Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Canada
39.9%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
40.0%
in 2023
Canada rank
106th
Papua New Guinea rank
103rd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Canada
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 40.0% against 39.9% in Canada, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Canada ranks 106th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.7% | 45.2% | 4.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 37.6% | 44.6% | 7.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 35.6% | 43.6% | 8.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 35.5% | 42.6% | 7.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 36.6% | 42.7% | 6.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 38.7% | 43.0% | 4.4% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 40.2% | 40.8% | 0.6% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 39.6% | 0.4% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Canada or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 40.0% against 39.9% in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Canada and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Papua New Guinea rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Canada ranks 106th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.