Life Expectancy in Ghana vs Sierra Leone (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ghana			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	101.8	101.7	101.8
99	100.9	100.7	100.9	100.9	100.8	100.9
98	99.9	99.8	100	99.9	99.8	100
97	99	98.9	99.1	99	98.9	99.1
96	98.2	98	98.2	98.1	98	98.2
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	97.2	97.1	97.3
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	96.4	96.2	96.4
93	95.6	95.3	95.7	95.5	95.3	95.6
92	94.8	94.5	94.9	94.6	94.5	94.7
91	93.9	93.6	94.1	93.8	93.6	93.9
90	93.1	92.8	93.3	93	92.8	93.1
89	92.4	92	92.6	92.1	91.9	92.2
88	91.6	91.3	91.8	91.3	91.1	91.4
87	90.9	90.5	91.1	90.5	90.3	90.6
86	90.1	89.8	90.3	89.7	89.5	89.9
85	89.4	89.1	89.6	88.9	88.7	89.1
84	88.7	88.4	88.9	88.2	87.9	88.4
83	88	87.7	88.2	87.5	87.2	87.6
82	87.3	87	87.6	86.7	86.5	86.9
81	86.7	86.3	87	86	85.8	86.2
80	86.1	85.7	86.4	85.4	85.1	85.6
79	85.5	85.1	85.8	84.7	84.4	84.9
78	84.9	84.5	85.2	84.1	83.8	84.3
77	84.3	83.9	84.7	83.5	83.1	83.7
76	83.8	83.3	84.2	82.9	82.5	83.1
75	83.3	82.8	83.7	82.3	81.9	82.6
74	82.8	82.3	83.2	81.7	81.3	82
73	82.3	81.7	82.7	81.2	80.8	81.5
72	81.8	81.3	82.3	80.7	80.2	81
71	81.4	80.8	81.9	80.2	79.7	80.6
70	80.9	80.3	81.5	79.7	79.2	80.1
69	80.5	79.9	81.1	79.3	78.7	79.7
68	80.1	79.5	80.7	78.8	78.3	79.3
67	79.8	79.1	80.4	78.4	77.8	79
66	79.4	78.7	80	78	77.4	78.6
65	79.1	78.3	79.7	77.7	77	78.3
64	78.7	77.9	79.4	77.3	76.6	77.9
63	78.4	77.6	79.1	77	76.2	77.6
62	78.1	77.3	78.9	76.6	75.8	77.3
61	77.8	76.9	78.6	76.3	75.5	77
60	77.6	76.6	78.4	76	75.2	76.8
59	77.3	76.3	78.2	75.7	74.9	76.5
58	77	76.1	77.9	75.5	74.6	76.3
57	76.8	75.8	77.7	75.2	74.3	76.1
56	76.6	75.5	77.5	75	74	75.8
55	76.3	75.3	77.3	74.7	73.7	75.6
54	76.1	75	77.1	74.5	73.5	75.4
53	75.9	74.8	76.9	74.3	73.3	75.2
52	75.7	74.5	76.8	74.1	73	75
51	75.5	74.3	76.6	73.9	72.8	74.8
50	75.3	74	76.4	73.7	72.6	74.7
49	75.1	73.8	76.2	73.5	72.4	74.5
48	74.9	73.6	76.1	73.3	72.2	74.3
47	74.7	73.4	75.9	73.1	72.1	74.2
46	74.5	73.2	75.8	73	71.9	74
45	74.4	73	75.6	72.8	71.7	73.9
44	74.2	72.8	75.5	72.7	71.6	73.7
43	74	72.7	75.3	72.5	71.4	73.6
42	73.8	72.5	75.2	72.4	71.3	73.4
41	73.7	72.3	75	72.3	71.1	73.3
40	73.5	72.1	74.9	72.1	71	73.2
39	73.4	71.9	74.8	72	70.9	73
38	73.2	71.8	74.6	71.9	70.8	72.9
37	73.1	71.6	74.5	71.8	70.7	72.8
36	72.9	71.4	74.4	71.6	70.5	72.7
35	72.8	71.2	74.3	71.5	70.4	72.6
34	72.6	71.1	74.1	71.4	70.3	72.5
33	72.5	70.9	74	71.3	70.2	72.4
32	72.3	70.7	73.9	71.2	70.1	72.3
31	72.2	70.6	73.8	71.1	70	72.2
30	72	70.4	73.7	71	69.9	72.1
29	71.9	70.2	73.5	70.9	69.8	72
28	71.7	70	73.4	70.8	69.7	71.9
27	71.6	69.9	73.3	70.7	69.6	71.8
26	71.4	69.7	73.2	70.6	69.4	71.7
25	71.3	69.5	73.1	70.5	69.3	71.6
24	71.1	69.3	72.9	70.4	69.2	71.5
23	71	69.1	72.8	70.3	69.1	71.4
22	70.8	69	72.7	70.2	68.9	71.3
21	70.7	68.8	72.6	70	68.8	71.3
20	70.5	68.6	72.5	69.9	68.7	71.2
19	70.4	68.4	72.4	69.8	68.6	71.1
18	70.3	68.3	72.3	69.7	68.4	71
17	70.1	68.1	72.2	69.6	68.3	70.9
16	70	68	72.1	69.5	68.2	70.9
15	69.9	67.9	72	69.5	68.1	70.8
14	69.9	67.8	71.9	69.4	68	70.7
13	69.8	67.7	71.9	69.3	68	70.7
12	69.7	67.6	71.8	69.3	67.9	70.6
11	69.6	67.5	71.7	69.2	67.8	70.5
10	69.5	67.4	71.6	69.1	67.8	70.5
9	69.4	67.3	71.5	69.1	67.7	70.4
8	69.2	67.1	71.4	69	67.6	70.4
7	69.1	66.9	71.3	68.9	67.5	70.3
6	68.9	66.7	71.1	68.8	67.4	70.2
5	68.7	66.5	71	68.6	67.2	70
4	68.5	66.3	70.8	68.5	67.1	69.9
3	68.4	66.1	70.6	68.3	66.9	69.7
2	68.2	66	70.5	67.8	66.4	69.2
1	68	65.8	70.3	66.9	65.4	68.3
0	66.1	63.7	68.6	62.3	60.6	64.1

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 71 in Sierra Leone, rising to 79.1 and 77.7 at 65, and to 86.1 and 85.4 at 80 — higher than the 66.1 and 62.3 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ghana			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.12%	0.05%	0.19%	0.06%	0.03%	0.08%
99	0.2%	0.09%	0.31%	0.1%	0.05%	0.14%
98	0.33%	0.16%	0.5%	0.16%	0.09%	0.22%
97	0.52%	0.27%	0.77%	0.25%	0.15%	0.35%
96	0.79%	0.43%	1.16%	0.39%	0.24%	0.54%
95	1.18%	0.67%	1.69%	0.59%	0.38%	0.81%
94	1.7%	1.02%	2.39%	0.87%	0.57%	1.17%
93	2.39%	1.51%	3.28%	1.25%	0.85%	1.66%
92	3.27%	2.17%	4.37%	1.75%	1.22%	2.29%
91	4.36%	3.01%	5.7%	2.4%	1.71%	3.09%
90	5.67%	4.07%	7.26%	3.22%	2.35%	4.08%
89	7.21%	5.34%	9.07%	4.24%	3.16%	5.3%
88	8.99%	6.83%	11.1%	5.48%	4.17%	6.76%
87	11%	8.53%	13.5%	6.95%	5.39%	8.47%
86	13.2%	10.4%	16.1%	8.66%	6.84%	10.4%
85	15.7%	12.6%	18.8%	10.6%	8.51%	12.7%
84	18.3%	14.8%	21.8%	12.8%	10.4%	15.1%
83	21.1%	17.3%	24.9%	15.1%	12.5%	17.7%
82	24%	19.9%	28.1%	17.7%	14.8%	20.5%
81	26.9%	22.6%	31.4%	20.4%	17.2%	23.5%
80	30%	25.4%	34.6%	23.2%	19.8%	26.6%
79	33%	28.2%	37.9%	26.1%	22.5%	29.7%
78	36%	31.1%	41%	29.1%	25.3%	32.9%
77	38.9%	33.9%	44.1%	32.1%	28.1%	36.1%
76	41.8%	36.7%	47.1%	35.2%	31%	39.2%
75	44.6%	39.4%	50%	38.2%	33.9%	42.4%
74	47.3%	42.1%	52.7%	41.2%	36.8%	45.4%
73	49.9%	44.7%	55.4%	44%	39.7%	48.3%
72	52.4%	47.2%	57.8%	46.8%	42.5%	51.1%
71	54.8%	49.6%	60.2%	49.4%	45.2%	53.7%
70	57%	51.9%	62.4%	52%	47.8%	56.1%
69	59.1%	54%	64.4%	54.3%	50.2%	58.4%
68	61.1%	56.1%	66.3%	56.6%	52.6%	60.5%
67	63%	58.1%	68.1%	58.7%	54.9%	62.5%
66	64.7%	59.9%	69.8%	60.7%	57%	64.3%
65	66.4%	61.7%	71.3%	62.5%	59%	66%
64	68%	63.4%	72.7%	64.3%	61%	67.6%
63	69.4%	65%	74%	65.9%	62.8%	69.1%
62	70.8%	66.4%	75.2%	67.5%	64.5%	70.5%
61	72%	67.8%	76.4%	68.9%	66.1%	71.8%
60	73.1%	69.1%	77.4%	70.2%	67.6%	72.9%
59	74.2%	70.3%	78.3%	71.5%	68.9%	74%
58	75.2%	71.4%	79.2%	72.6%	70.2%	75%
57	76.1%	72.4%	80%	73.7%	71.4%	75.9%
56	77%	73.4%	80.8%	74.6%	72.5%	76.8%
55	77.9%	74.4%	81.5%	75.6%	73.5%	77.6%
54	78.7%	75.4%	82.2%	76.4%	74.5%	78.4%
53	79.5%	76.3%	82.9%	77.2%	75.4%	79.1%
52	80.3%	77.1%	83.5%	78%	76.2%	79.8%
51	81%	77.9%	84.1%	78.7%	77%	80.4%
50	81.6%	78.7%	84.7%	79.3%	77.7%	81%
49	82.2%	79.4%	85.2%	79.9%	78.4%	81.6%
48	82.8%	80%	85.7%	80.5%	79%	82.1%
47	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%	81%	79.6%	82.6%
46	83.9%	81.2%	86.6%	81.5%	80.1%	83%
45	84.4%	81.8%	87%	82%	80.6%	83.5%
44	84.8%	82.4%	87.4%	82.4%	81%	83.9%
43	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	82.9%	81.5%	84.3%
42	85.8%	83.4%	88.2%	83.2%	81.9%	84.6%
41	86.2%	83.9%	88.6%	83.6%	82.2%	85%
40	86.6%	84.4%	89%	84%	82.6%	85.3%
39	87%	84.8%	89.3%	84.3%	82.9%	85.7%
38	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	84.6%	83.2%	86%
37	87.8%	85.7%	90%	84.9%	83.5%	86.3%
36	88.1%	86.1%	90.2%	85.2%	83.8%	86.5%
35	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	85.4%	84.1%	86.8%
34	88.8%	86.9%	90.8%	85.7%	84.3%	87%
33	89.2%	87.3%	91.1%	85.9%	84.6%	87.3%
32	89.5%	87.7%	91.4%	86.2%	84.8%	87.5%
31	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	86.4%	85.1%	87.7%
30	90.2%	88.5%	91.9%	86.6%	85.3%	87.9%
29	90.5%	88.9%	92.1%	86.8%	85.5%	88.1%
28	90.8%	89.2%	92.4%	87%	85.7%	88.3%
27	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%	87.2%	86%	88.5%
26	91.4%	90%	92.9%	87.4%	86.2%	88.7%
25	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%	87.6%	86.4%	88.8%
24	92%	90.7%	93.3%	87.8%	86.7%	89%
23	92.3%	91.1%	93.5%	88%	86.9%	89.2%
22	92.6%	91.4%	93.7%	88.2%	87.2%	89.3%
21	92.8%	91.8%	93.9%	88.4%	87.4%	89.5%
20	93.1%	92.1%	94.1%	88.6%	87.6%	89.6%
19	93.4%	92.4%	94.3%	88.8%	87.9%	89.8%
18	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%	89%	88.1%	89.9%
17	93.8%	93%	94.7%	89.2%	88.3%	90.1%
16	94%	93.2%	94.8%	89.3%	88.4%	90.2%
15	94.2%	93.4%	95%	89.4%	88.6%	90.3%
14	94.3%	93.6%	95.1%	89.6%	88.7%	90.4%
13	94.5%	93.7%	95.2%	89.7%	88.9%	90.5%
12	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%	89.8%	89%	90.6%
11	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%	89.9%	89.1%	90.7%
10	94.9%	94.3%	95.6%	90%	89.2%	90.8%
9	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%	90.1%	89.3%	90.8%
8	95.3%	94.8%	95.9%	90.2%	89.4%	91%
7	95.6%	95%	96.1%	90.3%	89.6%	91.1%
6	95.8%	95.4%	96.4%	90.5%	89.8%	91.2%
5	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	90.7%	90%	91.5%
4	96.4%	96%	96.8%	90.9%	90.2%	91.6%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	91.2%	90.5%	91.9%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	91.8%	91.2%	92.5%
1	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	93.2%	92.6%	93.8%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 73.1% of newborns in Ghana and 70.2% in Sierra Leone are expected to live past 60, 57% and 52% past 70, 30% and 23.2% past 80, and only 5.67% and 3.22% 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

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ghana			Sierra Leone
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.7%	45.9%	41.7%	42.6%	44.5%	41.8%
99	40.7%	44%	39.5%	40.8%	42.7%	40%
98	38.8%	42%	37.6%	39.2%	41.1%	38.4%
97	36.9%	40%	35.6%	37.5%	39.4%	36.6%
96	34.9%	38%	33.5%	35.7%	37.6%	34.8%
95	32.9%	36.1%	31.4%	33.9%	35.8%	33%
94	30.8%	34.2%	29.2%	32.1%	34%	31.1%
93	28.8%	32.2%	27%	30.3%	32.2%	29.3%
92	26.8%	30.2%	25%	28.6%	30.4%	27.6%
91	24.9%	28.1%	23.2%	27%	28.8%	25.9%
90	23.1%	25.9%	21.5%	25.5%	27.2%	24.4%
89	21.4%	23.8%	20%	24%	25.7%	23%
88	19.8%	21.8%	18.6%	22.6%	24.2%	21.6%
87	18.3%	20%	17.3%	21.2%	22.7%	20.2%
86	16.9%	18.3%	16%	19.8%	21.2%	18.8%
85	15.6%	16.8%	14.8%	18.3%	19.6%	17.5%
84	14.3%	15.4%	13.6%	17%	18.1%	16.2%
83	13.2%	14.2%	12.5%	15.6%	16.7%	14.9%
82	12.1%	13.1%	11.4%	14.4%	15.4%	13.7%
81	11%	12%	10.4%	13.2%	14.2%	12.6%
80	10%	11%	9.39%	12.2%	13%	11.5%
79	9.14%	10%	8.5%	11.2%	12%	10.6%
78	8.32%	9.14%	7.7%	10.3%	11.1%	9.68%
77	7.58%	8.34%	6.98%	9.43%	10.2%	8.85%
76	6.89%	7.62%	6.34%	8.64%	9.37%	8.08%
75	6.28%	6.96%	5.76%	7.9%	8.6%	7.36%
74	5.73%	6.36%	5.24%	7.2%	7.87%	6.67%
73	5.23%	5.81%	4.75%	6.54%	7.18%	6.03%
72	4.76%	5.3%	4.31%	5.92%	6.55%	5.42%
71	4.33%	4.83%	3.9%	5.35%	5.96%	4.86%
70	3.93%	4.4%	3.52%	4.83%	5.43%	4.34%
69	3.57%	4.02%	3.18%	4.36%	4.94%	3.89%
68	3.25%	3.68%	2.87%	3.95%	4.5%	3.49%
67	2.97%	3.38%	2.6%	3.59%	4.11%	3.15%
66	2.72%	3.11%	2.37%	3.28%	3.76%	2.86%
65	2.49%	2.87%	2.15%	3%	3.45%	2.6%
64	2.29%	2.65%	1.96%	2.74%	3.16%	2.37%
63	2.09%	2.43%	1.78%	2.5%	2.89%	2.16%
62	1.9%	2.22%	1.61%	2.28%	2.64%	1.96%
61	1.73%	2.03%	1.45%	2.08%	2.41%	1.78%
60	1.57%	1.85%	1.31%	1.89%	2.19%	1.6%
59	1.43%	1.69%	1.19%	1.71%	2%	1.45%
58	1.32%	1.56%	1.1%	1.56%	1.82%	1.32%
57	1.23%	1.45%	1.02%	1.43%	1.66%	1.21%
56	1.16%	1.37%	0.96%	1.32%	1.53%	1.12%
55	1.1%	1.31%	0.91%	1.22%	1.4%	1.04%
54	1.05%	1.25%	0.86%	1.13%	1.29%	0.97%
53	1%	1.18%	0.82%	1.05%	1.19%	0.91%
52	0.94%	1.11%	0.77%	0.97%	1.09%	0.85%
51	0.87%	1.04%	0.71%	0.9%	1%	0.79%
50	0.8%	0.96%	0.65%	0.83%	0.92%	0.74%
49	0.74%	0.88%	0.6%	0.76%	0.84%	0.68%
48	0.69%	0.82%	0.56%	0.7%	0.78%	0.63%
47	0.65%	0.76%	0.53%	0.65%	0.71%	0.59%
46	0.61%	0.72%	0.51%	0.61%	0.66%	0.55%
45	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%	0.57%	0.61%	0.52%
44	0.57%	0.67%	0.48%	0.53%	0.56%	0.49%
43	0.55%	0.64%	0.47%	0.5%	0.52%	0.47%
42	0.54%	0.62%	0.45%	0.47%	0.49%	0.44%
41	0.51%	0.59%	0.43%	0.44%	0.46%	0.42%
40	0.49%	0.57%	0.41%	0.41%	0.43%	0.4%
39	0.46%	0.54%	0.38%	0.39%	0.4%	0.37%
38	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.37%	0.38%	0.35%
37	0.42%	0.5%	0.34%	0.35%	0.36%	0.33%
36	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%	0.33%	0.34%	0.32%
35	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.31%	0.32%	0.3%
34	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%	0.3%	0.31%	0.28%
33	0.38%	0.45%	0.3%	0.28%	0.29%	0.27%
32	0.37%	0.45%	0.3%	0.27%	0.28%	0.26%
31	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%	0.26%	0.27%	0.25%
30	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	0.25%	0.27%	0.24%
29	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%	0.24%	0.26%	0.23%
28	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.24%	0.26%	0.22%
27	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%	0.23%	0.26%	0.21%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.23%	0.27%	0.2%
25	0.33%	0.41%	0.24%	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%
24	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%	0.23%	0.28%	0.19%
23	0.32%	0.4%	0.23%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
22	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
21	0.3%	0.39%	0.22%	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%
20	0.29%	0.37%	0.21%	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%
19	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%
18	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%	0.2%	0.24%	0.15%
17	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%	0.18%	0.22%	0.15%
16	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%
15	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
14	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%
13	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%
12	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
11	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%
10	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%
9	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%	0.12%	0.13%	0.1%
8	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%	0.13%	0.15%	0.12%
7	0.26%	0.3%	0.22%	0.16%	0.17%	0.14%
6	0.28%	0.32%	0.24%	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%
5	0.29%	0.33%	0.25%	0.26%	0.28%	0.23%
4	0.28%	0.31%	0.24%	0.18%	0.18%	0.17%
3	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	0.29%	0.3%	0.27%
2	0.24%	0.27%	0.22%	0.72%	0.76%	0.68%
1	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	1.46%	1.53%	1.39%
0	2.9%	3.26%	2.53%	6.81%	7.42%	6.2%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Ghana and 6.81% in Sierra Leone, 0.36% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.57% vs 1.89% at 60, and 10% vs 12.2% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ghana vs Sierra Leone

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Ghana			Sierra Leone
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	80.9	40.9	122.6	39.1	23.2	55.1
98	126.3	67.3	187.2	61.8	37.9	85.7
97	190.3	106.7	275.6	94.5	59.9	129.2
96	276.4	163.8	390	140.1	91.7	188.4
95	387	243.5	532	201.1	135.9	266
94	525	350	698	280.1	195.3	364
93	689	487	887	379	272.6	485
92	877	654	1,095	501	371	630
91	1,086	846	1,321	648	492	801
90	1,311	1,055	1,563	820	639	997
89	1,544	1,272	1,816	1,018	812	1,218
88	1,781	1,490	2,075	1,237	1,009	1,459
87	2,014	1,704	2,331	1,471	1,223	1,713
86	2,236	1,911	2,573	1,711	1,447	1,967
85	2,442	2,109	2,792	1,946	1,671	2,213
84	2,624	2,294	2,975	2,166	1,885	2,439
83	2,776	2,459	3,115	2,367	2,085	2,640
82	2,893	2,598	3,207	2,543	2,268	2,812
81	2,970	2,707	3,252	2,695	2,432	2,952
80	3,009	2,782	3,254	2,822	2,576	3,060
79	3,013	2,824	3,219	2,921	2,699	3,137
78	2,991	2,838	3,158	2,989	2,796	3,181
77	2,948	2,826	3,077	3,029	2,867	3,193
76	2,881	2,794	2,983	3,039	2,908	3,172
75	2,799	2,744	2,877	3,015	2,918	3,117
74	2,711	2,677	2,760	2,961	2,899	3,030
73	2,609	2,595	2,632	2,878	2,852	2,912
72	2,495	2,499	2,492	2,771	2,782	2,768
71	2,370	2,394	2,345	2,646	2,693	2,606
70	2,241	2,283	2,195	2,510	2,591	2,437
69	2,112	2,171	2,047	2,371	2,482	2,269
68	1,988	2,064	1,906	2,236	2,369	2,112
67	1,871	1,962	1,774	2,108	2,256	1,968
66	1,760	1,865	1,651	1,988	2,145	1,839
65	1,656	1,772	1,536	1,874	2,034	1,719
64	1,554	1,677	1,425	1,762	1,924	1,606
63	1,450	1,578	1,316	1,652	1,814	1,495
62	1,346	1,476	1,210	1,541	1,702	1,384
61	1,244	1,374	1,109	1,431	1,591	1,275
60	1,148	1,275	1,017	1,324	1,481	1,170
59	1,063	1,187	936	1,224	1,377	1,074
58	993	1,112	869	1,134	1,279	990
57	937	1,054	816	1,053	1,189	919
56	895	1,009	775	982	1,106	859
55	860	973	742	919	1,030	808
54	827	939	711	862	960	763
53	792	902	678	808	894	721
52	751	858	640	755	831	679
51	705	808	598	705	772	637
50	656	754	555	656	715	596
49	610	701	514	610	662	557
48	570	655	481	567	613	520
47	538	617	456	529	568	489
46	515	588	438	495	527	461
45	499	567	427	464	490	437
44	486	549	419	436	457	415
43	473	534	410	411	427	395
42	459	517	398	388	400	376
41	441	498	382	366	375	357
40	422	478	363	346	353	339
39	402	458	342	327	332	321
38	383	440	323	309	314	304
37	368	426	307	293.1	297.9	288.1
36	356	415	293.7	278.5	283.4	273.4
35	347	407	284.4	265.3	270.4	260
34	341	401	278	253.4	258.9	247.7
33	336	396	273.6	242.7	248.7	236.4
32	332	391	270.4	233.1	239.9	226
31	328	386	267.3	224.6	232.6	216.4
30	323	380	263.6	217.5	227.2	207.5
29	318	374	258.7	211.8	223.9	199.3
28	312	370	252.4	207.6	223	191.6
27	307	367	244.6	204.9	224.7	184.5
26	303	367	235.9	203.8	228.6	178
25	298.8	368	227.2	203.9	234.2	172.3
24	295.5	369	219.4	204.6	240.4	167.2
23	292.3	369	213.2	205	245.6	162.9
22	288.1	365	208.5	204.4	248.2	159.1
21	281.6	356	204.7	201.9	246.7	155.4
20	271	340	200	196.4	240.1	151.2
19	255.4	316	192.6	187.8	228.2	145.9
18	234.8	286.4	181.2	175.9	211.6	139.1
17	210.3	253.3	165.7	161.7	191.8	130.6
16	185.6	221.3	148.5	146.4	171	121.1
15	163.7	194	132.3	131.6	151.3	111.2
14	147.8	174.6	120	118.5	134.3	102.1
13	139.6	164.6	113.6	108.1	121.1	94.7
12	139.7	164.6	113.9	101.1	112.4	89.5
11	149	175.3	121.8	98	108.4	87.3
10	167.2	196.1	137.3	99.1	109.4	88.5
9	193.3	225.5	159.9	105.4	116.1	94.2
8	223.6	259.2	186.7	118.2	130.1	105.9
7	251.4	289.1	212.2	140.3	153.9	126.2
6	270.4	308	230.9	175.8	191.6	159.5
5	275.9	312	238.4	231.8	249.9	213
4	269.1	302	235.2	160.3	163.4	157
3	254.3	282.7	224.8	263.1	274.4	251.4
2	235.9	260	210.9	664	694	633
1	217.9	238.1	197	1,363	1,421	1,302
0	2,898	3,255	2,529	6,810	7,421	6,205

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 Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 73 in Ghana and 70.8 in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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