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Life Expectancy in Ghana vs South Sudan (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 65.9 years in Ghana vs 57.9 in South Sudan. Ghana is ranked 169/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Ghana, the life expectancy is 63.5 years for males and 68.4 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females.

Ghana vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ghana
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 41.3 45.3 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 43.6 41.8 45.8 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 44 42.2 46.3 31 28.9 33.4
1953 44.5 42.6 46.8 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 45 43.1 47.2 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 45.4 43.5 47.6 32 30 34.3
1956 45.7 43.8 48 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 46.1 44.2 48.4 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 46.4 44.5 48.7 27.6 25.5 30
1959 46.7 44.8 48.9 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 46.9 45 49.2 28.1 26 30.4
1961 47.1 45.2 49.4 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 47.3 45.4 49.5 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 47.5 45.5 49.7 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 47.6 45.6 49.9 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 47.7 45.7 50 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 47.7 45.7 50 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 47.7 45.7 50 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 47.8 45.7 50 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 47.9 45.8 50.2 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 47.9 45.9 50.1 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 47.9 46 50.1 31 28.3 33.9
1972 48.3 46.3 50.4 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 48.6 46.6 50.7 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 48.9 47 50.9 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 49.3 47.5 51.3 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 49.7 47.9 51.7 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 50.1 48.3 52 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 50.5 48.6 52.4 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 50.8 49 52.7 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 51.1 49.3 53 38 37.5 38.5
1981 51.3 49.5 53.2 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 51.4 49.7 53.3 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 51.8 50 53.7 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 52.2 50.4 54.1 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 52.7 50.9 54.6 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 53.3 51.5 55.1 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 53.8 52.1 55.6 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 54.4 52.7 56.1 11 10.6 11.3
1989 54.9 53.4 56.5 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 55.4 53.9 56.9 28.6 26.4 31
1991 55.7 54.4 57.1 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 56.1 54.8 57.3 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 56.3 55.1 57.4 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 56.2 55 57.4 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 56.7 55.6 57.8 31.5 29.2 34
1996 57 55.8 58.1 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 57.2 56.1 58.3 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 57.5 56.4 58.6 19 17.6 20.7
1999 57.8 56.6 59 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 58.1 56.9 59.3 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 58.4 57.2 59.6 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 58.7 57.5 59.9 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 59 57.7 60.3 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 59.3 58 60.6 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 59.6 58.4 60.9 54 53.4 54.5
2006 60 58.7 61.3 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 60.3 59 61.6 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 60.6 59.2 62 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 60.9 59.5 62.4 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 61.3 59.8 62.8 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 61.6 60 63.3 57.7 56.3 59
2012 62 60.3 63.7 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 62.4 60.7 64.2 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 62.8 61 64.7 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 63.2 61.3 65.1 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 63.5 61.6 65.4 36.7 33.8 40
2017 63.8 61.9 65.8 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 64.1 62.2 66.2 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 64.5 62.4 66.6 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 64.3 62 66.7 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 64.3 62.1 66.5 57 54.4 59.7
2022 65.2 63 67.6 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 65.5 63.1 67.9 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 65.7 63.3 68.2 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 65.9 63.5 68.4 57.9 54.9 60.9

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 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.9 healthy years in Ghana and 11 in South Sudan.

Ghana vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan, 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:
41.9 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.9 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.8 vs 72.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ghana South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.8% 92.9% 95.3%
50 88.8% 92.0% 83.8% 89.0%
60 77.9% 84.0% 70.4% 79.4%
65 69.5% 77.4% 61.0% 71.7%
70 58.4% 67.7% 49.2% 61.1%
75 44.4% 54.1% 35.3% 47.1%
80 28.6% 37.5% 20.9% 31.0%
85 14.1% 20.3% 9.2% 15.8%
90 4.6% 7.8% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.8% 1.8% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%

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 South Sudan: 71.9 years vs 69.1 at 30, 79 vs 78 at 65, 86.1 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 65.9 vs 57.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Ghana
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ghana South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 65.9 63.5 68.4 57.9 54.9 60.9
1 67.9 65.7 70.2 61.7 58.8 64.6
2 68 65.8 70.3 62.4 59.4 65.4
3 68.2 66 70.5 63 60 66
4 68.4 66.2 70.6 63.5 60.5 66.5
5 68.6 66.4 70.8 64 61 66.9
6 68.7 66.6 71 64.3 61.4 67.3
7 68.9 66.8 71.1 64.7 61.7 67.5
8 69.1 67 71.3 64.9 62 67.8
9 69.2 67.1 71.4 65.1 62.3 67.9
10 69.4 67.3 71.5 65.3 62.5 68.1
11 69.5 67.4 71.6 65.5 62.7 68.2
12 69.6 67.5 71.7 65.6 62.9 68.4
13 69.6 67.6 71.7 65.8 63 68.5
14 69.7 67.7 71.8 65.9 63.2 68.6
15 69.8 67.8 71.9 66.1 63.3 68.7
16 69.9 67.9 72 66.2 63.5 68.9
17 70 68 72.1 66.4 63.7 69
18 70.1 68.2 72.2 66.5 63.9 69.1
19 70.3 68.3 72.3 66.7 64.1 69.3
20 70.4 68.5 72.4 66.9 64.3 69.4
21 70.6 68.7 72.5 67.1 64.6 69.6
22 70.7 68.9 72.6 67.3 64.8 69.8
23 70.9 69.1 72.7 67.6 65.1 69.9
24 71 69.2 72.8 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 71.2 69.4 72.9 68 65.6 70.2
26 71.3 69.6 73.1 68.2 65.9 70.4
27 71.5 69.8 73.2 68.4 66.2 70.6
28 71.6 70 73.3 68.7 66.4 70.7
29 71.8 70.1 73.4 68.9 66.7 70.9
30 71.9 70.3 73.6 69.1 66.9 71.1
31 72.1 70.5 73.7 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 72.2 70.7 73.8 69.5 67.4 71.4
33 72.4 70.8 73.9 69.7 67.7 71.6
34 72.5 71 74.1 69.9 67.9 71.8
35 72.7 71.2 74.2 70.1 68.1 72
36 72.8 71.4 74.3 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 73 71.5 74.4 70.6 68.6 72.3
38 73.1 71.7 74.6 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 73.3 71.9 74.7 71 69.1 72.7
40 73.5 72 74.8 71.2 69.3 72.9
41 73.6 72.2 75 71.4 69.6 73.1
42 73.8 72.4 75.1 71.6 69.9 73.3
43 74 72.6 75.3 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 74.1 72.8 75.4 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 74.3 73 75.6 72.3 70.6 73.8
46 74.5 73.2 75.7 72.6 70.9 74
47 74.7 73.4 75.9 72.8 71.2 74.2
48 74.8 73.6 76 73 71.4 74.4
49 75 73.8 76.2 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 75.2 74 76.4 73.5 72 74.8
51 75.4 74.2 76.5 73.7 72.3 75
52 75.6 74.5 76.7 74 72.6 75.2
53 75.8 74.7 76.9 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 76.1 75 77.1 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 76.3 75.2 77.3 74.8 73.5 75.9
56 76.5 75.5 77.5 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76.8 75.8 77.7 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 77 76 77.9 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 77.3 76.3 78.1 76 74.8 76.9
60 77.5 76.6 78.4 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.8 76.9 78.6 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 78.1 77.2 78.8 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 78.4 77.6 79.1 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.7 77.9 79.4 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 79 78.3 79.7 78 77.1 78.7
66 79.4 78.7 80 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.8 79.1 80.3 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 80.1 79.5 80.7 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 80.5 79.9 81.1 79.6 78.9 80.2
70 80.9 80.3 81.4 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 81.4 80.8 81.8 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.8 81.2 82.3 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 82.3 81.7 82.7 81.6 80.9 82
74 82.8 82.2 83.2 82.1 81.5 82.5
75 83.3 82.8 83.6 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.8 83.3 84.1 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 84.3 83.9 84.7 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.9 84.5 85.2 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85.5 85.1 85.8 85 84.5 85.3
80 86.1 85.7 86.3 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.7 86.3 86.9 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87.3 87 87.6 87 86.5 87.2
83 88 87.7 88.2 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.7 88.4 88.9 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.4 89.1 89.6 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 90.1 89.8 90.3 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.8 90.5 91.1 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.4 92 92.6 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.9 93.6 94.1 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.7 94.5 94.9 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.6 95.3 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.2 98 98.2 98 97.8 98.1
97 99 98.9 99.1 98.9 98.7 99
98 99.9 99.8 100 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Ghana vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 72.8% in Ghana and 61% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 56.7% and 45% will live to 70 years or older, 29.7% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 5.6% and 3.36% 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
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ghana South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97% 96.7% 97.4% 93.7% 93.3% 94.2%
2 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 92.6% 92.3% 93%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97% 91.7% 91.3% 92.1%
4 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 90.9% 90.5% 91.4%
5 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 90.3% 89.8% 90.8%
6 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 89.7% 89.1% 90.3%
7 95.5% 95% 96% 89.2% 88.6% 89.9%
8 95.2% 94.7% 95.8% 88.8% 88.1% 89.6%
9 95% 94.4% 95.6% 88.5% 87.7% 89.3%
10 94.8% 94.2% 95.5% 88.2% 87.3% 89%
11 94.6% 94% 95.3% 87.9% 87% 88.8%
12 94.5% 93.8% 95.2% 87.7% 86.7% 88.6%
13 94.3% 93.6% 95.1% 87.4% 86.4% 88.4%
14 94.2% 93.5% 95% 87.2% 86.2% 88.2%
15 94.1% 93.3% 94.8% 87% 85.9% 88%
16 93.9% 93.1% 94.7% 86.7% 85.6% 87.8%
17 93.7% 92.9% 94.6% 86.4% 85.3% 87.6%
18 93.5% 92.6% 94.4% 86.1% 84.9% 87.4%
19 93.2% 92.3% 94.2% 85.8% 84.5% 87.1%
20 93% 92% 94% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
21 92.7% 91.6% 93.8% 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
22 92.4% 91.3% 93.6% 84.7% 83.1% 86.3%
23 92.1% 90.9% 93.4% 84.2% 82.6% 86%
24 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 83.8% 82% 85.7%
25 91.5% 90.2% 92.9% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 91.2% 89.8% 92.7% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 90.9% 89.4% 92.5% 82.5% 80.4% 84.7%
28 90.6% 89% 92.2% 82.1% 79.9% 84.4%
29 90.3% 88.7% 92% 81.7% 79.4% 84%
30 90% 88.3% 91.7% 81.2% 78.9% 83.7%
31 89.6% 87.9% 91.4% 80.8% 78.3% 83.3%
32 89.3% 87.5% 91.1% 80.3% 77.8% 83%
33 89% 87.1% 90.9% 79.9% 77.3% 82.6%
34 88.6% 86.7% 90.6% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
35 88.3% 86.3% 90.3% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
36 87.9% 85.9% 90% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
37 87.6% 85.5% 89.7% 78% 75% 81%
38 87.2% 85% 89.4% 77.5% 74.5% 80.6%
39 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 77% 73.9% 80.2%
40 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 76.5% 73.3% 79.7%
41 86% 83.7% 88.4% 75.9% 72.6% 79.3%
42 85.5% 83.2% 88% 75.3% 72% 78.8%
43 85.1% 82.6% 87.6% 74.8% 71.3% 78.3%
44 84.6% 82.1% 87.2% 74.2% 70.6% 77.8%
45 84.1% 81.5% 86.7% 73.6% 69.9% 77.3%
46 83.6% 81% 86.3% 72.9% 69.2% 76.7%
47 83.1% 80.4% 85.9% 72.3% 68.5% 76.2%
48 82.5% 79.8% 85.4% 71.7% 67.7% 75.7%
49 81.9% 79.1% 84.9% 71% 66.9% 75.1%
50 81.3% 78.4% 84.4% 70.3% 66.1% 74.5%
51 80.7% 77.6% 83.8% 69.5% 65.2% 73.9%
52 80% 76.8% 83.2% 68.7% 64.3% 73.2%
53 79.2% 76% 82.6% 67.9% 63.3% 72.5%
54 78.4% 75.1% 81.9% 67% 62.3% 71.7%
55 77.6% 74.1% 81.2% 66.1% 61.3% 70.9%
56 76.7% 73.1% 80.4% 65.2% 60.2% 70.1%
57 75.8% 72.1% 79.7% 64.2% 59.1% 69.3%
58 74.9% 71.1% 78.8% 63.2% 58% 68.4%
59 73.9% 70% 78% 62.1% 56.8% 67.4%
60 72.8% 68.8% 77% 61% 55.5% 66.4%
61 71.7% 67.5% 76% 59.7% 54.2% 65.3%
62 70.4% 66.1% 74.9% 58.5% 52.8% 64.1%
63 69.1% 64.7% 73.7% 57.1% 51.3% 62.9%
64 67.6% 63.1% 72.4% 55.6% 49.7% 61.5%
65 66.1% 61.4% 70.9% 54.1% 48.1% 60%
66 64.4% 59.6% 69.4% 52.4% 46.4% 58.5%
67 62.7% 57.8% 67.8% 50.7% 44.6% 56.8%
68 60.8% 55.8% 66% 48.9% 42.8% 55%
69 58.8% 53.8% 64.1% 47% 40.8% 53.1%
70 56.7% 51.6% 62% 45% 38.8% 51.1%
71 54.5% 49.3% 59.8% 42.9% 36.7% 49%
72 52.1% 46.9% 57.5% 40.7% 34.6% 46.8%
73 49.6% 44.4% 55% 38.4% 32.4% 44.4%
74 47% 41.8% 52.4% 36% 30.1% 41.9%
75 44.3% 39.2% 49.6% 33.6% 27.8% 39.4%
76 41.5% 36.4% 46.8% 31.2% 25.5% 36.8%
77 38.6% 33.7% 43.8% 28.7% 23.2% 34.1%
78 35.7% 30.9% 40.7% 26.2% 20.9% 31.4%
79 32.7% 28% 37.6% 23.7% 18.7% 28.7%
80 29.7% 25.2% 34.4% 21.3% 16.5% 26%
81 26.7% 22.5% 31.1% 18.9% 14.4% 23.2%
82 23.8% 19.8% 27.9% 16.5% 12.4% 20.6%
83 20.9% 17.2% 24.7% 14.3% 10.6% 18%
84 18.2% 14.7% 21.6% 12.2% 8.84% 15.5%
85 15.5% 12.5% 18.7% 10.3% 7.28% 13.2%
86 13.1% 10.4% 15.9% 8.5% 5.9% 11.1%
87 10.9% 8.46% 13.3% 6.93% 4.68% 9.14%
88 8.9% 6.77% 11% 5.55% 3.63% 7.43%
89 7.13% 5.29% 8.96% 4.36% 2.75% 5.95%
90 5.6% 4.03% 7.16% 3.36% 2.02% 4.68%
91 4.3% 2.98% 5.62% 2.53% 1.45% 3.6%
92 3.23% 2.14% 4.31% 1.87% 1% 2.72%
93 2.36% 1.5% 3.23% 1.34% 0.67% 2%
94 1.68% 1.01% 2.35% 0.94% 0.43% 1.43%
95 1.16% 0.67% 1.67% 0.64% 0.27% 0.99%
96 0.78% 0.43% 1.14% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.51% 0.26% 0.76% 0.28% 0.09% 0.43%
98 0.32% 0.16% 0.49% 0.17% 0.05% 0.27%
99 0.19% 0.09% 0.3% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.12% 0.05% 0.18% 0.05% 0.02% 0.1%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.95% in the birth year in Ghana and 6.27% in South Sudan, 0.37% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.58% vs 1.98% at 60, and 10.1% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

Ghana
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ghana South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.95% 3.3% 2.59% 6.27% 6.72% 5.81%
1 0.23% 0.25% 0.2% 1.17% 1.11% 1.23%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.22% 1% 1% 0.99%
3 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.86% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.73% 0.81% 0.65%
5 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.63% 0.72% 0.53%
6 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.54% 0.63% 0.44%
7 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.46% 0.55% 0.37%
8 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.21% 0.24% 0.17% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
10 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
11 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
12 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.2% 0.24% 0.16% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
17 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.28% 0.35% 0.21% 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
20 0.3% 0.38% 0.22% 0.45% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.31% 0.39% 0.22% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.32% 0.41% 0.23% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
23 0.32% 0.41% 0.23% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.33% 0.41% 0.24% 0.51% 0.66% 0.36%
25 0.33% 0.41% 0.25% 0.51% 0.66% 0.37%
26 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
28 0.35% 0.42% 0.28% 0.53% 0.66% 0.41%
29 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.37% 0.44% 0.29% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.37% 0.44% 0.3% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.38% 0.45% 0.3% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.58% 0.71% 0.46%
34 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.59% 0.72% 0.47%
35 0.4% 0.48% 0.32% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.41% 0.49% 0.33% 0.61% 0.75% 0.5%
37 0.43% 0.5% 0.35% 0.63% 0.77% 0.51%
38 0.45% 0.52% 0.37% 0.66% 0.79% 0.54%
39 0.47% 0.55% 0.39% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.49% 0.57% 0.41% 0.72% 0.86% 0.59%
41 0.52% 0.6% 0.44% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.77% 0.93% 0.63%
43 0.56% 0.65% 0.47% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
44 0.58% 0.67% 0.49% 0.82% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.84% 1.03% 0.67%
46 0.62% 0.73% 0.51% 0.87% 1.07% 0.69%
47 0.65% 0.77% 0.54% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.7% 0.83% 0.57% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.75% 0.89% 0.61% 1.01% 1.25% 0.8%
50 0.81% 0.97% 0.66% 1.07% 1.33% 0.85%
51 0.88% 1.04% 0.72% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 0.94% 1.12% 0.77% 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
53 1% 1.19% 0.83% 1.29% 1.58% 1.03%
54 1.06% 1.25% 0.87% 1.35% 1.66% 1.09%
55 1.11% 1.31% 0.92% 1.42% 1.74% 1.15%
56 1.17% 1.38% 0.97% 1.5% 1.83% 1.22%
57 1.24% 1.46% 1.03% 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.33% 1.57% 1.11% 1.7% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.44% 1.7% 1.2% 1.83% 2.22% 1.51%
60 1.58% 1.85% 1.32% 1.98% 2.4% 1.64%
61 1.74% 2.03% 1.46% 2.16% 2.6% 1.8%
62 1.91% 2.23% 1.62% 2.36% 2.81% 1.98%
63 2.1% 2.44% 1.79% 2.56% 3.05% 2.17%
64 2.3% 2.66% 1.97% 2.79% 3.29% 2.38%
65 2.51% 2.88% 2.17% 3.02% 3.55% 2.6%
66 2.73% 3.12% 2.38% 3.28% 3.83% 2.85%
67 2.98% 3.39% 2.62% 3.57% 4.15% 3.12%
68 3.27% 3.69% 2.89% 3.9% 4.51% 3.43%
69 3.59% 4.03% 3.19% 4.27% 4.92% 3.78%
70 3.94% 4.41% 3.54% 4.68% 5.37% 4.17%
71 4.34% 4.84% 3.91% 5.14% 5.87% 4.59%
72 4.77% 5.31% 4.33% 5.62% 6.42% 5.04%
73 5.24% 5.82% 4.78% 6.14% 7% 5.53%
74 5.74% 6.37% 5.26% 6.69% 7.62% 6.06%
75 6.31% 6.98% 5.78% 7.3% 8.28% 6.62%
76 6.92% 7.63% 6.36% 7.95% 9.01% 7.24%
77 7.59% 8.36% 7% 8.67% 9.8% 7.93%
78 8.34% 9.15% 7.73% 9.47% 10.7% 8.7%
79 9.16% 10% 8.53% 10.4% 11.7% 9.55%
80 10.1% 11% 9.42% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 11% 12% 10.4% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 12.1% 13.1% 11.4% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 13.2% 14.2% 12.5% 14.7% 16.3% 13.7%
84 14.4% 15.5% 13.7% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 15.6% 16.8% 14.9% 17.2% 19% 16.1%
86 16.9% 18.3% 16.1% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 18.3% 20% 17.3% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 19.9% 21.8% 18.7% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 21.5% 23.9% 20.1% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 23.2% 26% 21.6% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 25% 28.1% 23.2% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 26.9% 30.2% 25.1% 28% 33% 26.4%
93 28.9% 32.3% 27.1% 29.8% 35.2% 28.4%
94 30.9% 34.2% 29.2% 31.7% 37.5% 30.6%
95 32.9% 36.1% 31.4% 33.5% 39.8% 32.8%
96 35% 38.1% 33.6% 35.7% 41.9% 35%
97 37% 40% 35.7% 38.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 38.9% 42% 37.7% 42.1% 45.5% 39.1%
99 40.7% 44% 39.6% 44.2% 47.1% 41%
100 42.7% 45.9% 41.7% 47.2% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Ghana compared to South Sudan

In Ghana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 72.8 in Ghana and 67.4 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ghana
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ghana South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,951 3,302 2,586 6,268 6,715 5,811
1 219.5 238.9 199.4 1,094 1,033 1,158
2 239.1 262.5 214.9 924 923 924
3 258.8 286.5 230 784 826 741
4 274.7 307 241.4 667 735 598
5 282.1 318 245 568 647 485
6 276.7 314 237.6 482 564 397
7 257.4 295 218.4 409 485 330
8 229 264.5 192.2 348 415 278.6
9 197.9 230.2 164.5 299.8 356 241.3
10 171.1 200.1 141.2 264.5 312 215.6
11 152.5 178.9 125.2 241.6 281.4 199.9
12 142.9 167.9 116.9 229.7 264.9 192.9
13 142.7 167.8 116.6 228.5 262 193.4
14 151 177.9 123.2 236.7 271.8 200.1
15 167.3 197.7 135.8 253 292.7 211.5
16 189.6 225.4 152.5 275.3 323 225.8
17 214.8 258 170.1 301 359 240.8
18 239.8 291.7 186 329 400 254.9
19 260.8 322 197.7 356 442 266.8
20 276.7 346 205.2 381 480 276.5
21 287.3 362 209.9 400 511 284.6
22 293.9 371 213.7 414 530 292
23 298.1 375 218.4 422 538 299.8
24 301 375 224.7 426 538 308
25 305 374 232.6 429 535 317
26 308 373 241.5 431 529 327
27 313 373 250.2 434 526 336
28 318 375 258.1 438 524 345
29 323 380 264.4 442 526 353
30 328 385 269.2 447 529 361
31 333 391 272.9 452 535 367
32 338 396 275.9 457 540 373
33 342 401 279 462 546 379
34 346 406 283.3 467 551 385
35 352 412 289.6 474 557 393
36 361 419 299 482 565 403
37 373 430 312 494 576 417
38 388 445 328 510 591 433
39 407 463 348 528 609 451
40 427 483 368 547 629 469
41 446 503 387 566 650 485
42 464 521 403 582 669 498
43 478 538 415 595 686 507
44 490 553 424 606 702 514
45 503 570 432 618 718 520
46 519 592 443 632 738 529
47 542 621 460 653 763 545
48 574 658 485 680 795 567
49 614 704 519 715 833 598
50 660 757 559 754 876 634
51 709 811 602 796 920 673
52 755 861 644 836 961 713
53 795 904 682 873 999 749
54 830 941 715 907 1,033 784
55 863 975 746 940 1,066 817
56 897 1,010 779 976 1,102 853
57 939 1,055 820 1,019 1,144 897
58 995 1,114 872 1,071 1,196 950
59 1,065 1,187 939 1,135 1,259 1,015
60 1,150 1,276 1,020 1,210 1,330 1,092
61 1,245 1,374 1,112 1,292 1,407 1,178
62 1,347 1,476 1,213 1,377 1,486 1,270
63 1,451 1,577 1,319 1,463 1,563 1,366
64 1,553 1,675 1,427 1,549 1,636 1,464
65 1,656 1,769 1,538 1,635 1,707 1,564
66 1,761 1,863 1,652 1,722 1,778 1,667
67 1,870 1,958 1,774 1,812 1,851 1,775
68 1,986 2,059 1,906 1,908 1,928 1,890
69 2,109 2,166 2,046 2,007 2,008 2,009
70 2,237 2,277 2,193 2,107 2,086 2,130
71 2,364 2,387 2,342 2,202 2,158 2,248
72 2,486 2,491 2,489 2,287 2,219 2,359
73 2,599 2,586 2,627 2,357 2,264 2,457
74 2,700 2,667 2,754 2,412 2,292 2,540
75 2,794 2,733 2,870 2,452 2,303 2,609
76 2,875 2,782 2,974 2,478 2,297 2,665
77 2,934 2,814 3,067 2,486 2,275 2,706
78 2,976 2,824 3,145 2,480 2,237 2,734
79 2,998 2,810 3,205 2,456 2,179 2,741
80 2,994 2,767 3,238 2,409 2,099 2,724
81 2,953 2,692 3,235 2,334 1,995 2,675
82 2,875 2,583 3,189 2,229 1,866 2,590
83 2,759 2,444 3,095 2,095 1,717 2,468
84 2,607 2,278 2,954 1,936 1,555 2,311
85 2,426 2,095 2,771 1,760 1,386 2,126
86 2,221 1,898 2,553 1,572 1,215 1,920
87 1,999 1,691 2,311 1,379 1,047 1,704
88 1,767 1,479 2,055 1,187 883 1,485
89 1,532 1,262 1,798 1,001 726 1,272
90 1,299 1,046 1,546 826 579 1,071
91 1,076 839 1,306 666 446 886
92 868 648 1,082 523 330 718
93 681 483 875 401 236 568
94 518 347 688 298.6 162.8 438
95 382 240.9 524 216 107.8 326
96 271.9 162 384 153 68.4 233.8
97 187 105.5 271 106.6 41.5 161.3
98 123.9 66.4 183.9 71.1 24.3 106.9
99 79.3 40.4 120.2 43.2 13.7 68.3
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 Ghana and South Sudan 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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