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Life Expectancy in Dominican Republic vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 74.1 years in the Dominican Republic vs 66.7 in South Africa. The Dominican Republic is ranked 101/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In the Dominican Republic, the life expectancy is 70.9 years for males and 77.4 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Dominican Republic vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Dominican Republic
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Dominican Republic South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 44.1 43 45.3 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 44.8 43.7 46.1 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 45.6 44.4 46.9 45 44 46.2
1953 46.3 45.1 47.8 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 47.1 45.8 48.6 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 47.9 46.6 49.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 48.7 47.3 50.2 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 49.5 48.1 51 50.2 48.6 52
1958 50.2 48.8 51.8 51.1 49.5 53
1959 51 49.5 52.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 51.7 50.3 53.3 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 52.4 51 54.1 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 53.2 51.7 54.8 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 53.8 52.3 55.4 53.9 52 56
1964 54.7 53.1 56.3 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 52.8 49.4 56.8 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 56 54.4 57.7 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 56.6 55 58.4 55 52.9 57.2
1968 57.3 55.6 59.1 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 57.9 56.2 59.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 58.5 56.8 60.4 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 59.1 57.3 61 56 53.8 58.4
1972 59.7 57.9 61.6 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 60.2 58.5 62.1 56.7 54.6 59
1974 60.8 59 62.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 61.3 59.4 63.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 61.7 59.9 63.7 58 55.8 60.4
1977 62.2 60.3 64.2 58.5 56.2 61
1978 62.6 60.7 64.7 59 56.6 61.6
1979 62.4 60.6 64.3 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 63.4 61.4 65.5 60 57.5 62.7
1981 63.8 61.8 65.9 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 64.2 62.2 66.3 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 64.6 62.5 66.8 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 65.1 63 67.4 61.8 59 64.9
1985 65.6 63.4 68 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 66.1 63.7 68.5 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 66.5 64.1 69.1 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 66.9 64.4 69.6 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 67.3 64.7 70.1 63 59.6 66.8
1990 67.7 65 70.7 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 68.2 65.3 71.2 63 59.5 67
1992 68.5 65.6 71.6 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 68.9 65.9 72 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 69.2 66.1 72.4 62.1 58.8 66
1995 69.4 66.3 72.6 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 69.6 66.5 72.9 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 69.8 66.7 73.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 69.9 66.8 73.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 70.2 67 73.5 59.2 56.1 62
2000 70.4 67.1 73.8 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 70.6 67.3 73.9 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 70.7 67.5 74.1 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 70.9 67.7 74.1 54.2 52 56.3
2004 70.7 67.7 73.9 54 51.9 55.8
2005 71 68.2 74 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 71.1 68.3 73.9 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 71.1 68.4 73.9 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 71.3 68.4 74.4 56 53.5 58.1
2009 71.6 68.4 74.9 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 72 68.6 75.7 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 72.5 68.9 76.4 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 72.8 69.2 76.7 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 73 69.5 76.8 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 73.1 69.7 76.8 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 73 69.7 76.4 64.1 60.8 67
2016 72.9 69.4 76.5 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 73.4 70.1 76.8 65.4 62 68.6
2018 73.6 70.3 76.9 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 73.1 69.9 76.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 72.6 68.9 76.7 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 71.8 68.3 75.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 74.2 70.7 77.9 65.5 61.8 69
2023 73.7 70.5 77 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 73.9 70.7 77.1 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 74 70.8 77.2 66.5 63 70
2026 74.1 70.9 77.4 66.7 63.1 70.2

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 63.6 years in the Dominican Republic and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 16.2 healthy years in the Dominican Republic and 11.3 in South Africa.

Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
47.6 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.6 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
79.8 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Dominican Republic South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 97.4% 98.6% 93.6% 95.5%
50 92.9% 95.9% 83.6% 88.9%
60 84.8% 90.9% 68.1% 79.2%
65 78.2% 86.4% 58.1% 72.5%
70 68.9% 79.7% 46.7% 63.7%
75 56.4% 70.1% 35.1% 53.0%
80 41.4% 57.3% 24.0% 40.5%
85 25.6% 41.8% 14.9% 27.9%
90 12.3% 25.7% 7.8% 16.1%
95 4.1% 12.3% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.9% 4.1% 1.1% 2.4%

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 the Dominican Republic vs South Africa: 77.6 years vs 70.6 at 30, 82.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.9 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 74.1 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in the Dominican Republic and South Africa.

Dominican Republic
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Dominican Republic South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 74.1 70.9 77.4 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 76 72.8 79.1 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 76.2 73.1 79.3 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 76.3 73.2 79.5 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 76.4 73.2 79.5 68.6 65.2 72
5 76.4 73.3 79.6 68.7 65.3 72
6 76.4 73.3 79.6 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 76.4 73.3 79.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 76.4 73.3 79.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 76.5 73.3 79.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 76.5 73.3 79.6 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 76.5 73.3 79.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 76.5 73.4 79.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 76.5 73.4 79.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 76.5 73.4 79.6 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 76.5 73.4 79.7 69 65.6 72.3
16 76.5 73.4 79.7 69 65.7 72.3
17 76.6 73.5 79.7 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 76.6 73.5 79.7 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 76.7 73.6 79.8 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 76.8 73.7 79.8 69.3 66 72.6
21 76.8 73.8 79.8 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 76.9 73.9 79.9 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 77 74.1 79.9 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 77.1 74.2 79.9 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 77.2 74.3 80 69.9 66.6 73
26 77.2 74.4 80 70 66.8 73.1
27 77.3 74.5 80.1 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 77.4 74.6 80.1 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 77.5 74.7 80.2 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 77.6 74.8 80.2 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 77.6 74.9 80.3 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 77.7 75 80.3 71 67.9 73.9
33 77.8 75.1 80.4 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 77.9 75.2 80.4 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 78 75.3 80.5 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 78 75.5 80.6 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 78.1 75.6 80.6 72 68.9 74.8
38 78.2 75.7 80.7 72.2 69.2 75
39 78.3 75.8 80.8 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 78.4 75.9 80.8 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 78.5 76 80.9 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 78.6 76.1 81 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 78.7 76.3 81.1 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 78.8 76.4 81.2 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 79 76.5 81.3 73.9 71 76.5
46 79.1 76.7 81.4 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 79.2 76.8 81.5 74.4 71.6 77
48 79.4 77 81.6 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 79.5 77.2 81.7 75 72.2 77.4
50 79.7 77.4 81.9 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 79.8 77.5 82 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 80 77.7 82.1 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 80.2 77.9 82.2 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 80.3 78.1 82.4 76.5 74 78.7
55 80.5 78.3 82.5 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 80.7 78.5 82.7 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 80.9 78.7 82.8 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 81.1 79 83 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 81.3 79.2 83.1 78.3 76 80.1
60 81.5 79.4 83.3 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 81.7 79.7 83.5 79 76.9 80.7
62 81.9 80 83.7 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.2 80.3 83.9 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 82.5 80.6 84.1 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 82.7 80.9 84.4 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 83 81.2 84.6 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 83.3 81.5 84.9 81.6 80 82.8
68 83.7 81.9 85.2 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84 82.3 85.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.4 82.7 85.8 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 84.7 83.1 86.1 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85.1 83.5 86.5 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.5 83.9 86.8 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 86 84.4 87.2 85.2 84 85.9
75 86.4 84.9 87.6 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 86.9 85.4 88 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87.3 85.9 88.4 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.8 86.4 88.9 87.5 86.7 88
79 88.4 87 89.3 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 88.9 87.5 89.8 88.8 88 89.1
81 89.4 88.1 90.3 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 90 88.7 90.8 90 89.4 90.3
83 90.6 89.4 91.4 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 91.2 90 91.9 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 91.8 90.7 92.5 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.5 91.3 93.1 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 93.1 92 93.7 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 93.8 92.8 94.3 94 93.7 94.1
89 94.5 93.5 95 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 95.2 94.2 95.6 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.9 95 96.3 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.7 95.8 97 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 97.4 96.6 97.7 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 98.2 97.4 98.5 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 99 98.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99.8 99 100 100 99.9 100
97 100.6 99.8 100.8 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 101.4 100.7 101.5 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 102.2 101.6 102.3 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 103.1 102.4 103.2 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Dominican Republic vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 83.4% in the Dominican Republic and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 70.6% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 46.9% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 18.2% and 11.3% 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.

Dominican Republic
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Dominican Republic South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.6% 97.4% 97.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 97.3% 97.1% 97.5% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 97.1% 96.9% 97.3% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 97% 96.8% 97.3% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 97% 96.8% 97.2% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 97% 96.7% 97.2% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 96.9% 96.7% 97.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 96.9% 96.7% 97.2% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 96.9% 96.7% 97.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 96.9% 96.7% 97.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 96.9% 96.7% 97.1% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 96.9% 96.7% 97.1% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 96.9% 96.6% 97.1% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 96.8% 96.6% 97.1% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 96.8% 96.6% 97.1% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 96.8% 96.5% 97% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 96.7% 96.4% 97% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 96.6% 96.3% 97% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 96.6% 96.2% 96.9% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 96.4% 96% 96.9% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 96.3% 95.8% 96.8% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 96.2% 95.6% 96.7% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 96% 95.4% 96.7% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 95.9% 95.2% 96.6% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 95.7% 95% 96.5% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 95.6% 94.7% 96.4% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 95.4% 94.5% 96.4% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 95.3% 94.3% 96.3% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 95.1% 94.1% 96.2% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 95% 93.9% 96.1% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 94.8% 93.6% 96% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 94.6% 93.4% 95.9% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 94.5% 93.2% 95.8% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 94.3% 93% 95.7% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 94.1% 92.7% 95.6% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 93.9% 92.5% 95.4% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 93.7% 92.3% 95.3% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 93.5% 92% 95.1% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 93.3% 91.7% 95% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 93.1% 91.4% 94.8% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 92.8% 91.1% 94.6% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 92.6% 90.8% 94.4% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 92.3% 90.5% 94.2% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 92% 90.1% 93.9% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 91.6% 89.7% 93.7% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 91.3% 89.3% 93.4% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 90.9% 88.8% 93.1% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 90.5% 88.3% 92.8% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 90.1% 87.8% 92.5% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 89.6% 87.2% 92.1% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 89.2% 86.6% 91.8% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 88.7% 86% 91.4% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 88.1% 85.4% 91% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 87.6% 84.7% 90.5% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 87% 84% 90.1% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 86.4% 83.2% 89.6% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 85.7% 82.4% 89.1% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 85% 81.5% 88.6% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 84.2% 80.6% 88% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 83.4% 79.6% 87.3% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 82.5% 78.5% 86.6% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 81.6% 77.4% 85.9% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 80.5% 76.2% 85% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 79.4% 74.8% 84.1% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 78.2% 73.4% 83.1% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 76.9% 71.9% 82% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 75.5% 70.3% 80.8% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 73.9% 68.5% 79.5% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 72.3% 66.6% 78.1% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 70.6% 64.7% 76.6% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 68.7% 62.6% 75% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 66.7% 60.3% 73.2% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 64.6% 58% 71.4% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 62.4% 55.5% 69.4% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 60.1% 53% 67.3% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 57.7% 50.3% 65.1% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 55.1% 47.5% 62.8% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 52.5% 44.7% 60.3% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 49.7% 41.8% 57.8% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 46.9% 38.8% 55.1% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 44% 35.8% 52.2% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 41% 32.8% 49.3% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 38.1% 29.8% 46.3% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 35.1% 26.9% 43.3% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 32.1% 24% 40.2% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 29.1% 21.2% 37% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 26.2% 18.6% 33.9% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 23.4% 16% 30.8% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 20.7% 13.7% 27.7% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 18.2% 11.5% 24.7% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 15.7% 9.59% 21.8% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 13.5% 7.85% 19% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 11.4% 6.32% 16.4% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 9.58% 5% 14% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 7.91% 3.89% 11.8% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 6.44% 2.97% 9.78% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 5.17% 2.22% 8% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 4.09% 1.63% 6.43% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 3.18% 1.17% 5.09% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 2.43% 0.82% 3.95% 1.63% 1% 2.22%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.42% in the birth year in the Dominican Republic and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.17% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.06% vs 2.08% at 60, and 6.18% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Dominican Republic
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Dominican Republic South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.42% 2.63% 2.21% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.12% 0.18% 0.05% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.13% 0.2% 0.06% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.14% 0.22% 0.07% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.15% 0.22% 0.07% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.15% 0.23% 0.08% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.16% 0.23% 0.08% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.16% 0.23% 0.08% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.16% 0.24% 0.08% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.16% 0.24% 0.08% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.16% 0.24% 0.09% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.16% 0.23% 0.09% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.17% 0.23% 0.1% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.17% 0.23% 0.11% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.21% 0.27% 0.16% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.25% 0.32% 0.19% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.27% 0.34% 0.2% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.28% 0.36% 0.21% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.3% 0.38% 0.23% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.33% 0.41% 0.25% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.35% 0.44% 0.26% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.38% 0.48% 0.29% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.41% 0.51% 0.31% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.44% 0.55% 0.33% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.47% 0.59% 0.36% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.5% 0.63% 0.38% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.54% 0.67% 0.4% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.57% 0.71% 0.42% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.6% 0.76% 0.45% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.63% 0.8% 0.47% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.67% 0.86% 0.5% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.72% 0.91% 0.53% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 0.77% 0.98% 0.57% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 0.82% 1.05% 0.61% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 0.89% 1.14% 0.66% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 0.97% 1.23% 0.73% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.06% 1.34% 0.8% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.16% 1.45% 0.89% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.27% 1.59% 0.98% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 1.39% 1.73% 1.09% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 1.53% 1.9% 1.2% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 1.68% 2.08% 1.33% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 1.84% 2.28% 1.46% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 2.02% 2.49% 1.61% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 2.21% 2.73% 1.76% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 2.41% 2.98% 1.93% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 2.63% 3.26% 2.11% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 2.87% 3.55% 2.3% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 3.13% 3.88% 2.52% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 3.41% 4.23% 2.75% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 3.72% 4.62% 3% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 4.05% 5.03% 3.28% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 4.42% 5.49% 3.59% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 4.81% 5.99% 3.92% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 5.24% 6.52% 4.28% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 5.69% 7.1% 4.68% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 6.18% 7.72% 5.1% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 6.71% 8.39% 5.56% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 7.27% 9.11% 6.06% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 7.87% 9.88% 6.6% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 8.51% 10.7% 7.18% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 9.2% 11.6% 7.81% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 9.93% 12.5% 8.48% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 10.7% 13.5% 9.21% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 11.5% 14.6% 10% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 12.4% 15.7% 10.8% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 13.3% 16.9% 11.7% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 14.3% 18.2% 12.7% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 15.3% 19.5% 13.7% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 16.3% 20.8% 14.7% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 17.4% 22.2% 15.9% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 18.5% 23.7% 17% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 19.7% 25.2% 18.3% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 21% 26.7% 19.6% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 22.3% 28.3% 20.9% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 23.6% 29.9% 22.3% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 24.8% 31.4% 23.6% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in the Dominican Republic compared to South Africa

In the Dominican Republic, the most common age of death is 83, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 78.9 in the Dominican Republic and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Dominican Republic
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Dominican Republic South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,425 2,631 2,211 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 312 310 313 343 375 310
2 155.9 161.9 149.5 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 81.6 87.8 75.1 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 45.4 50.2 40.4 95.3 110.3 80
5 24.9 28.4 21.3 67.2 79 55.4
6 14 16.5 11.5 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 9.85 11.5 8.09 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 9.7 10.9 8.46 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 11 11.8 10.1 37 43.9 30
10 11.9 12.6 11.2 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 13.5 14.2 12.6 43 50.5 35.3
12 16.8 18.2 15.4 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 21.8 24.7 18.8 58.9 68.7 49
14 29.4 35.4 23 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 40.5 52.3 28 85 99.4 70.2
16 55.6 76.5 33.7 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 74.7 107.8 40 119.5 142.6 96
18 95.2 141.6 46.6 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 114.1 172.2 53.2 158 194.2 121.2
20 128.7 194.5 59.5 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 138.2 207.7 65.2 198.1 249 145.6
22 144 214.6 69.9 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 147.5 218.1 73.4 241.4 304 176
24 149.7 220.2 75.8 264.7 331 195.1
25 151.6 222.2 77.4 289.1 358 217.1
26 153 223.5 79 314 384 241.5
27 154.2 223.8 81.1 339 410 266.7
28 155.2 222.7 84.3 363 434 291.3
29 156.3 220.7 88.6 386 458 314
30 158 218.6 94.4 408 481 335
31 160.9 217.7 101.4 429 504 355
32 165.4 218.8 109.5 450 527 374
33 171.7 222.6 118.5 471 551 392
34 179.7 229.2 128.1 493 575 410
35 189.2 238.3 138.1 515 600 429
36 199.7 249.4 148 538 626 449
37 211 262.1 158 562 653 470
38 222.9 275.8 168.1 587 680 492
39 235.4 290.4 178.4 613 708 515
40 248.9 306 189.4 639 738 538
41 264.1 324 201.6 667 770 560
42 281.4 345 215.4 695 804 581
43 301 369 231 724 842 601
44 324 397 248.6 755 884 619
45 349 427 267.9 786 928 635
46 375 459 288.5 818 974 652
47 402 491 310 850 1,022 668
48 428 524 331 883 1,071 686
49 454 555 351 918 1,120 707
50 480 586 370 954 1,171 731
51 505 618 389 994 1,223 760
52 531 651 408 1,037 1,279 795
53 558 686 428 1,085 1,337 835
54 589 725 451 1,137 1,397 881
55 623 767 477 1,190 1,459 929
56 662 815 508 1,242 1,519 978
57 707 868 545 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 758 927 588 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 816 992 639 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 881 1,063 699 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 954 1,142 767 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,035 1,227 843 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,122 1,320 925 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,215 1,420 1,012 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,314 1,526 1,104 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,417 1,637 1,200 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,524 1,752 1,299 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 1,634 1,869 1,402 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 1,745 1,987 1,507 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 1,858 2,105 1,615 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 1,973 2,223 1,726 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,089 2,340 1,842 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,206 2,454 1,961 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,323 2,564 2,084 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,437 2,667 2,210 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,548 2,762 2,337 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 2,654 2,846 2,463 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 2,749 2,914 2,585 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 2,830 2,965 2,701 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 2,898 2,995 2,809 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,951 3,004 2,906 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,985 2,989 2,990 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,996 2,947 3,058 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,985 2,879 3,108 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 2,951 2,783 3,137 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 2,892 2,661 3,143 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 2,808 2,514 3,123 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 2,700 2,344 3,077 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 2,569 2,156 3,001 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 2,416 1,953 2,897 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 2,245 1,742 2,764 1,363 912 1,794
92 2,061 1,528 2,604 1,257 818 1,670
93 1,866 1,317 2,421 1,148 729 1,540
94 1,666 1,113 2,221 1,031 642 1,393
95 1,467 921 2,008 909 558 1,236
96 1,272 748 1,788 789 478 1,077
97 1,085 594 1,565 677 406 928
98 910 461 1,346 572 340 787
99 750 349 1,135 475 280.8 655
100 558 185.2 912 359 204.6 501

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 the Dominican Republic 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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