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Life Expectancy in Gambia vs Ghana (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.3 years in the Gambia vs 65.9 in Ghana. The Gambia is ranked 167/197 by life expectancy, and Ghana is 169/197. In the Gambia, the life expectancy is 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females. In Ghana, it's 63.5 years for males and 68.4 years for females.

Gambia vs Ghana life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gambia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gambia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 31.2 30.6 31.8 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 31.5 30.8 32.1 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 31.7 31.1 32.3 44 42.2 46.3
1953 31.9 31.3 32.5 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 32.2 31.6 32.7 45 43.1 47.2
1955 32.4 31.8 33 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 32.8 32.1 33.4 45.7 43.8 48
1957 33.1 32.4 33.8 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 33.6 32.9 34.3 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 34.1 33.4 34.8 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 34.6 33.8 35.3 46.9 45 49.2
1961 35.1 34.3 35.8 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 35.6 34.8 36.4 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 36.1 35.3 36.9 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 36.6 35.8 37.4 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 37.1 36.4 37.9 47.7 45.7 50
1966 37.6 36.8 38.3 47.7 45.7 50
1967 38.1 37.3 38.9 47.7 45.7 50
1968 38.5 37.8 39.3 47.8 45.7 50
1969 39 38.2 39.8 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 39.5 38.7 40.4 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 40 39.2 40.9 47.9 46 50.1
1972 40.5 39.7 41.4 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 41.1 40.2 42 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 41.7 40.8 42.6 48.9 47 50.9
1975 42.2 41.2 43.2 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 42.9 41.9 43.9 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 43.4 42.4 44.4 50.1 48.3 52
1978 43.6 42.6 44.6 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 44.5 43.4 45.6 50.8 49 52.7
1980 45 44 45.9 51.1 49.3 53
1981 44.5 42.6 46.4 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 46.3 45.4 47.2 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 46.9 45.9 47.9 51.8 50 53.7
1984 47.5 46.5 48.6 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 48.2 47.2 49.2 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 48.8 47.8 49.9 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 49.4 48.3 50.5 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 50.1 49 51.4 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 50.7 49.5 52 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 51.3 50 52.6 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 51.9 50.5 53.3 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 52.5 51 54.1 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 53.2 51.5 54.9 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 53.8 52.1 55.5 56.2 55 57.4
1995 54.3 52.5 56.2 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 54.8 53 56.8 57 55.8 58.1
1997 55.2 53.3 57.3 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 56 54 58.2 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 56.5 54.4 58.6 57.8 56.6 59
2000 56.9 54.9 59 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 57.3 55.4 59.3 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 57.7 55.9 59.6 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 58.2 56.5 60 59 57.7 60.3
2004 58.7 57.1 60.5 59.3 58 60.6
2005 59.1 57.5 60.7 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 59.7 58.1 61.2 60 58.7 61.3
2007 60 58.6 61.4 60.3 59 61.6
2008 60.5 59.2 61.8 60.6 59.2 62
2009 60.7 59.4 62 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 61.2 59.9 62.4 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 61.6 60.3 62.8 61.6 60 63.3
2012 61.9 60.7 63.1 62 60.3 63.7
2013 62.3 61 63.5 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 62.6 61.3 63.8 62.8 61 64.7
2015 63 61.7 64.3 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 63.4 62 64.8 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 63.7 62.3 65.1 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 64 62.5 65.5 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 64.4 62.9 65.9 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 64.4 62.7 66.1 64.3 62 66.7
2021 63.8 62.2 65.4 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 64.9 63.2 66.5 65.2 63 67.6
2023 65.9 64.2 67.5 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 66.1 64.4 67.8 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 66.3 64.5 68 65.9 63.5 68.4

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 55.8 years in the Gambia and 57.9 in Ghana. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.9 healthy years in the Gambia and 12.9 in Ghana.

Gambia 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 Gambia and Ghana, 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:
42.3 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.3 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
75.1 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gambia Ghana
Male Female Male Female
40 95.8% 96.7% 95.3% 96.8%
50 89.9% 91.9% 88.8% 92.0%
60 79.7% 83.8% 77.9% 84.0%
65 71.7% 77.1% 69.5% 77.4%
70 60.8% 67.3% 58.4% 67.7%
75 46.8% 53.7% 44.4% 54.1%
80 30.8% 37.1% 28.6% 37.5%
85 15.6% 20.1% 14.1% 20.3%
90 5.2% 7.7% 4.6% 7.8%
95 0.9% 1.8% 0.8% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 Gambia vs Ghana: 72.3 years vs 71.9 at 30, 79.2 vs 79 at 65, 86.1 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.3 vs 65.9 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 Gambia and Ghana.

Gambia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gambia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.3 64.5 68 65.9 63.5 68.4
1 68.2 66.7 69.7 67.9 65.7 70.2
2 68.4 66.9 69.9 68 65.8 70.3
3 68.7 67.2 70.1 68.2 66 70.5
4 68.9 67.4 70.4 68.4 66.2 70.6
5 69.1 67.7 70.6 68.6 66.4 70.8
6 69.3 67.9 70.8 68.7 66.6 71
7 69.5 68 70.9 68.9 66.8 71.1
8 69.6 68.2 71.1 69.1 67 71.3
9 69.8 68.3 71.2 69.2 67.1 71.4
10 69.9 68.4 71.3 69.4 67.3 71.5
11 70 68.5 71.4 69.5 67.4 71.6
12 70.1 68.6 71.5 69.6 67.5 71.7
13 70.1 68.7 71.6 69.6 67.6 71.7
14 70.2 68.8 71.6 69.7 67.7 71.8
15 70.3 68.9 71.7 69.8 67.8 71.9
16 70.4 69 71.8 69.9 67.9 72
17 70.5 69.1 71.9 70 68 72.1
18 70.6 69.2 72 70.1 68.2 72.2
19 70.8 69.4 72.1 70.3 68.3 72.3
20 70.9 69.5 72.2 70.4 68.5 72.4
21 71 69.7 72.3 70.6 68.7 72.5
22 71.2 69.9 72.4 70.7 68.9 72.6
23 71.3 70 72.6 70.9 69.1 72.7
24 71.5 70.2 72.7 71 69.2 72.8
25 71.6 70.4 72.8 71.2 69.4 72.9
26 71.8 70.5 72.9 71.3 69.6 73.1
27 71.9 70.7 73 71.5 69.8 73.2
28 72 70.9 73.2 71.6 70 73.3
29 72.2 71 73.3 71.8 70.1 73.4
30 72.3 71.2 73.4 71.9 70.3 73.6
31 72.5 71.3 73.6 72.1 70.5 73.7
32 72.6 71.5 73.7 72.2 70.7 73.8
33 72.8 71.7 73.8 72.4 70.8 73.9
34 72.9 71.8 73.9 72.5 71 74.1
35 73.1 72 74.1 72.7 71.2 74.2
36 73.2 72.1 74.2 72.8 71.4 74.3
37 73.3 72.3 74.3 73 71.5 74.4
38 73.5 72.4 74.5 73.1 71.7 74.6
39 73.6 72.6 74.6 73.3 71.9 74.7
40 73.8 72.8 74.7 73.5 72 74.8
41 73.9 72.9 74.9 73.6 72.2 75
42 74.1 73.1 75 73.8 72.4 75.1
43 74.3 73.3 75.2 74 72.6 75.3
44 74.4 73.4 75.3 74.1 72.8 75.4
45 74.6 73.6 75.5 74.3 73 75.6
46 74.8 73.8 75.6 74.5 73.2 75.7
47 74.9 74 75.8 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 75.1 74.2 75.9 74.8 73.6 76
49 75.3 74.4 76.1 75 73.8 76.2
50 75.5 74.6 76.3 75.2 74 76.4
51 75.7 74.8 76.4 75.4 74.2 76.5
52 75.9 75 76.6 75.6 74.5 76.7
53 76.1 75.2 76.8 75.8 74.7 76.9
54 76.3 75.5 77 76.1 75 77.1
55 76.5 75.7 77.2 76.3 75.2 77.3
56 76.7 76 77.4 76.5 75.5 77.5
57 77 76.2 77.6 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 77.2 76.5 77.8 77 76 77.9
59 77.4 76.7 78.1 77.3 76.3 78.1
60 77.7 77 78.3 77.5 76.6 78.4
61 78 77.3 78.5 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 78.2 77.6 78.8 78.1 77.2 78.8
63 78.5 77.9 79.1 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 78.9 78.3 79.3 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 79.2 78.6 79.7 79 78.3 79.7
66 79.5 79 80 79.4 78.7 80
67 79.9 79.4 80.3 79.8 79.1 80.3
68 80.2 79.8 80.6 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 80.6 80.2 81 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 81 80.6 81.4 80.9 80.3 81.4
71 81.4 81 81.8 81.4 80.8 81.8
72 81.9 81.5 82.2 81.8 81.2 82.3
73 82.3 82 82.7 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 82.8 82.5 83.1 82.8 82.2 83.2
75 83.3 83 83.6 83.3 82.8 83.6
76 83.8 83.5 84.1 83.8 83.3 84.1
77 84.4 84.1 84.6 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 84.9 84.6 85.2 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 85.5 85.2 85.7 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 86.1 85.8 86.3 86.1 85.7 86.3
81 86.7 86.5 86.9 86.7 86.3 86.9
82 87.4 87.1 87.6 87.3 87 87.6
83 88 87.8 88.2 88 87.7 88.2
84 88.7 88.5 88.9 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 89.4 89.2 89.6 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 90.1 89.9 90.3 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 90.8 90.6 91.1 90.8 90.5 91.1
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.4 92.1 92.6 92.4 92 92.6
90 93.1 92.9 93.3 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 94.7 94.5 94.9 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 95.6 95.4 95.7 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.2 98 98.2 98.2 98 98.2
97 99 98.9 99.1 99 98.9 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Gambia vs Ghana

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.6% in the Gambia and 72.8% in Ghana are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.8% and 56.7% will live to 70 years or older, 30.7% and 29.7% to 80+ years, and 5.83% and 5.6% 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.

Gambia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gambia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.2% 96.8% 97.5% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
2 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
3 96.4% 96% 96.9% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
4 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
5 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
6 95.5% 95% 96% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
7 95.2% 94.7% 95.7% 95.5% 95% 96%
8 95% 94.5% 95.5% 95.2% 94.7% 95.8%
9 94.8% 94.3% 95.3% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
10 94.6% 94.1% 95.2% 94.8% 94.2% 95.5%
11 94.5% 93.9% 95% 94.6% 94% 95.3%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.9% 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 94.2% 93.6% 94.8% 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
14 94.1% 93.5% 94.6% 94.2% 93.5% 95%
15 93.9% 93.3% 94.5% 94.1% 93.3% 94.8%
16 93.8% 93.2% 94.4% 93.9% 93.1% 94.7%
17 93.6% 93% 94.2% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
18 93.4% 92.7% 94% 93.5% 92.6% 94.4%
19 93.1% 92.5% 93.8% 93.2% 92.3% 94.2%
20 92.9% 92.2% 93.6% 93% 92% 94%
21 92.6% 91.9% 93.4% 92.7% 91.6% 93.8%
22 92.4% 91.6% 93.2% 92.4% 91.3% 93.6%
23 92.1% 91.2% 93% 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
24 91.8% 90.9% 92.8% 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
25 91.5% 90.6% 92.5% 91.5% 90.2% 92.9%
26 91.2% 90.2% 92.3% 91.2% 89.8% 92.7%
27 91% 89.9% 92.1% 90.9% 89.4% 92.5%
28 90.7% 89.6% 91.8% 90.6% 89% 92.2%
29 90.4% 89.2% 91.5% 90.3% 88.7% 92%
30 90.1% 88.9% 91.3% 90% 88.3% 91.7%
31 89.7% 88.5% 91% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
32 89.4% 88.2% 90.7% 89.3% 87.5% 91.1%
33 89.1% 87.8% 90.4% 89% 87.1% 90.9%
34 88.8% 87.5% 90.1% 88.6% 86.7% 90.6%
35 88.5% 87.1% 89.9% 88.3% 86.3% 90.3%
36 88.1% 86.7% 89.6% 87.9% 85.9% 90%
37 87.8% 86.4% 89.3% 87.6% 85.5% 89.7%
38 87.4% 86% 88.9% 87.2% 85% 89.4%
39 87.1% 85.6% 88.6% 86.8% 84.6% 89.1%
40 86.7% 85.1% 88.2% 86.4% 84.1% 88.7%
41 86.3% 84.7% 87.9% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
42 85.8% 84.3% 87.5% 85.5% 83.2% 88%
43 85.4% 83.8% 87.1% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
44 85% 83.3% 86.6% 84.6% 82.1% 87.2%
45 84.5% 82.8% 86.2% 84.1% 81.5% 86.7%
46 84% 82.3% 85.8% 83.6% 81% 86.3%
47 83.5% 81.7% 85.3% 83.1% 80.4% 85.9%
48 83% 81.2% 84.9% 82.5% 79.8% 85.4%
49 82.4% 80.6% 84.4% 81.9% 79.1% 84.9%
50 81.9% 79.9% 83.9% 81.3% 78.4% 84.4%
51 81.2% 79.2% 83.3% 80.7% 77.6% 83.8%
52 80.5% 78.4% 82.7% 80% 76.8% 83.2%
53 79.8% 77.6% 82% 79.2% 76% 82.6%
54 79% 76.8% 81.3% 78.4% 75.1% 81.9%
55 78.2% 75.9% 80.6% 77.6% 74.1% 81.2%
56 77.4% 75% 79.9% 76.7% 73.1% 80.4%
57 76.5% 74% 79.1% 75.8% 72.1% 79.7%
58 75.6% 73% 78.3% 74.9% 71.1% 78.8%
59 74.7% 72% 77.4% 73.9% 70% 78%
60 73.6% 70.8% 76.4% 72.8% 68.8% 77%
61 72.5% 69.6% 75.4% 71.7% 67.5% 76%
62 71.3% 68.3% 74.3% 70.4% 66.1% 74.9%
63 70% 66.9% 73.1% 69.1% 64.7% 73.7%
64 68.6% 65.3% 71.8% 67.6% 63.1% 72.4%
65 67% 63.7% 70.3% 66.1% 61.4% 70.9%
66 65.4% 62% 68.8% 64.4% 59.6% 69.4%
67 63.7% 60.1% 67.1% 62.7% 57.8% 67.8%
68 61.8% 58.2% 65.4% 60.8% 55.8% 66%
69 59.9% 56.2% 63.5% 58.8% 53.8% 64.1%
70 57.8% 54% 61.4% 56.7% 51.6% 62%
71 55.6% 51.8% 59.2% 54.5% 49.3% 59.8%
72 53.2% 49.4% 56.9% 52.1% 46.9% 57.5%
73 50.8% 46.9% 54.4% 49.6% 44.4% 55%
74 48.1% 44.3% 51.8% 47% 41.8% 52.4%
75 45.4% 41.6% 49% 44.3% 39.2% 49.6%
76 42.6% 38.9% 46.2% 41.5% 36.4% 46.8%
77 39.7% 36% 43.2% 38.6% 33.7% 43.8%
78 36.8% 33.2% 40.2% 35.7% 30.9% 40.7%
79 33.7% 30.2% 37.1% 32.7% 28% 37.6%
80 30.7% 27.3% 33.9% 29.7% 25.2% 34.4%
81 27.6% 24.5% 30.7% 26.7% 22.5% 31.1%
82 24.6% 21.6% 27.5% 23.8% 19.8% 27.9%
83 21.7% 18.9% 24.3% 20.9% 17.2% 24.7%
84 18.8% 16.3% 21.3% 18.2% 14.7% 21.6%
85 16.1% 13.9% 18.3% 15.5% 12.5% 18.7%
86 13.6% 11.6% 15.6% 13.1% 10.4% 15.9%
87 11.3% 9.56% 13.1% 10.9% 8.46% 13.3%
88 9.26% 7.7% 10.8% 8.9% 6.77% 11%
89 7.43% 6.07% 8.79% 7.13% 5.29% 8.96%
90 5.83% 4.66% 7.03% 5.6% 4.03% 7.16%
91 4.48% 3.48% 5.51% 4.3% 2.98% 5.62%
92 3.36% 2.52% 4.23% 3.23% 2.14% 4.31%
93 2.45% 1.77% 3.16% 2.36% 1.5% 3.23%
94 1.74% 1.21% 2.31% 1.68% 1.01% 2.35%
95 1.21% 0.8% 1.63% 1.16% 0.67% 1.67%
96 0.81% 0.52% 1.12% 0.78% 0.43% 1.14%
97 0.53% 0.32% 0.74% 0.51% 0.26% 0.76%
98 0.33% 0.2% 0.48% 0.32% 0.16% 0.49%
99 0.2% 0.11% 0.3% 0.19% 0.09% 0.3%
100 0.12% 0.06% 0.18% 0.12% 0.05% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.83% in the birth year in the Gambia and 2.95% in Ghana, 0.34% vs 0.37% at age 30, 1.52% vs 1.58% at 60, and 9.96% vs 10.1% at 80.

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

Gambia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gambia Ghana
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.83% 3.19% 2.47% 2.95% 3.3% 2.59%
1 0.39% 0.43% 0.35% 0.23% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.37% 0.4% 0.34% 0.25% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.27% 0.3% 0.24%
4 0.33% 0.35% 0.31% 0.29% 0.32% 0.25%
5 0.3% 0.32% 0.29% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.27% 0.29% 0.26% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
7 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
8 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
9 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
11 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.14% 0.16% 0.13% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.19% 0.22% 0.17% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.22% 0.25% 0.18% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
18 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
19 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.28% 0.35% 0.21%
20 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.3% 0.38% 0.22%
21 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.31% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
23 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
24 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.31% 0.37% 0.26% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
26 0.32% 0.37% 0.27% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.32% 0.37% 0.28% 0.34% 0.42% 0.27%
28 0.33% 0.38% 0.29% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
29 0.34% 0.38% 0.29% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
30 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.37% 0.44% 0.29%
31 0.35% 0.4% 0.31% 0.37% 0.44% 0.3%
32 0.36% 0.4% 0.31% 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.36% 0.41% 0.32% 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
34 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
35 0.38% 0.42% 0.33% 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
36 0.39% 0.43% 0.34% 0.41% 0.49% 0.33%
37 0.4% 0.45% 0.36% 0.43% 0.5% 0.35%
38 0.42% 0.47% 0.38% 0.45% 0.52% 0.37%
39 0.44% 0.49% 0.4% 0.47% 0.55% 0.39%
40 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.49% 0.54% 0.45% 0.52% 0.6% 0.44%
42 0.51% 0.56% 0.47% 0.54% 0.63% 0.46%
43 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.56% 0.65% 0.47%
44 0.55% 0.6% 0.5% 0.58% 0.67% 0.49%
45 0.57% 0.63% 0.51% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5%
46 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
47 0.62% 0.69% 0.55% 0.65% 0.77% 0.54%
48 0.66% 0.75% 0.58% 0.7% 0.83% 0.57%
49 0.71% 0.81% 0.62% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
50 0.77% 0.88% 0.67% 0.81% 0.97% 0.66%
51 0.84% 0.96% 0.73% 0.88% 1.04% 0.72%
52 0.9% 1.03% 0.78% 0.94% 1.12% 0.77%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.84% 1% 1.19% 0.83%
54 1.01% 1.16% 0.88% 1.06% 1.25% 0.87%
55 1.07% 1.21% 0.93% 1.11% 1.31% 0.92%
56 1.12% 1.28% 0.98% 1.17% 1.38% 0.97%
57 1.19% 1.35% 1.04% 1.24% 1.46% 1.03%
58 1.27% 1.45% 1.12% 1.33% 1.57% 1.11%
59 1.38% 1.57% 1.22% 1.44% 1.7% 1.2%
60 1.52% 1.72% 1.34% 1.58% 1.85% 1.32%
61 1.67% 1.9% 1.48% 1.74% 2.03% 1.46%
62 1.85% 2.09% 1.64% 1.91% 2.23% 1.62%
63 2.03% 2.29% 1.81% 2.1% 2.44% 1.79%
64 2.22% 2.5% 1.99% 2.3% 2.66% 1.97%
65 2.43% 2.72% 2.19% 2.51% 2.88% 2.17%
66 2.65% 2.95% 2.41% 2.73% 3.12% 2.38%
67 2.89% 3.2% 2.64% 2.98% 3.39% 2.62%
68 3.17% 3.49% 2.92% 3.27% 3.69% 2.89%
69 3.48% 3.81% 3.22% 3.59% 4.03% 3.19%
70 3.84% 4.18% 3.57% 3.94% 4.41% 3.54%
71 4.23% 4.59% 3.95% 4.34% 4.84% 3.91%
72 4.66% 5.04% 4.36% 4.77% 5.31% 4.33%
73 5.13% 5.53% 4.81% 5.24% 5.82% 4.78%
74 5.63% 6.06% 5.3% 5.74% 6.37% 5.26%
75 6.19% 6.65% 5.82% 6.31% 6.98% 5.78%
76 6.8% 7.29% 6.4% 6.92% 7.63% 6.36%
77 7.47% 7.99% 7.05% 7.59% 8.36% 7%
78 8.22% 8.77% 7.77% 8.34% 9.15% 7.73%
79 9.05% 9.62% 8.58% 9.16% 10% 8.53%
80 9.96% 10.6% 9.47% 10.1% 11% 9.42%
81 10.9% 11.5% 10.4% 11% 12% 10.4%
82 12% 12.6% 11.5% 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 13.1% 13.7% 12.6% 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 14.3% 14.9% 13.7% 14.4% 15.5% 13.7%
85 15.5% 16.3% 14.9% 15.6% 16.8% 14.9%
86 16.8% 17.7% 16.1% 16.9% 18.3% 16.1%
87 18.3% 19.4% 17.4% 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 19.8% 21.2% 18.7% 19.9% 21.8% 18.7%
89 21.5% 23.2% 20.1% 21.5% 23.9% 20.1%
90 23.2% 25.4% 21.6% 23.2% 26% 21.6%
91 25.1% 27.5% 23.3% 25% 28.1% 23.2%
92 26.9% 29.7% 25.1% 26.9% 30.2% 25.1%
93 28.9% 31.7% 27.1% 28.9% 32.3% 27.1%
94 30.9% 33.7% 29.2% 30.9% 34.2% 29.2%
95 32.9% 35.6% 31.4% 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 34.9% 37.5% 33.6% 35% 38.1% 33.6%
97 36.8% 39.5% 35.7% 37% 40% 35.7%
98 38.7% 41.5% 37.7% 38.9% 42% 37.7%
99 40.6% 43.5% 39.5% 40.7% 44% 39.6%
100 42.6% 45.5% 41.7% 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in the Gambia compared to Ghana

In the Gambia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 79 in Ghana. The median age of death is 73.3 in the Gambia and 72.8 in Ghana — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gambia
Male

Female
Ghana
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gambia Ghana
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,834 3,192 2,466 2,951 3,302 2,586
1 380 416 342 219.5 238.9 199.4
2 360 390 329 239.1 262.5 214.9
3 339 363 315 258.8 286.5 230
4 317 336 297.6 274.7 307 241.4
5 291 305 276.1 282.1 318 245
6 261.5 272.9 249.8 276.7 314 237.6
7 229.7 239.2 220 257.4 295 218.4
8 198.9 207.4 190.2 229 264.5 192.2
9 171.9 180 163.6 197.9 230.2 164.5
10 151.3 159.5 142.9 171.1 200.1 141.2
11 138.3 146.9 129.4 152.5 178.9 125.2
12 132.8 142.2 123 142.9 167.9 116.9
13 134.9 145.8 123.7 142.7 167.8 116.6
14 144 157.1 130.5 151 177.9 123.2
15 159.5 176 142.5 167.3 197.7 135.8
16 179.9 201.2 158 189.6 225.4 152.5
17 202.7 230.3 174.2 214.8 258 170.1
18 225.1 260.1 189 239.8 291.7 186
19 244.3 287 200.3 260.8 322 197.7
20 259.2 309 208.3 276.7 346 205.2
21 269.6 324 213.9 287.3 362 209.9
22 276.3 332 218.6 293.9 371 213.7
23 280.8 336 224 298.1 375 218.4
24 284 336 230.6 301 375 224.7
25 287.2 335 238.4 305 374 232.6
26 290.8 333 246.9 308 373 241.5
27 295.1 334 255.4 313 373 250.2
28 300 336 263 318 375 258.1
29 305 340 269.5 323 380 264.4
30 311 346 274.6 328 385 269.2
31 315 351 278.6 333 391 272.9
32 320 357 282.1 338 396 275.9
33 324 361 285.5 342 401 279
34 328 365 290 346 406 283.3
35 334 370 296.4 352 412 289.6
36 342 377 306 361 419 299
37 353 387 319 373 430 312
38 368 400 335 388 445 328
39 386 417 354 407 463 348
40 406 436 375 427 483 368
41 424 455 394 446 503 387
42 441 472 409 464 521 403
43 455 488 421 478 538 415
44 467 503 430 490 553 424
45 479 519 438 503 570 432
46 495 539 449 519 592 443
47 517 568 466 542 621 460
48 548 605 491 574 658 485
49 588 652 524 614 704 519
50 634 705 564 660 757 559
51 682 759 607 709 811 602
52 728 810 649 755 861 644
53 768 854 687 795 904 682
54 802 889 720 830 941 715
55 834 922 751 863 975 746
56 867 956 784 897 1,010 779
57 909 1,000 825 939 1,055 820
58 964 1,057 878 995 1,114 872
59 1,034 1,131 944 1,065 1,187 939
60 1,118 1,221 1,025 1,150 1,276 1,020
61 1,213 1,321 1,117 1,245 1,374 1,112
62 1,316 1,427 1,217 1,347 1,476 1,213
63 1,420 1,532 1,322 1,451 1,577 1,319
64 1,523 1,633 1,430 1,553 1,675 1,427
65 1,627 1,731 1,540 1,656 1,769 1,538
66 1,732 1,827 1,654 1,761 1,863 1,652
67 1,842 1,926 1,776 1,870 1,958 1,774
68 1,960 2,030 1,906 1,986 2,059 1,906
69 2,086 2,141 2,045 2,109 2,166 2,046
70 2,217 2,257 2,191 2,237 2,277 2,193
71 2,350 2,375 2,338 2,364 2,387 2,342
72 2,480 2,488 2,482 2,486 2,491 2,489
73 2,602 2,594 2,618 2,599 2,586 2,627
74 2,712 2,687 2,743 2,700 2,667 2,754
75 2,812 2,768 2,856 2,794 2,733 2,870
76 2,898 2,833 2,957 2,875 2,782 2,974
77 2,969 2,880 3,047 2,934 2,814 3,067
78 3,023 2,908 3,122 2,976 2,824 3,145
79 3,054 2,911 3,179 2,998 2,810 3,205
80 3,055 2,884 3,208 2,994 2,767 3,238
81 3,022 2,823 3,202 2,953 2,692 3,235
82 2,949 2,726 3,154 2,875 2,583 3,189
83 2,836 2,595 3,058 2,759 2,444 3,095
84 2,685 2,436 2,916 2,607 2,278 2,954
85 2,503 2,256 2,733 2,426 2,095 2,771
86 2,296 2,060 2,516 2,221 1,898 2,553
87 2,072 1,853 2,275 1,999 1,691 2,311
88 1,836 1,636 2,022 1,767 1,479 2,055
89 1,595 1,411 1,767 1,532 1,262 1,798
90 1,355 1,182 1,518 1,299 1,046 1,546
91 1,122 957 1,282 1,076 839 1,306
92 904 747 1,061 868 648 1,082
93 708 562 858 681 483 875
94 538 407 674 518 347 688
95 396 285.5 513 382 240.9 524
96 282.1 193.9 376 271.9 162 384
97 193.8 127.5 265.3 187 105.5 271
98 128.9 81.1 180 123.9 66.4 183.9
99 83 49.8 117.7 79.3 40.4 120.2
100 0 0 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 Gambia 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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