Life Expectancy in Ghana vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ghana			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	101.9	101.8	102
99	100.9	100.7	100.9	101	100.9	101
98	99.9	99.8	100	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	99	98.9	99.1	99.2	99	99.2
96	98.2	98	98.2	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	96.4	96.2	96.5	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	95.6	95.3	95.7	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	94.8	94.5	94.9	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	93.9	93.6	94.1	93.9	93.7	94
90	93.1	92.8	93.3	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	92.4	92	92.6	92.2	92	92.4
88	91.6	91.3	91.8	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	90.9	90.5	91.1	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	90.1	89.8	90.3	89.8	89.5	90
85	89.4	89.1	89.6	89	88.7	89.2
84	88.7	88.4	88.9	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	88	87.7	88.2	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	87.3	87	87.6	86.8	86.3	87
81	86.7	86.3	87	86	85.6	86.3
80	86.1	85.7	86.4	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	85.5	85.1	85.8	84.7	84.1	85
78	84.9	84.5	85.2	84	83.5	84.3
77	84.3	83.9	84.7	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	83.8	83.3	84.2	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	83.3	82.8	83.7	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	82.8	82.3	83.2	81.7	81	82.1
73	82.3	81.7	82.7	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	81.8	81.3	82.3	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	81.4	80.8	81.9	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	80.9	80.3	81.5	79.7	79	80.3
69	80.5	79.9	81.1	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	80.1	79.5	80.7	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	79.8	79.1	80.4	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	79.4	78.7	80	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	79.1	78.3	79.7	77.9	77	78.6
64	78.7	77.9	79.4	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	78.4	77.6	79.1	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	78.1	77.3	78.9	77	76	77.8
61	77.8	76.9	78.6	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	77.6	76.6	78.4	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	77.3	76.3	78.2	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	77	76.1	77.9	76	74.9	76.9
57	76.8	75.8	77.7	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	76.6	75.5	77.5	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	76.3	75.3	77.3	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	76.1	75	77.1	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	75.9	74.8	76.9	74.9	73.6	76
52	75.7	74.5	76.8	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	75.5	74.3	76.6	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	75.3	74	76.4	74.4	73	75.6
49	75.1	73.8	76.2	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	74.9	73.6	76.1	74	72.6	75.3
47	74.7	73.4	75.9	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	74.5	73.2	75.8	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	74.4	73	75.6	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	74.2	72.8	75.5	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	74	72.7	75.3	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	73.8	72.5	75.2	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	73.7	72.3	75	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	73.5	72.1	74.9	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	73.4	71.9	74.8	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	73.2	71.8	74.6	72.7	71	74.2
37	73.1	71.6	74.5	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	72.9	71.4	74.4	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	72.8	71.2	74.3	72.4	70.7	74
34	72.6	71.1	74.1	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	72.5	70.9	74	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	72.3	70.7	73.9	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	72.2	70.6	73.8	72	70.2	73.7
30	72	70.4	73.7	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	71.9	70.2	73.5	71.9	70	73.6
28	71.7	70	73.4	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	71.6	69.9	73.3	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	71.4	69.7	73.2	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	71.3	69.5	73.1	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	71.1	69.3	72.9	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	71	69.1	72.8	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	70.8	69	72.7	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	70.7	68.8	72.6	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	70.5	68.6	72.5	71.1	69.1	73
19	70.4	68.4	72.4	71	69	73
18	70.3	68.3	72.3	71	68.9	72.9
17	70.1	68.1	72.2	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	70	68	72.1	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	69.9	67.9	72	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	69.9	67.8	71.9	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	69.8	67.7	71.9	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	69.7	67.6	71.8	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	69.6	67.5	71.7	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	69.5	67.4	71.6	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	69.4	67.3	71.5	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	69.2	67.1	71.4	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	69.1	66.9	71.3	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	68.9	66.7	71.1	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	68.7	66.5	71	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	68.5	66.3	70.8	70.1	68	72.2
3	68.4	66.1	70.6	70	67.8	72.1
2	68.2	66	70.5	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	68	65.8	70.3	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	66.1	63.7	68.6	66.9	64.4	69.3

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 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 79.1 and 77.9 at 65, and to 86.1 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 66.1 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ghana			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.12%	0.05%	0.19%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	0.2%	0.09%	0.31%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	0.33%	0.16%	0.5%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	0.52%	0.27%	0.77%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	0.79%	0.43%	1.16%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	1.18%	0.67%	1.69%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	1.7%	1.02%	2.39%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	2.39%	1.51%	3.28%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	3.27%	2.17%	4.37%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	4.36%	3.01%	5.7%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	5.67%	4.07%	7.26%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	7.21%	5.34%	9.07%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	8.99%	6.83%	11.1%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	11%	8.53%	13.5%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	13.2%	10.4%	16.1%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	15.7%	12.6%	18.8%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	18.3%	14.8%	21.8%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	21.1%	17.3%	24.9%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	24%	19.9%	28.1%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	26.9%	22.6%	31.4%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	30%	25.4%	34.6%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	33%	28.2%	37.9%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	36%	31.1%	41%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	38.9%	33.9%	44.1%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	41.8%	36.7%	47.1%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	44.6%	39.4%	50%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	47.3%	42.1%	52.7%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	49.9%	44.7%	55.4%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	52.4%	47.2%	57.8%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	54.8%	49.6%	60.2%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	57%	51.9%	62.4%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	59.1%	54%	64.4%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	61.1%	56.1%	66.3%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	63%	58.1%	68.1%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	64.7%	59.9%	69.8%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	66.4%	61.7%	71.3%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	68%	63.4%	72.7%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	69.4%	65%	74%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	70.8%	66.4%	75.2%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	72%	67.8%	76.4%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	73.1%	69.1%	77.4%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	74.2%	70.3%	78.3%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	75.2%	71.4%	79.2%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	76.1%	72.4%	80%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	77%	73.4%	80.8%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	77.9%	74.4%	81.5%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	78.7%	75.4%	82.2%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	79.5%	76.3%	82.9%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	80.3%	77.1%	83.5%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	81%	77.9%	84.1%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	81.6%	78.7%	84.7%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	82.2%	79.4%	85.2%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	82.8%	80%	85.7%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	83.9%	81.2%	86.6%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	84.4%	81.8%	87%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	84.8%	82.4%	87.4%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	85.8%	83.4%	88.2%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	86.2%	83.9%	88.6%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	86.6%	84.4%	89%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	87%	84.8%	89.3%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	87.8%	85.7%	90%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	88.1%	86.1%	90.2%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	88.8%	86.9%	90.8%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	89.2%	87.3%	91.1%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	89.5%	87.7%	91.4%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	90.2%	88.5%	91.9%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	90.5%	88.9%	92.1%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	90.8%	89.2%	92.4%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	91.4%	90%	92.9%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	92%	90.7%	93.3%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	92.3%	91.1%	93.5%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	92.6%	91.4%	93.7%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	92.8%	91.8%	93.9%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	93.1%	92.1%	94.1%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	93.4%	92.4%	94.3%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	93.8%	93%	94.7%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	94%	93.2%	94.8%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	94.2%	93.4%	95%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	94.3%	93.6%	95.1%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	94.5%	93.7%	95.2%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	94.9%	94.3%	95.6%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	95.3%	94.8%	95.9%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	95.6%	95%	96.1%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	95.8%	95.4%	96.4%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	96.4%	96%	96.8%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 73.1% of newborns in Ghana and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 57% and 59% past 70, 30% and 26.3% past 80, and only 5.67% and 3.69% 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

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ghana			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.7%	45.9%	41.7%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	40.7%	44%	39.5%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	38.8%	42%	37.6%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	36.9%	40%	35.6%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	34.9%	38%	33.5%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	32.9%	36.1%	31.4%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	30.8%	34.2%	29.2%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	28.8%	32.2%	27%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	26.8%	30.2%	25%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	24.9%	28.1%	23.2%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	23.1%	25.9%	21.5%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	21.4%	23.8%	20%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	19.8%	21.8%	18.6%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	18.3%	20%	17.3%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	16.9%	18.3%	16%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	15.6%	16.8%	14.8%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	14.3%	15.4%	13.6%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	13.2%	14.2%	12.5%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	12.1%	13.1%	11.4%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	11%	12%	10.4%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	10%	11%	9.39%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	9.14%	10%	8.5%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	8.32%	9.14%	7.7%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	7.58%	8.34%	6.98%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	6.89%	7.62%	6.34%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	6.28%	6.96%	5.76%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	5.73%	6.36%	5.24%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	5.23%	5.81%	4.75%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	4.76%	5.3%	4.31%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	4.33%	4.83%	3.9%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	3.93%	4.4%	3.52%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	3.57%	4.02%	3.18%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	3.25%	3.68%	2.87%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	2.97%	3.38%	2.6%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	2.72%	3.11%	2.37%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	2.49%	2.87%	2.15%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	2.29%	2.65%	1.96%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	2.09%	2.43%	1.78%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	1.9%	2.22%	1.61%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	1.73%	2.03%	1.45%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	1.57%	1.85%	1.31%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	1.43%	1.69%	1.19%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	1.32%	1.56%	1.1%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	1.23%	1.45%	1.02%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	1.16%	1.37%	0.96%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	1.1%	1.31%	0.91%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	1.05%	1.25%	0.86%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	1%	1.18%	0.82%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	0.94%	1.11%	0.77%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	0.87%	1.04%	0.71%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	0.8%	0.96%	0.65%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	0.74%	0.88%	0.6%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	0.69%	0.82%	0.56%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	0.65%	0.76%	0.53%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.61%	0.72%	0.51%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.57%	0.67%	0.48%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.55%	0.64%	0.47%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.54%	0.62%	0.45%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.51%	0.59%	0.43%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.49%	0.57%	0.41%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.46%	0.54%	0.38%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.42%	0.5%	0.34%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.38%	0.46%	0.31%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.38%	0.45%	0.3%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.37%	0.45%	0.3%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.33%	0.41%	0.24%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.32%	0.4%	0.23%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.3%	0.39%	0.22%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.29%	0.37%	0.21%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.26%	0.3%	0.22%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.28%	0.32%	0.24%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.29%	0.33%	0.25%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.28%	0.31%	0.24%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.24%	0.27%	0.22%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	2.9%	3.26%	2.53%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Ghana and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.36% vs 0.21% at age 30, 1.57% vs 1.62% at 60, and 10% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ghana vs Zambia

Chart Table

Ghana

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Ghana			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	80.9	40.9	122.6	52.1	25	76.3
98	126.3	67.3	187.2	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	190.3	106.7	275.6	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	276.4	163.8	390	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	387	243.5	532	237.3	133.6	329
94	525	350	698	323	188.7	442
93	689	487	887	431	261.6	581
92	877	654	1,095	565	355	750
91	1,086	846	1,321	715	468	933
90	1,311	1,055	1,563	917	619	1,180
89	1,544	1,272	1,816	1,113	782	1,403
88	1,781	1,490	2,075	1,353	982	1,679
87	2,014	1,704	2,331	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	2,236	1,911	2,573	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	2,442	2,109	2,792	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	2,624	2,294	2,975	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	2,776	2,459	3,115	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	2,893	2,598	3,207	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	2,970	2,707	3,252	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	3,009	2,782	3,254	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	3,013	2,824	3,219	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	2,991	2,838	3,158	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	2,948	2,826	3,077	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	2,881	2,794	2,983	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	2,799	2,744	2,877	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	2,711	2,677	2,760	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	2,609	2,595	2,632	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	2,495	2,499	2,492	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	2,370	2,394	2,345	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	2,241	2,283	2,195	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	2,112	2,171	2,047	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	1,988	2,064	1,906	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	1,871	1,962	1,774	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	1,760	1,865	1,651	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	1,656	1,772	1,536	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	1,554	1,677	1,425	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	1,450	1,578	1,316	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	1,346	1,476	1,210	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	1,244	1,374	1,109	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	1,148	1,275	1,017	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	1,063	1,187	936	1,137	1,304	978
58	993	1,112	869	1,064	1,225	909
57	937	1,054	816	989	1,145	835
56	895	1,009	775	932	1,083	782
55	860	973	742	874	1,020	728
54	827	939	711	824	966	682
53	792	902	678	773	909	635
52	751	858	640	729	858	597
51	705	808	598	672	796	543
50	656	754	555	639	756	516
49	610	701	514	587	699	470
48	570	655	481	548	654	437
47	538	617	456	509	609	403
46	515	588	438	476	570	377
45	499	567	427	450	540	355
44	486	549	419	421	505	331
43	473	534	410	396	476	312
42	459	517	398	376	452	295.7
41	441	498	382	348	421	271.8
40	422	478	363	334	404	260
39	402	458	342	311	378	240.8
38	383	440	323	294.2	359	227
37	368	426	307	275.8	339	211.1
36	356	415	293.7	261.5	322	199.7
35	347	407	284.4	248	306	188.3
34	341	401	278	234.4	290	177.5
33	336	396	273.6	223	276.8	168.3
32	332	391	270.4	212.8	265	159.9
31	328	386	267.3	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	323	380	263.6	195.5	244.5	146
29	318	374	258.7	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	312	370	252.4	180.9	228	133.4
27	307	367	244.6	175.1	221.9	128
26	303	367	235.9	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	298.8	368	227.2	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	295.5	369	219.4	163.1	209.9	116
23	292.3	369	213.2	159	205.5	112.3
22	288.1	365	208.5	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	281.6	356	204.7	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	271	340	200	141.8	181.3	102
19	255.4	316	192.6	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	234.8	286.4	181.2	124	154.6	93.1
17	210.3	253.3	165.7	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	185.6	221.3	148.5	100.4	120	80.7
15	163.7	194	132.3	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	147.8	174.6	120	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	139.6	164.6	113.6	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	139.7	164.6	113.9	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	149	175.3	121.8	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	167.2	196.1	137.3	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	193.3	225.5	159.9	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	223.6	259.2	186.7	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	251.4	289.1	212.2	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	270.4	308	230.9	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	275.9	312	238.4	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	269.1	302	235.2	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	254.3	282.7	224.8	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	235.9	260	210.9	337	387	285.6
1	217.9	238.1	197	555	635	473
0	2,898	3,255	2,529	3,575	4,001	3,149

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 Zambia. The median age of death is 73 in Ghana and 73.1 in Zambia, 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 Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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