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Life Expectancy in Iceland vs Sweden (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Iceland vs 83.6 in Sweden. Iceland is ranked 18/197 by life expectancy, and Sweden is 15/197. In Iceland, the life expectancy is 81.8 years for males and 84.6 years for females. In Sweden, it's 81.8 years for males and 85.3 years for females.

Iceland vs Sweden life expectancy at birth by year chart

Iceland
Male

Female
Sweden
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Sweden
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 71 68.6 73.5 71.1 69.8 72.4
1951 71 69.2 72.8 71.4 70 72.7
1952 72.4 70 74.8 71.8 70.4 73.3
1953 72.3 70.2 74.3 71.9 70.4 73.4
1954 73.3 71.1 75.6 72.4 70.9 73.9
1955 73.3 70.7 75.9 72.6 71 74.1
1956 72.9 71.5 74.3 72.7 71 74.4
1957 73.4 71.7 75.1 72.5 70.8 74.3
1958 73.3 70.9 75.9 73.2 71.5 74.8
1959 72.6 69.8 75.6 73.4 71.6 75.2
1960 74 72.4 75.7 73 71.2 74.9
1961 73.4 70.8 76.2 73.5 71.6 75.4
1962 73.6 71.3 76.1 73.4 71.4 75.4
1963 72.9 70.2 76 73.5 71.5 75.6
1964 73.5 70.9 76.3 73.7 71.6 75.9
1965 73.8 71.4 76.4 73.9 71.7 76.1
1966 73.1 70.2 76.3 74.1 71.8 76.5
1967 73.7 71.1 76.5 74.1 71.9 76.5
1968 73.9 71.5 76.4 74 71.7 76.4
1969 73.7 71.1 76.4 74.1 71.7 76.6
1970 73.8 70.7 77.2 74.7 72.2 77.2
1971 73.5 70.8 76.5 74.6 72 77.4
1972 74.4 72.1 76.9 74.7 72 77.5
1973 74.3 71.4 77.4 74.9 72.2 77.7
1974 74.1 70.9 77.7 75 72.2 77.9
1975 75.3 72.2 78.7 75 72.2 77.9
1976 76.6 73.7 79.8 75 72.2 78
1977 76.1 73.1 79.2 75.4 72.4 78.6
1978 76.4 73.6 79.3 75.5 72.5 78.7
1979 76.5 74 79.3 75.5 72.5 78.7
1980 76.6 73.4 80.1 75.7 72.8 78.9
1981 76.2 73.2 79.4 76 73.1 79.1
1982 76.8 74.4 79.3 76.3 73.4 79.4
1983 76.4 73.1 80.1 76.6 73.6 79.6
1984 77.3 74.6 80.1 76.8 73.8 79.9
1985 77.4 74.8 80.1 76.7 73.8 79.7
1986 77.9 75.2 80.6 77 74 80
1987 77.1 74.7 79.4 77.1 74.2 80.1
1988 76.9 74.3 79.6 77 74.1 79.9
1989 77.9 75.9 79.9 77.7 74.8 80.6
1990 77.7 75.2 80.4 77.6 74.8 80.4
1991 77.8 74.8 81 77.7 74.9 80.5
1992 78.6 76.6 80.6 78.1 75.4 80.8
1993 78.8 76.9 80.7 78.1 75.5 80.8
1994 79 77 81.1 78.7 76.1 81.4
1995 77.5 75.6 79.5 78.8 76.2 81.4
1996 78.6 76.4 81 79 76.5 81.5
1997 78.7 76.1 81.4 79.3 76.7 81.8
1998 79.4 77.5 81.3 79.4 76.9 81.9
1999 79.2 77.3 81.2 79.5 77.1 81.9
2000 79.5 77.7 81.3 79.7 77.4 82
2001 80.4 78.1 82.7 79.8 77.5 82.1
2002 80.3 78.3 82.2 79.9 77.7 82.1
2003 80.8 79.2 82.3 80.2 77.9 82.4
2004 80.7 78.7 82.7 80.5 78.4 82.7
2005 81.2 79.3 83 80.6 78.4 82.7
2006 80.9 79.2 82.6 80.8 78.7 82.9
2007 81.1 79.3 82.8 81 78.9 82.9
2008 81.2 79.6 82.9 81.1 79.1 83.1
2009 81.4 79.4 83.4 81.4 79.3 83.3
2010 81.6 79.6 83.7 81.5 79.5 83.5
2011 82 80.2 83.7 81.8 79.8 83.7
2012 82.3 81 83.6 81.7 79.9 83.5
2013 81.7 80.2 83.2 81.9 80.1 83.7
2014 82.4 80.9 83.9 82.2 80.4 84
2015 82.2 80.9 83.4 82.2 80.3 84
2016 81.8 80.1 83.6 82.3 80.6 84.1
2017 82.2 80.7 83.9 82.4 80.7 84.1
2018 82.5 80.9 84.1 82.5 80.8 84.3
2019 82.8 81.3 84.4 83.1 81.3 84.7
2020 82.7 81.2 84.2 82.4 80.6 84.3
2021 82.8 81.5 84.3 83 81.2 84.8
2022 81.6 79.4 84.1 83 81.4 84.7
2023 82.7 81 84.5 83.3 81.4 85.1
2024 83 81.6 84.5 83.4 81.6 85.2
2025 83.2 81.8 84.6 83.6 81.8 85.3

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 71.4 years in Iceland and 71.1 in Sweden. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 19.1 healthy years in Iceland and 18.7 in Sweden.

Iceland vs Sweden 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 Iceland and Sweden, 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:
53.6 vs 54.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.6 vs 84.1 years

Median expected age of death:
85.8 vs 86.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Iceland Sweden
Male Female Male Female
40 99.2% 99.6% 99.3% 99.7%
50 98.1% 98.8% 98.2% 98.9%
60 95.0% 96.8% 95.2% 96.9%
65 92.2% 94.4% 92.0% 94.8%
70 87.4% 90.9% 86.9% 91.4%
75 79.8% 85.0% 79.4% 86.0%
80 67.7% 74.7% 67.6% 77.3%
85 48.7% 58.3% 49.7% 62.5%
90 25.4% 35.4% 26.9% 40.2%
95 7.6% 13.7% 8.4% 16.3%
100 1.0% 2.6% 1.1% 3.1%

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 Iceland vs Sweden: 83.6 years vs 84.1 at 30, 85.7 vs 86.2 at 65, 89.2 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 83.2 vs 83.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Iceland and Sweden.

Iceland
Male

Female
Sweden
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Iceland Sweden
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 83.2 81.8 84.6 83.6 81.8 85.3
1 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.7 82 85.5
2 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82 85.5
3 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82 85.5
4 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82 85.5
5 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82 85.5
6 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
7 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
8 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
9 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
10 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
11 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
12 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
13 83.3 81.9 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.5
14 83.3 82 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.6
15 83.3 82 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.6
16 83.3 82 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.6
17 83.3 82 84.7 83.8 82.1 85.6
18 83.4 82 84.8 83.8 82.1 85.6
19 83.4 82 84.8 83.9 82.1 85.6
20 83.4 82.1 84.8 83.9 82.2 85.6
21 83.4 82.1 84.8 83.9 82.2 85.6
22 83.4 82.1 84.8 83.9 82.2 85.6
23 83.5 82.1 84.8 83.9 82.3 85.6
24 83.5 82.2 84.8 84 82.3 85.7
25 83.5 82.2 84.8 84 82.3 85.7
26 83.5 82.2 84.8 84 82.4 85.7
27 83.5 82.3 84.9 84 82.4 85.7
28 83.6 82.3 84.9 84.1 82.4 85.7
29 83.6 82.3 84.9 84.1 82.5 85.7
30 83.6 82.4 84.9 84.1 82.5 85.7
31 83.6 82.4 84.9 84.1 82.5 85.8
32 83.7 82.5 84.9 84.2 82.6 85.8
33 83.7 82.5 84.9 84.2 82.6 85.8
34 83.7 82.5 85 84.2 82.6 85.8
35 83.8 82.6 85 84.2 82.7 85.8
36 83.8 82.6 85 84.3 82.7 85.8
37 83.8 82.7 85 84.3 82.7 85.9
38 83.8 82.7 85 84.3 82.8 85.9
39 83.9 82.7 85.1 84.3 82.8 85.9
40 83.9 82.8 85.1 84.4 82.8 85.9
41 83.9 82.8 85.1 84.4 82.9 85.9
42 84 82.8 85.1 84.4 82.9 86
43 84 82.9 85.2 84.5 82.9 86
44 84 82.9 85.2 84.5 83 86
45 84.1 82.9 85.2 84.5 83 86
46 84.1 83 85.3 84.6 83.1 86.1
47 84.1 83 85.3 84.6 83.1 86.1
48 84.2 83.1 85.3 84.6 83.2 86.1
49 84.2 83.1 85.4 84.7 83.2 86.2
50 84.3 83.2 85.4 84.7 83.3 86.2
51 84.3 83.2 85.4 84.8 83.3 86.2
52 84.4 83.3 85.5 84.8 83.4 86.3
53 84.5 83.4 85.5 84.9 83.5 86.3
54 84.5 83.5 85.6 85 83.5 86.4
55 84.6 83.5 85.6 85 83.6 86.5
56 84.7 83.6 85.7 85.1 83.7 86.5
57 84.7 83.7 85.8 85.2 83.8 86.6
58 84.8 83.8 85.9 85.3 83.9 86.7
59 84.9 83.9 85.9 85.4 84 86.7
60 85 84.1 86 85.5 84.1 86.8
61 85.2 84.2 86.1 85.6 84.3 86.9
62 85.3 84.3 86.2 85.7 84.4 87
63 85.4 84.4 86.3 85.9 84.5 87.1
64 85.5 84.6 86.5 86 84.7 87.3
65 85.7 84.7 86.6 86.2 84.9 87.4
66 85.8 84.9 86.7 86.3 85.1 87.5
67 86 85 86.9 86.5 85.2 87.6
68 86.1 85.2 87 86.7 85.4 87.8
69 86.3 85.4 87.2 86.8 85.7 87.9
70 86.5 85.6 87.3 87 85.9 88.1
71 86.7 85.9 87.5 87.2 86.1 88.3
72 86.9 86.1 87.7 87.4 86.3 88.5
73 87.1 86.3 87.9 87.7 86.6 88.7
74 87.4 86.6 88.1 87.9 86.9 88.9
75 87.6 86.9 88.3 88.2 87.1 89.1
76 87.9 87.2 88.6 88.4 87.4 89.3
77 88.2 87.5 88.9 88.7 87.7 89.5
78 88.5 87.8 89.2 89 88.1 89.8
79 88.8 88.2 89.5 89.3 88.4 90.1
80 89.2 88.5 89.8 89.6 88.8 90.4
81 89.6 88.9 90.2 90 89.2 90.7
82 90 89.3 90.5 90.4 89.6 91
83 90.4 89.8 90.9 90.8 90 91.4
84 90.9 90.3 91.4 91.2 90.5 91.8
85 91.3 90.8 91.8 91.7 91 92.2
86 91.9 91.4 92.3 92.2 91.5 92.6
87 92.4 91.9 92.8 92.7 92.1 93.1
88 93 92.5 93.4 93.2 92.7 93.6
89 93.6 93.2 94 93.8 93.3 94.1
90 94.3 93.9 94.6 94.4 93.9 94.7
91 94.9 94.5 95.2 95.1 94.6 95.3
92 95.6 95.3 95.9 95.7 95.3 95.9
93 96.3 96 96.6 96.4 96.1 96.6
94 97.1 96.8 97.3 97.2 96.8 97.3
95 97.8 97.6 98 97.9 97.6 98
96 98.6 98.4 98.8 98.7 98.4 98.8
97 99.4 99.2 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.6
98 100.3 100.1 100.4 100.3 100.1 100.4
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 101.1 100.9 101.2
100 102 101.8 102.1 102 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in Iceland vs Sweden

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 95.2% in Iceland and 95.3% in Sweden are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 88.5% and 88.4% will live to 70 years or older, 70.7% and 71.8% to 80+ years, and 30.2% and 33.3% 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.

Iceland
Male

Female
Sweden
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Iceland Sweden
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 99.9% 99.8% 99.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
5 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
6 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
7 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
8 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
9 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
10 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
11 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
12 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
13 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
14 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
15 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
16 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
17 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
18 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
19 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
20 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
21 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
22 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
23 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
24 99.5% 99.4% 99.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
25 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%
26 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
27 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5%
28 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
29 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 99.2% 99% 99.5%
30 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
31 99.3% 99% 99.5% 99.2% 98.9% 99.4%
32 99.2% 98.9% 99.5% 99.1% 98.8% 99.4%
33 99.1% 98.9% 99.5% 99.1% 98.8% 99.4%
34 99.1% 98.8% 99.4% 99% 98.7% 99.3%
35 99% 98.7% 99.4% 99% 98.7% 99.3%
36 99% 98.6% 99.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.3%
37 98.9% 98.5% 99.3% 98.9% 98.5% 99.2%
38 98.8% 98.5% 99.3% 98.8% 98.4% 99.2%
39 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 98.7% 98.4% 99.2%
40 98.7% 98.3% 99.2% 98.7% 98.3% 99.1%
41 98.6% 98.2% 99.1% 98.6% 98.2% 99.1%
42 98.6% 98.1% 99% 98.6% 98.1% 99%
43 98.5% 98% 99% 98.5% 98% 99%
44 98.4% 97.9% 98.9% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
45 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 98.3% 97.8% 98.8%
46 98.2% 97.7% 98.7% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
47 98.1% 97.6% 98.7% 98.1% 97.6% 98.7%
48 98% 97.5% 98.6% 98% 97.5% 98.6%
49 97.9% 97.4% 98.5% 97.9% 97.3% 98.5%
50 97.7% 97.2% 98.4% 97.8% 97.2% 98.4%
51 97.6% 97% 98.2% 97.6% 97% 98.3%
52 97.4% 96.8% 98.1% 97.5% 96.8% 98.1%
53 97.2% 96.6% 98% 97.3% 96.6% 98%
54 97% 96.3% 97.8% 97.1% 96.3% 97.8%
55 96.8% 96.1% 97.6% 96.8% 96.1% 97.7%
56 96.5% 95.8% 97.4% 96.6% 95.7% 97.5%
57 96.3% 95.4% 97.2% 96.3% 95.4% 97.2%
58 95.9% 95% 96.9% 96% 95% 97%
59 95.6% 94.6% 96.6% 95.6% 94.6% 96.7%
60 95.2% 94.2% 96.3% 95.3% 94.2% 96.4%
61 94.8% 93.7% 96% 94.8% 93.7% 96.1%
62 94.3% 93.1% 95.5% 94.3% 93.1% 95.7%
63 93.8% 92.6% 95.1% 93.8% 92.5% 95.2%
64 93.2% 92% 94.6% 93.2% 91.8% 94.8%
65 92.6% 91.4% 94% 92.6% 91% 94.3%
66 92% 90.6% 93.4% 91.9% 90.2% 93.7%
67 91.2% 89.8% 92.8% 91.1% 89.3% 93.1%
68 90.4% 88.9% 92.1% 90.3% 88.3% 92.4%
69 89.5% 87.8% 91.3% 89.4% 87.2% 91.7%
70 88.5% 86.6% 90.5% 88.4% 86% 90.9%
71 87.4% 85.4% 89.6% 87.3% 84.8% 90%
72 86.2% 84% 88.6% 86.2% 83.4% 89.1%
73 84.9% 82.5% 87.5% 84.9% 81.9% 88%
74 83.4% 80.9% 86.2% 83.5% 80.3% 86.8%
75 81.8% 79% 84.7% 82% 78.5% 85.5%
76 79.9% 77.1% 83% 80.3% 76.6% 84.1%
77 77.9% 74.9% 81.1% 78.5% 74.5% 82.6%
78 75.7% 72.5% 79.1% 76.5% 72.2% 80.9%
79 73.3% 69.9% 76.9% 74.3% 69.7% 79%
80 70.7% 67.1% 74.4% 71.8% 66.9% 76.9%
81 67.7% 64% 71.7% 69.1% 63.9% 74.5%
82 64.5% 60.5% 68.7% 66.1% 60.6% 71.9%
83 61% 56.7% 65.5% 62.9% 57.1% 68.9%
84 57.2% 52.6% 61.9% 59.4% 53.2% 65.7%
85 53.1% 48.3% 58% 55.6% 49.2% 62.1%
86 48.8% 43.8% 53.9% 51.5% 44.9% 58.3%
87 44.3% 39.1% 49.5% 47.2% 40.4% 54.1%
88 39.6% 34.4% 44.8% 42.7% 35.8% 49.6%
89 34.8% 29.7% 40.1% 38% 31.2% 44.9%
90 30.2% 25.1% 35.3% 33.3% 26.6% 39.9%
91 25.6% 20.8% 30.5% 28.6% 22.2% 34.9%
92 21.3% 16.8% 25.8% 24.1% 18.1% 29.9%
93 17.3% 13.3% 21.4% 19.8% 14.3% 25%
94 13.7% 10.2% 17.3% 15.9% 11.1% 20.4%
95 10.5% 7.54% 13.7% 12.4% 8.27% 16.2%
96 7.89% 5.42% 10.5% 9.37% 5.97% 12.5%
97 5.72% 3.76% 7.78% 6.87% 4.16% 9.34%
98 4.01% 2.52% 5.59% 4.86% 2.8% 6.73%
99 2.72% 1.62% 3.88% 3.32% 1.81% 4.67%
100 1.77% 1.01% 2.6% 2.18% 1.12% 3.11%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.12% in the birth year in Iceland and 0.18% in Sweden, 0.05% vs 0.05% at age 30, 0.45% vs 0.45% at 60, and 4.14% vs 3.75% at 80.

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

Iceland
Male

Female
Sweden
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Iceland Sweden
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.18% 0.2% 0.16%
1 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.007% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
3 0.008% 0.009% 0.006% 0.008% 0.008% 0.007%
4 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
5 0.004% 0.004% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
6 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004%
7 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004%
8 0.003% 0.002% 0.005% 0.004% 0.003% 0.004%
9 0.003% 0.002% 0.004% 0.004% 0.003% 0.004%
10 0.003% 0.002% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004%
11 0.004% 0.003% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
12 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
13 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
14 0.01% 0.02% 0.008% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
15 0.01% 0.02% 0.009% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
16 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
17 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
18 0.03% 0.04% 0.01% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
19 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
20 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
21 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
22 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
23 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
24 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
25 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.05% 0.07% 0.02%
26 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.05% 0.07% 0.02%
27 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.05% 0.07% 0.02%
28 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
29 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
30 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
31 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
32 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
33 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
34 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
35 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
36 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
37 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
38 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
39 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
40 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
41 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
42 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
43 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
44 0.09% 0.11% 0.08% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
45 0.09% 0.11% 0.08% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
46 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
47 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
48 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
49 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.14% 0.16% 0.11%
50 0.16% 0.19% 0.12% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
51 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.17% 0.2% 0.14%
52 0.19% 0.22% 0.15% 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
53 0.21% 0.25% 0.17% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
54 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
55 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
56 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.29% 0.36% 0.23%
57 0.33% 0.4% 0.26% 0.32% 0.39% 0.26%
58 0.37% 0.44% 0.29% 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
59 0.41% 0.49% 0.33% 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
60 0.45% 0.52% 0.38% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
61 0.49% 0.55% 0.44% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4%
62 0.54% 0.59% 0.49% 0.56% 0.68% 0.45%
63 0.59% 0.64% 0.54% 0.62% 0.75% 0.49%
64 0.64% 0.7% 0.59% 0.69% 0.83% 0.54%
65 0.72% 0.8% 0.63% 0.76% 0.92% 0.59%
66 0.8% 0.92% 0.69% 0.83% 1.01% 0.65%
67 0.9% 1.04% 0.75% 0.91% 1.11% 0.71%
68 1% 1.18% 0.82% 1% 1.21% 0.79%
69 1.11% 1.34% 0.89% 1.1% 1.33% 0.87%
70 1.22% 1.47% 0.98% 1.21% 1.46% 0.97%
71 1.36% 1.61% 1.1% 1.34% 1.61% 1.08%
72 1.53% 1.78% 1.28% 1.49% 1.78% 1.2%
73 1.75% 1.99% 1.51% 1.64% 1.97% 1.34%
74 1.99% 2.23% 1.75% 1.82% 2.19% 1.48%
75 2.26% 2.51% 2% 2.03% 2.45% 1.65%
76 2.51% 2.81% 2.22% 2.28% 2.75% 1.84%
77 2.82% 3.16% 2.49% 2.56% 3.1% 2.07%
78 3.19% 3.56% 2.81% 2.9% 3.51% 2.35%
79 3.63% 4.08% 3.21% 3.3% 3.98% 2.68%
80 4.14% 4.67% 3.65% 3.75% 4.52% 3.07%
81 4.73% 5.4% 4.16% 4.28% 5.13% 3.53%
82 5.42% 6.25% 4.75% 4.9% 5.85% 4.08%
83 6.23% 7.2% 5.44% 5.61% 6.69% 4.7%
84 7.12% 8.25% 6.25% 6.42% 7.66% 5.41%
85 8.16% 9.4% 7.16% 7.34% 8.75% 6.23%
86 9.33% 10.7% 8.19% 8.38% 9.99% 7.17%
87 10.6% 12.1% 9.33% 9.56% 11.4% 8.27%
88 11.9% 13.6% 10.6% 10.9% 12.9% 9.54%
89 13.4% 15.3% 12% 12.4% 14.6% 11%
90 15.1% 17.2% 13.6% 14.1% 16.5% 12.6%
91 16.9% 19.1% 15.3% 15.9% 18.5% 14.4%
92 18.8% 21.2% 17.1% 17.8% 20.7% 16.3%
93 20.9% 23.4% 19.1% 19.8% 22.9% 18.3%
94 22.9% 25.7% 21.2% 22% 25.3% 20.5%
95 25.2% 28.1% 23.4% 24.3% 27.7% 22.9%
96 27.5% 30.6% 25.7% 26.7% 30.3% 25.4%
97 29.9% 33.1% 28.1% 29.2% 32.9% 28%
98 32.2% 35.5% 30.6% 31.8% 35.4% 30.7%
99 34.7% 38% 33.1% 34.4% 38% 33.4%
100 37% 40.5% 35.4% 36.8% 40.6% 35.9%

Death rate by age in Iceland compared to Sweden

In Iceland, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 89 in Sweden. The median age of death is 85.7 in Iceland and 86.3 in Sweden — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Iceland
Male

Female
Sweden
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Iceland Sweden
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 119.6 119.8 119.4 178.9 195.6 161.3
1 14.3 18.2 10 30.5 31.3 29.6
2 9.62 12.3 6.81 13.2 13.7 12.7
3 7.49 8.89 6.02 7.61 8.07 7.13
4 5.45 5.49 5.4 5.64 6.14 5.12
5 4.29 3.65 4.98 4.83 5.23 4.4
6 3.99 3.17 4.87 4.32 4.41 4.23
7 3.81 2.9 4.81 3.97 3.72 4.23
8 3.39 2.26 4.58 3.74 3.3 4.21
9 2.97 1.73 4.28 3.71 3.22 4.24
10 3.09 1.85 4.4 4.03 3.6 4.48
11 4.21 3.15 5.28 4.66 4.5 4.84
12 6.88 6.82 6.94 5.61 5.84 5.37
13 9.81 11.5 7.97 7 7.6 6.37
14 12.3 16 8.39 8.72 9.77 7.6
15 14.8 20.5 8.81 10.6 12.5 8.66
16 17.6 25.1 9.69 13.5 16.7 10.1
17 21.3 30.5 11.6 17.9 23.2 12.3
18 25.2 35.7 14 23.1 31.1 14.7
19 28 39.5 15.9 28.9 39.8 17.4
20 30.1 42.4 17.2 33.8 47.3 19.5
21 32.3 46 18.3 37.1 52.5 20.7
22 34.5 49.9 18.9 39.3 56 21.5
23 36.4 53.6 18.7 41.2 58.9 22.1
24 37.8 56.8 18 43.5 62.4 22.6
25 37.5 57.2 17.6 45.6 64.9 23
26 38.1 56.9 18.8 46.2 65.4 23.5
27 39.3 56.7 20.8 45.8 65.1 24.4
28 41.2 58.4 22.8 45.6 64.4 25.5
29 44.4 62.9 24.6 45.5 63.2 26.6
30 49.3 70.2 26.6 45.7 62.3 28
31 54.2 77.3 28.8 46.5 62.5 29.7
32 59.3 83.6 32 47.7 63.4 31
33 63.1 87.2 34.6 48.4 64.3 31.6
34 61.7 83.7 35.8 49.4 65.7 32.1
35 61.3 81.1 38.5 50.5 67.3 32.7
36 61.4 78 41.8 51.9 69.1 33.7
37 62.4 76.6 45.4 53.5 70.8 35.2
38 62.3 74.3 48.1 55.5 72.9 37.2
39 63.8 74.7 51.3 59.6 77.3 40.6
40 67.2 78 55 63.9 82.1 44.4
41 75 87.3 61.1 68.5 87 48.8
42 79.9 92.5 65.4 72.7 91.1 53
43 87.1 100.5 71.5 77.2 95.7 57.5
44 90.4 103.3 75.5 82.5 101.3 62.7
45 93 105.5 78.9 89.3 108.3 69.2
46 99.7 113.7 84.5 98 117.1 78
47 108.6 125.6 90.4 108.7 128 88.5
48 122.5 145 97.9 121.4 142 99.8
49 138.9 167.1 107.7 135.5 158.5 111.3
50 154 184.2 120.7 150.3 176.9 122.6
51 168.1 198.1 134.8 166.6 197.9 133.9
52 184.1 217.1 148.7 184.6 222.3 145.5
53 205.8 244.1 164.7 205.9 250.5 159.4
54 231.6 275.1 183.6 228.9 279.7 176.3
55 257.2 307 203.7 254.8 310 197.7
56 285.2 341 226 282.5 340 222.3
57 318 380 253.6 312 373 249.1
58 353 421 285.7 345 408 278.4
59 392 460 322 384 452 312
60 428 491 365 428 504 349
61 467 518 418 477 563 387
62 509 546 472 530 629 427
63 553 589 517 582 694 466
64 601 647 554 639 765 508
65 666 733 596 700 840 556
66 739 831 644 764 914 608
67 819 936 697 830 991 665
68 906 1,050 752 903 1,072 728
69 998 1,174 817 984 1,163 801
70 1,084 1,274 888 1,072 1,260 882
71 1,185 1,375 986 1,172 1,368 972
72 1,321 1,497 1,135 1,280 1,486 1,071
73 1,483 1,642 1,320 1,396 1,615 1,175
74 1,663 1,806 1,512 1,524 1,759 1,285
75 1,847 1,984 1,690 1,668 1,925 1,407
76 2,006 2,163 1,844 1,827 2,108 1,545
77 2,198 2,369 2,024 2,008 2,310 1,706
78 2,414 2,585 2,226 2,218 2,535 1,897
79 2,663 2,853 2,464 2,448 2,773 2,114
80 2,923 3,135 2,713 2,695 3,021 2,359
81 3,203 3,455 2,980 2,959 3,280 2,632
82 3,501 3,781 3,262 3,242 3,548 2,929
83 3,805 4,083 3,563 3,530 3,818 3,239
84 4,074 4,340 3,867 3,812 4,075 3,554
85 4,334 4,542 4,155 4,079 4,303 3,871
86 4,556 4,674 4,409 4,313 4,479 4,180
87 4,689 4,726 4,615 4,511 4,592 4,476
88 4,721 4,685 4,756 4,653 4,622 4,734
89 4,672 4,548 4,816 4,726 4,564 4,936
90 4,552 4,311 4,784 4,694 4,400 5,043
91 4,324 3,981 4,651 4,537 4,117 5,017
92 4,005 3,572 4,416 4,275 3,736 4,861
93 3,607 3,108 4,084 3,916 3,285 4,581
94 3,140 2,614 3,670 3,488 2,797 4,198
95 2,655 2,121 3,197 3,005 2,293 3,719
96 2,172 1,657 2,692 2,501 1,808 3,180
97 1,709 1,243 2,186 2,006 1,368 2,615
98 1,293 895 1,709 1,545 991 2,063
99 943 617 1,283 1,140 686 1,556
100 463 175 770 633 219.6 994

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 Iceland and Sweden 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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