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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Cameroon

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Cameroon			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.9	101.9	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101	101	100.9	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.1	100.1	100	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.1	99.2	99.1	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.3	98.4	98.2	100	99.9	100
95	97.4	97.5	97.3	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.5	96.6	96.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.6	95.7	95.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.8	94.9	94.7	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94	94	93.9	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.1	93.2	93.1	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.3	92.4	92.3	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.5	91.6	91.5	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.7	90.8	90.7	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90	90	90	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.2	89.2	89.2	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.5	88.4	88.5	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	87.7	87.7	87.8	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87	86.9	87.1	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.4	86.2	86.5	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	85.7	85.5	85.8	88.8	88	89.1
79	85	84.9	85.2	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.4	84.2	84.6	87.5	86.7	88
77	83.8	83.6	84	86.9	86	87.4
76	83.2	82.9	83.5	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	82.7	82.3	82.9	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.1	81.8	82.4	85.2	84	85.9
73	81.6	81.2	81.9	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.1	80.6	81.4	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	80.6	80.1	81	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	80.1	79.6	80.6	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	79.7	79.2	80.2	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	79.3	78.7	79.8	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	78.9	78.3	79.5	81.6	80	82.8
66	78.5	77.8	79.1	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	78.2	77.4	78.8	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	77.8	77.1	78.5	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	77.5	76.7	78.2	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	77.2	76.3	77.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	76.8	76	77.6	79	76.9	80.7
60	76.5	75.6	77.4	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	76.3	75.3	77.1	78.3	76	80.1
58	76	75	76.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	75.7	74.7	76.7	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	75.5	74.4	76.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	75.2	74.1	76.3	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	75	73.8	76.1	76.5	74	78.7
53	74.7	73.6	75.9	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	74.5	73.3	75.7	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	74.3	73.1	75.5	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	74.1	72.8	75.3	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	73.9	72.6	75.1	75	72.2	77.4
48	73.7	72.4	75	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	73.5	72.1	74.8	74.4	71.6	77
46	73.3	71.9	74.7	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	73.1	71.7	74.5	73.9	71	76.5
44	73	71.5	74.4	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	72.8	71.3	74.2	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	72.6	71.2	74.1	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	72.5	71	73.9	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	72.3	70.8	73.8	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	72.2	70.6	73.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	72	70.5	73.5	72.2	69.2	75
37	71.9	70.3	73.4	72	68.9	74.8
36	71.7	70.2	73.3	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	71.6	70	73.2	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	71.5	69.8	73.1	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	71.3	69.7	73	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	71.2	69.6	72.9	71	67.9	73.9
31	71.1	69.4	72.8	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	71	69.3	72.7	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	70.9	69.2	72.6	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	70.7	69	72.5	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	70.6	68.9	72.4	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	70.5	68.8	72.3	70	66.8	73.1
25	70.4	68.6	72.2	69.9	66.6	73
24	70.3	68.5	72.1	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	70.2	68.4	72	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	70.1	68.2	71.9	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	70	68.1	71.9	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	69.9	68	71.8	69.3	66	72.6
19	69.8	67.9	71.7	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	69.7	67.8	71.6	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	69.6	67.7	71.6	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	69.5	67.6	71.5	69	65.7	72.3
15	69.5	67.5	71.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	69.4	67.5	71.4	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	69.3	67.4	71.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	69.3	67.4	71.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	69.2	67.3	71.2	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	69.2	67.2	71.2	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	69.1	67.2	71.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	69	67.1	71	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	69	67	70.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	68.9	66.9	70.9	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	68.7	66.8	70.7	68.7	65.3	72
4	68.6	66.6	70.6	68.6	65.2	72
3	68.3	66.4	70.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	68	66	70	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	67.4	65.4	69.5	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	64.5	62.3	66.8	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 Cameroon can expect to live to 71 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 78.2 and 80.7 at 65, and to 85.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 64.5 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Cameroon

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Cameroon			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.1%	0.09%	0.1%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.16%	0.14%	0.17%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.25%	0.22%	0.28%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.39%	0.33%	0.44%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.58%	0.49%	0.68%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	0.86%	0.7%	1.02%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.23%	1%	1.47%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	1.72%	1.38%	2.08%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	2.36%	1.87%	2.87%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	3.16%	2.49%	3.85%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	4.16%	3.27%	5.08%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	5.35%	4.2%	6.54%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	6.77%	5.32%	8.26%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	8.41%	6.62%	10.2%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	10.3%	8.14%	12.5%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	12.4%	9.85%	15%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	14.7%	11.8%	17.7%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	17.2%	13.9%	20.6%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	19.8%	16.2%	23.6%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	22.6%	18.6%	26.8%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	25.5%	21.2%	30.1%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	28.5%	23.8%	33.3%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	31.5%	26.6%	36.6%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	34.5%	29.4%	39.9%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	37.6%	32.2%	43.1%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	40.5%	35.1%	46.2%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	43.4%	37.9%	49.1%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	46.2%	40.7%	52%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	49%	43.4%	54.7%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	51.5%	46%	57.2%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	54%	48.5%	59.6%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	56.3%	50.9%	61.9%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	58.5%	53.2%	63.9%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	60.5%	55.3%	65.8%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	62.4%	57.4%	67.6%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	64.2%	59.3%	69.2%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	65.9%	61.1%	70.7%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	67.4%	62.9%	72.2%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	68.9%	64.5%	73.5%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	70.3%	66.1%	74.7%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	71.6%	67.5%	75.9%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	72.8%	68.9%	76.9%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	74%	70.2%	77.9%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	75.1%	71.4%	78.8%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	76.1%	72.6%	79.6%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	77%	73.7%	80.4%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	77.9%	74.7%	81.2%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	78.8%	75.7%	81.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	79.6%	76.7%	82.6%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	80.4%	77.6%	83.2%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	81.1%	78.4%	83.8%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	81.8%	79.2%	84.4%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	82.4%	80%	84.9%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	83%	80.7%	85.4%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	83.6%	81.3%	85.9%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	84.1%	82%	86.3%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	84.6%	82.6%	86.8%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	85.1%	83.1%	87.2%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	85.6%	83.7%	87.5%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	86%	84.2%	87.9%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	86.5%	84.7%	88.3%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	86.9%	85.1%	88.6%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	87.2%	85.6%	88.9%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	87.6%	86%	89.2%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	87.9%	86.4%	89.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	88.3%	86.8%	89.8%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	88.6%	87.2%	90%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	88.9%	87.5%	90.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	89.2%	87.8%	90.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	89.4%	88.2%	90.7%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	89.7%	88.5%	90.9%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	90%	88.8%	91.2%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	90.2%	89.1%	91.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	90.4%	89.3%	91.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	90.7%	89.6%	91.7%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	90.9%	89.9%	91.9%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	91.1%	90.2%	92.1%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	91.3%	90.4%	92.3%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	91.5%	90.7%	92.4%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	91.7%	90.9%	92.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	91.9%	91.1%	92.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	92.1%	91.3%	92.8%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	92.2%	91.5%	93%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	92.4%	91.7%	93.1%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	92.5%	91.8%	93.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	92.6%	92%	93.3%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	92.7%	92.1%	93.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	92.8%	92.2%	93.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	92.9%	92.3%	93.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	93%	92.4%	93.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	93.1%	92.5%	93.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	93.2%	92.6%	93.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	93.3%	92.7%	93.9%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	93.4%	92.9%	94%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	93.6%	93%	94.2%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	93.8%	93.2%	94.3%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	94%	93.5%	94.6%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	94.3%	93.8%	94.9%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	94.8%	94.3%	95.3%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	95.6%	95.2%	96.1%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 71.6% of newborns in Cameroon and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 54% and 51.6% past 70, 25.5% and 30.2% past 80, and only 4.16% 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

Cameroon

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Cameroon			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	40.3%	37.9%	42.2%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	38.8%	36.7%	40.4%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	36.9%	34.9%	38.4%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	35.4%	33.7%	36.7%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	33.8%	32.3%	34.8%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	32.1%	30.9%	33%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	30.4%	29.3%	31.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	28.7%	27.8%	29.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	27%	26.4%	27.4%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	25.3%	24.8%	25.6%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	23.9%	23.7%	24.1%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	22.3%	22.2%	22.4%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	20.9%	21%	20.8%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	19.5%	19.7%	19.4%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	18.2%	18.6%	18%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	16.9%	17.4%	16.6%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	15.7%	16.3%	15.3%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	14.5%	15.2%	14.1%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	13.4%	14.1%	12.9%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	12.3%	13%	11.8%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	11.5%	12.2%	10.9%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	10.4%	11.2%	9.85%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	9.59%	10.4%	8.98%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	8.73%	9.53%	8.12%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	8.01%	8.8%	7.4%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	7.34%	8.12%	6.72%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	6.68%	7.44%	6.07%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	6.08%	6.82%	5.48%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	5.54%	6.25%	4.96%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.97%	5.64%	4.41%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.58%	5.21%	4.05%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	4.08%	4.69%	3.57%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.72%	4.28%	3.23%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.36%	3.89%	2.89%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	3.04%	3.54%	2.6%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.79%	3.25%	2.37%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.55%	3%	2.16%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.35%	2.77%	1.97%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.16%	2.56%	1.8%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.96%	2.33%	1.62%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.84%	2.19%	1.52%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.67%	1.99%	1.36%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.54%	1.85%	1.26%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.42%	1.71%	1.15%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.33%	1.6%	1.08%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.25%	1.5%	1%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.17%	1.41%	0.94%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.09%	1.32%	0.88%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.03%	1.24%	0.83%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.95%	1.15%	0.76%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.9%	1.09%	0.72%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.83%	1%	0.66%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.77%	0.94%	0.62%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.72%	0.87%	0.57%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.68%	0.82%	0.54%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.64%	0.77%	0.52%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.6%	0.72%	0.49%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.57%	0.68%	0.46%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.54%	0.65%	0.44%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.51%	0.6%	0.41%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.46%	0.54%	0.37%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.41%	0.49%	0.33%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.39%	0.46%	0.32%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.37%	0.44%	0.3%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.35%	0.42%	0.29%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.34%	0.4%	0.27%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.3%	0.36%	0.25%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.3%	0.35%	0.24%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.28%	0.34%	0.23%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.27%	0.33%	0.22%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.26%	0.32%	0.21%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.26%	0.31%	0.2%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.25%	0.3%	0.19%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.24%	0.29%	0.19%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.23%	0.29%	0.18%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.22%	0.28%	0.17%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.2%	0.25%	0.16%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.19%	0.23%	0.15%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.17%	0.21%	0.14%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.16%	0.18%	0.13%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.12%	0.14%	0.11%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.12%	0.13%	0.11%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.13%	0.15%	0.12%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.19%	0.2%	0.18%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.25%	0.27%	0.24%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.35%	0.38%	0.33%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.52%	0.55%	0.48%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.84%	0.89%	0.79%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	4.36%	4.83%	3.89%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 4.36% in the birth year in Cameroon and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.3% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.84% vs 2.08% at 60, and 11.5% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Cameroon vs South Africa

Chart Table

Cameroon

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Cameroon			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	60.9	52.1	70	475	280.8	655
98	91.9	76.3	108	572	340	787
97	136.3	110.9	162.6	677	406	928
96	196.6	157.3	237	789	478	1,077
95	275.2	217.5	335	909	558	1,236
94	374	292.2	457	1,031	642	1,393
93	494	384	608	1,148	729	1,540
92	638	494	786	1,257	818	1,670
91	800	619	987	1,363	912	1,794
90	995	774	1,223	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,194	933	1,464	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,415	1,116	1,723	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,641	1,308	1,985	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,871	1,510	2,244	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,092	1,714	2,483	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,306	1,919	2,707	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,490	2,103	2,892	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,660	2,282	3,052	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,782	2,421	3,155	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,927	2,590	3,276	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,971	2,671	3,284	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,023	2,764	3,291	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,017	2,803	3,239	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	3,008	2,837	3,185	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,973	2,848	3,102	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,902	2,821	2,985	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,811	2,772	2,850	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,712	2,710	2,715	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,558	2,591	2,524	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,471	2,526	2,413	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,298	2,386	2,207	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,172	2,277	2,063	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	2,031	2,155	1,903	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,898	2,033	1,758	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,787	1,929	1,640	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,682	1,833	1,525	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,584	1,741	1,421	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,492	1,651	1,326	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,380	1,541	1,210	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,319	1,477	1,153	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,214	1,374	1,046	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,143	1,299	979	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,069	1,223	908	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,015	1,164	858	1,242	1,519	978
55	960	1,106	807	1,190	1,459	929
54	912	1,053	764	1,137	1,397	881
53	862	999	719	1,085	1,337	835
52	820	951	682	1,037	1,279	795
51	762	889	630	994	1,223	760
50	731	852	604	954	1,171	731
49	678	794	557	918	1,120	707
48	638	748	525	883	1,071	686
47	598	702	491	850	1,022	668
46	566	663	466	818	974	652
45	540	633	445	786	928	635
44	510	596	422	755	884	619
43	486	566	403	724	842	601
42	466	542	388	695	804	581
41	437	509	363	667	770	560
40	423	491	352	639	738	538
39	398	463	331	613	708	515
38	380	442	317	587	680	492
37	360	420	298.4	562	653	470
36	344	401	285.3	538	626	449
35	328	383	271.7	515	600	429
34	312	364	258.6	493	575	410
33	298.3	349	246.8	471	551	392
32	285.9	335	236.2	450	527	374
31	271.7	319	223.8	429	504	355
30	264.7	311	218	408	481	335
29	253.6	298.7	207.7	386	458	314
28	246.1	290.5	200.9	363	434	291.3
27	238.2	282.8	192.8	339	410	266.7
26	231.5	276.5	185.7	314	384	241.5
25	225.3	271.1	178.7	289.1	358	217.1
24	219.4	265.9	172	264.7	331	195.1
23	212.8	259.5	165.1	241.4	304	176
22	205.4	251.5	158.4	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	196.2	240	151.5	198.1	249	145.6
20	185.3	225.2	144.7	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	172.7	207.6	137.2	158	194.2	121.2
18	159.3	188.6	129.4	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	143.9	167.2	120.2	119.5	142.6	96
16	129.6	147.1	111.7	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	115.2	128.5	101.7	85	99.4	70.2
14	104.4	115.1	93.4	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	96.4	105.3	87.3	58.9	68.7	49
12	92	100	83.8	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	90.8	98.6	82.9	43	50.5	35.3
10	93.5	101.8	85	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	99.4	108.4	90.2	37	43.9	30
8	109.7	119.1	100	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	125.5	135.4	115.2	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	147.7	158.1	136.9	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	179.5	190.7	167.9	67.2	79	55.4
4	236.9	251	222.3	95.3	110.3	80
3	334	354	313	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	489	516	460	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	805	845	763	343	375	310
0	4,365	4,831	3,893	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 Cameroon, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 71.6 in Cameroon 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 Cameroon and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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