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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.9 years in Canada vs 66.5 in South Africa. Canada is ranked 19/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Canada, the life expectancy is 80.7 years for males and 85 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Canada vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Canada
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 68.2 66.2 70.6 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 68.5 66.4 70.9 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 68.7 66.3 71.4 45 44 46.2
1953 69.1 66.7 71.8 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 69.9 67.5 72.7 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 70 67.5 72.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 70 67.5 72.8 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 69.9 67.3 73 50.2 48.6 52
1958 70.6 67.9 73.7 51.1 49.5 53
1959 70.6 68 73.6 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 71 68.2 74.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 71.2 68.4 74.5 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 71.2 68.4 74.4 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 71.3 68.4 74.5 53.9 52 56
1964 71.6 68.6 75.1 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 71.7 68.8 75.2 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 71.9 68.8 75.4 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 72.1 68.9 75.7 55 52.9 57.2
1968 72.2 69.1 75.8 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 72.4 69.2 76 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 72.6 69.3 76.3 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 72.9 69.6 76.7 56 53.8 58.4
1972 72.8 69.5 76.5 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 73.1 69.7 76.8 56.7 54.6 59
1974 73.1 69.7 76.9 57.1 55 59.4
1975 73.4 70 77.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 73.9 70.4 77.7 58 55.8 60.4
1977 74.2 70.6 78 58.5 56.2 61
1978 74.5 70.9 78.3 59 56.6 61.6
1979 74.8 71.3 78.6 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 75.1 71.6 78.7 60 57.5 62.7
1981 75.5 72 79.1 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 75.7 72.3 79.2 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 76.1 72.7 79.5 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 76.4 73 79.8 61.8 59 64.9
1985 76.3 73 79.7 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 76.5 73.2 79.8 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 76.8 73.5 80.1 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 76.9 73.6 80.2 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 77.1 73.9 80.4 63 59.6 66.8
1990 77.4 74.2 80.6 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 77.6 74.4 80.7 63 59.5 67
1992 77.9 74.7 81 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 77.7 74.6 80.8 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 77.9 74.9 80.9 62.1 58.8 66
1995 78 75 81 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 78.3 75.4 81.1 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 78.5 75.7 81.2 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 78.7 75.9 81.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 78.9 76.1 81.6 59.2 56.1 62
2000 79.2 76.6 81.8 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 79.4 76.8 81.9 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 79.6 77.1 81.9 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 79.7 77.2 82.1 54.2 52 56.3
2004 80 77.6 82.4 54 51.9 55.8
2005 80.1 77.7 82.4 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 80.5 78.1 82.8 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 80.5 78.2 82.8 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 80.7 78.4 82.9 56 53.5 58.1
2009 81.1 78.8 83.2 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 81.3 79.1 83.4 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 81.5 79.3 83.6 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 81.7 79.6 83.7 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 81.8 79.7 83.8 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 81.8 79.7 83.9 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 81.9 79.8 83.9 64.1 60.8 67
2016 82 79.9 84 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 81.9 79.8 84 65.4 62 68.6
2018 81.9 79.8 84 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 82.3 80.2 84.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 81.7 79.4 83.9 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 82 79.6 84.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 81.2 78.5 84.1 65.5 61.8 69
2023 82.6 80.4 84.8 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 82.7 80.5 84.9 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 82.9 80.7 85 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 69.8 years in Canada and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.5 healthy years in Canada and 11.3 in South Africa.

Canada 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 Canada 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:
53.8 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.8 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
86.4 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Canada South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.9% 99.5% 93.5% 95.4%
50 97.2% 98.4% 83.5% 88.8%
60 93.2% 95.9% 67.9% 79.0%
65 89.4% 93.5% 57.9% 72.2%
70 84.0% 89.9% 46.5% 63.4%
75 76.0% 84.3% 34.9% 52.7%
80 64.5% 75.6% 23.8% 40.2%
85 48.3% 62.1% 14.8% 27.7%
90 28.2% 42.5% 7.7% 16.0%
95 10.4% 20.3% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.9% 5.3% 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 Canada vs South Africa: 83.8 years vs 70.5 at 30, 86.5 vs 80.7 at 65, 90.3 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.9 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 Canada and South Africa.

Canada
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Canada South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.9 80.7 85 66.5 63 70
1 83.2 81.1 85.3 68 64.6 71.4
2 83.2 81.1 85.4 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 83.2 81.1 85.4 68.4 65 71.8
4 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 83.3 81.1 85.4 68.6 65.2 72
8 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.7 65.3 72
9 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.7 65.3 72
10 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.7 65.3 72
11 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.7 65.3 72
12 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 83.3 81.2 85.4 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 83.3 81.2 85.5 69 65.6 72.3
18 83.4 81.3 85.5 69 65.7 72.3
19 83.4 81.3 85.5 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 83.4 81.3 85.5 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 83.4 81.4 85.5 69.3 66 72.5
22 83.5 81.4 85.5 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 83.5 81.4 85.6 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 83.5 81.5 85.6 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 83.6 81.5 85.6 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 83.6 81.6 85.6 69.9 66.7 73
27 83.6 81.6 85.6 70 66.8 73.1
28 83.7 81.7 85.7 70.2 67 73.2
29 83.7 81.7 85.7 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 83.8 81.8 85.7 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 83.8 81.8 85.7 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 83.8 81.9 85.8 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 83.9 81.9 85.8 71.1 68 74
34 83.9 82 85.8 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 83.9 82 85.8 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 84 82.1 85.9 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 84 82.1 85.9 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 84.1 82.2 85.9 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 84.1 82.2 85.9 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 84.1 82.3 86 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 84.2 82.3 86 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 84.2 82.4 86 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 84.3 82.4 86.1 73.3 70.4 76
44 84.3 82.5 86.1 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 84.4 82.6 86.2 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 84.4 82.6 86.2 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 84.5 82.7 86.2 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 84.6 82.8 86.3 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 84.6 82.8 86.3 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 84.7 82.9 86.4 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 84.8 83 86.5 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 84.8 83.1 86.5 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 84.9 83.2 86.6 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 85 83.3 86.7 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 85.1 83.4 86.7 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 85.2 83.5 86.8 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 85.3 83.7 86.9 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 85.4 83.8 87 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 85.6 83.9 87.1 78.2 76 80
60 85.7 84.1 87.2 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 85.8 84.3 87.3 79 76.9 80.7
62 86 84.4 87.5 79.4 77.4 81
63 86.1 84.6 87.6 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 86.3 84.8 87.7 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 86.5 85 87.9 80.7 78.9 82
66 86.7 85.2 88 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 86.8 85.4 88.2 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 87 85.7 88.3 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 87.2 85.9 88.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 87.5 86.1 88.7 83.1 81.6 84
71 87.7 86.4 88.8 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 87.9 86.7 89 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 88.2 86.9 89.3 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 88.4 87.2 89.5 85.2 84 85.8
75 88.7 87.5 89.7 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 89 87.9 90 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 89.3 88.2 90.2 86.9 86 87.4
78 89.6 88.6 90.5 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 89.9 88.9 90.8 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 90.3 89.3 91.1 88.7 88 89.1
81 90.7 89.7 91.4 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 91.1 90.1 91.8 90 89.4 90.2
83 91.5 90.6 92.1 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 91.9 91.1 92.5 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 92.4 91.6 92.9 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.8 92.1 93.4 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 93.3 92.6 93.8 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 93.9 93.2 94.3 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 94.4 93.8 94.8 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 95 94.4 95.4 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.6 95.1 96 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.3 95.8 96.6 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 97 96.5 97.2 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97.7 97.2 97.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.4 98 98.6 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99.1 98.8 99.3 100 99.9 100
97 99.9 99.6 100 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.7 100.4 100.8 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.5 101.2 101.6 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.3 102.1 102.4 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Canada vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.3% in Canada and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 85.8% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 69.2% and 30% to 80+ years, and 35% 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.

Canada
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Canada South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 99.2% 99.1% 99.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 99.2% 99% 99.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 99% 98.8% 99.2% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 98.7% 98.3% 99% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 98.6% 98.2% 99% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 98.5% 98% 98.9% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 98.4% 97.9% 98.8% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 98.2% 97.7% 98.7% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 98.1% 97.6% 98.7% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 98% 97.5% 98.6% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 98% 97.4% 98.6% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 97.9% 97.3% 98.5% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 97.8% 97.1% 98.4% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 97.6% 97% 98.3% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 97.5% 96.8% 98.2% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 97.4% 96.7% 98.1% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 97.3% 96.5% 98% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 97.1% 96.3% 97.9% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 97% 96.1% 97.8% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 96.8% 95.9% 97.7% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 96.6% 95.7% 97.5% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 96.4% 95.4% 97.4% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 96.2% 95.2% 97.2% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 95.9% 94.8% 97% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 95.6% 94.5% 96.8% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 95.3% 94.1% 96.5% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 95% 93.7% 96.3% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 94.6% 93.3% 96% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 94.2% 92.8% 95.7% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 93.8% 92.3% 95.3% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 93.3% 91.7% 95% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 92.2% 90.4% 94.1% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 91.6% 89.7% 93.7% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 91% 88.9% 93.2% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 90.3% 88% 92.6% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 89.5% 87.1% 92% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 88.7% 86.1% 91.4% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 87.8% 85% 90.7% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 86.9% 83.9% 89.9% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 85.8% 82.6% 89.1% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 84.7% 81.3% 88.1% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 83.5% 79.9% 87.1% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 82.1% 78.3% 86% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 80.7% 76.6% 84.8% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 79.1% 74.8% 83.5% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 77.4% 72.9% 82.1% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 75.6% 70.8% 80.5% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 73.6% 68.5% 78.8% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 71.5% 66.1% 77% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 69.2% 63.5% 74.9% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 66.7% 60.7% 72.7% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 64% 57.7% 70.3% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 61.1% 54.5% 67.6% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 57.9% 51.1% 64.7% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 54.5% 47.5% 61.5% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 50.9% 43.8% 58.1% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 47.2% 39.9% 54.5% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 43.2% 35.9% 50.6% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 39.1% 31.8% 46.4% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 35% 27.7% 42.1% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 30.7% 23.7% 37.6% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 26.5% 19.9% 33.1% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 22.5% 16.3% 28.6% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 18.8% 13.1% 24.2% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 15.3% 10.2% 20.1% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 12.1% 7.81% 16.3% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 9.41% 5.77% 12.9% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 7.09% 4.13% 9.88% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 5.18% 2.86% 7.35% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 3.67% 1.92% 5.3% 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 0.39% in the birth year in Canada and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.07% vs 0.45% at age 30, 0.55% vs 2.1% at 60, and 3.64% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Canada
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Canada South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.39% 0.42% 0.35% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.008% 0.008% 0.008% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.006% 0.006% 0.006% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.006% 0.008% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.007% 0.008% 0.006% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.009% 0.01% 0.008% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.13% 0.16% 0.1% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.26% 0.32% 0.2% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.29% 0.35% 0.22% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.35% 0.43% 0.27% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.42% 0.52% 0.32% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.46% 0.57% 0.35% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 0.5% 0.62% 0.39% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 0.55% 0.68% 0.42% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 0.61% 0.76% 0.46% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 0.66% 0.82% 0.5% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 0.71% 0.89% 0.54% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 0.77% 0.96% 0.59% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 0.85% 1.06% 0.64% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 0.92% 1.16% 0.7% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 0.99% 1.24% 0.76% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 1.09% 1.34% 0.84% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 1.19% 1.47% 0.93% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 1.31% 1.61% 1.04% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 1.45% 1.78% 1.15% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 1.6% 1.96% 1.27% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 1.77% 2.16% 1.41% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 1.94% 2.36% 1.55% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 2.13% 2.59% 1.71% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 2.36% 2.88% 1.9% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 2.61% 3.18% 2.11% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 2.88% 3.5% 2.34% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 3.23% 3.93% 2.62% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 3.64% 4.43% 2.96% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 4.08% 4.95% 3.35% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 4.55% 5.49% 3.78% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 5.15% 6.2% 4.32% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 5.84% 7.03% 4.91% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 6.57% 7.93% 5.54% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 7.37% 8.91% 6.24% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 8.38% 10.1% 7.17% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 9.48% 11.4% 8.19% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 10.7% 12.8% 9.31% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 12.1% 14.4% 10.6% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 13.6% 16.2% 12.1% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 15.1% 17.9% 13.6% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 16.8% 19.8% 15.2% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 18.5% 21.7% 17% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 20.5% 23.8% 19% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 22.5% 26.1% 21.1% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 24.7% 28.4% 23.2% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 26.9% 30.7% 25.6% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 29.1% 33.1% 27.9% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 31.2% 35.4% 30.1% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Canada compared to South Africa

In Canada, the most common age of death is 90, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 86.3 in Canada and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Canada
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Canada South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 390 424 354 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 32.7 35.5 29.8 350 381 318
2 11.9 13.6 10.1 223.1 248.2 197
3 10.5 12.3 8.6 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 9.51 10.5 8.52 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 8 8.07 7.93 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 6.71 6.71 6.71 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 6.04 6.31 5.75 43 51.1 34.9
8 6.14 6.73 5.51 38.7 46 31.3
9 6.37 7.28 5.42 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 6.42 7.5 5.29 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 7.27 8.21 6.28 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 8.99 9.68 8.27 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 11.3 12 10.5 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 14 15.5 12.4 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 17.4 20.5 14.3 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 22.2 27.7 16.6 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 29.7 38.5 20.6 121.8 145 98.1
18 37.8 50.6 24.7 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 43 59.1 26.4 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 45.4 63.6 26.7 181.2 225.1 136
21 47.4 66.4 27.9 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 50.6 70.3 30.2 223.3 281.1 163
23 54.4 74.9 33.1 245.8 309 179.6
24 57.6 78.6 35.5 269.3 336 199.1
25 60.1 82 36.8 293.9 364 221.6
26 61.9 85.7 36.3 319 390 246.3
27 63.5 88.8 35.9 345 416 271.9
28 64.9 90.4 37.2 369 440 296.8
29 66.5 91.1 39.6 392 464 320
30 68.3 92.2 42.5 414 487 342
31 70.3 93.9 45 436 510 361
32 72.2 96.3 46.5 457 534 380
33 74.7 100.2 47.7 478 558 398
34 77.2 103.9 49.3 500 582 417
35 80.1 106.4 52.6 522 607 436
36 82.5 108 55.9 545 633 456
37 83.9 109.4 57.5 569 659 477
38 86.1 112.3 59.2 594 687 499
39 91 118 63.1 620 715 522
40 97.5 125.8 68.4 646 744 545
41 103.8 133.6 73.3 674 776 567
42 109 138.7 79 702 811 588
43 115.2 142.5 87.7 731 849 607
44 125 154.4 95.6 762 890 625
45 136.7 170.7 102.7 793 934 642
46 147.3 184 110.7 824 980 658
47 158.9 197 121 855 1,027 674
48 174.4 214.6 134.5 888 1,076 692
49 192.4 235.4 149.7 922 1,125 712
50 210.9 257.3 164.8 958 1,175 736
51 230.6 281.3 180.3 997 1,228 765
52 251.6 307 196 1,041 1,283 800
53 276.7 337 216.6 1,088 1,340 840
54 304 367 241 1,139 1,400 885
55 332 401 263.4 1,192 1,462 934
56 361 438 283.5 1,243 1,521 983
57 396 481 309 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 434 527 339 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 473 574 370 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 515 626 402 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 563 688 437 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 608 745 469 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 653 796 508 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 703 854 551 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 765 933 595 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 826 1,006 646 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 882 1,066 697 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 953 1,142 763 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,037 1,233 839 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,126 1,329 922 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,230 1,443 1,017 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,333 1,562 1,107 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 1,450 1,692 1,210 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 1,561 1,811 1,313 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 1,682 1,940 1,425 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 1,828 2,101 1,557 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 1,974 2,251 1,698 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,121 2,400 1,843 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,309 2,598 2,020 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,518 2,813 2,222 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,721 3,001 2,439 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,913 3,169 2,658 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,147 3,380 2,919 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,380 3,594 3,179 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,581 3,770 3,408 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,754 3,899 3,626 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,955 4,020 3,909 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 4,100 4,075 4,145 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 4,180 4,060 4,325 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 4,217 3,987 4,474 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 4,190 3,841 4,564 1,353 904 1,779
92 4,019 3,570 4,491 1,247 811 1,656
93 3,779 3,233 4,343 1,138 722 1,526
94 3,478 2,844 4,122 1,022 636 1,380
95 3,130 2,440 3,823 901 552 1,223
96 2,736 2,036 3,434 781 473 1,066
97 2,320 1,640 2,991 670 401 918
98 1,905 1,270 2,524 566 336 778
99 1,511 947 2,054 470 277.7 647
100 1,100 541 1,630 354 202.1 494

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 Canada 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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