Life Expectancy in Malawi vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Malawi			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.1	101.9	102.2	101.9	101.8	102
99	101.2	101	101.3	101	100.9	101
98	100.3	100.1	100.4	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	99.4	99.2	99.5	99.2	99	99.2
96	98.6	98.4	98.6	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	97.7	97.5	97.8	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	96.9	96.6	97	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	96	95.8	96.1	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	95.2	94.9	95.3	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	94.4	94.1	94.5	93.9	93.7	94
90	93.6	93.2	93.8	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	92.8	92.4	93	92.2	92	92.4
88	92.1	91.6	92.2	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	91.3	90.8	91.5	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	90.6	90.1	90.8	89.8	89.5	90
85	89.8	89.3	90.1	89	88.7	89.2
84	89.1	88.5	89.4	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	88.4	87.8	88.8	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	87.8	87.1	88.2	86.8	86.3	87
81	87.2	86.4	87.6	86	85.6	86.3
80	86.5	85.8	87	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	85.9	85.1	86.4	84.7	84.1	85
78	85.3	84.5	85.9	84	83.5	84.3
77	84.8	83.8	85.3	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	84.2	83.2	84.8	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	83.6	82.7	84.3	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	83.1	82.1	83.9	81.7	81	82.1
73	82.6	81.5	83.4	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	82.1	81	83	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	81.7	80.5	82.5	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	81.2	80	82.1	79.7	79	80.3
69	80.8	79.5	81.8	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	80.3	79	81.4	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	79.9	78.6	81	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	79.5	78.1	80.7	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	79.2	77.7	80.4	77.9	77	78.6
64	78.8	77.3	80	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	78.5	76.9	79.8	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	78.1	76.5	79.5	77	76	77.8
61	77.8	76.1	79.2	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	77.5	75.8	78.9	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	77.2	75.4	78.7	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	76.9	75.1	78.5	76	74.9	76.9
57	76.7	74.8	78.2	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	76.4	74.5	78	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	76.1	74.2	77.8	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	75.9	73.9	77.6	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	75.6	73.6	77.4	74.9	73.6	76
52	75.4	73.3	77.3	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	75.2	73	77.1	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	75	72.8	76.9	74.4	73	75.6
49	74.8	72.5	76.7	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	74.6	72.3	76.6	74	72.6	75.3
47	74.4	72.1	76.5	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	74.2	71.9	76.3	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	74	71.7	76.2	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	73.8	71.5	76.1	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	73.7	71.3	75.9	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	73.5	71.1	75.8	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	73.4	70.9	75.7	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	73.3	70.7	75.6	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	73.1	70.6	75.5	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	73	70.4	75.4	72.7	71	74.2
37	72.9	70.2	75.3	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	72.7	70.1	75.2	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	72.6	69.9	75.1	72.4	70.7	74
34	72.5	69.8	75	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	72.4	69.7	75	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	72.3	69.5	74.9	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	72.2	69.4	74.8	72	70.2	73.7
30	72.1	69.3	74.7	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	72	69.2	74.7	71.9	70	73.6
28	71.9	69.1	74.6	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	71.8	68.9	74.5	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	71.7	68.8	74.5	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	71.6	68.7	74.4	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	71.6	68.6	74.3	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	71.5	68.5	74.3	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	71.4	68.4	74.2	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	71.3	68.3	74.2	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	71.2	68.2	74.1	71.1	69.1	73
19	71.2	68.1	74.1	71	69	73
18	71.1	68	74	71	68.9	72.9
17	71	68	74	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	71	67.9	73.9	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	70.9	67.8	73.9	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	70.9	67.8	73.9	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	70.9	67.8	73.8	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	70.8	67.7	73.8	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	70.8	67.7	73.8	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	70.7	67.6	73.7	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	70.7	67.6	73.7	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	70.7	67.5	73.6	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	70.6	67.5	73.6	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	70.5	67.4	73.5	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	70.5	67.4	73.5	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	70.4	67.3	73.4	70.1	68	72.2
3	70.3	67.1	73.3	70	67.8	72.1
2	70.1	67	73.1	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	69.8	66.7	72.9	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	67.9	64.6	71.1	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 Malawi can expect to live to 72.1 years compared to 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 79.2 and 77.9 at 65, and to 86.5 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 67.9 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Malawi			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.28%	0.11%	0.45%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	0.42%	0.17%	0.68%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	0.63%	0.26%	1%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	0.91%	0.4%	1.43%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	1.29%	0.58%	2.01%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	1.8%	0.84%	2.76%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	2.44%	1.19%	3.7%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	3.24%	1.64%	4.85%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	4.23%	2.22%	6.24%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	5.39%	2.93%	7.85%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	6.79%	3.82%	9.75%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	8.39%	4.88%	11.9%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	10.2%	6.14%	14.2%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	12.2%	7.6%	16.8%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	14.5%	9.26%	19.6%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	16.9%	11.1%	22.5%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	19.5%	13.2%	25.6%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	22.1%	15.4%	28.7%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	24.9%	17.8%	31.9%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	27.7%	20.2%	35%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	30.6%	22.8%	38.2%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	33.5%	25.5%	41.3%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	36.4%	28.2%	44.4%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	39.3%	31%	47.4%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	42.1%	33.7%	50.3%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	44.9%	36.5%	53.1%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	47.7%	39.2%	55.8%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	50.3%	41.9%	58.4%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	52.9%	44.6%	60.9%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	55.3%	47.1%	63.2%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	57.7%	49.6%	65.4%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	59.9%	52%	67.4%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	62.1%	54.3%	69.4%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	64.1%	56.5%	71.2%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	66%	58.7%	72.9%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	67.8%	60.7%	74.5%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	69.5%	62.7%	76%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	71.1%	64.6%	77.4%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	72.7%	66.4%	78.7%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	74.1%	68.1%	79.9%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	75.4%	69.7%	81%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	76.6%	71.2%	82%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	77.8%	72.6%	83%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	78.9%	74%	83.8%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	80%	75.2%	84.7%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	81%	76.5%	85.5%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	81.9%	77.6%	86.2%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	82.8%	78.7%	86.9%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	83.7%	79.8%	87.5%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	84.5%	80.7%	88.1%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	85.2%	81.7%	88.7%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	85.9%	82.5%	89.2%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	86.6%	83.3%	89.7%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	87.2%	84.1%	90.1%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	87.7%	84.8%	90.5%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	88.3%	85.5%	90.9%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	88.8%	86.1%	91.3%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	89.2%	86.7%	91.6%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	89.7%	87.3%	92%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	90.1%	87.8%	92.3%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	90.5%	88.3%	92.5%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	90.8%	88.8%	92.8%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	91.2%	89.3%	93.1%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	91.5%	89.7%	93.3%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	91.8%	90.1%	93.5%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	92.1%	90.5%	93.7%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	92.4%	90.8%	93.9%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	92.6%	91.1%	94.1%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	92.9%	91.5%	94.3%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	93.1%	91.8%	94.4%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	93.3%	92.1%	94.6%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	93.5%	92.3%	94.7%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	93.7%	92.6%	94.9%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	93.9%	92.9%	95%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	94.1%	93.1%	95.1%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	94.3%	93.3%	95.2%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	94.6%	93.8%	95.5%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	94.8%	94%	95.6%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	94.9%	94.2%	95.7%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	95.1%	94.4%	95.8%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	95.2%	94.6%	95.9%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	95.3%	94.7%	96%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	95.4%	94.9%	96%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	95.5%	95%	96.1%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	95.6%	95.1%	96.2%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	95.7%	95.2%	96.2%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	95.8%	95.2%	96.3%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	95.8%	95.3%	96.3%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	96%	95.5%	96.5%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	96.1%	95.6%	96.5%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	96.2%	95.8%	96.7%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	96.5%	96%	96.9%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 75.4% of newborns in Malawi and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 57.7% and 59% past 70, 30.6% and 26.3% past 80, and only 6.79% 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

Malawi

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Malawi			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	35.9%	38.2%	35.3%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	34.4%	36.8%	33.8%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	32.6%	35.1%	31.9%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	31.2%	33.7%	30.4%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	29.7%	32.3%	28.8%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	28.1%	30.8%	27.2%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	26.3%	29.1%	25.4%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	24.7%	27.5%	23.7%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	23.3%	26%	22.2%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	21.6%	24.4%	20.5%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	20.6%	23.3%	19.5%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	19%	21.7%	17.8%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	17.8%	20.5%	16.6%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	16.6%	19.2%	15.3%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	15.4%	18%	14.2%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	14.3%	16.7%	13.1%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	13.3%	15.6%	12%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	12.1%	14.4%	10.9%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	11.1%	13.3%	9.93%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	10.1%	12.1%	8.87%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	9.44%	11.4%	8.27%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	8.65%	10.4%	7.55%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	8.01%	9.69%	6.95%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	7.31%	8.88%	6.31%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	6.76%	8.21%	5.8%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	6.27%	7.59%	5.34%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	5.75%	6.98%	4.86%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	5.28%	6.42%	4.43%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	4.86%	5.92%	4.05%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	4.4%	5.38%	3.63%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	4.11%	5.03%	3.39%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	3.72%	4.59%	3.03%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	3.43%	4.25%	2.78%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	3.15%	3.93%	2.54%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	2.9%	3.64%	2.33%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	2.7%	3.4%	2.17%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	2.47%	3.15%	1.97%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	2.27%	2.92%	1.8%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	2.09%	2.7%	1.65%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	1.9%	2.48%	1.49%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	1.77%	2.32%	1.39%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	1.62%	2.12%	1.25%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	1.5%	1.97%	1.15%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	1.4%	1.83%	1.06%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	1.31%	1.7%	0.98%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	1.23%	1.59%	0.91%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	1.16%	1.49%	0.85%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	1.09%	1.39%	0.79%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	1.02%	1.3%	0.74%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	0.94%	1.21%	0.67%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	0.89%	1.14%	0.63%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	0.82%	1.05%	0.58%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	0.76%	0.98%	0.54%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	0.7%	0.91%	0.5%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.65%	0.84%	0.46%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.6%	0.79%	0.43%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.56%	0.74%	0.4%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.52%	0.69%	0.37%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.49%	0.65%	0.35%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.45%	0.6%	0.33%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.43%	0.57%	0.31%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.4%	0.53%	0.29%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.38%	0.5%	0.27%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.35%	0.47%	0.25%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.33%	0.44%	0.23%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.31%	0.42%	0.22%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.29%	0.39%	0.21%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.28%	0.37%	0.19%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.26%	0.35%	0.18%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.25%	0.33%	0.17%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.24%	0.32%	0.16%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.23%	0.3%	0.15%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.22%	0.29%	0.15%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.21%	0.27%	0.14%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.2%	0.26%	0.13%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.19%	0.25%	0.13%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.17%	0.23%	0.11%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.11%	0.15%	0.08%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.13%	0.14%	0.12%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.17%	0.19%	0.16%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.25%	0.27%	0.22%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.39%	0.42%	0.36%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	2.76%	3.13%	2.38%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.76% in the birth year in Malawi and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.24% vs 0.21% at age 30, 1.77% vs 1.62% at 60, and 9.44% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in Malawi vs Zambia

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Malawi			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	34.7	0.008	71	0	0	0
99	145.2	62.6	229.1	52.1	25	76.3
98	204.3	91.9	318	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	283.6	133.3	435	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	384	188.4	580	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	505	259.5	751	237.3	133.6	329
94	643	345	939	323	188.7	442
93	802	451	1,153	431	261.6	581
92	983	576	1,387	565	355	750
91	1,166	714	1,612	715	468	933
90	1,399	890	1,900	917	619	1,180
89	1,594	1,061	2,117	1,113	782	1,403
88	1,819	1,259	2,365	1,353	982	1,679
87	2,026	1,457	2,578	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	2,231	1,664	2,778	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	2,412	1,861	2,944	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	2,577	2,061	3,073	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	2,684	2,217	3,131	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	2,777	2,368	3,168	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	2,788	2,455	3,104	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	2,887	2,601	3,158	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	2,894	2,661	3,115	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	2,915	2,734	3,085	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	2,869	2,749	2,989	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	2,847	2,770	2,916	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	2,815	2,769	2,834	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	2,739	2,737	2,711	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	2,655	2,691	2,586	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	2,572	2,639	2,467	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	2,433	2,537	2,293	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	2,371	2,494	2,214	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	2,226	2,386	2,040	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	2,127	2,309	1,930	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	2,016	2,222	1,808	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	1,912	2,137	1,699	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	1,828	2,067	1,615	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	1,716	1,973	1,499	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	1,612	1,883	1,395	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	1,516	1,794	1,300	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	1,405	1,687	1,188	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	1,338	1,616	1,125	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	1,239	1,510	1,025	1,137	1,304	978
58	1,171	1,430	958	1,064	1,225	909
57	1,102	1,350	887	989	1,145	835
56	1,048	1,282	833	932	1,083	782
55	996	1,219	778	874	1,020	728
54	949	1,157	731	824	966	682
53	900	1,096	684	773	909	635
52	855	1,040	645	729	858	597
51	798	975	592	672	796	543
50	759	929	563	639	756	516
49	702	865	517	587	699	470
48	655	813	482	548	654	437
47	609	762	446	509	609	403
46	568	716	416	476	570	377
45	533	677	392	450	540	355
44	496	634	365	421	505	331
43	465	598	343	396	476	312
42	438	566	324	376	452	295.7
41	408	530	299.9	348	421	271.8
40	388	506	285.2	334	404	260
39	363	474	265.1	311	378	240.8
38	343	449	249.3	294.2	359	227
37	322	423	232	275.8	339	211.1
36	304	399	218.8	261.5	322	199.7
35	288.1	378	205.9	248	306	188.3
34	271.5	356	192.6	234.4	290	177.5
33	257	337	181.7	223	276.8	168.3
32	244.2	320	171.7	212.8	265	159.9
31	230.4	302	160.6	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	222	290.7	154.7	195.5	244.5	146
29	210.9	276.4	146.2	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	201.9	265	139.1	180.9	228	133.4
27	193.4	254.5	132.5	175.1	221.9	128
26	185.6	245.1	126.3	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	178.7	237.2	120.4	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	172.2	229	115.6	163.1	209.9	116
23	165.6	221	110.5	159	205.5	112.3
22	158.7	211.8	105.8	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	151	201	101.2	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	143.1	189.1	97.4	141.8	181.3	102
19	133.8	175.4	92.3	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	123.3	160.2	86.6	124	154.6	93.1
17	108.6	137.6	79.6	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	94.9	117	72.7	100.4	120	80.7
15	82	98.8	65.2	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	71.7	85	58.4	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	64.5	75.3	53.7	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	60.4	70.1	50.6	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	59	68.1	49.8	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	59.7	68.2	51.1	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	62.8	71.3	54.1	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	68.3	77.3	59.2	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	76.3	85.7	66.7	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	85.9	95.4	76.4	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	100.2	110	90.4	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	126.8	139.2	114.2	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	168.3	184.6	151.7	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	237.5	258.9	215.8	337	387	285.6
1	379	404	353	555	635	473
0	2,759	3,129	2,385	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 Malawi, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 73.1 in Malawi 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 Malawi and Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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