Life Expectancy in Ghana vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ghana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.9	100.7	100.9	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	99.9	99.8	100	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99	98.9	99.1	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.2	98	98.2	100	99.9	100
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.6	95.3	95.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.8	94.5	94.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.9	93.6	94.1	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.1	92.8	93.3	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.4	92	92.6	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.6	91.3	91.8	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.9	90.5	91.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.1	89.8	90.3	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.4	89.1	89.6	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.7	88.4	88.9	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88	87.7	88.2	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.3	87	87.6	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.7	86.3	87	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.1	85.7	86.4	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.5	85.1	85.8	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.9	84.5	85.2	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.3	83.9	84.7	86.9	86	87.4
76	83.8	83.3	84.2	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.3	82.8	83.7	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.8	82.3	83.2	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.3	81.7	82.7	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.8	81.3	82.3	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.4	80.8	81.9	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	80.9	80.3	81.5	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.5	79.9	81.1	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.1	79.5	80.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.8	79.1	80.4	81.6	80	82.8
66	79.4	78.7	80	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.1	78.3	79.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	78.7	77.9	79.4	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	78.4	77.6	79.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.1	77.3	78.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	77.8	76.9	78.6	79	76.9	80.7
60	77.6	76.6	78.4	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	77.3	76.3	78.2	78.3	76	80.1
58	77	76.1	77.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	76.8	75.8	77.7	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76.6	75.5	77.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	76.3	75.3	77.3	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	76.1	75	77.1	76.5	74	78.7
53	75.9	74.8	76.9	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75.7	74.5	76.8	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	75.5	74.3	76.6	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	75.3	74	76.4	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	75.1	73.8	76.2	75	72.2	77.4
48	74.9	73.6	76.1	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	74.7	73.4	75.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	74.5	73.2	75.8	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	74.4	73	75.6	73.9	71	76.5
44	74.2	72.8	75.5	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	74	72.7	75.3	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	73.8	72.5	75.2	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	73.7	72.3	75	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	73.5	72.1	74.9	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	73.4	71.9	74.8	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	73.2	71.8	74.6	72.2	69.2	75
37	73.1	71.6	74.5	72	68.9	74.8
36	72.9	71.4	74.4	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	72.8	71.2	74.3	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	72.6	71.1	74.1	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	72.5	70.9	74	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	72.3	70.7	73.9	71	67.9	73.9
31	72.2	70.6	73.8	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	72	70.4	73.7	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	71.9	70.2	73.5	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	71.7	70	73.4	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	71.6	69.9	73.3	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	71.4	69.7	73.2	70	66.8	73.1
25	71.3	69.5	73.1	69.9	66.6	73
24	71.1	69.3	72.9	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	71	69.1	72.8	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	70.8	69	72.7	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	70.7	68.8	72.6	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	70.5	68.6	72.5	69.3	66	72.6
19	70.4	68.4	72.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	70.3	68.3	72.3	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	70.1	68.1	72.2	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	70	68	72.1	69	65.7	72.3
15	69.9	67.9	72	69	65.6	72.3
14	69.9	67.8	71.9	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	69.8	67.7	71.9	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	69.7	67.6	71.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	69.6	67.5	71.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	69.5	67.4	71.6	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	69.4	67.3	71.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	69.2	67.1	71.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	69.1	66.9	71.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	68.9	66.7	71.1	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	68.7	66.5	71	68.7	65.3	72
4	68.5	66.3	70.8	68.6	65.2	72
3	68.4	66.1	70.6	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	68.2	66	70.5	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	68	65.8	70.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	66.1	63.7	68.6	66.7	63.1	70.2

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 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.1 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.1 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 66.1 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ghana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.12%	0.05%	0.19%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.2%	0.09%	0.31%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.33%	0.16%	0.5%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.52%	0.27%	0.77%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.79%	0.43%	1.16%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.18%	0.67%	1.69%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.7%	1.02%	2.39%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	2.39%	1.51%	3.28%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	3.27%	2.17%	4.37%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	4.36%	3.01%	5.7%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	5.67%	4.07%	7.26%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	7.21%	5.34%	9.07%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	8.99%	6.83%	11.1%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	11%	8.53%	13.5%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	13.2%	10.4%	16.1%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	15.7%	12.6%	18.8%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	18.3%	14.8%	21.8%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	21.1%	17.3%	24.9%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	24%	19.9%	28.1%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	26.9%	22.6%	31.4%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	30%	25.4%	34.6%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	33%	28.2%	37.9%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	36%	31.1%	41%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	38.9%	33.9%	44.1%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	41.8%	36.7%	47.1%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	44.6%	39.4%	50%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	47.3%	42.1%	52.7%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	49.9%	44.7%	55.4%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	52.4%	47.2%	57.8%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	54.8%	49.6%	60.2%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	57%	51.9%	62.4%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	59.1%	54%	64.4%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	61.1%	56.1%	66.3%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	63%	58.1%	68.1%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	64.7%	59.9%	69.8%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	66.4%	61.7%	71.3%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	68%	63.4%	72.7%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	69.4%	65%	74%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	70.8%	66.4%	75.2%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	72%	67.8%	76.4%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	73.1%	69.1%	77.4%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	74.2%	70.3%	78.3%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	75.2%	71.4%	79.2%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	76.1%	72.4%	80%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	77%	73.4%	80.8%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	77.9%	74.4%	81.5%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	78.7%	75.4%	82.2%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	79.5%	76.3%	82.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	80.3%	77.1%	83.5%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	81%	77.9%	84.1%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	81.6%	78.7%	84.7%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	82.2%	79.4%	85.2%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	82.8%	80%	85.7%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	83.9%	81.2%	86.6%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	84.4%	81.8%	87%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	84.8%	82.4%	87.4%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	85.8%	83.4%	88.2%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	86.2%	83.9%	88.6%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	86.6%	84.4%	89%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	87%	84.8%	89.3%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	87.8%	85.7%	90%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	88.1%	86.1%	90.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	88.8%	86.9%	90.8%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	89.2%	87.3%	91.1%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	89.5%	87.7%	91.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	90.2%	88.5%	91.9%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	90.5%	88.9%	92.1%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	90.8%	89.2%	92.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	91.4%	90%	92.9%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	92%	90.7%	93.3%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	92.3%	91.1%	93.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	92.6%	91.4%	93.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	92.8%	91.8%	93.9%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	93.1%	92.1%	94.1%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	93.4%	92.4%	94.3%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	93.8%	93%	94.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	94%	93.2%	94.8%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	94.2%	93.4%	95%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	94.3%	93.6%	95.1%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	94.5%	93.7%	95.2%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	94.9%	94.3%	95.6%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	95.3%	94.8%	95.9%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	95.6%	95%	96.1%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	95.8%	95.4%	96.4%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.4%	96%	96.8%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 73.1% of newborns in Ghana and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 57% and 51.6% past 70, 30% and 30.2% past 80, and only 5.67% and 11.3% 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

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ghana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.7%	45.9%	41.7%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	40.7%	44%	39.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	38.8%	42%	37.6%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	36.9%	40%	35.6%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	34.9%	38%	33.5%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	32.9%	36.1%	31.4%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	30.8%	34.2%	29.2%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	28.8%	32.2%	27%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	26.8%	30.2%	25%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	24.9%	28.1%	23.2%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	23.1%	25.9%	21.5%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	21.4%	23.8%	20%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	19.8%	21.8%	18.6%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	18.3%	20%	17.3%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	16.9%	18.3%	16%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	15.6%	16.8%	14.8%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	14.3%	15.4%	13.6%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	13.2%	14.2%	12.5%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	12.1%	13.1%	11.4%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	11%	12%	10.4%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	10%	11%	9.39%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	9.14%	10%	8.5%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.32%	9.14%	7.7%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.58%	8.34%	6.98%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.89%	7.62%	6.34%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.28%	6.96%	5.76%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.73%	6.36%	5.24%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	5.23%	5.81%	4.75%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.76%	5.3%	4.31%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.33%	4.83%	3.9%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.93%	4.4%	3.52%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.57%	4.02%	3.18%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.25%	3.68%	2.87%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.97%	3.38%	2.6%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.72%	3.11%	2.37%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.49%	2.87%	2.15%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.29%	2.65%	1.96%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.09%	2.43%	1.78%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.9%	2.22%	1.61%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.73%	2.03%	1.45%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.57%	1.85%	1.31%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.43%	1.69%	1.19%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.32%	1.56%	1.1%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.23%	1.45%	1.02%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.16%	1.37%	0.96%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.1%	1.31%	0.91%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.05%	1.25%	0.86%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1%	1.18%	0.82%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.94%	1.11%	0.77%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.87%	1.04%	0.71%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.8%	0.96%	0.65%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.74%	0.88%	0.6%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.69%	0.82%	0.56%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.65%	0.76%	0.53%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.61%	0.72%	0.51%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.57%	0.67%	0.48%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.55%	0.64%	0.47%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.54%	0.62%	0.45%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.51%	0.59%	0.43%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.49%	0.57%	0.41%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.46%	0.54%	0.38%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.42%	0.5%	0.34%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.38%	0.45%	0.3%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.37%	0.45%	0.3%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.33%	0.41%	0.24%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.32%	0.4%	0.23%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.3%	0.39%	0.22%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.29%	0.37%	0.21%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.26%	0.3%	0.22%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.28%	0.32%	0.24%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.29%	0.33%	0.25%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.28%	0.31%	0.24%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.24%	0.27%	0.22%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.9%	3.26%	2.53%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Ghana and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.36% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.57% vs 2.08% at 60, and 10% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ghana vs South Africa

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Ghana			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	80.9	40.9	122.6	475	280.8	655
98	126.3	67.3	187.2	572	340	787
97	190.3	106.7	275.6	677	406	928
96	276.4	163.8	390	789	478	1,077
95	387	243.5	532	909	558	1,236
94	525	350	698	1,031	642	1,393
93	689	487	887	1,148	729	1,540
92	877	654	1,095	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,086	846	1,321	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,311	1,055	1,563	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,544	1,272	1,816	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,781	1,490	2,075	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,014	1,704	2,331	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,236	1,911	2,573	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,442	2,109	2,792	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,624	2,294	2,975	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,776	2,459	3,115	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,893	2,598	3,207	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,970	2,707	3,252	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,009	2,782	3,254	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,013	2,824	3,219	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,991	2,838	3,158	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,948	2,826	3,077	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,881	2,794	2,983	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,799	2,744	2,877	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,711	2,677	2,760	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,609	2,595	2,632	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,495	2,499	2,492	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,370	2,394	2,345	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,241	2,283	2,195	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,112	2,171	2,047	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,988	2,064	1,906	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,871	1,962	1,774	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,760	1,865	1,651	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,656	1,772	1,536	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,554	1,677	1,425	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,450	1,578	1,316	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,346	1,476	1,210	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,244	1,374	1,109	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,148	1,275	1,017	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,063	1,187	936	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	993	1,112	869	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	937	1,054	816	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	895	1,009	775	1,242	1,519	978
55	860	973	742	1,190	1,459	929
54	827	939	711	1,137	1,397	881
53	792	902	678	1,085	1,337	835
52	751	858	640	1,037	1,279	795
51	705	808	598	994	1,223	760
50	656	754	555	954	1,171	731
49	610	701	514	918	1,120	707
48	570	655	481	883	1,071	686
47	538	617	456	850	1,022	668
46	515	588	438	818	974	652
45	499	567	427	786	928	635
44	486	549	419	755	884	619
43	473	534	410	724	842	601
42	459	517	398	695	804	581
41	441	498	382	667	770	560
40	422	478	363	639	738	538
39	402	458	342	613	708	515
38	383	440	323	587	680	492
37	368	426	307	562	653	470
36	356	415	293.7	538	626	449
35	347	407	284.4	515	600	429
34	341	401	278	493	575	410
33	336	396	273.6	471	551	392
32	332	391	270.4	450	527	374
31	328	386	267.3	429	504	355
30	323	380	263.6	408	481	335
29	318	374	258.7	386	458	314
28	312	370	252.4	363	434	291.3
27	307	367	244.6	339	410	266.7
26	303	367	235.9	314	384	241.5
25	298.8	368	227.2	289.1	358	217.1
24	295.5	369	219.4	264.7	331	195.1
23	292.3	369	213.2	241.4	304	176
22	288.1	365	208.5	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	281.6	356	204.7	198.1	249	145.6
20	271	340	200	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	255.4	316	192.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	234.8	286.4	181.2	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	210.3	253.3	165.7	119.5	142.6	96
16	185.6	221.3	148.5	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	163.7	194	132.3	85	99.4	70.2
14	147.8	174.6	120	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	139.6	164.6	113.6	58.9	68.7	49
12	139.7	164.6	113.9	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	149	175.3	121.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	167.2	196.1	137.3	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	193.3	225.5	159.9	37	43.9	30
8	223.6	259.2	186.7	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	251.4	289.1	212.2	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	270.4	308	230.9	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	275.9	312	238.4	67.2	79	55.4
4	269.1	302	235.2	95.3	110.3	80
3	254.3	282.7	224.8	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	235.9	260	210.9	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	217.9	238.1	197	343	375	310
0	2,898	3,255	2,529	2,192	2,441	1,934

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 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 73 in Ghana and 70.8 in South Africa, 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 South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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