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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Belgium

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Belgium			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.2	101.1	101.2	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.3	100.2	100.4	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.5	99.4	99.6	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.7	98.5	98.8	100	99.9	100
95	98	97.7	98	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.2	97	97.3	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.5	96.2	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	95.5	96	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94.8	95.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.5	94.1	94.7	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.9	93.4	94.1	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.3	92.8	93.6	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.8	92.2	93.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.2	91.7	92.6	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.8	91.1	92.2	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.3	90.6	91.7	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.9	90.1	91.4	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.5	89.7	91	90	89.4	90.3
81	90.1	89.2	90.7	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.7	88.8	90.4	88.8	88	89.1
79	89.4	88.4	90.1	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	89.1	88.1	89.8	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.8	87.7	89.6	86.9	86	87.4
76	88.5	87.4	89.3	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	88.2	87	89.1	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.9	86.7	88.9	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.6	86.4	88.7	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87.4	86.1	88.5	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	87.1	85.8	88.3	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.9	85.5	88.1	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.7	85.3	87.9	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.5	85	87.8	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.3	84.8	87.6	81.6	80	82.8
66	86.1	84.5	87.5	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.9	84.3	87.3	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.7	84.1	87.2	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.5	83.9	87	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.3	83.7	86.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	85.2	83.5	86.7	79	76.9	80.7
60	85	83.3	86.6	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	84.9	83.2	86.5	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.8	83	86.4	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.6	82.9	86.3	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.5	82.7	86.2	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.4	82.6	86.1	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.3	82.5	86	76.5	74	78.7
53	84.2	82.4	86	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	84.1	82.3	85.9	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	84.1	82.2	85.8	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	84	82.1	85.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	83.9	82	85.7	75	72.2	77.4
48	83.8	82	85.7	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	83.8	81.9	85.6	74.4	71.6	77
46	83.7	81.8	85.6	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	83.7	81.8	85.5	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.6	81.7	85.5	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.6	81.6	85.4	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.5	81.6	85.4	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.5	81.5	85.4	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.5	81.5	85.3	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83.4	81.5	85.3	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83.4	81.4	85.3	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.4	81.4	85.3	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.3	81.3	85.2	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.3	81.3	85.2	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.3	81.3	85.2	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.2	81.2	85.2	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.2	81.2	85.2	71	67.9	73.9
31	83.2	81.2	85.2	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83.2	81.1	85.1	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83.1	81.1	85.1	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	83.1	81.1	85.1	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	83.1	81.1	85.1	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	83.1	81	85.1	70	66.8	73.1
25	83.1	81	85.1	69.9	66.6	73
24	83	81	85.1	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	83	80.9	85.1	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	83	80.9	85	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	83	80.9	85	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	83	80.9	85	69.3	66	72.6
19	82.9	80.8	85	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	82.9	80.8	85	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	82.9	80.8	85	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	82.9	80.8	85	69	65.7	72.3
15	82.9	80.8	85	69	65.6	72.3
14	82.9	80.8	85	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	82.9	80.8	85	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	82.9	80.8	85	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	82.9	80.8	85	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	82.9	80.8	85	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	82.9	80.8	85	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	82.9	80.8	84.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	82.9	80.8	84.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	82.9	80.7	84.9	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	82.9	80.7	84.9	68.7	65.3	72
4	82.8	80.7	84.9	68.6	65.2	72
3	82.8	80.7	84.9	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	82.8	80.7	84.9	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	82.8	80.7	84.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.6	80.5	84.7	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 Belgium can expect to live to 83.2 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.6 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Belgium

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Belgium			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	2.23%	1.26%	3.07%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.37%	1.97%	4.6%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.9%	2.96%	6.62%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	6.87%	4.29%	9.17%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	9.32%	6.01%	12.3%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	12.2%	8.16%	16%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	15.6%	10.7%	20.1%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	19.3%	13.7%	24.5%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	23.4%	17.1%	29.2%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	27.7%	20.8%	34.1%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	32.1%	24.7%	39.1%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	36.5%	28.8%	44%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	40.9%	32.9%	48.7%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	45.2%	37.1%	53.1%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	49.3%	41.2%	57.2%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	53.1%	45.1%	61%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	56.7%	48.8%	64.5%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	60%	52.3%	67.6%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	63%	55.7%	70.4%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	65.8%	58.8%	72.9%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	68.4%	61.7%	75.2%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	70.8%	64.4%	77.2%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	72.9%	66.9%	79%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	74.9%	69.3%	80.7%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	76.8%	71.5%	82.2%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	78.5%	73.6%	83.5%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	80.1%	75.5%	84.8%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	81.6%	77.4%	86%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	83%	79%	87.1%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	84.3%	80.6%	88%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	85.4%	82%	88.9%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	86.5%	83.4%	89.8%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	87.6%	84.7%	90.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	88.5%	85.9%	91.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	89.4%	87%	91.9%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	90.3%	88.1%	92.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	91.1%	89.1%	93.2%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	91.8%	90%	93.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	92.5%	90.8%	94.3%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	93.2%	91.6%	94.8%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	93.7%	92.3%	95.2%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	94.3%	92.9%	95.6%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	94.7%	93.5%	96%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95.2%	94.1%	96.3%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	95.6%	94.5%	96.6%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	95.9%	94.9%	96.9%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.2%	95.3%	97.1%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96.5%	95.7%	97.4%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	96.8%	96%	97.6%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97%	96.3%	97.8%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.2%	96.5%	97.9%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.4%	96.8%	98.1%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.6%	97%	98.2%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.8%	97.2%	98.4%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.1%	97.5%	98.6%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.2%	97.7%	98.7%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.3%	97.8%	98.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.4%	98%	98.9%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.6%	98.2%	99%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.7%	98.3%	99%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.9%	98.6%	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%	98.8%	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%	99%	99.4%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.2%	99%	99.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.3%	99.1%	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	99.4%	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%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.6%	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%	99.5%	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	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.7%	99.6%	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. 93.7% of newborns in Belgium and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 85.4% and 51.6% past 70, 68.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 32.1% 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

Belgium

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Belgium			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	36.2%	38.3%	35.7%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	33.8%	35.9%	33.2%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	31.2%	33.5%	30.5%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	28.6%	31%	27.8%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.2%	28.7%	25.4%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	23.9%	26.4%	23%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.5%	24.1%	20.5%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	19.3%	21.8%	18.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	17.3%	19.7%	16.1%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	15.4%	17.7%	14.3%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	13.8%	15.8%	12.7%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.2%	14.1%	11.1%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	10.8%	12.6%	9.67%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	9.45%	11.2%	8.34%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.27%	9.93%	7.21%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.22%	8.7%	6.22%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	6.3%	7.62%	5.37%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	5.5%	6.73%	4.6%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	4.83%	5.99%	3.97%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.25%	5.3%	3.44%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	3.75%	4.7%	3%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.34%	4.2%	2.63%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	2.98%	3.78%	2.31%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.68%	3.44%	2.04%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.42%	3.11%	1.82%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.19%	2.81%	1.65%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	2.01%	2.57%	1.51%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.84%	2.36%	1.37%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.65%	2.12%	1.23%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.49%	1.91%	1.11%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.37%	1.76%	1.01%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.28%	1.65%	0.93%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.18%	1.53%	0.84%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	1.09%	1.41%	0.78%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	1.02%	1.3%	0.74%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.95%	1.2%	0.7%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.87%	1.09%	0.65%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.82%	1.02%	0.62%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.76%	0.94%	0.58%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.68%	0.85%	0.51%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.61%	0.76%	0.45%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.55%	0.69%	0.41%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.5%	0.62%	0.38%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.45%	0.56%	0.34%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.4%	0.5%	0.31%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.33%	0.4%	0.26%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.27%	0.33%	0.21%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.24%	0.3%	0.19%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.22%	0.27%	0.18%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.21%	0.24%	0.17%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.19%	0.22%	0.15%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.17%	0.2%	0.13%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.16%	0.19%	0.12%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.12%	0.15%	0.08%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.07%	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	0.05%	0.07%	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%	0.04%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.04%	0.05%	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	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.03%	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%	0.04%	0.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.006%	0.007%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.006%	0.007%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.008%	0.007%	0.008%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.009%	0.01%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.27%	0.3%	0.24%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.27% in the birth year in Belgium and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.05% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.61% vs 2.08% at 60, and 3.75% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Belgium vs South Africa

Chart Table

Belgium

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Belgium			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	655	292.8	965	359	204.6	501
99	1,141	706	1,527	475	280.8	655
98	1,531	990	2,020	572	340	787
97	1,966	1,329	2,552	677	406	928
96	2,444	1,722	3,118	789	478	1,077
95	2,929	2,152	3,664	909	558	1,236
94	3,362	2,587	4,112	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,732	3,002	4,457	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,044	3,372	4,721	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,272	3,672	4,889	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,411	3,902	4,948	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,461	4,064	4,888	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,413	4,158	4,705	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,271	4,165	4,431	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,078	4,088	4,126	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,835	3,921	3,798	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,571	3,721	3,460	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,302	3,524	3,112	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,048	3,332	2,793	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,797	3,116	2,508	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,565	2,897	2,255	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,360	2,702	2,034	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,172	2,530	1,829	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,008	2,382	1,643	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,856	2,228	1,491	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,719	2,064	1,380	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,611	1,944	1,281	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,503	1,827	1,179	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,373	1,676	1,071	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,257	1,539	977	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,172	1,445	901	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,104	1,373	833	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,030	1,292	763	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	962	1,211	709	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	909	1,135	679	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	855	1,056	650	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	794	973	610	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	750	913	581	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	703	856	545	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	636	781	485	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	568	703	428	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	518	638	391	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	474	581	362	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	429	524	330	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	385	470	297.1	1,242	1,519	978
55	346	420	269.9	1,190	1,459	929
54	315	378	250.7	1,137	1,397	881
53	290.1	343	234.7	1,085	1,337	835
52	261.3	313	207.8	1,037	1,279	795
51	235.4	285	184.2	994	1,223	760
50	217.3	259.8	173.6	954	1,171	731
49	200.6	236.9	163.6	918	1,120	707
48	181.3	216.7	145.3	883	1,071	686
47	164.2	198.7	128.9	850	1,022	668
46	152.3	183.2	121	818	974	652
45	142.1	171.7	112.4	786	928	635
44	129.9	162.9	96.6	755	884	619
43	115.1	147.6	82.5	724	842	601
42	100	124.5	75.5	695	804	581
41	91.5	111.6	71.4	667	770	560
40	85.2	105.5	64.8	639	738	538
39	78.2	101.4	54.9	613	708	515
38	73	97.8	48.2	587	680	492
37	70	92.5	47.4	562	653	470
36	66.3	85.3	47.1	538	626	449
35	59.2	76	42.4	515	600	429
34	53.4	69.1	37.6	493	575	410
33	51.8	67.1	36.3	471	551	392
32	51.5	68	34.8	450	527	374
31	49.6	68.1	30.8	429	504	355
30	45.3	62.2	28.1	408	481	335
29	41.1	56	26	386	458	314
28	38.7	53.7	23.3	363	434	291.3
27	37.1	52.6	21	339	410	266.7
26	35.3	50.2	19.8	314	384	241.5
25	34	48.1	19.3	289.1	358	217.1
24	34	48.3	19	264.7	331	195.1
23	33.9	48.2	18.8	241.4	304	176
22	32.4	45.8	18.3	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	30.5	43.8	16.6	198.1	249	145.6
20	29.1	43.2	14.3	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	26.9	37.6	15.7	158	194.2	121.2
18	23.3	29.1	17.3	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	17.7	21	14.2	119.5	142.6	96
16	12.6	15	10.2	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	9.59	11.1	7.96	85	99.4	70.2
14	8.04	9.11	6.93	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	7.59	8.55	6.59	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.98	8.17	5.73	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	5.84	7.34	4.26	43	50.5	35.3
10	5.06	6.35	3.72	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	5.27	5.77	4.74	37	43.9	30
8	5.65	5.97	5.32	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	5.95	6.55	5.32	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	6.34	7.06	5.59	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	6.7	7.17	6.21	67.2	79	55.4
4	7.03	6.97	7.09	95.3	110.3	80
3	7.56	7.14	7.99	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	9.57	9.38	9.76	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	27.7	28.9	26.5	343	375	310
0	270	303	235.6	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 Belgium, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.8 in Belgium 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 Belgium and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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