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Life Expectancy in Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 81.2 years in Costa Rica vs 63.3 in Zimbabwe. Costa Rica is ranked 39/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In Costa Rica, the life expectancy is 78.6 years for males and 83.7 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 60.8 years for males and 65.6 years for females.

Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 57.5 56.9 58 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 57.8 57.2 58.4 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 58.1 57.5 58.8 50.2 48 52.5
1953 59.1 58.3 59.9 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 59.9 59 60.7 51 48.8 53.3
1955 60.5 59.5 61.4 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 61.2 60.1 62.4 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 61.6 60.4 62.8 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 62.3 61.1 63.5 52.6 50.2 55
1959 62.9 61.6 64.2 53 50.6 55.5
1960 63.5 62.2 64.8 53.5 51.1 56
1961 63.9 62.6 65.1 54 51.5 56.5
1962 64.2 62.9 65.6 54.5 52 57
1963 64.3 62.9 65.8 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 64.5 63 66 55.4 52.9 58
1965 64.8 63.3 66.2 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 65.1 63.6 66.6 56.4 53.7 59
1967 65.6 64 67.1 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 65.8 64.3 67.2 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 66.4 64.9 67.9 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 66.8 65.2 68.4 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 67.4 65.8 69.1 58 55.3 60.7
1972 68 66.3 69.7 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 68.7 66.9 70.6 58.1 55.2 61
1974 69.4 67.6 71.4 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 70.3 68.3 72.3 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 70.9 68.8 73.1 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 71.5 69.3 73.8 57 53 61.3
1978 72 69.7 74.5 54.7 49 61.2
1979 72.5 70.2 74.9 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 73 70.8 75.4 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 73.4 71.3 75.7 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 73.9 71.7 76.1 59.9 56.8 63
1983 74.2 72.2 76.3 60 56.7 63.3
1984 74.6 72.5 76.7 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 74.8 72.7 76.9 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 74.9 72.8 77.2 61 57.5 64.5
1987 75.2 73 77.5 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 75.5 73.3 77.9 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 75.9 73.6 78.1 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 76.1 73.7 78.5 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 76.2 73.9 78.6 57 54.1 60.1
1992 76.4 74 78.8 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 76.3 74 78.7 54 51.6 56.5
1994 76.3 73.9 78.7 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 76.4 74 78.9 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 76.4 74 78.9 49 46.9 51.1
1997 76.6 74.1 79.1 48.5 47 50.1
1998 76.9 74.3 79.5 47.6 46 49.2
1999 77.1 74.5 79.7 46.4 45 47.8
2000 77.3 74.8 79.9 46 44.8 47.3
2001 77.6 75 80.2 44.5 44 45.1
2002 77.9 75.4 80.4 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 78.2 75.7 80.7 45.4 45 45.8
2004 78.5 75.9 81.1 46 45.7 46.5
2005 78.9 76.3 81.4 46.6 46.2 47
2006 79 76.4 81.7 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 79.1 76.4 81.8 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 79.2 76.4 81.9 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 79.4 76.6 82.1 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 79.4 76.6 82 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 79.6 77 82.2 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 79.9 77.3 82.5 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 80.2 77.5 82.8 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 80.2 77.6 82.9 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 80.4 77.5 83.3 59 57.3 60.5
2016 80 77.3 82.7 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 80 77.3 82.7 60.3 58.3 62
2018 80.1 77.2 83 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 80.3 77.6 83 61.1 58.8 63
2020 79.7 76.8 82.8 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 78.1 75 81.2 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 79.3 76.5 82.2 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 80.8 78.1 83.4 62.8 60.2 65
2024 81 78.4 83.6 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 81.2 78.6 83.7 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 67.6 years in Costa Rica and 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 17.6 healthy years in Costa Rica and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica 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:
52.6 vs 38.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
82.6 vs 68.4 years

Median expected age of death:
85.1 vs 70.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 98.4% 99.3% 93.5% 95.1%
50 96.0% 97.9% 83.0% 87.4%
60 91.2% 95.1% 67.2% 75.6%
65 87.1% 92.5% 56.8% 67.1%
70 81.6% 88.7% 44.8% 56.6%
75 74.2% 83.1% 31.7% 44.2%
80 60.9% 72.8% 19.0% 30.9%
85 43.1% 57.5% 8.9% 18.0%
90 23.8% 37.9% 3.0% 7.7%
95 8.8% 18.4% 0.6% 2.2%
100 1.8% 5.6% 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 Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe: 82.6 years vs 68.4 at 30, 85.9 vs 78.3 at 65, 89.9 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 81.2 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 Costa Rica and Zimbabwe.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 81.2 78.6 83.7 63.3 60.8 65.6
1 81.7 79.1 84.2 65.4 62.9 67.5
2 81.7 79.2 84.2 65.7 63.2 67.8
3 81.8 79.2 84.3 65.9 63.4 68.1
4 81.8 79.2 84.3 66.1 63.6 68.2
5 81.8 79.2 84.3 66.2 63.7 68.3
6 81.8 79.2 84.3 66.2 63.7 68.4
7 81.8 79.2 84.3 66.3 63.8 68.4
8 81.8 79.2 84.3 66.4 63.9 68.5
9 81.8 79.3 84.3 66.4 63.9 68.5
10 81.8 79.3 84.3 66.5 64 68.6
11 81.8 79.3 84.4 66.5 64 68.6
12 81.9 79.3 84.4 66.5 64 68.7
13 81.9 79.3 84.4 66.6 64.1 68.7
14 81.9 79.3 84.4 66.6 64.1 68.8
15 81.9 79.3 84.4 66.7 64.2 68.8
16 81.9 79.4 84.4 66.7 64.3 68.9
17 81.9 79.4 84.4 66.8 64.3 68.9
18 82 79.4 84.5 66.9 64.4 69
19 82 79.5 84.5 67 64.5 69.1
20 82.1 79.6 84.5 67.1 64.6 69.1
21 82.1 79.7 84.5 67.2 64.7 69.2
22 82.2 79.7 84.5 67.3 64.8 69.3
23 82.2 79.8 84.6 67.4 65 69.4
24 82.3 79.9 84.6 67.5 65.1 69.5
25 82.3 80 84.6 67.6 65.2 69.7
26 82.4 80.1 84.6 67.8 65.4 69.8
27 82.5 80.2 84.7 67.9 65.5 69.9
28 82.5 80.2 84.7 68.1 65.7 70
29 82.6 80.3 84.7 68.2 65.8 70.2
30 82.6 80.4 84.7 68.4 66 70.3
31 82.7 80.5 84.8 68.5 66.2 70.5
32 82.7 80.5 84.8 68.7 66.4 70.6
33 82.8 80.6 84.8 68.9 66.6 70.8
34 82.8 80.7 84.9 69.1 66.8 71
35 82.9 80.8 84.9 69.3 67 71.2
36 82.9 80.8 84.9 69.5 67.2 71.3
37 83 80.9 85 69.7 67.4 71.5
38 83.1 81 85 69.9 67.6 71.7
39 83.1 81.1 85.1 70.1 67.9 71.9
40 83.2 81.1 85.1 70.3 68.1 72.1
41 83.2 81.2 85.1 70.6 68.4 72.3
42 83.3 81.3 85.2 70.8 68.6 72.6
43 83.4 81.4 85.2 71 68.9 72.8
44 83.4 81.5 85.3 71.3 69.2 73
45 83.5 81.5 85.3 71.6 69.5 73.2
46 83.6 81.6 85.4 71.8 69.8 73.5
47 83.7 81.7 85.5 72.1 70.1 73.7
48 83.7 81.8 85.5 72.4 70.4 74
49 83.8 81.9 85.6 72.6 70.7 74.2
50 83.9 82 85.7 72.9 71 74.5
51 84 82.1 85.7 73.2 71.4 74.7
52 84.1 82.2 85.8 73.5 71.7 75
53 84.2 82.4 85.9 73.9 72.1 75.3
54 84.3 82.5 86 74.2 72.4 75.6
55 84.4 82.6 86 74.5 72.8 75.9
56 84.5 82.8 86.1 74.8 73.1 76.2
57 84.6 82.9 86.2 75.2 73.5 76.5
58 84.8 83.1 86.3 75.5 73.9 76.8
59 84.9 83.2 86.4 75.9 74.3 77.1
60 85.1 83.4 86.5 76.2 74.7 77.5
61 85.2 83.6 86.7 76.6 75.1 77.8
62 85.4 83.8 86.8 77 75.6 78.2
63 85.5 84 86.9 77.4 76 78.6
64 85.7 84.2 87.1 77.9 76.5 79
65 85.9 84.4 87.2 78.3 76.9 79.4
66 86.1 84.6 87.4 78.7 77.4 79.8
67 86.3 84.8 87.5 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 86.5 85.1 87.7 79.7 78.4 80.6
69 86.7 85.3 87.9 80.2 78.9 81.1
70 86.9 85.5 88.1 80.6 79.5 81.6
71 87.1 85.7 88.2 81.2 80 82
72 87.3 86 88.4 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 87.5 86.2 88.6 82.2 81.1 83
74 87.8 86.5 88.8 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 88 86.8 89.1 83.3 82.3 84.1
76 88.3 87.1 89.3 83.9 82.9 84.6
77 88.7 87.5 89.6 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 89 87.9 90 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 89.4 88.3 90.3 85.7 84.9 86.3
80 89.9 88.8 90.7 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 90.3 89.3 91.1 87 86.3 87.5
82 90.8 89.8 91.5 87.7 87 88.1
83 91.2 90.3 91.9 88.3 87.7 88.7
84 91.7 90.8 92.4 89 88.4 89.4
85 92.2 91.3 92.8 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 92.8 91.9 93.3 90.5 90 90.8
87 93.4 92.5 93.9 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 93.9 93.1 94.4 92 91.6 92.2
89 94.6 93.8 95 92.8 92.4 93
90 95.2 94.5 95.6 93.6 93.2 93.7
91 95.9 95.2 96.2 94.4 94 94.5
92 96.5 95.9 96.8 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 97.2 96.6 97.5 96 95.7 96.1
94 98 97.4 98.2 96.9 96.6 97
95 98.7 98.1 98.9 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 99.5 98.9 99.6 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 100.2 99.7 100.4 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 101 100.6 101.2 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 101.9 101.4 102 101.2 101 101.3
100 102.7 102.3 102.8 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 91.2% in Costa Rica and 65.6% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 83.4% and 46.8% will live to 70 years or older, 65.6% and 23.2% to 80+ years, and 30.4% 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.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
2 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 96.4% 96% 96.7%
3 99.3% 99.3% 99.3% 96.1% 95.7% 96.4%
4 99.3% 99.3% 99.3% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
5 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 95.7% 95.4% 96%
6 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
7 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
8 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.4% 95% 95.7%
9 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.3% 95% 95.6%
10 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 95.2% 94.9% 95.6%
11 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
12 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 95.1% 94.7% 95.4%
13 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 95% 94.6% 95.4%
14 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
15 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
16 99.1% 99% 99.2% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
17 99% 99% 99.1% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
18 99% 98.9% 99.1% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
19 98.9% 98.8% 99.1% 94.3% 93.8% 94.7%
20 98.8% 98.7% 99% 94.1% 93.6% 94.5%
21 98.8% 98.5% 99% 93.9% 93.4% 94.4%
22 98.7% 98.4% 99% 93.7% 93.1% 94.2%
23 98.6% 98.2% 98.9% 93.4% 92.9% 94%
24 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 93.2% 92.6% 93.8%
25 98.4% 98% 98.9% 92.9% 92.2% 93.5%
26 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 92.6% 91.9% 93.3%
27 98.2% 97.7% 98.8% 92.3% 91.6% 93%
28 98.1% 97.5% 98.7% 91.9% 91.2% 92.7%
29 98% 97.4% 98.7% 91.6% 90.8% 92.4%
30 97.9% 97.2% 98.6% 91.2% 90.4% 92%
31 97.8% 97.1% 98.6% 90.8% 89.9% 91.7%
32 97.7% 96.9% 98.5% 90.4% 89.5% 91.3%
33 97.6% 96.8% 98.4% 90% 89% 90.9%
34 97.5% 96.6% 98.4% 89.5% 88.4% 90.5%
35 97.4% 96.5% 98.3% 89% 87.9% 90.1%
36 97.3% 96.3% 98.3% 88.5% 87.3% 89.6%
37 97.1% 96.1% 98.2% 87.9% 86.6% 89.1%
38 97% 96% 98.1% 87.4% 86% 88.6%
39 96.9% 95.8% 98% 86.7% 85.3% 88.1%
40 96.7% 95.6% 97.9% 86.1% 84.5% 87.5%
41 96.6% 95.5% 97.8% 85.4% 83.7% 87%
42 96.5% 95.3% 97.7% 84.7% 82.9% 86.4%
43 96.3% 95.1% 97.6% 84% 82.1% 85.7%
44 96.1% 94.8% 97.5% 83.2% 81.2% 85.1%
45 96% 94.6% 97.4% 82.5% 80.3% 84.4%
46 95.8% 94.4% 97.2% 81.6% 79.3% 83.7%
47 95.6% 94.1% 97.1% 80.8% 78.3% 82.9%
48 95.4% 93.9% 96.9% 79.9% 77.2% 82.2%
49 95.2% 93.6% 96.7% 78.9% 76.1% 81.3%
50 94.9% 93.3% 96.6% 78% 75% 80.5%
51 94.7% 93% 96.4% 76.9% 73.8% 79.6%
52 94.4% 92.6% 96.2% 75.9% 72.5% 78.7%
53 94.1% 92.3% 95.9% 74.8% 71.2% 77.7%
54 93.8% 91.9% 95.7% 73.6% 69.8% 76.7%
55 93.4% 91.4% 95.5% 72.4% 68.5% 75.6%
56 93.1% 91% 95.2% 71.2% 67% 74.5%
57 92.7% 90.5% 94.9% 69.9% 65.5% 73.3%
58 92.2% 89.9% 94.5% 68.5% 64% 72.1%
59 91.8% 89.3% 94.2% 67.1% 62.4% 70.9%
60 91.2% 88.7% 93.8% 65.6% 60.7% 69.6%
61 90.7% 88% 93.4% 64% 59% 68.1%
62 90.1% 87.3% 92.9% 62.4% 57.1% 66.7%
63 89.4% 86.5% 92.4% 60.7% 55.3% 65.1%
64 88.7% 85.6% 91.8% 58.9% 53.3% 63.5%
65 87.9% 84.7% 91.2% 57% 51.3% 61.8%
66 87.1% 83.7% 90.5% 55.1% 49.2% 59.9%
67 86.3% 82.7% 89.8% 53.1% 47.1% 58.1%
68 85.4% 81.6% 89.1% 51.1% 44.9% 56.1%
69 84.4% 80.5% 88.3% 49% 42.7% 54.1%
70 83.4% 79.3% 87.5% 46.8% 40.5% 52.1%
71 82.4% 78.1% 86.6% 44.6% 38.2% 49.9%
72 81.3% 76.8% 85.6% 42.3% 35.8% 47.7%
73 80% 75.4% 84.5% 39.9% 33.4% 45.4%
74 78.6% 73.9% 83.3% 37.6% 31% 43.1%
75 77.1% 72.1% 82% 35.2% 28.6% 40.7%
76 75.3% 70.1% 80.4% 32.7% 26.3% 38.3%
77 73.2% 67.7% 78.6% 30.3% 23.9% 35.8%
78 70.9% 65.1% 76.6% 27.9% 21.6% 33.4%
79 68.3% 62.3% 74.3% 25.5% 19.4% 30.9%
80 65.6% 59.2% 71.8% 23.2% 17.2% 28.5%
81 62.6% 56% 69.1% 20.9% 15.1% 26%
82 59.5% 52.6% 66.3% 18.7% 13.2% 23.6%
83 56.3% 49.2% 63.3% 16.5% 11.3% 21.2%
84 52.9% 45.6% 60.1% 14.4% 9.61% 18.8%
85 49.4% 41.9% 56.7% 12.4% 8.05% 16.5%
86 45.7% 38.2% 53.1% 10.6% 6.66% 14.3%
87 42% 34.4% 49.4% 8.93% 5.43% 12.2%
88 38.1% 30.5% 45.4% 7.41% 4.36% 10.3%
89 34.2% 26.8% 41.4% 6.06% 3.44% 8.59%
90 30.4% 23.2% 37.3% 4.89% 2.68% 7.05%
91 26.6% 19.7% 33.3% 3.87% 2.04% 5.66%
92 23.1% 16.5% 29.3% 3.02% 1.53% 4.5%
93 19.7% 13.6% 25.4% 2.31% 1.13% 3.5%
94 16.5% 10.9% 21.7% 1.74% 0.81% 2.66%
95 13.6% 8.6% 18.2% 1.28% 0.57% 1.99%
96 11% 6.62% 14.9% 0.92% 0.4% 1.45%
97 8.67% 4.96% 12% 0.65% 0.27% 1.03%
98 6.71% 3.62% 9.49% 0.45% 0.18% 0.72%
99 5.07% 2.57% 7.3% 0.3% 0.11% 0.49%
100 3.74% 1.77% 5.48% 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 0.62% in the birth year in Costa Rica and 3.14% in Zimbabwe, 0.1% vs 0.43% at age 30, 0.61% vs 2.4% at 60, and 4.49% vs 9.93% at 80.

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

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.62% 0.66% 0.58% 3.14% 3.48% 2.78%
1 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.51% 0.49% 0.54%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.33% 0.32% 0.33%
3 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.23% 0.23% 0.22%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.11% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
13 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
15 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
16 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
17 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
18 0.06% 0.1% 0.03% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
19 0.07% 0.12% 0.03% 0.2% 0.23% 0.17%
20 0.08% 0.13% 0.03% 0.22% 0.25% 0.19%
21 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
22 0.09% 0.15% 0.04% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
23 0.1% 0.15% 0.04% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
24 0.1% 0.15% 0.04% 0.3% 0.34% 0.25%
25 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.32% 0.36% 0.27%
26 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.34% 0.38% 0.3%
27 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
28 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.38% 0.43% 0.34%
29 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.41% 0.46% 0.36%
30 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.43% 0.49% 0.38%
31 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.45% 0.52% 0.4%
32 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.49% 0.56% 0.43%
33 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.52% 0.59% 0.45%
34 0.11% 0.16% 0.07% 0.55% 0.64% 0.48%
35 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.59% 0.68% 0.51%
36 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.62% 0.72% 0.54%
37 0.13% 0.17% 0.08% 0.66% 0.77% 0.57%
38 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.7% 0.82% 0.6%
39 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.74% 0.87% 0.63%
40 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.78% 0.92% 0.67%
41 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.82% 0.97% 0.69%
42 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.86% 1.02% 0.73%
43 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.9% 1.08% 0.76%
44 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.95% 1.14% 0.8%
45 0.19% 0.25% 0.14% 1% 1.21% 0.84%
46 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 1.05% 1.28% 0.89%
47 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 1.11% 1.35% 0.94%
48 0.23% 0.29% 0.17% 1.17% 1.43% 0.99%
49 0.25% 0.32% 0.19% 1.24% 1.52% 1.05%
50 0.27% 0.34% 0.2% 1.32% 1.62% 1.12%
51 0.29% 0.37% 0.21% 1.38% 1.7% 1.17%
52 0.31% 0.41% 0.23% 1.46% 1.8% 1.25%
53 0.34% 0.44% 0.25% 1.54% 1.89% 1.31%
54 0.37% 0.47% 0.27% 1.62% 2% 1.38%
55 0.4% 0.51% 0.29% 1.72% 2.11% 1.46%
56 0.43% 0.55% 0.32% 1.82% 2.22% 1.55%
57 0.47% 0.6% 0.35% 1.94% 2.35% 1.64%
58 0.51% 0.65% 0.38% 2.08% 2.51% 1.75%
59 0.56% 0.71% 0.42% 2.22% 2.67% 1.87%
60 0.61% 0.77% 0.46% 2.4% 2.89% 2.02%
61 0.67% 0.84% 0.51% 2.55% 3.07% 2.15%
62 0.73% 0.92% 0.55% 2.75% 3.3% 2.33%
63 0.79% 1% 0.61% 2.95% 3.53% 2.51%
64 0.86% 1.08% 0.66% 3.16% 3.77% 2.72%
65 0.93% 1.16% 0.72% 3.4% 4.03% 2.95%
66 0.99% 1.23% 0.78% 3.61% 4.29% 3.12%
67 1.05% 1.3% 0.84% 3.85% 4.59% 3.33%
68 1.11% 1.36% 0.89% 4.12% 4.93% 3.57%
69 1.18% 1.43% 0.95% 4.41% 5.28% 3.81%
70 1.25% 1.52% 1.02% 4.79% 5.74% 4.14%
71 1.36% 1.64% 1.12% 5.1% 6.12% 4.39%
72 1.51% 1.82% 1.24% 5.54% 6.65% 4.78%
73 1.72% 2.08% 1.41% 5.96% 7.16% 5.13%
74 1.99% 2.41% 1.63% 6.42% 7.71% 5.53%
75 2.33% 2.83% 1.91% 6.91% 8.32% 5.96%
76 2.74% 3.32% 2.24% 7.41% 8.94% 6.39%
77 3.18% 3.86% 2.6% 7.93% 9.61% 6.83%
78 3.62% 4.4% 2.97% 8.57% 10.4% 7.41%
79 4.06% 4.93% 3.34% 9.15% 11.2% 7.89%
80 4.49% 5.45% 3.72% 9.93% 12.1% 8.6%
81 4.93% 5.97% 4.11% 10.6% 12.9% 9.19%
82 5.42% 6.56% 4.54% 11.6% 14% 10.3%
83 5.99% 7.23% 5.05% 12.6% 15.1% 11.2%
84 6.65% 8.03% 5.64% 13.7% 16.2% 12.3%
85 7.41% 8.96% 6.32% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 8.27% 10% 7.09% 15.9% 18.5% 14.5%
87 9.2% 11.1% 7.94% 17% 19.7% 15.6%
88 10.2% 12.3% 8.85% 18.2% 21% 16.8%
89 11.2% 13.5% 9.82% 19.4% 22.2% 18%
90 12.3% 14.8% 10.9% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 13.5% 16.2% 12% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 14.8% 17.8% 13.3% 23.5% 26.5% 22.3%
93 16.2% 19.5% 14.7% 24.9% 27.9% 23.8%
94 17.7% 21.3% 16.2% 26.5% 29.5% 25.4%
95 19.2% 23.1% 17.8% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 20.9% 25% 19.4% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 22.6% 27% 21.2% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 24.4% 29% 23.1% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 26.3% 31.1% 25% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 28% 33% 26.7% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in Costa Rica compared to Zimbabwe

In Costa Rica, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 84.8 in Costa Rica and 68.5 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Costa Rica
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Costa Rica Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 623 663 581 3,136 3,483 2,783
1 35.8 32.5 39.3 497 473 521
2 28.6 27.8 29.5 315 310 320
3 23.2 23.9 22.5 216.2 216.8 215.5
4 19.2 20.7 17.6 156.9 160.1 153.6
5 16.1 18.1 14.2 118.8 121.5 116
6 14 16 12 100.5 104.5 96.4
7 12.8 14.5 10.9 89.4 93.9 84.7
8 12.2 13.7 10.6 80.4 84.8 75.8
9 12.4 13.6 11.1 74.6 78.4 70.8
10 13.1 14.2 12 72.1 76.1 68.1
11 14.6 15.8 13.4 72.7 77.8 67.4
12 16.9 18.7 15 75.8 81.1 70.4
13 20.3 23.6 16.7 82.5 87.9 77.1
14 25.1 31.3 18.6 93.4 100.1 86.5
15 32 42.8 20.7 109 117.7 100.2
16 41.1 58.3 23.1 126.2 138.7 113.6
17 52.1 77.4 25.6 147.2 165.3 128.9
18 63.6 97.5 28.1 169.5 193.7 145.2
19 74.2 116 30.4 187.5 214.4 160.3
20 82.7 130.4 32.9 205.9 235.6 176.2
21 88.9 139.7 35.7 222 256.1 188.1
22 92.9 144.9 38.5 240.5 276.8 204.7
23 95.2 146.8 41.1 258.3 296.1 221.4
24 96.3 146.9 43.2 275.7 314 238.6
25 96.9 146.4 45 294.1 334 256.2
26 97.4 145.9 46.7 313 353 275.5
27 98.1 145.8 48.3 333 374 295
28 99.1 146.4 49.9 352 396 312
29 100.4 147.4 51.3 372 419 333
30 101.9 148.8 52.9 395 446 351
31 103.6 150.3 55 413 468 366
32 105.8 151.7 57.8 439 498 390
33 108.3 153.1 61.5 464 528 411
34 111.3 154.7 66 492 562 434
35 114.9 156.7 71.3 524 598 462
36 119.1 159.6 77 551 631 485
37 124 163.8 82.6 582 668 508
38 129.3 169.4 87.9 611 704 534
39 135.3 176.4 92.9 639 738 557
40 142 184.7 98 673 780 583
41 149.2 193.7 103.7 698 808 604
42 157.1 203 110.3 729 847 629
43 165.5 212.5 117.9 758 884 654
44 174.4 222.1 126.4 789 924 680
45 184.3 232.6 136 826 970 713
46 195.2 244.6 146.3 859 1,012 742
47 207.7 259.1 157.2 896 1,058 777
48 221.9 276.6 168.5 937 1,108 817
49 237.8 297.4 180.1 976 1,156 856
50 255.6 322 192.1 1,026 1,217 902
51 275 348 205 1,061 1,254 934
52 296.1 376 219.5 1,109 1,307 980
53 319 406 236.3 1,148 1,349 1,017
54 344 436 255.8 1,193 1,395 1,060
55 371 468 278.3 1,244 1,446 1,104
56 400 502 304 1,297 1,490 1,153
57 433 540 332 1,355 1,542 1,203
58 470 583 363 1,422 1,603 1,262
59 511 631 396 1,489 1,666 1,323
60 556 684 432 1,576 1,757 1,402
61 605 743 472 1,633 1,808 1,466
62 657 804 514 1,717 1,888 1,555
63 710 866 560 1,788 1,949 1,637
64 764 925 608 1,862 2,010 1,726
65 815 980 657 1,941 2,070 1,823
66 864 1,029 705 1,987 2,114 1,872
67 908 1,071 751 2,044 2,164 1,934
68 948 1,109 794 2,105 2,214 2,002
69 992 1,150 840 2,159 2,257 2,062
70 1,046 1,205 894 2,242 2,322 2,156
71 1,121 1,284 966 2,272 2,337 2,192
72 1,228 1,401 1,063 2,345 2,383 2,282
73 1,376 1,566 1,194 2,380 2,394 2,332
74 1,567 1,780 1,362 2,411 2,394 2,385
75 1,799 2,040 1,567 2,430 2,383 2,429
76 2,061 2,330 1,800 2,425 2,347 2,449
77 2,326 2,615 2,042 2,403 2,297 2,449
78 2,568 2,868 2,274 2,392 2,248 2,474
79 2,775 3,072 2,484 2,333 2,161 2,441
80 2,943 3,223 2,669 2,302 2,087 2,449
81 3,089 3,343 2,841 2,209 1,956 2,393
82 3,228 3,450 3,012 2,170 1,848 2,423
83 3,371 3,556 3,193 2,075 1,706 2,376
84 3,520 3,664 3,386 1,972 1,560 2,317
85 3,663 3,757 3,582 1,833 1,396 2,205
86 3,784 3,818 3,767 1,685 1,233 2,076
87 3,861 3,822 3,919 1,517 1,069 1,910
88 3,878 3,757 4,021 1,349 914 1,739
89 3,834 3,628 4,069 1,174 765 1,548
90 3,735 3,439 4,059 1,021 635 1,382
91 3,586 3,204 3,994 847 508 1,167
92 3,403 2,942 3,887 709 406 1,001
93 3,181 2,649 3,728 576 315 830
94 2,915 2,326 3,506 459 239.6 676
95 2,611 1,987 3,226 359 177.9 539
96 2,287 1,653 2,902 271.7 128.5 416
97 1,960 1,338 2,552 200.6 90.4 312
98 1,638 1,052 2,189 144.5 62.1 228.5
99 1,332 800 1,825 103.1 42.2 165.5
100 1,004 473 1,484 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 Costa Rica 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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