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Life Expectancy in Ireland vs Rwanda (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.9 years in Ireland vs 68.5 in Rwanda. Ireland is ranked 20/197 by life expectancy, and Rwanda is 148/197. In Ireland, the life expectancy is 81 years for males and 84.9 years for females. In Rwanda, it's 66.1 years for males and 70.6 years for females.

Ireland vs Rwanda life expectancy at birth by year chart

Ireland
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Ireland Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 65.6 64.5 66.7 43.2 42.7 43.7
1951 64.8 63.5 66.1 43.5 42.9 44
1952 67.2 65.8 68.7 43.8 43.3 44.3
1953 67.9 66.7 69.2 44.1 43.6 44.6
1954 68 66.5 69.7 44.4 43.9 44.9
1955 68 66.5 69.6 44.8 44.3 45.3
1956 69 67.3 70.7 45.2 44.7 45.7
1957 69 67.5 70.6 45.6 45.1 46.1
1958 69.3 67.6 71.1 46.1 45.5 46.6
1959 69.4 67.6 71.4 46.5 46 47.1
1960 70.2 68.5 72 47 46.5 47.5
1961 69.6 67.8 71.6 47.5 46.9 48
1962 69.9 68 72.1 47.8 47.2 48.3
1963 70.2 68.3 72.3 44 42.9 45.1
1964 70.4 68.5 72.6 48.1 47.5 48.7
1965 70.6 68.6 72.9 48.2 47.6 48.7
1966 70.2 68.1 72.4 48.1 47.5 48.6
1967 71.2 69.1 73.5 48 47.4 48.5
1968 70.9 68.7 73.3 47.7 47.2 48.3
1969 70.8 68.7 73.1 47.4 46.9 48
1970 70.8 68.6 73.3 47.1 46.6 47.6
1971 71.6 69.3 74.2 46.8 46.3 47.2
1972 71 68.6 73.6 46.3 45.9 46.8
1973 71.2 68.7 73.9 45.9 45.6 46.3
1974 71.1 68.6 73.8 45.6 45.2 45.9
1975 71.7 69.2 74.5 45.3 45 45.6
1976 71.8 69.4 74.5 45.3 44.9 45.7
1977 71.9 69.5 74.6 45.6 45.1 46.1
1978 71.9 69.3 74.8 46.2 45.5 46.8
1979 72.2 69.4 75.3 47.1 46.3 47.9
1980 72.5 69.9 75.4 48.1 47.2 49.1
1981 72.9 70.2 75.9 49.2 48.1 50.3
1982 73.2 70.5 76.1 50.2 49 51.4
1983 73.2 70.4 76.2 50.9 49.6 52.3
1984 73.6 70.9 76.6 51.4 50 52.9
1985 73.6 70.8 76.6 51.7 50.2 53.2
1986 73.6 70.8 76.6 51.7 50.2 53.3
1987 74.4 71.6 77.4 51.5 50 53
1988 74.4 71.7 77.3 50.9 49.5 52.4
1989 74.5 71.7 77.3 49.5 47.5 51.6
1990 74.8 72.1 77.7 47.8 45.4 50.3
1991 75 72.3 77.9 46.2 43.7 49.1
1992 75.4 72.7 78.3 44.4 41.8 47.3
1993 75.3 72.6 78.2 42.9 40.6 45.5
1994 75.8 73.1 78.7 12.2 11.4 13.3
1995 75.5 72.8 78.3 41.5 39.2 43.7
1996 75.8 73.1 78.7 42.5 40.6 44.2
1997 76 73.4 78.7 42 39.6 44.3
1998 76.2 73.4 79.1 43.1 40.7 45.4
1999 76.1 73.4 78.8 45.7 44.3 47.1
2000 76.5 73.9 79.2 47.8 46.5 49
2001 77.1 74.5 79.8 49.5 48 50.9
2002 77.6 75 80.3 51.3 49.9 52.5
2003 78.1 75.6 80.6 53.5 52.3 54.7
2004 78.5 76 81 55.5 54.1 56.8
2005 78.9 76.6 81.2 57 55.3 58.4
2006 79.2 76.8 81.5 58.3 56.5 60
2007 79.6 77.2 81.9 59.5 57.5 61.3
2008 79.8 77.5 82.1 60.6 58.5 62.6
2009 80.1 77.7 82.5 61.8 59.7 63.7
2010 80.6 78.3 82.8 62.8 60.9 64.5
2011 80.7 78.5 82.9 63.5 61.5 65.3
2012 80.9 78.7 83 64.2 62.2 65.9
2013 81.1 79 83.1 64.7 62.6 66.5
2014 81.4 79.3 83.4 65.1 62.9 67
2015 81.5 79.6 83.4 65.4 63.2 67.4
2016 81.7 79.8 83.6 65.7 63.5 67.8
2017 82.1 80.3 83.9 66.1 63.8 68.2
2018 82.1 80.2 84 66.4 64.1 68.4
2019 82.4 80.4 84.4 66.7 64.4 68.8
2020 82.4 80.6 84.2 67 64.6 69.1
2021 81.9 80 83.7 66.8 64.6 68.9
2022 82.1 80 84.2 67.5 65.2 69.6
2023 82.4 80.4 84.5 67.8 65.5 69.9
2024 82.6 80.6 84.6 68 65.7 70.1
2025 82.7 80.8 84.7 68.2 65.9 70.4
2026 82.9 81 84.9 68.5 66.1 70.6

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 70 years in Ireland and 58.7 in Rwanda. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.3 healthy years in Ireland and 13.3 in Rwanda.

Ireland vs Rwanda 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 Ireland and Rwanda, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
53.5 vs 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.5 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
85.8 vs 74.6 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Ireland Rwanda
Male Female Male Female
40 99.2% 99.6% 96.4% 97.7%
50 97.7% 98.7% 89.9% 93.4%
60 94.1% 96.3% 77.9% 84.9%
65 90.7% 94.1% 68.7% 77.9%
70 85.4% 90.6% 56.9% 68.0%
75 77.2% 85.0% 42.6% 54.4%
80 64.4% 75.6% 27.4% 37.7%
85 46.4% 60.3% 13.9% 20.9%
90 25.2% 38.7% 5.0% 8.2%
95 8.0% 15.9% 1.1% 2.0%
100 1.2% 3.2% 0.1% 0.3%

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 Ireland vs Rwanda: 83.5 years vs 72.3 at 30, 85.8 vs 79.1 at 65, 89.5 vs 86.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.9 vs 68.5 years calculated at birth.

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

Ireland
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Ireland Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.9 81 84.9 68.5 66.1 70.6
1 83.1 81.2 85 70.2 68 72.2
2 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.4 68.2 72.4
3 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.6 68.4 72.6
4 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.7 68.5 72.7
5 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.8 68.6 72.8
6 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.8 68.6 72.8
7 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.9 68.7 72.9
8 83.2 81.3 85.1 70.9 68.7 72.9
9 83.2 81.3 85.1 71 68.8 73
10 83.2 81.3 85.1 71 68.8 73
11 83.2 81.3 85.1 71 68.9 73
12 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.1 68.9 73
13 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.1 68.9 73.1
14 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.1 69 73.1
15 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.2 69 73.1
16 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.2 69.1 73.2
17 83.2 81.3 85.1 71.3 69.1 73.2
18 83.2 81.4 85.1 71.3 69.2 73.3
19 83.3 81.4 85.1 71.4 69.3 73.3
20 83.3 81.4 85.2 71.5 69.3 73.4
21 83.3 81.4 85.2 71.5 69.4 73.4
22 83.3 81.5 85.2 71.6 69.5 73.5
23 83.3 81.5 85.2 71.7 69.6 73.5
24 83.4 81.5 85.2 71.8 69.7 73.6
25 83.4 81.6 85.2 71.9 69.8 73.7
26 83.4 81.6 85.2 71.9 69.9 73.7
27 83.4 81.6 85.2 72 70 73.8
28 83.4 81.7 85.2 72.1 70.1 73.9
29 83.5 81.7 85.3 72.2 70.2 73.9
30 83.5 81.7 85.3 72.3 70.3 74
31 83.5 81.8 85.3 72.4 70.5 74.1
32 83.5 81.8 85.3 72.5 70.6 74.2
33 83.6 81.8 85.3 72.6 70.7 74.2
34 83.6 81.9 85.3 72.7 70.8 74.3
35 83.6 81.9 85.3 72.8 70.9 74.4
36 83.6 81.9 85.4 72.9 71.1 74.5
37 83.7 82 85.4 73 71.2 74.6
38 83.7 82 85.4 73.1 71.3 74.7
39 83.7 82 85.4 73.3 71.5 74.8
40 83.8 82.1 85.4 73.4 71.6 74.9
41 83.8 82.1 85.5 73.5 71.8 75
42 83.8 82.2 85.5 73.7 72 75.1
43 83.9 82.2 85.5 73.8 72.1 75.3
44 83.9 82.3 85.6 74 72.3 75.4
45 84 82.3 85.6 74.1 72.5 75.5
46 84 82.4 85.6 74.3 72.7 75.7
47 84.1 82.4 85.7 74.5 72.9 75.8
48 84.1 82.5 85.7 74.6 73.1 75.9
49 84.2 82.6 85.8 74.8 73.3 76.1
50 84.2 82.6 85.8 75 73.5 76.3
51 84.3 82.7 85.9 75.2 73.8 76.4
52 84.4 82.8 85.9 75.4 74 76.6
53 84.4 82.9 86 75.7 74.3 76.8
54 84.5 83 86.1 75.9 74.5 77
55 84.6 83.1 86.1 76.1 74.8 77.2
56 84.7 83.2 86.2 76.4 75.1 77.4
57 84.8 83.3 86.3 76.6 75.4 77.6
58 84.9 83.4 86.4 76.9 75.7 77.9
59 85 83.5 86.5 77.2 76 78.1
60 85.1 83.7 86.6 77.4 76.3 78.3
61 85.2 83.8 86.7 77.7 76.6 78.6
62 85.4 84 86.8 78.1 77 78.9
63 85.5 84.1 86.9 78.4 77.4 79.1
64 85.6 84.3 87 78.7 77.8 79.4
65 85.8 84.5 87.1 79.1 78.1 79.7
66 86 84.6 87.2 79.4 78.6 80.1
67 86.1 84.8 87.4 79.8 79 80.4
68 86.3 85 87.5 80.2 79.4 80.8
69 86.5 85.3 87.7 80.6 79.9 81.1
70 86.7 85.5 87.9 81 80.3 81.5
71 86.9 85.7 88 81.5 80.8 81.9
72 87.2 86 88.2 81.9 81.3 82.3
73 87.4 86.3 88.4 82.4 81.8 82.8
74 87.6 86.6 88.6 82.9 82.4 83.3
75 87.9 86.9 88.9 83.4 82.9 83.7
76 88.2 87.2 89.1 84 83.5 84.3
77 88.5 87.5 89.4 84.5 84.1 84.8
78 88.8 87.9 89.6 85.1 84.7 85.3
79 89.2 88.3 89.9 85.7 85.3 85.9
80 89.5 88.7 90.3 86.3 86 86.5
81 89.9 89.1 90.6 86.9 86.6 87.1
82 90.3 89.6 91 87.6 87.3 87.7
83 90.8 90 91.3 88.2 88 88.4
84 91.2 90.5 91.8 88.9 88.7 89
85 91.7 91 92.2 89.6 89.4 89.7
86 92.2 91.6 92.6 90.3 90.2 90.4
87 92.7 92.1 93.1 91.1 90.9 91.2
88 93.3 92.7 93.6 91.9 91.7 91.9
89 93.9 93.3 94.2 92.6 92.5 92.7
90 94.5 94 94.7 93.4 93.3 93.5
91 95.1 94.7 95.3 94.2 94.1 94.3
92 95.8 95.4 96 95 95 95.1
93 96.5 96.1 96.7 95.9 95.8 95.9
94 97.2 96.9 97.4 96.7 96.7 96.7
95 98 97.7 98.1 97.6 97.5 97.6
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.4
97 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.3 99.3
98 100.4 100.1 100.4 100.2 100.2 100.2
99 101.2 101 101.2 101.1 101 101.1
100 102 101.9 102.1 102 101.9 102

Odds of living to age in Ireland vs Rwanda

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 94.5% in Ireland and 76.6% in Rwanda are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 87.3% and 59% will live to 70 years or older, 69.4% and 30.9% to 80+ years, and 31.7% and 6.34% 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.

Ireland
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Ireland Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 97.5% 97.3% 97.8%
2 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
3 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97% 96.7% 97.3%
4 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.8% 96.5% 97.1%
5 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.7% 96.4% 97%
6 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.6% 96.3% 96.9%
7 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.5% 96.2% 96.9%
8 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
9 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.4% 96.1% 96.8%
10 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.4% 96% 96.7%
11 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.7%
12 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.2% 95.9% 96.6%
13 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.2% 95.8% 96.6%
14 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.1% 95.8% 96.5%
15 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96.1% 95.7% 96.5%
16 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96% 95.6% 96.4%
17 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 95.9% 95.5% 96.3%
18 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 95.8% 95.4% 96.3%
19 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 95.7% 95.2% 96.2%
20 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
21 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
22 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
23 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 95.1% 94.5% 95.8%
24 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 95% 94.3% 95.6%
25 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
26 99.3% 99.2% 99.5% 94.6% 93.9% 95.4%
27 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 94.5% 93.7% 95.3%
28 99.3% 99% 99.5% 94.3% 93.4% 95.1%
29 99.2% 99% 99.5% 94.1% 93.2% 95%
30 99.2% 98.9% 99.5% 93.9% 93% 94.8%
31 99.1% 98.9% 99.4% 93.7% 92.7% 94.6%
32 99.1% 98.8% 99.4% 93.5% 92.4% 94.5%
33 99% 98.7% 99.4% 93.2% 92.1% 94.3%
34 99% 98.7% 99.3% 93% 91.8% 94.1%
35 98.9% 98.6% 99.3% 92.7% 91.5% 93.9%
36 98.9% 98.5% 99.3% 92.4% 91.2% 93.7%
37 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 92.1% 90.8% 93.4%
38 98.8% 98.3% 99.2% 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
39 98.7% 98.3% 99.1% 91.5% 90.1% 92.9%
40 98.6% 98.2% 99.1% 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
41 98.5% 98.1% 99% 90.8% 89.2% 92.3%
42 98.5% 98% 99% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
43 98.4% 97.8% 98.9% 89.9% 88.2% 91.7%
44 98.3% 97.7% 98.8% 89.5% 87.7% 91.3%
45 98.2% 97.6% 98.7% 89% 87.1% 90.9%
46 98% 97.4% 98.6% 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
47 97.9% 97.3% 98.5% 88% 85.8% 90.1%
48 97.8% 97.1% 98.4% 87.4% 85.1% 89.6%
49 97.6% 96.9% 98.3% 86.8% 84.4% 89.1%
50 97.4% 96.7% 98.2% 86.1% 83.6% 88.5%
51 97.2% 96.5% 98% 85.4% 82.8% 87.9%
52 97% 96.2% 97.9% 84.6% 81.9% 87.3%
53 96.8% 95.9% 97.7% 83.8% 80.9% 86.6%
54 96.5% 95.6% 97.5% 83% 79.9% 85.9%
55 96.3% 95.3% 97.3% 82.1% 78.8% 85.2%
56 96% 94.9% 97% 81.1% 77.7% 84.4%
57 95.6% 94.5% 96.7% 80.1% 76.5% 83.5%
58 95.3% 94.1% 96.5% 79% 75.2% 82.6%
59 94.9% 93.6% 96.2% 77.9% 73.8% 81.6%
60 94.5% 93.1% 95.8% 76.6% 72.4% 80.5%
61 94% 92.6% 95.5% 75.3% 70.9% 79.4%
62 93.5% 91.9% 95.1% 73.9% 69.3% 78.2%
63 93% 91.3% 94.6% 72.4% 67.6% 76.8%
64 92.4% 90.5% 94.2% 70.8% 65.7% 75.4%
65 91.7% 89.7% 93.6% 69.1% 63.8% 73.9%
66 91% 88.9% 93.1% 67.3% 61.8% 72.2%
67 90.2% 87.9% 92.4% 65.3% 59.7% 70.5%
68 89.3% 86.9% 91.7% 63.3% 57.6% 68.6%
69 88.3% 85.7% 91% 61.2% 55.3% 66.6%
70 87.3% 84.5% 90.1% 59% 52.9% 64.5%
71 86.2% 83.2% 89.2% 56.6% 50.4% 62.1%
72 84.9% 81.7% 88.2% 54.1% 47.8% 59.7%
73 83.6% 80% 87.1% 51.4% 45.2% 57.1%
74 82.1% 78.3% 85.9% 48.7% 42.4% 54.4%
75 80.4% 76.4% 84.5% 45.9% 39.6% 51.5%
76 78.6% 74.3% 83.1% 43% 36.8% 48.5%
77 76.7% 72% 81.4% 40% 34% 45.4%
78 74.4% 69.4% 79.5% 37% 31.1% 42.3%
79 72% 66.7% 77.5% 33.9% 28.3% 39%
80 69.4% 63.7% 75.2% 30.9% 25.5% 35.8%
81 66.6% 60.6% 72.7% 27.9% 22.7% 32.5%
82 63.4% 57.1% 69.9% 24.9% 20.1% 29.2%
83 60.1% 53.5% 66.8% 22% 17.5% 26%
84 56.5% 49.7% 63.5% 19.3% 15.1% 22.8%
85 52.8% 45.9% 60% 16.6% 12.9% 19.8%
86 48.9% 41.8% 56.1% 14.1% 10.8% 16.9%
87 44.8% 37.7% 52.1% 11.8% 8.96% 14.3%
88 40.5% 33.4% 47.7% 9.77% 7.31% 11.9%
89 36.1% 29.2% 43.2% 7.93% 5.87% 9.69%
90 31.7% 25% 38.5% 6.34% 4.63% 7.79%
91 27.3% 21% 33.7% 4.96% 3.59% 6.13%
92 23% 17.1% 28.8% 3.82% 2.73% 4.75%
93 18.9% 13.6% 24.2% 2.88% 2.04% 3.6%
94 15.2% 10.6% 19.8% 2.12% 1.49% 2.67%
95 11.9% 7.94% 15.8% 1.53% 1.06% 1.93%
96 9.05% 5.78% 12.2% 1.07% 0.74% 1.36%
97 6.67% 4.06% 9.18% 0.74% 0.5% 0.94%
98 4.75% 2.76% 6.67% 0.49% 0.34% 0.63%
99 3.28% 1.81% 4.67% 0.32% 0.22% 0.41%
100 2.18% 1.14% 3.15% 0.2% 0.14% 0.26%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.25% in the birth year in Ireland and 2.46% in Rwanda, 0.04% vs 0.23% at age 30, 0.47% vs 1.74% at 60, and 4.03% vs 9.83% at 80.

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

Ireland
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Ireland Rwanda
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.25% 0.27% 0.23% 2.46% 2.74% 2.18%
1 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.36% 0.38% 0.35%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.23% 0.24% 0.21%
3 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
4 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
5 0.004% 0.005% 0.004% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
6 0.004% 0.005% 0.004% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
7 0.004% 0.004% 0.004% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
8 0.004% 0.004% 0.003% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
9 0.004% 0.004% 0.003% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
10 0.004% 0.005% 0.003% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
11 0.004% 0.005% 0.003% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
12 0.005% 0.006% 0.004% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
13 0.006% 0.008% 0.004% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.008% 0.01% 0.005% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
15 0.01% 0.01% 0.007% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
16 0.01% 0.02% 0.009% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
17 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
18 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
19 0.03% 0.04% 0.01% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
20 0.03% 0.05% 0.01% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
21 0.03% 0.05% 0.01% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
22 0.04% 0.06% 0.01% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
23 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
24 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
25 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
26 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
27 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.19% 0.24% 0.15%
28 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.2% 0.25% 0.16%
29 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
30 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
31 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
32 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
33 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.26% 0.32% 0.21%
34 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.28% 0.34% 0.22%
35 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
36 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.32% 0.39% 0.25%
37 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
38 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
39 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
40 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
41 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.44% 0.53% 0.35%
42 0.09% 0.12% 0.07% 0.47% 0.57% 0.38%
43 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.5% 0.61% 0.4%
44 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.53% 0.65% 0.42%
45 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.57% 0.7% 0.46%
46 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.61% 0.75% 0.49%
47 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.66% 0.81% 0.52%
48 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.71% 0.87% 0.57%
49 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 0.76% 0.94% 0.61%
50 0.19% 0.24% 0.15% 0.83% 1.02% 0.67%
51 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.87% 1.08% 0.71%
52 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.95% 1.17% 0.77%
53 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 1.02% 1.26% 0.82%
54 0.29% 0.34% 0.23% 1.09% 1.35% 0.89%
55 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 1.17% 1.44% 0.95%
56 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 1.26% 1.55% 1.02%
57 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 1.35% 1.66% 1.1%
58 0.41% 0.49% 0.32% 1.47% 1.79% 1.2%
59 0.45% 0.55% 0.35% 1.58% 1.94% 1.3%
60 0.47% 0.58% 0.37% 1.74% 2.12% 1.44%
61 0.55% 0.68% 0.42% 1.86% 2.27% 1.54%
62 0.58% 0.72% 0.45% 2.05% 2.48% 1.7%
63 0.65% 0.81% 0.5% 2.22% 2.68% 1.86%
64 0.72% 0.89% 0.56% 2.41% 2.9% 2.03%
65 0.78% 0.96% 0.6% 2.62% 3.14% 2.23%
66 0.89% 1.09% 0.69% 2.83% 3.38% 2.42%
67 0.97% 1.2% 0.76% 3.08% 3.66% 2.65%
68 1.05% 1.29% 0.82% 3.37% 3.97% 2.93%
69 1.18% 1.45% 0.92% 3.67% 4.3% 3.2%
70 1.28% 1.57% 0.99% 4.07% 4.72% 3.59%
71 1.48% 1.82% 1.15% 4.38% 5.07% 3.89%
72 1.59% 1.96% 1.24% 4.86% 5.58% 4.35%
73 1.79% 2.2% 1.4% 5.3% 6.05% 4.78%
74 1.99% 2.44% 1.56% 5.8% 6.58% 5.27%
75 2.23% 2.74% 1.76% 6.35% 7.15% 5.81%
76 2.52% 3.1% 1.99% 6.92% 7.76% 6.37%
77 2.9% 3.56% 2.3% 7.51% 8.39% 6.95%
78 3.23% 3.95% 2.57% 8.25% 9.16% 7.69%
79 3.71% 4.51% 2.98% 8.93% 9.89% 8.37%
80 4.03% 4.89% 3.28% 9.83% 10.8% 9.28%
81 4.78% 5.75% 3.94% 10.5% 11.6% 9.99%
82 5.23% 6.26% 4.36% 11.6% 12.7% 11.1%
83 5.91% 7.03% 4.99% 12.6% 13.7% 12.1%
84 6.51% 7.71% 5.54% 13.8% 14.9% 13.3%
85 7.47% 8.83% 6.4% 14.9% 16% 14.4%
86 8.36% 9.89% 7.21% 16.2% 17.2% 15.7%
87 9.57% 11.3% 8.32% 17.4% 18.4% 16.9%
88 10.9% 12.8% 9.53% 18.8% 19.7% 18.3%
89 12.3% 14.4% 11% 20.1% 21% 19.6%
90 13.7% 16% 12.4% 21.7% 22.6% 21.3%
91 15.9% 18.4% 14.4% 22.9% 23.8% 22.5%
92 17.6% 20.3% 16.1% 24.7% 25.5% 24.3%
93 19.6% 22.5% 18.1% 26.3% 27% 25.9%
94 21.8% 24.9% 20.3% 28% 28.6% 27.6%
95 24% 27.3% 22.6% 29.8% 30.3% 29.5%
96 26.3% 29.6% 24.9% 31.4% 31.8% 31.2%
97 28.7% 32% 27.4% 33% 33.3% 32.9%
98 31.1% 34.5% 29.9% 34.6% 34.7% 34.5%
99 33.5% 36.9% 32.5% 36.5% 36.5% 36.5%
100 35.9% 39.3% 35% 38.1% 38% 38.1%

Death rate by age in Ireland compared to Rwanda

In Ireland, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 78 in Rwanda. The median age of death is 85.7 in Ireland and 73.5 in Rwanda — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Ireland
Male

Female
Rwanda
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Ireland Rwanda
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 246.6 266.3 225.8 2,463 2,740 2,181
1 33.4 36 30.6 354 368 339
2 12.4 13.4 11.3 220.4 233.4 207
3 6.54 7.1 5.96 154.2 164.8 143.3
4 4.88 5.29 4.46 113.9 122.1 105.6
5 4.45 4.81 4.06 88.5 95.1 81.7
6 4.19 4.56 3.81 74.8 81.5 68
7 4.01 4.41 3.6 65.9 72.7 58.9
8 3.83 4.29 3.35 58.9 65.5 52.2
9 3.8 4.36 3.21 54.5 60.8 48.1
10 3.98 4.69 3.24 52.4 58.7 46.1
11 4.32 5.24 3.35 52.4 59.2 45.6
12 4.95 6.2 3.64 54.4 61.5 47.2
13 6.13 7.91 4.26 58.8 66.6 51
14 8 10.6 5.27 66.1 75.7 56.4
15 10.7 14.5 6.8 76.4 88.5 64.1
16 14.2 19.5 8.67 89 105.5 72.3
17 18 25.1 10.5 102.2 124.4 79.9
18 21.9 31.3 12.1 116.4 144.9 87.7
19 25.8 38 13.1 126.7 159.1 94.2
20 29.6 44.8 13.7 135.9 171.6 100.2
21 32.8 50.6 14 143.4 182.4 104.5
22 35.2 54.8 14.8 150.7 191.9 110
23 36.9 57.5 15.7 157.2 199.7 115.5
24 38.9 60.4 17 163.3 206.4 121.4
25 40.7 62.5 18.4 169.3 213.2 127
26 41.8 62.9 20 175.9 219.8 133.7
27 41.8 61.5 21.3 183.4 227.7 140.7
28 41.5 59.9 22.3 191.7 236.6 148
29 41.7 59.2 23.6 200.8 246.4 155.9
30 42.8 59.8 25.4 211.9 258.9 165.2
31 46.7 64.2 28.8 220.2 268.9 171.6
32 49.1 66.8 31.1 234.1 284.5 183.7
33 52.7 70.9 34.1 246.8 299.3 194.5
34 55.3 73.9 36.5 261.2 317 206.4
35 56.5 75.1 37.9 277.9 336 220.8
36 58.4 77.1 39.7 294.1 355 234.7
37 61.3 80.6 42.4 312 376 248.8
38 63.6 83.4 44.9 333 400 267
39 70.4 91.8 50.5 353 423 283.7
40 76 98.4 55.2 378 453 305
41 86.5 111.2 63.5 397 475 320
42 91.5 117 67.8 426 508 345
43 101 128.3 75.7 450 538 365
44 109.8 138.6 82.9 478 571 388
45 117.7 147.5 89.2 512 612 416
46 130.3 162.3 99.5 542 648 441
47 143.9 178.4 110.7 578 692 472
48 157.1 194 121.4 619 741 508
49 175 214.9 135.6 660 791 544
50 185.6 227.2 144.4 711 852 591
51 214.5 261 168.3 747 897 622
52 228.2 276 181 804 961 675
53 253.5 304 203.1 851 1,016 714
54 276.2 330 222.7 906 1,077 762
55 305 363 246.3 961 1,137 809
56 329 392 264.7 1,022 1,202 864
57 362 433 289.7 1,084 1,269 919
58 387 465 308 1,160 1,350 989
59 427 515 338 1,233 1,430 1,057
60 448 543 352 1,335 1,536 1,156
61 514 625 404 1,403 1,609 1,221
62 545 665 427 1,512 1,719 1,331
63 607 738 477 1,605 1,812 1,426
64 664 803 524 1,704 1,907 1,531
65 713 859 566 1,812 2,007 1,646
66 806 968 644 1,903 2,088 1,745
67 878 1,051 703 2,015 2,187 1,870
68 941 1,123 755 2,136 2,287 2,008
69 1,043 1,243 839 2,245 2,379 2,133
70 1,113 1,326 895 2,398 2,496 2,317
71 1,275 1,516 1,028 2,479 2,557 2,416
72 1,352 1,604 1,094 2,628 2,667 2,600
73 1,493 1,762 1,216 2,727 2,734 2,729
74 1,632 1,914 1,339 2,827 2,792 2,868
75 1,795 2,094 1,484 2,914 2,836 2,993
76 1,982 2,303 1,652 2,973 2,855 3,091
77 2,223 2,563 1,872 3,005 2,850 3,159
78 2,403 2,740 2,046 3,051 2,848 3,251
79 2,672 3,010 2,312 3,033 2,795 3,268
80 2,797 3,112 2,463 3,039 2,752 3,321
81 3,182 3,484 2,863 2,940 2,633 3,242
82 3,313 3,570 3,044 2,899 2,545 3,239
83 3,550 3,762 3,332 2,787 2,403 3,147
84 3,680 3,836 3,516 2,659 2,248 3,033
85 3,950 4,054 3,838 2,479 2,057 2,856
86 4,088 4,138 4,045 2,286 1,861 2,659
87 4,286 4,263 4,333 2,061 1,651 2,417
88 4,398 4,275 4,552 1,832 1,442 2,167
89 4,453 4,214 4,732 1,594 1,235 1,901
90 4,349 3,995 4,750 1,376 1,045 1,657
91 4,336 3,851 4,865 1,139 855 1,379
92 4,041 3,467 4,648 943 696 1,153
93 3,717 3,074 4,388 757 551 932
94 3,312 2,629 4,016 594 426 737
95 2,862 2,166 3,564 455 321 569
96 2,383 1,712 3,049 338 235.5 425
97 1,912 1,302 2,516 243.4 168 308
98 1,477 952 1,996 170.6 116.8 216.8
99 1,099 668 1,520 117.8 80.2 150.3
100 617 233.8 987 12.4 4.19 20.1

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 Ireland and Rwanda 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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