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Life Expectancy in Bahamas vs South Africa (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in the Bahamas vs 66.5 in South Africa. The Bahamas is ranked 93/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In the Bahamas, the life expectancy is 71.2 years for males and 78.5 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Bahamas vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Bahamas
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Bahamas South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 58.9 55.9 61.7 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 59.2 56.2 62.1 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 59.6 56.4 62.5 45 44 46.2
1953 60 56.8 62.9 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 60.3 57.2 63.2 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 60.7 57.6 63.5 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 61 57.9 63.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 61.4 58.3 64.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 61.7 58.7 64.6 51.1 49.5 53
1959 62.1 59 65 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 62.5 59.4 65.4 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 62.8 59.8 65.8 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 63.2 60.2 66.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 63.5 60.6 66.5 53.9 52 56
1964 63.9 61 66.9 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 64.3 61.3 67.4 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 64.6 61.7 67.6 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 65 62.1 68.1 55 52.9 57.2
1968 65.4 62.5 68.4 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 65.8 62.9 68.8 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 66.2 63.3 69.2 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 66.5 63.7 69.6 56 53.8 58.4
1972 66.8 63.9 69.9 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 67.1 64.3 70.2 56.7 54.6 59
1974 67.6 64.7 70.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 68.1 65.3 71.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 68.5 65.6 71.6 58 55.8 60.4
1977 68.8 65.8 71.9 58.5 56.2 61
1978 68.9 65.9 72.1 59 56.6 61.6
1979 69 65.9 72.3 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 69.1 66 72.6 60 57.5 62.7
1981 69.4 66.2 72.8 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 69.7 66.5 73.2 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 70 66.8 73.5 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 70.2 66.9 73.8 61.8 59 64.9
1985 70.3 67 74 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 70.3 66.9 74.1 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 70.4 67 74.1 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 70.5 67.1 74.3 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 70.7 67.4 74.4 63 59.6 66.8
1990 70.9 67.6 74.6 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 71.2 67.8 74.8 63 59.5 67
1992 71.3 68 74.9 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 71.4 68.1 75 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 71.4 68.1 75.1 62.1 58.8 66
1995 71.4 68 75.1 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 71.5 68 75.2 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 71.6 68.1 75.3 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 71.8 68.4 75.5 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 72.1 68.8 75.7 59.2 56.1 62
2000 72.5 69.2 75.9 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 72.8 69.6 76.1 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 73 69.8 76.3 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 73.2 70 76.5 54.2 52 56.3
2004 73.2 70.1 76.5 54 51.9 55.8
2005 73.4 70.2 76.8 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 73.5 70.2 76.9 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 73.5 70.1 76.9 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 73.4 70 77 56 53.5 58.1
2009 73.5 70 77.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 73.4 70 77 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 73.6 70.1 77.2 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 73.7 70.2 77.3 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 73.9 70.4 77.6 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 74 70.4 77.7 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 73.8 70.3 77.4 64.1 60.8 67
2016 74 70.4 77.8 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 74 70.4 77.7 65.4 62 68.6
2018 74.1 70.5 77.7 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 71.4 68.6 74.2 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 73 69.4 76.8 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 70.8 67.5 74.1 62 59.2 64.8
2022 74.5 70.9 78.1 65.5 61.8 69
2023 74.6 70.9 78.2 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 74.7 71.1 78.3 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 74.9 71.2 78.5 66.5 63 70

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 61.5 years in the Bahamas and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.3 healthy years in the Bahamas and 11.3 in South Africa.

Bahamas vs South Africa 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 the Bahamas and South Africa, 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:
47.1 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.1 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
79.7 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Bahamas South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.3% 98.0% 93.5% 95.4%
50 90.9% 94.6% 83.5% 88.8%
60 82.1% 88.9% 67.9% 79.0%
65 76.0% 85.0% 57.9% 72.2%
70 65.7% 77.7% 46.5% 63.4%
75 54.2% 69.3% 34.9% 52.7%
80 40.7% 57.2% 23.8% 40.2%
85 25.7% 43.0% 14.8% 27.7%
90 13.0% 27.8% 7.7% 16.0%
95 4.7% 14.5% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.1% 5.5% 1.1% 2.3%

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 the Bahamas vs South Africa: 77.1 years vs 70.5 at 30, 83.1 vs 80.7 at 65, 89.3 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 74.9 vs 66.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in the Bahamas and South Africa.

Bahamas
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Bahamas South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 74.9 71.2 78.5 66.5 63 70
1 75.6 72 79.2 68 64.6 71.4
2 75.7 72.1 79.3 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 75.7 72.1 79.3 68.4 65 71.8
4 75.8 72.1 79.3 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 75.8 72.2 79.4 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 75.8 72.2 79.4 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 75.8 72.2 79.4 68.6 65.2 72
8 75.8 72.2 79.4 68.7 65.3 72
9 75.9 72.2 79.4 68.7 65.3 72
10 75.9 72.3 79.4 68.7 65.3 72
11 75.9 72.3 79.4 68.7 65.3 72
12 75.9 72.3 79.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 75.9 72.3 79.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 75.9 72.3 79.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 75.9 72.3 79.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 76 72.4 79.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 76 72.4 79.5 69 65.6 72.3
18 76 72.5 79.5 69 65.7 72.3
19 76.1 72.6 79.6 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 76.2 72.7 79.6 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 76.3 72.8 79.6 69.3 66 72.5
22 76.4 73 79.7 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 76.5 73.1 79.7 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 76.6 73.3 79.8 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 76.6 73.4 79.8 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 76.7 73.5 79.8 69.9 66.7 73
27 76.8 73.6 79.9 70 66.8 73.1
28 76.9 73.8 79.9 70.2 67 73.2
29 77 73.9 80 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 77.1 74 80 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 77.2 74.1 80.1 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 77.3 74.3 80.2 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 77.4 74.4 80.3 71.1 68 74
34 77.5 74.6 80.4 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 77.7 74.7 80.4 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 77.8 74.9 80.5 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 77.9 75 80.6 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 78 75.2 80.7 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 78.2 75.3 80.8 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 78.3 75.5 80.9 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 78.4 75.6 81 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 78.6 75.8 81.1 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 78.7 76 81.3 73.3 70.4 76
44 78.8 76.2 81.4 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 79 76.4 81.5 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 79.2 76.5 81.6 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 79.3 76.7 81.7 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 79.5 76.9 81.9 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 79.7 77.1 82 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 79.8 77.3 82.2 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 80 77.5 82.4 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 80.2 77.7 82.6 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 80.4 77.9 82.7 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 80.6 78.1 82.9 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 80.8 78.3 83.1 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 81 78.6 83.3 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 81.2 78.8 83.5 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 81.5 79.1 83.6 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 81.7 79.3 83.8 78.2 76 80
60 81.9 79.6 84 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 82.1 79.9 84.1 79 76.9 80.7
62 82.3 80.1 84.3 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.6 80.4 84.5 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 82.8 80.7 84.7 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 83.1 81 84.9 80.7 78.9 82
66 83.4 81.3 85.2 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 83.8 81.7 85.5 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 84.1 82.1 85.9 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84.5 82.6 86.2 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 85 83.1 86.6 83.1 81.6 84
71 85.4 83.5 86.9 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85.8 84 87.2 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 86.1 84.4 87.6 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 86.5 84.8 87.9 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.9 85.3 88.2 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 87.4 85.8 88.6 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87.8 86.2 89 86.9 86 87.4
78 88.3 86.8 89.5 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 88.8 87.3 90 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 89.3 87.8 90.5 88.7 88 89.1
81 89.9 88.4 91 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 90.5 89 91.5 90 89.4 90.2
83 91.1 89.7 92 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 91.7 90.3 92.6 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 92.3 91 93.1 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.9 91.6 93.7 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 93.6 92.3 94.3 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 94.2 93 94.9 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 94.9 93.8 95.5 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 95.6 94.5 96.2 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 96.3 95.2 96.8 96.1 96 96.2
92 97.1 96 97.5 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 97.8 96.8 98.2 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 98.6 97.6 98.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 99.3 98.4 99.7 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 100.1 99.2 100.4 100 99.9 100
97 100.9 100.1 101.2 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 101.7 100.9 101.9 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 102.6 101.8 102.7 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 103.4 102.6 103.5 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Bahamas vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 82.5% in the Bahamas and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 69.3% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 47.5% and 30% to 80+ years, and 19.6% and 11.2% 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.

Bahamas
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Bahamas South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99% 98.9% 99.1% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 98.9% 98.8% 99% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 98.9% 98.8% 98.9% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 98.6% 98.5% 98.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 98.5% 98.4% 98.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 98.5% 98.4% 98.7% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 98.4% 98.3% 98.6% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 98.4% 98.1% 98.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 98.3% 98% 98.5% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 98% 97.5% 98.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 97.8% 97.2% 98.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 97.6% 97% 98.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 97.5% 96.7% 98.2% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 97.3% 96.4% 98.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 97.1% 96.2% 98.1% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 97% 95.9% 98% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 96.8% 95.7% 97.9% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 96.6% 95.4% 97.8% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 96.4% 95.1% 97.7% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 96.2% 94.8% 97.6% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 96% 94.5% 97.4% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 95.7% 94.2% 97.2% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 95.5% 93.9% 97.1% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 95.2% 93.5% 96.9% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 94.9% 93.2% 96.7% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 94.7% 92.8% 96.5% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 94.4% 92.5% 96.2% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 94.1% 92.1% 96% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 93.7% 91.7% 95.8% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 93.4% 91.2% 95.5% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 93.1% 90.8% 95.3% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 92.7% 90.3% 95% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 92.3% 89.8% 94.7% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 91.9% 89.3% 94.4% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 91.5% 88.8% 94.1% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 91% 88.2% 93.7% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 90.5% 87.7% 93.3% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 90.1% 87.1% 92.9% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 89.5% 86.5% 92.4% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 89% 85.9% 92% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 88.4% 85.3% 91.4% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 87.8% 84.6% 90.9% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 87.2% 83.8% 90.3% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 86.5% 83% 89.8% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 85.7% 82.1% 89.2% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 85% 81.2% 88.6% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 84.2% 80.2% 88% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 83.4% 79.2% 87.4% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 82.5% 78.1% 86.8% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 81.7% 77.1% 86.2% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 80.9% 76% 85.5% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 79.9% 74.9% 84.8% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 78.9% 73.7% 84% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 77.7% 72.3% 83% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 76.4% 70.7% 81.9% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 74.8% 68.9% 80.5% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 73.1% 66.9% 79.1% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 71.2% 64.7% 77.5% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 69.3% 62.5% 75.9% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 67.5% 60.3% 74.3% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 65.6% 58.2% 72.8% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 63.7% 56% 71.2% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 61.8% 53.8% 69.5% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 59.8% 51.6% 67.7% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 57.7% 49.2% 65.8% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 55.3% 46.8% 63.6% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 52.9% 44.2% 61.2% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 50.2% 41.5% 58.6% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 47.5% 38.8% 55.9% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 44.7% 35.9% 53.2% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 41.9% 33% 50.4% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 39% 30.1% 47.7% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 36.1% 27.3% 44.9% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 33.3% 24.5% 42% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 30.4% 21.8% 39.1% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 27.6% 19.2% 36.1% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 24.8% 16.8% 33.1% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 22.2% 14.5% 30.1% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 19.6% 12.3% 27.2% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 17.2% 10.4% 24.3% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 14.9% 8.61% 21.5% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 12.9% 7.05% 18.9% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 10.9% 5.68% 16.4% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 9.21% 4.5% 14.1% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 7.65% 3.51% 12% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 6.27% 2.69% 10% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 5.07% 2.02% 8.29% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 4.05% 1.49% 6.74% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 3.18% 1.07% 5.4% 1.61% 0.99% 2.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 1.04% in the birth year in the Bahamas and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.22% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1% vs 2.1% at 60, and 5.88% vs 6.98% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in the Bahamas compared to South Africa at any given age.

Bahamas
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Bahamas South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.04% 1.13% 0.94% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.08% 0.13% 0.04% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.11% 0.17% 0.05% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.14% 0.22% 0.06% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.16% 0.26% 0.06% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.17% 0.28% 0.06% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.17% 0.28% 0.07% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.17% 0.28% 0.07% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.17% 0.27% 0.07% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.17% 0.27% 0.08% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.17% 0.26% 0.09% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.18% 0.26% 0.09% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.19% 0.27% 0.11% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.2% 0.28% 0.12% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.22% 0.3% 0.13% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.23% 0.32% 0.15% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.25% 0.34% 0.17% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.27% 0.35% 0.18% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.28% 0.37% 0.2% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.29% 0.38% 0.21% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.3% 0.39% 0.22% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.31% 0.4% 0.23% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.32% 0.42% 0.24% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.34% 0.44% 0.24% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.35% 0.47% 0.25% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.37% 0.5% 0.26% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.39% 0.52% 0.27% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.41% 0.55% 0.29% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.44% 0.57% 0.32% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.47% 0.59% 0.35% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.49% 0.61% 0.39% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.52% 0.63% 0.43% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.55% 0.64% 0.46% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.58% 0.67% 0.5% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.61% 0.7% 0.53% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.65% 0.74% 0.56% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.69% 0.8% 0.59% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.74% 0.88% 0.62% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.79% 0.97% 0.64% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.85% 1.07% 0.65% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.9% 1.16% 0.66% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.93% 1.23% 0.67% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.96% 1.28% 0.67% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 0.97% 1.3% 0.68% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1% 1.33% 0.71% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.05% 1.38% 0.76% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.14% 1.48% 0.84% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.28% 1.65% 0.98% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.49% 1.89% 1.16% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.75% 2.2% 1.38% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 2.04% 2.55% 1.62% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 2.32% 2.9% 1.83% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 2.53% 3.19% 1.98% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.65% 3.39% 2.05% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.72% 3.52% 2.07% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.77% 3.61% 2.1% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 2.85% 3.73% 2.17% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 3.01% 3.9% 2.33% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.25% 4.17% 2.58% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 3.59% 4.52% 2.93% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 4.02% 4.97% 3.34% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.49% 5.5% 3.79% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 4.97% 6.08% 4.2% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.43% 6.7% 4.56% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 5.88% 7.35% 4.87% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.34% 8.03% 5.16% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 6.83% 8.74% 5.48% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 7.35% 9.46% 5.87% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 7.93% 10.2% 6.35% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 8.57% 11% 6.94% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 9.26% 11.9% 7.6% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 9.99% 12.8% 8.32% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 10.7% 13.7% 9.06% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 11.5% 14.7% 9.81% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 12.3% 15.8% 10.6% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 13.1% 17% 11.4% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 14% 18.2% 12.2% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 14.9% 19.4% 13.1% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 15.9% 20.7% 14.1% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 16.9% 22.1% 15.1% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 18% 23.4% 16.3% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 19.1% 24.9% 17.4% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 20.3% 26.3% 18.7% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 21.5% 27.9% 19.9% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 22.6% 29.3% 21.1% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in the Bahamas compared to South Africa

In the Bahamas, the most common age of death is 83, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 79.1 in the Bahamas and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Bahamas
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Bahamas South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,039 1,133 942 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 59.2 54.9 63.6 350 381 318
2 48.7 48.4 49 223.1 248.2 197
3 41.3 43.7 38.8 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 35.4 39.4 31.3 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 30.5 35.2 25.6 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 26.3 31.1 21.4 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 23 27.4 18.5 43 51.1 34.9
8 20.4 24.2 16.5 38.7 46 31.3
9 18.6 21.8 15.3 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 17.7 20.5 14.8 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 18 20.9 15 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 19.9 23.4 16.3 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 23.9 28.9 18.7 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 31 39.4 22.5 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 42.7 57.4 27.8 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 60.1 85.3 34.3 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 83.5 124.6 41.7 121.8 145 98.1
18 110.2 171 48.6 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 135.6 215.9 54.5 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 155.1 250.6 58.9 181.2 225.1 136
21 165.9 269.7 62 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 169.9 275.4 64.6 223.3 281.1 163
23 169.3 271.8 67.4 245.8 309 179.6
24 166.9 263.7 71.1 269.3 336 199.1
25 165.6 256.1 76.4 293.9 364 221.6
26 166.8 251.6 83.5 319 390 246.3
27 171.5 252.1 92.5 345 416 271.9
28 180.1 258.4 103.4 369 440 296.8
29 192.3 270.2 116.1 392 464 320
30 207.3 286 130.6 414 487 342
31 223.7 303 146.3 436 510 361
32 240 320 162.6 457 534 380
33 254.8 334 178.4 478 558 398
34 267.3 345 192.9 500 582 417
35 278 355 205.4 522 607 436
36 287.4 364 215.3 545 633 456
37 296.6 375 223 569 659 477
38 306 390 228.7 594 687 499
39 318 408 233.7 620 715 522
40 331 430 239.6 646 744 545
41 347 453 248.2 674 776 567
42 365 476 260.9 702 811 588
43 384 498 278.9 731 849 607
44 405 516 303 762 890 625
45 428 531 331 793 934 642
46 450 542 364 824 980 658
47 474 553 399 855 1,027 674
48 497 565 433 888 1,076 692
49 521 580 465 922 1,125 712
50 546 602 493 958 1,175 736
51 575 635 518 997 1,228 765
52 610 682 540 1,041 1,283 800
53 649 742 559 1,088 1,340 840
54 692 814 574 1,139 1,400 885
55 734 888 584 1,192 1,462 934
56 769 954 590 1,243 1,521 983
57 792 1,000 591 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 805 1,025 592 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 811 1,033 597 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 824 1,040 615 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 857 1,066 654 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 920 1,126 723 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,026 1,234 828 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,176 1,391 972 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,364 1,591 1,147 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,562 1,806 1,327 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,735 2,001 1,478 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,846 2,134 1,565 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,891 2,197 1,590 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,884 2,200 1,575 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,866 2,180 1,561 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,869 2,168 1,582 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 1,915 2,186 1,659 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,009 2,242 1,794 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,148 2,332 1,982 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,315 2,448 2,199 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,483 2,572 2,406 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,625 2,688 2,568 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,730 2,784 2,672 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,794 2,850 2,720 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,834 2,884 2,743 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,860 2,884 2,763 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,869 2,852 2,798 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 2,868 2,789 2,852 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 2,853 2,700 2,916 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 2,818 2,587 2,973 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 2,758 2,452 3,007 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 2,671 2,300 3,004 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 2,555 2,132 2,957 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 2,416 1,951 2,874 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,261 1,760 2,763 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,091 1,565 2,624 1,247 811 1,656
93 1,914 1,369 2,471 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,736 1,176 2,313 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,556 992 2,141 901 552 1,223
96 1,377 822 1,952 781 473 1,066
97 1,199 668 1,751 670 401 918
98 1,028 532 1,546 566 336 778
99 868 414 1,344 470 277.7 647
100 688 251.3 1,147 354 202.1 494

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 the Bahamas and South Africa 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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