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Life Expectancy in Ghana vs Uganda (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 65.9 years in Ghana vs 68.7 in Uganda. Ghana is ranked 169/197 by life expectancy, and Uganda is 146/197. In Ghana, the life expectancy is 63.5 years for males and 68.4 years for females. In Uganda, it's 65.7 years for males and 71.6 years for females.

Ghana vs Uganda life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ghana
Male

Female
Uganda
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Uganda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 41.3 45.3 39.7 38.2 41.4
1951 43.6 41.8 45.8 40.2 38.7 41.9
1952 44 42.2 46.3 40.8 39.3 42.5
1953 44.5 42.6 46.8 41.3 39.8 43
1954 45 43.1 47.2 41.8 40.3 43.6
1955 45.4 43.5 47.6 42.4 40.8 44.2
1956 45.7 43.8 48 43 41.4 44.9
1957 46.1 44.2 48.4 43.7 42 45.6
1958 46.4 44.5 48.7 44.3 42.6 46.3
1959 46.7 44.8 48.9 45 43.2 46.9
1960 46.9 45 49.2 45.6 43.9 47.6
1961 47.1 45.2 49.4 46.3 44.5 48.3
1962 47.3 45.4 49.5 46.8 45 48.9
1963 47.5 45.5 49.7 47.4 45.6 49.4
1964 47.6 45.6 49.9 47.8 46 49.9
1965 47.7 45.7 50 48.3 46.4 50.4
1966 47.7 45.7 50 48.5 46.5 50.7
1967 47.7 45.7 50 49 47.1 51.2
1968 47.8 45.7 50 49.3 47.3 51.5
1969 47.9 45.8 50.2 49.5 47.5 51.8
1970 47.9 45.9 50.1 49.6 47.6 51.9
1971 47.9 46 50.1 47.1 44.4 50.3
1972 48.3 46.3 50.4 47.2 44.4 50.3
1973 48.6 46.6 50.7 47 44.7 49.5
1974 48.9 47 50.9 46.9 44.1 49.9
1975 49.3 47.5 51.3 46.5 44.2 49
1976 49.7 47.9 51.7 46.2 43.9 48.7
1977 50.1 48.3 52 45.8 43.6 48.3
1978 50.5 48.6 52.4 45.6 42.8 48.7
1979 50.8 49 52.7 45.4 42.6 48.5
1980 51.1 49.3 53 43.5 39.9 47.5
1981 51.3 49.5 53.2 43.5 39.9 47.5
1982 51.4 49.7 53.3 43.3 39.3 47.9
1983 51.8 50 53.7 43.5 39.5 48.1
1984 52.2 50.4 54.1 43.7 39.7 48.2
1985 52.7 50.9 54.6 45.5 41.8 49.6
1986 53.3 51.5 55.1 45.7 42 49.7
1987 53.8 52.1 55.6 47.4 44.8 50
1988 54.4 52.7 56.1 47.5 45 50
1989 54.9 53.4 56.5 47.5 45.1 49.9
1990 55.4 53.9 56.9 47.6 45.3 49.8
1991 55.7 54.4 57.1 47.5 45.3 49.8
1992 56.1 54.8 57.3 47.7 45.5 49.9
1993 56.3 55.1 57.4 47.7 45.6 49.8
1994 56.2 55 57.4 47.7 45.6 49.7
1995 56.7 55.6 57.8 47.7 45.8 49.7
1996 57 55.8 58.1 47.8 45.8 49.7
1997 57.2 56.1 58.3 48 46.2 49.8
1998 57.5 56.4 58.6 48.3 46.5 50
1999 57.8 56.6 59 49 47.2 50.7
2000 58.1 56.9 59.3 49.6 47.8 51.4
2001 58.4 57.2 59.6 50.6 48.8 52.3
2002 58.7 57.5 59.9 51.4 49.5 53.3
2003 59 57.7 60.3 52.4 50.5 54.3
2004 59.3 58 60.6 53.7 51.7 55.6
2005 59.6 58.4 60.9 54.9 52.9 56.9
2006 60 58.7 61.3 56.1 54.1 58
2007 60.3 59 61.6 57.2 55.2 59.2
2008 60.6 59.2 62 58.3 56.2 60.2
2009 60.9 59.5 62.4 59.2 57 61.2
2010 61.3 59.8 62.8 60 57.7 62.1
2011 61.6 60 63.3 60.8 58.6 62.9
2012 62 60.3 63.7 61.6 59.2 63.8
2013 62.4 60.7 64.2 62.4 59.9 64.7
2014 62.8 61 64.7 63.1 60.5 65.5
2015 63.2 61.3 65.1 63.8 61.2 66.3
2016 63.5 61.6 65.4 64.5 61.8 67.1
2017 63.8 61.9 65.8 65.2 62.4 67.8
2018 64.1 62.2 66.2 65.8 63 68.5
2019 64.5 62.4 66.6 66.4 63.5 69.1
2020 64.3 62 66.7 66.4 63.4 69.4
2021 64.3 62.1 66.5 66.4 63.6 69.2
2022 65.2 63 67.6 67.7 64.7 70.5
2023 65.5 63.1 67.9 68.3 65.3 71.1
2024 65.7 63.3 68.2 68.5 65.5 71.4
2025 65.9 63.5 68.4 68.7 65.7 71.6

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 57.2 in Uganda. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.9 healthy years in Ghana and 13.1 in Uganda.

Ghana vs Uganda 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 Uganda, 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 43.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.9 vs 73.0 years

Median expected age of death:
74.8 vs 74.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ghana Uganda
Male Female Male Female
40 95.3% 96.8% 95.9% 97.3%
50 88.8% 92.0% 88.7% 92.3%
60 77.9% 84.0% 75.9% 83.0%
65 69.5% 77.4% 66.3% 75.5%
70 58.4% 67.7% 55.1% 66.0%
75 44.4% 54.1% 42.9% 55.4%
80 28.6% 37.5% 30.4% 44.4%
85 14.1% 20.3% 18.1% 32.3%
90 4.6% 7.8% 8.0% 18.9%
95 0.8% 1.8% 2.4% 8.0%
100 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 2.2%

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 Uganda: 71.9 years vs 73 at 30, 79 vs 81.1 at 65, 86.1 vs 88.5 at 80 — significantly higher than the 65.9 vs 68.7 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 Uganda.

Ghana
Male

Female
Uganda
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ghana Uganda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 65.9 63.5 68.4 68.7 65.7 71.6
1 67.9 65.7 70.2 70.6 67.7 73.3
2 68 65.8 70.3 70.9 68 73.6
3 68.2 66 70.5 71.1 68.2 73.8
4 68.4 66.2 70.6 71.2 68.3 73.9
5 68.6 66.4 70.8 71.3 68.4 74
6 68.7 66.6 71 71.3 68.5 74
7 68.9 66.8 71.1 71.4 68.6 74.1
8 69.1 67 71.3 71.5 68.6 74.1
9 69.2 67.1 71.4 71.5 68.7 74.2
10 69.4 67.3 71.5 71.5 68.7 74.2
11 69.5 67.4 71.6 71.6 68.7 74.2
12 69.6 67.5 71.7 71.6 68.8 74.3
13 69.6 67.6 71.7 71.6 68.8 74.3
14 69.7 67.7 71.8 71.7 68.9 74.3
15 69.8 67.8 71.9 71.7 68.9 74.4
16 69.9 67.9 72 71.8 69 74.4
17 70 68 72.1 71.8 69 74.5
18 70.1 68.2 72.2 71.9 69.1 74.5
19 70.3 68.3 72.3 72 69.2 74.6
20 70.4 68.5 72.4 72 69.3 74.6
21 70.6 68.7 72.5 72.1 69.4 74.7
22 70.7 68.9 72.6 72.2 69.5 74.8
23 70.9 69.1 72.7 72.3 69.6 74.8
24 71 69.2 72.8 72.4 69.7 74.9
25 71.2 69.4 72.9 72.5 69.8 75
26 71.3 69.6 73.1 72.6 69.9 75.1
27 71.5 69.8 73.2 72.7 70 75.1
28 71.6 70 73.3 72.8 70.2 75.2
29 71.8 70.1 73.4 72.9 70.3 75.3
30 71.9 70.3 73.6 73 70.4 75.4
31 72.1 70.5 73.7 73.1 70.5 75.5
32 72.2 70.7 73.8 73.2 70.7 75.6
33 72.4 70.8 73.9 73.3 70.8 75.7
34 72.5 71 74.1 73.5 70.9 75.8
35 72.7 71.2 74.2 73.6 71.1 75.9
36 72.8 71.4 74.3 73.7 71.2 76
37 73 71.5 74.4 73.9 71.4 76.1
38 73.1 71.7 74.6 74 71.6 76.3
39 73.3 71.9 74.7 74.2 71.7 76.4
40 73.5 72 74.8 74.3 71.9 76.5
41 73.6 72.2 75 74.5 72.1 76.7
42 73.8 72.4 75.1 74.7 72.3 76.8
43 74 72.6 75.3 74.8 72.5 77
44 74.1 72.8 75.4 75 72.7 77.1
45 74.3 73 75.6 75.2 72.9 77.3
46 74.5 73.2 75.7 75.4 73.1 77.4
47 74.7 73.4 75.9 75.6 73.3 77.6
48 74.8 73.6 76 75.8 73.5 77.8
49 75 73.8 76.2 76 73.8 78
50 75.2 74 76.4 76.3 74 78.2
51 75.4 74.2 76.5 76.5 74.3 78.4
52 75.6 74.5 76.7 76.8 74.6 78.6
53 75.8 74.7 76.9 77 74.9 78.8
54 76.1 75 77.1 77.3 75.2 79.1
55 76.3 75.2 77.3 77.6 75.5 79.3
56 76.5 75.5 77.5 77.9 75.8 79.6
57 76.8 75.8 77.7 78.2 76.1 79.9
58 77 76 77.9 78.5 76.5 80.1
59 77.3 76.3 78.1 78.8 76.8 80.4
60 77.5 76.6 78.4 79.1 77.2 80.7
61 77.8 76.9 78.6 79.5 77.6 81
62 78.1 77.2 78.8 79.9 78 81.4
63 78.4 77.6 79.1 80.3 78.4 81.7
64 78.7 77.9 79.4 80.7 78.8 82.1
65 79 78.3 79.7 81.1 79.3 82.5
66 79.4 78.7 80 81.6 79.8 82.9
67 79.8 79.1 80.3 82 80.2 83.4
68 80.1 79.5 80.7 82.5 80.7 83.8
69 80.5 79.9 81.1 82.9 81.2 84.2
70 80.9 80.3 81.4 83.4 81.7 84.7
71 81.4 80.8 81.8 83.9 82.2 85.1
72 81.8 81.2 82.3 84.4 82.7 85.6
73 82.3 81.7 82.7 84.9 83.2 86.1
74 82.8 82.2 83.2 85.4 83.8 86.5
75 83.3 82.8 83.6 85.9 84.3 87
76 83.8 83.3 84.1 86.4 84.8 87.5
77 84.3 83.9 84.7 86.9 85.4 88
78 84.9 84.5 85.2 87.5 85.9 88.4
79 85.5 85.1 85.8 88 86.5 88.9
80 86.1 85.7 86.3 88.5 87.1 89.4
81 86.7 86.3 86.9 89 87.7 89.8
82 87.3 87 87.6 89.6 88.3 90.3
83 88 87.7 88.2 90.1 88.9 90.8
84 88.7 88.4 88.9 90.7 89.5 91.3
85 89.4 89.1 89.6 91.4 90.2 91.9
86 90.1 89.8 90.3 92 90.9 92.5
87 90.8 90.5 91.1 92.6 91.6 93.1
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 93.3 92.3 93.7
89 92.4 92 92.6 94 93.1 94.4
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 94.7 93.9 95
91 93.9 93.6 94.1 95.5 94.6 95.7
92 94.7 94.5 94.9 96.2 95.4 96.4
93 95.6 95.3 95.7 97 96.2 97.2
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 97.7 97 97.9
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 98.5 97.9 98.7
96 98.2 98 98.2 99.3 98.7 99.5
97 99 98.9 99.1 100.1 99.6 100.3
98 99.9 99.8 100 101 100.4 101.1
99 100.9 100.7 100.9 101.8 101.3 101.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 102.6 102.1 102.7

Odds of living to age in Ghana vs Uganda

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 72.8% in Ghana and 74.1% in Uganda are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 56.7% and 56.6% will live to 70 years or older, 29.7% and 35.1% to 80+ years, and 5.6% and 12.8% 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
Uganda
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ghana Uganda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97% 96.7% 97.4% 97.3% 97% 97.6%
2 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97% 96.7% 96.3% 97%
4 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
5 96.1% 95.6% 96.5% 96.4% 96% 96.8%
6 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
7 95.5% 95% 96% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
8 95.2% 94.7% 95.8% 96.1% 95.7% 96.5%
9 95% 94.4% 95.6% 96% 95.6% 96.5%
10 94.8% 94.2% 95.5% 96% 95.5% 96.4%
11 94.6% 94% 95.3% 95.9% 95.5% 96.4%
12 94.5% 93.8% 95.2% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
13 94.3% 93.6% 95.1% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
14 94.2% 93.5% 95% 95.7% 95.3% 96.2%
15 94.1% 93.3% 94.8% 95.7% 95.2% 96.1%
16 93.9% 93.1% 94.7% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
17 93.7% 92.9% 94.6% 95.5% 95% 96%
18 93.5% 92.6% 94.4% 95.4% 94.8% 95.9%
19 93.2% 92.3% 94.2% 95.2% 94.7% 95.8%
20 93% 92% 94% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
21 92.7% 91.6% 93.8% 94.9% 94.3% 95.6%
22 92.4% 91.3% 93.6% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
23 92.1% 90.9% 93.4% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
24 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 94.4% 93.7% 95.2%
25 91.5% 90.2% 92.9% 94.3% 93.4% 95.1%
26 91.2% 89.8% 92.7% 94.1% 93.2% 94.9%
27 90.9% 89.4% 92.5% 93.9% 93% 94.8%
28 90.6% 89% 92.2% 93.6% 92.7% 94.6%
29 90.3% 88.7% 92% 93.4% 92.4% 94.4%
30 90% 88.3% 91.7% 93.2% 92.2% 94.2%
31 89.6% 87.9% 91.4% 92.9% 91.9% 94.1%
32 89.3% 87.5% 91.1% 92.7% 91.6% 93.8%
33 89% 87.1% 90.9% 92.4% 91.2% 93.6%
34 88.6% 86.7% 90.6% 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
35 88.3% 86.3% 90.3% 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
36 87.9% 85.9% 90% 91.5% 90.1% 92.9%
37 87.6% 85.5% 89.7% 91.2% 89.7% 92.6%
38 87.2% 85% 89.4% 90.8% 89.3% 92.3%
39 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 90.4% 88.9% 92%
40 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 90% 88.4% 91.7%
41 86% 83.7% 88.4% 89.6% 87.9% 91.3%
42 85.5% 83.2% 88% 89.1% 87.3% 91%
43 85.1% 82.6% 87.6% 88.7% 86.8% 90.6%
44 84.6% 82.1% 87.2% 88.1% 86.2% 90.1%
45 84.1% 81.5% 86.7% 87.6% 85.5% 89.7%
46 83.6% 81% 86.3% 87% 84.9% 89.2%
47 83.1% 80.4% 85.9% 86.4% 84.1% 88.7%
48 82.5% 79.8% 85.4% 85.8% 83.4% 88.2%
49 81.9% 79.1% 84.9% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
50 81.3% 78.4% 84.4% 84.3% 81.7% 87%
51 80.7% 77.6% 83.8% 83.6% 80.8% 86.3%
52 80% 76.8% 83.2% 82.7% 79.8% 85.6%
53 79.2% 76% 82.6% 81.8% 78.8% 84.9%
54 78.4% 75.1% 81.9% 80.9% 77.7% 84.1%
55 77.6% 74.1% 81.2% 79.9% 76.6% 83.3%
56 76.7% 73.1% 80.4% 78.9% 75.4% 82.4%
57 75.8% 72.1% 79.7% 77.8% 74.1% 81.4%
58 74.9% 71.1% 78.8% 76.6% 72.8% 80.5%
59 73.9% 70% 78% 75.4% 71.4% 79.4%
60 72.8% 68.8% 77% 74.1% 69.9% 78.2%
61 71.7% 67.5% 76% 72.7% 68.3% 77%
62 70.4% 66.1% 74.9% 71.2% 66.7% 75.7%
63 69.1% 64.7% 73.7% 69.6% 64.9% 74.3%
64 67.6% 63.1% 72.4% 68% 63.1% 72.8%
65 66.1% 61.4% 70.9% 66.2% 61.1% 71.2%
66 64.4% 59.6% 69.4% 64.3% 59.1% 69.5%
67 62.7% 57.8% 67.8% 62.5% 57.1% 67.7%
68 60.8% 55.8% 66% 60.5% 55% 65.9%
69 58.8% 53.8% 64.1% 58.6% 52.9% 64.1%
70 56.7% 51.6% 62% 56.6% 50.7% 62.2%
71 54.5% 49.3% 59.8% 54.5% 48.5% 60.3%
72 52.1% 46.9% 57.5% 52.5% 46.4% 58.3%
73 49.6% 44.4% 55% 50.4% 44.1% 56.3%
74 47% 41.8% 52.4% 48.2% 41.8% 54.3%
75 44.3% 39.2% 49.6% 46.1% 39.6% 52.2%
76 41.5% 36.4% 46.8% 43.9% 37.2% 50.1%
77 38.6% 33.7% 43.8% 41.7% 34.9% 48.1%
78 35.7% 30.9% 40.7% 39.5% 32.6% 46%
79 32.7% 28% 37.6% 37.3% 30.3% 43.9%
80 29.7% 25.2% 34.4% 35.1% 28% 41.8%
81 26.7% 22.5% 31.1% 33% 25.7% 39.7%
82 23.8% 19.8% 27.9% 30.8% 23.5% 37.6%
83 20.9% 17.2% 24.7% 28.5% 21.2% 35.3%
84 18.2% 14.7% 21.6% 26.2% 18.9% 32.9%
85 15.5% 12.5% 18.7% 23.8% 16.7% 30.4%
86 13.1% 10.4% 15.9% 21.5% 14.6% 27.9%
87 10.9% 8.46% 13.3% 19.2% 12.5% 25.3%
88 8.9% 6.77% 11% 17% 10.6% 22.8%
89 7.13% 5.29% 8.96% 14.8% 8.91% 20.2%
90 5.6% 4.03% 7.16% 12.8% 7.35% 17.8%
91 4.3% 2.98% 5.62% 10.9% 5.96% 15.4%
92 3.23% 2.14% 4.31% 9.21% 4.77% 13.2%
93 2.36% 1.5% 3.23% 7.64% 3.74% 11.2%
94 1.68% 1.01% 2.35% 6.25% 2.88% 9.27%
95 1.16% 0.67% 1.67% 5.02% 2.17% 7.58%
96 0.78% 0.43% 1.14% 3.96% 1.6% 6.07%
97 0.51% 0.26% 0.76% 3.07% 1.16% 4.78%
98 0.32% 0.16% 0.49% 2.33% 0.82% 3.69%
99 0.19% 0.09% 0.3% 1.75% 0.57% 2.8%
100 0.12% 0.05% 0.18% 1.28% 0.38% 2.08%

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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 2.69% in Uganda, 0.37% vs 0.26% at age 30, 1.58% vs 1.9% at 60, and 10.1% vs 6.16% at 80.

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

Ghana
Male

Female
Uganda
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ghana Uganda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.95% 3.3% 2.59% 2.69% 3.02% 2.35%
1 0.23% 0.25% 0.2% 0.41% 0.44% 0.39%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.22% 0.26% 0.28% 0.24%
3 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
4 0.29% 0.32% 0.25% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
5 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.1% 0.11% 0.09%
6 0.29% 0.33% 0.25% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
7 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
8 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
9 0.21% 0.24% 0.17% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
10 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 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% 0.06%
14 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.2% 0.24% 0.16% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
17 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.12% 0.14% 0.09%
18 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.28% 0.35% 0.21% 0.15% 0.18% 0.11%
20 0.3% 0.38% 0.22% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
21 0.31% 0.39% 0.22% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
22 0.32% 0.41% 0.23% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
23 0.32% 0.41% 0.23% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
24 0.33% 0.41% 0.24% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
25 0.33% 0.41% 0.25% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
26 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.21% 0.27% 0.16%
27 0.34% 0.42% 0.27% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
28 0.35% 0.42% 0.28% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
29 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.25% 0.3% 0.19%
30 0.37% 0.44% 0.29% 0.26% 0.32% 0.21%
31 0.37% 0.44% 0.3% 0.27% 0.33% 0.22%
32 0.38% 0.45% 0.3% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
33 0.38% 0.46% 0.31% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
34 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.33% 0.4% 0.26%
35 0.4% 0.48% 0.32% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
36 0.41% 0.49% 0.33% 0.37% 0.45% 0.3%
37 0.43% 0.5% 0.35% 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
38 0.45% 0.52% 0.37% 0.42% 0.51% 0.34%
39 0.47% 0.55% 0.39% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
40 0.49% 0.57% 0.41% 0.48% 0.58% 0.39%
41 0.52% 0.6% 0.44% 0.51% 0.61% 0.41%
42 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.54% 0.65% 0.44%
43 0.56% 0.65% 0.47% 0.57% 0.69% 0.46%
44 0.58% 0.67% 0.49% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
45 0.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.66% 0.79% 0.53%
46 0.62% 0.73% 0.51% 0.7% 0.84% 0.56%
47 0.65% 0.77% 0.54% 0.75% 0.9% 0.6%
48 0.7% 0.83% 0.57% 0.81% 0.97% 0.65%
49 0.75% 0.89% 0.61% 0.86% 1.04% 0.7%
50 0.81% 0.97% 0.66% 0.94% 1.13% 0.76%
51 0.88% 1.04% 0.72% 0.99% 1.19% 0.8%
52 0.94% 1.12% 0.77% 1.07% 1.29% 0.87%
53 1% 1.19% 0.83% 1.14% 1.37% 0.93%
54 1.06% 1.25% 0.87% 1.22% 1.47% 0.99%
55 1.11% 1.31% 0.92% 1.3% 1.57% 1.06%
56 1.17% 1.38% 0.97% 1.39% 1.67% 1.14%
57 1.24% 1.46% 1.03% 1.49% 1.79% 1.22%
58 1.33% 1.57% 1.11% 1.61% 1.93% 1.33%
59 1.44% 1.7% 1.2% 1.73% 2.08% 1.43%
60 1.58% 1.85% 1.32% 1.9% 2.27% 1.58%
61 1.74% 2.03% 1.46% 2.02% 2.42% 1.69%
62 1.91% 2.23% 1.62% 2.21% 2.64% 1.86%
63 2.1% 2.44% 1.79% 2.39% 2.85% 2.02%
64 2.3% 2.66% 1.97% 2.59% 3.07% 2.21%
65 2.51% 2.88% 2.17% 2.81% 3.32% 2.42%
66 2.73% 3.12% 2.38% 2.92% 3.46% 2.51%
67 2.98% 3.39% 2.62% 3.07% 3.64% 2.64%
68 3.27% 3.69% 2.89% 3.23% 3.84% 2.78%
69 3.59% 4.03% 3.19% 3.39% 4.04% 2.91%
70 3.94% 4.41% 3.54% 3.63% 4.32% 3.13%
71 4.34% 4.84% 3.91% 3.76% 4.51% 3.23%
72 4.77% 5.31% 4.33% 4.03% 4.85% 3.45%
73 5.24% 5.82% 4.78% 4.24% 5.14% 3.61%
74 5.74% 6.37% 5.26% 4.48% 5.48% 3.8%
75 6.31% 6.98% 5.78% 4.75% 5.84% 4%
76 6.92% 7.63% 6.36% 5% 6.22% 4.16%
77 7.59% 8.36% 7% 5.25% 6.6% 4.33%
78 8.34% 9.15% 7.73% 5.57% 7.11% 4.56%
79 9.16% 10% 8.53% 5.83% 7.56% 4.73%
80 10.1% 11% 9.42% 6.16% 8.13% 4.95%
81 11% 12% 10.4% 6.62% 8.73% 5.36%
82 12.1% 13.1% 11.4% 7.43% 9.78% 6.1%
83 13.2% 14.2% 12.5% 8.16% 10.7% 6.79%
84 14.4% 15.5% 13.7% 9.02% 11.8% 7.59%
85 15.6% 16.8% 14.9% 9.8% 12.8% 8.37%
86 16.9% 18.3% 16.1% 10.7% 13.9% 9.21%
87 18.3% 20% 17.3% 11.6% 15% 10.1%
88 19.9% 21.8% 18.7% 12.6% 16.3% 11.1%
89 21.5% 23.9% 20.1% 13.5% 17.5% 12.1%
90 23.2% 26% 21.6% 14.8% 18.9% 13.4%
91 25% 28.1% 23.2% 15.7% 20% 14.2%
92 26.9% 30.2% 25.1% 17% 21.6% 15.6%
93 28.9% 32.3% 27.1% 18.3% 23% 16.9%
94 30.9% 34.2% 29.2% 19.6% 24.6% 18.3%
95 32.9% 36.1% 31.4% 21.2% 26.3% 19.9%
96 35% 38.1% 33.6% 22.5% 27.8% 21.3%
97 37% 40% 35.7% 23.9% 29.3% 22.7%
98 38.9% 42% 37.7% 25.2% 30.8% 24.1%
99 40.7% 44% 39.6% 26.8% 32.4% 25.8%
100 42.7% 45.9% 41.7% 28.1% 33.9% 27.1%

Death rate by age in Ghana compared to Uganda

In Ghana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Uganda. The median age of death is 72.8 in Ghana and 73.2 in Uganda — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ghana
Male

Female
Uganda
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ghana Uganda
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,951 3,302 2,586 2,693 3,024 2,354
1 219.5 238.9 199.4 403 423 382
2 239.1 262.5 214.9 250.6 267.8 232.9
3 258.8 286.5 230 174 187.7 159.8
4 274.7 307 241.4 127.5 138.1 116.7
5 282.1 318 245 98.3 106.7 89.6
6 276.7 314 237.6 82.9 91.3 74.3
7 257.4 295 218.4 73.1 81.3 64.6
8 229 264.5 192.2 65.3 73.2 57.2
9 197.9 230.2 164.5 60.4 67.8 52.7
10 171.1 200.1 141.2 58 65.4 50.4
11 152.5 178.9 125.2 58 65.9 49.9
12 142.9 167.9 116.9 60.1 68.4 51.7
13 142.7 167.8 116.6 65 73.9 56
14 151 177.9 123.2 73 83.8 62
15 167.3 197.7 135.8 84.2 97.6 70.7
16 189.6 225.4 152.5 97.8 115.7 79.8
17 214.8 258 170.1 112.5 136.1 88.7
18 239.8 291.7 186 128.1 158.2 97.7
19 260.8 322 197.7 139.9 173.9 105.6
20 276.7 346 205.2 150.9 188.3 113.1
21 287.3 362 209.9 159.9 201.1 118.6
22 293.9 371 213.7 169.2 212.6 125.6
23 298.1 375 218.4 177.7 222.2 132.8
24 301 375 224.7 185.7 230.7 140.4
25 305 374 232.6 193.6 239.3 147.7
26 308 373 241.5 202 247.6 156.2
27 313 373 250.2 211.4 257.4 165.2
28 318 375 258.1 221.3 268.1 174.1
29 323 380 264.4 231.9 279.7 183.9
30 328 385 269.2 244.8 294.3 194.9
31 333 391 272.9 254.4 306 202.7
32 338 396 275.9 270.6 324 217
33 342 401 279 285.4 341 229.7
34 346 406 283.3 302 361 243.8
35 352 412 289.6 322 383 260.9
36 361 419 299 340 404 276.8
37 373 430 312 360 428 292.8
38 388 445 328 383 454 313
39 407 463 348 405 479 331
40 427 483 368 433 510 355
41 446 503 387 453 534 371
42 464 521 403 484 569 398
43 478 538 415 510 599 420
44 490 553 424 540 635 444
45 503 570 432 576 676 475
46 519 592 443 608 714 502
47 542 621 460 647 759 535
48 574 658 485 691 808 574
49 614 704 519 736 859 612
50 660 757 559 791 921 661
51 709 811 602 828 965 692
52 755 861 644 887 1,028 747
53 795 904 682 934 1,081 787
54 830 941 715 987 1,140 836
55 863 975 746 1,041 1,199 885
56 897 1,010 779 1,099 1,261 941
57 939 1,055 820 1,159 1,326 997
58 995 1,114 872 1,233 1,404 1,068
59 1,065 1,187 939 1,304 1,482 1,135
60 1,150 1,276 1,020 1,405 1,586 1,235
61 1,245 1,374 1,112 1,470 1,654 1,299
62 1,347 1,476 1,213 1,576 1,760 1,410
63 1,451 1,577 1,319 1,666 1,847 1,504
64 1,553 1,675 1,427 1,761 1,937 1,607
65 1,656 1,769 1,538 1,863 2,029 1,721
66 1,761 1,863 1,652 1,882 2,044 1,744
67 1,870 1,958 1,774 1,918 2,075 1,787
68 1,986 2,059 1,906 1,959 2,109 1,836
69 2,109 2,166 2,046 1,986 2,134 1,868
70 2,237 2,277 2,193 2,054 2,191 1,946
71 2,364 2,387 2,342 2,051 2,188 1,945
72 2,486 2,491 2,489 2,116 2,249 2,014
73 2,599 2,586 2,627 2,136 2,268 2,036
74 2,700 2,667 2,754 2,161 2,292 2,063
75 2,794 2,733 2,870 2,188 2,311 2,087
76 2,875 2,782 2,974 2,196 2,315 2,086
77 2,934 2,814 3,067 2,188 2,305 2,080
78 2,976 2,824 3,145 2,203 2,320 2,096
79 2,998 2,810 3,205 2,176 2,290 2,075
80 2,994 2,767 3,238 2,165 2,278 2,069
81 2,953 2,692 3,235 2,182 2,247 2,131
82 2,875 2,583 3,189 2,288 2,296 2,294
83 2,759 2,444 3,095 2,326 2,268 2,398
84 2,607 2,278 2,954 2,360 2,237 2,497
85 2,426 2,095 2,771 2,334 2,131 2,547
86 2,221 1,898 2,553 2,296 2,028 2,568
87 1,999 1,691 2,311 2,221 1,885 2,554
88 1,767 1,479 2,055 2,133 1,732 2,522
89 1,532 1,262 1,798 2,007 1,555 2,438
90 1,299 1,046 1,546 1,898 1,390 2,375
91 1,076 839 1,306 1,710 1,191 2,193
92 868 648 1,082 1,570 1,030 2,066
93 681 483 875 1,397 862 1,886
94 518 347 688 1,226 708 1,696
95 382 240.9 524 1,062 571 1,506
96 271.9 162 384 892 445 1,293
97 187 105.5 271 732 339 1,085
98 123.9 66.4 183.9 587 251.2 889
99 79.3 40.4 120.2 467 183.4 723
100 0 0 0 299.9 67.3 508

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 Uganda 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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