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Poisson Distribution Table

Table of the Poisson distribution Po(λ): probability mass function P(X = k) and cumulative distribution P(X ≤ k) for various values of λ. Click any cell to read the exact value.

How to read the table: each cell shows P(X = k) = e−λ·λk/k! Rows: values of k. Columns: values of λ. For k much larger than λ the probabilities are practically 0 (shown as 0.0000).
Click a cell to read the value.

P(X = k) for λ from 0.5 to 10

kλ = 0.5λ = 1λ = 1.5λ = 2λ = 2.5λ = 3λ = 3.5λ = 4λ = 4.5λ = 5λ = 6λ = 7λ = 8λ = 9λ = 10
00.60650.36790.22310.13530.08210.04980.03020.01830.01110.00670.00250.00090.00030.00010.0000
10.30330.36790.33470.27070.20520.14940.10570.07330.05000.03370.01490.00640.00270.00110.0005
20.07580.18390.25100.27070.25650.22400.18500.14650.11250.08420.04460.02230.01070.00500.0023
30.01260.06130.12550.18040.21380.22400.21580.19540.16870.14040.08920.05210.02860.01500.0076
40.00160.01530.04710.09020.13360.16800.18880.19540.18980.17550.13390.09120.05730.03370.0189
50.00020.00310.01410.03610.06680.10080.13220.15630.17080.17550.16060.12770.09160.06070.0378
60.00000.00050.00350.01200.02780.05040.07710.10420.12810.14620.16060.14900.12210.09110.0631
70.00000.00010.00080.00340.00990.02160.03850.05950.08240.10440.13770.14900.13960.11710.0901
80.00000.00000.00010.00090.00310.00810.01690.02980.04630.06530.10330.13040.13960.13180.1126
90.00000.00000.00000.00020.00090.00270.00660.01320.02320.03630.06880.10140.12410.13180.1251
100.00000.00000.00000.00000.00020.00080.00230.00530.01040.01810.04130.07100.09930.11860.1251
110.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00020.00070.00190.00430.00820.02250.04520.07220.09700.1137
120.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00020.00060.00160.00340.01130.02630.04810.07280.0948
130.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00020.00060.00130.00520.01420.02960.05040.0729
140.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00020.00050.00220.00710.01690.03240.0521
150.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00020.00090.00330.00900.01940.0347
160.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00030.00140.00450.01090.0217
170.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00060.00210.00580.0128
180.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00020.00090.00290.0071
190.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00040.00140.0037
200.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00020.00060.0019
210.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.00030.0009
220.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00010.0004
230.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0002
240.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0001
250.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
260.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
270.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
280.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
290.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
300.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.00000.0000
How to read the table: each cell shows P(X ≤ k) = Σᵢ₌₀ᵏ e−λ·λi/i! For P(X > k) use the complement: 1 − P(X ≤ k). For P(a ≤ X ≤ b) = P(X ≤ b) − P(X ≤ a − 1).
Click a cell to read the value.

P(X ≤ k) for λ from 0.5 to 10

kλ = 0.5λ = 1λ = 1.5λ = 2λ = 2.5λ = 3λ = 3.5λ = 4λ = 4.5λ = 5λ = 6λ = 7λ = 8λ = 9λ = 10
00.60650.36790.22310.13530.08210.04980.03020.01830.01110.00670.00250.00090.00030.00010.0000
10.90980.73580.55780.40600.28730.19910.13590.09160.06110.04040.01740.00730.00300.00120.0005
20.98560.91970.80880.67670.54380.42320.32080.23810.17360.12470.06200.02960.01380.00620.0028
30.99820.98100.93440.85710.75760.64720.53660.43350.34230.26500.15120.08180.04240.02120.0103
40.99980.99630.98140.94730.89120.81530.72540.62880.53210.44050.28510.17300.09960.05500.0293
51.00000.99940.99550.98340.95800.91610.85760.78510.70290.61600.44570.30070.19120.11570.0671
61.00000.99990.99910.99550.98580.96650.93470.88930.83110.76220.60630.44970.31340.20680.1301
71.00001.00000.99980.99890.99580.98810.97330.94890.91340.86660.74400.59870.45300.32390.2202
81.00001.00001.00000.99980.99890.99620.99010.97860.95970.93190.84720.72910.59250.45570.3328
91.00001.00001.00001.00000.99970.99890.99670.99190.98290.96820.91610.83050.71660.58740.4579
101.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99970.99900.99720.99330.98630.95740.90150.81590.70600.5830
111.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99970.99910.99760.99450.97990.94670.88810.80300.6968
121.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99970.99920.99800.99120.97300.93620.87580.7916
131.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99970.99930.99640.98720.96580.92610.8645
141.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99980.99860.99430.98270.95850.9165
151.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99950.99760.99180.97800.9513
161.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99980.99900.99630.98890.9730
171.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99960.99840.99470.9857
181.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99930.99760.9928
191.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99970.99890.9965
201.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.99960.9984
211.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99980.9993
221.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.99990.9997
231.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00000.9999
241.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
251.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
261.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
271.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
281.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
291.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000
301.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.00001.0000

How to use these tables

Poisson Distribution

The Poisson distribution models the number of events occurring in an interval of time or space, when the events occur independently at a mean rate λ. Its probability mass function is:

\( P(X = k) = \dfrac{e^{-\lambda}\,\lambda^k}{k!}, \quad k = 0, 1, 2, \ldots \)

The mean and variance coincide: E[X] = Var[X] = λ.

Useful properties

  • Sum of Poissons: if X ~ Po(λ₁) and Y ~ Po(λ₂) are independent, then X + Y ~ Po(λ₁ + λ₂).
  • Approximation to the binomial: B(n, p) ≈ Po(np) when n is large and p is small (np ≤ 5 as a guideline).
  • Normal approximation: for large λ, Po(λ) ≈ N(λ, λ).

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