Egypt vs Tokelau: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Egypt
40.0%
in 2023
Tokelau
40.1%
in 2023
Egypt rank
101st
Tokelau rank
99th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Egypt
- Tokelau
How they compare
Tokelau currently reports 40.1% against 40.0% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 101st and Tokelau ranks 99th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Tokelau in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Tokelau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.5% | 43.7% | 1.8% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 43.1% | 45.1% | 2.0% | Tokelau |
| 1970s | 42.6% | 48.4% | 5.8% | Tokelau |
| 1980s | 43.1% | 47.9% | 4.8% | Tokelau |
| 1990s | 42.3% | 44.0% | 1.7% | Tokelau |
| 2000s | 39.9% | 42.0% | 2.0% | Tokelau |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 40.5% | 0.8% | Tokelau |
| 2020s | 40.3% | 40.1% | 0.1% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Egypt or Tokelau?
- Tokelau, at 40.1% against 40.0% in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Egypt and Tokelau?
- 0.1%, with Tokelau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Tokelau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Tokelau rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Egypt ranks 101st and Tokelau ranks 99th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) β 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.