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Life Expectancy in China vs Liberia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in China vs 62.5 in Liberia. China is ranked 55/197 by life expectancy, and Liberia is 182/197. In China, the life expectancy is 75.7 years for males and 81.2 years for females. In Liberia, it's 61.1 years for males and 63.8 years for females.

The drop in life expectancy in China in 1959–1961 was caused by mass starvation, disease, and social disruption resulting from the Great Leap Forward’s policy failures, poor agricultural management, and adverse weather, leading to 15–30 million excess deaths.

China vs Liberia life expectancy at birth by year chart

China
Male

Female
Liberia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
China Liberia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.8 42.2 45.7 38 37 39
1951 44.6 42.9 46.4 38 37.1 39
1952 45.3 43.7 47.2 38.1 37.1 39.1
1953 45.9 44.4 47.7 38.1 37.1 39.1
1954 46.8 45.1 48.6 38.1 37.1 39.1
1955 47.2 45.5 49.2 38.1 37.1 39.1
1956 47.8 46 49.8 38.1 37.1 39.1
1957 48.4 46.6 50.4 38.1 37.1 39.1
1958 48.8 47 50.9 38.1 37 39.1
1959 40.2 38.6 42 38.1 37 39.1
1960 33.4 32.2 34.9 38.1 37 39.1
1961 40.2 38.6 41.9 38.1 37.1 39.2
1962 51 48.9 53.2 38.2 37.1 39.3
1963 51.7 49.7 53.9 38.3 37.3 39.4
1964 52.3 50.3 54.5 38.5 37.4 39.5
1965 53 51 55.2 38.7 37.6 39.8
1966 53.7 51.7 55.8 39 37.9 40
1967 54.4 52.4 56.5 39.3 38.2 40.4
1968 55.2 53.3 57.2 39.6 38.5 40.7
1969 56 54.1 58 40 38.9 41.1
1970 56.8 54.9 58.8 40.4 39.3 41.5
1971 57.7 55.9 59.6 40.7 39.7 41.8
1972 58.6 56.7 60.5 41.2 40.2 42.3
1973 59.5 57.6 61.5 41.6 40.6 42.6
1974 60.2 58.2 62.3 42.1 41.1 43
1975 61 58.9 63.1 42.5 41.5 43.4
1976 61.2 59.2 63.3 42.9 41.9 43.8
1977 62.5 60.3 64.7 43.2 42.3 44.2
1978 63.1 60.9 65.3 43.6 42.7 44.5
1979 63.7 61.5 65.9 43.9 43 44.8
1980 64.2 62.1 66.5 44.1 43.2 45
1981 64.8 62.6 67.1 44.3 43.5 45.2
1982 65.2 63 67.6 44.4 43.7 45.2
1983 65.7 63.5 68.1 44.6 43.8 45.3
1984 66.1 63.9 68.5 44.7 43.9 45.4
1985 66.5 64.2 68.9 44 43 45
1986 66.9 64.6 69.3 44.5 43.6 45.4
1987 67.3 64.9 69.7 44.3 43.3 45.3
1988 67.6 65.2 70.1 44.1 42.9 45.3
1989 67.9 65.6 70.4 43.9 42.5 45.3
1990 68.2 65.9 70.6 37.6 32.4 44.7
1991 68.6 66.3 71 43.6 41.9 45.4
1992 69.1 66.8 71.5 43.6 41.3 46
1993 69.5 67.1 72 43 40.8 45.4
1994 69.8 67.4 72.4 42.6 40.1 45.4
1995 70.4 67.9 73 44.6 42.3 46.9
1996 70.8 68.3 73.5 44.9 42.6 47.5
1997 71.2 68.7 73.9 48.3 46.5 50.1
1998 71.6 69.1 74.2 49.4 47.6 51.2
1999 72 69.5 74.5 50.4 48.5 52.4
2000 72.3 69.8 74.9 51.9 50.3 53.5
2001 72.7 70.2 75.3 53.1 51.6 54.6
2002 73 70.6 75.7 54.1 52.6 55.6
2003 73.4 70.9 76 53 50.9 55.3
2004 73.7 71.3 76.4 55.9 54.5 57.4
2005 74.1 71.6 76.8 56.8 55.3 58.2
2006 74.4 71.9 77.1 57.5 56.1 59
2007 74.8 72.3 77.4 58.1 56.7 59.6
2008 74.8 72.4 77.5 58.7 57.2 60.1
2009 75.3 72.8 78 59.1 57.7 60.5
2010 75.7 73.2 78.3 59.4 58 60.7
2011 75.9 73.3 78.6 59.5 58.2 60.8
2012 76.2 73.6 79 59.8 58.6 61
2013 76.5 73.9 79.2 60 58.8 61.2
2014 76.7 74.1 79.5 59.2 58.1 60.4
2015 77 74.4 79.8 59.2 58.1 60.4
2016 77.2 74.6 80.1 60.5 59.3 61.6
2017 77.2 74.4 80.3 60.8 59.6 61.9
2018 77.7 75 80.6 61 59.8 62.2
2019 77.9 75.3 80.7 61.2 60 62.4
2020 78 75.2 81 61.3 59.9 62.6
2021 78.1 75.5 80.9 61.2 59.9 62.4
2022 78.2 75.5 81.1 61.9 60.7 63.2
2023 78 75.2 80.9 62.2 60.9 63.4
2024 78 75.2 81 62.3 61 63.6
2025 78.4 75.7 81.2 62.5 61.1 63.8

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 68.6 years in China and 54 in Liberia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 16.2 healthy years in China and 12.3 in Liberia.

China vs Liberia 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 China and Liberia, 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:
49.6 vs 39.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
79.6 vs 69.3 years

Median expected age of death:
81.9 vs 71.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
China Liberia
Male Female Male Female
40 98.9% 99.4% 95.5% 96.2%
50 96.4% 98.1% 88.0% 89.7%
60 90.2% 95.2% 74.4% 78.3%
65 84.1% 92.1% 64.3% 69.6%
70 75.4% 87.3% 51.7% 57.7%
75 63.2% 79.1% 37.2% 42.4%
80 47.5% 66.6% 22.4% 25.7%
85 28.7% 47.6% 10.3% 11.7%
90 12.2% 26.2% 3.2% 3.6%
95 2.7% 8.7% 0.6% 0.6%
100 0.2% 1.3% 0.1% 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 China vs Liberia: 79.6 years vs 69.3 at 30, 82.9 vs 77.4 at 65, 87.9 vs 85.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.4 vs 62.5 years calculated at birth.

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

China
Male

Female
Liberia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
China Liberia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.4 75.7 81.2 62.5 61.1 63.8
1 78.8 76.2 81.7 66 65 67.1
2 78.9 76.2 81.7 66.5 65.4 67.5
3 78.9 76.2 81.8 66.7 65.7 67.7
4 78.9 76.2 81.8 66.9 65.9 67.9
5 79 76.3 81.8 67.1 66 68.1
6 79 76.3 81.8 67.2 66.2 68.1
7 79 76.3 81.8 67.2 66.2 68.2
8 79 76.3 81.9 67.3 66.3 68.3
9 79 76.3 81.9 67.4 66.4 68.4
10 79.1 76.4 81.9 67.4 66.4 68.4
11 79.1 76.4 81.9 67.5 66.5 68.5
12 79.1 76.4 81.9 67.5 66.6 68.5
13 79.1 76.4 82 67.6 66.6 68.6
14 79.1 76.5 82 67.7 66.7 68.6
15 79.2 76.5 82 67.7 66.7 68.7
16 79.2 76.5 82 67.8 66.8 68.7
17 79.2 76.5 82 67.9 66.9 68.8
18 79.2 76.6 82 67.9 67 68.9
19 79.3 76.6 82.1 68 67.1 69
20 79.3 76.6 82.1 68.1 67.2 69.1
21 79.3 76.7 82.1 68.2 67.3 69.1
22 79.3 76.7 82.1 68.4 67.4 69.2
23 79.4 76.7 82.1 68.5 67.6 69.3
24 79.4 76.8 82.2 68.6 67.7 69.4
25 79.4 76.8 82.2 68.7 67.8 69.5
26 79.5 76.9 82.2 68.8 68 69.6
27 79.5 76.9 82.3 68.9 68.1 69.7
28 79.6 76.9 82.3 69.1 68.2 69.9
29 79.6 77 82.3 69.2 68.4 70
30 79.6 77 82.3 69.3 68.5 70.1
31 79.7 77.1 82.4 69.4 68.6 70.2
32 79.7 77.1 82.4 69.6 68.8 70.3
33 79.7 77.2 82.4 69.7 68.9 70.5
34 79.8 77.2 82.5 69.8 69.1 70.6
35 79.8 77.3 82.5 70 69.2 70.7
36 79.9 77.3 82.5 70.1 69.4 70.9
37 79.9 77.3 82.5 70.3 69.5 71
38 79.9 77.4 82.6 70.4 69.7 71.2
39 80 77.4 82.6 70.6 69.9 71.3
40 80 77.5 82.6 70.8 70 71.5
41 80.1 77.6 82.7 71 70.2 71.6
42 80.1 77.6 82.7 71.1 70.4 71.8
43 80.2 77.7 82.8 71.3 70.6 72
44 80.2 77.8 82.8 71.5 70.8 72.2
45 80.3 77.8 82.9 71.7 71 72.3
46 80.4 77.9 82.9 71.9 71.2 72.5
47 80.5 78 83 72.1 71.4 72.7
48 80.5 78.1 83 72.3 71.7 72.9
49 80.6 78.2 83.1 72.5 71.9 73.1
50 80.7 78.3 83.1 72.8 72.2 73.4
51 80.8 78.4 83.2 73 72.4 73.6
52 80.9 78.6 83.3 73.3 72.7 73.8
53 81 78.7 83.3 73.5 73 74.1
54 81.1 78.9 83.4 73.8 73.3 74.3
55 81.3 79 83.5 74.1 73.6 74.6
56 81.4 79.2 83.6 74.4 73.9 74.8
57 81.5 79.3 83.7 74.7 74.2 75.1
58 81.6 79.5 83.8 75 74.5 75.4
59 81.8 79.7 83.9 75.3 74.8 75.7
60 81.9 79.9 84 75.6 75.2 76
61 82.1 80.1 84.1 75.9 75.6 76.3
62 82.3 80.3 84.2 76.3 75.9 76.6
63 82.5 80.6 84.4 76.7 76.3 76.9
64 82.7 80.8 84.5 77 76.8 77.3
65 82.9 81.1 84.7 77.4 77.2 77.6
66 83.2 81.4 84.9 77.8 77.6 78
67 83.4 81.7 85 78.3 78.1 78.4
68 83.7 82 85.2 78.7 78.5 78.8
69 84 82.4 85.4 79.1 79 79.2
70 84.2 82.7 85.6 79.6 79.5 79.7
71 84.5 83.1 85.9 80.1 80 80.2
72 84.9 83.4 86.1 80.6 80.6 80.6
73 85.2 83.8 86.4 81.1 81.1 81.2
74 85.5 84.2 86.7 81.7 81.7 81.7
75 85.9 84.6 87 82.2 82.2 82.3
76 86.3 85.1 87.3 82.8 82.8 82.8
77 86.7 85.5 87.6 83.4 83.5 83.4
78 87.1 86 87.9 84.1 84.1 84.1
79 87.5 86.4 88.3 84.7 84.7 84.7
80 87.9 87 88.7 85.4 85.4 85.4
81 88.4 87.5 89.1 86.1 86.1 86
82 88.9 88 89.6 86.7 86.8 86.7
83 89.5 88.6 90.1 87.5 87.5 87.4
84 90 89.2 90.6 88.2 88.2 88.2
85 90.6 89.8 91.1 89 89 88.9
86 91.2 90.5 91.7 89.7 89.8 89.7
87 91.9 91.1 92.3 90.5 90.6 90.5
88 92.5 91.8 92.9 91.3 91.4 91.3
89 93.2 92.5 93.5 92.1 92.2 92.1
90 93.8 93.2 94.1 92.9 93 92.9
91 94.5 93.9 94.8 93.8 93.8 93.7
92 95.2 94.7 95.4 94.6 94.7 94.6
93 96 95.4 96.2 95.5 95.5 95.4
94 96.7 96.2 96.9 96.4 96.4 96.3
95 97.6 97 97.7 97.2 97.3 97.2
96 98.4 97.8 98.5 98.1 98.2 98.1
97 99.2 98.7 99.4 99 99.1 99
98 100.1 99.6 100.2 99.9 100 99.9
99 101 100.5 101.1 100.9 100.9 100.8
100 102 101.7 102 101.8 101.8 101.8

Odds of living to age in China vs Liberia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 90.9% in China and 67.9% in Liberia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 79.7% and 48.7% will live to 70 years or older, 55.8% and 21.4% to 80+ years, and 18.6% and 3% 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.

China
Male

Female
Liberia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
China Liberia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 94.6% 94% 95.1%
2 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 93.9% 93.4% 94.5%
3 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 93.6% 93% 94.1%
4 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
5 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 93.1% 92.5% 93.7%
6 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 92.9% 92.3% 93.5%
7 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 92.8% 92.2% 93.4%
8 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 92.7% 92.1% 93.3%
9 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 92.6% 92% 93.2%
10 99.1% 99% 99.2% 92.5% 91.9% 93.1%
11 99.1% 99% 99.2% 92.4% 91.8% 93%
12 99% 99% 99.1% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
13 99% 98.9% 99.1% 92.2% 91.6% 92.9%
14 99% 98.9% 99.1% 92.1% 91.5% 92.8%
15 99% 98.9% 99.1% 92% 91.4% 92.7%
16 98.9% 98.8% 99% 91.9% 91.3% 92.6%
17 98.9% 98.8% 99% 91.8% 91.1% 92.5%
18 98.9% 98.7% 99% 91.6% 90.9% 92.3%
19 98.8% 98.7% 99% 91.4% 90.7% 92.2%
20 98.8% 98.6% 98.9% 91.3% 90.5% 92%
21 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 91.1% 90.3% 91.8%
22 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 90.8% 90% 91.7%
23 98.6% 98.4% 98.8% 90.6% 89.8% 91.5%
24 98.5% 98.4% 98.8% 90.4% 89.5% 91.3%
25 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 90.2% 89.3% 91.1%
26 98.4% 98.2% 98.7% 89.9% 89% 90.9%
27 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 89.7% 88.7% 90.6%
28 98.3% 98% 98.6% 89.4% 88.4% 90.4%
29 98.2% 97.9% 98.5% 89.1% 88.1% 90.1%
30 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 88.8% 87.8% 89.9%
31 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 88.5% 87.5% 89.6%
32 98% 97.7% 98.3% 88.2% 87.2% 89.3%
33 97.9% 97.6% 98.3% 87.9% 86.8% 89%
34 97.8% 97.5% 98.2% 87.6% 86.5% 88.7%
35 97.7% 97.4% 98.2% 87.2% 86.1% 88.4%
36 97.7% 97.3% 98.1% 86.8% 85.7% 88%
37 97.6% 97.2% 98% 86.5% 85.3% 87.7%
38 97.5% 97% 98% 86% 84.8% 87.3%
39 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% 85.6% 84.4% 86.9%
40 97.3% 96.8% 97.8% 85.1% 83.9% 86.4%
41 97.2% 96.6% 97.7% 84.7% 83.4% 86%
42 97% 96.5% 97.7% 84.2% 82.8% 85.5%
43 96.9% 96.3% 97.6% 83.6% 82.3% 85%
44 96.7% 96% 97.4% 83% 81.7% 84.4%
45 96.5% 95.8% 97.3% 82.5% 81% 83.9%
46 96.3% 95.6% 97.2% 81.8% 80.4% 83.3%
47 96.1% 95.3% 97.1% 81.2% 79.7% 82.7%
48 95.9% 95% 96.9% 80.4% 78.9% 82%
49 95.7% 94.7% 96.8% 79.7% 78.1% 81.3%
50 95.4% 94.3% 96.6% 78.9% 77.2% 80.6%
51 95.1% 93.9% 96.4% 78% 76.3% 79.8%
52 94.7% 93.4% 96.2% 77.1% 75.4% 79%
53 94.4% 92.9% 95.9% 76.2% 74.3% 78.1%
54 94% 92.4% 95.7% 75.2% 73.2% 77.2%
55 93.5% 91.8% 95.4% 74.1% 72.1% 76.2%
56 93.1% 91.2% 95.1% 73% 70.9% 75.2%
57 92.6% 90.5% 94.8% 71.8% 69.6% 74.1%
58 92.1% 89.9% 94.5% 70.6% 68.3% 72.9%
59 91.5% 89.1% 94.1% 69.3% 66.8% 71.7%
60 90.9% 88.3% 93.7% 67.9% 65.3% 70.4%
61 90.2% 87.3% 93.2% 66.4% 63.7% 69%
62 89.4% 86.2% 92.7% 64.8% 62.1% 67.5%
63 88.5% 85% 92.1% 63.1% 60.3% 66%
64 87.5% 83.7% 91.4% 61.4% 58.4% 64.3%
65 86.4% 82.3% 90.7% 59.5% 56.4% 62.5%
66 85.2% 80.8% 89.9% 57.5% 54.4% 60.6%
67 84% 79.2% 89% 55.5% 52.3% 58.7%
68 82.6% 77.5% 88.1% 53.3% 50.1% 56.5%
69 81.2% 75.7% 87.1% 51.1% 47.8% 54.3%
70 79.7% 73.8% 85.9% 48.7% 45.4% 51.9%
71 78% 71.6% 84.6% 46.2% 43% 49.3%
72 76.1% 69.4% 83.1% 43.6% 40.5% 46.7%
73 74.1% 67% 81.5% 41% 37.9% 43.9%
74 72% 64.5% 79.8% 38.2% 35.3% 41.1%
75 69.7% 61.9% 77.9% 35.4% 32.7% 38.1%
76 67.3% 59.1% 75.8% 32.6% 30% 35.1%
77 64.7% 56.2% 73.6% 29.7% 27.3% 32%
78 61.9% 53.1% 71.1% 26.9% 24.7% 29%
79 59% 49.9% 68.5% 24.1% 22.2% 26%
80 55.8% 46.5% 65.5% 21.4% 19.7% 23.1%
81 52.4% 43% 62.3% 18.8% 17.2% 20.2%
82 48.8% 39.3% 58.8% 16.3% 15% 17.6%
83 45.1% 35.6% 55.1% 13.9% 12.8% 15%
84 41.2% 31.8% 51.1% 11.8% 10.8% 12.7%
85 37.2% 28.1% 46.9% 9.77% 9.01% 10.5%
86 33.3% 24.5% 42.6% 7.99% 7.37% 8.59%
87 29.4% 21% 38.3% 6.42% 5.94% 6.9%
88 25.6% 17.8% 34% 5.08% 4.7% 5.44%
89 22% 14.7% 29.9% 3.94% 3.66% 4.21%
90 18.6% 11.9% 25.7% 3% 2.79% 3.19%
91 15.4% 9.4% 21.8% 2.23% 2.09% 2.37%
92 12.5% 7.21% 18.1% 1.63% 1.53% 1.72%
93 9.8% 5.34% 14.6% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
94 7.45% 3.81% 11.3% 0.81% 0.77% 0.84%
95 5.48% 2.6% 8.53% 0.55% 0.53% 0.57%
96 3.9% 1.69% 6.25% 0.36% 0.35% 0.37%
97 2.69% 1.03% 4.44% 0.23% 0.23% 0.24%
98 1.79% 0.59% 3.04% 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%
99 1.14% 0.31% 2.01% 0.09% 0.09% 0.09%
100 0.7% 0.15% 1.28% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.6% in the birth year in China and 5.43% in Liberia, 0.08% vs 0.33% at age 30, 0.78% vs 2.2% at 60, and 6.06% vs 12.3% at 80.

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

China
Male

Female
Liberia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
China Liberia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.6% 0.66% 0.54% 5.43% 5.95% 4.89%
1 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.67% 0.7% 0.64%
2 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.41% 0.44% 0.39%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.29% 0.31% 0.27%
4 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
6 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
7 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
10 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
11 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
12 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
15 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.15% 0.16% 0.13%
17 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
18 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
19 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
20 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.22% 0.26% 0.19%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
22 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.24% 0.28% 0.21%
23 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.25% 0.29% 0.22%
24 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.26% 0.3% 0.23%
25 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.27% 0.31% 0.24%
26 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.28% 0.32% 0.25%
27 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.29% 0.32% 0.26%
28 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.3% 0.33% 0.27%
29 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.32% 0.35% 0.29%
30 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.33% 0.36% 0.3%
31 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.34% 0.37% 0.32%
32 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.36% 0.39% 0.34%
33 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.38% 0.41% 0.35%
34 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.4% 0.43% 0.37%
35 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.43% 0.46% 0.4%
36 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.45% 0.48% 0.42%
37 0.09% 0.12% 0.07% 0.48% 0.51% 0.44%
38 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.51% 0.54% 0.47%
39 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.54% 0.57% 0.5%
40 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.57% 0.61% 0.53%
41 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
42 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.64% 0.69% 0.59%
43 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.68% 0.73% 0.62%
44 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.72% 0.78% 0.66%
45 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 0.77% 0.83% 0.7%
46 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 0.81% 0.88% 0.74%
47 0.23% 0.31% 0.15% 0.87% 0.95% 0.79%
48 0.25% 0.34% 0.16% 0.93% 1.02% 0.85%
49 0.29% 0.39% 0.18% 1% 1.1% 0.91%
50 0.32% 0.44% 0.2% 1.09% 1.19% 0.98%
51 0.36% 0.5% 0.23% 1.15% 1.26% 1.04%
52 0.4% 0.55% 0.25% 1.24% 1.37% 1.12%
53 0.43% 0.59% 0.27% 1.32% 1.46% 1.19%
54 0.46% 0.63% 0.29% 1.41% 1.57% 1.27%
55 0.48% 0.66% 0.31% 1.51% 1.67% 1.35%
56 0.51% 0.7% 0.32% 1.61% 1.79% 1.45%
57 0.55% 0.76% 0.35% 1.72% 1.92% 1.55%
58 0.61% 0.83% 0.38% 1.86% 2.08% 1.67%
59 0.68% 0.94% 0.43% 2.01% 2.24% 1.8%
60 0.78% 1.07% 0.49% 2.2% 2.46% 1.98%
61 0.89% 1.23% 0.57% 2.36% 2.62% 2.12%
62 1.01% 1.39% 0.64% 2.58% 2.87% 2.33%
63 1.13% 1.55% 0.73% 2.8% 3.11% 2.53%
64 1.25% 1.71% 0.81% 3.04% 3.37% 2.76%
65 1.35% 1.85% 0.89% 3.31% 3.65% 3.01%
66 1.46% 2% 0.97% 3.57% 3.9% 3.28%
67 1.58% 2.15% 1.06% 3.89% 4.21% 3.61%
68 1.69% 2.29% 1.14% 4.25% 4.56% 3.99%
69 1.87% 2.53% 1.29% 4.63% 4.92% 4.38%
70 2.18% 2.89% 1.56% 5.14% 5.4% 4.91%
71 2.41% 3.16% 1.76% 5.53% 5.77% 5.33%
72 2.6% 3.4% 1.92% 6.14% 6.36% 5.96%
73 2.86% 3.73% 2.14% 6.7% 6.89% 6.54%
74 3.16% 4.11% 2.38% 7.34% 7.5% 7.21%
75 3.48% 4.51% 2.65% 8.04% 8.16% 7.93%
76 3.84% 4.94% 2.95% 8.74% 8.84% 8.66%
77 4.28% 5.45% 3.32% 9.49% 9.56% 9.44%
78 4.78% 6.05% 3.75% 10.4% 10.4% 10.4%
79 5.36% 6.75% 4.28% 11.3% 11.2% 11.3%
80 6.06% 7.57% 4.9% 12.3% 12.3% 12.3%
81 6.85% 8.5% 5.61% 13.1% 13.1% 13.2%
82 7.71% 9.5% 6.41% 14.4% 14.4% 14.5%
83 8.63% 10.6% 7.26% 15.6% 15.6% 15.7%
84 9.58% 11.7% 8.15% 17% 16.9% 17%
85 10.6% 12.9% 9.09% 18.2% 18.1% 18.3%
86 11.7% 14.2% 10.1% 19.6% 19.5% 19.7%
87 12.8% 15.6% 11.2% 21% 20.8% 21.1%
88 14.1% 17.2% 12.3% 22.5% 22.3% 22.6%
89 15.6% 19% 13.7% 23.9% 23.6% 24.1%
90 17.2% 21.1% 15.3% 25.6% 25.3% 25.9%
91 19% 23.3% 17.1% 26.9% 26.5% 27.3%
92 21.4% 25.9% 19.5% 28.7% 28.2% 29.1%
93 24% 28.7% 22.2% 30.3% 29.8% 30.8%
94 26.5% 31.8% 24.6% 32.1% 31.5% 32.6%
95 28.8% 35.1% 26.8% 34% 33.3% 34.6%
96 31.1% 38.8% 28.9% 35.7% 34.9% 36.3%
97 33.6% 42.9% 31.4% 37.3% 36.5% 38%
98 36.2% 47.2% 34% 38.9% 37.9% 39.7%
99 38.5% 51.9% 36.5% 40.8% 39.7% 41.6%
100 41% 55.8% 38.9% 42.4% 41.2% 43.3%

Death rate by age in China compared to Liberia

In China, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 0 in Liberia. The median age of death is 81.7 in China and 69.5 in Liberia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

China
Male

Female
Liberia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
China Liberia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 604 659 543 5,426 5,952 4,894
1 51.2 52.7 49.5 632 654 608
2 40.1 40.2 40 389 407 371
3 32.8 32.7 32.9 270.7 284.2 256.6
4 27.2 27 27.4 197.7 206.9 188.1
5 24.7 24.8 24.6 153 160.3 145.4
6 24.9 25.7 23.9 128.6 135.6 121.3
7 26.7 28.6 24.6 112.1 118.9 105.1
8 29 32 25.6 99.8 106.1 93.4
9 30.4 34.5 25.8 92 97.7 86.2
10 30.5 35.4 24.7 87.9 93.1 82.5
11 30.3 36.2 23.5 86.8 92 81.4
12 31 37.7 23.2 89.2 94.4 83.8
13 31.5 38.7 23 95.4 100.7 89.8
14 31.9 39.4 23.1 105.7 112.2 99
15 32.8 40.5 23.7 119.9 128 111.6
16 34.3 42.1 25 137.4 149.6 124.8
17 36.5 44.6 27 155.2 172.7 137.1
18 39.7 48.1 29.8 174.4 197.6 150.3
19 43.7 52.8 33.1 189 216 160.9
20 48.5 58.2 36.9 202.1 232.1 171
21 53.5 64.1 40.9 212.5 245.2 178.5
22 58.2 69.8 44.5 222.5 255.9 188
23 62.1 74.7 47.3 231 263.8 197.1
24 65 78.6 49.1 238.8 270 206.6
25 66.9 81.5 50 246.3 275.5 216.1
26 68.9 84.5 50.7 254.3 281 226.7
27 70.7 87.3 51.4 263 287.8 237.4
28 72 89.3 51.9 272.5 295.9 248.4
29 73.2 91.1 52.7 282.9 305 260.2
30 74.9 93.3 54 295.9 318 273.7
31 76.6 95.3 55.3 305 327 283
32 77.9 96.9 56.3 322 343 300
33 79 98.3 57.2 337 358 315
34 80.4 100.2 58.3 354 375 332
35 82.7 103 60.1 373 395 351
36 86.2 107.5 62.7 392 414 370
37 91.5 114.5 66.3 412 435 388
38 99 124.6 71.1 436 460 412
39 108.7 138 77.1 458 484 433
40 120.6 154.2 84.3 487 514 459
41 134 172.6 92.5 507 536 478
42 147.8 191.9 100.8 540 571 508
43 161.7 211 109.2 566 600 531
44 175.4 229.8 117.7 596 634 557
45 189.6 249.1 126.4 633 675 590
46 204.7 270.2 135.2 665 711 619
47 221.7 294.3 144.8 705 755 654
48 243.7 325 157.5 751 806 697
49 273.2 366 175.4 798 858 739
50 309 414 197.7 856 921 792
51 347 466 221.9 895 965 826
52 382 513 244.4 958 1,033 885
53 410 551 263.4 1,006 1,088 928
54 433 580 278.4 1,062 1,148 979
55 453 608 292.3 1,116 1,207 1,030
56 478 641 309 1,177 1,272 1,088
57 511 685 331 1,238 1,338 1,146
58 559 750 362 1,316 1,419 1,221
59 626 840 405 1,392 1,499 1,293
60 709 948 461 1,496 1,605 1,395
61 804 1,070 527 1,564 1,673 1,462
62 905 1,202 597 1,675 1,784 1,575
63 1,003 1,322 672 1,768 1,874 1,670
64 1,091 1,428 743 1,866 1,966 1,773
65 1,168 1,521 804 1,969 2,060 1,884
66 1,247 1,612 871 2,053 2,120 1,991
67 1,329 1,701 947 2,157 2,200 2,119
68 1,396 1,776 1,007 2,267 2,282 2,256
69 1,523 1,912 1,126 2,363 2,350 2,379
70 1,738 2,131 1,338 2,501 2,452 2,550
71 1,877 2,265 1,486 2,555 2,479 2,631
72 1,980 2,362 1,598 2,680 2,575 2,784
73 2,120 2,502 1,741 2,746 2,614 2,875
74 2,277 2,655 1,902 2,805 2,648 2,959
75 2,425 2,787 2,061 2,846 2,666 3,022
76 2,587 2,920 2,238 2,847 2,652 3,037
77 2,768 3,062 2,439 2,821 2,613 3,024
78 2,961 3,212 2,668 2,798 2,582 3,009
79 3,164 3,368 2,927 2,713 2,492 2,928
80 3,383 3,522 3,211 2,631 2,411 2,846
81 3,591 3,652 3,498 2,461 2,253 2,665
82 3,765 3,736 3,768 2,351 2,157 2,541
83 3,888 3,760 3,998 2,178 1,997 2,355
84 3,946 3,719 4,161 1,998 1,835 2,157
85 3,943 3,619 4,261 1,781 1,631 1,928
86 3,888 3,470 4,305 1,566 1,437 1,693
87 3,776 3,279 4,280 1,347 1,236 1,456
88 3,612 3,052 4,196 1,140 1,046 1,231
89 3,426 2,794 4,102 940 863 1,014
90 3,198 2,507 3,943 768 706 829
91 2,931 2,194 3,721 599 552 645
92 2,669 1,866 3,528 468 433 501
93 2,354 1,533 3,234 353 328 376
94 1,973 1,209 2,791 259.7 243.4 275.5
95 1,576 912 2,287 186.6 176.4 196.4
96 1,211 654 1,807 129.4 123.2 135.1
97 903 442 1,395 87.1 83.7 90.1
98 646 278.4 1,036 56.9 55.3 58.3
99 439 161.6 732 36.5 35.9 36.8
100 102.8 0 287.1 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 China and Liberia 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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