3 102.1
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 102.8 102.1 102.9

Odds of living to age in Somalia vs South Korea

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 63.5% in Somalia and 96.1% in South Korea are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 48.1% and 89% will live to 70 years or older, 24% and 71.9% to 80+ years, and 4.13% and 37.1% 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 Korea
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Somalia South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.6% 93% 94.1% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 92.3% 91.7% 92.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 91.3% 90.7% 91.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 90.6% 90% 91.2% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
5 90% 89.4% 90.6% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
6 89.5% 88.9% 90.2% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
7 89.2% 88.5% 89.9% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
8 88.9% 88.2% 89.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
9 88.7% 88% 89.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
10 88.4% 87.7% 89.2% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
11 88.3% 87.6% 89% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
12 88.1% 87.4% 88.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
13 87.9% 87.2% 88.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
14 87.7% 87% 88.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
15 87.5% 86.8% 88.3% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
16 87.3% 86.6% 88.1% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
17 87.1% 86.3% 87.9% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
18 86.8% 86% 87.7% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
19 86.5% 85.6% 87.5% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
20 86.2% 85.2% 87.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
21 85.8% 84.7% 87% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
22 85.5% 84.2% 86.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
23 85.1% 83.7% 86.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
24 84.6% 83.1% 86.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
25 84.2% 82.6% 85.9% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
26 83.8% 82.1% 85.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
27 83.4% 81.5% 85.4% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
28 83% 81% 85.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
29 82.6% 80.5% 84.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
30 82.2% 80% 84.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
31 81.7% 79.5% 84.1% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
32 81.3% 79% 83.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
33 80.9% 78.4% 83.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
34 80.5% 77.9% 83.1% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
35 80% 77.4% 82.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
36 79.6% 76.9% 82.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
37 79.1% 76.4% 82% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
38 78.7% 75.9% 81.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
39 78.2% 75.3% 81.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
40 77.7% 74.8% 80.8% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
41 77.2% 74.2% 80.4% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
42 76.7% 73.7% 80% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
43 76.2% 73.1% 79.5% 99.1% 98.9% 99.2%
44 75.7% 72.5% 79% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
45 75.1% 71.9% 78.5% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
46 74.6% 71.2% 78.1% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
47 74% 70.6% 77.6% 98.7% 98.4% 99.1%
48 73.4% 69.9% 77% 98.6% 98.3% 99%
49 72.8% 69.2% 76.5% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
50 72.1% 68.5% 75.9% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
51 71.4% 67.7% 75.3% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
52 70.7% 66.9% 74.7% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
53 69.9% 66% 74% 97.9% 97.3% 98.6%
54 69.1% 65.1% 73.3% 97.7% 97% 98.6%
55 68.3% 64.2% 72.5% 97.5% 96.7% 98.5%
56 67.4% 63.2% 71.7% 97.3% 96.3% 98.3%
57 66.5% 62.2% 70.9% 97% 95.9% 98.2%
58 65.5% 61.2% 70.1% 96.8% 95.5% 98.1%
59 64.5% 60.1% 69.1% 96.4% 95% 97.9%
60 63.5% 59% 68.2% 96.1% 94.5% 97.7%
61 62.3% 57.8% 67.1% 95.7% 93.9% 97.5%
62 61.1% 56.5% 66% 95.2% 93.3% 97.3%
63 59.8% 55.1% 64.8% 94.7% 92.5% 97%
64 58.4% 53.6% 63.4% 94.2% 91.7% 96.7%
65 56.9% 52.1% 62% 93.5% 90.8% 96.4%
66 55.4% 50.5% 60.5% 92.8% 89.8% 95.9%
67 53.7% 48.8% 58.8% 92% 88.6% 95.4%
68 51.9% 47% 57.1% 91% 87.3% 94.8%
69 50.1% 45.1% 55.2% 90% 86% 94.2%
70 48.1% 43.2% 53.2% 89% 84.6% 93.5%
71 46% 41.1% 51.1% 87.8% 83.1% 92.7%
72 43.9% 39% 48.9% 86.7% 81.6% 91.9%
73 41.6% 36.8% 46.5% 85.5% 80% 91.1%
74 39.2% 34.6% 44.1% 84.1% 78.3% 90.1%
75 36.8% 32.2% 41.5% 82.6% 76.4% 89%
76 34.3% 29.9% 38.9% 80.9% 74.2% 87.7%
77 31.8% 27.5% 36.2% 79% 71.8% 86.2%
78 29.2% 25.1% 33.4% 76.8% 69.2% 84.5%
79 26.6% 22.7% 30.6% 74.5% 66.4% 82.7%
80 24% 20.3% 27.8% 71.9% 63.3% 80.6%
81 21.4% 18% 25% 69.2% 60.1% 78.3%
82 18.9% 15.8% 22.2% 66.3% 56.7% 75.9%
83 16.5% 13.6% 19.5% 63.2% 53.1% 73.2%
84 14.2% 11.6% 16.9% 60% 49.4% 70.3%
85 12.1% 9.75% 14.4% 56.5% 45.6% 67.1%
86 10.1% 8.03% 12.2% 52.9% 41.7% 63.7%
87 8.28% 6.5% 10.1% 49.1% 37.6% 60%
88 6.69% 5.15% 8.27% 45.2% 33.6% 56%
89 5.31% 4% 6.65% 41.2% 29.5% 51.8%
90 4.13% 3.04% 5.25% 37.1% 25.6% 47.5%
91 3.15% 2.26% 4.06% 33% 21.7% 43%
92 2.35% 1.64% 3.07% 29.1% 18.2% 38.5%
93 1.71% 1.16% 2.27% 25.2% 14.8% 34%
94 1.22% 0.8% 1.65% 21.5% 11.8% 29.5%
95 0.85% 0.53% 1.16% 18.1% 9.22% 25.2%
96 0.57% 0.35% 0.8% 15% 6.99% 21.2%
97 0.38% 0.22% 0.54% 12.1% 5.15% 17.4%
98 0.24% 0.14% 0.35% 9.59% 3.68% 14%
99 0.15% 0.08% 0.23% 7.43% 2.54% 11%
100 0.09% 0.05% 0.14% 5.61% 1.7% 8.36%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.43% in the birth year in Somalia and 0.19% in South Korea, 0.51% vs 0.02% at age 30, 1.79% vs 0.41% at 60, and 10.7% vs 3.79% at 80.

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

Somalia
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Somalia South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.43% 6.96% 5.9% 0.19% 0.2% 0.17%
1 1.37% 1.39% 1.35% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 1.05% 1.08% 1.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
3 0.81% 0.85% 0.77% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
4 0.63% 0.67% 0.59% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.5% 0.53% 0.46% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
6 0.4% 0.42% 0.37% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
7 0.32% 0.35% 0.3% 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
8 0.27% 0.29% 0.26% 0.007% 0.007% 0.006%
9 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.006% 0.006% 0.006%
10 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
12 0.2% 0.2% 0.19% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
13 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
14 0.22% 0.23% 0.2% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
15 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
16 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.008% 0.009% 0.006%
17 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.009% 0.01% 0.007%
18 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
19 0.38% 0.49% 0.27% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
20 0.42% 0.56% 0.28% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
21 0.45% 0.61% 0.29% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
22 0.47% 0.64% 0.3% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
23 0.48% 0.64% 0.31% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
24 0.48% 0.65% 0.32% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
25 0.49% 0.64% 0.33% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
26 0.49% 0.64% 0.34% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
27 0.5% 0.64% 0.35% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
28 0.5% 0.64% 0.36% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
29 0.51% 0.64% 0.37% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
30 0.51% 0.64% 0.38% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
31 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
32 0.53% 0.65% 0.4% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
33 0.53% 0.65% 0.41% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
34 0.54% 0.66% 0.42% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
35 0.55% 0.66% 0.43% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
36 0.56% 0.67% 0.44% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
37 0.57% 0.68% 0.46% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
38 0.59% 0.7% 0.48% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
39 0.61% 0.72% 0.51% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
40 0.64% 0.75% 0.54% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
41 0.67% 0.77% 0.56% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
42 0.69% 0.8% 0.58% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
43 0.71% 0.82% 0.6% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
44 0.73% 0.85% 0.61% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
45 0.75% 0.87% 0.62% 0.09% 0.12% 0.05%
46 0.77% 0.9% 0.64% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
47 0.8% 0.95% 0.66% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
48 0.84% 1% 0.7% 0.12% 0.17% 0.06%
49 0.9% 1.06% 0.74% 0.13% 0.19% 0.07%
50 0.96% 1.13% 0.8% 0.14% 0.2% 0.07%
51 1.03% 1.21% 0.85% 0.15% 0.23% 0.08%
52 1.1% 1.29% 0.91% 0.17% 0.25% 0.08%
53 1.16% 1.36% 0.97% 0.19% 0.28% 0.09%
54 1.22% 1.43% 1.03% 0.21% 0.32% 0.1%
55 1.28% 1.5% 1.08% 0.24% 0.36% 0.11%
56 1.35% 1.57% 1.14% 0.27% 0.41% 0.13%
57 1.43% 1.66% 1.21% 0.3% 0.45% 0.15%
58 1.52% 1.77% 1.3% 0.33% 0.5% 0.17%
59 1.64% 1.9% 1.41% 0.37% 0.56% 0.19%
60 1.79% 2.06% 1.54% 0.41% 0.62% 0.21%
61 1.95% 2.24% 1.7% 0.46% 0.69% 0.24%
62 2.13% 2.44% 1.87% 0.53% 0.78% 0.27%
63 2.33% 2.65% 2.05% 0.59% 0.88% 0.31%
64 2.54% 2.88% 2.25% 0.68% 0.99% 0.37%
65 2.77% 3.11% 2.47% 0.78% 1.14% 0.44%
66 3.01% 3.37% 2.7% 0.9% 1.3% 0.53%
67 3.28% 3.65% 2.96% 1.02% 1.44% 0.62%
68 3.58% 3.96% 3.26% 1.11% 1.56% 0.69%
69 3.92% 4.31% 3.6% 1.19% 1.65% 0.76%
70 4.3% 4.71% 3.97% 1.25% 1.72% 0.81%
71 4.73% 5.15% 4.38% 1.31% 1.81% 0.86%
72 5.18% 5.63% 4.82% 1.41% 1.95% 0.94%
73 5.68% 6.16% 5.29% 1.58% 2.16% 1.06%
74 6.21% 6.72% 5.8% 1.8% 2.45% 1.23%
75 6.78% 7.33% 6.35% 2.07% 2.8% 1.44%
76 7.41% 8% 6.95% 2.38% 3.21% 1.69%
77 8.1% 8.72% 7.63% 2.72% 3.65% 1.95%
78 8.88% 9.52% 8.38% 3.07% 4.12% 2.22%
79 9.73% 10.4% 9.23% 3.42% 4.6% 2.5%
80 10.7% 11.4% 10.2% 3.79% 5.1% 2.8%
81 11.7% 12.4% 11.2% 4.18% 5.65% 3.13%
82 12.8% 13.6% 12.2% 4.63% 6.26% 3.52%
83 13.9% 14.8% 13.3% 5.15% 6.96% 3.98%
84 15.2% 16.2% 14.5% 5.75% 7.75% 4.52%
85 16.4% 17.6% 15.7% 6.42% 8.66% 5.13%
86 17.8% 19.1% 16.9% 7.17% 9.69% 5.83%
87 19.2% 20.7% 18.2% 8% 10.8% 6.61%
88 20.7% 22.3% 19.6% 8.91% 12.1% 7.47%
89 22.2% 24% 21.1% 9.87% 13.4% 8.4%
90 23.8% 25.8% 22.7% 10.9% 14.9% 9.42%
91 25.5% 27.5% 24.3% 12% 16.5% 10.5%
92 27.1% 29.3% 25.9% 13.3% 18.3% 11.7%
93 28.8% 31.1% 27.6% 14.6% 20.2% 13%
94 30.5% 33% 29.3% 15.9% 22.2% 14.5%
95 32.2% 34.8% 31% 17.4% 24.2% 16.1%
96 33.9% 36.7% 32.7% 19% 26.3% 17.8%
97 35.6% 38.6% 34.4% 20.8% 28.6% 19.7%
98 37.3% 40.4% 36.1% 22.6% 30.9% 21.6%
99 38.9% 42.2% 37.8% 24.5% 33.3% 23.7%
100 40.6% 44.1% 39.5% 26.2% 35.5% 25.5%

Death rate by age in Somalia compared to South Korea

In Somalia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 89 in South Korea. The median age of death is 69 in Somalia and 86.8 in South Korea — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Somalia South Korea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,435 6,958 5,895 189.5 203.7 174.6
1 1,286 1,297 1,274 19.6 19.2 20.2
2 972 995 947 14.9 14.5 15.2
3 742 770 712 11.9 11.7 12.1
4 572 601 542 9.92 9.86 9.98
5 447 473 420 8.61 8.68 8.54
6 356 377 333 7.76 7.93 7.57
7 289.8 307 272.2 7.2 7.46 6.92
8 242.6 254.9 229.7 6.71 7.03 6.38
9 209.9 218.5 200.9 6.1 6.42 5.75
10 188.6 194.5 182.4 5.33 5.63 5.02
11 176.6 181 172.1 4.77 5.05 4.47
12 172.6 176.5 168.5 4.72 5.06 4.37
13 177.2 183.6 170.5 5.01 5.45 4.54
14 190.6 203.7 177.1 5.61 6.25 4.94
15 211.2 234.4 187 6.59 7.52 5.6
16 236.8 272.8 199.1 7.83 9.14 6.44
17 264.8 315 211.9 9.2 10.9 7.37
18 296.4 365 224.4 10.5 12.6 8.27
19 331 422 235.7 11.5 13.8 9.02
20 363 475 245.7 12.1 14.4 9.53
21 388 515 254.5 12.4 14.7 9.89
22 402 535 262.5 12.5 14.7 10.1
23 407 539 270.2 12.6 14.8 10.3
24 410 537 278 12.8 14.9 10.5
25 412 532 286 13.2 15.4 10.8
26 413 526 294.2 13.8 16.2 11.2
27 415 522 302 14.6 17.3 11.8
28 417 519 310 15.6 18.5 12.5
29 419 516 317 16.8 19.9 13.4
30 422 515 324 18.2 21.5 14.5
31 424 514 330 19.7 23.3 15.6
32 427 514 335 21.5 25.4 16.9
33 430 514 341 23.6 28.1 18.4
34 433 514 347 26 31.3 20
35 437 514 354 28.9 35.1 21.7
36 443 517 364 32.3 39.8 23.6
37 453 523 377 36.1 45.3 25.6
38 465 532 394 40.1 51.5 27.4
39 481 544 413 44.8 58.7 29.5
40 497 558 433 50.2 66.9 31.8
41 514 573 451 55.8 75.6 34.2
42 528 587 465 61.9 85.1 37
43 540 601 475 68.6 95.3 40.2
44 550 613 482 76.2 106.4 44
45 560 627 489 84.3 118.5 48.1
46 574 644 499 93.1 131.9 52.6
47 593 667 514 104.4 148.4 58.3
48 620 697 537 116.1 166 63.9
49 654 734 568 126.7 182.6 68.3
50 693 776 604 137.9 200.6 72.6
51 734 819 644 151 221.8 77.5
52 775 861 683 164.8 244.9 82.1
53 811 898 720 182.4 273 88.5
54 844 931 753 206.2 309 98.8
55 875 962 785 232.6 349 111.9
56 908 994 820 260.8 391 126.9
57 948 1,033 861 290 435 143.6
58 998 1,082 913 322 481 162.3
59 1,060 1,143 977 359 531 182.7
60 1,134 1,215 1,053 398 585 204.3
61 1,217 1,295 1,139 443 649 231.4
62 1,305 1,379 1,231 501 727 266.7
63 1,395 1,462 1,328 563 810 305
64 1,485 1,544 1,427 636 909 354
65 1,575 1,622 1,528 730 1,035 424
66 1,665 1,699 1,633 837 1,167 507
67 1,760 1,778 1,744 936 1,279 588
68 1,859 1,860 1,862 1,012 1,359 656
69 1,964 1,945 1,985 1,068 1,416 712
70 2,071 2,033 2,113 1,109 1,458 760
71 2,176 2,119 2,237 1,153 1,507 801
72 2,274 2,199 2,355 1,225 1,589 862
73 2,362 2,268 2,462 1,347 1,729 968
74 2,436 2,323 2,555 1,512 1,917 1,112
75 2,496 2,364 2,635 1,706 2,136 1,283
76 2,542 2,389 2,703 1,925 2,380 1,478
77 2,573 2,397 2,759 2,149 2,624 1,680
78 2,590 2,388 2,802 2,355 2,849 1,876
79 2,588 2,361 2,826 2,548 3,050 2,065
80 2,562 2,312 2,824 2,726 3,228 2,253
81 2,507 2,240 2,788 2,894 3,393 2,454
82 2,420 2,143 2,711 3,068 3,548 2,673
83 2,302 2,022 2,594 3,257 3,697 2,914
84 2,154 1,879 2,441 3,448 3,833 3,175
85 1,981 1,715 2,260 3,628 3,949 3,445
86 1,791 1,535 2,058 3,793 4,036 3,713
87 1,589 1,345 1,844 3,931 4,072 3,963
88 1,383 1,151 1,624 4,023 4,047 4,181
89 1,179 961 1,405 4,064 3,960 4,351
90 984 783 1,190 4,047 3,805 4,469
91 802 621 985 3,978 3,585 4,529
92 637 479 797 3,854 3,319 4,513
93 493 360 628 3,670 2,997 4,428
94 371 262.4 482 3,435 2,625 4,281
95 272.3 185.8 361 3,154 2,227 4,062
96 194.3 127.5 262.5 2,846 1,839 3,778
97 134.9 84.8 186 2,513 1,472 3,426
98 91 54.6 128.2 2,167 1,138 3,025
99 59.7 34 85.8 1,820 846 2,596
100 0 0 0 1,496 465 2,272

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 Korea 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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