Life Expectancy in Ghana vs Nigeria (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

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Ghana

Male

Female

Nigeria

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ghana			Nigeria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	101.6	101.6	101.7
99	100.9	100.7	100.9	100.7	100.6	100.8
98	99.9	99.8	100	99.8	99.7	99.9
97	99	98.9	99.1	98.9	98.8	99
96	98.2	98	98.2	98	97.8	98.1
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	97.1	96.9	97.2
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	96.2	96	96.3
93	95.6	95.3	95.7	95.3	95.2	95.4
92	94.8	94.5	94.9	94.4	94.3	94.5
91	93.9	93.6	94.1	93.6	93.4	93.7
90	93.1	92.8	93.3	92.7	92.6	92.9
89	92.4	92	92.6	91.9	91.8	92
88	91.6	91.3	91.8	91.1	91	91.3
87	90.9	90.5	91.1	90.3	90.2	90.5
86	90.1	89.8	90.3	89.6	89.4	89.7
85	89.4	89.1	89.6	88.8	88.7	88.9
84	88.7	88.4	88.9	88.1	87.9	88.2
83	88	87.7	88.2	87.3	87.2	87.5
82	87.3	87	87.6	86.6	86.5	86.7
81	86.7	86.3	87	85.9	85.8	86
80	86.1	85.7	86.4	85.2	85.1	85.4
79	85.5	85.1	85.8	84.6	84.5	84.7
78	84.9	84.5	85.2	83.9	83.8	84.1
77	84.3	83.9	84.7	83.3	83.2	83.4
76	83.8	83.3	84.2	82.7	82.6	82.8
75	83.3	82.8	83.7	82.1	82	82.2
74	82.8	82.3	83.2	81.6	81.4	81.7
73	82.3	81.7	82.7	81	80.9	81.1
72	81.8	81.3	82.3	80.5	80.3	80.6
71	81.4	80.8	81.9	79.9	79.8	80.1
70	80.9	80.3	81.5	79.4	79.3	79.6
69	80.5	79.9	81.1	79	78.8	79.1
68	80.1	79.5	80.7	78.5	78.4	78.6
67	79.8	79.1	80.4	78.1	77.9	78.2
66	79.4	78.7	80	77.6	77.5	77.8
65	79.1	78.3	79.7	77.2	77	77.4
64	78.7	77.9	79.4	76.8	76.6	77
63	78.4	77.6	79.1	76.4	76.2	76.6
62	78.1	77.3	78.9	76	75.8	76.2
61	77.8	76.9	78.6	75.7	75.5	75.9
60	77.6	76.6	78.4	75.3	75.1	75.5
59	77.3	76.3	78.2	75	74.8	75.2
58	77	76.1	77.9	74.7	74.4	74.9
57	76.8	75.8	77.7	74.4	74.1	74.6
56	76.6	75.5	77.5	74	73.8	74.3
55	76.3	75.3	77.3	73.7	73.5	74
54	76.1	75	77.1	73.4	73.1	73.7
53	75.9	74.8	76.9	73.1	72.8	73.4
52	75.7	74.5	76.8	72.9	72.5	73.2
51	75.5	74.3	76.6	72.6	72.2	72.9
50	75.3	74	76.4	72.3	71.9	72.7
49	75.1	73.8	76.2	72	71.7	72.4
48	74.9	73.6	76.1	71.8	71.4	72.1
47	74.7	73.4	75.9	71.5	71.1	71.9
46	74.5	73.2	75.8	71.3	70.9	71.6
45	74.4	73	75.6	71	70.6	71.4
44	74.2	72.8	75.5	70.7	70.3	71.1
43	74	72.7	75.3	70.5	70.1	70.9
42	73.8	72.5	75.2	70.2	69.8	70.6
41	73.7	72.3	75	70	69.6	70.3
40	73.5	72.1	74.9	69.7	69.3	70.1
39	73.4	71.9	74.8	69.4	69.1	69.8
38	73.2	71.8	74.6	69.2	68.8	69.5
37	73.1	71.6	74.5	68.9	68.6	69.3
36	72.9	71.4	74.4	68.7	68.4	69
35	72.8	71.2	74.3	68.4	68.1	68.8
34	72.6	71.1	74.1	68.2	67.9	68.5
33	72.5	70.9	74	68	67.7	68.2
32	72.3	70.7	73.9	67.7	67.4	68
31	72.2	70.6	73.8	67.5	67.2	67.7
30	72	70.4	73.7	67.2	66.9	67.5
29	71.9	70.2	73.5	67	66.7	67.2
28	71.7	70	73.4	66.7	66.4	67
27	71.6	69.9	73.3	66.5	66.2	66.7
26	71.4	69.7	73.2	66.2	65.9	66.5
25	71.3	69.5	73.1	66	65.7	66.2
24	71.1	69.3	72.9	65.7	65.4	66
23	71	69.1	72.8	65.5	65.2	65.8
22	70.8	69	72.7	65.2	64.9	65.5
21	70.7	68.8	72.6	65	64.6	65.3
20	70.5	68.6	72.5	64.7	64.4	65.1
19	70.4	68.4	72.4	64.5	64.2	64.9
18	70.3	68.3	72.3	64.3	63.9	64.6
17	70.1	68.1	72.2	64.1	63.8	64.4
16	70	68	72.1	63.9	63.6	64.2
15	69.9	67.9	72	63.7	63.4	64
14	69.9	67.8	71.9	63.5	63.3	63.8
13	69.8	67.7	71.9	63.4	63.1	63.7
12	69.7	67.6	71.8	63.2	62.9	63.5
11	69.6	67.5	71.7	63	62.8	63.3
10	69.5	67.4	71.6	62.8	62.6	63
9	69.4	67.3	71.5	62.5	62.4	62.7
8	69.2	67.1	71.4	62.2	62.1	62.4
7	69.1	66.9	71.3	61.9	61.8	61.9
6	68.9	66.7	71.1	61.4	61.4	61.4
5	68.7	66.5	71	61	61	60.9
4	68.5	66.3	70.8	60.5	60.5	60.4
3	68.4	66.1	70.6	60	60	59.9
2	68.2	66	70.5	59.4	59.5	59.4
1	68	65.8	70.3	58.9	58.8	58.9
0	66.1	63.7	68.6	55	54.6	55.3

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Ghana can expect to live to 72 years compared to 67.2 in Nigeria, rising to 79.1 and 77.2 at 65, and to 86.1 and 85.2 at 80 — higher than the 66.1 and 55 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Ghana and Nigeria.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Nigeria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ghana			Nigeria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.12%	0.05%	0.19%	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%
99	0.2%	0.09%	0.31%	0.05%	0.03%	0.07%
98	0.33%	0.16%	0.5%	0.08%	0.06%	0.11%
97	0.52%	0.27%	0.77%	0.14%	0.1%	0.18%
96	0.79%	0.43%	1.16%	0.22%	0.17%	0.28%
95	1.18%	0.67%	1.69%	0.35%	0.27%	0.42%
94	1.7%	1.02%	2.39%	0.54%	0.43%	0.64%
93	2.39%	1.51%	3.28%	0.8%	0.66%	0.93%
92	3.27%	2.17%	4.37%	1.16%	0.98%	1.33%
91	4.36%	3.01%	5.7%	1.63%	1.42%	1.84%
90	5.67%	4.07%	7.26%	2.24%	1.99%	2.49%
89	7.21%	5.34%	9.07%	3%	2.71%	3.28%
88	8.99%	6.83%	11.1%	3.91%	3.58%	4.23%
87	11%	8.53%	13.5%	4.98%	4.61%	5.34%
86	13.2%	10.4%	16.1%	6.22%	5.81%	6.62%
85	15.7%	12.6%	18.8%	7.63%	7.19%	8.07%
84	18.3%	14.8%	21.8%	9.22%	8.73%	9.7%
83	21.1%	17.3%	24.9%	11%	10.4%	11.5%
82	24%	19.9%	28.1%	12.9%	12.3%	13.5%
81	26.9%	22.6%	31.4%	14.9%	14.3%	15.5%
80	30%	25.4%	34.6%	17.1%	16.4%	17.7%
79	33%	28.2%	37.9%	19.3%	18.5%	20%
78	36%	31.1%	41%	21.5%	20.8%	22.3%
77	38.9%	33.9%	44.1%	23.8%	23%	24.6%
76	41.8%	36.7%	47.1%	26.2%	25.3%	27%
75	44.6%	39.4%	50%	28.5%	27.6%	29.3%
74	47.3%	42.1%	52.7%	30.8%	29.9%	31.6%
73	49.9%	44.7%	55.4%	33.1%	32.2%	33.9%
72	52.4%	47.2%	57.8%	35.3%	34.4%	36.2%
71	54.8%	49.6%	60.2%	37.5%	36.6%	38.4%
70	57%	51.9%	62.4%	39.6%	38.6%	40.5%
69	59.1%	54%	64.4%	41.6%	40.7%	42.5%
68	61.1%	56.1%	66.3%	43.5%	42.6%	44.5%
67	63%	58.1%	68.1%	45.4%	44.4%	46.3%
66	64.7%	59.9%	69.8%	47.1%	46.2%	48%
65	66.4%	61.7%	71.3%	48.8%	47.9%	49.7%
64	68%	63.4%	72.7%	50.4%	49.5%	51.3%
63	69.4%	65%	74%	51.9%	51.1%	52.8%
62	70.8%	66.4%	75.2%	53.4%	52.6%	54.1%
61	72%	67.8%	76.4%	54.7%	54%	55.5%
60	73.1%	69.1%	77.4%	56%	55.3%	56.7%
59	74.2%	70.3%	78.3%	57.2%	56.6%	57.9%
58	75.2%	71.4%	79.2%	58.4%	57.8%	59%
57	76.1%	72.4%	80%	59.5%	58.9%	60%
56	77%	73.4%	80.8%	60.5%	60%	61%
55	77.9%	74.4%	81.5%	61.5%	61.1%	62%
54	78.7%	75.4%	82.2%	62.5%	62.1%	62.9%
53	79.5%	76.3%	82.9%	63.4%	63.1%	63.7%
52	80.3%	77.1%	83.5%	64.3%	64.1%	64.6%
51	81%	77.9%	84.1%	65.2%	65%	65.4%
50	81.6%	78.7%	84.7%	66%	65.8%	66.2%
49	82.2%	79.4%	85.2%	66.8%	66.7%	66.9%
48	82.8%	80%	85.7%	67.5%	67.5%	67.6%
47	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%	68.3%	68.2%	68.3%
46	83.9%	81.2%	86.6%	69%	69%	69%
45	84.4%	81.8%	87%	69.7%	69.7%	69.7%
44	84.8%	82.4%	87.4%	70.4%	70.4%	70.3%
43	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	71%	71.1%	71%
42	85.8%	83.4%	88.2%	71.7%	71.7%	71.7%
41	86.2%	83.9%	88.6%	72.4%	72.4%	72.3%
40	86.6%	84.4%	89%	73%	73%	73%
39	87%	84.8%	89.3%	73.6%	73.6%	73.6%
38	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	74.2%	74.2%	74.3%
37	87.8%	85.7%	90%	74.8%	74.7%	74.9%
36	88.1%	86.1%	90.2%	75.4%	75.3%	75.5%
35	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	76%	75.8%	76.1%
34	88.8%	86.9%	90.8%	76.5%	76.4%	76.6%
33	89.2%	87.3%	91.1%	77.1%	76.9%	77.2%
32	89.5%	87.7%	91.4%	77.6%	77.5%	77.8%
31	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	78.1%	78%	78.3%
30	90.2%	88.5%	91.9%	78.7%	78.5%	78.9%
29	90.5%	88.9%	92.1%	79.2%	79%	79.4%
28	90.8%	89.2%	92.4%	79.7%	79.5%	79.9%
27	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%	80.2%	80%	80.4%
26	91.4%	90%	92.9%	80.7%	80.5%	80.9%
25	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%	81.2%	81.1%	81.4%
24	92%	90.7%	93.3%	81.7%	81.6%	81.8%
23	92.3%	91.1%	93.5%	82.2%	82.1%	82.3%
22	92.6%	91.4%	93.7%	82.7%	82.6%	82.7%
21	92.8%	91.8%	93.9%	83.1%	83.1%	83.1%
20	93.1%	92.1%	94.1%	83.6%	83.6%	83.6%
19	93.4%	92.4%	94.3%	84%	84%	84%
18	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%	84.4%	84.4%	84.4%
17	93.8%	93%	94.7%	84.8%	84.7%	84.8%
16	94%	93.2%	94.8%	85.1%	85.1%	85.2%
15	94.2%	93.4%	95%	85.4%	85.4%	85.5%
14	94.3%	93.6%	95.1%	85.7%	85.6%	85.8%
13	94.5%	93.7%	95.2%	86%	85.9%	86.1%
12	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%	86.3%	86.2%	86.4%
11	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%	86.6%	86.4%	86.8%
10	94.9%	94.3%	95.6%	87%	86.8%	87.2%
9	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%	87.4%	87.1%	87.7%
8	95.3%	94.8%	95.9%	87.9%	87.6%	88.3%
7	95.6%	95%	96.1%	88.5%	88.1%	89%
6	95.8%	95.4%	96.4%	89.2%	88.6%	89.7%
5	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	89.9%	89.3%	90.6%
4	96.4%	96%	96.8%	90.7%	90%	91.4%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	91.6%	90.9%	92.3%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	92.4%	91.8%	93.1%
1	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	93.3%	92.8%	93.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 73.1% of newborns in Ghana and 56% in Nigeria are expected to live past 60, 57% and 39.6% past 70, 30% and 17.1% past 80, and only 5.67% and 2.24% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Nigeria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ghana			Nigeria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.7%	45.9%	41.7%	44.7%	47.8%	43.4%
99	40.7%	44%	39.5%	43%	46%	41.7%
98	38.8%	42%	37.6%	41.3%	44.2%	39.9%
97	36.9%	40%	35.6%	39.6%	42.4%	38.2%
96	34.9%	38%	33.5%	37.9%	40.5%	36.5%
95	32.9%	36.1%	31.4%	36.3%	38.7%	34.9%
94	30.8%	34.2%	29.2%	34.6%	36.9%	33.2%
93	28.8%	32.2%	27%	32.9%	34.9%	31.6%
92	26.8%	30.2%	25%	31.1%	32.9%	29.8%
91	24.9%	28.1%	23.2%	29.2%	30.8%	28%
90	23.1%	25.9%	21.5%	27.2%	28.6%	26.1%
89	21.4%	23.8%	20%	25.2%	26.4%	24.2%
88	19.8%	21.8%	18.6%	23.3%	24.3%	22.4%
87	18.3%	20%	17.3%	21.5%	22.4%	20.8%
86	16.9%	18.3%	16%	19.9%	20.7%	19.3%
85	15.6%	16.8%	14.8%	18.5%	19.1%	18%
84	14.3%	15.4%	13.6%	17.2%	17.7%	16.8%
83	13.2%	14.2%	12.5%	16%	16.3%	15.7%
82	12.1%	13.1%	11.4%	14.8%	15.1%	14.5%
81	11%	12%	10.4%	13.7%	13.9%	13.4%
80	10%	11%	9.39%	12.5%	12.8%	12.3%
79	9.14%	10%	8.5%	11.5%	11.7%	11.3%
78	8.32%	9.14%	7.7%	10.5%	10.7%	10.3%
77	7.58%	8.34%	6.98%	9.65%	9.86%	9.47%
76	6.89%	7.62%	6.34%	8.86%	9.06%	8.69%
75	6.28%	6.96%	5.76%	8.15%	8.33%	8%
74	5.73%	6.36%	5.24%	7.5%	7.66%	7.37%
73	5.23%	5.81%	4.75%	6.9%	7.03%	6.78%
72	4.76%	5.3%	4.31%	6.33%	6.45%	6.23%
71	4.33%	4.83%	3.9%	5.8%	5.9%	5.71%
70	3.93%	4.4%	3.52%	5.3%	5.39%	5.22%
69	3.57%	4.02%	3.18%	4.84%	4.93%	4.76%
68	3.25%	3.68%	2.87%	4.43%	4.52%	4.34%
67	2.97%	3.38%	2.6%	4.06%	4.16%	3.97%
66	2.72%	3.11%	2.37%	3.73%	3.84%	3.63%
65	2.49%	2.87%	2.15%	3.44%	3.56%	3.33%
64	2.29%	2.65%	1.96%	3.18%	3.3%	3.06%
63	2.09%	2.43%	1.78%	2.93%	3.05%	2.81%
62	1.9%	2.22%	1.61%	2.7%	2.82%	2.58%
61	1.73%	2.03%	1.45%	2.49%	2.6%	2.37%
60	1.57%	1.85%	1.31%	2.29%	2.4%	2.18%
59	1.43%	1.69%	1.19%	2.12%	2.22%	2.01%
58	1.32%	1.56%	1.1%	1.97%	2.07%	1.87%
57	1.23%	1.45%	1.02%	1.84%	1.94%	1.74%
56	1.16%	1.37%	0.96%	1.73%	1.83%	1.63%
55	1.1%	1.31%	0.91%	1.64%	1.74%	1.54%
54	1.05%	1.25%	0.86%	1.56%	1.66%	1.45%
53	1%	1.18%	0.82%	1.48%	1.58%	1.37%
52	0.94%	1.11%	0.77%	1.4%	1.5%	1.3%
51	0.87%	1.04%	0.71%	1.32%	1.41%	1.23%
50	0.8%	0.96%	0.65%	1.24%	1.33%	1.16%
49	0.74%	0.88%	0.6%	1.17%	1.25%	1.1%
48	0.69%	0.82%	0.56%	1.11%	1.17%	1.05%
47	0.65%	0.76%	0.53%	1.07%	1.11%	1.02%
46	0.61%	0.72%	0.51%	1.03%	1.07%	0.99%
45	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%	1%	1.03%	0.97%
44	0.57%	0.67%	0.48%	0.98%	0.99%	0.96%
43	0.55%	0.64%	0.47%	0.95%	0.96%	0.95%
42	0.54%	0.62%	0.45%	0.93%	0.93%	0.93%
41	0.51%	0.59%	0.43%	0.9%	0.89%	0.92%
40	0.49%	0.57%	0.41%	0.88%	0.85%	0.9%
39	0.46%	0.54%	0.38%	0.85%	0.82%	0.87%
38	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.82%	0.79%	0.85%
37	0.42%	0.5%	0.34%	0.79%	0.76%	0.82%
36	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%	0.77%	0.74%	0.8%
35	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.75%	0.72%	0.77%
34	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%	0.73%	0.71%	0.75%
33	0.38%	0.45%	0.3%	0.71%	0.7%	0.73%
32	0.37%	0.45%	0.3%	0.7%	0.68%	0.72%
31	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%	0.69%	0.67%	0.7%
30	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	0.67%	0.66%	0.69%
29	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%	0.66%	0.65%	0.67%
28	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.64%	0.64%	0.65%
27	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%	0.63%	0.64%	0.63%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.62%	0.64%	0.6%
25	0.33%	0.41%	0.24%	0.61%	0.64%	0.58%
24	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%	0.6%	0.64%	0.56%
23	0.32%	0.4%	0.23%	0.59%	0.63%	0.54%
22	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%	0.58%	0.62%	0.53%
21	0.3%	0.39%	0.22%	0.56%	0.59%	0.53%
20	0.29%	0.37%	0.21%	0.54%	0.56%	0.52%
19	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%	0.51%	0.51%	0.51%
18	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%	0.48%	0.47%	0.49%
17	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%	0.44%	0.42%	0.46%
16	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%	0.4%	0.38%	0.42%
15	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%	0.36%	0.34%	0.39%
14	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.34%	0.32%	0.36%
13	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.33%	0.31%	0.35%
12	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.34%	0.31%	0.37%
11	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.37%	0.33%	0.4%
10	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%	0.42%	0.37%	0.47%
9	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%	0.49%	0.42%	0.56%
8	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%	0.58%	0.49%	0.67%
7	0.26%	0.3%	0.22%	0.67%	0.57%	0.78%
6	0.28%	0.32%	0.24%	0.76%	0.65%	0.87%
5	0.29%	0.33%	0.25%	0.83%	0.74%	0.92%
4	0.28%	0.31%	0.24%	0.88%	0.82%	0.93%
3	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	0.91%	0.9%	0.91%
2	0.24%	0.27%	0.22%	0.93%	0.99%	0.88%
1	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.96%	1.08%	0.84%
0	2.9%	3.26%	2.53%	6.69%	7.24%	6.13%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Ghana compared to Nigeria, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Ghana and 6.69% in Nigeria, 0.36% vs 0.67% at age 30, 1.57% vs 2.29% at 60, and 10% vs 12.5% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ghana vs Nigeria

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Nigeria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Ghana			Nigeria
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	80.9	40.9	122.6	21.1	14.6	27.2
98	126.3	67.3	187.2	34.5	25.2	43.4
97	190.3	106.7	275.6	54.8	41.8	67.1
96	276.4	163.8	390	84.6	67.4	101
95	387	243.5	532	127	105	148.2
94	525	350	698	185.4	158.4	211.6
93	689	487	887	262.7	230.7	293.7
92	877	654	1,095	360	324	395
91	1,086	846	1,321	477	438	515
90	1,311	1,055	1,563	610	569	649
89	1,544	1,272	1,816	755	715	794
88	1,781	1,490	2,075	910	871	948
87	2,014	1,704	2,331	1,072	1,034	1,109
86	2,236	1,911	2,573	1,240	1,202	1,277
85	2,442	2,109	2,792	1,413	1,373	1,452
84	2,624	2,294	2,975	1,586	1,542	1,629
83	2,776	2,459	3,115	1,753	1,705	1,800
82	2,893	2,598	3,207	1,906	1,855	1,956
81	2,970	2,707	3,252	2,036	1,984	2,087
80	3,009	2,782	3,254	2,140	2,091	2,187
79	3,013	2,824	3,219	2,216	2,172	2,258
78	2,991	2,838	3,158	2,268	2,232	2,304
77	2,948	2,826	3,077	2,300	2,271	2,331
76	2,881	2,794	2,983	2,318	2,294	2,344
75	2,799	2,744	2,877	2,321	2,301	2,344
74	2,711	2,677	2,760	2,310	2,291	2,331
73	2,609	2,595	2,632	2,282	2,263	2,303
72	2,495	2,499	2,492	2,236	2,218	2,256
71	2,370	2,394	2,345	2,174	2,157	2,192
70	2,241	2,283	2,195	2,098	2,084	2,113
69	2,112	2,171	2,047	2,014	2,006	2,024
68	1,988	2,064	1,906	1,928	1,926	1,931
67	1,871	1,962	1,774	1,842	1,849	1,837
66	1,760	1,865	1,651	1,759	1,775	1,745
65	1,656	1,772	1,536	1,679	1,704	1,656
64	1,554	1,677	1,425	1,600	1,633	1,569
63	1,450	1,578	1,316	1,521	1,560	1,483
62	1,346	1,476	1,210	1,440	1,483	1,398
61	1,244	1,374	1,109	1,360	1,405	1,316
60	1,148	1,275	1,017	1,283	1,328	1,237
59	1,063	1,187	936	1,211	1,256	1,165
58	993	1,112	869	1,147	1,194	1,100
57	937	1,054	816	1,093	1,141	1,044
56	895	1,009	775	1,047	1,098	995
55	860	973	742	1,008	1,062	952
54	827	939	711	972	1,030	913
53	792	902	678	936	996	876
52	751	858	640	899	958	839
51	705	808	598	860	917	803
50	656	754	555	821	873	768
49	610	701	514	784	830	737
48	570	655	481	753	792	712
47	538	617	456	727	760	694
46	515	588	438	709	735	682
45	499	567	427	696	715	676
44	486	549	419	686	698	674
43	473	534	410	677	682	672
42	459	517	398	667	664	669
41	441	498	382	654	645	663
40	422	478	363	639	624	654
39	402	458	342	622	603	642
38	383	440	323	606	584	628
37	368	426	307	591	569	614
36	356	415	293.7	578	557	600
35	347	407	284.4	568	548	588
34	341	401	278	559	541	577
33	336	396	273.6	551	535	567
32	332	391	270.4	543	529	558
31	328	386	267.3	536	523	550
30	323	380	263.6	529	516	541
29	318	374	258.7	521	511	531
28	312	370	252.4	514	509	519
27	307	367	244.6	507	510	504
26	303	367	235.9	501	513	487
25	298.8	368	227.2	495	518	471
24	295.5	369	219.4	490	522	457
23	292.3	369	213.2	484	520	447
22	288.1	365	208.5	477	512	441
21	281.6	356	204.7	466	494	438
20	271	340	200	451	466	435
19	255.4	316	192.6	429	431	427
18	234.8	286.4	181.2	402	393	412
17	210.3	253.3	165.7	371	354	389
16	185.6	221.3	148.5	340	320	360
15	163.7	194	132.3	312	291.9	332
14	147.8	174.6	120	292.2	272.9	312
13	139.6	164.6	113.6	284.9	264.9	306
12	139.7	164.6	113.9	292.3	269.1	316
11	149	175.3	121.8	317	287	349
10	167.2	196.1	137.3	361	319	406
9	193.3	225.5	159.9	425	366	487
8	223.6	259.2	186.7	506	427	588
7	251.4	289.1	212.2	593	498	691
6	270.4	308	230.9	676	577	779
5	275.9	312	238.4	744	658	834
4	269.1	302	235.2	795	740	852
3	254.3	282.7	224.8	832	822	842
2	235.9	260	210.9	862	907	815
1	217.9	238.1	197	895	1,000	785
0	2,898	3,255	2,529	6,691	7,237	6,132

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Ghana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 73 in Ghana and 64.3 in Nigeria, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Ghana and Nigeria more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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