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Life Expectancy in Congo vs Ghana (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.4 years in the Congo vs 66.1 in Ghana. The Congo is ranked 168/197 by life expectancy, and Ghana is 169/197. In the Congo, the life expectancy is 64.7 years for males and 68.2 years for females. In Ghana, it's 63.7 years for males and 68.6 years for females.

Congo vs Ghana life expectancy at birth by year chart

Congo
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.6 38.4 40.8 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 40.3 39.1 41.6 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 41.1 39.9 42.3 44 42.2 46.3
1953 41.9 40.6 43.2 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 42.6 41.3 43.9 45 43.1 47.2
1955 43.4 42.1 44.8 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 44.3 42.9 45.7 45.7 43.8 48
1957 45.1 43.8 46.5 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 46 44.6 47.4 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 46.8 45.4 48.2 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 47.6 46.2 49.1 46.9 45 49.2
1961 48.4 46.9 49.8 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 49 47.6 50.5 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 49.7 48.3 51.2 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 50.4 48.9 51.9 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 51 49.5 52.6 47.7 45.7 50
1966 51.6 50 53.1 47.7 45.7 50
1967 51.9 50.4 53.5 47.7 45.7 50
1968 52.6 51 54.3 47.8 45.7 50
1969 53.1 51.5 54.8 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 53.6 51.9 55.2 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 54 52.3 55.7 47.9 46 50.1
1972 54.4 52.7 56.1 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 54.7 53 56.5 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 55.1 53.3 56.8 48.9 47 50.9
1975 55.4 53.7 57.2 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 55.7 53.9 57.5 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 56 54.2 57.8 50.1 48.3 52
1978 56.2 54.5 58 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 56.5 54.6 58.4 50.8 49 52.7
1980 56.8 54.9 58.7 51.1 49.3 53
1981 57.1 55.1 59.1 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 57.2 55.3 59.2 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 57.4 55.5 59.4 51.8 50 53.7
1984 57.5 55.7 59.4 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 57.6 55.9 59.3 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 57.6 56 59.2 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 57.6 56.1 59 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 57.5 56.2 58.7 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 57.3 56.2 58.3 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 57.1 56 58 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 56.8 55.8 57.7 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 56.5 55.6 57.3 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 56 55.2 56.8 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 55.6 54.8 56.4 56.2 55 57.4
1995 55.5 54.8 56.1 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 55.2 54.6 55.9 57 55.8 58.1
1997 48.6 44.1 53.8 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 52.6 50.6 54.6 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 54.4 53.5 55.4 57.8 56.6 59
2000 55.4 54.7 55.9 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 55.9 55.3 56.4 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 56.4 55.7 57.1 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 57.1 56.5 57.7 59 57.7 60.3
2004 58 57.3 58.5 59.3 58 60.6
2005 58.7 58 59.4 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 59.5 58.7 60.2 60 58.7 61.3
2007 60.1 59.1 60.9 60.3 59 61.6
2008 60.8 59.8 61.8 60.6 59.2 62
2009 61.2 60.1 62.3 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 61.7 60.6 62.9 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 62.3 61 63.6 61.6 60 63.3
2012 62.7 61.4 64 62 60.3 63.7
2013 63 61.6 64.4 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 63.3 62 64.8 62.8 61 64.7
2015 63.7 62.2 65.1 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 63.9 62.4 65.4 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 64.2 62.7 65.7 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 64.5 63 66 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 63.2 61.7 64.6 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 64.4 62.7 66.2 64.3 62 66.7
2021 64.2 62.7 65.8 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 65 63.4 66.6 65.2 63 67.6
2023 65.8 64.1 67.5 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 66 64.3 67.7 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 66.2 64.5 67.9 65.9 63.5 68.4
2026 66.4 64.7 68.2 66.1 63.7 68.6

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 54.8 years in the Congo and 57.9 in Ghana. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.5 healthy years in the Congo and 12.9 in Ghana.

Congo 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 the Congo and Ghana, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.7 vs 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.7 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Congo Ghana
Male Female Male Female
40 96.0% 96.7% 95.4% 96.8%
50 88.8% 91.1% 88.9% 92.2%
60 75.9% 81.3% 78.1% 84.2%
65 66.3% 73.7% 69.7% 77.6%
70 54.1% 63.3% 58.6% 67.9%
75 39.3% 49.3% 44.6% 54.4%
80 24.1% 32.8% 28.7% 37.7%
85 11.5% 16.9% 14.2% 20.5%
90 3.9% 6.0% 4.6% 7.9%
95 0.9% 1.3% 0.8% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.1% 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 the Congo vs Ghana: 70.7 years vs 72 at 30, 78.3 vs 79.1 at 65, 85.9 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.4 vs 66.1 years calculated at birth.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Congo Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.4 64.7 68.2 66.1 63.7 68.6
1 68.2 66.7 69.8 68 65.8 70.3
2 68.5 67 70.1 68.2 66 70.5
3 68.7 67.2 70.3 68.4 66.1 70.6
4 68.8 67.3 70.4 68.5 66.3 70.8
5 68.9 67.4 70.5 68.7 66.5 71
6 69 67.4 70.6 68.9 66.7 71.1
7 69.1 67.5 70.6 69.1 66.9 71.3
8 69.1 67.5 70.7 69.2 67.1 71.4
9 69.2 67.6 70.7 69.4 67.3 71.5
10 69.2 67.6 70.8 69.5 67.4 71.6
11 69.2 67.7 70.8 69.6 67.5 71.7
12 69.3 67.7 70.8 69.7 67.6 71.8
13 69.3 67.8 70.9 69.8 67.7 71.9
14 69.3 67.8 70.9 69.9 67.8 71.9
15 69.4 67.8 71 69.9 67.9 72
16 69.4 67.9 71 70 68 72.1
17 69.5 68 71.1 70.1 68.1 72.2
18 69.6 68 71.1 70.3 68.3 72.3
19 69.6 68.1 71.2 70.4 68.4 72.4
20 69.7 68.2 71.2 70.5 68.6 72.5
21 69.8 68.3 71.3 70.7 68.8 72.6
22 69.9 68.4 71.4 70.8 69 72.7
23 70 68.5 71.5 71 69.1 72.8
24 70.1 68.6 71.5 71.1 69.3 72.9
25 70.1 68.7 71.6 71.3 69.5 73.1
26 70.2 68.8 71.7 71.4 69.7 73.2
27 70.3 68.9 71.8 71.6 69.9 73.3
28 70.5 69 71.9 71.7 70 73.4
29 70.6 69.1 72 71.9 70.2 73.5
30 70.7 69.3 72.1 72 70.4 73.7
31 70.8 69.4 72.2 72.2 70.6 73.8
32 70.9 69.5 72.3 72.3 70.7 73.9
33 71 69.6 72.4 72.5 70.9 74
34 71.2 69.8 72.5 72.6 71.1 74.1
35 71.3 69.9 72.7 72.8 71.2 74.3
36 71.4 70.1 72.8 72.9 71.4 74.4
37 71.6 70.2 72.9 73.1 71.6 74.5
38 71.7 70.4 73.1 73.2 71.8 74.6
39 71.9 70.5 73.2 73.4 71.9 74.8
40 72 70.7 73.3 73.5 72.1 74.9
41 72.2 70.9 73.5 73.7 72.3 75
42 72.3 71 73.7 73.8 72.5 75.2
43 72.5 71.2 73.8 74 72.7 75.3
44 72.7 71.4 74 74.2 72.8 75.5
45 72.9 71.6 74.1 74.4 73 75.6
46 73.1 71.8 74.3 74.5 73.2 75.8
47 73.3 72 74.5 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 73.5 72.2 74.7 74.9 73.6 76.1
49 73.7 72.5 74.9 75.1 73.8 76.2
50 73.9 72.7 75.1 75.3 74 76.4
51 74.1 73 75.3 75.5 74.3 76.6
52 74.4 73.2 75.5 75.7 74.5 76.8
53 74.6 73.5 75.7 75.9 74.8 76.9
54 74.9 73.8 75.9 76.1 75 77.1
55 75.1 74.1 76.2 76.3 75.3 77.3
56 75.4 74.4 76.4 76.6 75.5 77.5
57 75.7 74.7 76.7 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 76 75 76.9 77 76.1 77.9
59 76.3 75.3 77.2 77.3 76.3 78.2
60 76.6 75.6 77.4 77.6 76.6 78.4
61 76.9 76 77.7 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 77.2 76.4 78 78.1 77.3 78.9
63 77.6 76.7 78.3 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 77.9 77.1 78.6 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 78.3 77.5 79 79.1 78.3 79.7
66 78.7 77.9 79.3 79.4 78.7 80
67 79.1 78.4 79.7 79.8 79.1 80.4
68 79.5 78.8 80 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 80.3 79.8 80.8 80.9 80.3 81.5
71 80.8 80.3 81.3 81.4 80.8 81.9
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 81.8 81.3 82.3
73 81.8 81.3 82.2 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 82.3 81.9 82.7 82.8 82.3 83.2
75 82.9 82.5 83.2 83.3 82.8 83.7
76 83.4 83.1 83.7 83.8 83.3 84.2
77 84 83.7 84.3 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 84.6 84.3 84.8 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 85.2 85 85.4 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 85.9 85.7 86 86.1 85.7 86.4
81 86.5 86.4 86.7 86.7 86.3 87
82 87.2 87.1 87.3 87.3 87 87.6
83 87.9 87.8 88 88 87.7 88.2
84 88.6 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 89.3 89.3 89.4 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 90.1 90.1 90.1 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 90.9 90.9 90.9 90.9 90.5 91.1
88 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.4 92.5 92.4 92.4 92 92.6
90 93.2 93.3 93.2 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 94 94.1 94 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 94.9 94.9 94.8 94.8 94.5 94.9
93 95.7 95.8 95.7 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.2 99.3 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.1 100.2 100.1 99.9 99.8 100
99 101 101 101 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Congo vs Ghana

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.1% in the Congo and 73.1% in Ghana are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.5% and 57% will live to 70 years or older, 26.4% and 30% to 80+ years, and 4.63% and 5.67% 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.

Congo
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Congo Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.7% 97.1% 96.7% 97.5%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
3 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
4 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 96.3% 96% 96.6% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
6 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 95.8% 95.4% 96.4%
7 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 95.6% 95% 96.1%
8 96% 95.7% 96.4% 95.3% 94.8% 95.9%
9 96% 95.6% 96.3% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
10 95.9% 95.6% 96.2% 94.9% 94.3% 95.6%
11 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
12 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
13 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 94.5% 93.7% 95.2%
14 95.7% 95.3% 96% 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
15 95.6% 95.2% 95.9% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
16 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
17 95.4% 95% 95.8% 93.8% 93% 94.7%
18 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
19 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 93.4% 92.4% 94.3%
20 95% 94.5% 95.4% 93.1% 92.1% 94.1%
21 94.8% 94.4% 95.3% 92.8% 91.8% 93.9%
22 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 92.6% 91.4% 93.7%
23 94.5% 94% 95% 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
24 94.3% 93.7% 94.9% 92% 90.7% 93.3%
25 94.1% 93.5% 94.7% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
26 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 91.4% 90% 92.9%
27 93.7% 93% 94.3% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
28 93.4% 92.8% 94.1% 90.8% 89.2% 92.4%
29 93.2% 92.5% 93.9% 90.5% 88.9% 92.1%
30 93% 92.2% 93.7% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
31 92.7% 92% 93.4% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
32 92.4% 91.7% 93.2% 89.5% 87.7% 91.4%
33 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 89.2% 87.3% 91.1%
34 91.8% 91% 92.6% 88.8% 86.9% 90.8%
35 91.5% 90.6% 92.4% 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
36 91.1% 90.3% 92% 88.1% 86.1% 90.2%
37 90.8% 89.9% 91.7% 87.8% 85.7% 90%
38 90.4% 89.5% 91.4% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
39 90% 89% 91% 87% 84.8% 89.3%
40 89.5% 88.5% 90.6% 86.6% 84.4% 89%
41 89.1% 88% 90.2% 86.2% 83.9% 88.6%
42 88.6% 87.5% 89.7% 85.8% 83.4% 88.2%
43 88.1% 86.9% 89.3% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
44 87.6% 86.3% 88.8% 84.8% 82.4% 87.4%
45 87% 85.7% 88.3% 84.4% 81.8% 87%
46 86.4% 85% 87.8% 83.9% 81.2% 86.6%
47 85.7% 84.3% 87.2% 83.3% 80.6% 86.1%
48 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 82.8% 80% 85.7%
49 84.3% 82.8% 86% 82.2% 79.4% 85.2%
50 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 81.6% 78.7% 84.7%
51 82.8% 81% 84.6% 81% 77.9% 84.1%
52 81.9% 80% 83.8% 80.3% 77.1% 83.5%
53 81% 79% 83% 79.5% 76.3% 82.9%
54 80% 77.9% 82.2% 78.7% 75.4% 82.2%
55 79% 76.7% 81.3% 77.9% 74.4% 81.5%
56 77.9% 75.5% 80.4% 77% 73.4% 80.8%
57 76.8% 74.3% 79.4% 76.1% 72.4% 80%
58 75.6% 72.9% 78.4% 75.2% 71.4% 79.2%
59 74.4% 71.5% 77.3% 74.2% 70.3% 78.3%
60 73.1% 70% 76.1% 73.1% 69.1% 77.4%
61 71.6% 68.4% 74.9% 72% 67.8% 76.4%
62 70.1% 66.8% 73.6% 70.8% 66.4% 75.2%
63 68.5% 65% 72.1% 69.4% 65% 74%
64 66.9% 63.1% 70.6% 68% 63.4% 72.7%
65 65.1% 61.2% 69% 66.4% 61.7% 71.3%
66 63.2% 59.1% 67.3% 64.7% 59.9% 69.8%
67 61.2% 57% 65.5% 63% 58.1% 68.1%
68 59.1% 54.8% 63.5% 61.1% 56.1% 66.3%
69 56.9% 52.4% 61.5% 59.1% 54% 64.4%
70 54.5% 49.9% 59.3% 57% 51.9% 62.4%
71 52.1% 47.3% 56.9% 54.8% 49.6% 60.2%
72 49.5% 44.7% 54.4% 52.4% 47.2% 57.8%
73 46.8% 41.9% 51.8% 49.9% 44.7% 55.4%
74 44% 39.1% 49% 47.3% 42.1% 52.7%
75 41.2% 36.3% 46.2% 44.6% 39.4% 50%
76 38.2% 33.4% 43.2% 41.8% 36.7% 47.1%
77 35.3% 30.5% 40.1% 38.9% 33.9% 44.1%
78 32.3% 27.7% 37% 36% 31.1% 41%
79 29.3% 24.9% 33.8% 33% 28.2% 37.9%
80 26.4% 22.2% 30.7% 30% 25.4% 34.6%
81 23.5% 19.6% 27.5% 26.9% 22.6% 31.4%
82 20.7% 17.1% 24.5% 24% 19.9% 28.1%
83 18.1% 14.8% 21.5% 21.1% 17.3% 24.9%
84 15.5% 12.6% 18.6% 18.3% 14.8% 21.8%
85 13.2% 10.6% 15.9% 15.7% 12.6% 18.8%
86 11% 8.81% 13.3% 13.2% 10.4% 16.1%
87 9.11% 7.23% 11.1% 11% 8.53% 13.5%
88 7.39% 5.84% 9% 8.99% 6.83% 11.1%
89 5.9% 4.65% 7.2% 7.21% 5.34% 9.07%
90 4.63% 3.64% 5.65% 5.67% 4.07% 7.26%
91 3.55% 2.8% 4.34% 4.36% 3.01% 5.7%
92 2.68% 2.12% 3.27% 3.27% 2.17% 4.37%
93 1.98% 1.57% 2.4% 2.39% 1.51% 3.28%
94 1.43% 1.14% 1.72% 1.7% 1.02% 2.39%
95 1.01% 0.81% 1.2% 1.18% 0.67% 1.69%
96 0.69% 0.57% 0.82% 0.79% 0.43% 1.16%
97 0.46% 0.39% 0.54% 0.52% 0.27% 0.77%
98 0.3% 0.26% 0.35% 0.33% 0.16% 0.5%
99 0.19% 0.17% 0.22% 0.2% 0.09% 0.31%
100 0.12% 0.11% 0.13% 0.12% 0.05% 0.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.67% in the birth year in the Congo and 2.9% in Ghana, 0.28% vs 0.36% at age 30, 1.95% vs 1.57% at 60, and 11% vs 10% at 80.

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

Congo
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Congo Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.67% 2.99% 2.35% 2.9% 3.26% 2.53%
1 0.44% 0.44% 0.45% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.28% 0.28% 0.28% 0.24% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.19% 0.2% 0.19% 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.14% 0.28% 0.31% 0.24%
5 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.2% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.22% 0.27% 0.18%
18 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
19 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
20 0.17% 0.19% 0.14% 0.29% 0.37% 0.21%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.3% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
23 0.2% 0.23% 0.17% 0.32% 0.4% 0.23%
24 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.32% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
26 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.24% 0.27% 0.21% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
28 0.26% 0.28% 0.23% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
29 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
30 0.28% 0.31% 0.26% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
31 0.3% 0.33% 0.27% 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
32 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.37% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.33% 0.37% 0.3% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
34 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.34% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
36 0.4% 0.44% 0.36% 0.4% 0.48% 0.33%
37 0.43% 0.47% 0.38% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
38 0.45% 0.5% 0.41% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
39 0.48% 0.53% 0.43% 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
40 0.52% 0.57% 0.46% 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.54% 0.6% 0.48% 0.51% 0.59% 0.43%
42 0.58% 0.65% 0.51% 0.54% 0.62% 0.45%
43 0.61% 0.69% 0.54% 0.55% 0.64% 0.47%
44 0.65% 0.73% 0.57% 0.57% 0.67% 0.48%
45 0.7% 0.79% 0.61% 0.59% 0.69% 0.49%
46 0.74% 0.84% 0.64% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
47 0.79% 0.9% 0.68% 0.65% 0.76% 0.53%
48 0.85% 0.97% 0.73% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
49 0.91% 1.04% 0.78% 0.74% 0.88% 0.6%
50 0.98% 1.12% 0.84% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
51 1.04% 1.19% 0.88% 0.87% 1.04% 0.71%
52 1.12% 1.29% 0.95% 0.94% 1.11% 0.77%
53 1.19% 1.37% 1.01% 1% 1.18% 0.82%
54 1.27% 1.47% 1.07% 1.05% 1.25% 0.86%
55 1.35% 1.57% 1.14% 1.1% 1.31% 0.91%
56 1.44% 1.68% 1.22% 1.16% 1.37% 0.96%
57 1.54% 1.79% 1.3% 1.23% 1.45% 1.02%
58 1.66% 1.93% 1.4% 1.32% 1.56% 1.1%
59 1.78% 2.08% 1.5% 1.43% 1.69% 1.19%
60 1.95% 2.28% 1.65% 1.57% 1.85% 1.31%
61 2.08% 2.43% 1.76% 1.73% 2.03% 1.45%
62 2.28% 2.65% 1.93% 1.9% 2.22% 1.61%
63 2.46% 2.86% 2.09% 2.09% 2.43% 1.78%
64 2.67% 3.09% 2.28% 2.29% 2.65% 1.96%
65 2.9% 3.34% 2.49% 2.49% 2.87% 2.15%
66 3.14% 3.62% 2.7% 2.72% 3.11% 2.37%
67 3.44% 3.95% 2.97% 2.97% 3.38% 2.6%
68 3.76% 4.32% 3.27% 3.25% 3.68% 2.87%
69 4.1% 4.7% 3.58% 3.57% 4.02% 3.18%
70 4.54% 5.18% 3.99% 3.93% 4.4% 3.52%
71 4.91% 5.6% 4.34% 4.33% 4.83% 3.9%
72 5.43% 6.16% 4.84% 4.76% 5.3% 4.31%
73 5.94% 6.7% 5.32% 5.23% 5.81% 4.75%
74 6.5% 7.28% 5.86% 5.73% 6.36% 5.24%
75 7.11% 7.91% 6.46% 6.28% 6.96% 5.76%
76 7.74% 8.57% 7.08% 6.89% 7.62% 6.34%
77 8.41% 9.26% 7.75% 7.58% 8.34% 6.98%
78 9.21% 10.1% 8.55% 8.32% 9.14% 7.7%
79 9.99% 10.9% 9.34% 9.14% 10% 8.5%
80 11% 11.8% 10.3% 10% 11% 9.39%
81 11.8% 12.6% 11.2% 11% 12% 10.4%
82 12.9% 13.7% 12.3% 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 13.9% 14.7% 13.4% 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 15.1% 15.8% 14.6% 14.3% 15.4% 13.6%
85 16.3% 16.9% 15.9% 15.6% 16.8% 14.8%
86 17.6% 18% 17.2% 16.9% 18.3% 16%
87 18.8% 19.2% 18.6% 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 20.2% 20.4% 20% 19.8% 21.8% 18.6%
89 21.6% 21.6% 21.5% 21.4% 23.8% 20%
90 23.2% 23.1% 23.2% 23.1% 25.9% 21.5%
91 24.5% 24.3% 24.7% 24.9% 28.1% 23.2%
92 26.2% 25.8% 26.5% 26.8% 30.2% 25%
93 27.9% 27.3% 28.2% 28.8% 32.2% 27%
94 29.6% 28.8% 30.1% 30.8% 34.2% 29.2%
95 31.3% 30.3% 32% 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 33% 31.7% 33.8% 34.9% 38% 33.5%
97 34.6% 33.1% 35.6% 36.9% 40% 35.6%
98 36.2% 34.3% 37.4% 38.8% 42% 37.6%
99 38% 36.1% 39.4% 40.7% 44% 39.5%
100 39.6% 37.4% 41.1% 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in the Congo compared to Ghana

In the Congo, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 71.8 in the Congo and 73 in Ghana — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Congo
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Congo Ghana
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,669 2,985 2,347 2,898 3,255 2,529
1 433 425 441 217.9 238.1 197
2 269.7 269.8 269.5 235.9 260 210.9
3 186.3 189.4 183.1 254.3 282.7 224.8
4 135.6 139.5 131.7 269.1 302 235.2
5 104 107.7 100.1 275.9 312 238.4
6 87.5 91.9 82.9 270.4 308 230.9
7 76.9 81.7 72 251.4 289.1 212.2
8 68.7 73.3 64 223.6 259.2 186.7
9 63.5 67.8 59.1 193.3 225.5 159.9
10 61 65.2 56.6 167.2 196.1 137.3
11 60.8 65.6 55.9 149 175.3 121.8
12 63 68 58 139.7 164.6 113.9
13 68.1 73.3 62.8 139.6 164.6 113.6
14 76.3 82.8 69.7 147.8 174.6 120
15 88 96.3 79.6 163.7 194 132.3
16 101.9 113.8 89.7 185.6 221.3 148.5
17 117.2 133.7 100.4 210.3 253.3 165.7
18 133.5 155.1 111.4 234.8 286.4 181.2
19 146.1 170.3 121.4 255.4 316 192.6
20 158 184.2 131.3 271 340 200
21 168 196.6 138.8 281.6 356 204.7
22 178.5 207.8 148.7 288.1 365 208.5
23 188.3 217.3 158.7 292.3 369 213.2
24 197.6 225.7 169 295.5 369 219.4
25 206.9 234.1 179.3 298.8 368 227.2
26 216.8 242.3 190.8 303 367 235.9
27 227.6 252.1 202.6 307 367 244.6
28 238.5 262.8 213.9 312 370 252.4
29 250.5 274.3 226.3 318 374 258.7
30 264.4 288.9 239.4 323 380 263.6
31 275.1 301 249.1 328 386 267.3
32 292.4 319 265.8 332 391 270.4
33 308 336 280.5 336 396 273.6
34 326 355 296.8 341 401 278
35 347 377 316 347 407 284.4
36 367 399 334 356 415 293.7
37 387 422 352 368 426 307
38 411 448 373 383 440 323
39 434 474 393 402 458 342
40 461 506 416 422 478 363
41 482 529 434 441 498 382
42 513 565 459 459 517 398
43 539 596 481 473 534 410
44 569 631 505 486 549 419
45 605 673 534 499 567 427
46 638 712 561 515 588 438
47 676 757 593 538 617 456
48 721 807 631 570 655 481
49 765 859 669 610 701 514
50 820 921 716 656 754 555
51 857 966 747 705 808 598
52 915 1,030 797 751 858 640
53 962 1,084 836 792 902 678
54 1,014 1,144 881 827 939 711
55 1,067 1,204 927 860 973 742
56 1,123 1,266 980 895 1,009 775
57 1,182 1,332 1,032 937 1,054 816
58 1,255 1,411 1,098 993 1,112 869
59 1,327 1,491 1,163 1,063 1,187 936
60 1,426 1,596 1,254 1,148 1,275 1,017
61 1,493 1,666 1,319 1,244 1,374 1,109
62 1,598 1,773 1,420 1,346 1,476 1,210
63 1,689 1,862 1,510 1,450 1,578 1,316
64 1,784 1,953 1,609 1,554 1,677 1,425
65 1,886 2,046 1,717 1,656 1,772 1,536
66 1,986 2,143 1,819 1,760 1,865 1,651
67 2,103 2,254 1,942 1,871 1,962 1,774
68 2,223 2,365 2,075 1,988 2,064 1,906
69 2,334 2,463 2,201 2,112 2,171 2,047
70 2,476 2,586 2,367 2,241 2,283 2,195
71 2,558 2,649 2,472 2,370 2,394 2,345
72 2,690 2,752 2,634 2,495 2,499 2,492
73 2,778 2,808 2,754 2,609 2,595 2,632
74 2,861 2,849 2,875 2,711 2,677 2,760
75 2,926 2,871 2,980 2,799 2,744 2,877
76 2,960 2,862 3,058 2,881 2,794 2,983
77 2,969 2,829 3,109 2,948 2,826 3,077
78 2,977 2,793 3,163 2,991 2,838 3,158
79 2,932 2,706 3,161 3,013 2,824 3,219
80 2,898 2,633 3,165 3,009 2,782 3,254
81 2,773 2,477 3,069 2,970 2,707 3,252
82 2,671 2,343 3,001 2,893 2,598 3,207
83 2,519 2,170 2,871 2,776 2,459 3,115
84 2,351 1,991 2,715 2,624 2,294 2,975
85 2,150 1,791 2,515 2,442 2,109 2,792
86 1,939 1,590 2,297 2,236 1,911 2,573
87 1,715 1,387 2,053 2,014 1,704 2,331
88 1,492 1,193 1,802 1,781 1,490 2,075
89 1,273 1,006 1,549 1,544 1,272 1,816
90 1,072 841 1,311 1,311 1,055 1,563
91 872 679 1,070 1,086 846 1,321
92 704 547 865 877 654 1,095
93 552 429 678 689 487 887
94 422 329 518 525 350 698
95 315 246.7 385 387 243.5 532
96 227.9 180.2 277 276.4 163.8 390
97 160.2 128.3 193.1 190.3 106.7 275.6
98 109.4 89.1 130.4 126.3 67.3 187.2
99 73.5 61.5 86.1 80.9 40.9 122.6
100 0 2.72 0 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 the Congo 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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