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Life Expectancy in Cameroon vs Zambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64.2 years in Cameroon vs 66.7 in Zambia. Cameroon is ranked 174/197 by life expectancy, and Zambia is 162/197. In Cameroon, the life expectancy is 62 years for males and 66.5 years for females. In Zambia, it's 64.3 years for males and 69.1 years for females.

Cameroon vs Zambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Cameroon
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Cameroon Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 33.1 31.6 34.6 46.8 45.7 47.9
1951 33.9 32.5 35.3 47.2 46.1 48.2
1952 34.6 33.4 35.9 47.6 46.5 48.6
1953 35.5 34.4 36.6 48 47 49
1954 36.5 35.5 37.5 48.4 47.4 49.4
1955 37.5 36.6 38.3 48.8 47.7 49.8
1956 38.4 37.6 39.3 49.1 48.1 50.2
1957 38.3 36.5 40.1 49.5 48.4 50.5
1958 39.1 37.3 40.9 49.9 48.8 51
1959 39.8 37.9 41.7 50.3 49.2 51.4
1960 34.7 29.4 41.7 50.6 49.6 51.7
1961 35.2 29.8 42.3 51 50 52.1
1962 42.6 41.5 43.7 51.3 50.3 52.4
1963 43.1 41.9 44.2 51.6 50.6 52.6
1964 43.6 42.4 44.7 51.2 49.9 52.5
1965 44.2 43 45.3 52.1 50.9 53.2
1966 44.8 43.7 46 52.3 51.1 53.4
1967 45.6 44.4 46.8 52.5 51.3 53.7
1968 46.4 45.2 47.5 52.7 51.5 53.9
1969 47.2 46.1 48.3 53 51.8 54.2
1970 48 46.8 49.1 53.4 52.2 54.6
1971 48.6 47.4 49.7 53.9 52.7 55.1
1972 49.1 47.9 50.3 54.4 53.1 55.6
1973 49.5 48.2 50.8 54.9 53.7 56.1
1974 49.7 48.4 51 55.4 54.2 56.6
1975 49.9 48.6 51.2 55.7 54.5 57
1976 50 48.7 51.4 56.1 54.8 57.4
1977 50.1 48.8 51.5 56.3 54.8 57.7
1978 50.3 48.9 51.7 56.3 54.9 57.8
1979 50.5 49.1 52 56 54.4 57.7
1980 50.9 49.4 52.3 55.5 53.8 57.1
1981 51.2 49.7 52.7 55 53.2 56.7
1982 51.8 50.3 53.3 54.4 52.5 56.1
1983 52.4 50.9 54 53.7 51.9 55.3
1984 52.9 51.3 54.5 52.9 51.1 54.6
1985 53.5 51.9 55 52 50.2 53.7
1986 53.6 52.1 55 51.1 49.5 52.8
1987 54.2 52.7 55.7 50.4 48.8 51.9
1988 54.4 52.8 55.9 49.7 48.2 51.1
1989 54.4 52.9 55.9 48.9 47.5 50.2
1990 54.3 52.8 55.9 48.2 46.9 49.4
1991 54.2 52.6 55.7 47.4 46.2 48.6
1992 54.1 52.5 55.6 47 45.7 48.1
1993 53.9 52.3 55.5 46.7 45.4 47.8
1994 53.5 51.9 55.1 46.3 45.2 47.4
1995 53.3 51.8 54.9 46.1 44.9 47.1
1996 53.2 51.7 54.7 45.8 44.7 46.7
1997 53.1 51.5 54.7 45.7 44.7 46.7
1998 53 51.6 54.5 45.7 44.8 46.5
1999 53.2 51.8 54.5 45.9 45.1 46.7
2000 53.3 52.1 54.5 46.6 45.8 47.3
2001 53.6 52.5 54.7 47.4 46.6 48.1
2002 53.9 52.8 55.1 48.5 47.7 49.1
2003 54.3 53.1 55.4 49.6 48.7 50.4
2004 54.6 53.4 55.8 50.5 49.9 51.1
2005 54.9 53.7 56 51.6 51 52.1
2006 55.3 54.1 56.5 52.7 51.9 53.3
2007 55.7 54.4 57 53.7 52.9 54.5
2008 56.1 54.8 57.5 54.8 53.7 55.9
2009 56.5 55 57.9 55.9 54.7 56.9
2010 57 55.4 58.5 56.9 55.5 58.2
2011 57.5 55.9 59 57.8 56.2 59.4
2012 58.2 56.5 59.9 58.7 57 60.3
2013 58.7 57 60.5 59.4 57.6 61.2
2014 59.1 57.2 61.1 60.1 58.1 62
2015 59.7 57.8 61.7 60.7 58.5 62.8
2016 60.3 58.4 62.3 61.1 58.9 63.3
2017 60.8 58.8 62.9 61.6 59.2 63.9
2018 61.2 59.1 63.3 62.1 59.7 64.5
2019 61.7 59.6 63.8 62.9 60.3 65.4
2020 61.7 59.5 64 63.4 60.7 66
2021 61.1 59.1 63.3 62.4 59.8 64.9
2022 62.4 60.3 64.6 65.3 62.8 67.7
2023 63.7 61.5 65.9 66.3 63.9 68.7
2024 64 61.8 66.2 66.5 64.1 68.9
2025 64.2 62 66.5 66.7 64.3 69.1

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 54 years in Cameroon and 53 in Zambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.2 healthy years in Cameroon and 11.3 in Zambia.

Cameroon vs Zambia 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 Cameroon and Zambia, 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:
40.9 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
73.4 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Cameroon Zambia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.6% 97.0% 96.6% 98.0%
50 88.5% 92.0% 90.7% 94.1%
60 76.1% 83.2% 79.5% 86.4%
65 66.7% 75.8% 70.7% 79.5%
70 54.5% 65.3% 58.3% 69.0%
75 39.4% 50.5% 41.3% 52.8%
80 23.7% 32.8% 22.9% 33.0%
85 11.0% 16.3% 9.1% 15.6%
90 3.6% 5.5% 2.5% 5.2%
95 0.8% 1.1% 0.4% 1.1%
100 0.1% 0.1% 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 Cameroon vs Zambia: 70.9 years vs 71.9 at 30, 78.1 vs 77.9 at 65, 85.7 vs 85.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64.2 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Cameroon and Zambia.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Cameroon Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64.2 62 66.5 66.7 64.3 69.1
1 67.3 65.3 69.3 69.2 67 71.4
2 67.8 65.9 69.9 69.6 67.4 71.7
3 68.2 66.2 70.2 69.9 67.7 71.9
4 68.4 66.5 70.4 70 67.9 72.1
5 68.6 66.6 70.6 70.2 68 72.2
6 68.7 66.8 70.7 70.2 68.1 72.3
7 68.8 66.9 70.8 70.3 68.2 72.3
8 68.9 66.9 70.9 70.4 68.3 72.4
9 69 67 70.9 70.4 68.3 72.4
10 69 67.1 71 70.5 68.4 72.5
11 69.1 67.2 71.1 70.5 68.4 72.5
12 69.1 67.2 71.1 70.6 68.5 72.6
13 69.2 67.3 71.2 70.6 68.5 72.6
14 69.3 67.3 71.2 70.7 68.6 72.6
15 69.3 67.4 71.3 70.7 68.6 72.7
16 69.4 67.5 71.3 70.8 68.7 72.7
17 69.5 67.6 71.4 70.8 68.7 72.8
18 69.6 67.7 71.5 70.9 68.8 72.8
19 69.6 67.8 71.6 71 68.9 72.9
20 69.7 67.9 71.6 71 69 72.9
21 69.8 68 71.7 71.1 69.1 73
22 70 68.1 71.8 71.2 69.2 73.1
23 70.1 68.3 71.9 71.3 69.3 73.1
24 70.2 68.4 72 71.4 69.4 73.2
25 70.3 68.5 72.1 71.4 69.5 73.2
26 70.4 68.6 72.2 71.5 69.6 73.3
27 70.5 68.8 72.3 71.6 69.7 73.4
28 70.6 68.9 72.4 71.7 69.8 73.4
29 70.7 69 72.5 71.8 69.9 73.5
30 70.9 69.2 72.6 71.9 70 73.6
31 71 69.3 72.7 72 70.1 73.6
32 71.1 69.5 72.8 72 70.2 73.7
33 71.2 69.6 72.9 72.1 70.4 73.8
34 71.4 69.8 73 72.2 70.5 73.8
35 71.5 69.9 73.1 72.3 70.6 73.9
36 71.6 70.1 73.2 72.4 70.7 74
37 71.8 70.2 73.3 72.5 70.8 74.1
38 71.9 70.4 73.5 72.6 71 74.2
39 72.1 70.6 73.6 72.8 71.1 74.3
40 72.2 70.7 73.7 72.9 71.2 74.4
41 72.4 70.9 73.9 73 71.4 74.4
42 72.5 71.1 74 73.1 71.5 74.5
43 72.7 71.3 74.1 73.3 71.7 74.7
44 72.9 71.5 74.3 73.4 71.8 74.8
45 73.1 71.7 74.4 73.5 72 74.9
46 73.2 71.9 74.6 73.7 72.2 75
47 73.4 72.1 74.7 73.8 72.4 75.1
48 73.6 72.3 74.9 74 72.5 75.2
49 73.8 72.5 75.1 74.2 72.7 75.4
50 74 72.8 75.2 74.3 72.9 75.5
51 74.2 73 75.4 74.5 73.1 75.7
52 74.5 73.3 75.6 74.7 73.4 75.8
53 74.7 73.5 75.8 74.9 73.6 76
54 74.9 73.8 76 75.1 73.8 76.2
55 75.2 74.1 76.2 75.3 74 76.3
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 75.5 74.3 76.5
57 75.7 74.7 76.6 75.7 74.6 76.7
58 75.9 75 76.9 76 74.8 76.9
59 76.2 75.3 77.1 76.2 75.1 77.1
60 76.5 75.6 77.3 76.5 75.4 77.3
61 76.8 75.9 77.6 76.7 75.7 77.5
62 77.1 76.3 77.9 77 76 77.8
63 77.4 76.6 78.2 77.3 76.3 78
64 77.8 77 78.5 77.6 76.6 78.3
65 78.1 77.4 78.8 77.9 77 78.6
66 78.5 77.8 79.1 78.2 77.3 78.9
67 78.9 78.2 79.4 78.5 77.7 79.2
68 79.3 78.7 79.8 78.9 78.1 79.5
69 79.7 79.1 80.2 79.3 78.5 79.9
70 80.1 79.6 80.6 79.7 78.9 80.2
71 80.6 80.1 81 80.1 79.4 80.7
72 81.1 80.6 81.4 80.6 79.9 81.1
73 81.6 81.2 81.9 81.1 80.4 81.6
74 82.1 81.7 82.4 81.6 81 82.1
75 82.6 82.3 82.9 82.2 81.6 82.6
76 83.2 82.9 83.4 82.8 82.2 83.1
77 83.8 83.5 84 83.4 82.8 83.7
78 84.4 84.2 84.6 84 83.4 84.3
79 85 84.8 85.2 84.6 84.1 84.9
80 85.7 85.5 85.8 85.3 84.8 85.6
81 86.4 86.2 86.4 86 85.6 86.3
82 87 86.9 87.1 86.7 86.3 87
83 87.7 87.7 87.8 87.5 87.1 87.7
84 88.5 88.4 88.5 88.2 87.9 88.4
85 89.2 89.2 89.2 89 88.7 89.2
86 90 90 90 89.8 89.5 90
87 90.7 90.8 90.7 90.6 90.3 90.8
88 91.5 91.6 91.5 91.4 91.1 91.5
89 92.3 92.4 92.3 92.2 92 92.4
90 93.1 93.2 93.1 93.1 92.8 93.2
91 94 94 93.9 93.9 93.7 94
92 94.8 94.9 94.7 94.8 94.6 94.8
93 95.6 95.7 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.5 96.6 96.4 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.4 97.5 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.3
97 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.2 99 99.2
98 100.1 100.1 100 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 101 101 100.9 101 100.9 101
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in Cameroon vs Zambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 71.2% in Cameroon and 76.3% in Zambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 53.6% and 58.7% will live to 70 years or older, 25.3% and 26% to 80+ years, and 4.09% and 3.62% 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.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Cameroon Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.5% 95.1% 96% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
2 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
3 94.2% 93.7% 94.7% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
4 93.8% 93.3% 94.4% 95.2% 94.6% 95.8%
5 93.6% 93% 94.2% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
6 93.4% 92.8% 94% 94.9% 94.3% 95.5%
7 93.3% 92.7% 93.9% 94.8% 94.1% 95.4%
8 93.1% 92.5% 93.7% 94.7% 94% 95.3%
9 93% 92.4% 93.6% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
10 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 94.5% 93.9% 95.2%
11 92.8% 92.2% 93.5% 94.5% 93.8% 95.1%
12 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 94.4% 93.7% 95.1%
13 92.6% 92% 93.3% 94.3% 93.6% 95%
14 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 94.2% 93.5% 95%
15 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 94.2% 93.4% 94.9%
16 92.3% 91.7% 93% 94.1% 93.3% 94.8%
17 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 94% 93.2% 94.7%
18 92% 91.3% 92.8% 93.9% 93.1% 94.6%
19 91.9% 91.1% 92.6% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
20 91.7% 90.9% 92.5% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
21 91.5% 90.7% 92.3% 93.5% 92.6% 94.3%
22 91.3% 90.5% 92.2% 93.3% 92.4% 94.2%
23 91.1% 90.2% 92% 93.1% 92.2% 94.1%
24 90.9% 89.9% 91.8% 93% 92% 94%
25 90.7% 89.7% 91.7% 92.8% 91.7% 93.9%
26 90.4% 89.4% 91.5% 92.6% 91.5% 93.8%
27 90.2% 89.1% 91.3% 92.5% 91.3% 93.6%
28 89.9% 88.8% 91.1% 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
29 89.7% 88.5% 90.9% 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
30 89.4% 88.2% 90.7% 91.9% 90.6% 93.2%
31 89.2% 87.9% 90.5% 91.7% 90.4% 93.1%
32 88.9% 87.6% 90.2% 91.5% 90.1% 92.9%
33 88.6% 87.2% 90% 91.3% 89.8% 92.8%
34 88.3% 86.9% 89.7% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
35 88% 86.5% 89.5% 90.8% 89.3% 92.4%
36 87.6% 86.1% 89.2% 90.6% 89% 92.2%
37 87.3% 85.7% 88.9% 90.3% 88.6% 92%
38 86.9% 85.3% 88.6% 90% 88.3% 91.8%
39 86.5% 84.8% 88.3% 89.7% 87.9% 91.6%
40 86.1% 84.4% 87.9% 89.4% 87.5% 91.3%
41 85.7% 83.9% 87.6% 89.1% 87.1% 91.1%
42 85.3% 83.4% 87.2% 88.7% 86.7% 90.8%
43 84.8% 82.8% 86.8% 88.4% 86.3% 90.5%
44 84.3% 82.2% 86.4% 88% 85.8% 90.2%
45 83.8% 81.6% 86% 87.5% 85.3% 89.8%
46 83.2% 81% 85.5% 87.1% 84.7% 89.5%
47 82.7% 80.3% 85.1% 86.6% 84.1% 89.1%
48 82.1% 79.6% 84.6% 86.1% 83.5% 88.7%
49 81.4% 78.9% 84% 85.5% 82.9% 88.3%
50 80.7% 78.1% 83.5% 84.9% 82.2% 87.8%
51 80% 77.2% 82.9% 84.3% 81.4% 87.3%
52 79.2% 76.3% 82.2% 83.6% 80.6% 86.7%
53 78.4% 75.4% 81.5% 82.9% 79.7% 86.1%
54 77.5% 74.4% 80.8% 82.1% 78.8% 85.5%
55 76.6% 73.3% 80% 81.3% 77.9% 84.8%
56 75.7% 72.2% 79.2% 80.4% 76.8% 84%
57 74.6% 71% 78.4% 79.5% 75.8% 83.3%
58 73.6% 69.8% 77.5% 78.5% 74.6% 82.4%
59 72.4% 68.5% 76.5% 77.4% 73.4% 81.5%
60 71.2% 67.1% 75.4% 76.3% 72.1% 80.5%
61 69.9% 65.6% 74.3% 75% 70.7% 79.4%
62 68.5% 64.1% 73.1% 73.7% 69.2% 78.3%
63 67% 62.4% 71.7% 72.3% 67.6% 77%
64 65.4% 60.7% 70.3% 70.8% 65.9% 75.6%
65 63.7% 58.9% 68.8% 69.1% 64.1% 74.2%
66 62% 56.9% 67.1% 67.4% 62.2% 72.6%
67 60.1% 54.9% 65.4% 65.5% 60.1% 70.8%
68 58% 52.8% 63.5% 63.4% 57.9% 68.8%
69 55.9% 50.5% 61.4% 61.2% 55.5% 66.7%
70 53.6% 48.1% 59.2% 58.7% 52.9% 64.3%
71 51.1% 45.6% 56.8% 56% 50% 61.7%
72 48.6% 43% 54.3% 53.2% 47.1% 58.9%
73 45.8% 40.3% 51.6% 50.1% 44% 55.8%
74 43% 37.6% 48.7% 46.9% 40.7% 52.6%
75 40.2% 34.8% 45.8% 43.5% 37.4% 49.2%
76 37.2% 31.9% 42.7% 40.1% 34% 45.6%
77 34.2% 29.1% 39.5% 36.5% 30.6% 41.9%
78 31.2% 26.3% 36.3% 33% 27.2% 38.2%
79 28.2% 23.6% 33% 29.5% 23.9% 34.5%
80 25.3% 20.9% 29.7% 26% 20.8% 30.8%
81 22.3% 18.4% 26.5% 22.7% 17.7% 27.1%
82 19.6% 16% 23.3% 19.6% 15% 23.7%
83 17% 13.7% 20.3% 16.7% 12.5% 20.4%
84 14.5% 11.6% 17.4% 14% 10.3% 17.4%
85 12.2% 9.72% 14.8% 11.6% 8.29% 14.6%
86 10.1% 8.02% 12.3% 9.5% 6.6% 12.1%
87 8.28% 6.53% 10.1% 7.64% 5.16% 9.83%
88 6.66% 5.24% 8.13% 6.06% 3.98% 7.9%
89 5.27% 4.14% 6.43% 4.72% 3.01% 6.24%
90 4.09% 3.22% 4.99% 3.62% 2.24% 4.85%
91 3.11% 2.45% 3.78% 2.72% 1.63% 3.69%
92 2.32% 1.85% 2.81% 2.02% 1.17% 2.77%
93 1.69% 1.36% 2.04% 1.46% 0.82% 2.03%
94 1.21% 0.98% 1.44% 1.04% 0.56% 1.46%
95 0.84% 0.69% 0.99% 0.72% 0.38% 1.03%
96 0.57% 0.48% 0.66% 0.49% 0.25% 0.7%
97 0.38% 0.32% 0.43% 0.32% 0.16% 0.47%
98 0.24% 0.21% 0.27% 0.21% 0.1% 0.31%
99 0.15% 0.14% 0.17% 0.13% 0.06% 0.2%
100 0.09% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.04% 0.12%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4.48% in the birth year in Cameroon and 3.66% in Zambia, 0.3% vs 0.22% at age 30, 1.86% vs 1.63% at 60, and 11.5% vs 12.9% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Cameroon compared to Zambia at any given age.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Cameroon Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.48% 4.95% 4.02% 3.66% 4.07% 3.24%
1 0.87% 0.91% 0.82% 0.59% 0.67% 0.5%
2 0.53% 0.56% 0.5% 0.36% 0.41% 0.3%
3 0.36% 0.39% 0.34% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
4 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.18% 0.2% 0.16%
5 0.2% 0.21% 0.18% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
6 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.12% 0.13% 0.1%
7 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
8 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
9 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
10 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
14 0.12% 0.13% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
16 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
18 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.15% 0.18% 0.11%
20 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
22 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
23 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.17% 0.23% 0.12%
24 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
25 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.18% 0.24% 0.13%
26 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.19% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.19% 0.25% 0.14%
28 0.28% 0.33% 0.23% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
29 0.29% 0.34% 0.23% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.3% 0.36% 0.25% 0.22% 0.27% 0.16%
31 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
32 0.33% 0.39% 0.27% 0.24% 0.3% 0.18%
33 0.34% 0.41% 0.28% 0.25% 0.31% 0.18%
34 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.26% 0.33% 0.2%
35 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.28% 0.35% 0.21%
36 0.4% 0.47% 0.33% 0.29% 0.37% 0.22%
37 0.42% 0.5% 0.34% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
38 0.44% 0.53% 0.36% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
39 0.47% 0.55% 0.38% 0.35% 0.43% 0.27%
40 0.5% 0.59% 0.41% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
41 0.52% 0.61% 0.42% 0.4% 0.49% 0.3%
42 0.55% 0.66% 0.45% 0.43% 0.53% 0.33%
43 0.58% 0.69% 0.47% 0.45% 0.56% 0.35%
44 0.61% 0.73% 0.49% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
45 0.65% 0.78% 0.52% 0.52% 0.64% 0.4%
46 0.69% 0.83% 0.55% 0.55% 0.68% 0.43%
47 0.73% 0.88% 0.58% 0.59% 0.73% 0.46%
48 0.79% 0.95% 0.63% 0.64% 0.79% 0.5%
49 0.84% 1.01% 0.67% 0.69% 0.85% 0.54%
50 0.91% 1.1% 0.73% 0.76% 0.93% 0.59%
51 0.96% 1.16% 0.77% 0.8% 0.98% 0.63%
52 1.04% 1.25% 0.84% 0.88% 1.07% 0.69%
53 1.11% 1.33% 0.89% 0.94% 1.15% 0.74%
54 1.18% 1.42% 0.95% 1.01% 1.23% 0.8%
55 1.26% 1.51% 1.01% 1.08% 1.32% 0.86%
56 1.35% 1.62% 1.09% 1.16% 1.41% 0.94%
57 1.44% 1.73% 1.16% 1.25% 1.52% 1.01%
58 1.56% 1.87% 1.27% 1.36% 1.65% 1.11%
59 1.68% 2.01% 1.37% 1.47% 1.78% 1.21%
60 1.86% 2.2% 1.53% 1.63% 1.96% 1.36%
61 1.98% 2.35% 1.63% 1.75% 2.1% 1.45%
62 2.18% 2.58% 1.82% 1.93% 2.31% 1.63%
63 2.37% 2.79% 1.98% 2.11% 2.5% 1.78%
64 2.57% 3.02% 2.17% 2.3% 2.72% 1.96%
65 2.8% 3.27% 2.39% 2.51% 2.96% 2.16%
66 3.06% 3.56% 2.62% 2.81% 3.31% 2.42%
67 3.38% 3.91% 2.91% 3.17% 3.73% 2.75%
68 3.74% 4.3% 3.25% 3.59% 4.2% 3.14%
69 4.11% 4.71% 3.59% 4.02% 4.7% 3.53%
70 4.6% 5.23% 4.07% 4.61% 5.34% 4.11%
71 4.99% 5.66% 4.43% 5.06% 5.87% 4.51%
72 5.57% 6.27% 4.99% 5.77% 6.64% 5.19%
73 6.11% 6.84% 5.51% 6.42% 7.37% 5.8%
74 6.71% 7.47% 6.11% 7.16% 8.19% 6.5%
75 7.37% 8.15% 6.76% 7.97% 9.09% 7.28%
76 8.05% 8.83% 7.43% 8.77% 10% 8.03%
77 8.77% 9.57% 8.16% 9.65% 11% 8.85%
78 9.62% 10.4% 9.03% 10.7% 12.1% 9.85%
79 10.5% 11.2% 9.89% 11.7% 13.2% 10.8%
80 11.5% 12.3% 10.9% 12.9% 14.6% 11.9%
81 12.3% 13.1% 11.8% 13.6% 15.4% 12.5%
82 13.5% 14.2% 13% 14.8% 16.7% 13.8%
83 14.6% 15.2% 14.1% 15.9% 17.9% 14.9%
84 15.8% 16.3% 15.4% 17.2% 19.2% 16.1%
85 17% 17.4% 16.6% 18.3% 20.4% 17.3%
86 18.3% 18.6% 18% 19.5% 21.7% 18.5%
87 19.6% 19.8% 19.4% 20.7% 23% 19.7%
88 21% 21% 20.9% 22.1% 24.3% 21%
89 22.4% 22.2% 22.4% 23.2% 25.6% 22.2%
90 24% 23.7% 24.2% 24.9% 27.2% 24%
91 25.4% 24.8% 25.7% 25.9% 28.3% 24.9%
92 27.1% 26.4% 27.5% 27.5% 29.9% 26.6%
93 28.7% 27.8% 29.3% 29% 31.3% 28.1%
94 30.4% 29.3% 31.1% 30.6% 32.9% 29.7%
95 32.2% 30.9% 33% 32.3% 34.6% 31.4%
96 33.8% 32.3% 34.9% 33.8% 36.1% 33%
97 35.4% 33.7% 36.7% 35.2% 37.5% 34.5%
98 37% 34.9% 38.5% 36.6% 38.8% 35.9%
99 38.8% 36.7% 40.5% 38.3% 40.5% 37.6%
100 40.4% 37.9% 42.3% 39.7% 41.8% 39.1%

Death rate by age in Cameroon compared to Zambia

In Cameroon, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 71.4 in Cameroon and 73 in Zambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Cameroon
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Cameroon Zambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,483 4,946 4,015 3,656 4,072 3,240
1 827 866 788 567 647 487
2 501 528 474 344 394 293.3
3 342 362 322 237.7 271.5 203.5
4 242.5 255.8 228.7 171.5 193.7 149
5 183.6 194.3 172.7 131.9 148.5 115
6 151.1 161.2 140.7 109.4 123.9 94.7
7 128.4 138.1 118.5 93.6 106.9 80.2
8 112.3 121.5 102.9 82.3 94.5 70
9 101.8 110.6 92.8 75 86.5 63.4
10 95.8 103.9 87.4 70.9 81.6 60
11 93.1 100.7 85.3 69.3 79.5 58.9
12 94.3 102.1 86.3 70.5 81 59.9
13 98.8 107.5 89.8 74.4 85.7 62.9
14 107 117.6 96.1 81.1 94.2 67.9
15 118 131.2 104.6 90.2 105.5 74.7
16 132.7 150.2 114.9 102.4 121.8 82.8
17 147.4 170.7 123.6 114 138.8 89
18 163 192.5 133 126.3 156.9 95.4
19 176.7 211.8 141 136 171.3 100.3
20 189.6 229.7 148.7 144.3 183.9 104.5
21 200.6 244.8 155.6 151.3 194.3 108
22 210 256.5 162.7 157.1 202.5 111.4
23 217.5 264.6 169.5 161.7 208.4 114.9
24 224.3 271.1 176.5 165.8 212.8 118.6
25 230.2 276.3 183.3 169.3 216.3 122.1
26 236.5 281.8 190.4 173.4 220.3 126.2
27 243.2 288.1 197.6 178 224.9 130.7
28 251.2 295.8 205.8 183.8 231.1 136.2
29 258.8 304 212.7 189.9 237.9 141.3
30 270.1 316 223.2 198.6 247.7 149
31 277 324 229 204.4 254.8 153.3
32 291.4 340 241.5 216.1 268.3 163.1
33 304 354 252.3 226.4 280.2 171.6
34 318 370 264.1 237.9 293.6 181
35 334 389 277.4 251.7 310 191.9
36 350 407 291 265.4 325 203.4
37 366 426 304 279.8 343 214.8
38 386 449 322 298.3 363 230.9
39 404 469 337 315 382 244.7
40 429 498 358 338 408 264.1
41 443 515 369 353 426 275.8
42 472 548 394 380 457 299.9
43 492 572 409 400 480 316
44 516 602 428 425 509 336
45 546 639 451 455 545 360
46 572 669 471 481 575 381
47 604 708 497 513 614 408
48 644 754 531 553 658 442
49 683 799 563 591 704 475
50 736 857 610 643 761 521
51 767 894 635 676 800 548
52 825 956 688 733 863 601
53 867 1,004 724 777 913 640
54 916 1,057 769 828 970 687
55 964 1,109 812 878 1,024 732
56 1,019 1,167 863 935 1,087 787
57 1,073 1,226 912 992 1,149 840
58 1,146 1,302 983 1,068 1,229 914
59 1,217 1,376 1,050 1,140 1,307 983
60 1,321 1,479 1,157 1,247 1,412 1,092
61 1,381 1,542 1,214 1,310 1,481 1,153
62 1,493 1,651 1,329 1,426 1,596 1,273
63 1,585 1,740 1,423 1,522 1,692 1,371
64 1,682 1,831 1,527 1,625 1,791 1,480
65 1,786 1,926 1,640 1,736 1,897 1,601
66 1,897 2,029 1,759 1,894 2,060 1,758
67 2,029 2,150 1,902 2,079 2,245 1,948
68 2,169 2,272 2,061 2,276 2,432 2,161
69 2,293 2,379 2,205 2,457 2,604 2,355
70 2,465 2,518 2,409 2,708 2,820 2,643
71 2,551 2,581 2,519 2,835 2,937 2,784
72 2,704 2,699 2,709 3,067 3,128 3,057
73 2,800 2,760 2,842 3,215 3,243 3,240
74 2,890 2,806 2,976 3,354 3,337 3,420
75 2,959 2,832 3,091 3,467 3,399 3,581
76 2,993 2,820 3,172 3,512 3,398 3,662
77 3,000 2,784 3,223 3,527 3,359 3,711
78 3,004 2,744 3,273 3,534 3,301 3,768
79 2,951 2,650 3,264 3,439 3,161 3,709
80 2,905 2,569 3,254 3,353 3,026 3,663
81 2,759 2,400 3,132 3,078 2,734 3,400
82 2,637 2,261 3,027 2,908 2,510 3,272
83 2,467 2,081 2,866 2,658 2,238 3,038
84 2,282 1,898 2,681 2,413 1,975 2,805
85 2,069 1,694 2,457 2,132 1,694 2,521
86 1,849 1,492 2,219 1,854 1,431 2,227
87 1,621 1,291 1,961 1,584 1,186 1,934
88 1,396 1,101 1,700 1,336 969 1,659
89 1,178 920 1,443 1,097 771 1,385
90 981 763 1,205 904 610 1,163
91 788 610 972 704 460 919
92 628 487 773 555 349 738
93 486 378 597 424 256.8 571
94 367 287.6 449 317 185.1 434
95 270.1 214 328 232.7 130.9 323
96 192.7 154.7 231.9 164.9 89.2 232.3
97 133.6 109.1 158.9 113.9 59.1 162.7
98 90 75.1 105.4 76.7 38.2 111.1
99 59.5 51.3 68.2 50.9 24.4 74.6
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 Cameroon and Zambia 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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