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Life Expectancy in El Salvador vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 72.7 years in El Salvador vs 66.7 in South Africa. El Salvador is ranked 116/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In El Salvador, the life expectancy is 68.2 years for males and 76.9 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

El Salvador vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

El Salvador
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
El Salvador South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 44.2 42.3 46.2 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 43.8 42 45.8 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 44.8 42.8 46.8 45 44 46.2
1953 45 43.1 47 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 45.5 43.6 47.5 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 46 44.2 48 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 46.6 44.7 48.5 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 47.1 45.2 49.1 50.2 48.6 52
1958 47.7 45.7 49.7 51.1 49.5 53
1959 48 46 50 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 48.3 46.3 50.4 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 48.6 46.6 50.7 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 49 46.9 51.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 49.4 47.3 51.5 53.9 52 56
1964 49.7 47.6 52 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 50.2 48.1 52.4 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 50.7 48.6 52.9 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 50.8 48.7 53.1 55 52.9 57.2
1968 50.8 48.6 53.2 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 51.3 49 53.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 51.4 48.9 54 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 51.7 49 54.5 56 53.8 58.4
1972 52 49 55.2 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 52.8 49.8 56 56.7 54.6 59
1974 52.9 49.6 56.5 57.1 55 59.4
1975 53.4 50.2 56.9 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 54.4 50.8 58.3 58 55.8 60.4
1977 54 50 58.6 58.5 56.2 61
1978 54.7 50.6 59.3 59 56.6 61.6
1979 53.8 49.1 59.1 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 48.6 41 58.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 50.9 44.1 59.4 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 53.3 47.6 60 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 54.4 48.9 60.5 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 56.6 51.6 62.1 61.8 59 64.9
1985 58 53.4 63 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 59.3 54.9 64 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 59.4 54.6 64.5 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 60 55.1 65.2 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 61.3 56.2 66.6 63 59.6 66.8
1990 62 57.1 67.1 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 62.5 57.4 67.9 63 59.5 67
1992 62.9 57.9 68.2 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 64 59 69.1 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 64.5 59.5 69.6 62.1 58.8 66
1995 64.9 59.9 70.1 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 65.5 60.5 70.6 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 66.2 61.4 71.2 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 66.7 62 71.3 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 67.3 62.6 72 59.2 56.1 62
2000 67.7 63 72.4 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 68 63.4 72.5 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 68.5 63.8 73.2 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 68.8 64.1 73.4 54.2 52 56.3
2004 69.3 64.6 73.9 54 51.9 55.8
2005 69.3 64.5 74 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 69.6 64.8 74.3 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 69.8 65 74.5 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 70.1 65.4 74.7 56 53.5 58.1
2009 70.4 65.7 74.8 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 70.9 66.4 75.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 71.2 66.7 75.4 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 71.4 67 75.6 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 71.2 66.5 75.7 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 71.1 66.3 75.7 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 71 66 75.7 64.1 60.8 67
2016 70.9 65.8 75.8 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 71 65.9 75.8 65.4 62 68.6
2018 71.4 66.5 75.9 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 71.7 67.1 76 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 70.2 65.5 74.7 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 69.9 65.2 74.3 62 59.2 64.8
2022 72 67.4 76.2 65.5 61.8 69
2023 72.1 67.5 76.3 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 72.3 67.8 76.5 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 72.5 68 76.7 66.5 63 70
2026 72.7 68.2 76.9 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 62.2 years in El Salvador and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 15.1 healthy years in El Salvador and 11.3 in South Africa.

El Salvador 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 El Salvador 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:
45.1 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
75.1 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
78.8 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
El Salvador South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 94.4% 98.7% 93.6% 95.5%
50 86.9% 96.0% 83.6% 88.9%
60 76.2% 89.9% 68.1% 79.2%
65 69.2% 84.9% 58.1% 72.5%
70 61.0% 78.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 50.4% 68.8% 35.1% 53.0%
80 36.3% 54.5% 24.0% 40.5%
85 20.4% 35.4% 14.9% 27.9%
90 7.8% 16.3% 7.8% 16.1%
95 1.8% 4.5% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.2% 0.6% 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 El Salvador vs South Africa: 75.1 years vs 70.6 at 30, 81.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 87.2 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 72.7 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 El Salvador and South Africa.

El Salvador
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
El Salvador South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 72.7 68.2 76.9 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 73.4 68.9 77.5 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 73.4 68.9 77.6 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 73.5 68.9 77.6 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 73.5 69 77.6 68.6 65.2 72
5 73.5 69 77.7 68.7 65.3 72
6 73.5 69 77.7 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 73.5 69 77.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 73.6 69 77.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 73.6 69.1 77.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 73.6 69.1 77.7 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 73.6 69.1 77.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 73.6 69.1 77.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 73.6 69.1 77.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 73.7 69.2 77.8 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 73.7 69.2 77.8 69 65.6 72.3
16 73.7 69.3 77.9 69 65.7 72.3
17 73.8 69.3 77.9 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 73.9 69.5 77.9 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 74 69.6 78 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 74.1 69.7 78 69.3 66 72.6
21 74.2 69.9 78 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 74.3 70 78.1 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 74.4 70.2 78.1 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 74.5 70.3 78.2 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 74.6 70.5 78.2 69.9 66.6 73
26 74.7 70.6 78.2 70 66.8 73.1
27 74.8 70.8 78.3 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 74.9 70.9 78.3 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 75 71.1 78.4 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 75.1 71.2 78.4 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 75.2 71.4 78.5 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 75.4 71.6 78.5 71 67.9 73.9
33 75.5 71.8 78.6 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 75.6 72 78.6 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 75.8 72.2 78.7 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 75.9 72.4 78.7 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 76.1 72.7 78.8 72 68.9 74.8
38 76.2 72.9 78.9 72.2 69.2 75
39 76.4 73.2 78.9 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 76.5 73.4 79 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 76.7 73.6 79.1 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 76.9 73.9 79.2 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 77 74.1 79.2 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 77.2 74.4 79.3 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 77.3 74.6 79.4 73.9 71 76.5
46 77.5 74.8 79.5 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 77.7 75.1 79.6 74.4 71.6 77
48 77.8 75.3 79.7 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 78 75.6 79.8 75 72.2 77.4
50 78.2 75.8 79.9 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 78.4 76.1 80.1 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 78.5 76.3 80.2 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 78.7 76.6 80.3 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 78.9 76.9 80.5 76.5 74 78.7
55 79.2 77.2 80.6 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 79.4 77.4 80.8 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 79.6 77.7 81 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 79.9 78.1 81.2 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 80.1 78.4 81.4 78.3 76 80.1
60 80.4 78.7 81.6 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 80.6 79 81.8 79 76.9 80.7
62 80.9 79.3 82 79.4 77.4 81
63 81.1 79.6 82.2 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 81.4 80 82.4 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 81.7 80.3 82.7 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 82 80.6 82.9 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 82.3 81 83.2 81.6 80 82.8
68 82.6 81.3 83.5 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 82.9 81.7 83.7 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 83.2 82 84 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 83.5 82.4 84.3 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 83.8 82.8 84.6 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 84.2 83.2 84.9 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 84.5 83.6 85.2 85.2 84 85.9
75 84.9 84 85.5 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 85.3 84.5 85.9 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 85.7 84.9 86.3 86.9 86 87.4
78 86.2 85.4 86.7 87.5 86.7 88
79 86.7 86 87.1 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 87.2 86.5 87.6 88.8 88 89.1
81 87.7 87.1 88.1 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 88.2 87.7 88.6 90 89.4 90.3
83 88.8 88.3 89.1 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 89.4 88.9 89.7 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 90.1 89.6 90.3 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.7 90.3 90.9 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 91.4 91 91.6 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 92.1 91.8 92.3 94 93.7 94.1
89 92.8 92.6 93 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 93.6 93.3 93.7 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.3 94.1 94.4 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.1 94.9 95.2 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.9 95.8 96 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 96.7 96.6 96.8 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.6 97.4 97.6 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.4 98.3 98.5 100 99.9 100
97 99.3 99.2 99.3 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100.1 100 100.2 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101 100.9 101.1 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.9 101.8 102 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in El Salvador vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 80.3% in El Salvador and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 67.5% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 44.3% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 11.8% 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.

El Salvador
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
El Salvador South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 99.1% 99% 99.1% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 99% 99% 99.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 99% 98.9% 99.1% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 99% 98.9% 99% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 98.9% 98.9% 99% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 98.9% 98.8% 99% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 98.9% 98.8% 99% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 98.9% 98.8% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 98.8% 98.7% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 98.2% 97.8% 98.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 98% 97.5% 98.5% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 97.8% 97.2% 98.4% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 97.6% 96.9% 98.4% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 97.4% 96.6% 98.3% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 97.2% 96.3% 98.2% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 97.1% 96% 98.1% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 96.9% 95.7% 98.1% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 96.7% 95.4% 98% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 96.4% 95.1% 97.9% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 96.2% 94.7% 97.8% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 96% 94.3% 97.7% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 95.7% 93.9% 97.6% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 95.4% 93.4% 97.5% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 95.1% 93% 97.4% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 94.8% 92.5% 97.3% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 94.5% 92% 97.2% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 94.2% 91.4% 97.1% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 93.8% 90.8% 96.9% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 93.4% 90.2% 96.8% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 93% 89.6% 96.6% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 92.6% 89% 96.4% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 92.2% 88.3% 96.2% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 91.8% 87.7% 96% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 91.4% 87% 95.8% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 91% 86.3% 95.6% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 90.5% 85.6% 95.4% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 90.1% 84.9% 95.1% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 89.6% 84.2% 94.8% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 89.1% 83.5% 94.5% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 88.6% 82.7% 94.1% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 88% 81.9% 93.8% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 87.4% 81.1% 93.4% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 86.8% 80.3% 93% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 86.2% 79.4% 92.5% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 85.5% 78.5% 92% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 84.7% 77.5% 91.4% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 84% 76.4% 90.8% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 83.1% 75.4% 90.2% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 82.2% 74.3% 89.5% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 81.3% 73.1% 88.7% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 80.3% 71.9% 87.9% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 79.3% 70.6% 87% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 78.2% 69.4% 86.1% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 77.1% 68.1% 85.1% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 75.9% 66.7% 84.1% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 74.7% 65.3% 83% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 73.4% 63.8% 81.8% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 72% 62.3% 80.6% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 70.6% 60.8% 79.2% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 69.1% 59.2% 77.8% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 67.5% 57.5% 76.4% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 65.9% 55.8% 74.8% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 64.1% 53.9% 73.2% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 62.3% 51.9% 71.4% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 60.2% 49.8% 69.4% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 58% 47.6% 67.3% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 55.6% 45.1% 64.9% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 53% 42.6% 62.3% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 50.3% 39.9% 59.5% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 47.4% 37.1% 56.5% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 44.3% 34.2% 53.3% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 41% 31.2% 49.9% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 37.7% 28.2% 46.3% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 34.3% 25.2% 42.5% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 30.8% 22.2% 38.6% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 27.3% 19.3% 34.6% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 23.9% 16.5% 30.6% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 20.5% 13.8% 26.6% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 17.3% 11.4% 22.8% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 14.4% 9.25% 19.2% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 11.8% 7.38% 15.9% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 9.46% 5.77% 12.9% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 7.43% 4.42% 10.2% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 5.7% 3.3% 7.94% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 4.27% 2.4% 6.01% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 3.11% 1.71% 4.43% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 2.21% 1.18% 3.18% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 1.53% 0.8% 2.21% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 1.02% 0.52% 1.49% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.67% 0.33% 0.98% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.42% 0.21% 0.62% 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 0.86% in the birth year in El Salvador and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.27% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.28% vs 2.08% at 60, and 7.28% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

El Salvador
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
El Salvador South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.86% 0.93% 0.79% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 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% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.11% 0.16% 0.05% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.14% 0.22% 0.06% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.17% 0.27% 0.06% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.19% 0.3% 0.06% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.19% 0.31% 0.07% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.19% 0.31% 0.07% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.19% 0.3% 0.07% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.2% 0.32% 0.08% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.21% 0.34% 0.08% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.23% 0.36% 0.09% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.24% 0.39% 0.09% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.26% 0.41% 0.1% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.27% 0.44% 0.1% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.29% 0.47% 0.1% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.3% 0.5% 0.11% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.32% 0.53% 0.12% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.34% 0.56% 0.12% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.36% 0.6% 0.13% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.38% 0.63% 0.14% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.4% 0.66% 0.15% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.41% 0.69% 0.17% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.43% 0.72% 0.18% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.44% 0.74% 0.19% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.45% 0.75% 0.21% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.46% 0.77% 0.22% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.47% 0.78% 0.24% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.49% 0.8% 0.26% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.51% 0.82% 0.28% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.53% 0.84% 0.3% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.55% 0.87% 0.33% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.58% 0.9% 0.36% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.62% 0.94% 0.39% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.65% 0.99% 0.42% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.7% 1.05% 0.46% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.75% 1.11% 0.5% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.8% 1.18% 0.55% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.87% 1.25% 0.6% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.93% 1.33% 0.66% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1% 1.41% 0.72% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.07% 1.49% 0.79% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.14% 1.57% 0.85% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.21% 1.65% 0.92% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.28% 1.72% 0.98% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.36% 1.81% 1.05% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.44% 1.9% 1.13% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 1.53% 2% 1.22% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 1.63% 2.1% 1.31% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 1.74% 2.22% 1.42% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 1.86% 2.35% 1.53% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 1.98% 2.49% 1.64% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 2.11% 2.65% 1.76% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 2.26% 2.83% 1.89% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 2.44% 3.04% 2.04% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 2.65% 3.3% 2.22% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 2.92% 3.64% 2.45% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 3.27% 4.07% 2.75% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 3.68% 4.56% 3.11% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 4.13% 5.09% 3.52% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 4.63% 5.66% 3.97% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 5.19% 6.3% 4.48% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 5.82% 7.02% 5.05% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 6.51% 7.8% 5.69% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 7.28% 8.66% 6.41% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 8.14% 9.65% 7.23% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 9.09% 10.7% 8.14% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 10.1% 11.9% 9.15% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 11.3% 13.2% 10.3% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 12.7% 14.7% 11.6% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 14.1% 16.1% 13% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 15.4% 17.5% 14.4% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 16.8% 18.7% 15.8% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 18.2% 20.2% 17.3% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 19.8% 21.8% 18.9% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 21.5% 23.5% 20.6% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 23.3% 25.3% 22.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 25.2% 27.1% 24.3% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 27% 28.9% 26.3% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 29% 30.7% 28.3% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 30.9% 32.5% 30.4% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 33% 34.4% 32.5% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 35% 36.3% 34.6% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 37% 38.1% 36.7% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 39% 40% 38.7% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in El Salvador compared to South Africa

In El Salvador, the most common age of death is 84, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 78.1 in El Salvador and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

El Salvador
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
El Salvador South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 859 928 787 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 62.3 61.4 63.2 343 375 310
2 49.7 50.3 49 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 40.2 41.5 38.8 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 33.2 34.7 31.6 95.3 110.3 80
5 28 29.5 26.4 67.2 79 55.4
6 24.2 25.6 22.8 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 22 23.2 20.8 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 21.2 22.3 20.2 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 21.9 22.8 20.9 37 43.9 30
10 23.8 24.9 22.7 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 27.7 29.4 25.8 43 50.5 35.3
12 34 37.7 30.1 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 43.5 51.5 35 58.9 68.7 49
14 58 74.5 40.3 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 79.1 110 45.9 85 99.4 70.2
16 106.4 157.4 51.5 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 137.5 212.7 56.7 119.5 142.6 96
18 164.4 260.9 60.7 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 181.8 292.1 63.3 158 194.2 121.2
20 187.5 302 64.8 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 186.2 298.8 65.9 198.1 249 145.6
22 183.5 292.2 67.4 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 183.2 289.5 69.5 241.4 304 176
24 186.7 293.4 72.5 264.7 331 195.1
25 194.5 305 76.3 289.1 358 217.1
26 205.5 323 80.6 314 384 241.5
27 218.8 344 85 339 410 266.7
28 233 368 89.4 363 434 291.3
29 247.2 392 93.6 386 458 314
30 261.1 416 97.7 408 481 335
31 275.5 440 102.2 429 504 355
32 290.9 465 107.5 450 527 374
33 307 491 113.7 471 551 392
34 325 520 121.2 493 575 410
35 342 549 129.9 515 600 429
36 359 577 139.7 538 626 449
37 374 603 150.2 562 653 470
38 387 625 161.1 587 680 492
39 397 642 172.5 613 708 515
40 406 655 184.7 639 738 538
41 414 665 197.9 667 770 560
42 422 673 212.5 695 804 581
43 432 680 228.9 724 842 601
44 444 688 247.2 755 884 619
45 459 699 267.5 786 928 635
46 477 713 289.8 818 974 652
47 497 730 314 850 1,022 668
48 520 753 339 883 1,071 686
49 546 780 366 918 1,120 707
50 576 812 396 954 1,171 731
51 610 848 428 994 1,223 760
52 649 889 465 1,037 1,279 795
53 693 933 507 1,085 1,337 835
54 741 981 553 1,137 1,397 881
55 791 1,029 604 1,190 1,459 929
56 842 1,077 656 1,242 1,519 978
57 892 1,122 709 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 940 1,164 762 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 985 1,202 813 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,029 1,239 864 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,074 1,276 917 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,123 1,315 974 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,177 1,358 1,037 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,235 1,404 1,104 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,297 1,452 1,176 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,361 1,502 1,249 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,427 1,555 1,323 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 1,492 1,609 1,394 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 1,563 1,672 1,469 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 1,645 1,749 1,555 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 1,743 1,842 1,658 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 1,870 1,961 1,791 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,035 2,114 1,964 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,217 2,274 2,161 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,398 2,421 2,366 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,576 2,557 2,575 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 2,754 2,684 2,789 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 2,927 2,799 3,006 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,085 2,894 3,217 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,221 2,964 3,418 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 3,340 3,013 3,607 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 3,426 3,024 3,768 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 3,473 2,991 3,890 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 3,493 2,934 3,980 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 3,460 2,827 4,015 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 3,352 2,654 3,972 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 3,161 2,413 3,830 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 2,906 2,135 3,599 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 2,632 1,869 3,322 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 2,340 1,610 3,005 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 2,034 1,355 2,657 1,363 912 1,794
92 1,730 1,117 2,294 1,257 818 1,670
93 1,433 896 1,931 1,148 729 1,540
94 1,153 695 1,579 1,031 642 1,393
95 901 524 1,253 909 558 1,236
96 684 385 964 789 478 1,077
97 503 275 718 677 406 928
98 358 190.4 516 572 340 787
99 246.2 127.5 358 475 280.8 655
100 47.9 4.01 90.9 359 204.6 501

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 El Salvador 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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