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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 75.2 years in Bangladesh vs 66.5 in South Africa. Bangladesh is ranked 90/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Bangladesh, the life expectancy is 73.6 years for males and 76.9 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Bangladesh vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Bangladesh
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Bangladesh South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 37.4 37.6 37.2 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 38.1 38.4 37.8 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 38.8 39.2 38.4 45 44 46.2
1953 39.4 39.9 38.9 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 40.4 40.9 39.8 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 41.1 41.6 40.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 41.6 42.2 40.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 42.6 43.2 41.9 50.2 48.6 52
1958 43.1 43.8 42.3 51.1 49.5 53
1959 43.7 44.4 43 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 44 44.7 43.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 44.9 45.7 44 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 45.8 46.5 44.9 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 45.7 46.6 44.8 53.9 52 56
1964 46.8 47.6 45.9 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 46 47.1 44.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 47.6 48.5 46.7 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 48.1 49 47.1 55 52.9 57.2
1968 48.4 49.3 47.4 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 48.7 49.6 47.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 42.7 44.6 40.7 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 26.5 22.8 32.7 56 53.8 58.4
1972 49.6 50.7 48.6 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 49.9 50.9 48.8 56.7 54.6 59
1974 49.6 50.5 48.6 57.1 55 59.4
1975 50.6 51.6 49.6 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 51 51.9 49.9 58 55.8 60.4
1977 51.3 52.2 50.2 58.5 56.2 61
1978 51.6 52.5 50.6 59 56.6 61.6
1979 52 52.9 51 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 52.3 53.1 51.4 60 57.5 62.7
1981 52.6 53.4 51.8 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 53 53.7 52.2 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 53.4 54.1 52.8 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 53.8 54.3 53.3 61.8 59 64.9
1985 53.9 54.4 53.4 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 54.6 54.9 54.2 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 54.9 55.2 54.6 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 55.2 55.4 54.9 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 55.5 55.7 55.3 63 59.6 66.8
1990 55.8 56.1 55.6 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 53.8 54.4 53.1 63 59.5 67
1992 56.6 56.8 56.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 57.1 57.2 57 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 57.6 57.7 57.6 62.1 58.8 66
1995 58.2 58.1 58.4 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 58.9 58.7 59.2 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 59.7 59.3 60.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 60.4 60 61 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 61.2 60.7 61.9 59.2 56.1 62
2000 62 61.4 62.8 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 62.8 62.1 63.7 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 63.6 62.8 64.5 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 64.3 63.4 65.3 54.2 52 56.3
2004 64.9 63.9 66 54 51.9 55.8
2005 65.5 64.5 66.7 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 66 65 67.3 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 66.5 65.3 67.7 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 67 65.8 68.5 56 53.5 58.1
2009 67.5 66.2 69.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 68 66.5 69.7 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 68.5 66.9 70.3 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 69 67.3 70.9 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 69.5 67.7 71.5 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 70 68.2 72.1 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 70.5 68.7 72.6 64.1 60.8 67
2016 71.1 69.2 73.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 71.6 69.8 73.5 65.4 62 68.6
2018 72.1 70.4 74 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 72.6 70.9 74.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 71.4 69.6 73.4 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 71.1 69.5 72.8 62 59.2 64.8
2022 74.3 72.6 76.1 65.5 61.8 69
2023 74.7 73 76.4 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 74.9 73.3 76.7 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 75.2 73.6 76.9 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 63.1 years in Bangladesh and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.8 healthy years in Bangladesh and 11.3 in South Africa.

Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh 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:
47.8 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.8 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
80.1 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Bangladesh South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.7% 98.9% 93.5% 95.4%
50 95.7% 96.5% 83.5% 88.8%
60 87.3% 91.2% 67.9% 79.0%
65 80.5% 86.6% 57.9% 72.2%
70 72.3% 79.4% 46.5% 63.4%
75 60.2% 69.6% 34.9% 52.7%
80 44.8% 56.1% 23.8% 40.2%
85 27.9% 39.3% 14.8% 27.7%
90 12.7% 21.8% 7.7% 16.0%
95 3.5% 8.0% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.4% 1.4% 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 Bangladesh vs South Africa: 77.8 years vs 70.5 at 30, 82.3 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.1 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 75.2 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 Bangladesh and South Africa.

Bangladesh
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Bangladesh South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 75.2 73.6 76.9 66.5 63 70
1 76.4 74.8 78.1 68 64.6 71.4
2 76.6 75 78.3 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 76.6 75 78.3 68.4 65 71.8
4 76.7 75.1 78.4 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 76.7 75.1 78.4 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 76.8 75.2 78.5 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 76.8 75.2 78.6 68.6 65.2 72
8 76.9 75.2 78.6 68.7 65.3 72
9 76.9 75.3 78.6 68.7 65.3 72
10 76.9 75.3 78.7 68.7 65.3 72
11 76.9 75.3 78.7 68.7 65.3 72
12 77 75.3 78.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 77 75.4 78.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 77 75.4 78.8 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 77.1 75.4 78.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 77.1 75.5 78.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 77.2 75.5 78.9 69 65.6 72.3
18 77.2 75.6 79 69 65.7 72.3
19 77.3 75.7 79.1 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 77.4 75.7 79.1 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 77.4 75.8 79.2 69.3 66 72.5
22 77.5 75.8 79.2 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 77.5 75.9 79.3 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 77.5 75.9 79.3 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 77.6 76 79.3 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 77.6 76 79.4 69.9 66.7 73
27 77.7 76 79.4 70 66.8 73.1
28 77.7 76.1 79.4 70.2 67 73.2
29 77.8 76.1 79.5 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 77.8 76.2 79.5 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 77.8 76.2 79.6 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 77.9 76.3 79.6 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 77.9 76.3 79.7 71.1 68 74
34 78 76.4 79.7 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 78 76.4 79.7 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 78.1 76.5 79.8 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 78.1 76.5 79.8 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 78.2 76.6 79.9 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 78.2 76.7 79.9 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 78.3 76.7 80 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 78.4 76.8 80.1 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 78.4 76.9 80.2 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 78.5 76.9 80.2 73.3 70.4 76
44 78.6 77 80.3 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 78.7 77.1 80.4 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 78.8 77.2 80.5 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 78.9 77.3 80.5 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 79 77.4 80.6 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 79.1 77.5 80.7 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 79.2 77.7 80.9 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 79.3 77.8 81 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 79.5 78 81.1 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 79.7 78.2 81.3 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 79.8 78.4 81.4 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 80 78.6 81.5 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 80.2 78.8 81.7 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 80.4 79 81.9 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 80.6 79.3 82 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 80.8 79.5 82.2 78.2 76 80
60 81 79.8 82.4 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 81.3 80.1 82.5 79 76.9 80.7
62 81.5 80.4 82.7 79.4 77.4 81
63 81.8 80.7 82.9 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 82 80.9 83.2 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 82.3 81.2 83.4 80.7 78.9 82
66 82.6 81.5 83.7 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 82.9 81.8 83.9 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 83.2 82.1 84.2 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 83.5 82.5 84.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 83.8 82.8 84.8 83.1 81.6 84
71 84.2 83.2 85.1 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 84.5 83.5 85.5 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 84.9 84 85.8 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.3 84.4 86.2 85.2 84 85.8
75 85.7 84.8 86.5 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 86.1 85.3 86.9 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 86.6 85.8 87.3 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.1 86.3 87.8 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 87.5 86.8 88.2 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.1 87.3 88.7 88.7 88 89.1
81 88.6 87.9 89.2 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89.1 88.4 89.7 90 89.4 90.2
83 89.7 89 90.2 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 90.2 89.6 90.7 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 90.8 90.2 91.3 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 91.5 90.9 91.9 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.1 91.5 92.5 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 92.7 92.2 93.1 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 93.4 92.9 93.7 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 94.1 93.6 94.4 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.8 94.3 95.1 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.5 95.1 95.8 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.3 95.8 96.5 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97 96.6 97.2 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.8 97.4 98 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.6 98.2 98.7 100 99.9 100
97 99.4 99.1 99.6 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.3 99.9 100.4 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.2 100.9 101.3 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.2 101.9 102.3 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Bangladesh vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.8% in Bangladesh and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.8% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 48.3% and 30% to 80+ years, and 16.4% 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.

Bangladesh
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Bangladesh South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.4% 98.3% 98.5% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 98.2% 98.1% 98.3% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 98.1% 98.1% 98.2% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 98.1% 98% 98.2% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 98% 97.9% 98.1% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 97.9% 97.8% 98% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 97.9% 97.8% 97.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 97.8% 97.7% 97.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 97.7% 97.7% 97.8% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 97.7% 97.6% 97.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 97.7% 97.6% 97.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 97.6% 97.6% 97.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 97.6% 97.5% 97.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 97.5% 97.5% 97.6% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 97.5% 97.4% 97.5% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 97.4% 97.3% 97.4% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 97.3% 97.2% 97.4% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 97.2% 97.1% 97.3% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 97.1% 97% 97.2% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 97% 97% 97.1% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 96.9% 96.9% 97% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 96.8% 96.8% 96.9% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 96.8% 96.7% 96.8% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 96.7% 96.6% 96.8% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 96.6% 96.5% 96.7% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 96.5% 96.5% 96.6% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 96.5% 96.4% 96.6% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 96.4% 96.3% 96.5% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 96.3% 96.2% 96.4% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 96.2% 96.1% 96.3% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 96.1% 96% 96.2% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 96% 95.9% 96.2% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 95.9% 95.7% 96.1% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 95.8% 95.6% 96% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 95.7% 95.5% 95.9% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 95.6% 95.4% 95.8% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 95.5% 95.3% 95.7% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 95.4% 95.1% 95.6% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 95.2% 95% 95.4% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 95.1% 94.8% 95.3% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 94.9% 94.6% 95.1% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 94.7% 94.5% 95% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 94.5% 94.3% 94.8% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 94.3% 94% 94.6% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 94.1% 93.8% 94.4% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 93.8% 93.5% 94.2% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 93.6% 93.2% 93.9% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 93.3% 92.8% 93.6% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 92.9% 92.4% 93.3% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 92.5% 92% 93% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 92.1% 91.5% 92.6% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 91.6% 90.9% 92.2% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 91% 90.3% 91.8% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 90.5% 89.6% 91.3% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 89.8% 88.8% 90.8% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 89.1% 88% 90.3% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 88.4% 87.1% 89.7% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 87.6% 86.1% 89.1% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 86.8% 85% 88.5% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 85.8% 83.9% 87.8% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 84.9% 82.6% 87.1% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 83.8% 81.4% 86.3% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 82.7% 80.1% 85.4% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 81.5% 78.7% 84.5% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 80.3% 77.4% 83.4% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 79% 76% 82.2% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 77.6% 74.5% 80.9% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 76.1% 73% 79.6% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 74.6% 71.3% 78.1% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 72.8% 69.4% 76.5% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 71% 67.4% 74.9% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 69% 65.3% 73.1% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 66.9% 63% 71.2% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 64.7% 60.5% 69.2% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 62.3% 57.9% 67% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 59.7% 55.1% 64.7% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 57.1% 52.2% 62.3% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 54.3% 49.3% 59.7% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 51.4% 46.2% 56.9% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 48.3% 43.1% 54% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 45.2% 39.9% 51% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 42% 36.7% 47.8% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 38.8% 33.4% 44.6% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 35.5% 30.1% 41.2% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 32.1% 26.8% 37.8% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 28.8% 23.6% 34.4% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 25.5% 20.5% 31% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 22.4% 17.6% 27.6% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 19.3% 14.8% 24.2% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 16.4% 12.2% 21% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 13.7% 9.93% 17.8% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 11.3% 7.88% 14.9% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 9.05% 6.1% 12.2% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 7.1% 4.59% 9.82% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 5.42% 3.34% 7.68% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 4.02% 2.34% 5.84% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 2.88% 1.57% 4.3% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 1.99% 1% 3.05% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 1.31% 0.6% 2.07% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.83% 0.34% 1.34% 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 1.61% in the birth year in Bangladesh and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.1% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.15% vs 2.1% at 60, and 6.44% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Bangladesh
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Bangladesh South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.61% 1.69% 1.52% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.18% 0.19% 0.18% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.08% 0.08% 0.08% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.09% 0.09% 0.09% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.11% 0.13% 0.1% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.14% 0.15% 0.14% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.18% 0.18% 0.17% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.19% 0.2% 0.19% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.2% 0.21% 0.2% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.22% 0.24% 0.2% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.26% 0.3% 0.23% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.3% 0.33% 0.26% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.33% 0.38% 0.29% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.38% 0.43% 0.32% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.43% 0.49% 0.36% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.48% 0.56% 0.41% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.53% 0.62% 0.45% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.59% 0.69% 0.48% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.64% 0.77% 0.52% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.69% 0.84% 0.55% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.75% 0.93% 0.58% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.82% 1.03% 0.62% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.9% 1.14% 0.66% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.98% 1.25% 0.7% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.06% 1.36% 0.76% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.15% 1.46% 0.83% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.23% 1.54% 0.91% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.32% 1.6% 1.02% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.41% 1.66% 1.14% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.5% 1.72% 1.27% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.62% 1.81% 1.41% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 1.75% 1.93% 1.55% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 1.91% 2.1% 1.7% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 2.09% 2.32% 1.84% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.3% 2.57% 2% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.53% 2.87% 2.17% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.78% 3.2% 2.36% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 3.06% 3.55% 2.59% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 3.36% 3.93% 2.84% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.69% 4.33% 3.12% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 4.06% 4.76% 3.43% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 4.46% 5.21% 3.79% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.9% 5.69% 4.18% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 5.37% 6.2% 4.61% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.88% 6.76% 5.09% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 6.44% 7.39% 5.61% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 7.07% 8.11% 6.18% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 7.77% 8.92% 6.81% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 8.55% 9.84% 7.49% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 9.4% 10.9% 8.23% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 10.3% 12% 9.06% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 11.3% 13.2% 9.99% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 12.4% 14.4% 11% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 13.6% 15.8% 12.2% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 15% 17.2% 13.4% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 16.4% 18.8% 14.8% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 18% 20.6% 16.4% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 19.7% 22.6% 18% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 21.5% 24.8% 19.8% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 23.6% 27.3% 21.8% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 25.8% 29.9% 24% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 28.3% 32.9% 26.4% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 31% 36.2% 29.1% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 33.9% 39.7% 32% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 36.9% 43.5% 35.2% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 39.5% 46.6% 37.7% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Bangladesh compared to South Africa

In Bangladesh, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 79.5 in Bangladesh and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Bangladesh
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Bangladesh South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,609 1,692 1,521 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 181.1 183.5 178.7 350 381 318
2 73.2 71.8 74.6 223.1 248.2 197
3 63.9 61.3 66.7 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 74.6 70.5 79 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 77.1 72.3 82.1 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 70.5 66.1 75.1 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 58.9 55.6 62.5 43 51.1 34.9
8 46.5 44.2 48.8 38.7 46 31.3
9 37.4 36.1 38.8 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 35.5 34.5 36.6 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 38.9 37.9 40 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 45.5 44.4 46.6 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 56 54.8 57.3 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 68.5 67.2 69.9 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 80.2 79.1 81.4 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 88.9 88.4 89.5 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 93.8 94.2 93.3 121.8 145 98.1
18 95 96.6 93.4 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 93.2 95.9 90.4 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 89 92.7 85.4 181.2 225.1 136
21 83.6 87.9 79.5 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 78.3 83.2 74 223.3 281.1 163
23 74.3 79.5 69.8 245.8 309 179.6
24 72.2 77.9 67.5 269.3 336 199.1
25 72.8 79.3 67.6 293.9 364 221.6
26 75.8 83.3 69.8 319 390 246.3
27 80.7 89.6 73.6 345 416 271.9
28 86.7 97.2 78.2 369 440 296.8
29 92.6 104.9 82.5 392 464 320
30 97 111 85.4 414 487 342
31 99.1 114.3 86.3 436 510 361
32 100 116 86.4 457 534 380
33 101 117.1 87 478 558 398
34 103 118.6 89.3 500 582 417
35 107.4 121.6 94.7 522 607 436
36 114.8 126.8 104.1 545 633 456
37 125.1 134.2 117 569 659 477
38 137.9 143.8 132.7 594 687 499
39 152.3 155.6 149.4 620 715 522
40 166.8 169.3 164.6 646 744 545
41 180.3 184.7 176.2 674 776 567
42 193.6 202.5 185.2 702 811 588
43 208.4 223.3 193.7 731 849 607
44 226.1 247.9 203.9 762 890 625
45 248.7 277.4 218.6 793 934 642
46 277.6 313 240.2 824 980 658
47 313 355 268.4 855 1,027 674
48 353 403 302 888 1,076 692
49 398 455 340 922 1,125 712
50 445 512 379 958 1,175 736
51 491 570 414 997 1,228 765
52 536 629 445 1,041 1,283 800
53 581 691 474 1,088 1,340 840
54 627 756 500 1,139 1,400 885
55 677 828 526 1,192 1,462 934
56 733 907 555 1,243 1,521 983
57 794 992 588 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 858 1,077 626 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 924 1,157 672 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 987 1,223 727 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,047 1,272 795 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,104 1,304 877 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,162 1,328 970 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,226 1,356 1,070 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,298 1,399 1,173 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,383 1,469 1,276 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,483 1,568 1,373 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,594 1,692 1,467 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,715 1,835 1,562 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,842 1,992 1,660 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,976 2,156 1,770 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,113 2,318 1,890 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,250 2,474 2,019 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,389 2,621 2,157 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,529 2,753 2,300 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,666 2,872 2,452 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,795 2,973 2,604 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,913 3,056 2,754 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 3,019 3,125 2,898 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 3,113 3,182 3,032 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 3,198 3,234 3,154 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 3,267 3,271 3,257 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,313 3,287 3,338 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,333 3,270 3,396 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,318 3,213 3,430 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,267 3,109 3,438 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,178 2,960 3,415 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 3,051 2,770 3,357 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 2,887 2,549 3,255 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 2,691 2,306 3,109 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,466 2,048 2,920 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,215 1,783 2,685 1,247 811 1,656
93 1,948 1,515 2,420 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,675 1,250 2,138 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,401 998 1,841 901 552 1,223
96 1,140 769 1,545 781 473 1,066
97 894 567 1,251 670 401 918
98 674 397 975 566 336 778
99 485 262.8 728 470 277.7 647
100 229.5 46.3 429 354 202.1 494

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 Bangladesh 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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