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Life Expectancy in China vs Zimbabwe (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in China vs 63.3 in Zimbabwe. China is ranked 55/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In China, the life expectancy is 75.7 years for males and 81.2 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 60.8 years for males and 65.6 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 Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

China
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
China Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.8 42.2 45.7 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 44.6 42.9 46.4 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 45.3 43.7 47.2 50.2 48 52.5
1953 45.9 44.4 47.7 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 46.8 45.1 48.6 51 48.8 53.3
1955 47.2 45.5 49.2 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 47.8 46 49.8 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 48.4 46.6 50.4 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 48.8 47 50.9 52.6 50.2 55
1959 40.2 38.6 42 53 50.6 55.5
1960 33.4 32.2 34.9 53.5 51.1 56
1961 40.2 38.6 41.9 54 51.5 56.5
1962 51 48.9 53.2 54.5 52 57
1963 51.7 49.7 53.9 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 52.3 50.3 54.5 55.4 52.9 58
1965 53 51 55.2 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 53.7 51.7 55.8 56.4 53.7 59
1967 54.4 52.4 56.5 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 55.2 53.3 57.2 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 56 54.1 58 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 56.8 54.9 58.8 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 57.7 55.9 59.6 58 55.3 60.7
1972 58.6 56.7 60.5 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 59.5 57.6 61.5 58.1 55.2 61
1974 60.2 58.2 62.3 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 61 58.9 63.1 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 61.2 59.2 63.3 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 62.5 60.3 64.7 57 53 61.3
1978 63.1 60.9 65.3 54.7 49 61.2
1979 63.7 61.5 65.9 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 64.2 62.1 66.5 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 64.8 62.6 67.1 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 65.2 63 67.6 59.9 56.8 63
1983 65.7 63.5 68.1 60 56.7 63.3
1984 66.1 63.9 68.5 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 66.5 64.2 68.9 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 66.9 64.6 69.3 61 57.5 64.5
1987 67.3 64.9 69.7 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 67.6 65.2 70.1 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 67.9 65.6 70.4 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 68.2 65.9 70.6 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 68.6 66.3 71 57 54.1 60.1
1992 69.1 66.8 71.5 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 69.5 67.1 72 54 51.6 56.5
1994 69.8 67.4 72.4 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 70.4 67.9 73 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 70.8 68.3 73.5 49 46.9 51.1
1997 71.2 68.7 73.9 48.5 47 50.1
1998 71.6 69.1 74.2 47.6 46 49.2
1999 72 69.5 74.5 46.4 45 47.8
2000 72.3 69.8 74.9 46 44.8 47.3
2001 72.7 70.2 75.3 44.5 44 45.1
2002 73 70.6 75.7 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 73.4 70.9 76 45.4 45 45.8
2004 73.7 71.3 76.4 46 45.7 46.5
2005 74.1 71.6 76.8 46.6 46.2 47
2006 74.4 71.9 77.1 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 74.8 72.3 77.4 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 74.8 72.4 77.5 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 75.3 72.8 78 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 75.7 73.2 78.3 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 75.9 73.3 78.6 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 76.2 73.6 79 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 76.5 73.9 79.2 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 76.7 74.1 79.5 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 77 74.4 79.8 59 57.3 60.5
2016 77.2 74.6 80.1 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 77.2 74.4 80.3 60.3 58.3 62
2018 77.7 75 80.6 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 77.9 75.3 80.7 61.1 58.8 63
2020 78 75.2 81 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 78.1 75.5 80.9 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 78.2 75.5 81.1 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 78 75.2 80.9 62.8 60.2 65
2024 78 75.2 81 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 78.4 75.7 81.2 63.3 60.8 65.6

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 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 16.2 healthy years in China and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

China vs Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 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 38.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
79.6 vs 68.4 years

Median expected age of death:
81.9 vs 70.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
China Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 98.9% 99.4% 93.5% 95.1%
50 96.4% 98.1% 83.0% 87.4%
60 90.2% 95.2% 67.2% 75.6%
65 84.1% 92.1% 56.8% 67.1%
70 75.4% 87.3% 44.8% 56.6%
75 63.2% 79.1% 31.7% 44.2%
80 47.5% 66.6% 19.0% 30.9%
85 28.7% 47.6% 8.9% 18.0%
90 12.2% 26.2% 3.0% 7.7%
95 2.7% 8.7% 0.6% 2.2%
100 0.2% 1.3% 0.1% 0.4%

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 Zimbabwe: 79.6 years vs 68.4 at 30, 82.9 vs 78.3 at 65, 87.9 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.4 vs 63.3 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 Zimbabwe.

China
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
China Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.4 75.7 81.2 63.3 60.8 65.6
1 78.8 76.2 81.7 65.4 62.9 67.5
2 78.9 76.2 81.7 65.7 63.2 67.8
3 78.9 76.2 81.8 65.9 63.4 68.1
4 78.9 76.2 81.8 66.1 63.6 68.2
5 79 76.3 81.8 66.2 63.7 68.3
6 79 76.3 81.8 66.2 63.7 68.4
7 79 76.3 81.8 66.3 63.8 68.4
8 79 76.3 81.9 66.4 63.9 68.5
9 79 76.3 81.9 66.4 63.9 68.5
10 79.1 76.4 81.9 66.5 64 68.6
11 79.1 76.4 81.9 66.5 64 68.6
12 79.1 76.4 81.9 66.5 64 68.7
13 79.1 76.4 82 66.6 64.1 68.7
14 79.1 76.5 82 66.6 64.1 68.8
15 79.2 76.5 82 66.7 64.2 68.8
16 79.2 76.5 82 66.7 64.3 68.9
17 79.2 76.5 82 66.8 64.3 68.9
18 79.2 76.6 82 66.9 64.4 69
19 79.3 76.6 82.1 67 64.5 69.1
20 79.3 76.6 82.1 67.1 64.6 69.1
21 79.3 76.7 82.1 67.2 64.7 69.2
22 79.3 76.7 82.1 67.3 64.8 69.3
23 79.4 76.7 82.1 67.4 65 69.4
24 79.4 76.8 82.2 67.5 65.1 69.5
25 79.4 76.8 82.2 67.6 65.2 69.7
26 79.5 76.9 82.2 67.8 65.4 69.8
27 79.5 76.9 82.3 67.9 65.5 69.9
28 79.6 76.9 82.3 68.1 65.7 70
29 79.6 77 82.3 68.2 65.8 70.2
30 79.6 77 82.3 68.4 66 70.3
31 79.7 77.1 82.4 68.5 66.2 70.5
32 79.7 77.1 82.4 68.7 66.4 70.6
33 79.7 77.2 82.4 68.9 66.6 70.8
34 79.8 77.2 82.5 69.1 66.8 71
35 79.8 77.3 82.5 69.3 67 71.2
36 79.9 77.3 82.5 69.5 67.2 71.3
37 79.9 77.3 82.5 69.7 67.4 71.5
38 79.9 77.4 82.6 69.9 67.6 71.7
39 80 77.4 82.6 70.1 67.9 71.9
40 80 77.5 82.6 70.3 68.1 72.1
41 80.1 77.6 82.7 70.6 68.4 72.3
42 80.1 77.6 82.7 70.8 68.6 72.6
43 80.2 77.7 82.8 71 68.9 72.8
44 80.2 77.8 82.8 71.3 69.2 73
45 80.3 77.8 82.9 71.6 69.5 73.2
46 80.4 77.9 82.9 71.8 69.8 73.5
47 80.5 78 83 72.1 70.1 73.7
48 80.5 78.1 83 72.4 70.4 74
49 80.6 78.2 83.1 72.6 70.7 74.2
50 80.7 78.3 83.1 72.9 71 74.5
51 80.8 78.4 83.2 73.2 71.4 74.7
52 80.9 78.6 83.3 73.5 71.7 75
53 81 78.7 83.3 73.9 72.1 75.3
54 81.1 78.9 83.4 74.2 72.4 75.6
55 81.3 79 83.5 74.5 72.8 75.9
56 81.4 79.2 83.6 74.8 73.1 76.2
57 81.5 79.3 83.7 75.2 73.5 76.5
58 81.6 79.5 83.8 75.5 73.9 76.8
59 81.8 79.7 83.9 75.9 74.3 77.1
60 81.9 79.9 84 76.2 74.7 77.5
61 82.1 80.1 84.1 76.6 75.1 77.8
62 82.3 80.3 84.2 77 75.6 78.2
63 82.5 80.6 84.4 77.4 76 78.6
64 82.7 80.8 84.5 77.9 76.5 79
65 82.9 81.1 84.7 78.3 76.9 79.4
66 83.2 81.4 84.9 78.7 77.4 79.8
67 83.4 81.7 85 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 83.7 82 85.2 79.7 78.4 80.6
69 84 82.4 85.4 80.2 78.9 81.1
70 84.2 82.7 85.6 80.6 79.5 81.6
71 84.5 83.1 85.9 81.2 80 82
72 84.9 83.4 86.1 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 85.2 83.8 86.4 82.2 81.1 83
74 85.5 84.2 86.7 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 85.9 84.6 87 83.3 82.3 84.1
76 86.3 85.1 87.3 83.9 82.9 84.6
77 86.7 85.5 87.6 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 87.1 86 87.9 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 87.5 86.4 88.3 85.7 84.9 86.3
80 87.9 87 88.7 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 88.4 87.5 89.1 87 86.3 87.5
82 88.9 88 89.6 87.7 87 88.1
83 89.5 88.6 90.1 88.3 87.7 88.7
84 90 89.2 90.6 89 88.4 89.4
85 90.6 89.8 91.1 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 91.2 90.5 91.7 90.5 90 90.8
87 91.9 91.1 92.3 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 92.5 91.8 92.9 92 91.6 92.2
89 93.2 92.5 93.5 92.8 92.4 93
90 93.8 93.2 94.1 93.6 93.2 93.7
91 94.5 93.9 94.8 94.4 94 94.5
92 95.2 94.7 95.4 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 96 95.4 96.2 96 95.7 96.1
94 96.7 96.2 96.9 96.9 96.6 97
95 97.6 97 97.7 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 98.4 97.8 98.5 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 99.2 98.7 99.4 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 100.1 99.6 100.2 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 101 100.5 101.1 101.2 101 101.3
100 102 101.7 102 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in China vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 90.9% in China and 65.6% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 79.7% and 46.8% will live to 70 years or older, 55.8% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 18.6% and 4.89% 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
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
China Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
2 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 96.4% 96% 96.7%
3 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.1% 95.7% 96.4%
4 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
5 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.7% 95.4% 96%
6 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
7 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
8 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 95.4% 95% 95.7%
9 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 95.3% 95% 95.6%
10 99.1% 99% 99.2% 95.2% 94.9% 95.6%
11 99.1% 99% 99.2% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
12 99% 99% 99.1% 95.1% 94.7% 95.4%
13 99% 98.9% 99.1% 95% 94.6% 95.4%
14 99% 98.9% 99.1% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
15 99% 98.9% 99.1% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
16 98.9% 98.8% 99% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
17 98.9% 98.8% 99% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
18 98.9% 98.7% 99% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
19 98.8% 98.7% 99% 94.3% 93.8% 94.7%
20 98.8% 98.6% 98.9% 94.1% 93.6% 94.5%
21 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 93.9% 93.4% 94.4%
22 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 93.7% 93.1% 94.2%
23 98.6% 98.4% 98.8% 93.4% 92.9% 94%
24 98.5% 98.4% 98.8% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
25 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 92.9% 92.2% 93.5%
26 98.4% 98.2% 98.7% 92.6% 91.9% 93.3%
27 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 92.3% 91.6% 93%
28 98.3% 98% 98.6% 91.9% 91.2% 92.7%
29 98.2% 97.9% 98.5% 91.6% 90.8% 92.4%
30 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 91.2% 90.4% 92%
31 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 90.8% 89.9% 91.7%
32 98% 97.7% 98.3% 90.4% 89.5% 91.3%
33 97.9% 97.6% 98.3% 90% 89% 90.9%
34 97.8% 97.5% 98.2% 89.5% 88.4% 90.5%
35 97.7% 97.4% 98.2% 89% 87.9% 90.1%
36 97.7% 97.3% 98.1% 88.5% 87.3% 89.6%
37 97.6% 97.2% 98% 87.9% 86.6% 89.1%
38 97.5% 97% 98% 87.4% 86% 88.6%
39 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% 86.7% 85.3% 88.1%
40 97.3% 96.8% 97.8% 86.1% 84.5% 87.5%
41 97.2% 96.6% 97.7% 85.4% 83.7% 87%
42 97% 96.5% 97.7% 84.7% 82.9% 86.4%
43 96.9% 96.3% 97.6% 84% 82.1% 85.7%
44 96.7% 96% 97.4% 83.2% 81.2% 85.1%
45 96.5% 95.8% 97.3% 82.5% 80.3% 84.4%
46 96.3% 95.6% 97.2% 81.6% 79.3% 83.7%
47 96.1% 95.3% 97.1% 80.8% 78.3% 82.9%
48 95.9% 95% 96.9% 79.9% 77.2% 82.2%
49 95.7% 94.7% 96.8% 78.9% 76.1% 81.3%
50 95.4% 94.3% 96.6% 78% 75% 80.5%
51 95.1% 93.9% 96.4% 76.9% 73.8% 79.6%
52 94.7% 93.4% 96.2% 75.9% 72.5% 78.7%
53 94.4% 92.9% 95.9% 74.8% 71.2% 77.7%
54 94% 92.4% 95.7% 73.6% 69.8% 76.7%
55 93.5% 91.8% 95.4% 72.4% 68.5% 75.6%
56 93.1% 91.2% 95.1% 71.2% 67% 74.5%
57 92.6% 90.5% 94.8% 69.9% 65.5% 73.3%
58 92.1% 89.9% 94.5% 68.5% 64% 72.1%
59 91.5% 89.1% 94.1% 67.1% 62.4% 70.9%
60 90.9% 88.3% 93.7% 65.6% 60.7% 69.6%
61 90.2% 87.3% 93.2% 64% 59% 68.1%
62 89.4% 86.2% 92.7% 62.4% 57.1% 66.7%
63 88.5% 85% 92.1% 60.7% 55.3% 65.1%
64 87.5% 83.7% 91.4% 58.9% 53.3% 63.5%
65 86.4% 82.3% 90.7% 57% 51.3% 61.8%
66 85.2% 80.8% 89.9% 55.1% 49.2% 59.9%
67 84% 79.2% 89% 53.1% 47.1% 58.1%
68 82.6% 77.5% 88.1% 51.1% 44.9% 56.1%
69 81.2% 75.7% 87.1% 49% 42.7% 54.1%
70 79.7% 73.8% 85.9% 46.8% 40.5% 52.1%
71 78% 71.6% 84.6% 44.6% 38.2% 49.9%
72 76.1% 69.4% 83.1% 42.3% 35.8% 47.7%
73 74.1% 67% 81.5% 39.9% 33.4% 45.4%
74 72% 64.5% 79.8% 37.6% 31% 43.1%
75 69.7% 61.9% 77.9% 35.2% 28.6% 40.7%
76 67.3% 59.1% 75.8% 32.7% 26.3% 38.3%
77 64.7% 56.2% 73.6% 30.3% 23.9% 35.8%
78 61.9% 53.1% 71.1% 27.9% 21.6% 33.4%
79 59% 49.9% 68.5% 25.5% 19.4% 30.9%
80 55.8% 46.5% 65.5% 23.2% 17.2% 28.5%
81 52.4% 43% 62.3% 20.9% 15.1% 26%
82 48.8% 39.3% 58.8% 18.7% 13.2% 23.6%
83 45.1% 35.6% 55.1% 16.5% 11.3% 21.2%
84 41.2% 31.8% 51.1% 14.4% 9.61% 18.8%
85 37.2% 28.1% 46.9% 12.4% 8.05% 16.5%
86 33.3% 24.5% 42.6% 10.6% 6.66% 14.3%
87 29.4% 21% 38.3% 8.93% 5.43% 12.2%
88 25.6% 17.8% 34% 7.41% 4.36% 10.3%
89 22% 14.7% 29.9% 6.06% 3.44% 8.59%
90 18.6% 11.9% 25.7% 4.89% 2.68% 7.05%
91 15.4% 9.4% 21.8% 3.87% 2.04% 5.66%
92 12.5% 7.21% 18.1% 3.02% 1.53% 4.5%
93 9.8% 5.34% 14.6% 2.31% 1.13% 3.5%
94 7.45% 3.81% 11.3% 1.74% 0.81% 2.66%
95 5.48% 2.6% 8.53% 1.28% 0.57% 1.99%
96 3.9% 1.69% 6.25% 0.92% 0.4% 1.45%
97 2.69% 1.03% 4.44% 0.65% 0.27% 1.03%
98 1.79% 0.59% 3.04% 0.45% 0.18% 0.72%
99 1.14% 0.31% 2.01% 0.3% 0.11% 0.49%
100 0.7% 0.15% 1.28% 0.2% 0.07% 0.33%

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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 3.14% in Zimbabwe, 0.08% vs 0.43% at age 30, 0.78% vs 2.4% at 60, and 6.06% vs 9.93% at 80.

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

China
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
China Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.6% 0.66% 0.54% 3.14% 3.48% 2.78%
1 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.51% 0.49% 0.54%
2 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.33% 0.32% 0.33%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.23% 0.23% 0.22%
4 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.11% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
15 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
17 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
18 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
19 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.2% 0.23% 0.17%
20 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.22% 0.25% 0.19%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
22 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
23 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
24 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.3% 0.34% 0.25%
25 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.32% 0.36% 0.27%
26 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.34% 0.38% 0.3%
27 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
28 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.38% 0.43% 0.34%
29 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.41% 0.46% 0.36%
30 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.43% 0.49% 0.38%
31 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.45% 0.52% 0.4%
32 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.49% 0.56% 0.43%
33 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.52% 0.59% 0.45%
34 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.55% 0.64% 0.48%
35 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.59% 0.68% 0.51%
36 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.62% 0.72% 0.54%
37 0.09% 0.12% 0.07% 0.66% 0.77% 0.57%
38 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.7% 0.82% 0.6%
39 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.74% 0.87% 0.63%
40 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.78% 0.92% 0.67%
41 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.82% 0.97% 0.69%
42 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.86% 1.02% 0.73%
43 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.9% 1.08% 0.76%
44 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.95% 1.14% 0.8%
45 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 1% 1.21% 0.84%
46 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 1.05% 1.28% 0.89%
47 0.23% 0.31% 0.15% 1.11% 1.35% 0.94%
48 0.25% 0.34% 0.16% 1.17% 1.43% 0.99%
49 0.29% 0.39% 0.18% 1.24% 1.52% 1.05%
50 0.32% 0.44% 0.2% 1.32% 1.62% 1.12%
51 0.36% 0.5% 0.23% 1.38% 1.7% 1.17%
52 0.4% 0.55% 0.25% 1.46% 1.8% 1.25%
53 0.43% 0.59% 0.27% 1.54% 1.89% 1.31%
54 0.46% 0.63% 0.29% 1.62% 2% 1.38%
55 0.48% 0.66% 0.31% 1.72% 2.11% 1.46%
56 0.51% 0.7% 0.32% 1.82% 2.22% 1.55%
57 0.55% 0.76% 0.35% 1.94% 2.35% 1.64%
58 0.61% 0.83% 0.38% 2.08% 2.51% 1.75%
59 0.68% 0.94% 0.43% 2.22% 2.67% 1.87%
60 0.78% 1.07% 0.49% 2.4% 2.89% 2.02%
61 0.89% 1.23% 0.57% 2.55% 3.07% 2.15%
62 1.01% 1.39% 0.64% 2.75% 3.3% 2.33%
63 1.13% 1.55% 0.73% 2.95% 3.53% 2.51%
64 1.25% 1.71% 0.81% 3.16% 3.77% 2.72%
65 1.35% 1.85% 0.89% 3.4% 4.03% 2.95%
66 1.46% 2% 0.97% 3.61% 4.29% 3.12%
67 1.58% 2.15% 1.06% 3.85% 4.59% 3.33%
68 1.69% 2.29% 1.14% 4.12% 4.93% 3.57%
69 1.87% 2.53% 1.29% 4.41% 5.28% 3.81%
70 2.18% 2.89% 1.56% 4.79% 5.74% 4.14%
71 2.41% 3.16% 1.76% 5.1% 6.12% 4.39%
72 2.6% 3.4% 1.92% 5.54% 6.65% 4.78%
73 2.86% 3.73% 2.14% 5.96% 7.16% 5.13%
74 3.16% 4.11% 2.38% 6.42% 7.71% 5.53%
75 3.48% 4.51% 2.65% 6.91% 8.32% 5.96%
76 3.84% 4.94% 2.95% 7.41% 8.94% 6.39%
77 4.28% 5.45% 3.32% 7.93% 9.61% 6.83%
78 4.78% 6.05% 3.75% 8.57% 10.4% 7.41%
79 5.36% 6.75% 4.28% 9.15% 11.2% 7.89%
80 6.06% 7.57% 4.9% 9.93% 12.1% 8.6%
81 6.85% 8.5% 5.61% 10.6% 12.9% 9.19%
82 7.71% 9.5% 6.41% 11.6% 14% 10.3%
83 8.63% 10.6% 7.26% 12.6% 15.1% 11.2%
84 9.58% 11.7% 8.15% 13.7% 16.2% 12.3%
85 10.6% 12.9% 9.09% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 11.7% 14.2% 10.1% 15.9% 18.5% 14.5%
87 12.8% 15.6% 11.2% 17% 19.7% 15.6%
88 14.1% 17.2% 12.3% 18.2% 21% 16.8%
89 15.6% 19% 13.7% 19.4% 22.2% 18%
90 17.2% 21.1% 15.3% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 19% 23.3% 17.1% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 21.4% 25.9% 19.5% 23.5% 26.5% 22.3%
93 24% 28.7% 22.2% 24.9% 27.9% 23.8%
94 26.5% 31.8% 24.6% 26.5% 29.5% 25.4%
95 28.8% 35.1% 26.8% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 31.1% 38.8% 28.9% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 33.6% 42.9% 31.4% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 36.2% 47.2% 34% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 38.5% 51.9% 36.5% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 41% 55.8% 38.9% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in China compared to Zimbabwe

In China, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 81.7 in China and 68.5 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

China
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
China Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 604 659 543 3,136 3,483 2,783
1 51.2 52.7 49.5 497 473 521
2 40.1 40.2 40 315 310 320
3 32.8 32.7 32.9 216.2 216.8 215.5
4 27.2 27 27.4 156.9 160.1 153.6
5 24.7 24.8 24.6 118.8 121.5 116
6 24.9 25.7 23.9 100.5 104.5 96.4
7 26.7 28.6 24.6 89.4 93.9 84.7
8 29 32 25.6 80.4 84.8 75.8
9 30.4 34.5 25.8 74.6 78.4 70.8
10 30.5 35.4 24.7 72.1 76.1 68.1
11 30.3 36.2 23.5 72.7 77.8 67.4
12 31 37.7 23.2 75.8 81.1 70.4
13 31.5 38.7 23 82.5 87.9 77.1
14 31.9 39.4 23.1 93.4 100.1 86.5
15 32.8 40.5 23.7 109 117.7 100.2
16 34.3 42.1 25 126.2 138.7 113.6
17 36.5 44.6 27 147.2 165.3 128.9
18 39.7 48.1 29.8 169.5 193.7 145.2
19 43.7 52.8 33.1 187.5 214.4 160.3
20 48.5 58.2 36.9 205.9 235.6 176.2
21 53.5 64.1 40.9 222 256.1 188.1
22 58.2 69.8 44.5 240.5 276.8 204.7
23 62.1 74.7 47.3 258.3 296.1 221.4
24 65 78.6 49.1 275.7 314 238.6
25 66.9 81.5 50 294.1 334 256.2
26 68.9 84.5 50.7 313 353 275.5
27 70.7 87.3 51.4 333 374 295
28 72 89.3 51.9 352 396 312
29 73.2 91.1 52.7 372 419 333
30 74.9 93.3 54 395 446 351
31 76.6 95.3 55.3 413 468 366
32 77.9 96.9 56.3 439 498 390
33 79 98.3 57.2 464 528 411
34 80.4 100.2 58.3 492 562 434
35 82.7 103 60.1 524 598 462
36 86.2 107.5 62.7 551 631 485
37 91.5 114.5 66.3 582 668 508
38 99 124.6 71.1 611 704 534
39 108.7 138 77.1 639 738 557
40 120.6 154.2 84.3 673 780 583
41 134 172.6 92.5 698 808 604
42 147.8 191.9 100.8 729 847 629
43 161.7 211 109.2 758 884 654
44 175.4 229.8 117.7 789 924 680
45 189.6 249.1 126.4 826 970 713
46 204.7 270.2 135.2 859 1,012 742
47 221.7 294.3 144.8 896 1,058 777
48 243.7 325 157.5 937 1,108 817
49 273.2 366 175.4 976 1,156 856
50 309 414 197.7 1,026 1,217 902
51 347 466 221.9 1,061 1,254 934
52 382 513 244.4 1,109 1,307 980
53 410 551 263.4 1,148 1,349 1,017
54 433 580 278.4 1,193 1,395 1,060
55 453 608 292.3 1,244 1,446 1,104
56 478 641 309 1,297 1,490 1,153
57 511 685 331 1,355 1,542 1,203
58 559 750 362 1,422 1,603 1,262
59 626 840 405 1,489 1,666 1,323
60 709 948 461 1,576 1,757 1,402
61 804 1,070 527 1,633 1,808 1,466
62 905 1,202 597 1,717 1,888 1,555
63 1,003 1,322 672 1,788 1,949 1,637
64 1,091 1,428 743 1,862 2,010 1,726
65 1,168 1,521 804 1,941 2,070 1,823
66 1,247 1,612 871 1,987 2,114 1,872
67 1,329 1,701 947 2,044 2,164 1,934
68 1,396 1,776 1,007 2,105 2,214 2,002
69 1,523 1,912 1,126 2,159 2,257 2,062
70 1,738 2,131 1,338 2,242 2,322 2,156
71 1,877 2,265 1,486 2,272 2,337 2,192
72 1,980 2,362 1,598 2,345 2,383 2,282
73 2,120 2,502 1,741 2,380 2,394 2,332
74 2,277 2,655 1,902 2,411 2,394 2,385
75 2,425 2,787 2,061 2,430 2,383 2,429
76 2,587 2,920 2,238 2,425 2,347 2,449
77 2,768 3,062 2,439 2,403 2,297 2,449
78 2,961 3,212 2,668 2,392 2,248 2,474
79 3,164 3,368 2,927 2,333 2,161 2,441
80 3,383 3,522 3,211 2,302 2,087 2,449
81 3,591 3,652 3,498 2,209 1,956 2,393
82 3,765 3,736 3,768 2,170 1,848 2,423
83 3,888 3,760 3,998 2,075 1,706 2,376
84 3,946 3,719 4,161 1,972 1,560 2,317
85 3,943 3,619 4,261 1,833 1,396 2,205
86 3,888 3,470 4,305 1,685 1,233 2,076
87 3,776 3,279 4,280 1,517 1,069 1,910
88 3,612 3,052 4,196 1,349 914 1,739
89 3,426 2,794 4,102 1,174 765 1,548
90 3,198 2,507 3,943 1,021 635 1,382
91 2,931 2,194 3,721 847 508 1,167
92 2,669 1,866 3,528 709 406 1,001
93 2,354 1,533 3,234 576 315 830
94 1,973 1,209 2,791 459 239.6 676
95 1,576 912 2,287 359 177.9 539
96 1,211 654 1,807 271.7 128.5 416
97 903 442 1,395 200.6 90.4 312
98 646 278.4 1,036 144.5 62.1 228.5
99 439 161.6 732 103.1 42.2 165.5
100 102.8 0 287.1 24.2 0 51.9

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 Zimbabwe 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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