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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.4 years in Cuba vs 66.5 in South Africa. Cuba is ranked 54/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Cuba, the life expectancy is 76.1 years for males and 80.8 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Cuba vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Cuba
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Cuba South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 59 57.1 61.3 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 59.4 57.5 61.7 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 59.8 57.9 62.1 45 44 46.2
1953 60.2 58.3 62.5 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 60.7 58.8 63 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 61.2 59.3 63.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 61.5 59.6 63.8 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 61.9 60 64.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 62.3 60.4 64.7 51.1 49.5 53
1959 62.8 60.9 65.1 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 63.3 61.4 65.5 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 63.7 61.8 66.1 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 64.4 62.4 66.7 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 64.3 62.5 66.5 53.9 52 56
1964 65.3 63.4 67.4 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 65.6 63.9 67.6 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 66.1 64.4 67.9 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 66.5 64.9 68.4 55 52.9 57.2
1968 66.9 65.3 68.8 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 67.4 65.7 69.2 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 67.9 66.4 69.7 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 68.4 66.9 70.1 56 53.8 58.4
1972 68.9 67.5 70.6 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 69.3 67.8 71.1 56.7 54.6 59
1974 69.9 68.4 71.5 57.1 55 59.4
1975 70.4 68.9 72 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 70.9 69.5 72.4 58 55.8 60.4
1977 71.4 70 72.9 58.5 56.2 61
1978 71.9 70.4 73.6 59 56.6 61.6
1979 72.3 70.6 74.2 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 72.6 70.8 74.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 73 71.2 75.1 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 73.4 71.5 75.7 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 73.6 71.7 75.7 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 73.6 71.8 75.5 61.8 59 64.9
1985 73.5 71.8 75.3 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 73.6 71.9 75.4 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 73.6 71.7 75.7 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 73.7 71.8 75.8 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 73.7 71.8 75.8 63 59.6 66.8
1990 73.8 71.9 75.9 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 73.8 71.9 75.8 63 59.5 67
1992 73.8 71.9 75.9 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 73.9 71.9 76 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 74.1 72.1 76.3 62.1 58.8 66
1995 74.3 72.4 76.5 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 74.7 72.8 76.8 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 75.1 73 77.2 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 75.4 73.3 77.7 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 75.7 73.6 78 59.2 56.1 62
2000 75.9 73.9 78.1 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 76.4 74.4 78.6 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 76.8 74.8 78.9 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 77.4 75.3 79.6 54.2 52 56.3
2004 77.3 75.2 79.6 54 51.9 55.8
2005 77.5 75.4 79.8 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 77.4 75.3 79.6 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 77.6 75.5 79.7 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 77.6 75.6 79.7 56 53.5 58.1
2009 77.6 75.6 79.6 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 77.9 75.9 79.9 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 78.1 76.1 80.1 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 78.2 76.2 80.2 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 78 76 80.1 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 77.8 75.7 80 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 77.7 75.6 80 64.1 60.8 67
2016 77.6 75.3 80 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 77.3 74.9 79.8 65.4 62 68.6
2018 77.4 75 79.9 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 77.4 75 79.9 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 77.4 75 79.9 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 73.2 70.7 76 62 59.2 64.8
2022 77.6 75.2 80.1 65.5 61.8 69
2023 78.1 75.7 80.5 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 78.3 75.9 80.7 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 78.4 76.1 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 64.6 years in Cuba and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14 healthy years in Cuba and 11.3 in South Africa.

Cuba 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 Cuba 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:
49.4 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
79.4 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
81.5 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Cuba South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.8% 99.3% 93.5% 95.4%
50 96.0% 97.7% 83.5% 88.8%
60 88.7% 93.6% 67.9% 79.0%
65 82.2% 89.4% 57.9% 72.2%
70 73.3% 83.2% 46.5% 63.4%
75 61.6% 74.3% 34.9% 52.7%
80 47.3% 62.0% 23.8% 40.2%
85 31.4% 45.8% 14.8% 27.7%
90 16.4% 27.5% 7.7% 16.0%
95 6.0% 11.8% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.2% 2.8% 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 Cuba vs South Africa: 79.4 years vs 70.5 at 30, 83.4 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.9 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.4 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 Cuba and South Africa.

Cuba
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Cuba South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.4 76.1 80.8 66.5 63 70
1 78.8 76.4 81.2 68 64.6 71.4
2 78.8 76.5 81.2 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 78.8 76.5 81.2 68.4 65 71.8
4 78.9 76.5 81.2 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 78.9 76.5 81.2 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 78.9 76.5 81.2 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 78.9 76.6 81.3 68.6 65.2 72
8 78.9 76.6 81.3 68.7 65.3 72
9 78.9 76.6 81.3 68.7 65.3 72
10 78.9 76.6 81.3 68.7 65.3 72
11 78.9 76.6 81.3 68.7 65.3 72
12 79 76.6 81.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 79 76.6 81.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 79 76.6 81.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 79 76.7 81.3 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 79 76.7 81.3 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 79 76.7 81.4 69 65.6 72.3
18 79.1 76.7 81.4 69 65.7 72.3
19 79.1 76.8 81.4 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 79.1 76.8 81.4 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 79.1 76.8 81.4 69.3 66 72.5
22 79.2 76.9 81.5 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 79.2 76.9 81.5 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 79.2 76.9 81.5 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 79.2 77 81.5 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 79.3 77 81.5 69.9 66.7 73
27 79.3 77 81.6 70 66.8 73.1
28 79.3 77.1 81.6 70.2 67 73.2
29 79.4 77.1 81.6 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 79.4 77.2 81.6 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 79.4 77.2 81.6 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 79.5 77.3 81.7 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 79.5 77.3 81.7 71.1 68 74
34 79.5 77.3 81.7 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 79.6 77.4 81.8 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 79.6 77.4 81.8 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 79.7 77.5 81.8 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 79.7 77.6 81.9 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 79.8 77.6 81.9 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 79.8 77.7 81.9 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 79.9 77.8 82 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 80 77.8 82 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 80 77.9 82.1 73.3 70.4 76
44 80.1 78 82.1 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 80.2 78.1 82.2 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 80.2 78.2 82.2 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 80.3 78.3 82.3 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 80.4 78.4 82.4 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 80.5 78.5 82.4 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 80.6 78.6 82.5 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 80.7 78.8 82.6 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 80.8 78.9 82.7 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 81 79.1 82.8 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 81.1 79.2 82.9 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 81.2 79.4 83 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 81.4 79.6 83.1 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 81.6 79.8 83.3 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 81.8 80 83.4 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 81.9 80.2 83.5 78.2 76 80
60 82.1 80.5 83.7 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 82.4 80.7 83.9 79 76.9 80.7
62 82.6 81 84.1 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.8 81.3 84.3 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 83.1 81.6 84.5 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 83.4 81.9 84.7 80.7 78.9 82
66 83.6 82.2 84.9 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 83.9 82.6 85.2 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 84.2 82.9 85.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84.6 83.3 85.7 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.9 83.6 86 83.1 81.6 84
71 85.2 84 86.3 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85.6 84.4 86.6 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.9 84.9 86.9 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 86.3 85.3 87.2 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.7 85.7 87.6 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 87.1 86.2 87.9 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87.6 86.7 88.3 86.9 86 87.4
78 88 87.2 88.7 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 88.5 87.7 89.1 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.9 88.2 89.5 88.7 88 89.1
81 89.4 88.8 90 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 90 89.3 90.5 90 89.4 90.2
83 90.5 89.9 90.9 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 91 90.5 91.5 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 91.6 91.1 92 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.2 91.7 92.5 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.8 92.4 93.1 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 93.4 93 93.7 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 94.1 93.7 94.3 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 94.8 94.4 95 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.4 95.1 95.6 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.1 95.9 96.3 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.9 96.6 97 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97.6 97.4 97.7 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.4 98.2 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99.1 99 99.2 100 99.9 100
97 99.9 99.8 100 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.8 100.6 100.9 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.6 101.5 101.7 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.6 102.4 102.7 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Cuba vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 89.8% in Cuba and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 77.1% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 53.9% and 30% to 80+ years, and 21.6% 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.

Cuba
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Cuba South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 99.1% 99% 99.3% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 99.1% 99% 99.2% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 99.1% 98.9% 99.2% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 99% 98.8% 99.2% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 99% 98.8% 99.1% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 98.9% 98.7% 99.1% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 98.9% 98.6% 99.1% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 98.8% 98.6% 99% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 98.7% 98.5% 99% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 98.7% 98.4% 99% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 98.6% 98.3% 98.9% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 98.6% 98.2% 98.9% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 98.5% 98.2% 98.8% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 98.4% 98.1% 98.8% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 98.3% 98% 98.7% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 98.3% 97.9% 98.7% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 98.2% 97.7% 98.6% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 98.1% 97.6% 98.5% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 98% 97.5% 98.5% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 97.9% 97.4% 98.4% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 97.7% 97.2% 98.3% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 97.6% 97% 98.2% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 97.5% 96.9% 98.1% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 97.3% 96.7% 98% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 97.1% 96.4% 97.9% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 96.9% 96.2% 97.7% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 96.8% 96% 97.6% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 96.5% 95.7% 97.4% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 96.3% 95.4% 97.3% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 96% 95% 97.1% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 95.8% 94.7% 96.9% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 95.4% 94.3% 96.7% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 95.1% 93.8% 96.4% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 94.7% 93.3% 96.1% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 94.3% 92.8% 95.8% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 93.8% 92.2% 95.5% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 93.3% 91.5% 95.1% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 92.7% 90.8% 94.7% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 92.1% 90% 94.3% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 91.4% 89.1% 93.7% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 90.7% 88.2% 93.2% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 89.8% 87.2% 92.5% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 89% 86.1% 91.9% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 88% 84.9% 91.1% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 86.9% 83.6% 90.3% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 85.8% 82.2% 89.4% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 84.6% 80.8% 88.4% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 83.3% 79.2% 87.3% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 81.9% 77.5% 86.2% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 80.4% 75.8% 85% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 78.8% 73.9% 83.7% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 77.1% 72% 82.3% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 75.4% 69.9% 80.7% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 73.5% 67.7% 79.1% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 71.4% 65.4% 77.4% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 69.3% 63% 75.5% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 67.1% 60.5% 73.5% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 64.7% 57.9% 71.3% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 62.2% 55.2% 69.1% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 59.6% 52.4% 66.6% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 56.8% 49.5% 64.1% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 53.9% 46.5% 61.3% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 51% 43.4% 58.4% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 47.9% 40.3% 55.3% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 44.7% 37.2% 52.1% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 41.4% 34% 48.8% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 38.1% 30.8% 45.3% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 34.7% 27.7% 41.7% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 31.4% 24.7% 38.1% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 28% 21.7% 34.4% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 24.8% 18.8% 30.8% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 21.6% 16.1% 27.2% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 18.6% 13.6% 23.7% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 15.8% 11.4% 20.3% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 13.2% 9.31% 17.2% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 10.8% 7.49% 14.3% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 8.72% 5.91% 11.6% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 6.86% 4.56% 9.25% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 5.26% 3.43% 7.16% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 3.92% 2.51% 5.39% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 2.83% 1.78% 3.92% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 1.97% 1.22% 2.75% 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 0.44% in the birth year in Cuba and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.07% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1% vs 2.1% at 60, and 5.53% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Cuba
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Cuba South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.44% 0.5% 0.38% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 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% 0.06% 0.03% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.06% 0.08% 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% 0.05% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.14% 0.17% 0.1% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.19% 0.24% 0.13% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.21% 0.26% 0.14% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.22% 0.29% 0.16% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.24% 0.32% 0.17% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.27% 0.35% 0.19% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.3% 0.38% 0.21% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.33% 0.42% 0.23% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.36% 0.47% 0.26% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.4% 0.52% 0.28% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.45% 0.58% 0.32% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.55% 0.72% 0.39% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.61% 0.79% 0.44% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.67% 0.88% 0.49% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.75% 0.97% 0.54% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.83% 1.06% 0.61% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 0.91% 1.16% 0.67% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1% 1.27% 0.75% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.09% 1.39% 0.83% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.2% 1.51% 0.91% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.3% 1.64% 1% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.42% 1.78% 1.09% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.54% 1.93% 1.19% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 1.67% 2.09% 1.3% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 1.81% 2.26% 1.42% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 1.96% 2.45% 1.55% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.13% 2.65% 1.69% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.32% 2.87% 1.85% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.52% 3.12% 2.02% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 2.74% 3.38% 2.21% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 2.98% 3.67% 2.42% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.25% 3.98% 2.65% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 3.55% 4.32% 2.9% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 3.87% 4.7% 3.19% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.22% 5.11% 3.51% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 4.61% 5.55% 3.88% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.05% 6.04% 4.29% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 5.53% 6.57% 4.75% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.07% 7.16% 5.25% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 6.67% 7.8% 5.81% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 7.31% 8.51% 6.43% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 8.03% 9.29% 7.11% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 8.81% 10.1% 7.87% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 9.67% 11.1% 8.7% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 10.6% 12.1% 9.61% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 11.6% 13.1% 10.6% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 12.7% 14.3% 11.7% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 13.9% 15.5% 12.9% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 15.1% 16.8% 14.2% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 16.5% 18.1% 15.5% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 17.9% 19.5% 16.9% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 19.5% 21.1% 18.6% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 21.3% 22.9% 20.4% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 23.4% 24.8% 22.5% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 25.5% 26.9% 24.8% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 27.9% 29% 27.2% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 30.4% 31.4% 29.9% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 32.5% 33.4% 32.1% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Cuba compared to South Africa

In Cuba, the most common age of death is 86, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 81.3 in Cuba and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Cuba
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Cuba South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 442 496 384 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 35 35.5 34.5 350 381 318
2 28.7 30.2 27.2 223.1 248.2 197
3 24 25.9 22 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 20.4 22.5 18.2 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 17.8 19.9 15.4 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 15.8 18.1 13.5 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 14.6 16.8 12.2 43 51.1 34.9
8 14 16.2 11.6 38.7 46 31.3
9 13.9 16.1 11.4 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 14.3 16.6 11.8 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 15.4 17.8 12.8 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 17.3 19.9 14.5 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 19.9 23 16.6 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 23.3 27.3 19.2 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 27.5 32.8 21.9 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 32.1 39.1 24.7 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 36.7 45.7 27.1 121.8 145 98.1
18 40.7 51.8 29 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 43.8 56.8 30.1 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 46 60.6 30.7 181.2 225.1 136
21 47.6 63.3 31.1 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 49 65.6 31.5 223.3 281.1 163
23 50.4 67.8 32.2 245.8 309 179.6
24 52.3 70.3 33.4 269.3 336 199.1
25 54.5 73.2 34.9 293.9 364 221.6
26 57.2 76.5 36.8 319 390 246.3
27 60.1 80 39 345 416 271.9
28 63.2 83.6 41.5 369 440 296.8
29 66.4 87.4 44.3 392 464 320
30 69.8 91.3 47.3 414 487 342
31 73.8 95.4 50.8 436 510 361
32 78.3 100.1 54.8 457 534 380
33 83.3 105.3 59.4 478 558 398
34 88.9 111.6 64.6 500 582 417
35 95.5 119.2 70.5 522 607 436
36 103.2 128.2 76.7 545 633 456
37 111.9 138.9 83.3 569 659 477
38 121.6 151 90.1 594 687 499
39 132 164.7 96.9 620 715 522
40 143 179.8 103.9 646 744 545
41 154.7 196.4 111.3 674 776 567
42 167.9 214.4 119.6 702 811 588
43 182.6 233.9 129 731 849 607
44 198.8 254.9 139.8 762 890 625
45 216.5 277.9 152.4 793 934 642
46 236.2 303 166.9 824 980 658
47 259.2 332 183.3 855 1,027 674
48 284.8 365 202 888 1,076 692
49 313 402 223 922 1,125 712
50 345 445 246.6 958 1,175 736
51 382 492 273.1 997 1,228 765
52 423 544 303 1,041 1,283 800
53 467 601 336 1,088 1,340 840
54 517 662 374 1,139 1,400 885
55 570 727 415 1,192 1,462 934
56 626 796 461 1,243 1,521 983
57 688 869 512 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 755 945 567 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 823 1,025 627 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 896 1,108 691 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 973 1,193 758 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,053 1,281 828 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,132 1,371 901 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,215 1,463 975 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,303 1,557 1,053 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,392 1,654 1,135 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,483 1,754 1,222 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,579 1,856 1,315 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,679 1,961 1,414 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,788 2,068 1,520 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,900 2,179 1,632 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,015 2,290 1,750 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,132 2,401 1,872 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,252 2,511 2,000 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,377 2,617 2,134 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,502 2,721 2,276 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,625 2,819 2,426 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,747 2,907 2,587 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,866 2,986 2,750 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,982 3,053 2,911 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 3,093 3,107 3,068 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 3,190 3,144 3,216 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,267 3,161 3,351 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,325 3,158 3,468 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,357 3,128 3,563 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,357 3,067 3,629 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,325 2,975 3,662 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 3,259 2,848 3,656 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 3,151 2,686 3,600 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 3,002 2,497 3,499 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,821 2,287 3,352 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,604 2,054 3,149 1,247 811 1,656
93 2,363 1,815 2,911 1,138 722 1,526
94 2,115 1,581 2,653 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,861 1,352 2,376 901 552 1,223
96 1,603 1,131 2,084 781 473 1,066
97 1,342 920 1,776 670 401 918
98 1,091 728 1,467 566 336 778
99 860 558 1,173 470 277.7 647
100 597 341 868 354 202.1 494

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 Cuba 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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