Life Expectancy in Australia vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Australia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Australia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.1	102	102.1	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.3	101.1	101.3	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.4	100.3	100.5	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.6	99.5	99.7	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.9	98.7	98.9	100	99.9	100
95	98.1	97.9	98.2	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.4	97.2	97.5	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.7	96.4	96.8	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	96	95.7	96.2	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.4	95.1	95.6	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.8	94.4	95	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	94.2	93.8	94.5	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.7	93.2	94	94	93.7	94.1
87	93.2	92.7	93.5	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.7	92.2	93.1	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	92.2	91.7	92.6	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.8	91.2	92.3	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	91.4	90.8	91.9	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	91	90.4	91.6	90	89.4	90.3
81	90.7	90	91.3	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	90.3	89.6	91	88.8	88	89.1
79	90	89.3	90.7	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	89.8	89	90.5	87.5	86.7	88
77	89.5	88.7	90.2	86.9	86	87.4
76	89.2	88.4	90	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	89	88.1	89.8	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	88.8	87.8	89.6	85.2	84	85.9
73	88.6	87.6	89.4	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	88.4	87.4	89.3	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	88.2	87.2	89.1	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	88	87	89	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	87.8	86.8	88.8	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	87.7	86.6	88.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	87.5	86.4	88.6	81.6	80	82.8
66	87.4	86.2	88.4	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	87.2	86.1	88.3	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	87.1	85.9	88.2	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	87	85.8	88.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	86.9	85.6	88	79.4	77.4	81
61	86.7	85.5	87.9	79	76.9	80.7
60	86.6	85.3	87.9	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	86.5	85.2	87.8	78.3	76	80.1
58	86.4	85.1	87.7	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	86.3	85	87.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	86.2	84.9	87.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	86.1	84.8	87.5	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	86.1	84.7	87.4	76.5	74	78.7
53	86	84.6	87.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	85.9	84.5	87.3	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	85.8	84.4	87.2	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	85.8	84.3	87.2	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	85.7	84.2	87.1	75	72.2	77.4
48	85.6	84.2	87.1	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	85.6	84.1	87	74.4	71.6	77
46	85.5	84	87	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	85.5	84	86.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	85.4	83.9	86.9	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	85.4	83.9	86.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	85.3	83.8	86.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	85.3	83.7	86.8	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	85.2	83.7	86.8	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	85.2	83.7	86.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	85.2	83.6	86.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	85.1	83.6	86.7	72	68.9	74.8
36	85.1	83.5	86.6	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	85.1	83.5	86.6	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	85	83.4	86.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	85	83.4	86.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	85	83.4	86.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	85	83.3	86.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	84.9	83.3	86.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	84.9	83.3	86.5	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	84.9	83.2	86.5	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	84.9	83.2	86.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	84.9	83.2	86.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	84.8	83.2	86.5	69.9	66.6	73
24	84.8	83.1	86.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	84.8	83.1	86.4	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	84.8	83.1	86.4	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	84.7	83	86.4	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	84.7	83	86.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	84.7	83	86.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	84.7	83	86.4	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	84.7	82.9	86.4	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	84.7	82.9	86.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	84.6	82.9	86.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	84.6	82.9	86.3	68.7	65.3	72
4	84.6	82.8	86.3	68.6	65.2	72
3	84.6	82.8	86.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	84.6	82.8	86.3	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	84.6	82.8	86.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	84.3	82.6	86.1	66.7	63.1	70.2

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 Australia can expect to live to 84.9 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 87.2 and 80.7 at 65, and to 90.3 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 84.3 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Australia and South Africa.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Australia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Australia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	3.24%	2.1%	4.28%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	4.79%	3.2%	6.26%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	6.82%	4.69%	8.79%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	9.35%	6.63%	11.9%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	12.4%	9.05%	15.6%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	16%	12%	19.8%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	20%	15.4%	24.4%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	24.3%	19.2%	29.3%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	28.9%	23.3%	34.4%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	33.7%	27.7%	39.6%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	38.5%	32.3%	44.7%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	43.2%	36.8%	49.5%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	47.7%	41.3%	54%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	51.9%	45.6%	58.3%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	56%	49.8%	62.2%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	59.8%	53.8%	65.8%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	63.2%	57.4%	69.1%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	66.4%	60.8%	72%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	69.3%	64%	74.7%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	72%	67%	77.1%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	74.4%	69.7%	79.2%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	76.6%	72.1%	81%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	78.5%	74.3%	82.7%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	80.3%	76.3%	84.2%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	81.9%	78.1%	85.6%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	83.3%	79.8%	86.8%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	84.6%	81.3%	87.9%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	85.8%	82.7%	88.9%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	86.9%	84%	89.8%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	87.9%	85.1%	90.6%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	88.8%	86.2%	91.3%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	89.6%	87.2%	92%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	90.3%	88%	92.6%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	91%	88.9%	93.1%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	91.6%	89.6%	93.6%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	92.2%	90.3%	94.1%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	92.7%	91%	94.5%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	93.2%	91.6%	94.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	93.7%	92.2%	95.2%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94.2%	92.7%	95.6%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	94.6%	93.3%	95.9%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	94.9%	93.7%	96.2%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	95.3%	94.1%	96.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95.6%	94.5%	96.7%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	95.9%	94.9%	96.9%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.2%	95.2%	97.1%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.4%	95.6%	97.3%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96.7%	95.8%	97.5%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	96.9%	96.1%	97.7%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.1%	96.3%	97.9%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.3%	96.6%	98%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.5%	96.8%	98.1%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.6%	97%	98.3%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.8%	97.2%	98.4%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	97.9%	97.3%	98.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98%	97.5%	98.6%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.2%	97.6%	98.7%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.3%	97.8%	98.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.4%	97.9%	98.8%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.5%	98%	98.9%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.5%	98.1%	99%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.6%	98.2%	99%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.8%	98.4%	99.1%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.8%	98.5%	99.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99%	98.7%	99.3%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99%	98.7%	99.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.2%	98.9%	99.4%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.2%	99%	99.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.2%	99%	99.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 94.6% of newborns in Australia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 88.8% and 51.6% past 70, 74.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 38.5% and 11.3% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Australia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Australia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	34.8%	36.8%	34.1%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	32.4%	34.4%	31.6%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	29.7%	31.8%	28.9%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	27.1%	29.2%	26.2%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	24.7%	26.8%	23.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	22.3%	24.4%	21.2%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	20%	22.1%	18.9%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	17.9%	19.9%	16.8%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	16%	17.8%	14.9%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	14.2%	15.9%	13.1%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	12.4%	14%	11.3%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	10.8%	12.3%	9.71%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	9.44%	10.8%	8.43%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	8.26%	9.51%	7.31%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	7.26%	8.43%	6.33%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	6.34%	7.36%	5.49%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	5.45%	6.32%	4.71%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	4.78%	5.61%	4.08%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	4.21%	5%	3.53%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	3.73%	4.45%	3.09%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	3.22%	3.85%	2.66%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	2.81%	3.36%	2.32%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	2.47%	2.95%	2.03%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.21%	2.65%	1.81%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	1.94%	2.34%	1.59%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	1.73%	2.09%	1.41%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.55%	1.87%	1.25%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.39%	1.69%	1.11%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.24%	1.52%	0.99%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.12%	1.37%	0.89%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1%	1.22%	0.79%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	0.9%	1.11%	0.71%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	0.82%	1.01%	0.65%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.75%	0.92%	0.58%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.68%	0.85%	0.52%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.62%	0.78%	0.47%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.58%	0.73%	0.43%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.54%	0.68%	0.41%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.5%	0.63%	0.38%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.47%	0.59%	0.36%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.43%	0.54%	0.33%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.37%	0.45%	0.28%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.34%	0.42%	0.26%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.31%	0.38%	0.24%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.29%	0.36%	0.23%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.27%	0.33%	0.21%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.24%	0.3%	0.19%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.21%	0.25%	0.16%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.19%	0.24%	0.15%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.18%	0.22%	0.14%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.15%	0.19%	0.12%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.13%	0.16%	0.1%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.11%	0.14%	0.09%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.08%	0.1%	0.05%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.25%	0.27%	0.23%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.25% in the birth year in Australia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.04% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.43% vs 2.08% at 60, and 3.22% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Australia vs South Africa

Chart Table

Australia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Australia			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	1,031	601	1,426	359	204.6	501
99	1,551	1,099	1,976	475	280.8	655
98	2,027	1,491	2,537	572	340	787
97	2,538	1,937	3,119	677	406	928
96	3,061	2,423	3,685	789	478	1,077
95	3,561	2,924	4,198	909	558	1,236
94	3,992	3,390	4,606	1,031	642	1,393
93	4,352	3,809	4,917	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,625	4,154	5,123	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,791	4,421	5,195	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,759	4,516	5,034	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,658	4,537	4,805	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,499	4,466	4,554	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,292	4,337	4,261	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,067	4,197	3,942	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,789	3,955	3,617	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,445	3,628	3,253	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,178	3,409	2,939	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,923	3,198	2,639	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,686	2,981	2,381	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,400	2,682	2,108	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,152	2,418	1,878	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	1,939	2,192	1,681	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	1,772	2,021	1,522	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,592	1,826	1,359	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,444	1,664	1,226	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,309	1,523	1,099	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,189	1,398	986	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,076	1,273	886	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	985	1,170	805	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	885	1,056	719	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	806	965	651	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	739	887	597	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	679	818	545	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	625	764	491	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	570	705	438	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	536	666	409	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	503	621	387	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	472	579	366	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	445	547	344	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	409	505	316	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	378	465	291.7	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	348	427	270.2	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	321	393	249.7	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	296.5	363	231.6	1,242	1,519	978
55	279.3	341	218.8	1,190	1,459	929
54	257.9	313	203.5	1,137	1,397	881
53	234.4	282.8	186.4	1,085	1,337	835
52	214.4	258.3	170.9	1,037	1,279	795
51	200.9	242.8	159.1	994	1,223	760
50	186.9	227.1	146.9	954	1,171	731
49	174.8	214.4	135.8	918	1,120	707
48	162.1	200.9	124.1	883	1,071	686
47	149.7	186.6	113.4	850	1,022	668
46	138.9	173	105.2	818	974	652
45	128.4	158.8	98.3	786	928	635
44	119.9	147.1	92.8	755	884	619
43	109.5	134.8	84.3	724	842	601
42	100	125.5	74.5	695	804	581
41	94.4	119.8	69.2	667	770	560
40	87.9	111.7	64.3	639	738	538
39	80.5	102.8	58.5	613	708	515
38	74.5	96.1	53.3	587	680	492
37	71	92.6	49.6	562	653	470
36	67.8	88.9	47	538	626	449
35	62.9	81.7	44.3	515	600	429
34	57.6	74.8	40.6	493	575	410
33	53.2	70.6	35.6	471	551	392
32	49.3	66.8	31.4	450	527	374
31	46.6	63.4	29.2	429	504	355
30	44.1	61.3	26.1	408	481	335
29	41.9	59.1	23.9	386	458	314
28	40.4	56	23.9	363	434	291.3
27	38.9	53.1	23.9	339	410	266.7
26	37.6	52.4	21.9	314	384	241.5
25	36.6	52.5	19.7	289.1	358	217.1
24	36.2	52.5	19.1	264.7	331	195.1
23	35.2	50.8	18.9	241.4	304	176
22	33.2	47.3	18.4	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	31.9	44.9	18.3	198.1	249	145.6
20	33.1	46	19.5	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	33.8	47.3	19.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	30.9	42.8	18.4	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	24.4	31.5	16.9	119.5	142.6	96
16	18.4	21.6	15	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	14.1	15.8	12.3	85	99.4	70.2
14	11	12.3	9.72	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	8.69	9.76	7.56	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.59	7.58	5.56	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	4.84	5.74	3.89	43	50.5	35.3
10	4.27	5.17	3.33	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	5.04	6.04	3.98	37	43.9	30
8	5.31	6.21	4.35	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	4.97	5.59	4.31	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	4.88	5.24	4.51	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	5.41	5.71	5.09	67.2	79	55.4
4	6.67	7.32	5.98	95.3	110.3	80
3	8.16	9.18	7.09	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	9.8	10.5	9.06	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	25.7	26.6	24.7	343	375	310
0	251.5	269.5	232.5	2,192	2,441	1,934

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 Australia, the most common age of death is 91, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 87.5 in Australia and 70.8 in South Africa, 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 Australia and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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