Life Expectancy in China vs Ghana (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Ghana

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	China			Ghana
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.7	102	101.8	101.7	101.8
99	101	100.6	101.1	100.9	100.7	100.9
98	100.1	99.6	100.2	99.9	99.8	100
97	99.3	98.7	99.4	99	98.9	99.1
96	98.4	97.9	98.6	98.2	98	98.2
95	97.6	97.1	97.8	97.3	97.1	97.4
94	96.8	96.3	97	96.4	96.2	96.5
93	96	95.5	96.2	95.6	95.3	95.7
92	95.3	94.7	95.5	94.8	94.5	94.9
91	94.6	94	94.9	93.9	93.6	94.1
90	93.9	93.3	94.2	93.1	92.8	93.3
89	93.2	92.6	93.6	92.4	92	92.6
88	92.6	91.9	93	91.6	91.3	91.8
87	92	91.3	92.4	90.9	90.5	91.1
86	91.4	90.6	91.8	90.1	89.8	90.3
85	90.8	90	91.3	89.4	89.1	89.6
84	90.2	89.4	90.7	88.7	88.4	88.9
83	89.6	88.8	90.2	88	87.7	88.2
82	89.1	88.2	89.8	87.3	87	87.6
81	88.6	87.7	89.3	86.7	86.3	87
80	88.1	87.2	88.9	86.1	85.7	86.4
79	87.7	86.7	88.5	85.5	85.1	85.8
78	87.3	86.2	88.2	84.9	84.5	85.2
77	86.9	85.8	87.8	84.3	83.9	84.7
76	86.5	85.3	87.5	83.8	83.3	84.2
75	86.2	84.9	87.2	83.3	82.8	83.7
74	85.8	84.5	86.9	82.8	82.3	83.2
73	85.5	84.1	86.7	82.3	81.7	82.7
72	85.2	83.7	86.4	81.8	81.3	82.3
71	84.9	83.4	86.1	81.4	80.8	81.9
70	84.6	83	85.9	80.9	80.3	81.5
69	84.3	82.7	85.7	80.5	79.9	81.1
68	84	82.4	85.5	80.1	79.5	80.7
67	83.8	82.1	85.4	79.8	79.1	80.4
66	83.6	81.8	85.2	79.4	78.7	80
65	83.3	81.5	85	79.1	78.3	79.7
64	83.1	81.3	84.9	78.7	77.9	79.4
63	82.9	81	84.7	78.4	77.6	79.1
62	82.7	80.8	84.6	78.1	77.3	78.9
61	82.5	80.6	84.5	77.8	76.9	78.6
60	82.4	80.4	84.3	77.6	76.6	78.4
59	82.2	80.2	84.2	77.3	76.3	78.2
58	82.1	80	84.2	77	76.1	77.9
57	82	79.8	84.1	76.8	75.8	77.7
56	81.8	79.7	84	76.6	75.5	77.5
55	81.7	79.5	83.9	76.3	75.3	77.3
54	81.6	79.4	83.8	76.1	75	77.1
53	81.5	79.2	83.7	75.9	74.8	76.9
52	81.4	79.1	83.7	75.7	74.5	76.8
51	81.3	79	83.6	75.5	74.3	76.6
50	81.2	78.9	83.5	75.3	74	76.4
49	81.1	78.8	83.5	75.1	73.8	76.2
48	81	78.7	83.4	74.9	73.6	76.1
47	81	78.6	83.4	74.7	73.4	75.9
46	80.9	78.5	83.3	74.5	73.2	75.8
45	80.8	78.4	83.3	74.4	73	75.6
44	80.8	78.3	83.2	74.2	72.8	75.5
43	80.7	78.3	83.2	74	72.7	75.3
42	80.6	78.2	83.1	73.8	72.5	75.2
41	80.6	78.1	83.1	73.7	72.3	75
40	80.5	78.1	83.1	73.5	72.1	74.9
39	80.5	78	83	73.4	71.9	74.8
38	80.5	78	83	73.2	71.8	74.6
37	80.4	77.9	83	73.1	71.6	74.5
36	80.4	77.9	83	72.9	71.4	74.4
35	80.4	77.8	82.9	72.8	71.2	74.3
34	80.3	77.8	82.9	72.6	71.1	74.1
33	80.3	77.8	82.9	72.5	70.9	74
32	80.2	77.7	82.8	72.3	70.7	73.9
31	80.2	77.7	82.8	72.2	70.6	73.8
30	80.2	77.6	82.8	72	70.4	73.7
29	80.1	77.6	82.8	71.9	70.2	73.5
28	80.1	77.6	82.7	71.7	70	73.4
27	80.1	77.5	82.7	71.6	69.9	73.3
26	80	77.5	82.7	71.4	69.7	73.2
25	80	77.4	82.7	71.3	69.5	73.1
24	80	77.4	82.6	71.1	69.3	72.9
23	79.9	77.4	82.6	71	69.1	72.8
22	79.9	77.3	82.6	70.8	69	72.7
21	79.9	77.3	82.6	70.7	68.8	72.6
20	79.8	77.3	82.5	70.5	68.6	72.5
19	79.8	77.2	82.5	70.4	68.4	72.4
18	79.8	77.2	82.5	70.3	68.3	72.3
17	79.8	77.2	82.5	70.1	68.1	72.2
16	79.8	77.2	82.5	70	68	72.1
15	79.7	77.1	82.4	69.9	67.9	72
14	79.7	77.1	82.4	69.9	67.8	71.9
13	79.7	77.1	82.4	69.8	67.7	71.9
12	79.7	77.1	82.4	69.7	67.6	71.8
11	79.7	77	82.4	69.6	67.5	71.7
10	79.6	77	82.4	69.5	67.4	71.6
9	79.6	77	82.4	69.4	67.3	71.5
8	79.6	77	82.3	69.2	67.1	71.4
7	79.6	77	82.3	69.1	66.9	71.3
6	79.6	76.9	82.3	68.9	66.7	71.1
5	79.6	76.9	82.3	68.7	66.5	71
4	79.5	76.9	82.3	68.5	66.3	70.8
3	79.5	76.9	82.2	68.4	66.1	70.6
2	79.5	76.9	82.2	68.2	66	70.5
1	79.5	76.8	82.2	68	65.8	70.3
0	79	76.4	81.8	66.1	63.7	68.6

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in China can expect to live to 80.2 years compared to 72 in Ghana, rising to 83.3 and 79.1 at 65, and to 88.1 and 86.1 at 80 — higher than the 79 and 66.1 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in China and Ghana.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Ghana

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	China			Ghana
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.82%	0.19%	1.45%	0.12%	0.05%	0.19%
99	1.33%	0.38%	2.27%	0.2%	0.09%	0.31%
98	2.06%	0.72%	3.42%	0.33%	0.16%	0.5%
97	3.08%	1.24%	4.95%	0.52%	0.27%	0.77%
96	4.43%	2%	6.91%	0.79%	0.43%	1.16%
95	6.17%	3.05%	9.37%	1.18%	0.67%	1.69%
94	8.32%	4.42%	12.3%	1.7%	1.02%	2.39%
93	10.9%	6.13%	15.8%	2.39%	1.51%	3.28%
92	13.7%	8.19%	19.4%	3.27%	2.17%	4.37%
91	16.8%	10.6%	23.3%	4.36%	3.01%	5.7%
90	20.2%	13.3%	27.4%	5.67%	4.07%	7.26%
89	23.8%	16.3%	31.6%	7.21%	5.34%	9.07%
88	27.5%	19.5%	35.8%	8.99%	6.83%	11.1%
87	31.4%	23%	40.2%	11%	8.53%	13.5%
86	35.4%	26.6%	44.5%	13.2%	10.4%	16.1%
85	39.4%	30.3%	48.8%	15.7%	12.6%	18.8%
84	43.3%	34.1%	52.9%	18.3%	14.8%	21.8%
83	47.2%	37.9%	56.8%	21.1%	17.3%	24.9%
82	51%	41.7%	60.5%	24%	19.9%	28.1%
81	54.5%	45.3%	64%	26.9%	22.6%	31.4%
80	57.8%	48.8%	67.1%	30%	25.4%	34.6%
79	60.9%	52.2%	70%	33%	28.2%	37.9%
78	63.8%	55.3%	72.5%	36%	31.1%	41%
77	66.5%	58.3%	74.9%	38.9%	33.9%	44.1%
76	69%	61.2%	77%	41.8%	36.7%	47.1%
75	71.3%	63.9%	79%	44.6%	39.4%	50%
74	73.5%	66.4%	80.8%	47.3%	42.1%	52.7%
73	75.6%	68.9%	82.5%	49.9%	44.7%	55.4%
72	77.5%	71.1%	84%	52.4%	47.2%	57.8%
71	79.3%	73.3%	85.5%	54.8%	49.6%	60.2%
70	80.9%	75.3%	86.7%	57%	51.9%	62.4%
69	82.4%	77.1%	87.8%	59.1%	54%	64.4%
68	83.7%	78.8%	88.8%	61.1%	56.1%	66.3%
67	84.9%	80.4%	89.6%	63%	58.1%	68.1%
66	86.1%	82%	90.5%	64.7%	59.9%	69.8%
65	87.2%	83.4%	91.2%	66.4%	61.7%	71.3%
64	88.3%	84.8%	91.9%	68%	63.4%	72.7%
63	89.2%	86%	92.6%	69.4%	65%	74%
62	90.1%	87.1%	93.1%	70.8%	66.4%	75.2%
61	90.8%	88.1%	93.6%	72%	67.8%	76.4%
60	91.5%	89%	94.1%	73.1%	69.1%	77.4%
59	92.1%	89.8%	94.5%	74.2%	70.3%	78.3%
58	92.6%	90.5%	94.8%	75.2%	71.4%	79.2%
57	93.1%	91.2%	95.1%	76.1%	72.4%	80%
56	93.5%	91.8%	95.4%	77%	73.4%	80.8%
55	94%	92.4%	95.7%	77.9%	74.4%	81.5%
54	94.4%	92.9%	95.9%	78.7%	75.4%	82.2%
53	94.8%	93.4%	96.2%	79.5%	76.3%	82.9%
52	95.1%	93.9%	96.4%	80.3%	77.1%	83.5%
51	95.4%	94.3%	96.6%	81%	77.9%	84.1%
50	95.7%	94.7%	96.8%	81.6%	78.7%	84.7%
49	96%	95.1%	97%	82.2%	79.4%	85.2%
48	96.2%	95.4%	97.1%	82.8%	80%	85.7%
47	96.4%	95.7%	97.3%	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%
46	96.6%	95.9%	97.4%	83.9%	81.2%	86.6%
45	96.8%	96.1%	97.5%	84.4%	81.8%	87%
44	97%	96.4%	97.6%	84.8%	82.4%	87.4%
43	97.1%	96.6%	97.7%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
42	97.3%	96.7%	97.8%	85.8%	83.4%	88.2%
41	97.4%	96.9%	97.9%	86.2%	83.9%	88.6%
40	97.5%	97%	98%	86.6%	84.4%	89%
39	97.6%	97.2%	98.1%	87%	84.8%	89.3%
38	97.7%	97.3%	98.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
37	97.8%	97.4%	98.2%	87.8%	85.7%	90%
36	97.9%	97.5%	98.3%	88.1%	86.1%	90.2%
35	97.9%	97.6%	98.3%	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%
34	98%	97.7%	98.4%	88.8%	86.9%	90.8%
33	98.1%	97.8%	98.4%	89.2%	87.3%	91.1%
32	98.2%	97.9%	98.5%	89.5%	87.7%	91.4%
31	98.2%	98%	98.5%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
30	98.3%	98%	98.6%	90.2%	88.5%	91.9%
29	98.4%	98.1%	98.6%	90.5%	88.9%	92.1%
28	98.4%	98.2%	98.7%	90.8%	89.2%	92.4%
27	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%
26	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	91.4%	90%	92.9%
25	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
24	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%	92%	90.7%	93.3%
23	98.7%	98.6%	98.9%	92.3%	91.1%	93.5%
22	98.8%	98.7%	99%	92.6%	91.4%	93.7%
21	98.8%	98.7%	99%	92.8%	91.8%	93.9%
20	98.9%	98.8%	99%	93.1%	92.1%	94.1%
19	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%	93.4%	92.4%	94.3%
18	99%	98.9%	99.1%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
17	99%	98.9%	99.1%	93.8%	93%	94.7%
16	99%	98.9%	99.1%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
15	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
14	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.3%	93.6%	95.1%
13	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.5%	93.7%	95.2%
12	99.1%	99.1%	99.2%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
11	99.2%	99.1%	99.2%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
10	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%	94.9%	94.3%	95.6%
9	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
8	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	95.3%	94.8%	95.9%
7	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	95.6%	95%	96.1%
6	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	95.8%	95.4%	96.4%
5	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%
4	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	96.4%	96%	96.8%
3	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
2	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
1	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 91.5% of newborns in China and 73.1% in Ghana are expected to live past 60, 80.9% and 57% past 70, 57.8% and 30% past 80, and only 20.2% and 5.67% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Ghana

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	China			Ghana
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	40.6%	55.2%	38.5%	42.7%	45.9%	41.7%
99	38.1%	51.3%	36.1%	40.7%	44%	39.5%
98	35.7%	46.6%	33.6%	38.8%	42%	37.6%
97	33.1%	42.1%	30.9%	36.9%	40%	35.6%
96	30.5%	38.1%	28.4%	34.9%	38%	33.5%
95	28.2%	34.3%	26.2%	32.9%	36.1%	31.4%
94	25.9%	31%	24.1%	30.8%	34.2%	29.2%
93	23.4%	27.9%	21.7%	28.8%	32.2%	27%
92	20.8%	25.2%	19%	26.8%	30.2%	25%
91	18.5%	22.6%	16.6%	24.9%	28.1%	23.2%
90	16.7%	20.4%	14.9%	23.1%	25.9%	21.5%
89	15.1%	18.4%	13.3%	21.4%	23.8%	20%
88	13.6%	16.6%	11.9%	19.8%	21.8%	18.6%
87	12.4%	15%	10.8%	18.3%	20%	17.3%
86	11.2%	13.6%	9.72%	16.9%	18.3%	16%
85	10.1%	12.3%	8.73%	15.6%	16.8%	14.8%
84	9.17%	11.2%	7.82%	14.3%	15.4%	13.6%
83	8.24%	10.1%	6.95%	13.2%	14.2%	12.5%
82	7.35%	9.03%	6.12%	12.1%	13.1%	11.4%
81	6.51%	8.06%	5.36%	11%	12%	10.4%
80	5.75%	7.17%	4.67%	10%	11%	9.39%
79	5.09%	6.39%	4.07%	9.14%	10%	8.5%
78	4.52%	5.71%	3.56%	8.32%	9.14%	7.7%
77	4.03%	5.14%	3.15%	7.58%	8.34%	6.98%
76	3.62%	4.65%	2.8%	6.89%	7.62%	6.34%
75	3.27%	4.23%	2.5%	6.28%	6.96%	5.76%
74	2.98%	3.86%	2.25%	5.73%	6.36%	5.24%
73	2.69%	3.5%	2.02%	5.23%	5.81%	4.75%
72	2.45%	3.19%	1.81%	4.76%	5.3%	4.31%
71	2.26%	2.96%	1.66%	4.33%	4.83%	3.9%
70	2.04%	2.7%	1.47%	3.93%	4.4%	3.52%
69	1.76%	2.36%	1.22%	3.57%	4.02%	3.18%
68	1.58%	2.14%	1.08%	3.25%	3.68%	2.87%
67	1.48%	2.01%	1%	2.97%	3.38%	2.6%
66	1.37%	1.86%	0.91%	2.72%	3.11%	2.37%
65	1.26%	1.72%	0.83%	2.49%	2.87%	2.15%
64	1.17%	1.59%	0.76%	2.29%	2.65%	1.96%
63	1.06%	1.45%	0.69%	2.09%	2.43%	1.78%
62	0.95%	1.3%	0.61%	1.9%	2.22%	1.61%
61	0.83%	1.14%	0.53%	1.73%	2.03%	1.45%
60	0.73%	1%	0.46%	1.57%	1.85%	1.31%
59	0.64%	0.88%	0.41%	1.43%	1.69%	1.19%
58	0.57%	0.78%	0.36%	1.32%	1.56%	1.1%
57	0.52%	0.71%	0.33%	1.23%	1.45%	1.02%
56	0.48%	0.66%	0.31%	1.16%	1.37%	0.96%
55	0.45%	0.62%	0.29%	1.1%	1.31%	0.91%
54	0.43%	0.59%	0.27%	1.05%	1.25%	0.86%
53	0.41%	0.55%	0.26%	1%	1.18%	0.82%
52	0.38%	0.51%	0.24%	0.94%	1.11%	0.77%
51	0.34%	0.46%	0.22%	0.87%	1.04%	0.71%
50	0.3%	0.41%	0.19%	0.8%	0.96%	0.65%
49	0.27%	0.36%	0.17%	0.74%	0.88%	0.6%
48	0.24%	0.32%	0.15%	0.69%	0.82%	0.56%
47	0.22%	0.29%	0.14%	0.65%	0.76%	0.53%
46	0.2%	0.26%	0.13%	0.61%	0.72%	0.51%
45	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%
44	0.17%	0.22%	0.11%	0.57%	0.67%	0.48%
43	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%	0.55%	0.64%	0.47%
42	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.54%	0.62%	0.45%
41	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.51%	0.59%	0.43%
40	0.12%	0.15%	0.08%	0.49%	0.57%	0.41%
39	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%	0.46%	0.54%	0.38%
38	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
37	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%	0.42%	0.5%	0.34%
36	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%
35	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
34	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%
33	0.08%	0.09%	0.05%	0.38%	0.45%	0.3%
32	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.37%	0.45%	0.3%
31	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%
30	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%
29	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%
28	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%
27	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%
26	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.33%	0.41%	0.24%
24	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%
23	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.32%	0.4%	0.23%
22	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%
21	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.3%	0.39%	0.22%
20	0.05%	0.05%	0.03%	0.29%	0.37%	0.21%
19	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
18	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%
17	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%
16	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%
15	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%
14	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%
13	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%
12	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%
11	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%
10	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%
9	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%
8	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%
7	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.26%	0.3%	0.22%
6	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.28%	0.32%	0.24%
5	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.29%	0.33%	0.25%
4	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.28%	0.31%	0.24%
3	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%
2	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.24%	0.27%	0.22%
1	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
0	0.54%	0.59%	0.49%	2.9%	3.26%	2.53%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in China compared to Ghana, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 0.54% in the birth year in China and 2.9% in Ghana, 0.07% vs 0.36% at age 30, 0.73% vs 1.57% at 60, and 5.75% vs 10% at 80.

Death rate by age in China vs Ghana

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Ghana

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	China			Ghana
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	145	0	355	0	0	0
99	505	196.9	819	80.9	40.9	122.6
98	735	334	1,147	126.3	67.3	187.2
97	1,018	523	1,530	190.3	106.7	275.6
96	1,350	762	1,962	276.4	163.8	390
95	1,738	1,046	2,458	387	243.5	532
94	2,153	1,368	2,972	525	350	698
93	2,544	1,713	3,413	689	487	887
92	2,856	2,061	3,693	877	654	1,095
91	3,108	2,396	3,865	1,086	846	1,321
90	3,366	2,708	4,066	1,311	1,055	1,563
89	3,582	2,988	4,200	1,544	1,272	1,816
88	3,745	3,232	4,268	1,781	1,490	2,075
87	3,880	3,440	4,326	2,014	1,704	2,331
86	3,965	3,608	4,325	2,236	1,911	2,573
85	3,995	3,731	4,256	2,442	2,109	2,792
84	3,972	3,803	4,134	2,624	2,294	2,975
83	3,891	3,816	3,953	2,776	2,459	3,115
82	3,745	3,764	3,707	2,893	2,598	3,207
81	3,550	3,655	3,426	2,970	2,707	3,252
80	3,328	3,503	3,132	3,009	2,782	3,254
79	3,103	3,332	2,846	3,013	2,824	3,219
78	2,884	3,160	2,586	2,991	2,838	3,158
77	2,680	2,998	2,356	2,948	2,826	3,077
76	2,497	2,846	2,155	2,881	2,794	2,983
75	2,336	2,704	1,979	2,799	2,744	2,877
74	2,190	2,566	1,823	2,711	2,677	2,760
73	2,034	2,410	1,665	2,609	2,595	2,632
72	1,895	2,269	1,525	2,495	2,499	2,492
71	1,792	2,168	1,415	2,370	2,394	2,345
70	1,654	2,034	1,272	2,241	2,283	2,195
69	1,448	1,822	1,069	2,112	2,171	2,047
68	1,325	1,689	956	1,988	2,064	1,906
67	1,260	1,614	898	1,871	1,962	1,774
66	1,179	1,527	825	1,760	1,865	1,651
65	1,103	1,438	761	1,656	1,772	1,536
64	1,030	1,348	703	1,554	1,677	1,425
63	946	1,247	635	1,450	1,578	1,316
62	853	1,133	564	1,346	1,476	1,210
61	757	1,009	498	1,244	1,374	1,109
60	668	892	436	1,148	1,275	1,017
59	590	791	383	1,063	1,187	936
58	527	706	342	993	1,112	869
57	482	645	313	937	1,054	816
56	451	603	292	895	1,009	775
55	427	572	276.5	860	973	742
54	408	546	263.3	827	939	711
53	387	518	249.2	792	902	678
52	360	482	231.3	751	858	640
51	327	438	210	705	808	598
50	290.9	390	187.2	656	754	555
49	257.4	344	166.1	610	701	514
48	229.6	306	149.2	570	655	481
47	208.9	276.7	137.2	538	617	456
46	192.8	253.9	128.1	515	588	438
45	178.6	234	119.7	499	567	427
44	165.2	215.7	111.4	486	549	419
43	152.2	198	103.3	473	534	410
42	139.1	180	95.4	459	517	398
41	126	161.9	87.5	441	498	382
40	113.4	144.6	79.7	422	478	363
39	102.3	129.3	72.9	402	458	342
38	93	116.7	67.2	383	440	323
37	86	107.2	62.7	368	426	307
36	81	100.6	59.2	356	415	293.7
35	77.6	96.3	56.7	347	407	284.4
34	75.4	93.5	55	341	401	278
33	73.9	91.7	53.8	336	396	273.6
32	72.9	90.3	53	332	391	270.4
31	71.6	88.7	51.9	328	386	267.3
30	70	86.7	50.7	323	380	263.6
29	68.3	84.6	49.4	318	374	258.7
28	67	82.9	48.7	312	370	252.4
27	65.8	81	48.1	307	367	244.6
26	64.1	78.3	47.4	303	367	235.9
25	62.2	75.4	46.7	298.8	368	227.2
24	60.3	72.7	45.8	295.5	369	219.4
23	57.6	69	44.1	292.3	369	213.2
22	53.9	64.4	41.5	288.1	365	208.5
21	49.4	59.1	38.1	281.6	356	204.7
20	44.8	53.7	34.3	271	340	200
19	40.4	48.5	30.8	255.4	316	192.6
18	36.6	44.2	27.6	234.8	286.4	181.2
17	33.6	40.9	25	210.3	253.3	165.7
16	31.4	38.5	23.1	185.6	221.3	148.5
15	30	36.9	21.9	163.7	194	132.3
14	29.2	35.9	21.3	147.8	174.6	120
13	28.7	35.2	21.2	139.6	164.6	113.6
12	28.2	34.1	21.3	139.7	164.6	113.9
11	27.5	32.7	21.6	149	175.3	121.8
10	27.6	32	22.6	167.2	196.1	137.3
9	27.6	31.1	23.5	193.3	225.5	159.9
8	26.3	28.8	23.3	223.6	259.2	186.7
7	24.2	25.8	22.4	251.4	289.1	212.2
6	22.5	23.1	21.8	270.4	308	230.9
5	22.3	22.3	22.4	275.9	312	238.4
4	24.6	24.2	25	269.1	302	235.2
3	29.6	29.3	29.9	254.3	282.7	224.8
2	36.1	35.9	36.3	235.9	260	210.9
1	45.9	46.8	44.9	217.9	238.1	197
0	540	585	490	2,898	3,255	2,529

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In China, the most common age of death is 85, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 82.3 in China and 73 in Ghana, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of China and Ghana more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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