Bulgaria vs Montenegro: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Bulgaria
34.4%
in 2023
Montenegro
34.6%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
213th
Montenegro rank
211th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Bulgaria
- Montenegro
How they compare
Montenegro currently reports 34.6% against 34.4% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Montenegro ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 213th and Montenegro ranks 211th of 236 countries.
Montenegro has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.8% | 45.8% | 1.0% | Montenegro |
| 1960s | 43.1% | 43.6% | 0.5% | Montenegro |
| 1970s | 40.5% | 40.7% | 0.1% | Montenegro |
| 1980s | 37.7% | 38.0% | 0.4% | Montenegro |
| 1990s | 35.7% | 36.3% | 0.7% | Montenegro |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 37.0% | 1.8% | Montenegro |
| 2010s | 34.6% | 36.6% | 1.9% | Montenegro |
| 2020s | 34.0% | 34.7% | 0.8% | Montenegro |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Bulgaria or Montenegro?
- Montenegro, at 34.6% against 34.4% in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Bulgaria and Montenegro?
- 0.2%, with Montenegro ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Montenegro?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Montenegro rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Bulgaria ranks 213th and Montenegro ranks 211th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.