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Life Expectancy in Canada vs Ghana (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.9 years in Canada vs 65.9 in Ghana. Canada is ranked 19/197 by life expectancy, and Ghana is 169/197. In Canada, the life expectancy is 80.7 years for males and 85 years for females. In Ghana, it's 63.5 years for males and 68.4 years for females.

Canada vs Ghana life expectancy at birth by year chart

Canada
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 68.2 66.2 70.6 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 68.5 66.4 70.9 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 68.7 66.3 71.4 44 42.2 46.3
1953 69.1 66.7 71.8 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 69.9 67.5 72.7 45 43.1 47.2
1955 70 67.5 72.9 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 70 67.5 72.8 45.7 43.8 48
1957 69.9 67.3 73 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 70.6 67.9 73.7 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 70.6 68 73.6 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 71 68.2 74.2 46.9 45 49.2
1961 71.2 68.4 74.5 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 71.2 68.4 74.4 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 71.3 68.4 74.5 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 71.6 68.6 75.1 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 71.7 68.8 75.2 47.7 45.7 50
1966 71.9 68.8 75.4 47.7 45.7 50
1967 72.1 68.9 75.7 47.7 45.7 50
1968 72.2 69.1 75.8 47.8 45.7 50
1969 72.4 69.2 76 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 72.6 69.3 76.3 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 72.9 69.6 76.7 47.9 46 50.1
1972 72.8 69.5 76.5 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 73.1 69.7 76.8 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 73.1 69.7 76.9 48.9 47 50.9
1975 73.4 70 77.2 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 73.9 70.4 77.7 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 74.2 70.6 78 50.1 48.3 52
1978 74.5 70.9 78.3 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 74.8 71.3 78.6 50.8 49 52.7
1980 75.1 71.6 78.7 51.1 49.3 53
1981 75.5 72 79.1 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 75.7 72.3 79.2 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 76.1 72.7 79.5 51.8 50 53.7
1984 76.4 73 79.8 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 76.3 73 79.7 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 76.5 73.2 79.8 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 76.8 73.5 80.1 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 76.9 73.6 80.2 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 77.1 73.9 80.4 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 77.4 74.2 80.6 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 77.6 74.4 80.7 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 77.9 74.7 81 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 77.7 74.6 80.8 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 77.9 74.9 80.9 56.2 55 57.4
1995 78 75 81 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 78.3 75.4 81.1 57 55.8 58.1
1997 78.5 75.7 81.2 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 78.7 75.9 81.4 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 78.9 76.1 81.6 57.8 56.6 59
2000 79.2 76.6 81.8 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 79.4 76.8 81.9 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 79.6 77.1 81.9 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 79.7 77.2 82.1 59 57.7 60.3
2004 80 77.6 82.4 59.3 58 60.6
2005 80.1 77.7 82.4 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 80.5 78.1 82.8 60 58.7 61.3
2007 80.5 78.2 82.8 60.3 59 61.6
2008 80.7 78.4 82.9 60.6 59.2 62
2009 81.1 78.8 83.2 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 81.3 79.1 83.4 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 81.5 79.3 83.6 61.6 60 63.3
2012 81.7 79.6 83.7 62 60.3 63.7
2013 81.8 79.7 83.8 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 81.8 79.7 83.9 62.8 61 64.7
2015 81.9 79.8 83.9 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 82 79.9 84 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 81.9 79.8 84 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 81.9 79.8 84 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 82.3 80.2 84.4 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 81.7 79.4 83.9 64.3 62 66.7
2021 82 79.6 84.4 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 81.2 78.5 84.1 65.2 63 67.6
2023 82.6 80.4 84.8 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 82.7 80.5 84.9 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 82.9 80.7 85 65.9 63.5 68.4

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 69.8 years in Canada and 57.9 in Ghana. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.5 healthy years in Canada and 12.9 in Ghana.

Canada vs Ghana 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 Canada and Ghana, 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:
53.8 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.8 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
86.4 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Canada Ghana
Male Female Male Female
40 98.9% 99.5% 95.3% 96.8%
50 97.2% 98.4% 88.8% 92.0%
60 93.2% 95.9% 77.9% 84.0%
65 89.4% 93.5% 69.5% 77.4%
70 84.0% 89.9% 58.4% 67.7%
75 76.0% 84.3% 44.4% 54.1%
80 64.5% 75.6% 28.6% 37.5%
85 48.3% 62.1% 14.1% 20.3%
90 28.2% 42.5% 4.6% 7.8%
95 10.4% 20.3% 0.8% 1.8%
100 1.9% 5.3% 0.1% 0.2%

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 Canada vs Ghana: 83.8 years vs 71.9 at 30, 86.5 vs 79 at 65, 90.3 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.9 vs 65.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Canada
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Canada Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.9 80.7 85 65.9 63.5 68.4
1 83.2 81.1 85.3 67.9 65.7 70.2
2 83.2 81.1 85.4 68 65.8 70.3
3 83.2 81.1 85.4 68.2 66 70.5
4 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.4 66.2 70.6
5 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.6 66.4 70.8
6 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.7 66.6 71
7 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.9 66.8 71.1
8 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.1 67 71.3
9 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.2 67.1 71.4
10 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.4 67.3 71.5
11 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.5 67.4 71.6
12 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.6 67.5 71.7
13 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.6 67.6 71.7
14 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.7 67.7 71.8
15 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.8 67.8 71.9
16 83.3 81.2 85.4 69.9 67.9 72
17 83.3 81.2 85.5 70 68 72.1
18 83.4 81.3 85.5 70.1 68.2 72.2
19 83.4 81.3 85.5 70.3 68.3 72.3
20 83.4 81.3 85.5 70.4 68.5 72.4
21 83.4 81.4 85.5 70.6 68.7 72.5
22 83.5 81.4 85.5 70.7 68.9 72.6
23 83.5 81.4 85.6 70.9 69.1 72.7
24 83.5 81.5 85.6 71 69.2 72.8
25 83.6 81.5 85.6 71.2 69.4 72.9
26 83.6 81.6 85.6 71.3 69.6 73.1
27 83.6 81.6 85.6 71.5 69.8 73.2
28 83.7 81.7 85.7 71.6 70 73.3
29 83.7 81.7 85.7 71.8 70.1 73.4
30 83.8 81.8 85.7 71.9 70.3 73.6
31 83.8 81.8 85.7 72.1 70.5 73.7
32 83.8 81.9 85.8 72.2 70.7 73.8
33 83.9 81.9 85.8 72.4 70.8 73.9
34 83.9 82 85.8 72.5 71 74.1
35 83.9 82 85.8 72.7 71.2 74.2
36 84 82.1 85.9 72.8 71.4 74.3
37 84 82.1 85.9 73 71.5 74.4
38 84.1 82.2 85.9 73.1 71.7 74.6
39 84.1 82.2 85.9 73.3 71.9 74.7
40 84.1 82.3 86 73.5 72 74.8
41 84.2 82.3 86 73.6 72.2 75
42 84.2 82.4 86 73.8 72.4 75.1
43 84.3 82.4 86.1 74 72.6 75.3
44 84.3 82.5 86.1 74.1 72.8 75.4
45 84.4 82.6 86.2 74.3 73 75.6
46 84.4 82.6 86.2 74.5 73.2 75.7
47 84.5 82.7 86.2 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 84.6 82.8 86.3 74.8 73.6 76
49 84.6 82.8 86.3 75 73.8 76.2
50 84.7 82.9 86.4 75.2 74 76.4
51 84.8 83 86.5 75.4 74.2 76.5
52 84.8 83.1 86.5 75.6 74.5 76.7
53 84.9 83.2 86.6 75.8 74.7 76.9
54 85 83.3 86.7 76.1 75 77.1
55 85.1 83.4 86.7 76.3 75.2 77.3
56 85.2 83.5 86.8 76.5 75.5 77.5
57 85.3 83.7 86.9 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 85.4 83.8 87 77 76 77.9
59 85.6 83.9 87.1 77.3 76.3 78.1
60 85.7 84.1 87.2 77.5 76.6 78.4
61 85.8 84.3 87.3 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 86 84.4 87.5 78.1 77.2 78.8
63 86.1 84.6 87.6 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 86.3 84.8 87.7 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 86.5 85 87.9 79 78.3 79.7
66 86.7 85.2 88 79.4 78.7 80
67 86.8 85.4 88.2 79.8 79.1 80.3
68 87 85.7 88.3 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 87.2 85.9 88.5 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 87.5 86.1 88.7 80.9 80.3 81.4
71 87.7 86.4 88.8 81.4 80.8 81.8
72 87.9 86.7 89 81.8 81.2 82.3
73 88.2 86.9 89.3 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 88.4 87.2 89.5 82.8 82.2 83.2
75 88.7 87.5 89.7 83.3 82.8 83.6
76 89 87.9 90 83.8 83.3 84.1
77 89.3 88.2 90.2 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 89.6 88.6 90.5 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 89.9 88.9 90.8 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 90.3 89.3 91.1 86.1 85.7 86.3
81 90.7 89.7 91.4 86.7 86.3 86.9
82 91.1 90.1 91.8 87.3 87 87.6
83 91.5 90.6 92.1 88 87.7 88.2
84 91.9 91.1 92.5 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 92.4 91.6 92.9 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 92.8 92.1 93.4 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 93.3 92.6 93.8 90.8 90.5 91.1
88 93.9 93.2 94.3 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 94.4 93.8 94.8 92.4 92 92.6
90 95 94.4 95.4 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 95.6 95.1 96 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 96.3 95.8 96.6 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 97 96.5 97.2 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 97.7 97.2 97.9 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 98.4 98 98.6 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 99.1 98.8 99.3 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.9 99.6 100 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.7 100.4 100.8 99.9 99.8 100
99 101.5 101.2 101.6 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 102.3 102.1 102.4 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Canada vs Ghana

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.3% in Canada and 72.8% in Ghana are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 85.8% and 56.7% will live to 70 years or older, 69.2% and 29.7% to 80+ years, and 35% and 5.6% 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.

Canada
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Canada Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
2 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
3 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
4 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
5 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
6 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
7 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 95.5% 95% 96%
8 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 95.2% 94.7% 95.8%
9 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
10 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.8% 94.2% 95.5%
11 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 94.6% 94% 95.3%
12 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
14 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 94.2% 93.5% 95%
15 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 94.1% 93.3% 94.8%
16 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 93.9% 93.1% 94.7%
17 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
18 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 93.5% 92.6% 94.4%
19 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 93.2% 92.3% 94.2%
20 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 93% 92% 94%
21 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 92.7% 91.6% 93.8%
22 99.2% 99.1% 99.4% 92.4% 91.3% 93.6%
23 99.2% 99% 99.3% 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
24 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
25 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 91.5% 90.2% 92.9%
26 99% 98.8% 99.2% 91.2% 89.8% 92.7%
27 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 90.9% 89.4% 92.5%
28 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 90.6% 89% 92.2%
29 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 90.3% 88.7% 92%
30 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 90% 88.3% 91.7%
31 98.7% 98.3% 99% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
32 98.6% 98.2% 99% 89.3% 87.5% 91.1%
33 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 89% 87.1% 90.9%
34 98.5% 98% 98.9% 88.6% 86.7% 90.6%
35 98.4% 97.9% 98.8% 88.3% 86.3% 90.3%
36 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 87.9% 85.9% 90%
37 98.2% 97.7% 98.7% 87.6% 85.5% 89.7%
38 98.1% 97.6% 98.7% 87.2% 85% 89.4%
39 98% 97.5% 98.6% 86.8% 84.6% 89.1%
40 98% 97.4% 98.6% 86.4% 84.1% 88.7%
41 97.9% 97.3% 98.5% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
42 97.8% 97.1% 98.4% 85.5% 83.2% 88%
43 97.6% 97% 98.3% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
44 97.5% 96.8% 98.2% 84.6% 82.1% 87.2%
45 97.4% 96.7% 98.1% 84.1% 81.5% 86.7%
46 97.3% 96.5% 98% 83.6% 81% 86.3%
47 97.1% 96.3% 97.9% 83.1% 80.4% 85.9%
48 97% 96.1% 97.8% 82.5% 79.8% 85.4%
49 96.8% 95.9% 97.7% 81.9% 79.1% 84.9%
50 96.6% 95.7% 97.5% 81.3% 78.4% 84.4%
51 96.4% 95.4% 97.4% 80.7% 77.6% 83.8%
52 96.2% 95.2% 97.2% 80% 76.8% 83.2%
53 95.9% 94.8% 97% 79.2% 76% 82.6%
54 95.6% 94.5% 96.8% 78.4% 75.1% 81.9%
55 95.3% 94.1% 96.5% 77.6% 74.1% 81.2%
56 95% 93.7% 96.3% 76.7% 73.1% 80.4%
57 94.6% 93.3% 96% 75.8% 72.1% 79.7%
58 94.2% 92.8% 95.7% 74.9% 71.1% 78.8%
59 93.8% 92.3% 95.3% 73.9% 70% 78%
60 93.3% 91.7% 95% 72.8% 68.8% 77%
61 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 71.7% 67.5% 76%
62 92.2% 90.4% 94.1% 70.4% 66.1% 74.9%
63 91.6% 89.7% 93.7% 69.1% 64.7% 73.7%
64 91% 88.9% 93.2% 67.6% 63.1% 72.4%
65 90.3% 88% 92.6% 66.1% 61.4% 70.9%
66 89.5% 87.1% 92% 64.4% 59.6% 69.4%
67 88.7% 86.1% 91.4% 62.7% 57.8% 67.8%
68 87.8% 85% 90.7% 60.8% 55.8% 66%
69 86.9% 83.9% 89.9% 58.8% 53.8% 64.1%
70 85.8% 82.6% 89.1% 56.7% 51.6% 62%
71 84.7% 81.3% 88.1% 54.5% 49.3% 59.8%
72 83.5% 79.9% 87.1% 52.1% 46.9% 57.5%
73 82.1% 78.3% 86% 49.6% 44.4% 55%
74 80.7% 76.6% 84.8% 47% 41.8% 52.4%
75 79.1% 74.8% 83.5% 44.3% 39.2% 49.6%
76 77.4% 72.9% 82.1% 41.5% 36.4% 46.8%
77 75.6% 70.8% 80.5% 38.6% 33.7% 43.8%
78 73.6% 68.5% 78.8% 35.7% 30.9% 40.7%
79 71.5% 66.1% 77% 32.7% 28% 37.6%
80 69.2% 63.5% 74.9% 29.7% 25.2% 34.4%
81 66.7% 60.7% 72.7% 26.7% 22.5% 31.1%
82 64% 57.7% 70.3% 23.8% 19.8% 27.9%
83 61.1% 54.5% 67.6% 20.9% 17.2% 24.7%
84 57.9% 51.1% 64.7% 18.2% 14.7% 21.6%
85 54.5% 47.5% 61.5% 15.5% 12.5% 18.7%
86 50.9% 43.8% 58.1% 13.1% 10.4% 15.9%
87 47.2% 39.9% 54.5% 10.9% 8.46% 13.3%
88 43.2% 35.9% 50.6% 8.9% 6.77% 11%
89 39.1% 31.8% 46.4% 7.13% 5.29% 8.96%
90 35% 27.7% 42.1% 5.6% 4.03% 7.16%
91 30.7% 23.7% 37.6% 4.3% 2.98% 5.62%
92 26.5% 19.9% 33.1% 3.23% 2.14% 4.31%
93 22.5% 16.3% 28.6% 2.36% 1.5% 3.23%
94 18.8% 13.1% 24.2% 1.68% 1.01% 2.35%
95 15.3% 10.2% 20.1% 1.16% 0.67% 1.67%
96 12.1% 7.81% 16.3% 0.78% 0.43% 1.14%
97 9.41% 5.77% 12.9% 0.51% 0.26% 0.76%
98 7.09% 4.13% 9.88% 0.32% 0.16% 0.49%
99 5.18% 2.86% 7.35% 0.19% 0.09% 0.3%
100 3.67% 1.92% 5.3% 0.12% 0.05% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.39% in the birth year in Canada and 2.95% in Ghana, 0.07% vs 0.37% at age 30, 0.55% vs 1.58% at 60, and 3.64% vs 10.1% at 80.

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

Canada
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Canada Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.39% 0.42% 0.35% 2.95% 3.3% 2.59%
1 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.23% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.25% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.27% 0.3% 0.24%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.29% 0.32% 0.25%
5 0.008% 0.008% 0.008% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
7 0.006% 0.006% 0.006% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
8 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
9 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.006% 0.008% 0.005% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
11 0.007% 0.008% 0.006% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
18 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
19 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.28% 0.35% 0.21%
20 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.3% 0.38% 0.22%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.31% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
23 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
24 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
26 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.34% 0.42% 0.27%
28 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
29 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
30 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.37% 0.44% 0.29%
31 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.37% 0.44% 0.3%
32 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
34 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
35 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
36 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.41% 0.49% 0.33%
37 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.43% 0.5% 0.35%
38 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.45% 0.52% 0.37%
39 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.47% 0.55% 0.39%
40 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.52% 0.6% 0.44%
42 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.54% 0.63% 0.46%
43 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.56% 0.65% 0.47%
44 0.13% 0.16% 0.1% 0.58% 0.67% 0.49%
45 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5%
46 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
47 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.65% 0.77% 0.54%
48 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 0.7% 0.83% 0.57%
49 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
50 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.81% 0.97% 0.66%
51 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.88% 1.04% 0.72%
52 0.26% 0.32% 0.2% 0.94% 1.12% 0.77%
53 0.29% 0.35% 0.22% 1% 1.19% 0.83%
54 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 1.06% 1.25% 0.87%
55 0.35% 0.43% 0.27% 1.11% 1.31% 0.92%
56 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 1.17% 1.38% 0.97%
57 0.42% 0.52% 0.32% 1.24% 1.46% 1.03%
58 0.46% 0.57% 0.35% 1.33% 1.57% 1.11%
59 0.5% 0.62% 0.39% 1.44% 1.7% 1.2%
60 0.55% 0.68% 0.42% 1.58% 1.85% 1.32%
61 0.61% 0.76% 0.46% 1.74% 2.03% 1.46%
62 0.66% 0.82% 0.5% 1.91% 2.23% 1.62%
63 0.71% 0.89% 0.54% 2.1% 2.44% 1.79%
64 0.77% 0.96% 0.59% 2.3% 2.66% 1.97%
65 0.85% 1.06% 0.64% 2.51% 2.88% 2.17%
66 0.92% 1.16% 0.7% 2.73% 3.12% 2.38%
67 0.99% 1.24% 0.76% 2.98% 3.39% 2.62%
68 1.09% 1.34% 0.84% 3.27% 3.69% 2.89%
69 1.19% 1.47% 0.93% 3.59% 4.03% 3.19%
70 1.31% 1.61% 1.04% 3.94% 4.41% 3.54%
71 1.45% 1.78% 1.15% 4.34% 4.84% 3.91%
72 1.6% 1.96% 1.27% 4.77% 5.31% 4.33%
73 1.77% 2.16% 1.41% 5.24% 5.82% 4.78%
74 1.94% 2.36% 1.55% 5.74% 6.37% 5.26%
75 2.13% 2.59% 1.71% 6.31% 6.98% 5.78%
76 2.36% 2.88% 1.9% 6.92% 7.63% 6.36%
77 2.61% 3.18% 2.11% 7.59% 8.36% 7%
78 2.88% 3.5% 2.34% 8.34% 9.15% 7.73%
79 3.23% 3.93% 2.62% 9.16% 10% 8.53%
80 3.64% 4.43% 2.96% 10.1% 11% 9.42%
81 4.08% 4.95% 3.35% 11% 12% 10.4%
82 4.55% 5.49% 3.78% 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 5.15% 6.2% 4.32% 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 5.84% 7.03% 4.91% 14.4% 15.5% 13.7%
85 6.57% 7.93% 5.54% 15.6% 16.8% 14.9%
86 7.37% 8.91% 6.24% 16.9% 18.3% 16.1%
87 8.38% 10.1% 7.17% 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 9.48% 11.4% 8.19% 19.9% 21.8% 18.7%
89 10.7% 12.8% 9.31% 21.5% 23.9% 20.1%
90 12.1% 14.4% 10.6% 23.2% 26% 21.6%
91 13.6% 16.2% 12.1% 25% 28.1% 23.2%
92 15.1% 17.9% 13.6% 26.9% 30.2% 25.1%
93 16.8% 19.8% 15.2% 28.9% 32.3% 27.1%
94 18.5% 21.7% 17% 30.9% 34.2% 29.2%
95 20.5% 23.8% 19% 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 22.5% 26.1% 21.1% 35% 38.1% 33.6%
97 24.7% 28.4% 23.2% 37% 40% 35.7%
98 26.9% 30.7% 25.6% 38.9% 42% 37.7%
99 29.1% 33.1% 27.9% 40.7% 44% 39.6%
100 31.2% 35.4% 30.1% 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Canada compared to Ghana

In Canada, the most common age of death is 90, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 86.3 in Canada and 72.8 in Ghana — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Canada
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Canada Ghana
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 390 424 354 2,951 3,302 2,586
1 32.7 35.5 29.8 219.5 238.9 199.4
2 11.9 13.6 10.1 239.1 262.5 214.9
3 10.5 12.3 8.6 258.8 286.5 230
4 9.51 10.5 8.52 274.7 307 241.4
5 8 8.07 7.93 282.1 318 245
6 6.71 6.71 6.71 276.7 314 237.6
7 6.04 6.31 5.75 257.4 295 218.4
8 6.14 6.73 5.51 229 264.5 192.2
9 6.37 7.28 5.42 197.9 230.2 164.5
10 6.42 7.5 5.29 171.1 200.1 141.2
11 7.27 8.21 6.28 152.5 178.9 125.2
12 8.99 9.68 8.27 142.9 167.9 116.9
13 11.3 12 10.5 142.7 167.8 116.6
14 14 15.5 12.4 151 177.9 123.2
15 17.4 20.5 14.3 167.3 197.7 135.8
16 22.2 27.7 16.6 189.6 225.4 152.5
17 29.7 38.5 20.6 214.8 258 170.1
18 37.8 50.6 24.7 239.8 291.7 186
19 43 59.1 26.4 260.8 322 197.7
20 45.4 63.6 26.7 276.7 346 205.2
21 47.4 66.4 27.9 287.3 362 209.9
22 50.6 70.3 30.2 293.9 371 213.7
23 54.4 74.9 33.1 298.1 375 218.4
24 57.6 78.6 35.5 301 375 224.7
25 60.1 82 36.8 305 374 232.6
26 61.9 85.7 36.3 308 373 241.5
27 63.5 88.8 35.9 313 373 250.2
28 64.9 90.4 37.2 318 375 258.1
29 66.5 91.1 39.6 323 380 264.4
30 68.3 92.2 42.5 328 385 269.2
31 70.3 93.9 45 333 391 272.9
32 72.2 96.3 46.5 338 396 275.9
33 74.7 100.2 47.7 342 401 279
34 77.2 103.9 49.3 346 406 283.3
35 80.1 106.4 52.6 352 412 289.6
36 82.5 108 55.9 361 419 299
37 83.9 109.4 57.5 373 430 312
38 86.1 112.3 59.2 388 445 328
39 91 118 63.1 407 463 348
40 97.5 125.8 68.4 427 483 368
41 103.8 133.6 73.3 446 503 387
42 109 138.7 79 464 521 403
43 115.2 142.5 87.7 478 538 415
44 125 154.4 95.6 490 553 424
45 136.7 170.7 102.7 503 570 432
46 147.3 184 110.7 519 592 443
47 158.9 197 121 542 621 460
48 174.4 214.6 134.5 574 658 485
49 192.4 235.4 149.7 614 704 519
50 210.9 257.3 164.8 660 757 559
51 230.6 281.3 180.3 709 811 602
52 251.6 307 196 755 861 644
53 276.7 337 216.6 795 904 682
54 304 367 241 830 941 715
55 332 401 263.4 863 975 746
56 361 438 283.5 897 1,010 779
57 396 481 309 939 1,055 820
58 434 527 339 995 1,114 872
59 473 574 370 1,065 1,187 939
60 515 626 402 1,150 1,276 1,020
61 563 688 437 1,245 1,374 1,112
62 608 745 469 1,347 1,476 1,213
63 653 796 508 1,451 1,577 1,319
64 703 854 551 1,553 1,675 1,427
65 765 933 595 1,656 1,769 1,538
66 826 1,006 646 1,761 1,863 1,652
67 882 1,066 697 1,870 1,958 1,774
68 953 1,142 763 1,986 2,059 1,906
69 1,037 1,233 839 2,109 2,166 2,046
70 1,126 1,329 922 2,237 2,277 2,193
71 1,230 1,443 1,017 2,364 2,387 2,342
72 1,333 1,562 1,107 2,486 2,491 2,489
73 1,450 1,692 1,210 2,599 2,586 2,627
74 1,561 1,811 1,313 2,700 2,667 2,754
75 1,682 1,940 1,425 2,794 2,733 2,870
76 1,828 2,101 1,557 2,875 2,782 2,974
77 1,974 2,251 1,698 2,934 2,814 3,067
78 2,121 2,400 1,843 2,976 2,824 3,145
79 2,309 2,598 2,020 2,998 2,810 3,205
80 2,518 2,813 2,222 2,994 2,767 3,238
81 2,721 3,001 2,439 2,953 2,692 3,235
82 2,913 3,169 2,658 2,875 2,583 3,189
83 3,147 3,380 2,919 2,759 2,444 3,095
84 3,380 3,594 3,179 2,607 2,278 2,954
85 3,581 3,770 3,408 2,426 2,095 2,771
86 3,754 3,899 3,626 2,221 1,898 2,553
87 3,955 4,020 3,909 1,999 1,691 2,311
88 4,100 4,075 4,145 1,767 1,479 2,055
89 4,180 4,060 4,325 1,532 1,262 1,798
90 4,217 3,987 4,474 1,299 1,046 1,546
91 4,190 3,841 4,564 1,076 839 1,306
92 4,019 3,570 4,491 868 648 1,082
93 3,779 3,233 4,343 681 483 875
94 3,478 2,844 4,122 518 347 688
95 3,130 2,440 3,823 382 240.9 524
96 2,736 2,036 3,434 271.9 162 384
97 2,320 1,640 2,991 187 105.5 271
98 1,905 1,270 2,524 123.9 66.4 183.9
99 1,511 947 2,054 79.3 40.4 120.2
100 1,100 541 1,630 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 Canada and Ghana 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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