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Life Expectancy in Gabon vs Ghana (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.9 years in Gabon vs 66.1 in Ghana. Gabon is ranked 147/197 by life expectancy, and Ghana is 169/197. In Gabon, the life expectancy is 66.4 years for males and 71.6 years for females. In Ghana, it's 63.7 years for males and 68.6 years for females.

Gabon vs Ghana life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gabon
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gabon Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.3 36.6 42.1 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 40 37.3 42.8 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 40.7 38.1 43.6 44 42.2 46.3
1953 41.5 38.8 44.3 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 42.2 39.5 45 45 43.1 47.2
1955 42.9 40.3 45.7 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 43.7 41 46.4 45.7 43.8 48
1957 44.4 41.7 47.1 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 45.1 42.5 47.8 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 45.8 43.2 48.5 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 46.4 43.9 49.1 46.9 45 49.2
1961 47.1 44.5 49.8 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 47.8 45.2 50.4 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 48.4 45.9 51.1 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 49 46.3 51.7 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 49.7 47.1 52.4 47.7 45.7 50
1966 50.3 47.7 53 47.7 45.7 50
1967 50.9 48.4 53.6 47.7 45.7 50
1968 51.5 49 54.1 47.8 45.7 50
1969 52.1 49.6 54.7 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 52.7 50.2 55.3 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 53.3 50.7 55.8 47.9 46 50.1
1972 53.8 51.3 56.3 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 54.4 51.8 56.9 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 54.9 52.4 57.4 48.9 47 50.9
1975 55.5 52.9 58 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 56 53.5 58.5 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 56.5 54 59 50.1 48.3 52
1978 57 54.4 59.5 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 57.4 54.9 60 50.8 49 52.7
1980 57.9 55.3 60.5 51.1 49.3 53
1981 58.3 55.8 60.9 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 58.6 56.2 61.1 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 59 56.6 61.4 51.8 50 53.7
1984 59.3 57.1 61.6 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 59.7 57.5 61.8 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 60 57.9 62 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 60.2 58.2 62.1 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 60.4 58.6 62.2 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 60.6 58.9 62.2 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 60.7 59.1 62.3 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 60.9 59.4 62.4 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 61 59.5 62.4 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 61.1 59.7 62.5 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 61.2 59.8 62.5 56.2 55 57.4
1995 61.3 59.9 62.6 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 61.3 59.9 62.6 57 55.8 58.1
1997 61.4 60 62.7 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 61.5 60.1 62.8 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 61.7 60.3 63 57.8 56.6 59
2000 61.8 60.4 63.2 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 62 60.6 63.4 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 62.2 60.7 63.6 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 62.5 61 63.9 59 57.7 60.3
2004 62.7 61.2 64.2 59.3 58 60.6
2005 63 61.5 64.5 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 63.3 61.8 64.8 60 58.7 61.3
2007 63.6 62 65.3 60.3 59 61.6
2008 64 62.3 65.8 60.6 59.2 62
2009 64.4 62.5 66.3 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 64.7 62.8 66.8 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 65.1 63.1 67.2 61.6 60 63.3
2012 65.4 63.4 67.6 62 60.3 63.7
2013 65.8 63.7 68 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 66.1 63.9 68.4 62.8 61 64.7
2015 66.3 64.2 68.7 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 66.6 64.5 68.9 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 66.8 64.7 69.2 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 67 64.9 69.4 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 67.3 65.1 69.8 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 67.1 64.7 69.7 64.3 62 66.7
2021 67.1 64.8 69.6 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 67.7 65.4 70.3 65.2 63 67.6
2023 68.3 65.9 71.1 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 68.5 66.1 71.2 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 68.7 66.2 71.4 65.9 63.5 68.4
2026 68.9 66.4 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 56.3 years in Gabon and 57.9 in Ghana. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12 healthy years in Gabon and 12.9 in Ghana.

Gabon 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 Gabon 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:
42.8 vs 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.8 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
75.1 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gabon Ghana
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.9% 95.4% 96.8%
50 90.1% 94.0% 88.9% 92.2%
60 78.3% 86.2% 78.1% 84.2%
65 69.1% 79.6% 69.7% 77.6%
70 57.6% 70.2% 58.6% 67.9%
75 44.1% 57.3% 44.6% 54.4%
80 29.6% 41.3% 28.7% 37.7%
85 16.1% 24.4% 14.2% 20.5%
90 6.4% 10.6% 4.6% 7.9%
95 1.6% 3.0% 0.8% 1.8%
100 0.2% 0.5% 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 Gabon vs Ghana: 72.8 years vs 72 at 30, 79.6 vs 79.1 at 65, 86.7 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.9 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 Gabon and Ghana.

Gabon
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gabon Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.9 66.4 71.6 66.1 63.7 68.6
1 70.7 68.3 73.2 68 65.8 70.3
2 70.9 68.6 73.5 68.2 66 70.5
3 71.1 68.8 73.7 68.4 66.1 70.6
4 71.2 68.9 73.8 68.5 66.3 70.8
5 71.3 69 73.9 68.7 66.5 71
6 71.4 69.1 73.9 68.9 66.7 71.1
7 71.4 69.1 74 69.1 66.9 71.3
8 71.5 69.2 74 69.2 67.1 71.4
9 71.5 69.2 74 69.4 67.3 71.5
10 71.5 69.3 74.1 69.5 67.4 71.6
11 71.6 69.3 74.1 69.6 67.5 71.7
12 71.6 69.4 74.1 69.7 67.6 71.8
13 71.6 69.4 74.2 69.8 67.7 71.9
14 71.7 69.4 74.2 69.9 67.8 71.9
15 71.7 69.5 74.2 69.9 67.9 72
16 71.8 69.5 74.3 70 68 72.1
17 71.8 69.6 74.3 70.1 68.1 72.2
18 71.9 69.7 74.4 70.3 68.3 72.3
19 71.9 69.7 74.4 70.4 68.4 72.4
20 72 69.8 74.5 70.5 68.6 72.5
21 72.1 69.9 74.5 70.7 68.8 72.6
22 72.2 70 74.6 70.8 69 72.7
23 72.2 70.1 74.6 71 69.1 72.8
24 72.3 70.2 74.7 71.1 69.3 72.9
25 72.4 70.3 74.7 71.3 69.5 73.1
26 72.5 70.4 74.8 71.4 69.7 73.2
27 72.6 70.5 74.9 71.6 69.9 73.3
28 72.7 70.6 74.9 71.7 70 73.4
29 72.7 70.7 75 71.9 70.2 73.5
30 72.8 70.8 75.1 72 70.4 73.7
31 72.9 70.9 75.1 72.2 70.6 73.8
32 73 71.1 75.2 72.3 70.7 73.9
33 73.1 71.2 75.3 72.5 70.9 74
34 73.2 71.3 75.4 72.6 71.1 74.1
35 73.3 71.4 75.4 72.8 71.2 74.3
36 73.4 71.6 75.5 72.9 71.4 74.4
37 73.5 71.7 75.6 73.1 71.6 74.5
38 73.7 71.8 75.7 73.2 71.8 74.6
39 73.8 72 75.8 73.4 71.9 74.8
40 73.9 72.1 75.9 73.5 72.1 74.9
41 74.1 72.3 76 73.7 72.3 75
42 74.2 72.4 76.1 73.8 72.5 75.2
43 74.3 72.6 76.2 74 72.7 75.3
44 74.5 72.8 76.3 74.2 72.8 75.5
45 74.6 73 76.5 74.4 73 75.6
46 74.8 73.2 76.6 74.5 73.2 75.8
47 75 73.4 76.7 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 75.2 73.6 76.9 74.9 73.6 76.1
49 75.3 73.8 77 75.1 73.8 76.2
50 75.5 74 77.2 75.3 74 76.4
51 75.7 74.2 77.3 75.5 74.3 76.6
52 75.9 74.5 77.5 75.7 74.5 76.8
53 76.2 74.7 77.7 75.9 74.8 76.9
54 76.4 75 77.9 76.1 75 77.1
55 76.6 75.3 78 76.3 75.3 77.3
56 76.9 75.6 78.2 76.6 75.5 77.5
57 77.1 75.9 78.4 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 77.4 76.2 78.7 77 76.1 77.9
59 77.7 76.5 78.9 77.3 76.3 78.2
60 78 76.8 79.1 77.6 76.6 78.4
61 78.3 77.2 79.4 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 78.6 77.5 79.6 78.1 77.3 78.9
63 78.9 77.9 79.9 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 79.3 78.3 80.2 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 79.6 78.7 80.5 79.1 78.3 79.7
66 80 79.1 80.8 79.4 78.7 80
67 80.4 79.5 81.1 79.8 79.1 80.4
68 80.8 80 81.5 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 81.2 80.4 81.8 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 81.6 80.9 82.2 80.9 80.3 81.5
71 82 81.4 82.6 81.4 80.8 81.9
72 82.5 81.9 83 81.8 81.3 82.3
73 83 82.4 83.5 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 83.5 82.9 83.9 82.8 82.3 83.2
75 84 83.5 84.4 83.3 82.8 83.7
76 84.5 84 84.9 83.8 83.3 84.2
77 85 84.6 85.4 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 85.6 85.2 85.9 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 86.2 85.8 86.4 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 86.7 86.4 87 86.1 85.7 86.4
81 87.4 87.1 87.6 86.7 86.3 87
82 88 87.7 88.2 87.3 87 87.6
83 88.6 88.4 88.8 88 87.7 88.2
84 89.3 89.1 89.5 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 90 89.8 90.1 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 90.7 90.5 90.8 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 91.4 91.2 91.5 90.9 90.5 91.1
88 92.2 92 92.3 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.9 92.8 93 92.4 92 92.6
90 93.7 93.5 93.8 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 94.5 94.3 94.6 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 95.3 95.2 95.3 94.8 94.5 94.9
93 96.1 96 96.1 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 96.9 96.8 97 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.8 97.7 97.8 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.6 98.5 98.7 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.5 99.4 99.5 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.3 100.3 100.4 99.9 99.8 100
99 101.2 101.2 101.3 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 102.1 102 102.2 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Gabon vs Ghana

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.9% in Gabon and 73.1% in Ghana are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 59.6% and 57% will live to 70 years or older, 32.9% and 30% to 80+ years, and 7.85% 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.

Gabon
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gabon Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.1% 97.8% 97.1% 96.7% 97.5%
2 97.1% 96.7% 97.4% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
3 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
4 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 96.6% 96.2% 97% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
6 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 95.8% 95.4% 96.4%
7 96.4% 96% 96.8% 95.6% 95% 96.1%
8 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 95.3% 94.8% 95.9%
9 96.3% 95.8% 96.7% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
10 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 94.9% 94.3% 95.6%
11 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
12 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
13 96% 95.6% 96.5% 94.5% 93.7% 95.2%
14 96% 95.5% 96.5% 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
15 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
16 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
17 95.7% 95.2% 96.3% 93.8% 93% 94.7%
18 95.6% 95.1% 96.2% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
19 95.5% 94.9% 96.1% 93.4% 92.4% 94.3%
20 95.4% 94.8% 96% 93.1% 92.1% 94.1%
21 95.3% 94.6% 95.9% 92.8% 91.8% 93.9%
22 95.1% 94.4% 95.8% 92.6% 91.4% 93.7%
23 95% 94.2% 95.7% 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
24 94.8% 94% 95.6% 92% 90.7% 93.3%
25 94.7% 93.8% 95.5% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
26 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 91.4% 90% 92.9%
27 94.3% 93.4% 95.3% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
28 94.1% 93.2% 95.1% 90.8% 89.2% 92.4%
29 94% 92.9% 95% 90.5% 88.9% 92.1%
30 93.8% 92.7% 94.9% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
31 93.6% 92.4% 94.7% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
32 93.3% 92.2% 94.6% 89.5% 87.7% 91.4%
33 93.1% 91.9% 94.4% 89.2% 87.3% 91.1%
34 92.9% 91.6% 94.2% 88.8% 86.9% 90.8%
35 92.6% 91.3% 94% 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
36 92.4% 90.9% 93.8% 88.1% 86.1% 90.2%
37 92.1% 90.6% 93.6% 87.8% 85.7% 90%
38 91.8% 90.2% 93.4% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
39 91.4% 89.8% 93.1% 87% 84.8% 89.3%
40 91.1% 89.4% 92.9% 86.6% 84.4% 89%
41 90.7% 89% 92.6% 86.2% 83.9% 88.6%
42 90.4% 88.5% 92.3% 85.8% 83.4% 88.2%
43 89.9% 88% 92% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
44 89.5% 87.5% 91.7% 84.8% 82.4% 87.4%
45 89% 86.9% 91.3% 84.4% 81.8% 87%
46 88.5% 86.3% 91% 83.9% 81.2% 86.6%
47 88% 85.7% 90.6% 83.3% 80.6% 86.1%
48 87.5% 85% 90.1% 82.8% 80% 85.7%
49 86.8% 84.3% 89.7% 82.2% 79.4% 85.2%
50 86.2% 83.5% 89.2% 81.6% 78.7% 84.7%
51 85.5% 82.7% 88.6% 81% 77.9% 84.1%
52 84.8% 81.8% 88.1% 80.3% 77.1% 83.5%
53 84% 80.9% 87.5% 79.5% 76.3% 82.9%
54 83.1% 79.9% 86.8% 78.7% 75.4% 82.2%
55 82.2% 78.8% 86.1% 77.9% 74.4% 81.5%
56 81.3% 77.7% 85.3% 77% 73.4% 80.8%
57 80.3% 76.5% 84.6% 76.1% 72.4% 80%
58 79.2% 75.3% 83.7% 75.2% 71.4% 79.2%
59 78.1% 73.9% 82.8% 74.2% 70.3% 78.3%
60 76.9% 72.5% 81.8% 73.1% 69.1% 77.4%
61 75.6% 71% 80.7% 72% 67.8% 76.4%
62 74.2% 69.4% 79.6% 70.8% 66.4% 75.2%
63 72.7% 67.7% 78.3% 69.4% 65% 74%
64 71.1% 66% 77% 68% 63.4% 72.7%
65 69.4% 64.1% 75.5% 66.4% 61.7% 71.3%
66 67.6% 62.1% 73.9% 64.7% 59.9% 69.8%
67 65.8% 60% 72.3% 63% 58.1% 68.1%
68 63.8% 57.9% 70.5% 61.1% 56.1% 66.3%
69 61.7% 55.7% 68.6% 59.1% 54% 64.4%
70 59.6% 53.4% 66.6% 57% 51.9% 62.4%
71 57.3% 51% 64.4% 54.8% 49.6% 60.2%
72 54.9% 48.6% 62.1% 52.4% 47.2% 57.8%
73 52.4% 46.1% 59.6% 49.9% 44.7% 55.4%
74 49.8% 43.5% 57.1% 47.3% 42.1% 52.7%
75 47.2% 40.8% 54.3% 44.6% 39.4% 50%
76 44.4% 38.2% 51.5% 41.8% 36.7% 47.1%
77 41.6% 35.5% 48.5% 38.9% 33.9% 44.1%
78 38.8% 32.8% 45.5% 36% 31.1% 41%
79 35.9% 30.1% 42.4% 33% 28.2% 37.9%
80 32.9% 27.4% 39.2% 30% 25.4% 34.6%
81 30% 24.8% 36% 26.9% 22.6% 31.4%
82 27.2% 22.2% 32.8% 24% 19.9% 28.1%
83 24.3% 19.7% 29.5% 21.1% 17.3% 24.9%
84 21.5% 17.2% 26.3% 18.3% 14.8% 21.8%
85 18.8% 14.9% 23.2% 15.7% 12.6% 18.8%
86 16.2% 12.7% 20.2% 13.2% 10.4% 16.1%
87 13.8% 10.7% 17.3% 11% 8.53% 13.5%
88 11.6% 8.92% 14.7% 8.99% 6.83% 11.1%
89 9.62% 7.3% 12.2% 7.21% 5.34% 9.07%
90 7.85% 5.89% 10.1% 5.67% 4.07% 7.26%
91 6.28% 4.66% 8.12% 4.36% 3.01% 5.7%
92 4.96% 3.63% 6.46% 3.27% 2.17% 4.37%
93 3.83% 2.77% 5.04% 2.39% 1.51% 3.28%
94 2.9% 2.07% 3.85% 1.7% 1.02% 2.39%
95 2.15% 1.51% 2.88% 1.18% 0.67% 1.69%
96 1.56% 1.08% 2.1% 0.79% 0.43% 1.16%
97 1.1% 0.76% 1.5% 0.52% 0.27% 0.77%
98 0.77% 0.52% 1.05% 0.33% 0.16% 0.5%
99 0.52% 0.35% 0.71% 0.2% 0.09% 0.31%
100 0.34% 0.23% 0.47% 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 2.52% in the birth year in Gabon and 2.9% in Ghana, 0.22% vs 0.36% at age 30, 1.71% vs 1.57% at 60, and 8.89% vs 10% at 80.

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

Gabon
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gabon Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.52% 2.86% 2.18% 2.9% 3.26% 2.53%
1 0.4% 0.42% 0.37% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.23% 0.24% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.28% 0.31% 0.24%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.2% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.22% 0.27% 0.18%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
19 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.29% 0.37% 0.21%
21 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.3% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
23 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.32% 0.4% 0.23%
24 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.32% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.12% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
26 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
28 0.2% 0.25% 0.14% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
29 0.21% 0.26% 0.15% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
30 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
31 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
32 0.24% 0.31% 0.18% 0.37% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.26% 0.32% 0.19% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
34 0.27% 0.34% 0.2% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
35 0.29% 0.36% 0.21% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
36 0.31% 0.38% 0.23% 0.4% 0.48% 0.33%
37 0.33% 0.41% 0.24% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
38 0.35% 0.44% 0.26% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
39 0.37% 0.46% 0.27% 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
40 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.42% 0.52% 0.31% 0.51% 0.59% 0.43%
42 0.46% 0.56% 0.34% 0.54% 0.62% 0.45%
43 0.49% 0.6% 0.36% 0.55% 0.64% 0.47%
44 0.52% 0.64% 0.38% 0.57% 0.67% 0.48%
45 0.56% 0.69% 0.41% 0.59% 0.69% 0.49%
46 0.59% 0.73% 0.44% 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
47 0.64% 0.79% 0.47% 0.65% 0.76% 0.53%
48 0.69% 0.85% 0.51% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
49 0.74% 0.92% 0.55% 0.74% 0.88% 0.6%
50 0.81% 1% 0.6% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
51 0.86% 1.06% 0.64% 0.87% 1.04% 0.71%
52 0.94% 1.15% 0.7% 0.94% 1.11% 0.77%
53 1% 1.23% 0.75% 1% 1.18% 0.82%
54 1.07% 1.32% 0.81% 1.05% 1.25% 0.86%
55 1.15% 1.42% 0.87% 1.1% 1.31% 0.91%
56 1.24% 1.52% 0.94% 1.16% 1.37% 0.96%
57 1.33% 1.63% 1.01% 1.23% 1.45% 1.02%
58 1.44% 1.76% 1.1% 1.32% 1.56% 1.1%
59 1.55% 1.9% 1.19% 1.43% 1.69% 1.19%
60 1.71% 2.08% 1.33% 1.57% 1.85% 1.31%
61 1.83% 2.23% 1.42% 1.73% 2.03% 1.45%
62 2.01% 2.44% 1.58% 1.9% 2.22% 1.61%
63 2.18% 2.64% 1.73% 2.09% 2.43% 1.78%
64 2.37% 2.86% 1.89% 2.29% 2.65% 1.96%
65 2.58% 3.1% 2.08% 2.49% 2.87% 2.15%
66 2.76% 3.3% 2.24% 2.72% 3.11% 2.37%
67 2.98% 3.54% 2.45% 2.97% 3.38% 2.6%
68 3.24% 3.82% 2.7% 3.25% 3.68% 2.87%
69 3.49% 4.1% 2.94% 3.57% 4.02% 3.18%
70 3.85% 4.47% 3.3% 3.93% 4.4% 3.52%
71 4.12% 4.76% 3.54% 4.33% 4.83% 3.9%
72 4.54% 5.2% 3.97% 4.76% 5.3% 4.31%
73 4.92% 5.61% 4.34% 5.23% 5.81% 4.75%
74 5.36% 6.06% 4.77% 5.73% 6.36% 5.24%
75 5.84% 6.55% 5.24% 6.28% 6.96% 5.76%
76 6.33% 7.06% 5.73% 6.89% 7.62% 6.34%
77 6.85% 7.6% 6.23% 7.58% 8.34% 6.98%
78 7.5% 8.26% 6.88% 8.32% 9.14% 7.7%
79 8.1% 8.88% 7.47% 9.14% 10% 8.5%
80 8.89% 9.66% 8.28% 10% 11% 9.39%
81 9.55% 10.4% 8.9% 11% 12% 10.4%
82 10.6% 11.4% 9.92% 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 11.5% 12.4% 10.9% 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 12.6% 13.5% 11.9% 14.3% 15.4% 13.6%
85 13.6% 14.5% 13% 15.6% 16.8% 14.8%
86 14.8% 15.7% 14.2% 16.9% 18.3% 16%
87 15.9% 16.9% 15.3% 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 17.2% 18.1% 16.5% 19.8% 21.8% 18.6%
89 18.4% 19.4% 17.7% 21.4% 23.8% 20%
90 19.9% 20.9% 19.3% 23.1% 25.9% 21.5%
91 21.1% 22.1% 20.4% 24.9% 28.1% 23.2%
92 22.7% 23.7% 22.1% 26.8% 30.2% 25%
93 24.2% 25.3% 23.6% 28.8% 32.2% 27%
94 25.9% 26.9% 25.3% 30.8% 34.2% 29.2%
95 27.5% 28.4% 27% 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 29.1% 30% 28.7% 34.9% 38% 33.5%
97 30.7% 31.5% 30.2% 36.9% 40% 35.6%
98 32.2% 32.9% 31.8% 38.8% 42% 37.6%
99 34.1% 34.7% 33.7% 40.7% 44% 39.5%
100 35.5% 36.1% 35.2% 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Gabon compared to Ghana

In Gabon, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 73.9 in Gabon and 73 in Ghana — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gabon
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gabon Ghana
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,523 2,857 2,184 2,898 3,255 2,529
1 388 410 366 217.9 238.1 197
2 240.3 257.8 222.4 235.9 260 210.9
3 167.3 181.2 153.2 254.3 282.7 224.8
4 122.6 133.2 111.7 269.1 302 235.2
5 94.7 103.4 85.8 275.9 312 238.4
6 79.6 88.2 70.8 270.4 308 230.9
7 69.5 78.2 60.7 251.4 289.1 212.2
8 61.9 70.2 53.3 223.6 259.2 186.7
9 56.9 65 48.7 193.3 225.5 159.9
10 54.5 62.4 46.4 167.2 196.1 137.3
11 54.2 62.5 45.8 149 175.3 121.8
12 56 64.8 47.1 139.7 164.6 113.9
13 60.2 69.8 50.3 139.6 164.6 113.6
14 67.1 78.9 55.1 147.8 174.6 120
15 76.8 91.4 61.9 163.7 194 132.3
16 89 108.3 69.4 185.6 221.3 148.5
17 101.7 126.8 76.2 210.3 253.3 165.7
18 115.2 146.9 82.9 234.8 286.4 181.2
19 125.2 161.1 88.7 255.4 316 192.6
20 134.1 173.6 93.9 271 340 200
21 141.6 184.3 98 281.6 356 204.7
22 148.6 193.5 102.6 288.1 365 208.5
23 154.8 201.1 107.5 292.3 369 213.2
24 160.6 207.4 112.6 295.5 369 219.4
25 166.1 213.6 117.4 298.8 368 227.2
26 172.1 219.7 123 303 367 235.9
27 178.9 227.1 129.1 307 367 244.6
28 186.5 235.5 135.6 312 370 252.4
29 194.7 244.8 142.2 318 374 258.7
30 205.2 256.8 150.6 323 380 263.6
31 212.9 266.2 156 328 386 267.3
32 226.3 281.5 166.8 332 391 270.4
33 238.7 295.8 176.3 336 396 273.6
34 252.7 312 186.9 341 401 278
35 268.9 331 199.6 347 407 284.4
36 284.7 349 212 356 415 293.7
37 302 370 224.5 368 426 307
38 322 393 241.3 383 440 323
39 342 416 256 402 458 342
40 366 444 275.8 422 478 363
41 384 466 288.7 441 498 382
42 413 499 313 459 517 398
43 436 527 330 473 534 410
44 464 559 351 486 549 419
45 497 599 376 499 567 427
46 527 634 398 515 588 438
47 563 677 426 538 617 456
48 604 725 461 570 655 481
49 647 774 494 610 701 514
50 700 835 539 656 754 555
51 736 878 566 705 808 598
52 794 942 618 751 858 640
53 841 996 655 792 902 678
54 894 1,056 701 827 939 711
55 946 1,115 746 860 973 742
56 1,005 1,179 799 895 1,009 775
57 1,064 1,246 851 937 1,054 816
58 1,139 1,326 920 993 1,112 869
59 1,212 1,406 985 1,063 1,187 936
60 1,315 1,512 1,086 1,148 1,275 1,017
61 1,381 1,584 1,146 1,244 1,374 1,109
62 1,492 1,695 1,258 1,346 1,476 1,210
63 1,585 1,788 1,352 1,450 1,578 1,316
64 1,684 1,884 1,455 1,554 1,677 1,425
65 1,791 1,985 1,570 1,656 1,772 1,536
66 1,865 2,047 1,658 1,760 1,865 1,651
67 1,961 2,128 1,773 1,871 1,962 1,774
68 2,066 2,212 1,903 1,988 2,064 1,906
69 2,157 2,285 2,016 2,112 2,171 2,047
70 2,295 2,386 2,198 2,241 2,283 2,195
71 2,358 2,431 2,281 2,370 2,394 2,345
72 2,495 2,529 2,463 2,495 2,499 2,492
73 2,582 2,584 2,586 2,609 2,595 2,632
74 2,673 2,636 2,721 2,711 2,677 2,760
75 2,753 2,676 2,848 2,799 2,744 2,877
76 2,813 2,696 2,948 2,881 2,794 2,983
77 2,849 2,696 3,023 2,948 2,826 3,077
78 2,906 2,706 3,132 2,991 2,838 3,158
79 2,902 2,670 3,164 3,013 2,824 3,219
80 2,928 2,646 3,246 3,009 2,782 3,254
81 2,867 2,571 3,199 2,970 2,707 3,252
82 2,869 2,531 3,250 2,893 2,598 3,207
83 2,796 2,433 3,206 2,776 2,459 3,115
84 2,707 2,321 3,143 2,624 2,294 2,975
85 2,562 2,164 3,011 2,442 2,109 2,792
86 2,402 2,001 2,855 2,236 1,911 2,573
87 2,203 1,813 2,644 2,014 1,704 2,331
88 1,996 1,618 2,422 1,781 1,490 2,075
89 1,772 1,417 2,172 1,544 1,272 1,816
90 1,565 1,228 1,945 1,311 1,055 1,563
91 1,324 1,031 1,657 1,086 846 1,321
92 1,126 861 1,426 877 654 1,095
93 929 699 1,189 689 487 887
94 750 555 972 525 350 698
95 593 430 777 387 243.5 532
96 454 324 602 276.4 163.8 390
97 339 238.3 453 190.3 106.7 275.6
98 246.3 170.7 332 126.3 67.3 187.2
99 176.9 120.7 240.4 80.9 40.9 122.6
100 50 25.2 77.9 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 Gabon 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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