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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 59.1 years in Somalia vs 57.9 in South Sudan. Somalia is ranked 192/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Somalia, the life expectancy is 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females.

Somalia vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Somalia
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Somalia South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 41.5 40 42.9 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 41.7 40.2 43.1 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 41.9 40.4 43.4 31 28.9 33.4
1953 42.1 40.6 43.6 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 42.3 40.8 43.8 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 42.5 41.1 44 32 30 34.3
1956 42.7 41.3 44.2 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 42.9 41.5 44.4 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 43.1 41.7 44.6 27.6 25.5 30
1959 43.3 41.9 44.8 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 43.5 42.1 45 28.1 26 30.4
1961 43.7 42.2 45.2 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 44 42.5 45.5 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 44.2 42.7 45.7 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 44.4 42.9 45.9 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 44.6 43.2 46.1 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 44.8 43.4 46.3 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 45.1 43.6 46.5 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 45.3 43.8 46.7 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 45.5 44 46.9 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 45.6 44.2 47.1 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 45.8 44.4 47.3 31 28.3 33.9
1972 46 44.6 47.5 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 46.2 44.8 47.7 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 44.3 42.9 45.7 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 44.5 43.1 45.9 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 44.7 43.3 46.2 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 47 45.6 48.5 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 47 45.4 48.7 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 47.4 46 48.9 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 47.6 46.2 49.1 38 37.5 38.5
1981 47.8 46.4 49.3 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 48 46.6 49.5 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 48.2 46.8 49.7 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 48.4 47 49.9 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 48.3 46.9 49.7 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 48.4 47 49.9 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 49 47.6 50.5 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 43.9 39.9 48.8 11 10.6 11.3
1989 46.6 42.9 50.9 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 46.9 43.1 51.2 28.6 26.4 31
1991 25.4 23.7 27.3 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 25 23.9 26.3 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 50.6 49.1 52.1 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 50.3 48.8 51.8 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 50.6 49.1 52.2 31.5 29.2 34
1996 50.5 49 52.1 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 50.3 48.8 51.8 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 50.8 49.3 52.2 19 17.6 20.7
1999 50.6 49.1 52.1 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 50.7 49.3 52.2 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 50.8 49.4 52.3 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 50.8 49.4 52.3 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 50.7 49.2 52.2 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 50.7 49.2 52.2 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 50.9 49.4 52.4 54 53.4 54.5
2006 50.9 49.3 52.6 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 50.9 49.2 52.6 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 51.5 49.8 53.2 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 52.1 50.5 53.7 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 48.9 47.1 50.8 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 32.5 31.3 33.7 57.7 56.3 59
2012 49.1 47.3 51 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 54 52.1 56 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 54.4 52.4 56.6 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 55.1 53 57.1 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 55.3 53.1 57.6 36.7 33.8 40
2017 52.2 50.2 54.3 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 54.8 52.7 56.9 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 57.2 55.2 59.3 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 57.1 55.1 59.2 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 55.7 53.7 57.8 57 54.4 59.7
2022 53.9 51.8 56.2 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 58.8 56.3 61.4 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 59 56.5 61.6 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 59.1 56.6 61.7 57.9 54.9 60.9

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 47.4 years in Somalia and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.46 healthy years in Somalia and 11 in South Sudan.

Somalia vs South Sudan 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 Sudan, 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 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
73.2 vs 72.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Somalia South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 93.4% 95.7% 92.9% 95.3%
50 85.5% 89.9% 83.8% 89.0%
60 73.6% 80.6% 70.4% 79.4%
65 65.0% 73.3% 61.0% 71.7%
70 53.9% 62.9% 49.2% 61.1%
75 40.2% 49.1% 35.3% 47.1%
80 25.4% 32.8% 20.9% 31.0%
85 12.2% 17.0% 9.2% 15.8%
90 3.8% 6.2% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.7% 1.4% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 Somalia vs South Sudan: 70.2 years vs 69.1 at 30, 78.5 vs 78 at 65, 85.9 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 59.1 vs 57.9 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 Sudan.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Somalia South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 59.1 56.6 61.7 57.9 54.9 60.9
1 63.2 60.9 65.6 61.7 58.8 64.6
2 64.1 61.7 66.5 62.4 59.4 65.4
3 64.7 62.4 67.2 63 60 66
4 65.2 62.9 67.7 63.5 60.5 66.5
5 65.6 63.3 68 64 61 66.9
6 65.9 63.6 68.3 64.3 61.4 67.3
7 66.2 63.9 68.6 64.7 61.7 67.5
8 66.4 64 68.8 64.9 62 67.8
9 66.5 64.2 68.9 65.1 62.3 67.9
10 66.7 64.3 69.1 65.3 62.5 68.1
11 66.8 64.5 69.2 65.5 62.7 68.2
12 66.9 64.6 69.3 65.6 62.9 68.4
13 67 64.7 69.4 65.8 63 68.5
14 67.1 64.8 69.5 65.9 63.2 68.6
15 67.2 64.9 69.6 66.1 63.3 68.7
16 67.4 65.1 69.7 66.2 63.5 68.9
17 67.5 65.2 69.9 66.4 63.7 69
18 67.7 65.4 70 66.5 63.9 69.1
19 67.8 65.6 70.1 66.7 64.1 69.3
20 68 65.8 70.3 66.9 64.3 69.4
21 68.2 66.1 70.4 67.1 64.6 69.6
22 68.4 66.4 70.6 67.3 64.8 69.8
23 68.7 66.6 70.7 67.6 65.1 69.9
24 68.9 66.9 70.8 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 69.1 67.2 71 68 65.6 70.2
26 69.3 67.5 71.2 68.2 65.9 70.4
27 69.5 67.7 71.3 68.4 66.2 70.6
28 69.7 68 71.5 68.7 66.4 70.7
29 69.9 68.3 71.6 68.9 66.7 70.9
30 70.2 68.5 71.8 69.1 66.9 71.1
31 70.4 68.8 71.9 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 70.6 69 72.1 69.5 67.4 71.4
33 70.8 69.2 72.3 69.7 67.7 71.6
34 71 69.5 72.4 69.9 67.9 71.8
35 71.2 69.7 72.6 70.1 68.1 72
36 71.4 69.9 72.7 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 70.6 68.6 72.3
38 71.8 70.4 73.1 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 72 70.6 73.2 71 69.1 72.7
40 72.2 70.9 73.4 71.2 69.3 72.9
41 72.4 71.1 73.6 71.4 69.6 73.1
42 72.6 71.3 73.8 71.6 69.9 73.3
43 72.8 71.6 74 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 73 71.8 74.2 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 73.2 72 74.3 72.3 70.6 73.8
46 73.4 72.3 74.5 72.6 70.9 74
47 73.6 72.5 74.7 72.8 71.2 74.2
48 73.8 72.7 74.9 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.1 73 75.1 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 74.3 73.2 75.3 73.5 72 74.8
51 74.5 73.5 75.5 73.7 72.3 75
52 74.8 73.8 75.7 74 72.6 75.2
53 75 74 75.9 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 75.3 74.3 76.1 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 75.5 74.6 76.3 74.8 73.5 75.9
56 75.8 74.9 76.6 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76 75.2 76.8 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 76.3 75.5 77 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 76.6 75.8 77.3 76 74.8 76.9
60 76.9 76.1 77.5 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.2 76.5 77.8 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 77.5 76.8 78.1 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 77.8 77.2 78.4 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.2 77.5 78.7 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 78.5 77.9 79 78 77.1 78.7
66 78.9 78.3 79.4 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.3 78.7 79.7 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 79.7 79.1 80.1 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 80.1 79.6 80.5 79.6 78.9 80.2
70 80.5 80 80.9 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 81 80.5 81.3 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.4 81 81.8 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 81.9 81.5 82.2 81.6 80.9 82
74 82.4 82 82.7 82.1 81.5 82.5
75 83 82.6 83.2 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.5 83.1 83.8 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 84.1 83.7 84.3 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.6 84.3 84.9 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85.2 84.9 85.5 85 84.5 85.3
80 85.9 85.6 86.1 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.5 86.2 86.7 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87.2 86.9 87.4 87 86.5 87.2
83 87.8 87.6 88 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.5 88.3 88.7 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.3 89 89.4 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 90 89.7 90.2 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.8 90.5 90.9 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.3 92.1 92.5 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.8 94.6 94.9 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.4 97.2 97.4 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.1 99 99.2 98.9 98.7 99
98 100 99.9 100.1 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.9 100.8 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Somalia vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 63.2% in Somalia and 61% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 47.9% and 45% will live to 70 years or older, 23.9% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 4.11% and 3.36% 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 Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Somalia South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.5% 93% 94% 93.7% 93.3% 94.2%
2 92.2% 91.7% 92.7% 92.6% 92.3% 93%
3 91.2% 90.7% 91.8% 91.7% 91.3% 92.1%
4 90.5% 89.9% 91.1% 90.9% 90.5% 91.4%
5 89.9% 89.3% 90.5% 90.3% 89.8% 90.8%
6 89.4% 88.8% 90.1% 89.7% 89.1% 90.3%
7 89.1% 88.4% 89.7% 89.2% 88.6% 89.9%
8 88.8% 88.1% 89.5% 88.8% 88.1% 89.6%
9 88.5% 87.9% 89.2% 88.5% 87.7% 89.3%
10 88.3% 87.6% 89% 88.2% 87.3% 89%
11 88.1% 87.4% 88.9% 87.9% 87% 88.8%
12 88% 87.3% 88.7% 87.7% 86.7% 88.6%
13 87.8% 87.1% 88.5% 87.4% 86.4% 88.4%
14 87.6% 86.9% 88.3% 87.2% 86.2% 88.2%
15 87.4% 86.7% 88.2% 87% 85.9% 88%
16 87.2% 86.4% 88% 86.7% 85.6% 87.8%
17 87% 86.2% 87.8% 86.4% 85.3% 87.6%
18 86.7% 85.9% 87.5% 86.1% 84.9% 87.4%
19 86.4% 85.5% 87.3% 85.8% 84.5% 87.1%
20 86.1% 85.1% 87.1% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
21 85.7% 84.6% 86.8% 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
22 85.3% 84.1% 86.6% 84.7% 83.1% 86.3%
23 84.9% 83.5% 86.3% 84.2% 82.6% 86%
24 84.5% 83% 86% 83.8% 82% 85.7%
25 84.1% 82.4% 85.8% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 83.6% 81.9% 85.5% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 83.2% 81.4% 85.2% 82.5% 80.4% 84.7%
28 82.8% 80.8% 84.9% 82.1% 79.9% 84.4%
29 82.4% 80.3% 84.6% 81.7% 79.4% 84%
30 82% 79.8% 84.2% 81.2% 78.9% 83.7%
31 81.5% 79.3% 83.9% 80.8% 78.3% 83.3%
32 81.1% 78.8% 83.6% 80.3% 77.8% 83%
33 80.7% 78.2% 83.2% 79.9% 77.3% 82.6%
34 80.3% 77.7% 82.9% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
35 79.8% 77.2% 82.5% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
36 79.4% 76.7% 82.2% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
37 78.9% 76.2% 81.8% 78% 75% 81%
38 78.5% 75.6% 81.4% 77.5% 74.5% 80.6%
39 78% 75.1% 81% 77% 73.9% 80.2%
40 77.5% 74.6% 80.6% 76.5% 73.3% 79.7%
41 77% 74% 80.2% 75.9% 72.6% 79.3%
42 76.5% 73.4% 79.7% 75.3% 72% 78.8%
43 76% 72.8% 79.3% 74.8% 71.3% 78.3%
44 75.4% 72.2% 78.8% 74.2% 70.6% 77.8%
45 74.9% 71.6% 78.3% 73.6% 69.9% 77.3%
46 74.3% 71% 77.8% 72.9% 69.2% 76.7%
47 73.7% 70.3% 77.3% 72.3% 68.5% 76.2%
48 73.2% 69.7% 76.8% 71.7% 67.7% 75.7%
49 72.5% 69% 76.3% 71% 66.9% 75.1%
50 71.9% 68.2% 75.7% 70.3% 66.1% 74.5%
51 71.2% 67.5% 75.1% 69.5% 65.2% 73.9%
52 70.4% 66.6% 74.4% 68.7% 64.3% 73.2%
53 69.7% 65.8% 73.8% 67.9% 63.3% 72.5%
54 68.9% 64.9% 73% 67% 62.3% 71.7%
55 68% 64% 72.3% 66.1% 61.3% 70.9%
56 67.1% 63% 71.5% 65.2% 60.2% 70.1%
57 66.2% 62% 70.7% 64.2% 59.1% 69.3%
58 65.3% 61% 69.8% 63.2% 58% 68.4%
59 64.3% 59.9% 68.9% 62.1% 56.8% 67.4%
60 63.2% 58.7% 67.9% 61% 55.5% 66.4%
61 62.1% 57.5% 66.9% 59.7% 54.2% 65.3%
62 60.9% 56.2% 65.7% 58.5% 52.8% 64.1%
63 59.6% 54.9% 64.5% 57.1% 51.3% 62.9%
64 58.2% 53.4% 63.2% 55.6% 49.7% 61.5%
65 56.7% 51.9% 61.7% 54.1% 48.1% 60%
66 55.1% 50.3% 60.2% 52.4% 46.4% 58.5%
67 53.5% 48.6% 58.6% 50.7% 44.6% 56.8%
68 51.7% 46.8% 56.9% 48.9% 42.8% 55%
69 49.9% 44.9% 55% 47% 40.8% 53.1%
70 47.9% 43% 53% 45% 38.8% 51.1%
71 45.8% 41% 50.9% 42.9% 36.7% 49%
72 43.7% 38.9% 48.7% 40.7% 34.6% 46.8%
73 41.4% 36.7% 46.3% 38.4% 32.4% 44.4%
74 39% 34.4% 43.9% 36% 30.1% 41.9%
75 36.6% 32.1% 41.3% 33.6% 27.8% 39.4%
76 34.1% 29.7% 38.7% 31.2% 25.5% 36.8%
77 31.6% 27.4% 36% 28.7% 23.2% 34.1%
78 29% 25% 33.3% 26.2% 20.9% 31.4%
79 26.5% 22.6% 30.5% 23.7% 18.7% 28.7%
80 23.9% 20.3% 27.6% 21.3% 16.5% 26%
81 21.3% 18% 24.8% 18.9% 14.4% 23.2%
82 18.8% 15.7% 22.1% 16.5% 12.4% 20.6%
83 16.4% 13.6% 19.4% 14.3% 10.6% 18%
84 14.1% 11.6% 16.8% 12.2% 8.84% 15.5%
85 12% 9.7% 14.4% 10.3% 7.28% 13.2%
86 10% 8% 12.1% 8.5% 5.9% 11.1%
87 8.24% 6.47% 10.1% 6.93% 4.68% 9.14%
88 6.66% 5.13% 8.22% 5.55% 3.63% 7.43%
89 5.28% 3.98% 6.61% 4.36% 2.75% 5.95%
90 4.11% 3.03% 5.21% 3.36% 2.02% 4.68%
91 3.13% 2.25% 4.03% 2.53% 1.45% 3.6%
92 2.33% 1.63% 3.05% 1.87% 1% 2.72%
93 1.7% 1.15% 2.26% 1.34% 0.67% 2%
94 1.21% 0.79% 1.63% 0.94% 0.43% 1.43%
95 0.84% 0.53% 1.16% 0.64% 0.27% 0.99%
96 0.57% 0.35% 0.8% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.38% 0.22% 0.54% 0.28% 0.09% 0.43%
98 0.24% 0.13% 0.35% 0.17% 0.05% 0.27%
99 0.15% 0.08% 0.23% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.09% 0.05% 0.14% 0.05% 0.02% 0.1%

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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 6.27% in South Sudan, 0.52% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.79% vs 1.98% at 60, and 10.7% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

Somalia
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Somalia South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.5% 7.02% 5.97% 6.27% 6.72% 5.81%
1 1.39% 1.41% 1.37% 1.17% 1.11% 1.23%
2 1.07% 1.1% 1.04% 1% 1% 0.99%
3 0.82% 0.86% 0.79% 0.86% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.64% 0.68% 0.6% 0.73% 0.81% 0.65%
5 0.5% 0.54% 0.47% 0.63% 0.72% 0.53%
6 0.4% 0.43% 0.38% 0.54% 0.63% 0.44%
7 0.33% 0.35% 0.31% 0.46% 0.55% 0.37%
8 0.28% 0.29% 0.26% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
10 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
11 0.2% 0.21% 0.2% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
12 0.2% 0.2% 0.19% 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.22% 0.24% 0.2% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
17 0.31% 0.37% 0.24% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.35% 0.43% 0.26% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.39% 0.5% 0.27% 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
20 0.43% 0.56% 0.28% 0.45% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.46% 0.62% 0.3% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.48% 0.64% 0.31% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
23 0.48% 0.65% 0.32% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.49% 0.65% 0.33% 0.51% 0.66% 0.36%
25 0.49% 0.65% 0.34% 0.51% 0.66% 0.37%
26 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.5% 0.65% 0.36% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
28 0.51% 0.65% 0.37% 0.53% 0.66% 0.41%
29 0.51% 0.65% 0.38% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.52% 0.65% 0.4% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.53% 0.66% 0.4% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.54% 0.66% 0.41% 0.58% 0.71% 0.46%
34 0.54% 0.67% 0.42% 0.59% 0.72% 0.47%
35 0.55% 0.67% 0.43% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.56% 0.68% 0.45% 0.61% 0.75% 0.5%
37 0.58% 0.69% 0.46% 0.63% 0.77% 0.51%
38 0.6% 0.71% 0.49% 0.66% 0.79% 0.54%
39 0.62% 0.73% 0.51% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.65% 0.75% 0.54% 0.72% 0.86% 0.59%
41 0.67% 0.78% 0.57% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.69% 0.8% 0.59% 0.77% 0.93% 0.63%
43 0.71% 0.83% 0.6% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
44 0.73% 0.85% 0.62% 0.82% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.75% 0.88% 0.63% 0.84% 1.03% 0.67%
46 0.77% 0.91% 0.64% 0.87% 1.07% 0.69%
47 0.81% 0.95% 0.67% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.85% 1% 0.7% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.9% 1.07% 0.75% 1.01% 1.25% 0.8%
50 0.97% 1.14% 0.8% 1.07% 1.33% 0.85%
51 1.03% 1.22% 0.86% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.1% 1.29% 0.92% 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
53 1.17% 1.37% 0.98% 1.29% 1.58% 1.03%
54 1.23% 1.43% 1.03% 1.35% 1.66% 1.09%
55 1.29% 1.5% 1.09% 1.42% 1.74% 1.15%
56 1.35% 1.58% 1.15% 1.5% 1.83% 1.22%
57 1.43% 1.66% 1.22% 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.53% 1.77% 1.31% 1.7% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.65% 1.9% 1.42% 1.83% 2.22% 1.51%
60 1.79% 2.06% 1.55% 1.98% 2.4% 1.64%
61 1.96% 2.25% 1.7% 2.16% 2.6% 1.8%
62 2.14% 2.45% 1.87% 2.36% 2.81% 1.98%
63 2.34% 2.66% 2.06% 2.56% 3.05% 2.17%
64 2.55% 2.88% 2.26% 2.79% 3.29% 2.38%
65 2.77% 3.12% 2.47% 3.02% 3.55% 2.6%
66 3.01% 3.37% 2.71% 3.28% 3.83% 2.85%
67 3.28% 3.65% 2.97% 3.57% 4.15% 3.12%
68 3.59% 3.96% 3.27% 3.9% 4.51% 3.43%
69 3.93% 4.31% 3.6% 4.27% 4.92% 3.78%
70 4.31% 4.71% 3.98% 4.68% 5.37% 4.17%
71 4.73% 5.15% 4.39% 5.14% 5.87% 4.59%
72 5.19% 5.64% 4.83% 5.62% 6.42% 5.04%
73 5.69% 6.16% 5.3% 6.14% 7% 5.53%
74 6.22% 6.72% 5.81% 6.69% 7.62% 6.06%
75 6.79% 7.33% 6.36% 7.3% 8.28% 6.62%
76 7.42% 8% 6.96% 7.95% 9.01% 7.24%
77 8.11% 8.72% 7.64% 8.67% 9.8% 7.93%
78 8.88% 9.52% 8.39% 9.47% 10.7% 8.7%
79 9.74% 10.4% 9.24% 10.4% 11.7% 9.55%
80 10.7% 11.4% 10.2% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 11.7% 12.4% 11.2% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 12.8% 13.6% 12.2% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 13.9% 14.8% 13.3% 14.7% 16.3% 13.7%
84 15.2% 16.2% 14.5% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 16.4% 17.6% 15.7% 17.2% 19% 16.1%
86 17.8% 19.1% 16.9% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 19.2% 20.7% 18.2% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 20.7% 22.3% 19.6% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 22.2% 24% 21.1% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 23.8% 25.8% 22.7% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 25.5% 27.5% 24.3% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 27.1% 29.3% 26% 28% 33% 26.4%
93 28.8% 31.1% 27.6% 29.8% 35.2% 28.4%
94 30.5% 33% 29.3% 31.7% 37.5% 30.6%
95 32.2% 34.8% 31% 33.5% 39.8% 32.8%
96 33.9% 36.7% 32.7% 35.7% 41.9% 35%
97 35.6% 38.6% 34.4% 38.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 37.2% 40.4% 36.1% 42.1% 45.5% 39.1%
99 38.9% 42.2% 37.8% 44.2% 47.1% 41%
100 40.6% 44.1% 39.5% 47.2% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Somalia compared to South Sudan

In Somalia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 68.9 in Somalia and 67.4 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Somalia
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Somalia South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,499 7,017 5,965 6,268 6,715 5,811
1 1,300 1,309 1,291 1,094 1,033 1,158
2 983 1,005 960 924 923 924
3 751 779 722 784 826 741
4 579 608 550 667 735 598
5 453 479 426 568 647 485
6 360 382 338 482 564 397
7 293.5 310 276.1 409 485 330
8 245.7 257.8 233 348 415 278.6
9 212.5 220.9 203.7 299.8 356 241.3
10 190.8 196.6 184.8 264.5 312 215.6
11 178.7 182.8 174.3 241.6 281.4 199.9
12 174.5 178.2 170.6 229.7 264.9 192.9
13 179.1 185.3 172.6 228.5 262 193.4
14 192.6 205.5 179.1 236.7 271.8 200.1
15 213.4 236.6 189.1 253 292.7 211.5
16 239.2 275.4 201.3 275.3 323 225.8
17 267.4 318 214.2 301 359 240.8
18 299.4 369 226.7 329 400 254.9
19 334 426 238.1 356 442 266.8
20 366 480 248.2 381 480 276.5
21 391 520 257 400 511 284.6
22 406 540 265 414 530 292
23 411 544 272.7 422 538 299.8
24 414 542 280.6 426 538 308
25 416 537 288.7 429 535 317
26 417 531 296.9 431 529 327
27 419 527 305 434 526 336
28 421 523 313 438 524 345
29 423 520 320 442 526 353
30 425 519 327 447 529 361
31 428 518 333 452 535 367
32 430 518 338 457 540 373
33 433 517 343 462 546 379
34 436 517 349 467 551 385
35 440 518 357 474 557 393
36 446 520 367 482 565 403
37 455 526 380 494 576 417
38 468 535 397 510 591 433
39 483 547 416 528 609 451
40 500 561 436 547 629 469
41 516 575 454 566 650 485
42 531 590 468 582 669 498
43 542 603 478 595 686 507
44 552 615 485 606 702 514
45 562 628 491 618 718 520
46 575 645 501 632 738 529
47 595 668 516 653 763 545
48 621 698 539 680 795 567
49 655 735 570 715 833 598
50 694 777 606 754 876 634
51 735 820 646 796 920 673
52 776 861 685 836 961 713
53 812 898 721 873 999 749
54 844 931 754 907 1,033 784
55 875 961 786 940 1,066 817
56 908 993 821 976 1,102 853
57 947 1,031 862 1,019 1,144 897
58 997 1,080 913 1,071 1,196 950
59 1,059 1,140 977 1,135 1,259 1,015
60 1,133 1,212 1,053 1,210 1,330 1,092
61 1,215 1,292 1,138 1,292 1,407 1,178
62 1,303 1,375 1,230 1,377 1,486 1,270
63 1,392 1,458 1,327 1,463 1,563 1,366
64 1,482 1,539 1,425 1,549 1,636 1,464
65 1,571 1,617 1,527 1,635 1,707 1,564
66 1,662 1,694 1,631 1,722 1,778 1,667
67 1,756 1,772 1,742 1,812 1,851 1,775
68 1,855 1,853 1,859 1,908 1,928 1,890
69 1,958 1,938 1,982 2,007 2,008 2,009
70 2,065 2,026 2,108 2,107 2,086 2,130
71 2,169 2,111 2,232 2,202 2,158 2,248
72 2,267 2,190 2,349 2,287 2,219 2,359
73 2,354 2,259 2,455 2,357 2,264 2,457
74 2,427 2,314 2,547 2,412 2,292 2,540
75 2,487 2,354 2,626 2,452 2,303 2,609
76 2,532 2,379 2,693 2,478 2,297 2,665
77 2,563 2,386 2,749 2,486 2,275 2,706
78 2,579 2,377 2,791 2,480 2,237 2,734
79 2,577 2,350 2,815 2,456 2,179 2,741
80 2,551 2,302 2,812 2,409 2,099 2,724
81 2,496 2,230 2,775 2,334 1,995 2,675
82 2,409 2,134 2,698 2,229 1,866 2,590
83 2,290 2,013 2,581 2,095 1,717 2,468
84 2,143 1,871 2,429 1,936 1,555 2,311
85 1,971 1,708 2,248 1,760 1,386 2,126
86 1,782 1,528 2,047 1,572 1,215 1,920
87 1,581 1,339 1,834 1,379 1,047 1,704
88 1,376 1,146 1,615 1,187 883 1,485
89 1,174 957 1,396 1,001 726 1,272
90 979 780 1,183 826 579 1,071
91 797 618 979 666 446 886
92 633 477 791 523 330 718
93 490 358 624 401 236 568
94 369 261.4 479 298.6 162.8 438
95 270.7 185 358 216 107.8 326
96 193.2 127 260.7 153 68.4 233.8
97 134.1 84.5 184.7 106.6 41.5 161.3
98 90.5 54.4 127.3 71.1 24.3 106.9
99 59.3 33.9 85.2 43.2 13.7 68.3
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 Somalia and South Sudan 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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