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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Denmark

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Denmark			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.1	101.8	102.2	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.2	100.9	101.3	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.4	100.1	100.5	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.6	99.2	99.7	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.8	98.4	98.9	100	99.9	100
95	98	97.6	98.1	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.2	96.8	97.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.5	96	96.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	95.3	96	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94.6	95.4	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.4	93.9	94.7	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.8	93.2	94.2	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.2	92.6	93.6	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.6	92	93.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.1	91.4	92.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.6	90.9	92.1	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.1	90.3	91.6	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.6	89.8	91.2	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.2	89.4	90.8	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.7	88.9	90.4	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.4	88.5	90	88.8	88	89.1
79	89	88.1	89.7	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.7	87.7	89.4	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.3	87.4	89.1	86.9	86	87.4
76	88	87.1	88.8	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	87.7	86.7	88.6	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.4	86.4	88.3	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.2	86.1	88.1	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	86.9	85.8	87.9	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	86.7	85.6	87.7	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.4	85.3	87.5	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.2	85	87.3	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86	84.8	87.1	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	85.8	84.5	87	81.6	80	82.8
66	85.6	84.3	86.8	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.4	84.1	86.6	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.2	83.9	86.5	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85	83.7	86.3	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	84.8	83.5	86.2	79.4	77.4	81
61	84.7	83.3	86	79	76.9	80.7
60	84.5	83.1	85.9	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	84.4	82.9	85.8	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.3	82.8	85.7	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.1	82.6	85.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84	82.5	85.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	83.9	82.4	85.4	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	83.8	82.3	85.3	76.5	74	78.7
53	83.7	82.2	85.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	83.6	82.1	85.2	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	83.6	82	85.1	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	83.5	81.9	85.1	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	83.4	81.8	85	75	72.2	77.4
48	83.4	81.8	85	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	83.3	81.7	84.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	83.3	81.6	84.9	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	83.2	81.6	84.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.2	81.5	84.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.2	81.5	84.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.1	81.5	84.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.1	81.4	84.8	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.1	81.4	84.7	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83	81.4	84.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83	81.3	84.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	83	81.3	84.7	72	68.9	74.8
36	83	81.3	84.7	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83	81.2	84.6	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	82.9	81.2	84.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	82.9	81.2	84.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	82.9	81.2	84.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	82.9	81.2	84.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	82.9	81.1	84.6	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	82.8	81.1	84.6	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	82.8	81.1	84.6	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	82.8	81.1	84.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	82.8	81.1	84.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	82.8	81	84.5	69.9	66.6	73
24	82.8	81	84.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	82.8	81	84.5	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	82.7	81	84.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	82.7	81	84.5	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	82.7	80.9	84.5	69.3	66	72.6
19	82.7	80.9	84.5	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	82.7	80.9	84.5	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	82.7	80.9	84.5	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	82.7	80.9	84.5	69	65.7	72.3
15	82.7	80.9	84.5	69	65.6	72.3
14	82.7	80.9	84.5	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	82.7	80.9	84.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	82.7	80.9	84.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	82.6	80.9	84.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	82.6	80.8	84.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	82.6	80.8	84.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	82.6	80.8	84.4	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	82.6	80.8	84.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.4	80.6	84.2	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 Denmark can expect to live to 82.9 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.4 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.4 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.4 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Denmark

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Denmark			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	2.06%	0.96%	3.02%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.07%	1.54%	4.43%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.43%	2.39%	6.26%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	6.18%	3.55%	8.57%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	8.36%	5.1%	11.4%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	11%	7.08%	14.6%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	14%	9.51%	18.3%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	17.5%	12.4%	22.4%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	21.3%	15.7%	26.7%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	25.3%	19.4%	31.2%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	29.6%	23.3%	35.7%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	33.9%	27.4%	40.3%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	38.2%	31.7%	44.7%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	42.5%	36%	49.1%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	46.7%	40.2%	53.2%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	50.7%	44.3%	57.2%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	54.5%	48.2%	60.8%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	58.1%	52%	64.3%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	61.5%	55.6%	67.4%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	64.6%	58.9%	70.3%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	67.4%	62%	72.9%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	70%	64.8%	75.2%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	72.3%	67.4%	77.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	74.5%	69.8%	79.2%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	76.5%	72.1%	81%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	78.3%	74.2%	82.5%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	80%	76.1%	84%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	81.6%	77.9%	85.3%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	83%	79.6%	86.5%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	84.4%	81.1%	87.6%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	85.6%	82.6%	88.6%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	86.7%	84%	89.6%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	87.8%	85.3%	90.4%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	88.8%	86.5%	91.3%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	89.8%	87.6%	92%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	90.7%	88.7%	92.7%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	91.5%	89.7%	93.4%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	92.3%	90.6%	94%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	93%	91.5%	94.6%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	93.7%	92.2%	95.1%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	94.3%	93%	95.6%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	94.8%	93.6%	96%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	95.3%	94.2%	96.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95.7%	94.8%	96.7%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96.1%	95.2%	97%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.5%	95.7%	97.3%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.8%	96%	97.6%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	97.1%	96.4%	97.8%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97.3%	96.7%	98%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.6%	97%	98.2%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.8%	97.2%	98.3%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	98.1%	97.6%	98.6%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	98.2%	97.8%	98.7%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	98.4%	98%	98.8%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.6%	98.2%	98.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.7%	98.3%	99%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	99%	98.8%	99.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99.2%	99%	99.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99.2%	99%	99.4%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.3%	99.1%	99.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.6%	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%	99.6%	99.7%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	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	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.7%	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. 94.3% of newborns in Denmark and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 85.6% and 51.6% past 70, 67.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 29.6% 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

Denmark

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Denmark			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	35.2%	40.3%	34%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	33%	37.8%	31.7%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	30.6%	35.3%	29.3%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	28.3%	32.8%	26.9%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.1%	30.4%	24.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	23.9%	27.9%	22.3%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.8%	25.6%	20.2%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	19.8%	23.3%	18.1%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	17.8%	21%	16.1%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	16%	18.9%	14.4%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	14.3%	16.9%	12.8%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.7%	15.1%	11.3%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	11.4%	13.4%	9.99%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	10.1%	11.9%	8.83%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.92%	10.5%	7.79%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.91%	9.28%	6.88%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	7%	8.2%	6.06%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	6.18%	7.25%	5.33%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.44%	6.4%	4.67%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.79%	5.65%	4.08%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	4.21%	4.96%	3.55%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.69%	4.37%	3.1%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.26%	3.87%	2.73%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.89%	3.45%	2.41%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.6%	3.11%	2.14%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.35%	2.82%	1.92%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	2.12%	2.56%	1.73%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.92%	2.32%	1.55%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.74%	2.11%	1.4%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.58%	1.92%	1.26%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.44%	1.76%	1.14%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.33%	1.63%	1.04%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.23%	1.51%	0.96%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	1.14%	1.4%	0.9%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	1.06%	1.3%	0.83%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.98%	1.2%	0.77%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.91%	1.11%	0.71%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.84%	1.02%	0.65%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.77%	0.94%	0.6%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.7%	0.86%	0.54%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.57%	0.7%	0.44%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.46%	0.57%	0.35%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.41%	0.51%	0.32%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.37%	0.44%	0.29%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.33%	0.39%	0.26%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.26%	0.31%	0.21%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.15%	0.18%	0.11%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.13%	0.16%	0.1%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.02%	0.04%	0.01%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.004%	0.005%	0.004%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.27%	0.29%	0.24%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.27% in the birth year in Denmark and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.03% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.63% vs 2.08% at 60, and 4.21% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Denmark vs South Africa

Chart Table

Denmark

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Denmark			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	570	176.1	916	359	204.6	501
99	1,013	583	1,405	475	280.8	655
98	1,356	843	1,834	572	340	787
97	1,750	1,167	2,304	677	406	928
96	2,179	1,549	2,792	789	478	1,077
95	2,626	1,977	3,268	909	558	1,236
94	3,062	2,434	3,698	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,458	2,888	4,051	1,148	729	1,540
92	3,788	3,300	4,309	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,056	3,663	4,484	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,233	3,943	4,558	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,320	4,134	4,544	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,344	4,252	4,472	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,291	4,276	4,334	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,166	4,213	4,144	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	4,010	4,108	3,932	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,817	3,957	3,690	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,591	3,771	3,426	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,345	3,556	3,148	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,096	3,326	2,867	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,834	3,075	2,587	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,582	2,829	2,332	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,360	2,610	2,110	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,156	2,409	1,907	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,985	2,242	1,734	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,838	2,094	1,584	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,700	1,949	1,449	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,565	1,806	1,324	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,442	1,676	1,209	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,331	1,558	1,103	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,235	1,457	1,010	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,154	1,372	935	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,082	1,289	872	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,016	1,211	819	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	953	1,135	768	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	891	1,063	716	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	831	995	664	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	772	926	614	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	714	858	566	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	655	790	517	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	597	723	468	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	543	660	422	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	490	598	380	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	442	538	342	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	396	481	310	1,242	1,519	978
55	353	425	280.4	1,190	1,459	929
54	316	377	254	1,137	1,397	881
53	280.9	335	227	1,085	1,337	835
52	251.8	302	201.4	1,037	1,279	795
51	226.2	274.8	177.8	994	1,223	760
50	203.6	250.1	157	954	1,171	731
49	182.7	226.5	138.5	918	1,120	707
48	162.5	203	121.7	883	1,071	686
47	144.1	180.7	107.1	850	1,022	668
46	126.7	158.9	94.2	818	974	652
45	111.1	138.9	83.3	786	928	635
44	98.4	121.8	74.6	755	884	619
43	87.8	107.8	67.2	724	842	601
42	79.2	97.2	60.6	695	804	581
41	72.7	89.2	55.6	667	770	560
40	66.5	81.4	51.1	639	738	538
39	60.9	74.2	47	613	708	515
38	55.9	68.3	42.9	587	680	492
37	51.6	64	38.6	562	653	470
36	47.9	60.7	34.6	538	626	449
35	44.2	57.1	30.8	515	600	429
34	41	53.6	27.8	493	575	410
33	37.8	49.6	25.4	471	551	392
32	35.2	46.3	23.5	450	527	374
31	33	43.7	21.9	429	504	355
30	31.4	41.9	20.4	408	481	335
29	29.6	39.9	18.8	386	458	314
28	28.3	38.6	17.5	363	434	291.3
27	26.9	37.3	16.2	339	410	266.7
26	26	36.7	14.9	314	384	241.5
25	24.8	35.6	13.7	289.1	358	217.1
24	23.8	34.3	12.9	264.7	331	195.1
23	23.1	33.3	12.6	241.4	304	176
22	22.4	31.9	12.5	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	21.8	30.7	12.6	198.1	249	145.6
20	20.8	28.7	12.5	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	18.5	25	11.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	15.8	20.8	10.5	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	13.2	16.7	9.49	119.5	142.6	96
16	10.3	12.4	8.1	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	8.08	9.28	6.84	85	99.4	70.2
14	6.13	6.84	5.38	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	4.79	5.42	4.14	58.9	68.7	49
12	4.06	4.74	3.34	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	3.73	4.49	2.94	43	50.5	35.3
10	3.7	4.43	2.93	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	3.66	4.15	3.14	37	43.9	30
8	3.71	3.91	3.5	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	3.75	3.77	3.72	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	3.87	3.98	3.75	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	4.03	4.36	3.68	67.2	79	55.4
4	4.37	4.88	3.82	95.3	110.3	80
3	5.8	6.55	5.01	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	11.2	12.5	9.81	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	31	34.1	27.6	343	375	310
0	266.1	293.9	236.8	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 Denmark, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.2 in Denmark 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 Denmark and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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