Life Expectancy in China vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

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China

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	China			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.7	102	101.9	101.8	102
99	101	100.6	101.1	101	100.9	101
98	100.1	99.6	100.2	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	99.3	98.7	99.4	99.2	99	99.2
96	98.4	97.9	98.6	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	97.6	97.1	97.8	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	96.8	96.3	97	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	96	95.5	96.2	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	95.3	94.7	95.5	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	94.6	94	94.9	93.9	93.7	94
90	93.9	93.3	94.2	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	93.2	92.6	93.6	92.2	92	92.4
88	92.6	91.9	93	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	92	91.3	92.4	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	91.4	90.6	91.8	89.8	89.5	90
85	90.8	90	91.3	89	88.7	89.2
84	90.2	89.4	90.7	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	89.6	88.8	90.2	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	89.1	88.2	89.8	86.8	86.3	87
81	88.6	87.7	89.3	86	85.6	86.3
80	88.1	87.2	88.9	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	87.7	86.7	88.5	84.7	84.1	85
78	87.3	86.2	88.2	84	83.5	84.3
77	86.9	85.8	87.8	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	86.5	85.3	87.5	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	86.2	84.9	87.2	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	85.8	84.5	86.9	81.7	81	82.1
73	85.5	84.1	86.7	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	85.2	83.7	86.4	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	84.9	83.4	86.1	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	84.6	83	85.9	79.7	79	80.3
69	84.3	82.7	85.7	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	84	82.4	85.5	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	83.8	82.1	85.4	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	83.6	81.8	85.2	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	83.3	81.5	85	77.9	77	78.6
64	83.1	81.3	84.9	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	82.9	81	84.7	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	82.7	80.8	84.6	77	76	77.8
61	82.5	80.6	84.5	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	82.4	80.4	84.3	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	82.2	80.2	84.2	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	82.1	80	84.2	76	74.9	76.9
57	82	79.8	84.1	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	81.8	79.7	84	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	81.7	79.5	83.9	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	81.6	79.4	83.8	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	81.5	79.2	83.7	74.9	73.6	76
52	81.4	79.1	83.7	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	81.3	79	83.6	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	81.2	78.9	83.5	74.4	73	75.6
49	81.1	78.8	83.5	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	81	78.7	83.4	74	72.6	75.3
47	81	78.6	83.4	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	80.9	78.5	83.3	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	80.8	78.4	83.3	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	80.8	78.3	83.2	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	80.7	78.3	83.2	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	80.6	78.2	83.1	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	80.6	78.1	83.1	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	80.5	78.1	83.1	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	80.5	78	83	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	80.5	78	83	72.7	71	74.2
37	80.4	77.9	83	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	80.4	77.9	83	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	80.4	77.8	82.9	72.4	70.7	74
34	80.3	77.8	82.9	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	80.3	77.8	82.9	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	80.2	77.7	82.8	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	80.2	77.7	82.8	72	70.2	73.7
30	80.2	77.6	82.8	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	80.1	77.6	82.8	71.9	70	73.6
28	80.1	77.6	82.7	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	80.1	77.5	82.7	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	80	77.5	82.7	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	80	77.4	82.7	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	80	77.4	82.6	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	79.9	77.4	82.6	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	79.9	77.3	82.6	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	79.9	77.3	82.6	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	79.8	77.3	82.5	71.1	69.1	73
19	79.8	77.2	82.5	71	69	73
18	79.8	77.2	82.5	71	68.9	72.9
17	79.8	77.2	82.5	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	79.8	77.2	82.5	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	79.7	77.1	82.4	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	79.7	77.1	82.4	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	79.7	77.1	82.4	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	79.7	77.1	82.4	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	79.7	77	82.4	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	79.6	77	82.4	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	79.6	77	82.4	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	79.6	77	82.3	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	79.6	77	82.3	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	79.6	76.9	82.3	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	79.6	76.9	82.3	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	79.5	76.9	82.3	70.1	68	72.2
3	79.5	76.9	82.2	70	67.8	72.1
2	79.5	76.9	82.2	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	79.5	76.8	82.2	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	79	76.4	81.8	66.9	64.4	69.3

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 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 83.3 and 77.9 at 65, and to 88.1 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 79 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	China			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.82%	0.19%	1.45%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	1.33%	0.38%	2.27%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	2.06%	0.72%	3.42%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	3.08%	1.24%	4.95%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	4.43%	2%	6.91%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	6.17%	3.05%	9.37%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	8.32%	4.42%	12.3%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	10.9%	6.13%	15.8%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	13.7%	8.19%	19.4%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	16.8%	10.6%	23.3%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	20.2%	13.3%	27.4%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	23.8%	16.3%	31.6%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	27.5%	19.5%	35.8%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	31.4%	23%	40.2%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	35.4%	26.6%	44.5%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	39.4%	30.3%	48.8%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	43.3%	34.1%	52.9%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	47.2%	37.9%	56.8%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	51%	41.7%	60.5%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	54.5%	45.3%	64%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	57.8%	48.8%	67.1%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	60.9%	52.2%	70%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	63.8%	55.3%	72.5%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	66.5%	58.3%	74.9%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	69%	61.2%	77%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	71.3%	63.9%	79%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	73.5%	66.4%	80.8%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	75.6%	68.9%	82.5%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	77.5%	71.1%	84%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	79.3%	73.3%	85.5%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	80.9%	75.3%	86.7%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	82.4%	77.1%	87.8%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	83.7%	78.8%	88.8%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	84.9%	80.4%	89.6%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	86.1%	82%	90.5%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	87.2%	83.4%	91.2%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	88.3%	84.8%	91.9%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	89.2%	86%	92.6%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	90.1%	87.1%	93.1%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	90.8%	88.1%	93.6%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	91.5%	89%	94.1%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	92.1%	89.8%	94.5%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	92.6%	90.5%	94.8%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	93.1%	91.2%	95.1%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	93.5%	91.8%	95.4%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	94%	92.4%	95.7%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	94.4%	92.9%	95.9%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	94.8%	93.4%	96.2%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	95.1%	93.9%	96.4%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	95.4%	94.3%	96.6%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	95.7%	94.7%	96.8%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	96%	95.1%	97%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	96.2%	95.4%	97.1%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	96.4%	95.7%	97.3%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	96.6%	95.9%	97.4%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	96.8%	96.1%	97.5%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	97%	96.4%	97.6%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	97.1%	96.6%	97.7%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	97.3%	96.7%	97.8%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	97.4%	96.9%	97.9%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	97.5%	97%	98%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	97.6%	97.2%	98.1%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	97.7%	97.3%	98.1%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	97.8%	97.4%	98.2%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	97.9%	97.5%	98.3%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	97.9%	97.6%	98.3%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	98%	97.7%	98.4%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	98.1%	97.8%	98.4%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	98.2%	97.9%	98.5%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	98.2%	98%	98.5%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	98.3%	98%	98.6%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	98.4%	98.1%	98.6%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	98.4%	98.2%	98.7%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	98.7%	98.6%	98.9%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	98.8%	98.7%	99%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	98.8%	98.7%	99%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	98.9%	98.8%	99%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	99%	98.9%	99.1%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	99%	98.9%	99.1%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	99%	98.9%	99.1%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	99.1%	99%	99.2%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	99.1%	99.1%	99.2%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	99.2%	99.1%	99.2%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 91.5% of newborns in China and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 80.9% and 59% past 70, 57.8% and 26.3% past 80, and only 20.2% and 3.69% 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

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	China			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	40.6%	55.2%	38.5%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	38.1%	51.3%	36.1%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	35.7%	46.6%	33.6%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	33.1%	42.1%	30.9%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	30.5%	38.1%	28.4%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	28.2%	34.3%	26.2%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	25.9%	31%	24.1%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	23.4%	27.9%	21.7%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	20.8%	25.2%	19%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	18.5%	22.6%	16.6%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	16.7%	20.4%	14.9%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	15.1%	18.4%	13.3%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	13.6%	16.6%	11.9%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	12.4%	15%	10.8%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	11.2%	13.6%	9.72%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	10.1%	12.3%	8.73%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	9.17%	11.2%	7.82%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	8.24%	10.1%	6.95%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	7.35%	9.03%	6.12%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	6.51%	8.06%	5.36%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	5.75%	7.17%	4.67%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	5.09%	6.39%	4.07%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	4.52%	5.71%	3.56%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	4.03%	5.14%	3.15%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	3.62%	4.65%	2.8%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	3.27%	4.23%	2.5%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	2.98%	3.86%	2.25%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	2.69%	3.5%	2.02%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	2.45%	3.19%	1.81%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	2.26%	2.96%	1.66%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	2.04%	2.7%	1.47%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	1.76%	2.36%	1.22%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	1.58%	2.14%	1.08%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	1.48%	2.01%	1%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	1.37%	1.86%	0.91%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	1.26%	1.72%	0.83%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	1.17%	1.59%	0.76%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	1.06%	1.45%	0.69%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	0.95%	1.3%	0.61%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	0.83%	1.14%	0.53%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	0.73%	1%	0.46%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	0.64%	0.88%	0.41%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	0.57%	0.78%	0.36%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	0.52%	0.71%	0.33%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	0.48%	0.66%	0.31%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	0.45%	0.62%	0.29%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	0.43%	0.59%	0.27%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	0.41%	0.55%	0.26%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	0.38%	0.51%	0.24%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	0.34%	0.46%	0.22%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	0.3%	0.41%	0.19%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	0.27%	0.36%	0.17%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	0.24%	0.32%	0.15%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	0.22%	0.29%	0.14%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.2%	0.26%	0.13%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.17%	0.22%	0.11%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.12%	0.15%	0.08%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.08%	0.09%	0.05%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.05%	0.05%	0.03%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	0.54%	0.59%	0.49%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.54% in the birth year in China and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.07% vs 0.21% at age 30, 0.73% vs 1.62% at 60, and 5.75% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in China vs Zambia

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	China			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	145	0	355	0	0	0
99	505	196.9	819	52.1	25	76.3
98	735	334	1,147	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	1,018	523	1,530	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	1,350	762	1,962	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	1,738	1,046	2,458	237.3	133.6	329
94	2,153	1,368	2,972	323	188.7	442
93	2,544	1,713	3,413	431	261.6	581
92	2,856	2,061	3,693	565	355	750
91	3,108	2,396	3,865	715	468	933
90	3,366	2,708	4,066	917	619	1,180
89	3,582	2,988	4,200	1,113	782	1,403
88	3,745	3,232	4,268	1,353	982	1,679
87	3,880	3,440	4,326	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	3,965	3,608	4,325	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	3,995	3,731	4,256	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	3,972	3,803	4,134	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	3,891	3,816	3,953	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	3,745	3,764	3,707	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	3,550	3,655	3,426	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	3,328	3,503	3,132	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	3,103	3,332	2,846	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	2,884	3,160	2,586	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	2,680	2,998	2,356	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	2,497	2,846	2,155	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	2,336	2,704	1,979	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	2,190	2,566	1,823	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	2,034	2,410	1,665	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	1,895	2,269	1,525	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	1,792	2,168	1,415	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	1,654	2,034	1,272	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	1,448	1,822	1,069	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	1,325	1,689	956	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	1,260	1,614	898	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	1,179	1,527	825	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	1,103	1,438	761	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	1,030	1,348	703	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	946	1,247	635	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	853	1,133	564	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	757	1,009	498	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	668	892	436	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	590	791	383	1,137	1,304	978
58	527	706	342	1,064	1,225	909
57	482	645	313	989	1,145	835
56	451	603	292	932	1,083	782
55	427	572	276.5	874	1,020	728
54	408	546	263.3	824	966	682
53	387	518	249.2	773	909	635
52	360	482	231.3	729	858	597
51	327	438	210	672	796	543
50	290.9	390	187.2	639	756	516
49	257.4	344	166.1	587	699	470
48	229.6	306	149.2	548	654	437
47	208.9	276.7	137.2	509	609	403
46	192.8	253.9	128.1	476	570	377
45	178.6	234	119.7	450	540	355
44	165.2	215.7	111.4	421	505	331
43	152.2	198	103.3	396	476	312
42	139.1	180	95.4	376	452	295.7
41	126	161.9	87.5	348	421	271.8
40	113.4	144.6	79.7	334	404	260
39	102.3	129.3	72.9	311	378	240.8
38	93	116.7	67.2	294.2	359	227
37	86	107.2	62.7	275.8	339	211.1
36	81	100.6	59.2	261.5	322	199.7
35	77.6	96.3	56.7	248	306	188.3
34	75.4	93.5	55	234.4	290	177.5
33	73.9	91.7	53.8	223	276.8	168.3
32	72.9	90.3	53	212.8	265	159.9
31	71.6	88.7	51.9	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	70	86.7	50.7	195.5	244.5	146
29	68.3	84.6	49.4	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	67	82.9	48.7	180.9	228	133.4
27	65.8	81	48.1	175.1	221.9	128
26	64.1	78.3	47.4	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	62.2	75.4	46.7	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	60.3	72.7	45.8	163.1	209.9	116
23	57.6	69	44.1	159	205.5	112.3
22	53.9	64.4	41.5	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	49.4	59.1	38.1	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	44.8	53.7	34.3	141.8	181.3	102
19	40.4	48.5	30.8	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	36.6	44.2	27.6	124	154.6	93.1
17	33.6	40.9	25	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	31.4	38.5	23.1	100.4	120	80.7
15	30	36.9	21.9	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	29.2	35.9	21.3	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	28.7	35.2	21.2	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	28.2	34.1	21.3	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	27.5	32.7	21.6	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	27.6	32	22.6	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	27.6	31.1	23.5	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	26.3	28.8	23.3	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	24.2	25.8	22.4	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	22.5	23.1	21.8	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	22.3	22.3	22.4	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	24.6	24.2	25	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	29.6	29.3	29.9	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	36.1	35.9	36.3	337	387	285.6
1	45.9	46.8	44.9	555	635	473
0	540	585	490	3,575	4,001	3,149

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 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 82.3 in China and 73.1 in Zambia, 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 Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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