Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sierra Leone: Life expectancy at age 15

Democratic Republic of Congo

74.38 years

in 2100

Sierra Leone

74.45 years

in 2100

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

224th

Sierra Leone rank

223rd

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Sierra Leone currently reports 74.45 years against 74.38 years in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 224th and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.