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Life Expectancy in Ethiopia vs Ghana (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.1 years in Ethiopia vs 66.1 in Ghana. Ethiopia is ranked 150/197 by life expectancy, and Ghana is 169/197. In Ethiopia, the life expectancy is 64.9 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In Ghana, it's 63.7 years for males and 68.6 years for females.

Ethiopia vs Ghana life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 35.5 32.3 39.1 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 35.9 32.7 39.4 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 36.2 33 39.7 44 42.2 46.3
1953 36.6 33.4 40.1 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 37 33.8 40.5 45 43.1 47.2
1955 37.3 34.1 40.9 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 37.8 34.5 41.4 45.7 43.8 48
1957 32.2 29.5 35.1 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 32.6 29.9 35.6 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 39.2 35.8 42.8 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 39.6 36.2 43.3 46.9 45 49.2
1961 40.2 36.9 43.8 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 40.5 37.3 44 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 41 37.7 44.4 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 41.3 38 44.7 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 41.4 38.1 45 47.7 45.7 50
1966 39.3 36.3 42.6 47.7 45.7 50
1967 41.9 38.6 45.5 47.7 45.7 50
1968 42.1 38.8 45.6 47.8 45.7 50
1969 42.1 38.8 45.7 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 42.1 38.8 45.6 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 42.2 39 45.7 47.9 46 50.1
1972 41 37.9 44.4 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 41.1 38 44.5 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 39.1 36.1 42.3 48.9 47 50.9
1975 38.9 35.9 42.2 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 41.3 37.9 45 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 41.4 37.9 45.1 50.1 48.3 52
1978 41.5 38.1 45.2 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 42.4 39 46 50.8 49 52.7
1980 42.8 39.4 46.4 51.1 49.3 53
1981 43.1 39.7 46.7 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 43.4 40.1 47 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 36.3 33.9 38.9 51.8 50 53.7
1984 36.7 34.5 39.1 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 37.7 35.7 39.8 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 38.4 36.6 40.1 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 45.9 44.2 47.6 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 45.7 44.1 47.2 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 45.6 44 47.3 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 45.1 43.5 46.8 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 46.7 45.6 47.7 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 47.3 46.5 48 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 47.7 46.9 48.5 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 47.9 47.1 48.8 56.2 55 57.4
1995 48.2 47.2 49.1 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 48.7 47.9 49.5 57 55.8 58.1
1997 49.2 48.4 50.1 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 49.8 48.9 50.7 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 49.5 48.2 50.8 57.8 56.6 59
2000 50.9 50.2 51.6 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 51.4 50.8 52.1 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 52.1 51.3 52.9 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 52.9 52 53.8 59 57.7 60.3
2004 53.7 52.6 54.9 59.3 58 60.6
2005 54.4 53.1 55.7 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 55.4 53.9 56.9 60 58.7 61.3
2007 56.6 54.8 58.4 60.3 59 61.6
2008 57.7 55.8 59.8 60.6 59.2 62
2009 58.7 56.6 60.9 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 59.7 57.5 62 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 60.6 58.4 62.8 61.6 60 63.3
2012 61.4 59.2 63.8 62 60.3 63.7
2013 62.2 59.8 64.7 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 62.9 60.4 65.6 62.8 61 64.7
2015 63.6 61 66.4 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 64.2 61.4 67 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 64.8 61.9 67.7 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 65.3 62.4 68.3 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 65.7 62.8 68.9 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 66 62.8 69.4 64.3 62 66.7
2021 65.3 62.1 68.7 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 66.9 63.7 70.3 65.2 63 67.6
2023 67.3 64.1 70.7 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 67.6 64.4 71 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 67.9 64.6 71.3 65.9 63.5 68.4
2026 68.1 64.9 71.6 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 58.8 years in Ethiopia and 57.9 in Ghana. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Ethiopia and 12.9 in Ghana.

Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia 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:
43.6 vs 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.6 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
76.3 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ethiopia Ghana
Male Female Male Female
40 95.9% 97.9% 95.4% 96.8%
50 90.1% 94.4% 88.9% 92.2%
60 80.1% 87.9% 78.1% 84.2%
65 72.1% 82.2% 69.7% 77.6%
70 61.4% 73.5% 58.6% 67.9%
75 47.5% 60.8% 44.6% 54.4%
80 31.3% 44.0% 28.7% 37.7%
85 16.0% 25.4% 14.2% 20.5%
90 5.4% 10.5% 4.6% 7.9%
95 0.9% 2.6% 0.8% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Ethiopia vs Ghana: 73.6 years vs 72 at 30, 79.8 vs 79.1 at 65, 86.4 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.1 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 Ethiopia and Ghana.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ethiopia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.1 64.9 71.6 66.1 63.7 68.6
1 70.2 67.2 73.4 68 65.8 70.3
2 70.5 67.4 73.7 68.2 66 70.5
3 70.7 67.6 73.8 68.4 66.1 70.6
4 70.8 67.8 74 68.5 66.3 70.8
5 71 68 74.1 68.7 66.5 71
6 71.1 68.2 74.2 68.9 66.7 71.1
7 71.3 68.3 74.3 69.1 66.9 71.3
8 71.4 68.5 74.4 69.2 67.1 71.4
9 71.5 68.6 74.4 69.4 67.3 71.5
10 71.5 68.7 74.5 69.5 67.4 71.6
11 71.6 68.8 74.5 69.6 67.5 71.7
12 71.7 68.9 74.5 69.7 67.6 71.8
13 71.7 69 74.6 69.8 67.7 71.9
14 71.8 69.1 74.6 69.9 67.8 71.9
15 71.9 69.1 74.7 69.9 67.9 72
16 72 69.2 74.7 70 68 72.1
17 72 69.4 74.8 70.1 68.1 72.2
18 72.1 69.5 74.9 70.3 68.3 72.3
19 72.2 69.6 74.9 70.4 68.4 72.4
20 72.4 69.8 75 70.5 68.6 72.5
21 72.5 69.9 75.1 70.7 68.8 72.6
22 72.6 70.1 75.2 70.8 69 72.7
23 72.7 70.3 75.2 71 69.1 72.8
24 72.9 70.4 75.3 71.1 69.3 72.9
25 73 70.6 75.4 71.3 69.5 73.1
26 73.1 70.8 75.5 71.4 69.7 73.2
27 73.2 70.9 75.6 71.6 69.9 73.3
28 73.4 71.1 75.6 71.7 70 73.4
29 73.5 71.2 75.7 71.9 70.2 73.5
30 73.6 71.4 75.8 72 70.4 73.7
31 73.7 71.5 75.9 72.2 70.6 73.8
32 73.9 71.7 76 72.3 70.7 73.9
33 74 71.9 76.1 72.5 70.9 74
34 74.1 72 76.2 72.6 71.1 74.1
35 74.2 72.2 76.2 72.8 71.2 74.3
36 74.3 72.3 76.3 72.9 71.4 74.4
37 74.5 72.5 76.4 73.1 71.6 74.5
38 74.6 72.6 76.5 73.2 71.8 74.6
39 74.7 72.8 76.6 73.4 71.9 74.8
40 74.8 72.9 76.7 73.5 72.1 74.9
41 75 73.1 76.8 73.7 72.3 75
42 75.1 73.3 76.9 73.8 72.5 75.2
43 75.3 73.4 77 74 72.7 75.3
44 75.4 73.6 77.1 74.2 72.8 75.5
45 75.5 73.8 77.2 74.4 73 75.6
46 75.7 74 77.4 74.5 73.2 75.8
47 75.8 74.1 77.5 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 76 74.3 77.6 74.9 73.6 76.1
49 76.1 74.5 77.7 75.1 73.8 76.2
50 76.3 74.7 77.8 75.3 74 76.4
51 76.5 74.9 78 75.5 74.3 76.6
52 76.7 75.1 78.1 75.7 74.5 76.8
53 76.9 75.4 78.3 75.9 74.8 76.9
54 77.1 75.6 78.5 76.1 75 77.1
55 77.3 75.8 78.6 76.3 75.3 77.3
56 77.5 76.1 78.8 76.6 75.5 77.5
57 77.7 76.3 79 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 77.9 76.6 79.1 77 76.1 77.9
59 78.1 76.9 79.3 77.3 76.3 78.2
60 78.4 77.1 79.5 77.6 76.6 78.4
61 78.6 77.4 79.7 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 78.9 77.7 79.9 78.1 77.3 78.9
63 79.2 78 80.2 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 79.4 78.4 80.4 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 79.8 78.7 80.7 79.1 78.3 79.7
66 80.1 79.1 81 79.4 78.7 80
67 80.4 79.5 81.2 79.8 79.1 80.4
68 80.8 79.8 81.6 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 81.1 80.3 81.9 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 81.5 80.7 82.2 80.9 80.3 81.5
71 81.9 81.1 82.6 81.4 80.8 81.9
72 82.3 81.6 83 81.8 81.3 82.3
73 82.8 82 83.4 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 82.8 82.3 83.2
75 83.7 83 84.2 83.3 82.8 83.7
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 83.8 83.3 84.2
77 84.7 84.1 85.2 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 85.2 84.7 85.7 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 86.4 85.9 86.7 86.1 85.7 86.4
81 87 86.5 87.3 86.7 86.3 87
82 87.6 87.1 87.9 87.3 87 87.6
83 88.2 87.8 88.5 88 87.7 88.2
84 88.9 88.5 89.2 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 89.6 89.2 89.9 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 90.3 89.9 90.6 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 91 90.6 91.3 90.9 90.5 91.1
88 91.7 91.3 92 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.5 92.1 92.7 92.4 92 92.6
90 93.3 92.9 93.5 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 94.1 93.7 94.2 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 94.9 94.5 95 94.8 94.5 94.9
93 95.7 95.4 95.8 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 96.5 96.2 96.6 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.2 98 98.3 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99 98.9 99.1
98 100 99.8 100.1 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.9 100.7 101 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Ethiopia vs Ghana

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.7% in Ethiopia and 73.1% in Ghana are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 61.6% and 57% will live to 70 years or older, 34.4% and 30% to 80+ years, and 7.24% 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.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ethiopia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97% 96.6% 97.5% 97.1% 96.7% 97.5%
2 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
4 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 95.9% 95.4% 96.6% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
6 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 95.8% 95.4% 96.4%
7 95.6% 94.8% 96.3% 95.6% 95% 96.1%
8 95.4% 94.6% 96.2% 95.3% 94.8% 95.9%
9 95.2% 94.4% 96.1% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
10 95.1% 94.2% 96.1% 94.9% 94.3% 95.6%
11 95% 94.1% 96% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
12 94.9% 93.9% 95.9% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
13 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 94.5% 93.7% 95.2%
14 94.7% 93.7% 95.8% 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
15 94.6% 93.5% 95.7% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
16 94.5% 93.4% 95.6% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
17 94.3% 93.2% 95.5% 93.8% 93% 94.7%
18 94.1% 92.9% 95.4% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
19 94% 92.7% 95.3% 93.4% 92.4% 94.3%
20 93.8% 92.4% 95.2% 93.1% 92.1% 94.1%
21 93.5% 92.1% 95% 92.8% 91.8% 93.9%
22 93.3% 91.8% 94.9% 92.6% 91.4% 93.7%
23 93.1% 91.5% 94.8% 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
24 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 92% 90.7% 93.3%
25 92.6% 90.8% 94.5% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
26 92.4% 90.5% 94.3% 91.4% 90% 92.9%
27 92.1% 90.2% 94.2% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
28 91.9% 89.8% 94% 90.8% 89.2% 92.4%
29 91.6% 89.5% 93.8% 90.5% 88.9% 92.1%
30 91.3% 89.2% 93.6% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
31 91.1% 88.8% 93.5% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
32 90.8% 88.5% 93.3% 89.5% 87.7% 91.4%
33 90.6% 88.1% 93.1% 89.2% 87.3% 91.1%
34 90.3% 87.8% 92.9% 88.8% 86.9% 90.8%
35 90% 87.4% 92.7% 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
36 89.7% 87.1% 92.5% 88.1% 86.1% 90.2%
37 89.4% 86.7% 92.3% 87.8% 85.7% 90%
38 89.1% 86.3% 92.1% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
39 88.8% 85.9% 91.9% 87% 84.8% 89.3%
40 88.5% 85.5% 91.7% 86.6% 84.4% 89%
41 88.2% 85.1% 91.4% 86.2% 83.9% 88.6%
42 87.8% 84.6% 91.1% 85.8% 83.4% 88.2%
43 87.4% 84.2% 90.8% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
44 87% 83.7% 90.5% 84.8% 82.4% 87.4%
45 86.6% 83.2% 90.2% 84.4% 81.8% 87%
46 86.2% 82.7% 89.9% 83.9% 81.2% 86.6%
47 85.8% 82.2% 89.5% 83.3% 80.6% 86.1%
48 85.3% 81.6% 89.2% 82.8% 80% 85.7%
49 84.8% 81% 88.8% 82.2% 79.4% 85.2%
50 84.3% 80.4% 88.4% 81.6% 78.7% 84.7%
51 83.7% 79.7% 87.9% 81% 77.9% 84.1%
52 83.1% 78.9% 87.5% 80.3% 77.1% 83.5%
53 82.4% 78.1% 86.9% 79.5% 76.3% 82.9%
54 81.7% 77.3% 86.4% 78.7% 75.4% 82.2%
55 81% 76.4% 85.8% 77.9% 74.4% 81.5%
56 80.2% 75.5% 85.1% 77% 73.4% 80.8%
57 79.4% 74.6% 84.5% 76.1% 72.4% 80%
58 78.6% 73.6% 83.8% 75.2% 71.4% 79.2%
59 77.7% 72.5% 83.1% 74.2% 70.3% 78.3%
60 76.7% 71.4% 82.3% 73.1% 69.1% 77.4%
61 75.7% 70.2% 81.4% 72% 67.8% 76.4%
62 74.5% 68.9% 80.4% 70.8% 66.4% 75.2%
63 73.3% 67.5% 79.4% 69.4% 65% 74%
64 72% 66% 78.2% 68% 63.4% 72.7%
65 70.5% 64.3% 77% 66.4% 61.7% 71.3%
66 69% 62.6% 75.6% 64.7% 59.9% 69.8%
67 67.3% 60.8% 74.1% 63% 58.1% 68.1%
68 65.5% 58.9% 72.5% 61.1% 56.1% 66.3%
69 63.6% 56.9% 70.7% 59.1% 54% 64.4%
70 61.6% 54.7% 68.8% 57% 51.9% 62.4%
71 59.5% 52.5% 66.8% 54.8% 49.6% 60.2%
72 57.2% 50.1% 64.5% 52.4% 47.2% 57.8%
73 54.7% 47.6% 62.2% 49.9% 44.7% 55.4%
74 52.2% 45% 59.6% 47.3% 42.1% 52.7%
75 49.4% 42.3% 56.9% 44.6% 39.4% 50%
76 46.6% 39.5% 54% 41.8% 36.7% 47.1%
77 43.7% 36.7% 51% 38.9% 33.9% 44.1%
78 40.7% 33.8% 47.9% 36% 31.1% 41%
79 37.6% 30.9% 44.6% 33% 28.2% 37.9%
80 34.4% 27.9% 41.2% 30% 25.4% 34.6%
81 31.2% 25% 37.8% 26.9% 22.6% 31.4%
82 28% 22.2% 34.2% 24% 19.9% 28.1%
83 24.9% 19.4% 30.7% 21.1% 17.3% 24.9%
84 21.8% 16.8% 27.2% 18.3% 14.8% 21.8%
85 18.9% 14.3% 23.8% 15.7% 12.6% 18.8%
86 16.1% 12% 20.5% 13.2% 10.4% 16.1%
87 13.6% 9.87% 17.5% 11% 8.53% 13.5%
88 11.2% 7.97% 14.7% 8.99% 6.83% 11.1%
89 9.1% 6.29% 12.1% 7.21% 5.34% 9.07%
90 7.24% 4.84% 9.82% 5.67% 4.07% 7.26%
91 5.64% 3.62% 7.83% 4.36% 3.01% 5.7%
92 4.29% 2.62% 6.1% 3.27% 2.17% 4.37%
93 3.19% 1.85% 4.65% 2.39% 1.51% 3.28%
94 2.3% 1.27% 3.44% 1.7% 1.02% 2.39%
95 1.62% 0.84% 2.48% 1.18% 0.67% 1.69%
96 1.1% 0.54% 1.72% 0.79% 0.43% 1.16%
97 0.73% 0.34% 1.16% 0.52% 0.27% 0.77%
98 0.47% 0.21% 0.76% 0.33% 0.16% 0.5%
99 0.29% 0.12% 0.48% 0.2% 0.09% 0.31%
100 0.17% 0.07% 0.29% 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 2.99% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 2.9% in Ghana, 0.29% vs 0.36% at age 30, 1.35% vs 1.57% at 60, and 9.28% vs 10% at 80.

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

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ethiopia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.99% 3.43% 2.53% 2.9% 3.26% 2.53%
1 0.32% 0.32% 0.31% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.28% 0.31% 0.25% 0.24% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
4 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.28% 0.31% 0.24%
5 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.19% 0.27% 0.12% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
7 0.17% 0.24% 0.1% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
8 0.15% 0.21% 0.09% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
9 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.2% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
11 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.15% 0.21% 0.1% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.17% 0.24% 0.11% 0.22% 0.27% 0.18%
18 0.2% 0.27% 0.12% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
19 0.22% 0.3% 0.13% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
20 0.23% 0.33% 0.14% 0.29% 0.37% 0.21%
21 0.24% 0.34% 0.14% 0.3% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
23 0.26% 0.36% 0.15% 0.32% 0.4% 0.23%
24 0.26% 0.36% 0.16% 0.32% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.26% 0.36% 0.17% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
26 0.27% 0.36% 0.17% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.27% 0.36% 0.18% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
28 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
29 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
30 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
31 0.29% 0.39% 0.19% 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
32 0.3% 0.39% 0.2% 0.37% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
34 0.3% 0.41% 0.2% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
35 0.31% 0.41% 0.21% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
36 0.32% 0.42% 0.21% 0.4% 0.48% 0.33%
37 0.33% 0.44% 0.23% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
38 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
39 0.37% 0.48% 0.26% 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
40 0.39% 0.5% 0.28% 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.41% 0.52% 0.31% 0.51% 0.59% 0.43%
42 0.44% 0.55% 0.33% 0.54% 0.62% 0.45%
43 0.45% 0.57% 0.34% 0.55% 0.64% 0.47%
44 0.47% 0.59% 0.35% 0.57% 0.67% 0.48%
45 0.49% 0.61% 0.36% 0.59% 0.69% 0.49%
46 0.51% 0.64% 0.38% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
47 0.54% 0.68% 0.4% 0.65% 0.76% 0.53%
48 0.57% 0.73% 0.42% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
49 0.62% 0.79% 0.46% 0.74% 0.88% 0.6%
50 0.68% 0.86% 0.51% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
51 0.74% 0.94% 0.56% 0.87% 1.04% 0.71%
52 0.8% 1.01% 0.61% 0.94% 1.11% 0.77%
53 0.86% 1.08% 0.65% 1% 1.18% 0.82%
54 0.9% 1.14% 0.69% 1.05% 1.25% 0.86%
55 0.95% 1.19% 0.73% 1.1% 1.31% 0.91%
56 0.99% 1.25% 0.76% 1.16% 1.37% 0.96%
57 1.05% 1.33% 0.81% 1.23% 1.45% 1.02%
58 1.13% 1.42% 0.87% 1.32% 1.56% 1.1%
59 1.23% 1.54% 0.95% 1.43% 1.69% 1.19%
60 1.35% 1.69% 1.06% 1.57% 1.85% 1.31%
61 1.5% 1.87% 1.18% 1.73% 2.03% 1.45%
62 1.66% 2.05% 1.31% 1.9% 2.22% 1.61%
63 1.83% 2.25% 1.46% 2.09% 2.43% 1.78%
64 2.01% 2.46% 1.62% 2.29% 2.65% 1.96%
65 2.2% 2.68% 1.79% 2.49% 2.87% 2.15%
66 2.4% 2.9% 1.98% 2.72% 3.11% 2.37%
67 2.63% 3.15% 2.18% 2.97% 3.38% 2.6%
68 2.88% 3.44% 2.42% 3.25% 3.68% 2.87%
69 3.17% 3.76% 2.68% 3.57% 4.02% 3.18%
70 3.5% 4.12% 2.99% 3.93% 4.4% 3.52%
71 3.87% 4.52% 3.33% 4.33% 4.83% 3.9%
72 4.27% 4.97% 3.7% 4.76% 5.3% 4.31%
73 4.71% 5.45% 4.1% 5.23% 5.81% 4.75%
74 5.18% 5.98% 4.54% 5.73% 6.36% 5.24%
75 5.7% 6.56% 5.03% 6.28% 6.96% 5.76%
76 6.28% 7.19% 5.56% 6.89% 7.62% 6.34%
77 6.91% 7.89% 6.16% 7.58% 8.34% 6.98%
78 7.62% 8.67% 6.83% 8.32% 9.14% 7.7%
79 8.41% 9.51% 7.59% 9.14% 10% 8.5%
80 9.28% 10.4% 8.43% 10% 11% 9.39%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.36% 11% 12% 10.4%
82 11.2% 12.5% 10.4% 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 13.4% 14.8% 12.5% 14.3% 15.4% 13.6%
85 14.6% 16.1% 13.7% 15.6% 16.8% 14.8%
86 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 16.9% 18.3% 16%
87 17.3% 19.2% 16.1% 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 18.8% 21.1% 17.4% 19.8% 21.8% 18.6%
89 20.4% 23.1% 18.8% 21.4% 23.8% 20%
90 22.1% 25.2% 20.3% 23.1% 25.9% 21.5%
91 23.9% 27.4% 22% 24.9% 28.1% 23.2%
92 25.8% 29.5% 23.9% 26.8% 30.2% 25%
93 27.7% 31.6% 25.9% 28.8% 32.2% 27%
94 29.8% 33.5% 28.1% 30.8% 34.2% 29.2%
95 31.8% 35.5% 30.3% 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 33.9% 37.4% 32.6% 34.9% 38% 33.5%
97 36% 39.4% 34.7% 36.9% 40% 35.6%
98 38% 41.4% 36.8% 38.8% 42% 37.6%
99 39.9% 43.5% 38.7% 40.7% 44% 39.5%
100 41.9% 45.4% 40.9% 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Ethiopia compared to Ghana

In Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 74.8 in Ethiopia and 73 in Ghana — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ethiopia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ethiopia Ghana
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,993 3,429 2,534 2,898 3,255 2,529
1 306 306 306 217.9 238.1 197
2 275.5 303 246.5 235.9 260 210.9
3 250.3 298.6 199.4 254.3 282.7 224.8
4 228.1 290.4 162.4 269.1 302 235.2
5 206.9 276.4 133.6 275.9 312 238.4
6 185.5 255.5 111.6 270.4 308 230.9
7 163.8 228.9 95.1 251.4 289.1 212.2
8 143.3 200.3 83.1 223.6 259.2 186.7
9 125.6 173.7 74.9 193.3 225.5 159.9
10 112.4 152.8 69.9 167.2 196.1 137.3
11 104.6 139.3 67.9 149 175.3 121.8
12 102.1 133.8 68.6 139.7 164.6 113.9
13 105.3 136.8 72 139.6 164.6 113.6
14 113.8 148 77.7 147.8 174.6 120
15 127.4 167 85.5 163.7 194 132.3
16 145 192.7 94.8 185.6 221.3 148.5
17 164.9 222.1 104.6 210.3 253.3 165.7
18 185.1 252.5 114.2 234.8 286.4 181.2
19 203.3 279.9 122.6 255.4 316 192.6
20 218.1 302 129.8 271 340 200
21 228.6 317 135.9 281.6 356 204.7
22 235.4 325 141.3 288.1 365 208.5
23 239.3 328 146.3 292.3 369 213.2
24 241.8 328 151.3 295.5 369 219.4
25 243.7 327 156.3 298.8 368 227.2
26 245.9 326 161.4 303 367 235.9
27 248.7 327 166.3 307 367 244.6
28 252.2 329 170.7 312 370 252.4
29 256.3 333 174.6 318 374 258.7
30 260.5 338 177.8 323 380 263.6
31 264.5 344 180.3 328 386 267.3
32 268 349 182.3 332 391 270.4
33 271.2 353 184.1 336 396 273.6
34 274.5 357 186.7 341 401 278
35 279.1 362 190.9 347 407 284.4
36 286 369 197.8 356 415 293.7
37 296.2 378 208.2 368 426 307
38 310 392 222.5 383 440 323
39 327 408 240.3 402 458 342
40 346 427 260.1 422 478 363
41 365 445 279.5 441 498 382
42 382 463 296.4 459 517 398
43 397 478 309 473 534 410
44 409 493 319 486 549 419
45 421 509 328 499 567 427
46 437 529 338 515 588 438
47 459 558 355 538 617 456
48 490 595 379 570 655 481
49 529 641 411 610 701 514
50 575 694 450 656 754 555
51 622 748 492 705 808 598
52 667 799 533 751 858 640
53 706 842 568 792 902 678
54 738 878 598 827 939 711
55 767 911 624 860 973 742
56 798 945 651 895 1,009 775
57 836 989 685 937 1,054 816
58 889 1,046 732 993 1,112 869
59 956 1,120 793 1,063 1,187 936
60 1,040 1,210 870 1,148 1,275 1,017
61 1,134 1,310 959 1,244 1,374 1,109
62 1,237 1,416 1,057 1,346 1,476 1,210
63 1,342 1,521 1,161 1,450 1,578 1,316
64 1,447 1,623 1,269 1,554 1,677 1,425
65 1,552 1,721 1,379 1,656 1,772 1,536
66 1,658 1,818 1,494 1,760 1,865 1,651
67 1,770 1,917 1,617 1,871 1,962 1,774
68 1,890 2,023 1,752 1,988 2,064 1,906
69 2,020 2,135 1,898 2,112 2,171 2,047
70 2,158 2,253 2,056 2,241 2,283 2,195
71 2,300 2,372 2,220 2,370 2,394 2,345
72 2,441 2,488 2,387 2,495 2,499 2,492
73 2,577 2,595 2,551 2,609 2,595 2,632
74 2,704 2,692 2,709 2,711 2,677 2,760
75 2,820 2,775 2,860 2,799 2,744 2,877
76 2,927 2,844 3,005 2,881 2,794 2,983
77 3,021 2,896 3,143 2,948 2,826 3,077
78 3,100 2,929 3,272 2,991 2,838 3,158
79 3,160 2,937 3,386 3,013 2,824 3,219
80 3,193 2,915 3,476 3,009 2,782 3,254
81 3,191 2,859 3,532 2,970 2,707 3,252
82 3,148 2,765 3,542 2,893 2,598 3,207
83 3,062 2,638 3,500 2,776 2,459 3,115
84 2,933 2,481 3,403 2,624 2,294 2,975
85 2,767 2,302 3,251 2,442 2,109 2,792
86 2,570 2,107 3,052 2,236 1,911 2,573
87 2,348 1,899 2,816 2,014 1,704 2,331
88 2,108 1,681 2,553 1,781 1,490 2,075
89 1,857 1,453 2,277 1,544 1,272 1,816
90 1,601 1,220 1,998 1,311 1,055 1,563
91 1,348 991 1,723 1,086 846 1,321
92 1,107 775 1,457 877 654 1,095
93 884 584 1,204 689 487 887
94 686 425 967 525 350 698
95 515 298.3 751 387 243.5 532
96 374 203 562 276.4 163.8 390
97 262.3 133.8 404 190.3 106.7 275.6
98 177.1 85.3 279 126.3 67.3 187.2
99 115.4 52.4 185.6 80.9 40.9 122.6
100 0 0 12.1 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 Ethiopia 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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