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Life Expectancy in New Zealand vs Norway (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.4 years in New Zealand vs 83.6 in Norway. New Zealand is ranked 27/197 by life expectancy, and Norway is 13/197. In New Zealand, the life expectancy is 80.8 years for males and 84 years for females. In Norway, it's 82.1 years for males and 85.1 years for females.

New Zealand vs Norway life expectancy at birth by year chart

New Zealand
Male

Female
Norway
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
New Zealand Norway
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 69.3 67.4 71.2 71.6 69.9 73.3
1951 69.1 67 71.4 72.5 70.8 74.3
1952 69.4 67.4 71.5 72.7 71 74.3
1953 70.2 67.9 72.7 73.1 71.2 75.1
1954 70.3 68 72.9 73.2 71.3 75.1
1955 70.5 68.1 73 73.4 71.5 75.3
1956 70.7 68.4 73.3 73.5 71.5 75.5
1957 70.3 67.7 73 73.4 71.4 75.5
1958 70.9 68.4 73.5 73.4 71.4 75.5
1959 70.8 68.3 73.4 73.6 71.4 75.8
1960 71.2 68.7 74 73.6 71.3 75.9
1961 70.9 68.4 73.7 73.6 71.2 76.1
1962 71.2 68.5 74.1 73.5 71 76
1963 71.3 68.5 74.2 73.1 70.8 75.5
1964 71.3 68.5 74.3 73.6 71.2 76.1
1965 71.2 68.3 74.3 73.7 71.1 76.5
1966 71.1 68.1 74.3 74 71.4 76.7
1967 71.4 68.4 74.7 74.1 71.3 76.9
1968 71.1 68.1 74.3 73.9 71.2 76.8
1969 71.5 68.4 74.7 73.7 70.8 76.7
1970 71.2 68.2 74.5 74.1 71 77.3
1971 71.7 68.7 75 74.2 71.1 77.4
1972 71.8 69 74.7 74.3 71.3 77.5
1973 71.7 68.4 75.1 74.4 71.3 77.7
1974 71.9 68.9 75.1 74.8 71.7 78
1975 72.2 69 75.6 74.8 71.7 78.1
1976 72.4 69.3 75.7 75 72 78.2
1977 72.1 68.9 75.6 75.4 72.3 78.7
1978 73 69.8 76.4 75.4 72.4 78.6
1979 73.1 69.8 76.5 75.4 72.2 78.8
1980 72.9 70 75.8 75.7 72.3 79.2
1981 73.6 70.5 76.9 75.9 72.6 79.3
1982 73.7 70.7 76.9 76 72.6 79.5
1983 73.8 70.8 76.9 76.1 72.7 79.6
1984 74.4 71.2 77.7 76.2 73 79.6
1985 73.9 71 76.8 75.9 72.6 79.4
1986 74.1 71 77.4 76.3 72.9 79.7
1987 74.2 71.3 77.1 76.1 72.8 79.6
1988 74.5 71.4 77.6 76.3 73.1 79.6
1989 74.9 71.8 78 76.5 73.3 79.8
1990 75.4 72.5 78.4 76.6 73.4 79.8
1991 76.1 73.3 78.9 77 74 80.1
1992 76.2 73.1 79.3 77.2 74.2 80.4
1993 76.5 73.8 79.2 77.2 74.2 80.2
1994 76.9 74.1 79.6 77.8 74.9 80.6
1995 76.8 74.1 79.5 77.8 74.8 80.8
1996 76.8 74.2 79.3 78.2 75.4 81.1
1997 77.3 74.6 80 78.2 75.5 81
1998 78.2 75.5 80.8 78.4 75.5 81.3
1999 77.9 75.4 80.4 78.4 75.6 81.1
2000 78.7 76 81.2 78.7 76 81.4
2001 78.7 76.2 81 78.9 76.2 81.5
2002 78.9 76.6 81.1 79 76.4 81.5
2003 79.1 76.8 81.3 79.5 77 81.9
2004 79.4 77.2 81.4 80 77.5 82.3
2005 80 77.8 82.1 80.2 77.7 82.5
2006 80 77.9 82 80.4 78.1 82.7
2007 80.1 78 82.2 80.5 78.2 82.7
2008 80.2 78.2 82.2 80.7 78.3 83
2009 80.5 78.5 82.5 80.9 78.6 83.1
2010 81.1 79.1 82.9 81 78.8 83.2
2011 80.8 79 82.6 81.2 79 83.4
2012 81.2 79.3 83 81.4 79.4 83.4
2013 81.6 79.8 83.4 81.7 79.7 83.6
2014 81.4 79.6 83.2 82.1 80 84.1
2015 81.6 79.9 83.2 82.3 80.4 84.1
2016 82 80.2 83.7 82.4 80.6 84.2
2017 81.6 79.9 83.3 82.6 80.9 84.3
2018 81.9 80.1 83.6 82.8 81 84.5
2019 81.8 80 83.6 83 81.2 84.7
2020 82.7 80.8 84.5 83.2 81.5 84.9
2021 82.3 80.6 84 83.2 81.6 84.7
2022 81 79.5 82.6 82.6 80.9 84.4
2023 82.1 80.4 83.8 83.3 81.7 84.8
2024 82.2 80.6 83.9 83.5 81.9 85
2025 82.4 80.8 84 83.6 82.1 85.1

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 New Zealand and 71.2 in Norway. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.8 healthy years in New Zealand and 18.7 in Norway.

New Zealand vs Norway 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 New Zealand and Norway, 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:
53.2 vs 54.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.2 vs 84.1 years

Median expected age of death:
85.8 vs 86.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
New Zealand Norway
Male Female Male Female
40 99.1% 99.5% 99.3% 99.7%
50 97.5% 98.3% 98.2% 98.9%
60 93.5% 95.6% 95.1% 96.7%
65 90.1% 93.2% 92.1% 94.5%
70 85.1% 89.6% 87.2% 91.0%
75 77.4% 83.8% 79.7% 85.3%
80 65.3% 74.3% 68.1% 76.1%
85 47.7% 58.8% 50.4% 61.0%
90 26.0% 36.9% 27.8% 39.2%
95 8.5% 14.7% 9.1% 16.0%
100 1.3% 2.8% 1.3% 3.0%

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 New Zealand vs Norway: 83.2 years vs 84.1 at 30, 85.8 vs 86.2 at 65, 89.5 vs 89.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.4 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 New Zealand and Norway.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Norway
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
New Zealand Norway
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.4 80.8 84 83.6 82.1 85.1
1 82.7 81.1 84.3 83.8 82.3 85.2
2 82.7 81.1 84.3 83.8 82.3 85.2
3 82.7 81.1 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.2
4 82.8 81.1 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.2
5 82.8 81.1 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.2
6 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.2
7 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
8 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
9 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
10 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
11 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
12 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
13 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
14 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
15 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
16 82.8 81.2 84.4 83.8 82.3 85.3
17 82.9 81.3 84.5 83.8 82.4 85.3
18 82.9 81.3 84.5 83.8 82.4 85.3
19 82.9 81.3 84.5 83.9 82.4 85.3
20 82.9 81.4 84.5 83.9 82.4 85.3
21 83 81.4 84.5 83.9 82.4 85.3
22 83 81.4 84.5 83.9 82.5 85.4
23 83 81.5 84.6 83.9 82.5 85.4
24 83.1 81.5 84.6 84 82.5 85.4
25 83.1 81.6 84.6 84 82.6 85.4
26 83.1 81.6 84.6 84 82.6 85.4
27 83.2 81.7 84.6 84 82.6 85.4
28 83.2 81.7 84.7 84 82.7 85.4
29 83.2 81.7 84.7 84.1 82.7 85.4
30 83.2 81.8 84.7 84.1 82.7 85.4
31 83.3 81.8 84.7 84.1 82.7 85.5
32 83.3 81.8 84.7 84.1 82.8 85.5
33 83.3 81.9 84.8 84.2 82.8 85.5
34 83.4 81.9 84.8 84.2 82.8 85.5
35 83.4 82 84.8 84.2 82.9 85.5
36 83.4 82 84.8 84.2 82.9 85.5
37 83.5 82.1 84.9 84.3 82.9 85.6
38 83.5 82.1 84.9 84.3 82.9 85.6
39 83.5 82.1 84.9 84.3 83 85.6
40 83.6 82.2 84.9 84.3 83 85.6
41 83.6 82.2 85 84.4 83.1 85.6
42 83.7 82.3 85 84.4 83.1 85.7
43 83.7 82.3 85 84.4 83.1 85.7
44 83.8 82.4 85.1 84.5 83.2 85.7
45 83.8 82.4 85.1 84.5 83.2 85.7
46 83.9 82.5 85.2 84.5 83.3 85.8
47 83.9 82.6 85.2 84.6 83.3 85.8
48 84 82.6 85.3 84.6 83.4 85.9
49 84.1 82.7 85.3 84.7 83.4 85.9
50 84.1 82.8 85.4 84.7 83.5 85.9
51 84.2 82.9 85.5 84.8 83.5 86
52 84.3 83 85.5 84.8 83.6 86
53 84.4 83.1 85.6 84.9 83.7 86.1
54 84.5 83.2 85.7 85 83.7 86.2
55 84.6 83.3 85.8 85 83.8 86.2
56 84.7 83.4 85.9 85.1 83.9 86.3
57 84.8 83.5 86 85.2 84 86.4
58 84.9 83.7 86.1 85.3 84.1 86.5
59 85 83.8 86.2 85.4 84.2 86.5
60 85.1 83.9 86.3 85.5 84.3 86.6
61 85.3 84.1 86.4 85.6 84.5 86.7
62 85.4 84.2 86.5 85.7 84.6 86.8
63 85.5 84.4 86.6 85.9 84.7 86.9
64 85.7 84.6 86.7 86 84.9 87
65 85.8 84.8 86.9 86.2 85.1 87.2
66 86 84.9 87 86.3 85.2 87.3
67 86.2 85.1 87.1 86.5 85.4 87.4
68 86.3 85.3 87.3 86.6 85.6 87.6
69 86.5 85.5 87.5 86.8 85.8 87.7
70 86.7 85.8 87.6 87 86 87.9
71 86.9 86 87.8 87.2 86.3 88.1
72 87.2 86.2 88 87.4 86.5 88.3
73 87.4 86.5 88.2 87.7 86.8 88.5
74 87.6 86.8 88.4 87.9 87 88.7
75 87.9 87.1 88.7 88.2 87.3 88.9
76 88.2 87.4 88.9 88.4 87.6 89.2
77 88.5 87.7 89.2 88.7 87.9 89.4
78 88.8 88 89.4 89 88.2 89.7
79 89.1 88.4 89.7 89.3 88.6 90
80 89.5 88.8 90.1 89.7 88.9 90.3
81 89.9 89.2 90.4 90 89.3 90.6
82 90.3 89.6 90.8 90.4 89.7 91
83 90.7 90.1 91.2 90.8 90.2 91.3
84 91.1 90.6 91.6 91.3 90.6 91.7
85 91.6 91.1 92 91.7 91.1 92.2
86 92.1 91.6 92.5 92.2 91.7 92.6
87 92.6 92.2 93 92.7 92.2 93.1
88 93.2 92.8 93.5 93.3 92.8 93.6
89 93.8 93.4 94 93.9 93.4 94.1
90 94.4 94.1 94.6 94.5 94.1 94.7
91 95 94.7 95.3 95.1 94.7 95.3
92 95.7 95.5 95.9 95.8 95.4 95.9
93 96.4 96.2 96.6 96.5 96.2 96.6
94 97.2 96.9 97.3 97.2 96.9 97.3
95 97.9 97.7 98 97.9 97.7 98
96 98.7 98.5 98.8 98.7 98.5 98.8
97 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.5 99.3 99.5
98 100.3 100.2 100.4 100.3 100.1 100.3
99 101.2 101 101.2 101.1 101 101.2
100 102 101.9 102 102 101.9 102

Odds of living to age in New Zealand vs Norway

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.4% in New Zealand and 95.2% in Norway are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 86.3% and 88.4% will live to 70 years or older, 69% and 71.5% to 80+ years, and 31.1% and 33.4% 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.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Norway
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
New Zealand Norway
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
5 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
6 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
7 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
8 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
9 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
10 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
11 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
12 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
13 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
14 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
15 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
16 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
17 99.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
18 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
19 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
20 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
21 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
22 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
23 99.1% 99% 99.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
24 99.1% 98.9% 99.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
25 99% 98.8% 99.2% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
26 99% 98.8% 99.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%
27 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6%
28 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
29 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
30 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
31 98.7% 98.4% 99% 99.3% 99% 99.5%
32 98.7% 98.3% 99% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
33 98.6% 98.3% 98.9% 99.2% 98.9% 99.4%
34 98.5% 98.2% 98.9% 99.1% 98.9% 99.4%
35 98.5% 98.1% 98.8% 99.1% 98.8% 99.4%
36 98.4% 98% 98.8% 99% 98.7% 99.3%
37 98.3% 97.9% 98.7% 99% 98.7% 99.3%
38 98.2% 97.8% 98.7% 98.9% 98.6% 99.3%
39 98.2% 97.7% 98.6% 98.9% 98.5% 99.2%
40 98.1% 97.6% 98.6% 98.8% 98.4% 99.2%
41 98% 97.5% 98.5% 98.7% 98.4% 99.1%
42 97.9% 97.4% 98.4% 98.7% 98.3% 99.1%
43 97.8% 97.3% 98.3% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
44 97.7% 97.1% 98.2% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
45 97.5% 97% 98.1% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
46 97.4% 96.8% 98% 98.3% 97.9% 98.8%
47 97.2% 96.6% 97.9% 98.2% 97.7% 98.7%
48 97.1% 96.4% 97.7% 98.1% 97.6% 98.6%
49 96.9% 96.2% 97.6% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
50 96.7% 96% 97.4% 97.8% 97.3% 98.4%
51 96.5% 95.7% 97.2% 97.7% 97.1% 98.2%
52 96.2% 95.4% 97% 97.5% 96.9% 98.1%
53 96% 95.1% 96.8% 97.3% 96.7% 97.9%
54 95.7% 94.8% 96.5% 97.1% 96.4% 97.7%
55 95.4% 94.4% 96.3% 96.8% 96.2% 97.5%
56 95% 94% 96% 96.6% 95.9% 97.3%
57 94.7% 93.6% 95.7% 96.3% 95.5% 97.1%
58 94.3% 93.2% 95.4% 96% 95.2% 96.8%
59 93.8% 92.7% 95% 95.6% 94.8% 96.5%
60 93.4% 92.1% 94.7% 95.2% 94.3% 96.2%
61 92.9% 91.5% 94.3% 94.8% 93.8% 95.9%
62 92.4% 90.9% 93.9% 94.3% 93.2% 95.5%
63 91.8% 90.2% 93.4% 93.8% 92.6% 95%
64 91.2% 89.5% 92.9% 93.2% 92% 94.6%
65 90.5% 88.7% 92.4% 92.6% 91.2% 94%
66 89.8% 87.9% 91.8% 91.9% 90.5% 93.5%
67 89.1% 87% 91.1% 91.2% 89.6% 92.8%
68 88.2% 86% 90.4% 90.3% 88.6% 92.2%
69 87.3% 84.9% 89.6% 89.4% 87.5% 91.4%
70 86.3% 83.8% 88.8% 88.4% 86.4% 90.6%
71 85.2% 82.5% 87.8% 87.3% 85.2% 89.6%
72 84% 81.2% 86.8% 86.2% 83.8% 88.6%
73 82.7% 79.7% 85.7% 84.9% 82.3% 87.5%
74 81.2% 78% 84.4% 83.4% 80.7% 86.2%
75 79.6% 76.2% 83% 81.9% 79% 84.9%
76 77.9% 74.2% 81.5% 80.2% 77.1% 83.4%
77 76% 72.1% 79.8% 78.3% 75% 81.8%
78 73.8% 69.7% 78% 76.3% 72.8% 80%
79 71.5% 67.1% 75.9% 74% 70.2% 78%
80 69% 64.3% 73.6% 71.5% 67.5% 75.7%
81 66.2% 61.3% 71.1% 68.8% 64.5% 73.3%
82 63.2% 58.1% 68.3% 65.9% 61.3% 70.6%
83 59.9% 54.6% 65.2% 62.6% 57.8% 67.6%
84 56.4% 50.9% 61.9% 59.1% 54% 64.3%
85 52.6% 47% 58.3% 55.3% 49.9% 60.7%
86 48.6% 42.8% 54.4% 51.3% 45.7% 57%
87 44.5% 38.6% 50.3% 47.1% 41.2% 53%
88 40.1% 34.2% 45.9% 42.7% 36.7% 48.6%
89 35.6% 29.8% 41.3% 38.1% 32.1% 43.9%
90 31.1% 25.6% 36.5% 33.4% 27.6% 39%
91 26.7% 21.5% 31.8% 28.8% 23.2% 34.1%
92 22.4% 17.6% 27.1% 24.3% 19.1% 29.2%
93 18.4% 14.1% 22.6% 20.1% 15.3% 24.4%
94 14.7% 11% 18.3% 16.2% 11.9% 20%
95 11.5% 8.35% 14.5% 12.7% 9% 15.9%
96 8.67% 6.13% 11.2% 9.63% 6.62% 12.2%
97 6.35% 4.36% 8.32% 7.08% 4.69% 9.11%
98 4.5% 2.99% 5.98% 5.02% 3.2% 6.55%
99 3.07% 1.98% 4.15% 3.43% 2.11% 4.54%
100 2.02% 1.26% 2.77% 2.26% 1.33% 3.01%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.36% in the birth year in New Zealand and 0.17% in Norway, 0.06% vs 0.04% at age 30, 0.52% vs 0.44% at 60, and 4.02% vs 3.78% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in New Zealand compared to Norway at any given age.

New Zealand
Male

Female
Norway
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
New Zealand Norway
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.36% 0.36% 0.35% 0.17% 0.18% 0.16%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.006% 0.006% 0.006%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
4 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.004% 0.005% 0.003%
5 0.008% 0.009% 0.007% 0.004% 0.005% 0.003%
6 0.007% 0.008% 0.007% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004%
7 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.004% 0.004% 0.004%
8 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.003% 0.003% 0.003%
9 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.003% 0.002% 0.003%
10 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.003% 0.003% 0.004%
11 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.005% 0.004% 0.005%
12 0.009% 0.009% 0.008% 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
13 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
14 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
15 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
17 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
18 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
19 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.01%
20 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.01%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
23 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
24 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
25 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
26 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
27 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
28 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
29 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
30 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
31 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
32 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
33 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
34 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
35 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
36 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
37 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
38 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
39 0.08% 0.1% 0.07% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
40 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.06% 0.08% 0.05%
41 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
42 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
43 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
44 0.13% 0.16% 0.11% 0.09% 0.11% 0.06%
45 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 0.09% 0.11% 0.08%
46 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
47 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 0.12% 0.14% 0.1%
48 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.13% 0.16% 0.11%
49 0.21% 0.24% 0.17% 0.14% 0.17% 0.12%
50 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
51 0.25% 0.29% 0.21% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
52 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.2% 0.23% 0.16%
53 0.3% 0.35% 0.25% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
54 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.25% 0.28% 0.22%
55 0.36% 0.42% 0.29% 0.27% 0.31% 0.24%
56 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.3% 0.35% 0.26%
57 0.41% 0.49% 0.34% 0.33% 0.39% 0.27%
58 0.44% 0.54% 0.36% 0.37% 0.44% 0.29%
59 0.48% 0.58% 0.38% 0.4% 0.49% 0.31%
60 0.52% 0.63% 0.41% 0.44% 0.54% 0.34%
61 0.57% 0.69% 0.45% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
62 0.61% 0.74% 0.49% 0.56% 0.64% 0.47%
63 0.66% 0.8% 0.54% 0.61% 0.71% 0.51%
64 0.73% 0.87% 0.59% 0.67% 0.79% 0.54%
65 0.79% 0.95% 0.64% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
66 0.87% 1.04% 0.71% 0.82% 0.97% 0.68%
67 0.95% 1.13% 0.78% 0.91% 1.09% 0.73%
68 1.04% 1.23% 0.87% 1% 1.19% 0.82%
69 1.14% 1.34% 0.95% 1.11% 1.29% 0.92%
70 1.26% 1.49% 1.05% 1.23% 1.43% 1.03%
71 1.41% 1.66% 1.17% 1.36% 1.59% 1.14%
72 1.57% 1.85% 1.3% 1.51% 1.75% 1.28%
73 1.76% 2.08% 1.47% 1.68% 1.94% 1.43%
74 1.97% 2.33% 1.64% 1.87% 2.18% 1.57%
75 2.2% 2.6% 1.84% 2.07% 2.43% 1.72%
76 2.47% 2.91% 2.06% 2.28% 2.66% 1.92%
77 2.79% 3.28% 2.33% 2.6% 3.01% 2.2%
78 3.13% 3.68% 2.64% 2.99% 3.46% 2.55%
79 3.54% 4.14% 3.01% 3.37% 3.91% 2.88%
80 4.02% 4.69% 3.44% 3.78% 4.4% 3.24%
81 4.59% 5.33% 3.95% 4.29% 5.02% 3.65%
82 5.18% 6% 4.48% 4.91% 5.76% 4.18%
83 5.87% 6.8% 5.11% 5.64% 6.59% 4.87%
84 6.65% 7.7% 5.81% 6.43% 7.49% 5.59%
85 7.59% 8.78% 6.66% 7.21% 8.5% 6.22%
86 8.63% 9.96% 7.62% 8.14% 9.68% 7.01%
87 9.82% 11.3% 8.74% 9.41% 11.1% 8.25%
88 11.2% 12.8% 10% 10.8% 12.5% 9.65%
89 12.7% 14.3% 11.5% 12.2% 14.1% 11.1%
90 14.3% 16% 13.1% 13.9% 15.8% 12.7%
91 16% 17.9% 14.8% 15.6% 17.8% 14.4%
92 17.9% 19.9% 16.7% 17.4% 19.9% 16.2%
93 19.9% 22% 18.7% 19.4% 22.1% 18.2%
94 22.1% 24.2% 20.8% 21.6% 24.2% 20.5%
95 24.4% 26.6% 23.1% 24% 26.5% 23%
96 26.7% 29% 25.5% 26.5% 29.1% 25.5%
97 29.2% 31.4% 28.1% 29% 31.8% 28.1%
98 31.7% 33.8% 30.6% 31.6% 34.2% 30.8%
99 34.2% 36.2% 33.2% 34.3% 36.7% 33.5%
100 36.6% 38.6% 35.7% 36.8% 39.3% 36.1%

Death rate by age in New Zealand compared to Norway

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

New Zealand
Male

Female
Norway
Male

Female
Age Death rate
New Zealand Norway
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 356 359 352 172.4 182.7 161.4
1 55.6 61.2 49.7 16.8 18 15.5
2 22.5 25.7 19.2 5.93 6.14 5.71
3 12.3 14.2 10.2 4.56 4.79 4.31
4 8.91 10.2 7.51 4.16 4.91 3.38
5 7.76 8.7 6.76 4.04 5 3.03
6 7.17 7.83 6.47 4.11 4.47 3.72
7 6.83 7.41 6.21 3.93 3.62 4.27
8 6.47 7.21 5.69 3.04 2.82 3.26
9 6.1 6.99 5.16 2.55 2.39 2.72
10 5.9 6.75 4.99 3.11 2.52 3.73
11 6.66 7.39 5.87 4.64 3.99 5.31
12 8.7 9.36 8.02 6.95 6.9 6.99
13 12.2 12.9 11.3 8.97 9.24 8.68
14 17.1 18.6 15.5 10.7 11.1 10.3
15 22.9 26 19.6 12.9 14.1 11.7
16 29.3 35.3 22.9 16.1 18.8 13.2
17 35.6 45.8 24.7 20 24.6 15.3
18 41.3 56.1 25.7 24.2 31.8 16.1
19 45.7 63.8 26.7 29 42.4 14.9
20 48.2 67.9 27.5 31.8 48.6 14.3
21 50.4 71 28.7 30.5 44.3 16
22 51.8 72.9 29.6 31 44.8 16.7
23 52.8 74.3 30.2 33.1 48.7 16.7
24 53.4 75 30.6 34.8 50.8 17.8
25 53.5 74.5 31.1 36.5 52.7 19.2
26 52.8 72.2 31.9 39.1 57 20
27 52.2 70.3 32.8 40.4 58.4 21.3
28 52.4 70.1 33.4 38.4 52.2 23.8
29 53.6 71.4 34.3 37.1 47.8 25.8
30 55.5 73.7 36 38.9 52.2 25
31 58.5 77.2 38.8 42 58.5 24.7
32 61.3 80 41.7 44 59.5 27.7
33 64.1 82.7 44.9 45.7 60.6 30
34 67 85.4 48.2 47 62.3 31
35 69.6 87.8 51.2 47.8 63.2 31.8
36 72.1 89.9 54.2 50.4 65.8 34.2
37 75 92.3 57.9 56.5 72.7 39.6
38 78.4 95.6 61.3 62.1 79.4 44
39 83.4 102.3 64.7 62.2 80.3 43.1
40 89.5 110.8 68.6 63 79.7 45.5
41 98 120.9 75.3 72.3 83.7 60.2
42 106.8 130.2 83.6 82.2 92.1 71.6
43 117.9 141.5 94.4 82.5 102.3 61.6
44 130.1 153.5 106.7 84.4 105 62.6
45 142.2 165.4 119 91.7 107.9 74.5
46 155.7 179.7 132.1 105.6 121.5 88.7
47 170 195.5 144.8 121 139.8 101.1
48 185 213.1 157.1 131.9 152.6 110.1
49 201.7 233 170.7 142 163.3 119.5
50 220.7 255 187.2 157.5 179.9 134.1
51 242.3 279.7 206 176.2 201.5 149.6
52 263 304 223.6 193.9 224.9 160.9
53 287.1 333 242.8 213.3 246.4 178.3
54 312 364 262.1 239 265.4 211.2
55 339 397 282.4 264.7 293.5 234.3
56 363 427 301 291.3 332 248.4
57 390 462 321 322 376 265.1
58 419 499 341 355 422 283.4
59 451 540 364 386 466 301
60 485 583 391 421 506 331
61 525 631 424 469 546 388
62 563 673 458 525 596 451
63 610 725 500 574 662 481
64 661 783 545 624 730 511
65 715 842 591 689 794 578
66 780 913 651 758 880 631
67 845 980 714 831 977 679
68 916 1,054 782 905 1,055 752
69 997 1,141 856 989 1,133 843
70 1,088 1,245 934 1,085 1,236 931
71 1,199 1,374 1,027 1,189 1,354 1,024
72 1,317 1,505 1,131 1,304 1,470 1,136
73 1,456 1,657 1,256 1,427 1,597 1,251
74 1,602 1,814 1,387 1,562 1,762 1,355
75 1,755 1,980 1,527 1,694 1,921 1,461
76 1,921 2,159 1,679 1,828 2,049 1,600
77 2,116 2,366 1,862 2,034 2,259 1,803
78 2,312 2,563 2,057 2,279 2,520 2,038
79 2,534 2,782 2,283 2,495 2,745 2,249
80 2,775 3,015 2,532 2,704 2,967 2,449
81 3,041 3,270 2,806 2,953 3,237 2,675
82 3,272 3,483 3,061 3,236 3,533 2,954
83 3,516 3,711 3,330 3,534 3,806 3,292
84 3,749 3,916 3,596 3,799 4,040 3,597
85 3,995 4,122 3,883 3,986 4,241 3,781
86 4,198 4,264 4,146 4,175 4,421 3,993
87 4,367 4,355 4,393 4,435 4,568 4,369
88 4,481 4,369 4,601 4,608 4,594 4,688
89 4,505 4,278 4,730 4,665 4,514 4,882
90 4,440 4,099 4,770 4,634 4,369 4,960
91 4,275 3,837 4,702 4,498 4,136 4,905
92 4,009 3,499 4,511 4,241 3,804 4,716
93 3,661 3,103 4,210 3,898 3,379 4,442
94 3,250 2,672 3,819 3,494 2,879 4,101
95 2,794 2,221 3,358 3,047 2,386 3,665
96 2,319 1,776 2,852 2,553 1,925 3,125
97 1,853 1,366 2,333 2,054 1,490 2,558
98 1,424 1,010 1,833 1,589 1,096 2,019
99 1,050 717 1,380 1,177 773 1,521
100 573 285.8 859 673 317 959

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 New Zealand and Norway 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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