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Life Expectancy in Ghana vs Namibia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.1 years in Ghana vs 67.8 in Namibia. Ghana is ranked 169/197 by life expectancy, and Namibia is 153/197. In Ghana, the life expectancy is 63.7 years for males and 68.6 years for females. In Namibia, it's 63.7 years for males and 71.8 years for females.

Ghana vs Namibia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ghana
Male

Female
Namibia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Namibia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 41.3 45.3 41.9 39.8 44.2
1951 43.6 41.8 45.8 42.5 40.3 44.8
1952 44 42.2 46.3 43.1 41 45.3
1953 44.5 42.6 46.8 43.8 41.6 45.9
1954 45 43.1 47.2 44.4 42.3 46.6
1955 45.4 43.5 47.6 45 42.9 47.2
1956 45.7 43.8 48 45.7 43.6 47.8
1957 46.1 44.2 48.4 46.4 44.3 48.5
1958 46.4 44.5 48.7 47.1 45 49.2
1959 46.7 44.8 48.9 47.8 45.7 49.8
1960 46.9 45 49.2 48.5 46.5 50.5
1961 47.1 45.2 49.4 49.2 47.2 51.2
1962 47.3 45.4 49.5 50 47.9 51.9
1963 47.5 45.5 49.7 50.6 48.6 52.6
1964 47.6 45.6 49.9 51.3 49.4 53.2
1965 47.7 45.7 50 52 50 53.9
1966 47.7 45.7 50 52.3 50.1 54.5
1967 47.7 45.7 50 52.9 50.7 55
1968 47.8 45.7 50 53.6 51.3 55.7
1969 47.9 45.8 50.2 54.1 51.9 56.2
1970 47.9 45.9 50.1 54.7 52.5 56.8
1971 47.9 46 50.1 55.3 53 57.5
1972 48.3 46.3 50.4 55.8 53.5 58.1
1973 48.6 46.6 50.7 56.4 54.1 58.7
1974 48.9 47 50.9 56.9 54.5 59.3
1975 49.3 47.5 51.3 57.6 54.9 60.1
1976 49.7 47.9 51.7 58 55.4 60.6
1977 50.1 48.3 52 58.6 55.8 61.3
1978 50.5 48.6 52.4 59.1 56.2 62
1979 50.8 49 52.7 59.5 56.4 62.5
1980 51.1 49.3 53 56.6 51 62.6
1981 51.3 49.5 53.2 56.9 51.3 63.1
1982 51.4 49.7 53.3 57.3 51.6 63.5
1983 51.8 50 53.7 57.6 52.1 63.6
1984 52.2 50.4 54.1 58.1 52.7 63.8
1985 52.7 50.9 54.6 58.5 53.1 64.1
1986 53.3 51.5 55.1 58.7 53.4 64.3
1987 53.8 52.1 55.6 59.1 53.9 64.5
1988 54.4 52.7 56.1 59 53.9 64.3
1989 54.9 53.4 56.5 60.8 56.8 64.6
1990 55.4 53.9 56.9 61.4 58.2 64.3
1991 55.7 54.4 57.1 60.8 57.8 63.7
1992 56.1 54.8 57.3 60.2 57.2 63
1993 56.3 55.1 57.4 59.3 56.3 62.1
1994 56.2 55 57.4 58.4 55.8 60.9
1995 56.7 55.6 57.8 57.5 55.1 59.8
1996 57 55.8 58.1 56.6 54.5 58.7
1997 57.2 56.1 58.3 55.8 53.9 57.6
1998 57.5 56.4 58.6 54.8 52.9 56.4
1999 57.8 56.6 59 54 52.1 55.7
2000 58.1 56.9 59.3 52.9 51.2 54.5
2001 58.4 57.2 59.6 52 50.2 53.6
2002 58.7 57.5 59.9 52 50.2 53.6
2003 59 57.7 60.3 51.9 50.2 53.5
2004 59.3 58 60.6 52.2 50.3 53.9
2005 59.6 58.4 60.9 52.6 50.7 54.3
2006 60 58.7 61.3 53.2 51 55.2
2007 60.3 59 61.6 54 51.6 56.3
2008 60.6 59.2 62 54.7 52.1 57.3
2009 60.9 59.5 62.4 55.3 52.8 57.8
2010 61.3 59.8 62.8 56.1 53.4 58.7
2011 61.6 60 63.3 56.6 53.8 59.4
2012 62 60.3 63.7 57.7 54.7 60.7
2013 62.4 60.7 64.2 58.5 55.4 61.5
2014 62.8 61 64.7 59.3 56.3 62.3
2015 63.2 61.3 65.1 60 56.8 63.1
2016 63.5 61.6 65.4 60.8 57.5 64.1
2017 63.8 61.9 65.8 61.7 58.2 65.1
2018 64.1 62.2 66.2 62.6 59 66.2
2019 64.5 62.4 66.6 63.5 59.8 67.3
2020 64.3 62 66.7 64.1 60.2 68
2021 64.3 62.1 66.5 60.8 57.3 64.6
2022 65.2 63 67.6 64.2 60.4 68.1
2023 65.5 63.1 67.9 67.4 63.3 71.3
2024 65.7 63.3 68.2 67.5 63.5 71.5
2025 65.9 63.5 68.4 67.7 63.6 71.6
2026 66.1 63.7 68.6 67.8 63.7 71.8

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 57.9 years in Ghana and 52.8 in Namibia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.9 healthy years in Ghana and 10.6 in Namibia.

Ghana vs Namibia 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 Ghana and Namibia, 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:
42.0 vs 42.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.0 vs 72.0 years

Median expected age of death:
74.8 vs 74.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ghana Namibia
Male Female Male Female
40 95.4% 96.8% 95.0% 97.6%
50 88.9% 92.2% 86.6% 93.3%
60 78.1% 84.2% 72.9% 84.8%
65 69.7% 77.6% 63.2% 77.8%
70 58.6% 67.9% 51.5% 68.4%
75 44.6% 54.4% 37.9% 56.8%
80 28.7% 37.7% 23.8% 43.4%
85 14.2% 20.5% 11.5% 28.8%
90 4.6% 7.9% 3.9% 14.9%
95 0.8% 1.8% 0.8% 5.6%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.3%

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 Ghana vs Namibia: 72 years vs 72 at 30, 79.1 vs 79.9 at 65, 86.1 vs 87.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.1 vs 67.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Ghana and Namibia.

Ghana
Male

Female
Namibia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ghana Namibia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.1 63.7 68.6 67.8 63.7 71.8
1 68 65.8 70.3 69.6 65.6 73.4
2 68.2 66 70.5 69.9 65.9 73.7
3 68.4 66.1 70.6 70 66.1 73.9
4 68.5 66.3 70.8 70.2 66.2 74
5 68.7 66.5 71 70.2 66.3 74.1
6 68.9 66.7 71.1 70.3 66.4 74.1
7 69.1 66.9 71.3 70.4 66.4 74.2
8 69.2 67.1 71.4 70.4 66.5 74.2
9 69.4 67.3 71.5 70.4 66.5 74.3
10 69.5 67.4 71.6 70.5 66.5 74.3
11 69.6 67.5 71.7 70.5 66.6 74.3
12 69.7 67.6 71.8 70.6 66.6 74.4
13 69.8 67.7 71.9 70.6 66.7 74.4
14 69.9 67.8 71.9 70.6 66.7 74.4
15 69.9 67.9 72 70.7 66.7 74.5
16 70 68 72.1 70.7 66.8 74.5
17 70.1 68.1 72.2 70.8 66.9 74.5
18 70.3 68.3 72.3 70.8 66.9 74.6
19 70.4 68.4 72.4 70.9 67 74.6
20 70.5 68.6 72.5 71 67.1 74.7
21 70.7 68.8 72.6 71.1 67.2 74.8
22 70.8 69 72.7 71.2 67.3 74.8
23 71 69.1 72.8 71.2 67.4 74.9
24 71.1 69.3 72.9 71.3 67.6 74.9
25 71.3 69.5 73.1 71.4 67.7 75
26 71.4 69.7 73.2 71.5 67.8 75.1
27 71.6 69.9 73.3 71.6 67.9 75.1
28 71.7 70 73.4 71.7 68.1 75.2
29 71.9 70.2 73.5 71.8 68.2 75.3
30 72 70.4 73.7 72 68.3 75.4
31 72.2 70.6 73.8 72.1 68.5 75.4
32 72.3 70.7 73.9 72.2 68.6 75.5
33 72.5 70.9 74 72.3 68.8 75.6
34 72.6 71.1 74.1 72.4 69 75.7
35 72.8 71.2 74.3 72.6 69.1 75.8
36 72.9 71.4 74.4 72.7 69.3 75.9
37 73.1 71.6 74.5 72.9 69.5 76
38 73.2 71.8 74.6 73 69.7 76.1
39 73.4 71.9 74.8 73.2 69.9 76.2
40 73.5 72.1 74.9 73.3 70.1 76.3
41 73.7 72.3 75 73.5 70.3 76.4
42 73.8 72.5 75.2 73.7 70.5 76.6
43 74 72.7 75.3 73.9 70.7 76.7
44 74.2 72.8 75.5 74 70.9 76.8
45 74.4 73 75.6 74.2 71.2 77
46 74.5 73.2 75.8 74.4 71.4 77.1
47 74.7 73.4 75.9 74.6 71.7 77.3
48 74.9 73.6 76.1 74.9 71.9 77.4
49 75.1 73.8 76.2 75.1 72.2 77.6
50 75.3 74 76.4 75.3 72.5 77.8
51 75.5 74.3 76.6 75.6 72.7 78
52 75.7 74.5 76.8 75.8 73 78.1
53 75.9 74.8 76.9 76.1 73.3 78.3
54 76.1 75 77.1 76.3 73.6 78.6
55 76.3 75.3 77.3 76.6 74 78.8
56 76.6 75.5 77.5 76.9 74.3 79
57 76.8 75.8 77.7 77.2 74.6 79.2
58 77 76.1 77.9 77.5 75 79.5
59 77.3 76.3 78.2 77.8 75.3 79.7
60 77.6 76.6 78.4 78.1 75.7 80
61 77.8 76.9 78.6 78.5 76.1 80.3
62 78.1 77.3 78.9 78.8 76.4 80.6
63 78.4 77.6 79.1 79.2 76.8 80.9
64 78.7 77.9 79.4 79.6 77.3 81.2
65 79.1 78.3 79.7 79.9 77.7 81.6
66 79.4 78.7 80 80.4 78.1 81.9
67 79.8 79.1 80.4 80.8 78.6 82.3
68 80.1 79.5 80.7 81.2 79 82.7
69 80.5 79.9 81.1 81.6 79.5 83.1
70 80.9 80.3 81.5 82.1 80 83.5
71 81.4 80.8 81.9 82.6 80.5 83.9
72 81.8 81.3 82.3 83 81 84.3
73 82.3 81.7 82.7 83.5 81.5 84.8
74 82.8 82.3 83.2 84 82.1 85.2
75 83.3 82.8 83.7 84.6 82.6 85.7
76 83.8 83.3 84.2 85.1 83.2 86.2
77 84.3 83.9 84.7 85.7 83.8 86.7
78 84.9 84.5 85.2 86.2 84.4 87.2
79 85.5 85.1 85.8 86.8 85.1 87.7
80 86.1 85.7 86.4 87.4 85.7 88.2
81 86.7 86.3 87 88 86.4 88.8
82 87.3 87 87.6 88.6 87.1 89.3
83 88 87.7 88.2 89.3 87.8 89.9
84 88.7 88.4 88.9 89.9 88.5 90.5
85 89.4 89.1 89.6 90.6 89.2 91.1
86 90.1 89.8 90.3 91.3 90 91.8
87 90.9 90.5 91.1 92 90.8 92.4
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 92.8 91.6 93.1
89 92.4 92 92.6 93.5 92.4 93.8
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 94.3 93.2 94.5
91 93.9 93.6 94.1 95.1 94 95.3
92 94.8 94.5 94.9 95.8 94.9 96
93 95.6 95.3 95.7 96.6 95.7 96.8
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97.4 96.6 97.6
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 98.3 97.4 98.4
96 98.2 98 98.2 99.1 98.3 99.2
97 99 98.9 99.1 99.9 99.2 100
98 99.9 99.8 100 100.8 100.1 100.9
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 101.6 101 101.7
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.5 101.9 102.6

Odds of living to age in Ghana vs Namibia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 73.1% in Ghana and 73.5% in Namibia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57% and 56.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30% and 31.8% to 80+ years, and 5.67% and 9.04% 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.

Ghana
Male

Female
Namibia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ghana Namibia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.7% 97.5% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
2 96.9% 96.5% 97.3% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97.1% 96.8% 96.4% 97.1%
4 96.4% 96% 96.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
5 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
6 95.8% 95.4% 96.4% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
7 95.6% 95% 96.1% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
8 95.3% 94.8% 95.9% 96.2% 95.8% 96.7%
9 95.1% 94.5% 95.7% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
10 94.9% 94.3% 95.6% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
11 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
12 94.6% 93.9% 95.3% 96% 95.6% 96.5%
13 94.5% 93.7% 95.2% 96% 95.5% 96.4%
14 94.3% 93.6% 95.1% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
15 94.2% 93.4% 95% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
16 94% 93.2% 94.8% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
17 93.8% 93% 94.7% 95.6% 95.1% 96.2%
18 93.6% 92.7% 94.5% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
19 93.4% 92.4% 94.3% 95.4% 94.8% 96%
20 93.1% 92.1% 94.1% 95.2% 94.6% 95.9%
21 92.8% 91.8% 93.9% 95.1% 94.4% 95.8%
22 92.6% 91.4% 93.7% 94.9% 94.2% 95.7%
23 92.3% 91.1% 93.5% 94.8% 93.9% 95.6%
24 92% 90.7% 93.3% 94.6% 93.7% 95.5%
25 91.7% 90.3% 93.1% 94.4% 93.4% 95.3%
26 91.4% 90% 92.9% 94.2% 93.1% 95.2%
27 91.1% 89.6% 92.6% 94% 92.9% 95.1%
28 90.8% 89.2% 92.4% 93.7% 92.6% 94.9%
29 90.5% 88.9% 92.1% 93.5% 92.2% 94.8%
30 90.2% 88.5% 91.9% 93.3% 91.9% 94.6%
31 89.8% 88.1% 91.6% 93% 91.6% 94.4%
32 89.5% 87.7% 91.4% 92.7% 91.2% 94.3%
33 89.2% 87.3% 91.1% 92.4% 90.8% 94.1%
34 88.8% 86.9% 90.8% 92.1% 90.4% 93.9%
35 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 91.8% 89.9% 93.7%
36 88.1% 86.1% 90.2% 91.5% 89.5% 93.4%
37 87.8% 85.7% 90% 91.1% 89% 93.2%
38 87.4% 85.3% 89.6% 90.7% 88.5% 92.9%
39 87% 84.8% 89.3% 90.3% 87.9% 92.7%
40 86.6% 84.4% 89% 89.9% 87.4% 92.4%
41 86.2% 83.9% 88.6% 89.4% 86.7% 92.1%
42 85.8% 83.4% 88.2% 88.9% 86.1% 91.8%
43 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 88.4% 85.4% 91.4%
44 84.8% 82.4% 87.4% 87.9% 84.7% 91%
45 84.4% 81.8% 87% 87.3% 84% 90.6%
46 83.9% 81.2% 86.6% 86.7% 83.2% 90.2%
47 83.3% 80.6% 86.1% 86.1% 82.4% 89.8%
48 82.8% 80% 85.7% 85.4% 81.5% 89.3%
49 82.2% 79.4% 85.2% 84.7% 80.6% 88.8%
50 81.6% 78.7% 84.7% 83.9% 79.6% 88.2%
51 81% 77.9% 84.1% 83.1% 78.6% 87.6%
52 80.3% 77.1% 83.5% 82.2% 77.5% 87%
53 79.5% 76.3% 82.9% 81.3% 76.4% 86.3%
54 78.7% 75.4% 82.2% 80.4% 75.2% 85.6%
55 77.9% 74.4% 81.5% 79.4% 74% 84.9%
56 77% 73.4% 80.8% 78.3% 72.7% 84.1%
57 76.1% 72.4% 80% 77.2% 71.4% 83.2%
58 75.2% 71.4% 79.2% 76% 70% 82.3%
59 74.2% 70.3% 78.3% 74.8% 68.5% 81.3%
60 73.1% 69.1% 77.4% 73.5% 67% 80.2%
61 72% 67.8% 76.4% 72.1% 65.4% 79.1%
62 70.8% 66.4% 75.2% 70.7% 63.7% 77.9%
63 69.4% 65% 74% 69.1% 61.9% 76.5%
64 68% 63.4% 72.7% 67.5% 60% 75.1%
65 66.4% 61.7% 71.3% 65.8% 58.1% 73.6%
66 64.7% 59.9% 69.8% 64% 56% 71.9%
67 63% 58.1% 68.1% 62.1% 54% 70.2%
68 61.1% 56.1% 66.3% 60.2% 51.8% 68.5%
69 59.1% 54% 64.4% 58.2% 49.6% 66.6%
70 57% 51.9% 62.4% 56.1% 47.3% 64.7%
71 54.8% 49.6% 60.2% 53.9% 44.9% 62.7%
72 52.4% 47.2% 57.8% 51.7% 42.5% 60.6%
73 49.9% 44.7% 55.4% 49.3% 40% 58.4%
74 47.3% 42.1% 52.7% 46.9% 37.5% 56.1%
75 44.6% 39.4% 50% 44.5% 34.9% 53.7%
76 41.8% 36.7% 47.1% 42% 32.2% 51.3%
77 38.9% 33.9% 44.1% 39.5% 29.6% 48.8%
78 36% 31.1% 41% 36.9% 27% 46.3%
79 33% 28.2% 37.9% 34.3% 24.4% 43.7%
80 30% 25.4% 34.6% 31.8% 21.8% 41.1%
81 26.9% 22.6% 31.4% 29.2% 19.3% 38.4%
82 24% 19.9% 28.1% 26.7% 17% 35.8%
83 21.1% 17.3% 24.9% 24.2% 14.7% 33%
84 18.3% 14.8% 21.8% 21.7% 12.6% 30.1%
85 15.7% 12.6% 18.8% 19.2% 10.6% 27.3%
86 13.2% 10.4% 16.1% 16.9% 8.82% 24.4%
87 11% 8.53% 13.5% 14.7% 7.22% 21.7%
88 8.99% 6.83% 11.1% 12.6% 5.82% 19%
89 7.21% 5.34% 9.07% 10.7% 4.61% 16.5%
90 5.67% 4.07% 7.26% 9.04% 3.59% 14.1%
91 4.36% 3.01% 5.7% 7.49% 2.74% 11.9%
92 3.27% 2.17% 4.37% 6.15% 2.06% 9.96%
93 2.39% 1.51% 3.28% 4.97% 1.52% 8.18%
94 1.7% 1.02% 2.39% 3.95% 1.09% 6.62%
95 1.18% 0.67% 1.69% 3.09% 0.77% 5.25%
96 0.79% 0.43% 1.16% 2.37% 0.53% 4.09%
97 0.52% 0.27% 0.77% 1.79% 0.35% 3.13%
98 0.33% 0.16% 0.5% 1.33% 0.23% 2.35%
99 0.2% 0.09% 0.31% 0.97% 0.15% 1.73%
100 0.12% 0.05% 0.19% 0.69% 0.09% 1.25%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Ghana and 2.59% in Namibia, 0.36% vs 0.28% at age 30, 1.57% vs 1.89% at 60, and 10% vs 8.1% at 80.

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

Ghana
Male

Female
Namibia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ghana Namibia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.9% 3.26% 2.53% 2.59% 2.91% 2.27%
1 0.22% 0.25% 0.2% 0.4% 0.42% 0.37%
2 0.24% 0.27% 0.22% 0.25% 0.27% 0.23%
3 0.26% 0.29% 0.23% 0.17% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.28% 0.31% 0.24% 0.13% 0.14% 0.11%
5 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
6 0.28% 0.32% 0.24% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
7 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
8 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
9 0.2% 0.24% 0.17% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
10 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
11 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
13 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
14 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.17% 0.21% 0.14% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.2% 0.24% 0.16% 0.1% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.22% 0.27% 0.18% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
18 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
19 0.27% 0.34% 0.2% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
20 0.29% 0.37% 0.21% 0.16% 0.22% 0.11%
21 0.3% 0.39% 0.22% 0.17% 0.23% 0.11%
22 0.31% 0.4% 0.22% 0.18% 0.25% 0.12%
23 0.32% 0.4% 0.23% 0.2% 0.27% 0.12%
24 0.32% 0.41% 0.24% 0.21% 0.28% 0.13%
25 0.33% 0.41% 0.24% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
26 0.33% 0.41% 0.25% 0.23% 0.31% 0.14%
27 0.34% 0.41% 0.26% 0.24% 0.33% 0.15%
28 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.25% 0.34% 0.16%
29 0.35% 0.42% 0.28% 0.26% 0.36% 0.17%
30 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.28% 0.38% 0.18%
31 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.29% 0.4% 0.19%
32 0.37% 0.45% 0.3% 0.31% 0.43% 0.2%
33 0.38% 0.45% 0.3% 0.33% 0.45% 0.21%
34 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.35% 0.48% 0.23%
35 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.37% 0.52% 0.24%
36 0.4% 0.48% 0.33% 0.4% 0.55% 0.26%
37 0.42% 0.5% 0.34% 0.42% 0.58% 0.27%
38 0.44% 0.52% 0.36% 0.45% 0.62% 0.29%
39 0.46% 0.54% 0.38% 0.48% 0.66% 0.31%
40 0.49% 0.57% 0.41% 0.51% 0.7% 0.34%
41 0.51% 0.59% 0.43% 0.54% 0.73% 0.35%
42 0.54% 0.62% 0.45% 0.57% 0.78% 0.38%
43 0.55% 0.64% 0.47% 0.61% 0.82% 0.4%
44 0.57% 0.67% 0.48% 0.65% 0.87% 0.43%
45 0.59% 0.69% 0.49% 0.69% 0.93% 0.46%
46 0.61% 0.72% 0.51% 0.74% 0.99% 0.49%
47 0.65% 0.76% 0.53% 0.79% 1.05% 0.53%
48 0.69% 0.82% 0.56% 0.85% 1.13% 0.57%
49 0.74% 0.88% 0.6% 0.91% 1.2% 0.62%
50 0.8% 0.96% 0.65% 0.98% 1.29% 0.67%
51 0.87% 1.04% 0.71% 1.03% 1.36% 0.71%
52 0.94% 1.11% 0.77% 1.1% 1.45% 0.78%
53 1% 1.18% 0.82% 1.17% 1.54% 0.83%
54 1.05% 1.25% 0.86% 1.25% 1.63% 0.89%
55 1.1% 1.31% 0.91% 1.33% 1.73% 0.95%
56 1.16% 1.37% 0.96% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
57 1.23% 1.45% 1.02% 1.5% 1.95% 1.1%
58 1.32% 1.56% 1.1% 1.61% 2.09% 1.2%
59 1.43% 1.69% 1.19% 1.73% 2.24% 1.3%
60 1.57% 1.85% 1.31% 1.89% 2.44% 1.44%
61 1.73% 2.03% 1.45% 2.01% 2.6% 1.54%
62 1.9% 2.22% 1.61% 2.19% 2.81% 1.71%
63 2.09% 2.43% 1.78% 2.34% 3.02% 1.86%
64 2.29% 2.65% 1.96% 2.53% 3.24% 2.03%
65 2.49% 2.87% 2.15% 2.75% 3.49% 2.23%
66 2.72% 3.11% 2.37% 2.91% 3.71% 2.35%
67 2.97% 3.38% 2.6% 3.11% 3.98% 2.52%
68 3.25% 3.68% 2.87% 3.35% 4.28% 2.71%
69 3.57% 4.02% 3.18% 3.58% 4.6% 2.88%
70 3.93% 4.4% 3.52% 3.91% 5.03% 3.17%
71 4.33% 4.83% 3.9% 4.14% 5.37% 3.33%
72 4.76% 5.3% 4.31% 4.52% 5.89% 3.65%
73 5.23% 5.81% 4.75% 4.85% 6.38% 3.91%
74 5.73% 6.36% 5.24% 5.23% 6.93% 4.21%
75 6.28% 6.96% 5.76% 5.63% 7.53% 4.54%
76 6.89% 7.62% 6.34% 6.03% 8.16% 4.85%
77 7.58% 8.34% 6.98% 6.44% 8.83% 5.16%
78 8.32% 9.14% 7.7% 7.01% 9.66% 5.6%
79 9.14% 10% 8.5% 7.45% 10.4% 5.93%
80 10% 11% 9.39% 8.1% 11.4% 6.48%
81 11% 12% 10.4% 8.57% 12.2% 6.9%
82 12.1% 13.1% 11.4% 9.52% 13.4% 7.82%
83 13.2% 14.2% 12.5% 10.3% 14.5% 8.6%
84 14.3% 15.4% 13.6% 11.3% 15.7% 9.54%
85 15.6% 16.8% 14.8% 12.1% 16.9% 10.4%
86 16.9% 18.3% 16% 13.1% 18.1% 11.4%
87 18.3% 20% 17.3% 13.9% 19.4% 12.3%
88 19.8% 21.8% 18.6% 14.9% 20.8% 13.3%
89 21.4% 23.8% 20% 15.9% 22.1% 14.2%
90 23.1% 25.9% 21.5% 17.2% 23.6% 15.7%
91 24.9% 28.1% 23.2% 17.9% 24.8% 16.4%
92 26.8% 30.2% 25% 19.2% 26.5% 17.9%
93 28.8% 32.2% 27% 20.4% 28% 19.2%
94 30.8% 34.2% 29.2% 21.8% 29.6% 20.6%
95 32.9% 36.1% 31.4% 23.3% 31.4% 22.2%
96 34.9% 38% 33.5% 24.6% 32.9% 23.6%
97 36.9% 40% 35.6% 25.8% 34.4% 24.9%
98 38.8% 42% 37.6% 27% 35.8% 26.1%
99 40.7% 44% 39.5% 28.7% 37.6% 27.9%
100 42.7% 45.9% 41.7% 29.8% 39% 29.2%

Death rate by age in Ghana compared to Namibia

In Ghana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Namibia. The median age of death is 73 in Ghana and 72.7 in Namibia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ghana
Male

Female
Namibia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ghana Namibia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,898 3,255 2,529 2,592 2,914 2,268
1 217.9 238.1 197 385 404 366
2 235.9 260 210.9 241.7 261.2 222.1
3 254.3 282.7 224.8 167.8 182.9 152.6
4 269.1 302 235.2 123.5 135.3 111.5
5 275.9 312 238.4 94.8 103.8 85.7
6 270.4 308 230.9 80.2 89.3 71
7 251.4 289.1 212.2 70.9 80.4 61.3
8 223.6 259.2 186.7 63.4 72.6 54.2
9 193.3 225.5 159.9 58.5 67.3 49.8
10 167.2 196.1 137.3 56.4 65.4 47.5
11 149 175.3 121.8 56.8 66.7 47
12 139.7 164.6 113.9 59.1 69.7 48.5
13 139.6 164.6 113.6 63.9 75.6 52.3
14 147.8 174.6 120 72 86.5 57.7
15 163.7 194 132.3 83.7 102.1 65.4
16 185.6 221.3 148.5 97.5 121.5 73.6
17 210.3 253.3 165.7 113 144.7 81.4
18 234.8 286.4 181.2 129.6 170.1 89.2
19 255.4 316 192.6 142.3 188 95.9
20 271 340 200 154.6 205.2 102.1
21 281.6 356 204.7 165 221 106.6
22 288.1 365 208.5 175.5 236.2 112.3
23 292.3 369 213.2 185.1 249.9 118.1
24 295.5 369 219.4 194.2 262.3 124.2
25 298.8 368 227.2 203.7 275.5 130.1
26 303 367 235.9 213.4 287.6 137
27 307 367 244.6 224.2 302 144.3
28 312 370 252.4 235 317 151.8
29 318 374 258.7 246.8 333 159.9
30 323 380 263.6 261.3 352 169.4
31 328 386 267.3 272.1 368 175.9
32 332 391 270.4 288.7 390 188.3
33 336 396 273.6 305 412 199.3
34 341 401 278 323 437 211.5
35 347 407 284.4 344 464 226.1
36 356 415 293.7 364 490 240.1
37 368 426 307 386 518 254.3
38 383 440 323 410 547 272.6
39 402 458 342 432 576 289
40 422 478 363 460 611 310
41 441 498 382 480 636 325
42 459 517 398 511 672 350
43 473 534 410 538 705 370
44 486 549 419 569 741 392
45 499 567 427 605 784 420
46 515 588 438 638 824 445
47 538 617 456 678 868 476
48 570 655 481 723 917 512
49 610 701 514 766 967 548
50 656 754 555 820 1,027 595
51 705 808 598 855 1,068 624
52 751 858 640 908 1,125 677
53 792 902 678 952 1,174 716
54 827 939 711 1,002 1,227 763
55 860 973 742 1,053 1,283 810
56 895 1,009 775 1,103 1,336 865
57 937 1,054 816 1,156 1,395 919
58 993 1,112 869 1,224 1,465 989
59 1,063 1,187 936 1,293 1,537 1,056
60 1,148 1,275 1,017 1,392 1,635 1,155
61 1,244 1,374 1,109 1,453 1,697 1,218
62 1,346 1,476 1,210 1,545 1,790 1,328
63 1,450 1,578 1,316 1,621 1,867 1,422
64 1,554 1,677 1,425 1,711 1,945 1,525
65 1,656 1,772 1,536 1,809 2,025 1,640
66 1,760 1,865 1,651 1,863 2,080 1,693
67 1,871 1,962 1,774 1,935 2,147 1,768
68 1,988 2,064 1,906 2,015 2,218 1,853
69 2,112 2,171 2,047 2,081 2,283 1,920
70 2,241 2,283 2,195 2,195 2,378 2,050
71 2,370 2,394 2,345 2,230 2,414 2,083
72 2,495 2,499 2,492 2,338 2,504 2,210
73 2,609 2,595 2,632 2,394 2,551 2,279
74 2,711 2,677 2,760 2,455 2,594 2,361
75 2,799 2,744 2,877 2,505 2,626 2,437
76 2,881 2,794 2,983 2,530 2,630 2,486
77 2,948 2,826 3,077 2,542 2,615 2,515
78 2,991 2,838 3,158 2,587 2,607 2,594
79 3,013 2,824 3,219 2,559 2,544 2,591
80 3,009 2,782 3,254 2,572 2,492 2,664
81 2,970 2,707 3,252 2,502 2,356 2,652
82 2,893 2,598 3,207 2,541 2,274 2,798
83 2,776 2,459 3,115 2,493 2,131 2,837
84 2,624 2,294 2,975 2,442 1,982 2,876
85 2,442 2,109 2,792 2,329 1,789 2,837
86 2,236 1,911 2,573 2,209 1,600 2,779
87 2,014 1,704 2,331 2,048 1,400 2,654
88 1,781 1,490 2,075 1,888 1,207 2,524
89 1,544 1,272 1,816 1,704 1,017 2,347
90 1,311 1,055 1,563 1,555 849 2,215
91 1,086 846 1,321 1,337 680 1,951
92 877 654 1,095 1,184 546 1,780
93 689 487 887 1,016 425 1,568
94 525 350 698 861 324 1,362
95 387 243.5 532 719 241.2 1,164
96 276.4 163.8 390 583 173.8 963
97 190.3 106.7 275.6 462 121.9 778
98 126.3 67.3 187.2 358 83.2 613
99 80.9 40.9 122.6 278.1 56 484
100 0 0 0 148 0 287.8

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 Ghana and Namibia 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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