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Life Expectancy in Costa Rica vs Mexico (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Costa Rica vs 75.6 in Mexico. Costa Rica is ranked 39/197 by life expectancy, and Mexico is 88/197. In Costa Rica, the life expectancy is 78.8 years for males and 83.9 years for females. In Mexico, it's 72.8 years for males and 78.4 years for females.

Costa Rica vs Mexico life expectancy at birth by year chart

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Mexico
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Costa Rica Mexico
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 57.5 56.9 58 43.8 42.3 45.5
1951 57.8 57.2 58.4 44.8 43.2 46.4
1952 58.1 57.5 58.8 45.7 44 47.4
1953 59.1 58.3 59.9 47 45.5 48.7
1954 59.9 59 60.7 48.3 46.8 49.9
1955 60.5 59.5 61.4 49.6 48.1 51.1
1956 61.2 60.1 62.4 50.4 48.9 51.8
1957 61.6 60.4 62.8 51.1 49.6 52.7
1958 62.3 61.1 63.5 51.8 50.3 53.4
1959 62.9 61.6 64.2 52.7 51.1 54.3
1960 63.5 62.2 64.8 53.6 51.9 55.3
1961 63.9 62.6 65.1 54.4 53 55.9
1962 64.2 62.9 65.6 55.1 53.6 56.5
1963 64.3 62.9 65.8 55.5 54 57
1964 64.5 63 66 55.9 54.2 57.7
1965 64.8 63.3 66.2 56.7 54.8 58.7
1966 65.1 63.6 66.6 57.4 55.4 59.4
1967 65.6 64 67.1 58 55.8 60.3
1968 65.8 64.3 67.2 58.2 56.1 60.4
1969 66.4 64.9 67.9 58.4 56.4 60.6
1970 66.8 65.2 68.4 58.9 57 60.8
1971 67.4 65.8 69.1 59.4 57.5 61.4
1972 68 66.3 69.7 60.1 58.1 62.1
1973 68.7 66.9 70.6 60.5 58.3 62.8
1974 69.4 67.6 71.4 61.2 58.8 63.6
1975 70.3 68.3 72.3 61.9 59.4 64.5
1976 70.9 68.8 73.1 62.5 59.9 65.2
1977 71.5 69.3 73.8 63 60.2 65.9
1978 72 69.7 74.5 63.4 60.5 66.5
1979 72.5 70.2 74.9 63.9 60.8 67.1
1980 73 70.8 75.4 64.3 61.1 67.6
1981 73.4 71.3 75.7 64.7 61.5 68.1
1982 73.9 71.7 76.1 65.3 62.1 68.6
1983 74.2 72.2 76.3 65.8 62.6 69
1984 74.6 72.5 76.7 66.2 63.2 69.4
1985 74.8 72.7 76.9 66.8 63.8 69.9
1986 74.9 72.8 77.2 67.4 64.4 70.4
1987 75.2 73 77.5 67.9 64.9 71
1988 75.5 73.3 77.9 68.3 65.4 71.3
1989 75.9 73.6 78.1 68.6 65.7 71.6
1990 76.1 73.7 78.5 69 66.1 72
1991 76.2 73.9 78.6 69.4 66.4 72.4
1992 76.4 74 78.8 69.7 66.7 72.6
1993 76.3 74 78.7 70 67.1 72.9
1994 76.3 73.9 78.7 70.3 67.5 73.2
1995 76.4 74 78.9 70.7 68 73.5
1996 76.4 74 78.9 71.1 68.4 73.7
1997 76.6 74.1 79.1 71.5 68.9 74.1
1998 76.9 74.3 79.5 71.8 69.2 74.4
1999 77.1 74.5 79.7 72.2 69.7 74.7
2000 77.3 74.8 79.9 72.6 70.1 75
2001 77.6 75 80.2 72.9 70.6 75.2
2002 77.9 75.4 80.4 73.1 70.8 75.4
2003 78.2 75.7 80.7 73.3 71 75.5
2004 78.5 75.9 81.1 73.4 71.2 75.7
2005 78.9 76.3 81.4 73.6 71.4 75.9
2006 79 76.4 81.7 73.7 71.4 76
2007 79.1 76.4 81.8 73.8 71.4 76.1
2008 79.2 76.4 81.9 73.7 71.2 76.1
2009 79.4 76.6 82.1 73.6 71.1 76.1
2010 79.4 76.6 82 73.7 71.1 76.3
2011 79.6 77 82.2 73.9 71.3 76.5
2012 79.9 77.3 82.5 74.1 71.5 76.7
2013 80.2 77.5 82.8 74.3 71.7 76.8
2014 80.2 77.6 82.9 74.4 71.9 76.9
2015 80.4 77.5 83.3 74.4 71.9 76.9
2016 80 77.3 82.7 74.4 71.7 77
2017 80 77.3 82.7 74.3 71.5 77
2018 80.1 77.2 83 74.3 71.4 77.1
2019 80.3 77.6 83 74.5 71.6 77.4
2020 79.7 76.8 82.8 70.4 66.9 74.1
2021 78.1 75 81.2 69.7 66.2 73.4
2022 79.3 76.5 82.2 74 70.9 77
2023 80.8 78.1 83.4 75.1 72.2 77.8
2024 81 78.4 83.6 75.3 72.4 78
2025 81.2 78.6 83.7 75.4 72.6 78.2
2026 81.4 78.8 83.9 75.6 72.8 78.4

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 67.6 years in Costa Rica and 61.4 in Mexico. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 17.6 healthy years in Costa Rica and 13.9 in Mexico.

Costa Rica vs Mexico 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 Costa Rica and Mexico, 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:
52.8 vs 47.7 years

Mean expected age of death:
82.8 vs 77.7 years

Median expected age of death:
85.3 vs 80.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Costa Rica Mexico
Male Female Male Female
40 98.4% 99.3% 96.8% 99.0%
50 96.1% 98.0% 92.1% 96.8%
60 91.4% 95.2% 83.8% 91.7%
65 87.4% 92.6% 77.4% 87.1%
70 82.0% 88.9% 69.4% 80.7%
75 74.6% 83.4% 58.8% 71.6%
80 61.4% 73.2% 45.5% 58.2%
85 43.8% 57.9% 30.4% 40.0%
90 24.3% 38.3% 16.3% 20.5%
95 9.1% 18.7% 6.3% 6.9%
100 1.9% 5.7% 1.5% 1.1%

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 Costa Rica vs Mexico: 82.8 years vs 77.7 at 30, 86 vs 82.9 at 65, 89.9 vs 88.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 81.4 vs 75.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Costa Rica and Mexico.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Mexico
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Costa Rica Mexico
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 81.4 78.8 83.9 75.6 72.8 78.4
1 81.9 79.3 84.3 76.4 73.6 79
2 81.9 79.4 84.4 76.4 73.7 79.1
3 81.9 79.4 84.4 76.5 73.7 79.1
4 81.9 79.4 84.4 76.5 73.7 79.1
5 82 79.4 84.4 76.5 73.8 79.2
6 82 79.4 84.4 76.5 73.8 79.2
7 82 79.4 84.5 76.6 73.8 79.2
8 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.8 79.2
9 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.8 79.2
10 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.8 79.2
11 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.9 79.2
12 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.9 79.3
13 82 79.5 84.5 76.6 73.9 79.3
14 82.1 79.5 84.5 76.7 73.9 79.3
15 82.1 79.5 84.5 76.7 73.9 79.3
16 82.1 79.6 84.5 76.7 74 79.3
17 82.1 79.6 84.6 76.8 74 79.4
18 82.1 79.7 84.6 76.8 74.1 79.4
19 82.2 79.7 84.6 76.9 74.2 79.4
20 82.2 79.8 84.6 76.9 74.3 79.4
21 82.3 79.9 84.6 77 74.4 79.5
22 82.3 79.9 84.7 77.1 74.5 79.5
23 82.4 80 84.7 77.1 74.6 79.5
24 82.4 80.1 84.7 77.2 74.7 79.6
25 82.5 80.2 84.7 77.3 74.9 79.6
26 82.6 80.3 84.8 77.4 75 79.7
27 82.6 80.3 84.8 77.5 75.1 79.7
28 82.7 80.4 84.8 77.6 75.2 79.7
29 82.7 80.5 84.8 77.6 75.4 79.8
30 82.8 80.6 84.9 77.7 75.5 79.8
31 82.8 80.6 84.9 77.8 75.6 79.8
32 82.9 80.7 84.9 77.9 75.8 79.9
33 82.9 80.8 85 78 75.9 79.9
34 83 80.9 85 78.1 76 80
35 83 80.9 85 78.2 76.2 80
36 83.1 81 85.1 78.3 76.3 80.1
37 83.1 81.1 85.1 78.4 76.4 80.1
38 83.2 81.2 85.1 78.4 76.6 80.2
39 83.3 81.2 85.2 78.5 76.7 80.2
40 83.3 81.3 85.2 78.6 76.8 80.3
41 83.4 81.4 85.3 78.7 77 80.3
42 83.4 81.5 85.3 78.8 77.1 80.4
43 83.5 81.5 85.4 79 77.3 80.4
44 83.6 81.6 85.4 79.1 77.4 80.5
45 83.7 81.7 85.5 79.2 77.6 80.6
46 83.7 81.8 85.5 79.3 77.8 80.7
47 83.8 81.9 85.6 79.4 77.9 80.8
48 83.9 82 85.6 79.6 78.1 80.8
49 84 82.1 85.7 79.7 78.3 80.9
50 84 82.2 85.8 79.8 78.5 81
51 84.1 82.3 85.8 80 78.6 81.2
52 84.2 82.4 85.9 80.1 78.8 81.3
53 84.3 82.5 86 80.3 79 81.4
54 84.4 82.6 86.1 80.5 79.3 81.5
55 84.5 82.8 86.1 80.6 79.5 81.6
56 84.6 82.9 86.2 80.8 79.7 81.8
57 84.8 83.1 86.3 81 79.9 81.9
58 84.9 83.2 86.4 81.2 80.2 82.1
59 85 83.4 86.5 81.4 80.5 82.3
60 85.2 83.5 86.6 81.7 80.7 82.5
61 85.3 83.7 86.8 81.9 81 82.7
62 85.5 83.9 86.9 82.1 81.3 82.9
63 85.6 84.1 87 82.4 81.6 83.1
64 85.8 84.3 87.2 82.6 81.9 83.3
65 86 84.5 87.3 82.9 82.2 83.5
66 86.2 84.7 87.5 83.2 82.5 83.7
67 86.4 84.9 87.6 83.5 82.9 84
68 86.6 85.2 87.8 83.8 83.2 84.2
69 86.8 85.4 88 84.1 83.5 84.5
70 87 85.6 88.1 84.4 83.9 84.8
71 87.2 85.8 88.3 84.7 84.3 85
72 87.4 86.1 88.5 85 84.7 85.3
73 87.6 86.3 88.7 85.4 85.1 85.7
74 87.9 86.6 88.9 85.8 85.5 86
75 88.1 86.9 89.2 86.1 85.9 86.3
76 88.4 87.2 89.4 86.5 86.4 86.7
77 88.7 87.6 89.7 87 86.9 87
78 89.1 88 90 87.4 87.4 87.4
79 89.5 88.4 90.4 87.9 87.9 87.8
80 89.9 88.8 90.7 88.3 88.4 88.3
81 90.4 89.3 91.1 88.8 88.9 88.8
82 90.8 89.8 91.5 89.4 89.5 89.3
83 91.3 90.3 92 89.9 90.1 89.8
84 91.8 90.8 92.4 90.5 90.7 90.3
85 92.3 91.4 92.9 91.1 91.3 90.9
86 92.8 92 93.4 91.7 91.9 91.5
87 93.4 92.6 93.9 92.3 92.6 92.1
88 94 93.2 94.4 93 93.2 92.8
89 94.6 93.8 95 93.7 93.9 93.5
90 95.2 94.5 95.6 94.4 94.6 94.2
91 95.9 95.2 96.2 95.1 95.4 94.9
92 96.5 95.9 96.9 95.8 96.1 95.6
93 97.2 96.6 97.5 96.6 96.9 96.3
94 98 97.4 98.2 97.3 97.6 97.1
95 98.7 98.2 98.9 98.1 98.4 97.9
96 99.5 98.9 99.6 98.9 99.2 98.7
97 100.2 99.8 100.4 99.7 99.9 99.5
98 101 100.6 101.2 100.6 100.8 100.4
99 101.9 101.4 102 101.4 101.6 101.3
100 102.7 102.3 102.8 102.4 102.4 102.3

Odds of living to age in Costa Rica vs Mexico

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 91.4% in Costa Rica and 85% in Mexico are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 83.7% and 72.8% will live to 70 years or older, 66.1% and 50.3% to 80+ years, and 30.9% and 17.9% 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.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Mexico
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Costa Rica Mexico
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99% 98.9% 99.2%
2 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 99% 98.8% 99.1%
3 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 98.9% 98.8% 99%
4 99.3% 99.3% 99.3% 98.9% 98.7% 99%
5 99.3% 99.3% 99.3% 98.8% 98.7% 99%
6 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 98.8% 98.7% 98.9%
7 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 98.8% 98.6% 98.9%
8 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 98.8% 98.6% 98.9%
9 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
10 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
11 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
12 99.2% 99.2% 99.2% 98.7% 98.5% 98.8%
13 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 98.7% 98.5% 98.8%
14 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 98.6% 98.5% 98.8%
15 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 98.6% 98.4% 98.8%
16 99.1% 99% 99.2% 98.5% 98.4% 98.7%
17 99.1% 99% 99.2% 98.5% 98.3% 98.7%
18 99% 98.9% 99.1% 98.4% 98.2% 98.6%
19 99% 98.8% 99.1% 98.3% 98% 98.6%
20 98.9% 98.7% 99.1% 98.2% 97.8% 98.5%
21 98.8% 98.6% 99% 98.1% 97.7% 98.5%
22 98.7% 98.4% 99% 97.9% 97.4% 98.4%
23 98.6% 98.3% 99% 97.8% 97.2% 98.4%
24 98.5% 98.2% 98.9% 97.6% 97% 98.3%
25 98.4% 98% 98.9% 97.5% 96.8% 98.2%
26 98.3% 97.9% 98.8% 97.3% 96.5% 98.2%
27 98.3% 97.7% 98.8% 97.2% 96.3% 98.1%
28 98.2% 97.6% 98.7% 97% 96% 98%
29 98.1% 97.4% 98.7% 96.8% 95.7% 98%
30 98% 97.3% 98.6% 96.7% 95.5% 97.9%
31 97.9% 97.2% 98.6% 96.5% 95.2% 97.8%
32 97.8% 97% 98.5% 96.3% 94.9% 97.7%
33 97.7% 96.9% 98.5% 96.1% 94.6% 97.6%
34 97.6% 96.7% 98.4% 95.9% 94.3% 97.6%
35 97.4% 96.6% 98.4% 95.7% 94% 97.5%
36 97.3% 96.4% 98.3% 95.5% 93.7% 97.4%
37 97.2% 96.3% 98.2% 95.3% 93.4% 97.3%
38 97.1% 96.1% 98.1% 95.1% 93.1% 97.1%
39 97% 95.9% 98% 94.9% 92.8% 97%
40 96.8% 95.8% 98% 94.6% 92.4% 96.9%
41 96.7% 95.6% 97.9% 94.4% 92% 96.7%
42 96.6% 95.4% 97.8% 94.1% 91.6% 96.6%
43 96.4% 95.2% 97.7% 93.8% 91.2% 96.4%
44 96.2% 95% 97.5% 93.5% 90.8% 96.2%
45 96.1% 94.8% 97.4% 93.2% 90.4% 96%
46 95.9% 94.5% 97.3% 92.9% 89.9% 95.8%
47 95.7% 94.3% 97.1% 92.6% 89.5% 95.6%
48 95.5% 94% 97% 92.2% 89% 95.3%
49 95.3% 93.8% 96.8% 91.8% 88.4% 95%
50 95% 93.5% 96.6% 91.4% 87.9% 94.7%
51 94.8% 93.2% 96.4% 90.9% 87.3% 94.4%
52 94.5% 92.8% 96.2% 90.4% 86.7% 94.1%
53 94.2% 92.5% 96% 89.9% 86% 93.7%
54 93.9% 92.1% 95.8% 89.3% 85.3% 93.2%
55 93.6% 91.6% 95.5% 88.7% 84.6% 92.8%
56 93.2% 91.2% 95.3% 88.1% 83.8% 92.3%
57 92.8% 90.7% 95% 87.4% 82.9% 91.7%
58 92.4% 90.2% 94.6% 86.6% 82% 91.1%
59 91.9% 89.6% 94.3% 85.8% 81% 90.4%
60 91.4% 89% 93.9% 85% 80% 89.7%
61 90.9% 88.3% 93.5% 84% 78.9% 88.9%
62 90.3% 87.6% 93% 83% 77.7% 88.1%
63 89.6% 86.8% 92.5% 82% 76.5% 87.2%
64 88.9% 85.9% 92% 80.9% 75.2% 86.3%
65 88.2% 85% 91.4% 79.7% 73.9% 85.2%
66 87.4% 84% 90.7% 78.5% 72.5% 84.2%
67 86.5% 83% 90% 77.2% 71.1% 83%
68 85.6% 82% 89.3% 75.8% 69.6% 81.8%
69 84.7% 80.9% 88.5% 74.3% 68% 80.4%
70 83.7% 79.8% 87.7% 72.8% 66.2% 79%
71 82.7% 78.6% 86.8% 71.1% 64.4% 77.4%
72 81.6% 77.3% 85.8% 69.3% 62.5% 75.8%
73 80.4% 75.9% 84.8% 67.4% 60.5% 74%
74 79% 74.4% 83.6% 65.4% 58.3% 72.1%
75 77.5% 72.6% 82.3% 63.2% 56.1% 70.1%
76 75.7% 70.6% 80.7% 60.9% 53.8% 67.9%
77 73.7% 68.3% 78.9% 58.5% 51.3% 65.4%
78 71.4% 65.7% 76.9% 55.9% 48.8% 62.8%
79 68.8% 62.8% 74.6% 53.2% 46.1% 60%
80 66.1% 59.8% 72.2% 50.3% 43.4% 57%
81 63.1% 56.6% 69.5% 47.3% 40.6% 53.8%
82 60.1% 53.3% 66.7% 44.1% 37.8% 50.3%
83 56.8% 49.8% 63.7% 40.9% 34.9% 46.7%
84 53.5% 46.3% 60.5% 37.6% 32% 43%
85 50% 42.6% 57.2% 34.2% 29.1% 39.2%
86 46.3% 38.8% 53.6% 30.8% 26.2% 35.2%
87 42.5% 35% 49.8% 27.4% 23.4% 31.3%
88 38.6% 31.1% 45.9% 24.1% 20.6% 27.4%
89 34.7% 27.3% 41.9% 20.9% 18% 23.6%
90 30.9% 23.7% 37.8% 17.9% 15.5% 20.1%
91 27.1% 20.2% 33.7% 15.1% 13.2% 16.8%
92 23.5% 16.9% 29.7% 12.5% 11.1% 13.8%
93 20% 13.9% 25.8% 10.2% 9.19% 11.1%
94 16.8% 11.2% 22% 8.17% 7.5% 8.79%
95 13.8% 8.87% 18.5% 6.42% 6.02% 6.78%
96 11.2% 6.83% 15.2% 4.92% 4.74% 5.08%
97 8.86% 5.13% 12.3% 3.68% 3.65% 3.67%
98 6.87% 3.75% 9.68% 2.67% 2.75% 2.56%
99 5.19% 2.67% 7.45% 1.87% 2.02% 1.72%
100 3.83% 1.84% 5.6% 1.27% 1.44% 1.1%

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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 Costa Rica and 0.97% in Mexico, 0.1% vs 0.18% at age 30, 0.6% vs 1.09% at 60, and 4.43% vs 6% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Costa Rica compared to Mexico at any given age.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Mexico
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Costa Rica Mexico
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.6% 0.64% 0.56% 0.97% 1.09% 0.84%
1 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
3 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
6 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
7 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
8 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
9 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
10 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
11 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
13 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
14 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
15 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
16 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.04%
17 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.08% 0.12% 0.05%
18 0.06% 0.1% 0.03% 0.1% 0.15% 0.05%
19 0.07% 0.11% 0.03% 0.11% 0.17% 0.05%
20 0.08% 0.13% 0.03% 0.13% 0.19% 0.06%
21 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.13% 0.21% 0.06%
22 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.14% 0.22% 0.06%
23 0.09% 0.15% 0.04% 0.15% 0.23% 0.06%
24 0.1% 0.15% 0.04% 0.15% 0.24% 0.06%
25 0.1% 0.15% 0.04% 0.16% 0.25% 0.07%
26 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.17% 0.26% 0.07%
27 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.17% 0.27% 0.07%
28 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.18% 0.28% 0.07%
29 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.18% 0.29% 0.08%
30 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.18% 0.29% 0.08%
31 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.19% 0.29% 0.08%
32 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.19% 0.3% 0.09%
33 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.19% 0.3% 0.09%
34 0.11% 0.16% 0.07% 0.2% 0.31% 0.1%
35 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.21% 0.32% 0.1%
36 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.22% 0.33% 0.11%
37 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.23% 0.35% 0.12%
38 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.24% 0.36% 0.13%
39 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.25% 0.38% 0.14%
40 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.27% 0.4% 0.15%
41 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.28% 0.42% 0.16%
42 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.3% 0.44% 0.18%
43 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.32% 0.46% 0.19%
44 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.33% 0.48% 0.21%
45 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.35% 0.51% 0.23%
46 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.38% 0.53% 0.25%
47 0.21% 0.27% 0.16% 0.4% 0.56% 0.27%
48 0.23% 0.29% 0.17% 0.43% 0.59% 0.29%
49 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.46% 0.63% 0.32%
50 0.26% 0.34% 0.2% 0.49% 0.67% 0.35%
51 0.28% 0.37% 0.21% 0.53% 0.71% 0.38%
52 0.31% 0.4% 0.22% 0.57% 0.76% 0.42%
53 0.33% 0.43% 0.24% 0.62% 0.82% 0.46%
54 0.36% 0.46% 0.26% 0.67% 0.88% 0.5%
55 0.39% 0.5% 0.29% 0.73% 0.95% 0.55%
56 0.42% 0.54% 0.31% 0.79% 1.02% 0.6%
57 0.46% 0.58% 0.34% 0.86% 1.1% 0.66%
58 0.5% 0.63% 0.38% 0.94% 1.19% 0.72%
59 0.55% 0.69% 0.41% 1.01% 1.28% 0.79%
60 0.6% 0.76% 0.45% 1.09% 1.37% 0.86%
61 0.65% 0.83% 0.5% 1.18% 1.46% 0.94%
62 0.71% 0.9% 0.54% 1.26% 1.56% 1.02%
63 0.78% 0.98% 0.6% 1.35% 1.66% 1.1%
64 0.84% 1.06% 0.65% 1.44% 1.76% 1.18%
65 0.91% 1.13% 0.71% 1.55% 1.87% 1.28%
66 0.97% 1.2% 0.76% 1.66% 2% 1.38%
67 1.03% 1.27% 0.82% 1.79% 2.14% 1.5%
68 1.09% 1.33% 0.88% 1.94% 2.32% 1.63%
69 1.16% 1.4% 0.94% 2.11% 2.52% 1.78%
70 1.23% 1.49% 1.01% 2.3% 2.74% 1.95%
71 1.34% 1.62% 1.1% 2.52% 2.99% 2.14%
72 1.49% 1.79% 1.22% 2.76% 3.26% 2.35%
73 1.69% 2.04% 1.39% 3% 3.53% 2.57%
74 1.96% 2.37% 1.61% 3.27% 3.83% 2.82%
75 2.3% 2.78% 1.88% 3.61% 4.17% 3.16%
76 2.69% 3.27% 2.21% 3.99% 4.55% 3.56%
77 3.13% 3.8% 2.56% 4.42% 4.96% 4%
78 3.57% 4.33% 2.93% 4.89% 5.41% 4.49%
79 4% 4.85% 3.3% 5.42% 5.9% 5.04%
80 4.43% 5.36% 3.67% 6% 6.44% 5.66%
81 4.87% 5.89% 4.06% 6.64% 7.02% 6.36%
82 5.35% 6.46% 4.49% 7.36% 7.65% 7.13%
83 5.92% 7.14% 4.99% 8.14% 8.34% 7.99%
84 6.58% 7.93% 5.58% 9.02% 9.09% 8.97%
85 7.34% 8.85% 6.26% 9.99% 9.9% 10.1%
86 8.19% 9.88% 7.02% 11% 10.8% 11.2%
87 9.12% 11% 7.87% 12.1% 11.7% 12.4%
88 10.1% 12.2% 8.77% 13.3% 12.7% 13.7%
89 11.1% 13.4% 9.75% 14.4% 13.8% 15%
90 12.2% 14.7% 10.8% 15.7% 14.9% 16.4%
91 13.4% 16.1% 11.9% 17.1% 16% 17.9%
92 14.7% 17.7% 13.2% 18.4% 17.2% 19.4%
93 16.1% 19.4% 14.6% 19.8% 18.4% 21%
94 17.6% 21.1% 16.1% 21.4% 19.8% 22.9%
95 19.2% 23% 17.7% 23.3% 21.3% 25.1%
96 20.8% 24.9% 19.3% 25.4% 23% 27.6%
97 22.5% 26.9% 21.1% 27.5% 24.7% 30.3%
98 24.4% 28.9% 23% 29.7% 26.6% 33.1%
99 26.2% 31% 24.9% 32% 28.6% 36.2%
100 27.9% 33% 26.7% 34.1% 30.3% 38.7%

Death rate by age in Costa Rica compared to Mexico

In Costa Rica, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 85 in Mexico. The median age of death is 85 in Costa Rica and 80.1 in Mexico — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Mexico
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Costa Rica Mexico
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 602 639 565 969 1,091 843
1 34.7 31.3 38.3 73.6 75.6 71.6
2 27.8 26.8 28.7 55 57.5 52.4
3 22.5 23.1 21.9 41.5 44 38.8
4 18.6 20 17.1 32 34.4 29.5
5 15.7 17.5 13.8 25.3 27.5 23.1
6 13.6 15.5 11.7 21 22.8 19.1
7 12.4 14.1 10.6 18.6 20.2 17
8 11.9 13.3 10.4 17.9 19.2 16.5
9 12 13.2 10.8 18.2 19.5 16.9
10 12.8 13.8 11.7 19.4 20.8 18
11 14.2 15.3 13 21.8 23.7 19.8
12 16.4 18.2 14.6 25.8 28.9 22.6
13 19.7 22.9 16.3 31.7 37 26.2
14 24.4 30.4 18.2 40.1 49.3 30.4
15 31.1 41.5 20.2 51.4 67 35.2
16 39.9 56.5 22.6 65.4 89.8 40
17 50.6 75 25 81.4 116.8 44.6
18 61.7 94.6 27.4 97.4 144.5 48.6
19 72 112.5 29.7 111.7 169.5 51.8
20 80.4 126.5 32.2 123 189.5 54.3
21 86.4 135.6 34.9 131.4 204.1 56.3
22 90.3 140.7 37.7 138.2 215.6 58.3
23 92.6 142.6 40.2 144.3 225.9 60.3
24 93.8 142.8 42.3 150.4 235.9 62.7
25 94.4 142.4 44.1 156.8 246.2 65.3
26 94.9 141.9 45.7 162.8 255.8 68
27 95.7 141.9 47.3 168 263.9 70.6
28 96.7 142.4 48.9 172.2 270.1 73.1
29 97.9 143.5 50.3 175.4 274.4 75.6
30 99.4 144.9 51.9 177.9 277.4 78.2
31 101.1 146.4 53.9 180.2 279.8 80.9
32 103.2 147.9 56.7 183.1 283.1 84.2
33 105.7 149.3 60.3 187.2 287.8 88.3
34 108.7 150.8 64.8 192.8 294.5 93.3
35 112.3 152.9 70 199.9 303 99.2
36 116.5 155.8 75.6 208.4 314 106.1
37 121.3 159.9 81.1 218.3 326 114
38 126.6 165.4 86.3 229.1 339 122.9
39 132.5 172.4 91.2 240.5 353 132.7
40 139.1 180.5 96.3 252.7 368 143.7
41 146.2 189.4 101.9 265.9 384 155.7
42 154 198.5 108.4 280.2 401 169
43 162.2 207.8 115.8 295.7 419 183.7
44 171.1 217.3 124.3 312 437 199.9
45 180.8 227.7 133.7 331 457 217.6
46 191.6 239.5 143.8 351 478 236.9
47 203.9 253.7 154.6 373 502 257.7
48 217.8 270.9 165.7 396 527 280.2
49 233.5 291.4 177.1 423 555 304
50 251 315 188.9 451 587 331
51 270 341 201.6 484 621 360
52 290.7 369 215.9 519 660 392
53 313 398 232.4 559 703 427
54 337 428 251.6 602 750 466
55 364 459 273.7 649 801 509
56 393 492 298.6 700 856 555
57 425 530 326 755 914 606
58 461 572 356 812 974 660
59 501 619 389 870 1,035 716
60 546 672 425 930 1,095 774
61 594 729 464 990 1,154 834
62 645 789 506 1,049 1,212 895
63 698 850 551 1,108 1,267 957
64 751 909 598 1,168 1,323 1,020
65 802 963 646 1,232 1,383 1,087
66 850 1,012 694 1,302 1,449 1,161
67 894 1,055 739 1,381 1,524 1,241
68 935 1,093 783 1,471 1,612 1,333
69 978 1,135 829 1,570 1,709 1,433
70 1,033 1,190 883 1,676 1,814 1,539
71 1,108 1,269 954 1,794 1,926 1,661
72 1,214 1,386 1,051 1,911 2,035 1,784
73 1,360 1,549 1,181 2,018 2,133 1,899
74 1,549 1,761 1,347 2,137 2,231 2,036
75 1,779 2,019 1,550 2,281 2,338 2,216
76 2,038 2,307 1,781 2,433 2,445 2,413
77 2,302 2,591 2,021 2,586 2,547 2,616
78 2,545 2,845 2,253 2,737 2,640 2,821
79 2,753 3,050 2,463 2,881 2,723 3,026
80 2,923 3,205 2,649 3,017 2,794 3,225
81 3,073 3,330 2,823 3,142 2,851 3,417
82 3,216 3,442 2,997 3,248 2,890 3,590
83 3,364 3,555 3,181 3,330 2,909 3,735
84 3,518 3,668 3,377 3,389 2,905 3,857
85 3,666 3,768 3,576 3,413 2,877 3,936
86 3,792 3,836 3,764 3,392 2,821 3,950
87 3,875 3,847 3,920 3,318 2,737 3,887
88 3,900 3,790 4,028 3,189 2,622 3,744
89 3,864 3,667 4,081 3,013 2,476 3,538
90 3,768 3,484 4,077 2,804 2,307 3,290
91 3,624 3,253 4,018 2,568 2,119 3,006
92 3,445 2,994 3,916 2,295 1,909 2,673
93 3,224 2,702 3,760 2,017 1,692 2,333
94 2,958 2,378 3,542 1,751 1,483 2,012
95 2,654 2,037 3,264 1,496 1,282 1,703
96 2,329 1,699 2,942 1,249 1,089 1,404
97 1,999 1,379 2,592 1,010 902 1,112
98 1,673 1,086 2,226 791 729 847
99 1,363 827 1,859 601 576 620
100 1,032 496 1,519 355 384 320

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 Costa Rica and Mexico 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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