Skip to content

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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.1 years in Colombia vs 66.5 in South Africa. Colombia is ranked 59/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Colombia, the life expectancy is 75.4 years for males and 80.8 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Colombia vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Colombia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Colombia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 48.3 46.1 50.6 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 49 46.7 51.3 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 49.8 47.6 52.2 45 44 46.2
1953 50.6 48.3 53 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 51.3 49 53.7 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 51.9 49.6 54.3 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 52.5 50.2 54.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 54.1 52 56.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 54.7 52.7 56.8 51.1 49.5 53
1959 55.9 54 57.8 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 56.6 54.8 58.5 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 57.2 55.4 59 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 57.7 56 59.5 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 58.3 56.6 60 53.9 52 56
1964 58.8 57 60.5 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 59.2 57.5 61 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 59.7 58 61.4 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 60.1 58.4 61.9 55 52.9 57.2
1968 60.6 58.8 62.3 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 61 59.2 62.9 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 61.5 59.5 63.4 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 62 60 64 56 53.8 58.4
1972 62.5 60.5 64.6 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 63 60.8 65.2 56.7 54.6 59
1974 63.5 61.3 65.8 57.1 55 59.4
1975 64 61.7 66.4 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 64.6 62.2 67.1 58 55.8 60.4
1977 65.2 62.7 67.8 58.5 56.2 61
1978 65.8 63.2 68.5 59 56.6 61.6
1979 66.2 63.4 69 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 66.7 63.9 69.6 60 57.5 62.7
1981 67.2 64.3 70.2 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 67.9 64.9 70.9 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 68.1 65.1 71.2 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 68.3 65.2 71.5 61.8 59 64.9
1985 65.4 62.4 68.5 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 68.3 64.9 71.9 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 68.2 64.5 72 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 68.3 64.5 72.3 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 68.6 64.7 72.8 63 59.6 66.8
1990 68.7 64.6 73.1 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 68.8 64.5 73.4 63 59.5 67
1992 68.8 64.4 73.5 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 69.1 64.8 73.7 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 69.4 65.3 73.8 62.1 58.8 66
1995 69.8 65.8 74.1 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 70.2 66.2 74.5 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 70.6 66.6 74.9 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 70.9 66.9 75.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 70.9 66.9 75.2 59.2 56.1 62
2000 70.9 66.8 75.3 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 71.2 67.1 75.5 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 71.5 67.5 75.8 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 72.3 68.5 76.3 54.2 52 56.3
2004 72.8 69.1 76.6 54 51.9 55.8
2005 73.2 69.6 76.8 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 73.5 70 77.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 73.8 70.3 77.3 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 74.2 70.8 77.7 56 53.5 58.1
2009 74.5 71.3 77.9 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 74.9 71.6 78.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 75.2 72 78.4 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 75.6 72.5 78.8 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 75.8 72.8 78.9 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 75.9 73 78.9 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 76.1 73.2 79 64.1 60.8 67
2016 76.2 73.3 79.2 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 76.4 73.5 79.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 76.6 73.7 79.5 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 76.8 73.9 79.7 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 74.8 71.5 78.2 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 72.7 69.3 76.3 62 59.2 64.8
2022 76.5 73.6 79.5 65.5 61.8 69
2023 77.7 75 80.5 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 77.9 75.2 80.6 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 78.1 75.4 80.8 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 65 years in Colombia and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 15.5 healthy years in Colombia and 11.3 in South Africa.

Colombia 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 Colombia 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:
50.2 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
80.2 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
82.8 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Colombia South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 97.9% 99.1% 93.5% 95.4%
50 95.3% 97.6% 83.5% 88.8%
60 90.4% 94.3% 67.9% 79.0%
65 85.9% 91.2% 57.9% 72.2%
70 79.2% 86.5% 46.5% 63.4%
75 69.0% 79.2% 34.9% 52.7%
80 53.3% 66.8% 23.8% 40.2%
85 33.3% 48.1% 14.8% 27.7%
90 13.6% 26.1% 7.7% 16.0%
95 3.0% 9.1% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.3% 1.6% 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 Colombia vs South Africa: 80.2 years vs 70.5 at 30, 83.6 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.1 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.1 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 Colombia and South Africa.

Colombia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Colombia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.1 75.4 80.8 66.5 63 70
1 78.8 76.1 81.4 68 64.6 71.4
2 78.9 76.2 81.5 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 78.9 76.2 81.5 68.4 65 71.8
4 79 76.3 81.6 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 79 76.3 81.6 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 79 76.3 81.6 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 79 76.3 81.6 68.6 65.2 72
8 79 76.4 81.6 68.7 65.3 72
9 79 76.4 81.7 68.7 65.3 72
10 79.1 76.4 81.7 68.7 65.3 72
11 79.1 76.4 81.7 68.7 65.3 72
12 79.1 76.4 81.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 79.1 76.4 81.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 79.1 76.5 81.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 79.2 76.5 81.7 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 79.2 76.5 81.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 79.2 76.6 81.8 69 65.6 72.3
18 79.3 76.7 81.8 69 65.7 72.3
19 79.4 76.8 81.9 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 79.4 76.9 81.9 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 79.5 77 81.9 69.3 66 72.5
22 79.6 77.1 81.9 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 79.7 77.2 82 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 79.7 77.4 82 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 79.8 77.5 82 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 79.9 77.6 82.1 69.9 66.7 73
27 80 77.7 82.1 70 66.8 73.1
28 80 77.8 82.1 70.2 67 73.2
29 80.1 77.9 82.2 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 80.2 78 82.2 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 80.2 78.1 82.2 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 80.3 78.2 82.3 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 80.4 78.3 82.3 71.1 68 74
34 80.4 78.4 82.3 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 80.5 78.5 82.4 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 80.6 78.6 82.4 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 80.6 78.7 82.5 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 80.7 78.8 82.5 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 80.8 78.9 82.6 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 80.9 79 82.6 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 80.9 79 82.6 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 81 79.1 82.7 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 81.1 79.2 82.8 73.3 70.4 76
44 81.1 79.3 82.8 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 81.2 79.4 82.9 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 81.3 79.5 82.9 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 81.4 79.6 83 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 81.4 79.7 83.1 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 81.5 79.8 83.1 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 81.6 79.9 83.2 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 81.7 80 83.3 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 81.8 80.1 83.4 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 81.9 80.2 83.4 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 82 80.3 83.5 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 82.1 80.4 83.6 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 82.2 80.6 83.7 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 82.3 80.7 83.8 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 82.5 80.8 83.9 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 82.6 81 84 78.2 76 80
60 82.8 81.2 84.2 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 82.9 81.3 84.3 79 76.9 80.7
62 83.1 81.5 84.4 79.4 77.4 81
63 83.2 81.7 84.6 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 83.4 81.9 84.7 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 83.6 82.1 84.9 80.7 78.9 82
66 83.8 82.3 85.1 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 84 82.6 85.2 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 84.2 82.8 85.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84.5 83.1 85.6 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.7 83.3 85.8 83.1 81.6 84
71 84.9 83.6 86 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85.2 83.9 86.3 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.5 84.2 86.5 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.8 84.6 86.8 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.1 84.9 87 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 86.5 85.3 87.3 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 86.8 85.7 87.7 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.2 86.1 88 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 87.6 86.6 88.4 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.1 87.1 88.8 88.7 88 89.1
81 88.5 87.6 89.2 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89 88.1 89.6 90 89.4 90.2
83 89.5 88.6 90.1 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 90.1 89.2 90.6 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 90.6 89.8 91.2 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 91.2 90.4 91.7 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 91.9 91.1 92.3 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 92.5 91.8 92.9 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 93.2 92.5 93.6 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 93.9 93.3 94.2 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.7 94 94.9 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.4 94.8 95.6 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.2 95.6 96.4 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97 96.5 97.1 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.8 97.3 97.9 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.6 98.1 98.7 100 99.9 100
97 99.4 99 99.5 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.2 99.9 100.3 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.1 100.8 101.2 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102 101.7 102 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Colombia vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 89.5% in Colombia and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 80.3% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 58.4% and 30% to 80+ years, and 19.5% 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.

Colombia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Colombia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.1% 99% 99.2% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 99% 98.9% 99.1% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 98.9% 98.8% 99.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 98.9% 98.8% 99% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 98.9% 98.8% 99% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 98.8% 98.7% 99% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 98.8% 98.6% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 98.6% 98.5% 98.8% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 98.4% 98.2% 98.7% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 98.3% 98% 98.6% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 98.2% 97.8% 98.6% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 98% 97.6% 98.5% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 97.9% 97.4% 98.5% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 97.8% 97.2% 98.4% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 97.7% 97% 98.4% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 97.5% 96.8% 98.3% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 97.4% 96.6% 98.2% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 97.3% 96.4% 98.2% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 97.1% 96.2% 98.1% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 97% 95.9% 98.1% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 96.9% 95.7% 98% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 96.7% 95.5% 97.9% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 96.6% 95.3% 97.9% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 96.4% 95.1% 97.8% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 96.3% 94.9% 97.7% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 96.2% 94.7% 97.7% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 96% 94.5% 97.6% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 95.9% 94.3% 97.5% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 95.7% 94.1% 97.4% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 95.6% 93.9% 97.3% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 95.4% 93.7% 97.2% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 95.2% 93.5% 97.1% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 95.1% 93.3% 96.9% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 94.9% 93.1% 96.8% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 94.7% 92.8% 96.7% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 94.5% 92.6% 96.5% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 94.3% 92.4% 96.4% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 94.1% 92.1% 96.2% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 93.9% 91.8% 96% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 93.7% 91.5% 95.8% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 93.4% 91.2% 95.6% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 93.1% 90.9% 95.4% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 92.8% 90.6% 95.2% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 92.5% 90.2% 94.9% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 92.2% 89.8% 94.6% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 91.8% 89.4% 94.3% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 91.4% 88.9% 94% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 91% 88.4% 93.7% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 90.5% 87.9% 93.3% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 90% 87.3% 92.9% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 89.5% 86.6% 92.4% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 88.9% 85.9% 91.9% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 88.2% 85.1% 91.3% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 87.5% 84.2% 90.7% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 86.7% 83.3% 90.1% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 85.8% 82.3% 89.4% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 84.9% 81.2% 88.6% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 83.9% 80% 87.8% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 82.8% 78.7% 86.9% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 81.6% 77.3% 85.9% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 80.3% 75.8% 84.8% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 79% 74.2% 83.6% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 77.4% 72.5% 82.3% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 75.8% 70.5% 80.9% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 73.9% 68.4% 79.4% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 71.9% 66.1% 77.6% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 69.6% 63.5% 75.7% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 67.2% 60.7% 73.5% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 64.5% 57.7% 71.1% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 61.5% 54.5% 68.4% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 58.4% 51.1% 65.5% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 55% 47.5% 62.3% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 51.4% 43.8% 58.8% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 47.7% 39.9% 55.1% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 43.7% 35.9% 51.2% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 39.7% 31.8% 47.1% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 35.5% 27.7% 42.8% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 31.3% 23.7% 38.5% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 27.2% 19.8% 34.1% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 23.3% 16.2% 29.8% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 19.5% 13% 25.6% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 16.1% 10.2% 21.6% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 13% 7.75% 17.9% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 10.3% 5.77% 14.5% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 8% 4.17% 11.5% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 6.04% 2.92% 8.87% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 4.44% 1.98% 6.67% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 3.17% 1.29% 4.87% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 2.2% 0.81% 3.45% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 1.48% 0.5% 2.37% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.96% 0.29% 1.57% 1.61% 0.99% 2.19%

Compare countries by 7 more topics

Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.93% in the birth year in Colombia and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.14% vs 0.45% at age 30, 0.68% vs 2.1% at 60, and 5.77% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Colombia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Colombia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.93% 1.03% 0.82% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.02% 0.02% 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% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.11% 0.17% 0.05% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.12% 0.2% 0.05% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.13% 0.21% 0.05% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.14% 0.22% 0.05% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.14% 0.22% 0.05% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.13% 0.21% 0.05% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.13% 0.21% 0.05% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.13% 0.21% 0.06% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.13% 0.21% 0.06% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.14% 0.21% 0.06% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.14% 0.21% 0.06% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.14% 0.21% 0.06% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.14% 0.21% 0.07% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.14% 0.21% 0.07% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.14% 0.21% 0.07% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.14% 0.21% 0.08% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.15% 0.21% 0.08% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.15% 0.22% 0.09% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.15% 0.22% 0.09% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.16% 0.22% 0.1% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.16% 0.22% 0.1% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.17% 0.23% 0.12% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.31% 0.38% 0.25% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.39% 0.48% 0.31% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.43% 0.52% 0.34% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.47% 0.57% 0.38% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.51% 0.62% 0.41% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.56% 0.69% 0.45% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 0.62% 0.75% 0.5% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 0.68% 0.83% 0.54% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 0.75% 0.91% 0.6% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 0.82% 1.01% 0.65% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 0.9% 1.11% 0.72% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 0.99% 1.22% 0.79% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.08% 1.33% 0.86% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 1.19% 1.46% 0.94% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 1.3% 1.6% 1.03% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 1.42% 1.76% 1.14% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 1.57% 1.93% 1.25% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 1.73% 2.13% 1.38% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 1.92% 2.37% 1.54% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 2.15% 2.66% 1.72% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 2.43% 3.01% 1.94% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 2.75% 3.41% 2.21% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 3.13% 3.88% 2.52% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 3.56% 4.41% 2.88% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.03% 4.98% 3.29% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 4.56% 5.6% 3.76% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.13% 6.26% 4.29% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 5.77% 6.99% 4.87% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.49% 7.83% 5.53% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 7.31% 8.81% 6.27% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 8.25% 9.98% 7.1% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 9.32% 11.4% 8.03% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 10.5% 12.9% 9.05% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 11.8% 14.6% 10.2% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 13.1% 16.4% 11.4% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 14.5% 18.2% 12.7% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 16% 19.9% 14.1% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 17.5% 21.8% 15.6% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 19.1% 23.6% 17.2% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 20.8% 25.6% 18.9% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 22.6% 27.7% 20.8% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 24.5% 30% 22.8% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 26.5% 32.3% 24.8% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 28.5% 34.6% 27% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 30.6% 36.9% 29.2% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 32.8% 39.2% 31.4% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 35.1% 41.5% 33.7% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 37.2% 43.8% 35.9% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Colombia compared to South Africa

In Colombia, the most common age of death is 86, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 82.4 in Colombia and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Colombia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Colombia South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 928 1,033 820 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 71.9 71.2 72.7 350 381 318
2 55.5 57.3 53.6 223.1 248.2 197
3 43.4 46.4 40.1 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 34.5 37.9 30.8 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 27.9 31.3 24.3 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 23.3 26.2 20.2 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 20.4 22.7 17.9 43 51.1 34.9
8 18.9 20.6 17.2 38.7 46 31.3
9 18.7 19.8 17.5 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 19.4 20.2 18.6 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 21.4 22.3 20.5 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 25.1 26.9 23.2 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 30.9 35 26.6 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 39.9 48.8 30.6 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 52.8 70.1 34.8 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 69.8 99.2 39 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 89.6 134.4 42.6 121.8 145 98.1
18 108.4 168.5 45.5 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 122.8 194.9 47.6 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 130.6 209.1 48.9 181.2 225.1 136
21 133 213 49.8 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 132.4 211.1 50.7 223.3 281.1 163
23 131.1 207.8 51.7 245.8 309 179.6
24 130.3 205.2 52.9 269.3 336 199.1
25 130.6 204.4 54.5 293.9 364 221.6
26 131.4 204.6 56.2 319 390 246.3
27 132.5 205 58.1 345 416 271.9
28 133.5 205 60.1 369 440 296.8
29 134.2 204.5 62.3 392 464 320
30 135 203.6 64.7 414 487 342
31 135.9 202.7 67.6 436 510 361
32 137.4 202.3 71 457 534 380
33 139.5 202.5 75 478 558 398
34 142.3 203.3 79.7 500 582 417
35 145.5 204.6 84.9 522 607 436
36 148.8 205.9 90.3 545 633 456
37 152.1 207 95.6 569 659 477
38 155.1 208 100.8 594 687 499
39 158.1 208.9 105.9 620 715 522
40 161.5 210.5 111.4 646 744 545
41 165.7 213.1 117.4 674 776 567
42 171.4 217.4 124.6 702 811 588
43 178.9 223.7 133.4 731 849 607
44 188.3 232.3 143.8 762 890 625
45 199.6 243 155.8 793 934 642
46 212.3 255.5 168.9 824 980 658
47 226.3 269.8 182.6 855 1,027 674
48 241.1 285.7 196.4 888 1,076 692
49 256.6 303 210.2 922 1,125 712
50 273.3 323 224.3 958 1,175 736
51 291.4 344 239.2 997 1,228 765
52 312 369 255.9 1,041 1,283 800
53 335 397 275.2 1,088 1,340 840
54 362 429 297.6 1,139 1,400 885
55 394 465 324 1,192 1,462 934
56 429 506 353 1,243 1,521 983
57 468 552 386 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 511 603 422 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 559 659 461 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 610 720 503 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 666 786 549 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 725 857 598 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 789 932 651 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 857 1,012 708 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 929 1,096 769 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,007 1,186 836 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,090 1,281 908 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,180 1,383 987 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,278 1,494 1,074 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,389 1,618 1,173 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,518 1,762 1,287 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,666 1,929 1,419 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 1,838 2,121 1,573 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,033 2,334 1,751 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,248 2,564 1,952 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,477 2,800 2,177 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,708 3,026 2,419 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,937 3,230 2,672 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 3,157 3,410 2,931 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 3,365 3,568 3,189 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 3,567 3,717 3,445 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 3,759 3,858 3,691 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,933 3,985 3,917 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 4,075 4,080 4,112 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 4,164 4,111 4,261 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 4,182 4,050 4,355 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 4,112 3,878 4,377 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 3,953 3,598 4,321 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 3,716 3,233 4,189 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 3,417 2,823 3,983 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 3,076 2,400 3,712 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,713 1,987 3,390 1,247 811 1,656
93 2,337 1,600 3,022 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,961 1,250 2,619 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,598 942 2,202 901 552 1,223
96 1,266 684 1,798 781 473 1,066
97 972 477 1,421 670 401 918
98 722 319 1,085 566 336 778
99 518 205.3 798 470 277.7 647
100 204.7 0 405 354 202.1 494

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 Colombia 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.

Life expectancy in other countries

Life expectancy

Life expectancy comparisons

Life expectancy vs Colombia vs South Africa
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Barbados Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
Cayman Islands Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
Chile Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Guyana Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malawi Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Oman Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Portugal Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Sao Tome Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
Ukraine Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United Kingdom Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare