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Life Expectancy in Papua New Guinea vs United States (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.4 years in Papua New Guinea vs 79.6 in the United States. Papua New Guinea is ranked 166/197 by life expectancy, and the United States is 47/197. In Papua New Guinea, the life expectancy is 63.9 years for males and 69.3 years for females. In the United States, it's 77.2 years for males and 82.1 years for females.

Papua New Guinea vs United States life expectancy at birth by year chart

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.4 37.4 42.2 68.1 65.4 71
1951 35.5 34.3 37.2 68.2 65.4 71.2
1952 40.7 38.7 43.4 68.4 65.5 71.5
1953 41.3 39.4 44 68.7 65.8 71.9
1954 42 40.1 44.5 69.5 66.6 72.7
1955 42.6 40.8 45.2 69.6 66.6 72.8
1956 43.3 41.4 45.8 69.6 66.6 72.9
1957 43.9 42.1 46.4 69.4 66.4 72.7
1958 44.6 42.8 46.9 69.7 66.6 73
1959 45.1 43.4 47.5 69.9 66.8 73.3
1960 45.8 44.1 48.1 69.8 66.6 73.3
1961 46.4 44.7 48.7 70.3 67 73.7
1962 46.7 45 49 70.1 66.9 73.6
1963 47.7 45.9 50 69.9 66.6 73.5
1964 48.3 46.5 50.7 70.2 66.8 73.8
1965 48.9 47.1 51.3 70.2 66.8 73.9
1966 49.6 47.8 52 70.2 66.7 74
1967 50.2 48.4 52.7 70.5 66.9 74.3
1968 50.9 49 53.4 70.2 66.6 74.1
1969 51.5 49.7 54 70.5 66.8 74.4
1970 52.1 50.3 54.7 70.7 67 74.6
1971 52.6 50.7 55.2 71.1 67.4 75
1972 53.3 51.4 55.8 71.2 67.4 75.1
1973 53.9 52 56.4 71.4 67.6 75.3
1974 54.4 52.6 57 72 68.2 75.8
1975 55 53.1 57.5 72.5 68.7 76.5
1976 55.5 53.7 58 72.8 69.1 76.7
1977 56 54.1 58.6 73.2 69.4 77.1
1978 56.5 54.6 59.1 73.4 69.6 77.2
1979 57 55 59.6 73.8 70 77.7
1980 57.4 55.4 60 73.7 70 77.5
1981 57.8 55.8 60.4 74.1 70.4 77.8
1982 58.1 56 60.7 74.5 70.8 78.1
1983 58.3 56.3 60.9 74.6 71 78.1
1984 58.6 56.5 61.3 74.7 71.1 78.2
1985 58.8 56.7 61.5 74.7 71.1 78.2
1986 59 56.9 61.7 74.7 71.1 78.3
1987 59.2 57.1 62 74.9 71.3 78.4
1988 59.4 57.3 62.1 74.8 71.3 78.3
1989 59.6 57.5 62.3 75.1 71.6 78.6
1990 59.8 57.7 62.5 75.4 71.8 78.8
1991 59.9 57.9 62.5 75.5 72 79
1992 60.3 58.2 62.8 75.8 72.3 79.2
1993 60.5 58.5 63 75.6 72.2 78.9
1994 60.7 58.7 63.2 75.7 72.4 79.1
1995 60.9 59 63.4 75.9 72.6 79.1
1996 61.1 59.1 63.5 76.2 73.1 79.2
1997 61.3 59.4 63.6 76.5 73.5 79.4
1998 60.4 58.7 62.5 76.7 73.8 79.4
1999 61.5 59.7 63.7 76.7 73.9 79.3
2000 61.6 59.8 63.8 76.8 74.1 79.4
2001 61.6 59.8 63.9 76.9 74.3 79.5
2002 61.6 59.9 63.8 77 74.3 79.6
2003 61.7 60 63.9 77.1 74.5 79.7
2004 61.8 60 64 77.5 75 80.1
2005 61.9 60.1 64 77.5 75 80.1
2006 62 60.3 64.2 77.8 75.2 80.3
2007 62.2 60.5 64.3 78 75.5 80.6
2008 62.5 60.8 64.7 78.1 75.6 80.6
2009 62.8 61 65.1 78.5 76 80.9
2010 63.1 61.2 65.5 78.7 76.2 81.1
2011 63.4 61.4 65.9 78.7 76.3 81.1
2012 63.6 61.5 66.3 78.8 76.4 81.2
2013 63.9 61.7 66.8 78.8 76.4 81.2
2014 64.2 61.9 67.1 78.9 76.5 81.3
2015 64.5 62.1 67.5 78.7 76.3 81.1
2016 64.7 62.3 67.8 78.7 76.2 81.2
2017 64.9 62.5 68 78.6 76.2 81.2
2018 65.1 62.7 68.2 78.8 76.3 81.3
2019 65.3 62.9 68.4 78.9 76.5 81.5
2020 65.1 62.6 68.4 77 74.3 79.9
2021 64.4 61.9 67.4 76.4 73.6 79.4
2022 65.3 62.9 68.3 78 75.3 80.8
2023 66.1 63.7 69.1 79.3 76.9 81.8
2024 66.3 63.8 69.2 79.5 77 82
2025 66.4 63.9 69.3 79.6 77.2 82.1

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 57.5 years in Papua New Guinea and 63.9 in the United States. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12 healthy years in Papua New Guinea and 15.7 in the United States.

Papua New Guinea vs United States 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 Papua New Guinea and the United States, 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:
40.9 vs 50.8 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.9 vs 80.8 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 84.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Papua New Guinea United States
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.5% 98.0% 99.0%
50 89.8% 93.1% 95.1% 97.2%
60 76.3% 84.5% 88.6% 93.1%
65 65.4% 77.3% 83.3% 89.7%
70 51.9% 67.1% 76.6% 85.1%
75 36.4% 52.8% 67.6% 78.3%
80 21.2% 35.3% 55.6% 68.3%
85 9.4% 18.4% 40.2% 53.7%
90 2.8% 6.6% 22.4% 34.1%
95 0.5% 1.4% 7.8% 14.6%
100 0.0% 0.2% 1.3% 3.3%

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 Papua New Guinea vs the United States: 70.9 years vs 80.8 at 30, 77.9 vs 85.1 at 65, 85.7 vs 89.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.4 vs 79.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Papua New Guinea and the United States.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.4 63.9 69.3 79.6 77.2 82.1
1 68.5 66.2 71.3 80 77.6 82.5
2 68.7 66.4 71.5 80 77.7 82.5
3 68.8 66.5 71.7 80 77.7 82.5
4 68.9 66.6 71.8 80.1 77.7 82.5
5 69 66.7 71.9 80.1 77.7 82.5
6 69.1 66.8 71.9 80.1 77.7 82.5
7 69.2 66.8 72 80.1 77.7 82.5
8 69.2 66.9 72 80.1 77.7 82.5
9 69.3 66.9 72.1 80.1 77.7 82.6
10 69.3 67 72.1 80.1 77.7 82.6
11 69.3 67 72.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
12 69.4 67.1 72.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
13 69.4 67.1 72.2 80.1 77.8 82.6
14 69.5 67.1 72.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
15 69.5 67.2 72.3 80.1 77.8 82.6
16 69.6 67.3 72.4 80.2 77.8 82.6
17 69.6 67.3 72.4 80.2 77.8 82.6
18 69.7 67.4 72.5 80.2 77.9 82.6
19 69.8 67.5 72.6 80.2 77.9 82.7
20 69.9 67.7 72.6 80.3 78 82.7
21 70 67.8 72.7 80.3 78 82.7
22 70.1 67.9 72.8 80.4 78.1 82.7
23 70.2 68 72.9 80.4 78.2 82.8
24 70.3 68.1 72.9 80.5 78.3 82.8
25 70.4 68.3 73 80.5 78.3 82.8
26 70.5 68.4 73.1 80.6 78.4 82.9
27 70.6 68.5 73.2 80.7 78.5 82.9
28 70.7 68.6 73.3 80.7 78.6 82.9
29 70.8 68.7 73.3 80.8 78.7 83
30 70.9 68.8 73.4 80.8 78.7 83
31 71 68.9 73.5 80.9 78.8 83
32 71.1 69 73.6 81 78.9 83.1
33 71.2 69.2 73.7 81 79 83.1
34 71.3 69.3 73.8 81.1 79.1 83.2
35 71.4 69.4 73.9 81.2 79.2 83.2
36 71.5 69.5 74 81.2 79.3 83.3
37 71.6 69.6 74.1 81.3 79.3 83.3
38 71.7 69.8 74.2 81.4 79.4 83.4
39 71.9 69.9 74.3 81.5 79.5 83.4
40 72 70 74.4 81.5 79.6 83.5
41 72.1 70.2 74.5 81.6 79.7 83.5
42 72.3 70.3 74.6 81.7 79.8 83.6
43 72.4 70.5 74.7 81.8 79.9 83.7
44 72.5 70.7 74.9 81.9 80 83.7
45 72.7 70.8 75 81.9 80.1 83.8
46 72.9 71 75.1 82 80.2 83.9
47 73 71.2 75.3 82.1 80.3 83.9
48 73.2 71.4 75.4 82.2 80.4 84
49 73.4 71.6 75.6 82.3 80.5 84.1
50 73.6 71.9 75.8 82.4 80.7 84.2
51 73.8 72.1 75.9 82.6 80.8 84.3
52 74 72.3 76.1 82.7 81 84.4
53 74.2 72.6 76.3 82.8 81.1 84.5
54 74.5 72.9 76.5 83 81.3 84.6
55 74.7 73.1 76.7 83.1 81.5 84.7
56 75 73.4 76.9 83.3 81.7 84.9
57 75.2 73.7 77.1 83.5 81.9 85
58 75.5 74.1 77.3 83.6 82.1 85.2
59 75.8 74.4 77.6 83.8 82.3 85.3
60 76.1 74.8 77.8 84 82.5 85.5
61 76.4 75.1 78.1 84.2 82.7 85.6
62 76.8 75.5 78.3 84.4 83 85.8
63 77.1 75.9 78.6 84.6 83.2 86
64 77.5 76.3 78.9 84.9 83.5 86.1
65 77.9 76.8 79.2 85.1 83.8 86.3
66 78.3 77.2 79.5 85.3 84 86.5
67 78.7 77.7 79.9 85.6 84.3 86.7
68 79.1 78.2 80.2 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 79.5 78.7 80.6 86.1 84.9 87.1
70 80 79.2 81 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 80.5 79.7 81.4 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 81 80.2 81.8 86.9 85.8 87.8
73 81.5 80.8 82.3 87.2 86.2 88
74 82 81.4 82.7 87.5 86.5 88.3
75 82.6 82 83.2 87.8 86.9 88.6
76 83.2 82.6 83.8 88.1 87.2 88.9
77 83.8 83.2 84.3 88.5 87.6 89.2
78 84.4 83.9 84.9 88.8 88 89.5
79 85 84.6 85.5 89.2 88.4 89.8
80 85.7 85.2 86.1 89.6 88.9 90.2
81 86.3 85.9 86.7 90 89.3 90.6
82 87 86.7 87.3 90.4 89.8 90.9
83 87.7 87.4 88 90.9 90.2 91.4
84 88.4 88.1 88.7 91.4 90.7 91.8
85 89.2 88.9 89.4 91.8 91.3 92.2
86 89.9 89.7 90.1 92.3 91.8 92.7
87 90.7 90.5 90.9 92.9 92.4 93.2
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 93.5 93 93.8
89 92.3 92.1 92.4 94 93.6 94.3
90 93.1 92.9 93.2 94.7 94.2 94.9
91 93.9 93.8 94 95.3 94.9 95.5
92 94.7 94.6 94.9 96 95.6 96.2
93 95.6 95.5 95.7 96.7 96.3 96.9
94 96.4 96.3 96.5 97.4 97.1 97.6
95 97.3 97.2 97.4 98.2 97.9 98.3
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 98.9 98.7 99.1
97 99.1 99 99.2 99.7 99.5 99.8
98 100 99.9 100.1 100.5 100.3 100.6
99 100.9 100.8 101 101.4 101.2 101.4
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 102.2 102 102.3

Odds of living to age in Papua New Guinea vs United States

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74.3% in Papua New Guinea and 89% in the United States are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.4% and 79.2% will live to 70 years or older, 25.2% and 60.7% to 80+ years, and 4.02% and 27.7% 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.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Papua New Guinea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
3 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 96.3% 96% 96.6% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
6 96% 95.7% 96.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
7 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 95.9% 95.5% 96.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
11 95.7% 95.3% 96% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
12 95.6% 95.2% 96% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
13 95.5% 95.2% 95.9% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
14 95.4% 95.1% 95.8% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
15 95.4% 95% 95.8% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
17 95.1% 94.7% 95.6% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
18 95% 94.6% 95.4% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
19 94.8% 94.3% 95.3% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
20 94.6% 94.1% 95.2% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 94.4% 93.9% 95% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 94.2% 93.6% 94.9% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
23 94% 93.4% 94.8% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
24 93.8% 93.1% 94.6% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
25 93.6% 92.9% 94.5% 98.7% 98.3% 99%
26 93.4% 92.6% 94.3% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
27 93.2% 92.4% 94.2% 98.4% 98% 98.9%
28 93% 92.1% 94% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
29 92.8% 91.9% 93.8% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
30 92.6% 91.6% 93.7% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
31 92.4% 91.4% 93.5% 98% 97.4% 98.6%
32 92.1% 91.1% 93.3% 97.8% 97.2% 98.6%
33 91.9% 90.8% 93.1% 97.7% 97% 98.5%
34 91.6% 90.5% 92.9% 97.6% 96.8% 98.4%
35 91.4% 90.2% 92.7% 97.4% 96.6% 98.3%
36 91.1% 89.9% 92.4% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
37 90.8% 89.5% 92.2% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
38 90.5% 89.2% 91.9% 97% 96% 98%
39 90.2% 88.8% 91.6% 96.8% 95.8% 97.8%
40 89.8% 88.4% 91.4% 96.6% 95.6% 97.7%
41 89.4% 88% 91% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
42 89% 87.5% 90.7% 96.3% 95.2% 97.5%
43 88.6% 87% 90.4% 96.1% 94.9% 97.3%
44 88.2% 86.5% 90% 95.9% 94.7% 97.2%
45 87.7% 85.9% 89.6% 95.6% 94.4% 97%
46 87.2% 85.3% 89.2% 95.4% 94.1% 96.8%
47 86.6% 84.6% 88.7% 95.2% 93.8% 96.6%
48 86% 83.9% 88.3% 94.9% 93.5% 96.4%
49 85.4% 83.1% 87.7% 94.6% 93.1% 96.2%
50 84.7% 82.3% 87.2% 94.3% 92.7% 95.9%
51 83.9% 81.4% 86.6% 93.9% 92.3% 95.6%
52 83.1% 80.4% 86% 93.5% 91.8% 95.3%
53 82.3% 79.4% 85.3% 93.1% 91.3% 95%
54 81.4% 78.3% 84.6% 92.6% 90.8% 94.7%
55 80.4% 77.1% 83.8% 92.1% 90.2% 94.3%
56 79.3% 75.9% 83% 91.6% 89.5% 93.9%
57 78.2% 74.5% 82.1% 91% 88.8% 93.4%
58 77% 73.1% 81.2% 90.4% 88.1% 92.9%
59 75.7% 71.5% 80.2% 89.7% 87.3% 92.4%
60 74.3% 69.9% 79.1% 89% 86.4% 91.9%
61 72.8% 68.1% 78% 88.3% 85.5% 91.3%
62 71.2% 66.2% 76.7% 87.5% 84.5% 90.7%
63 69.5% 64.2% 75.4% 86.6% 83.5% 90%
64 67.7% 62.1% 74% 85.7% 82.4% 89.3%
65 65.8% 59.9% 72.4% 84.8% 81.2% 88.6%
66 63.7% 57.6% 70.8% 83.8% 80% 87.8%
67 61.6% 55.2% 69% 82.7% 78.8% 87%
68 59.3% 52.8% 67.1% 81.6% 77.5% 86.1%
69 56.9% 50.2% 65.1% 80.5% 76.1% 85.1%
70 54.4% 47.5% 62.9% 79.2% 74.7% 84%
71 51.8% 44.8% 60.5% 77.9% 73.1% 82.9%
72 49.1% 42% 58% 76.4% 71.5% 81.7%
73 46.3% 39.1% 55.3% 74.9% 69.8% 80.3%
74 43.4% 36.2% 52.5% 73.3% 67.9% 78.9%
75 40.4% 33.3% 49.5% 71.5% 65.9% 77.3%
76 37.4% 30.4% 46.4% 69.6% 63.8% 75.6%
77 34.3% 27.6% 43.1% 67.6% 61.6% 73.8%
78 31.2% 24.8% 39.8% 65.4% 59.3% 71.8%
79 28.2% 22% 36.5% 63.1% 56.8% 69.7%
80 25.2% 19.4% 33.1% 60.7% 54.2% 67.4%
81 22.3% 16.9% 29.7% 58.1% 51.5% 64.9%
82 19.6% 14.6% 26.4% 55.3% 48.6% 62.3%
83 16.9% 12.4% 23.2% 52.4% 45.6% 59.4%
84 14.5% 10.4% 20.1% 49.3% 42.5% 56.3%
85 12.2% 8.61% 17.2% 46% 39.2% 53.1%
86 10.1% 7% 14.5% 42.6% 35.8% 49.5%
87 8.23% 5.6% 12% 39% 32.4% 45.8%
88 6.6% 4.4% 9.81% 35.3% 28.8% 41.9%
89 5.2% 3.39% 7.86% 31.5% 25.3% 37.8%
90 4.02% 2.56% 6.18% 27.7% 21.8% 33.6%
91 3.05% 1.9% 4.77% 24% 18.5% 29.5%
92 2.26% 1.38% 3.61% 20.4% 15.3% 25.4%
93 1.64% 0.98% 2.67% 17% 12.4% 21.4%
94 1.17% 0.68% 1.93% 13.8% 9.83% 17.8%
95 0.81% 0.46% 1.36% 11% 7.57% 14.4%
96 0.54% 0.3% 0.93% 8.54% 5.67% 11.3%
97 0.36% 0.19% 0.62% 6.45% 4.12% 8.7%
98 0.23% 0.12% 0.4% 4.73% 2.9% 6.49%
99 0.14% 0.07% 0.25% 3.37% 1.98% 4.69%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.16% 2.32% 1.3% 3.28%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 3.12% in the birth year in Papua New Guinea and 0.48% in the United States, 0.24% vs 0.13% at age 30, 2.01% vs 0.84% at 60, and 11.4% vs 4.29% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Papua New Guinea compared to the United States at any given age.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Papua New Guinea United States
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 3.12% 3.4% 2.82% 0.48% 0.53% 0.43%
1 0.25% 0.26% 0.24% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
2 0.21% 0.21% 0.2% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
3 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
10 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
11 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.13% 0.15% 0.11% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
17 0.16% 0.19% 0.12% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
18 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
19 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
20 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
21 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.08% 0.12% 0.04%
22 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.09% 0.13% 0.05%
23 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.09% 0.14% 0.05%
24 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
25 0.22% 0.27% 0.16% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06%
26 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
27 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.11% 0.16% 0.06%
28 0.23% 0.27% 0.18% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
29 0.23% 0.28% 0.19% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
30 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.13% 0.17% 0.08%
31 0.25% 0.3% 0.2% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
32 0.26% 0.31% 0.21% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
33 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
34 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
35 0.3% 0.36% 0.25% 0.15% 0.2% 0.1%
36 0.32% 0.38% 0.27% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
37 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
38 0.36% 0.43% 0.3% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
39 0.39% 0.46% 0.32% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
40 0.41% 0.49% 0.34% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
41 0.44% 0.53% 0.36% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
42 0.47% 0.57% 0.38% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
43 0.51% 0.61% 0.41% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
44 0.55% 0.66% 0.44% 0.23% 0.28% 0.17%
45 0.59% 0.72% 0.47% 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
46 0.64% 0.78% 0.51% 0.27% 0.33% 0.2%
47 0.69% 0.84% 0.54% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
48 0.75% 0.92% 0.59% 0.31% 0.38% 0.24%
49 0.81% 1% 0.63% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
50 0.88% 1.09% 0.68% 0.37% 0.46% 0.29%
51 0.95% 1.18% 0.73% 0.41% 0.5% 0.31%
52 1.03% 1.28% 0.78% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
53 1.11% 1.39% 0.84% 0.49% 0.6% 0.37%
54 1.21% 1.51% 0.9% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
55 1.31% 1.64% 0.97% 0.59% 0.73% 0.44%
56 1.42% 1.78% 1.05% 0.63% 0.79% 0.48%
57 1.55% 1.94% 1.13% 0.69% 0.85% 0.52%
58 1.68% 2.12% 1.23% 0.74% 0.92% 0.55%
59 1.84% 2.31% 1.34% 0.79% 0.99% 0.59%
60 2.01% 2.52% 1.46% 0.84% 1.06% 0.63%
61 2.19% 2.75% 1.59% 0.91% 1.14% 0.68%
62 2.4% 3% 1.73% 0.97% 1.22% 0.72%
63 2.62% 3.26% 1.9% 1.04% 1.31% 0.78%
64 2.85% 3.54% 2.08% 1.11% 1.4% 0.83%
65 3.11% 3.84% 2.28% 1.17% 1.47% 0.88%
66 3.38% 4.17% 2.51% 1.25% 1.56% 0.95%
67 3.69% 4.52% 2.76% 1.33% 1.65% 1.03%
68 4.02% 4.9% 3.05% 1.43% 1.76% 1.12%
69 4.39% 5.31% 3.38% 1.55% 1.9% 1.23%
70 4.8% 5.76% 3.75% 1.68% 2.05% 1.35%
71 5.24% 6.26% 4.16% 1.85% 2.24% 1.49%
72 5.73% 6.79% 4.62% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
73 6.27% 7.38% 5.13% 2.21% 2.65% 1.81%
74 6.85% 8.01% 5.69% 2.42% 2.91% 2%
75 7.48% 8.69% 6.29% 2.65% 3.18% 2.19%
76 8.2% 9.42% 6.95% 2.91% 3.48% 2.41%
77 8.95% 10.2% 7.66% 3.18% 3.79% 2.67%
78 9.72% 11% 8.43% 3.5% 4.15% 2.95%
79 10.6% 11.9% 9.25% 3.87% 4.57% 3.29%
80 11.4% 12.8% 10.1% 4.29% 5.05% 3.67%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.1% 4.78% 5.6% 4.11%
82 13.5% 14.9% 12.2% 5.29% 6.19% 4.59%
83 14.6% 16.1% 13.3% 5.9% 6.88% 5.16%
84 15.8% 17.3% 14.5% 6.61% 7.69% 5.84%
85 17.1% 18.7% 15.8% 7.44% 8.61% 6.63%
86 18.4% 20.1% 17.1% 8.41% 9.67% 7.55%
87 19.8% 21.5% 18.5% 9.54% 10.9% 8.61%
88 21.2% 22.9% 19.9% 10.8% 12.3% 9.76%
89 22.7% 24.4% 21.3% 12% 13.7% 11%
90 24.2% 25.9% 22.8% 13.4% 15.2% 12.3%
91 25.7% 27.4% 24.4% 15.1% 17.1% 13.9%
92 27.4% 29% 26.1% 16.7% 19% 15.5%
93 29.1% 30.7% 27.8% 18.5% 21% 17.2%
94 30.8% 32.4% 29.6% 20.4% 23% 19.1%
95 32.6% 34.1% 31.4% 22.4% 25.1% 21.1%
96 34.5% 35.9% 33.3% 24.5% 27.3% 23.2%
97 36.3% 37.6% 35.1% 26.6% 29.6% 25.4%
98 38% 39.3% 37% 28.9% 31.9% 27.7%
99 39.7% 40.9% 38.7% 31.1% 34.2% 30%
100 41.6% 42.6% 40.6% 33.3% 36.5% 32.2%

Death rate by age in Papua New Guinea compared to the United States

In Papua New Guinea, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the United States. The median age of death is 71.7 in Papua New Guinea and 83.8 in the United States — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
United States
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Papua New Guinea United States
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 3,120 3,404 2,818 480 526 432
1 243.4 249.6 236.7 46.6 51.7 41.3
2 199.1 206.9 190.6 17.6 19.9 15.2
3 163.3 171.8 154.1 15.3 17.4 13.2
4 134.7 143.1 125.5 13.1 14.7 11.4
5 112 119.8 103.5 10.7 11.8 9.6
6 94.3 101.3 86.9 9.83 10.7 8.92
7 81 86.8 74.7 9.64 10.5 8.74
8 71.4 76.2 66.2 9.33 10.2 8.38
9 65.2 69.2 60.9 9.24 10.3 8.12
10 62.3 65.8 58.5 9.7 11 8.28
11 62.8 66.2 59 10.4 11.8 8.88
12 66.9 70.9 62.4 11.8 13.3 10.1
13 75.1 80.7 68.9 14.5 16.8 12
14 87.8 96.2 78.5 18.7 22.7 14.5
15 105 118 90.6 24.4 31.3 17.2
16 125.9 145.5 104.2 32.3 43.4 20.5
17 147.9 175.6 117.1 43.8 60.7 25.8
18 168.2 204.5 127.6 56.5 79.9 31.6
19 183.6 227.5 134.4 67 96 36
20 193.4 242.8 137.9 75.2 108.7 39.4
21 198.2 250.6 139.5 82.7 120 42.9
22 199.9 252.9 140.5 88.5 128.1 46.2
23 200.5 252.3 142.4 92.8 133.8 49
24 201 250.6 145.6 97.3 139.5 52
25 202.4 249.2 150.3 101.9 145.2 55.4
26 204.9 248.8 156.1 107 151 59.5
27 208.3 249.7 162.4 112 156.6 63.8
28 212.6 252.3 168.9 116.3 161.3 67.6
29 217.9 256.5 175.5 120.8 165.8 72
30 224.2 262.6 182.2 124.8 168.9 76.9
31 231.8 270.7 189.6 128.9 172 82.1
32 240.9 280.7 198 134.2 177.1 87.5
33 251.7 292.7 207.9 139.2 182.8 91.9
34 264.3 307 219.2 144.1 188.3 96.1
35 278.4 323 232 148.5 192.6 100.6
36 294.2 341 246 153.6 197.5 106
37 311 360 260.8 159.4 203.3 111.7
38 330 382 276.3 165.1 209 117.2
39 350 407 292.4 171.7 216.1 123.3
40 371 433 309 177.9 222.3 129.5
41 395 462 328 184.9 229.1 136.8
42 421 495 348 192.7 236.9 144.8
43 450 531 370 204.3 249.6 155.2
44 483 571 395 219.8 267.7 168.1
45 519 615 422 237.3 288.3 182.1
46 558 663 452 255.4 310 196.9
47 600 715 484 274.6 332 212.7
48 645 771 517 296.6 358 230.6
49 694 831 553 323 389 251.6
50 745 894 590 352 425 274.4
51 799 961 629 386 465 300
52 856 1,032 670 419 505 326
53 917 1,106 715 456 551 353
54 982 1,184 762 497 603 383
55 1,052 1,267 814 539 654 416
56 1,127 1,354 870 581 704 449
57 1,208 1,447 932 624 756 482
58 1,297 1,546 999 666 808 514
59 1,391 1,651 1,072 709 861 548
60 1,492 1,760 1,152 752 914 581
61 1,598 1,872 1,238 803 975 619
62 1,707 1,984 1,331 851 1,034 656
63 1,818 2,094 1,430 903 1,095 699
64 1,930 2,201 1,537 952 1,150 741
65 2,043 2,303 1,651 995 1,197 782
66 2,157 2,401 1,774 1,048 1,251 835
67 2,271 2,494 1,907 1,102 1,304 893
68 2,386 2,582 2,049 1,167 1,366 963
69 2,499 2,663 2,200 1,245 1,443 1,045
70 2,610 2,737 2,358 1,332 1,529 1,132
71 2,716 2,801 2,520 1,438 1,637 1,236
72 2,813 2,852 2,681 1,537 1,735 1,338
73 2,899 2,887 2,838 1,652 1,851 1,454
74 2,970 2,903 2,984 1,774 1,973 1,574
75 3,023 2,897 3,114 1,896 2,097 1,696
76 3,063 2,866 3,223 2,022 2,219 1,826
77 3,072 2,809 3,305 2,151 2,336 1,967
78 3,038 2,725 3,357 2,289 2,458 2,121
79 2,975 2,616 3,376 2,445 2,599 2,293
80 2,886 2,486 3,359 2,605 2,741 2,472
81 2,771 2,338 3,305 2,773 2,885 2,668
82 2,633 2,174 3,214 2,926 3,008 2,858
83 2,470 1,996 3,084 3,092 3,138 3,068
84 2,286 1,806 2,917 3,258 3,264 3,290
85 2,082 1,608 2,714 3,422 3,375 3,517
86 1,862 1,405 2,479 3,584 3,466 3,740
87 1,632 1,202 2,221 3,724 3,529 3,945
88 1,402 1,007 1,950 3,795 3,534 4,085
89 1,180 826 1,677 3,786 3,461 4,147
90 972 663 1,412 3,719 3,326 4,151
91 784 521 1,165 3,614 3,157 4,105
92 619 400 940 3,406 2,910 3,930
93 478 300 741 3,137 2,610 3,685
94 360 219.9 570 2,821 2,262 3,386
95 263.3 156.7 426 2,467 1,899 3,033
96 187.2 108.5 310 2,091 1,546 2,631
97 129.2 72.9 217.9 1,719 1,219 2,211
98 86.3 47.6 148.6 1,367 926 1,797
99 55.9 30.1 98.2 1,049 677 1,409
100 0 0 0 670 334 992

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 Papua New Guinea and the United States 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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