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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Eritrea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Eritrea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.8	101.9	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101	100.8	101	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100	99.9	100.1	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.1	98.9	99.2	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.3	98	98.3	100	99.9	100
95	97.4	97.2	97.5	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.5	96.3	96.6	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.7	95.5	95.8	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.9	94.7	95	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.1	93.9	94.2	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.4	93.1	93.5	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.6	92.3	92.7	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.8	91.6	92	94	93.7	94.1
87	91.1	90.8	91.3	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.4	90.1	90.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.7	89.4	89.8	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	89	88.7	89.2	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88.3	88	88.5	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.7	87.4	87.9	90	89.4	90.3
81	87	86.7	87.3	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.5	86.1	86.7	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.9	85.5	86.1	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	85.3	85	85.6	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.8	84.4	85.1	86.9	86	87.4
76	84.3	83.9	84.6	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.8	83.4	84.1	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	83.3	82.9	83.7	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.9	82.4	83.2	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	82.4	81.9	82.8	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	82	81.5	82.4	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81.6	81.1	82.1	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	81.3	80.7	81.7	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.9	80.3	81.4	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	80.6	79.9	81.1	81.6	80	82.8
66	80.2	79.6	80.8	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.9	79.2	80.5	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	79.6	78.9	80.2	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	79.3	78.6	80	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	79.1	78.3	79.7	79.4	77.4	81
61	78.8	78	79.5	79	76.9	80.7
60	78.6	77.7	79.3	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	78.4	77.5	79.1	78.3	76	80.1
58	78.1	77.2	78.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	77.9	77	78.7	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	77.7	76.8	78.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	77.5	76.5	78.4	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	77.3	76.3	78.2	76.5	74	78.7
53	77.1	76.1	78	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	77	75.9	77.9	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	76.8	75.7	77.7	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	76.6	75.5	77.6	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	76.4	75.3	77.4	75	72.2	77.4
48	76.3	75.1	77.3	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	76.1	75	77.2	74.4	71.6	77
46	76	74.8	77	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	75.9	74.7	76.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	75.7	74.5	76.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	75.6	74.4	76.7	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	75.5	74.2	76.5	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	75.3	74.1	76.4	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	75.2	73.9	76.3	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	75.1	73.8	76.2	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	75	73.6	76.1	72.2	69.2	75
37	74.8	73.5	76	72	68.9	74.8
36	74.7	73.4	75.9	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	74.6	73.2	75.8	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	74.5	73.1	75.7	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	74.4	73	75.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	74.3	72.8	75.5	71	67.9	73.9
31	74.2	72.7	75.4	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	74	72.6	75.3	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	73.9	72.4	75.2	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	73.8	72.3	75.2	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	73.7	72.2	75.1	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	73.6	72	75	70	66.8	73.1
25	73.5	71.9	74.9	69.9	66.6	73
24	73.3	71.7	74.8	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	73.2	71.6	74.7	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	73.1	71.5	74.6	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	73	71.3	74.5	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	72.9	71.2	74.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	72.8	71	74.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	72.7	70.9	74.3	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	72.6	70.8	74.2	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	72.5	70.7	74.1	69	65.7	72.3
15	72.4	70.6	74.1	69	65.6	72.3
14	72.4	70.6	74	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	72.3	70.5	74	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	72.2	70.4	73.9	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	72.2	70.4	73.9	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	72.1	70.3	73.8	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	72	70.2	73.8	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	72	70.1	73.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	71.9	70	73.6	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	71.7	69.9	73.5	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	71.6	69.7	73.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	71.5	69.6	73.3	68.6	65.2	72
3	71.4	69.4	73.2	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	71.2	69.3	73.1	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	71.1	69.1	73	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	69.4	67.2	71.5	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 Eritrea can expect to live to 74 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.5 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 69.4 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Eritrea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Eritrea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.21%	0.11%	0.28%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.34%	0.18%	0.46%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.54%	0.31%	0.72%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.83%	0.51%	1.11%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	1.25%	0.81%	1.64%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.82%	1.22%	2.36%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	2.57%	1.79%	3.28%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	3.52%	2.52%	4.43%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	4.7%	3.46%	5.82%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	6.11%	4.61%	7.48%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	7.77%	6%	9.4%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	9.7%	7.64%	11.6%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	11.9%	9.54%	14.1%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	14.4%	11.7%	16.8%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	17%	14.1%	19.8%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	19.9%	16.7%	22.9%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	23%	19.5%	26.3%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	26.2%	22.4%	29.7%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	29.4%	25.3%	33.2%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	32.7%	28.4%	36.7%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	36%	31.5%	40.1%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	39.2%	34.5%	43.5%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	42.4%	37.6%	46.8%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	45.5%	40.6%	49.9%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	48.4%	43.5%	52.9%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	51.3%	46.4%	55.8%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	54%	49.1%	58.5%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	56.6%	51.7%	61.1%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	59.1%	54.2%	63.5%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	61.4%	56.6%	65.8%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	63.5%	58.8%	67.9%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	65.5%	61%	69.8%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	67.4%	62.9%	71.6%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	69.2%	64.8%	73.3%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	70.8%	66.6%	74.8%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	72.4%	68.3%	76.3%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	73.8%	69.9%	77.6%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	75.1%	71.4%	78.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	76.4%	72.7%	79.9%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	77.5%	74%	80.9%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	78.5%	75.1%	81.8%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	79.4%	76.2%	82.6%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	80.3%	77.2%	83.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	81.1%	78.1%	84.1%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	81.9%	79%	84.8%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	82.7%	79.8%	85.5%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	83.4%	80.6%	86.1%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	84.1%	81.4%	86.7%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	84.7%	82.2%	87.3%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	85.9%	83.5%	88.3%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	86.4%	84.1%	88.7%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	86.8%	84.6%	89.1%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	87.3%	85.1%	89.5%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	87.7%	85.6%	89.8%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	88.1%	86%	90.2%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	88.9%	86.9%	90.9%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	89.2%	87.3%	91.2%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	90.2%	88.4%	92.1%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	90.5%	88.8%	92.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	90.8%	89.1%	92.5%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	91.1%	89.4%	92.8%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	91.3%	89.7%	93%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	91.6%	90%	93.2%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	91.8%	90.3%	93.4%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	92.1%	90.6%	93.6%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	92.3%	90.9%	93.8%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	92.6%	91.2%	94%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	92.8%	91.5%	94.2%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	93.1%	91.8%	94.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	93.3%	92.1%	94.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	93.5%	92.4%	94.8%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	93.8%	92.6%	94.9%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	94%	92.9%	95.1%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	94.2%	93.2%	95.3%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	94.4%	93.5%	95.4%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	94.7%	93.7%	95.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	94.9%	94%	95.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.2%	94.5%	96%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.4%	94.7%	96.1%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	95.5%	94.8%	96.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	95.6%	95%	96.3%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	95.7%	95.1%	96.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	95.8%	95.2%	96.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	95.9%	95.3%	96.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	96%	95.4%	96.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	96.1%	95.5%	96.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	96.2%	95.7%	96.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	96.4%	95.8%	96.9%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96.5%	96%	97.1%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.7%	96.2%	97.2%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.9%	96.4%	97.3%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	97%	96.6%	97.5%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	97.2%	96.8%	97.6%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	97.4%	97%	97.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.6%	97.2%	98%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 78.5% of newborns in Eritrea and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 63.5% and 51.6% past 70, 36% and 30.2% past 80, and only 7.77% 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

Eritrea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Eritrea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	40.7%	45.3%	40.8%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	38.8%	42.9%	38.6%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	37.1%	41%	36.7%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	35.4%	38.8%	34.7%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	33.5%	36.5%	32.5%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	31.4%	34.1%	30.3%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	29.2%	31.6%	28.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	27%	29.2%	26%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	25%	27%	23.9%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	23.1%	25%	22.1%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	21.4%	23.2%	20.4%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	19.9%	21.5%	18.9%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	18.5%	19.9%	17.6%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	17.1%	18.4%	16.3%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	15.8%	17%	15%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	14.5%	15.6%	13.8%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	13.3%	14.2%	12.7%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	12.1%	13%	11.6%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	11%	11.8%	10.5%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	10%	10.7%	9.52%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.09%	9.77%	8.59%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	8.24%	8.91%	7.75%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	7.47%	8.12%	6.99%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	6.77%	7.4%	6.31%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.14%	6.75%	5.7%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	5.57%	6.14%	5.16%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.05%	5.58%	4.68%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	4.58%	5.07%	4.23%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.15%	4.6%	3.82%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	3.75%	4.18%	3.44%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.4%	3.8%	3.09%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.08%	3.47%	2.78%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	2.8%	3.17%	2.51%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.55%	2.91%	2.27%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.33%	2.68%	2.06%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.13%	2.46%	1.87%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	1.94%	2.26%	1.69%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	1.77%	2.06%	1.53%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.6%	1.87%	1.38%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.44%	1.69%	1.24%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.3%	1.53%	1.11%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.18%	1.39%	1.01%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.08%	1.27%	0.92%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.01%	1.19%	0.86%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.95%	1.12%	0.81%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.91%	1.07%	0.77%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.86%	1.02%	0.73%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.82%	0.96%	0.69%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.76%	0.9%	0.64%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.7%	0.83%	0.59%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.64%	0.76%	0.54%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.59%	0.69%	0.49%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.54%	0.63%	0.46%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.5%	0.58%	0.43%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.47%	0.55%	0.41%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.46%	0.52%	0.39%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.44%	0.5%	0.38%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.43%	0.49%	0.37%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.41%	0.47%	0.35%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.39%	0.45%	0.33%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.37%	0.42%	0.31%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.35%	0.4%	0.29%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.33%	0.38%	0.27%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.31%	0.37%	0.25%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.28%	0.34%	0.23%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.28%	0.33%	0.22%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.27%	0.33%	0.22%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.27%	0.32%	0.21%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.26%	0.32%	0.21%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.26%	0.31%	0.2%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.25%	0.31%	0.2%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.25%	0.3%	0.19%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.24%	0.3%	0.18%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.24%	0.3%	0.18%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.24%	0.3%	0.17%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.23%	0.3%	0.17%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.23%	0.29%	0.16%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.22%	0.28%	0.15%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.14%	0.17%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.14%	0.16%	0.11%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.15%	0.18%	0.13%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.17%	0.2%	0.14%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.18%	0.21%	0.15%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.19%	0.22%	0.16%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.19%	0.22%	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.4%	2.77%	2.02%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.4% in the birth year in Eritrea and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.27% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.3% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.09% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Eritrea vs South Africa

Chart Table

Eritrea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Eritrea			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	11.5	359	204.6	501
99	131.1	79.3	176.8	475	280.8	655
98	198.9	128.1	265.5	572	340	787
97	294.6	198.5	384	677	406	928
96	419	294	535	789	478	1,077
95	572	416	715	909	558	1,236
94	750	565	922	1,031	642	1,393
93	952	738	1,150	1,148	729	1,540
92	1,173	933	1,394	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,411	1,151	1,652	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,665	1,388	1,921	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,930	1,641	2,195	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	2,197	1,902	2,468	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,455	2,157	2,729	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,693	2,393	2,967	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,898	2,599	3,170	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,061	2,767	3,329	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,179	2,896	3,435	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,250	2,987	3,488	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,279	3,045	3,490	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,271	3,074	3,446	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,231	3,076	3,368	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,166	3,053	3,266	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,079	3,006	3,147	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,973	2,936	3,018	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,854	2,847	2,881	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,729	2,741	2,737	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,593	2,623	2,584	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,450	2,496	2,425	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,303	2,366	2,262	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,157	2,237	2,100	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,016	2,113	1,944	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,885	1,996	1,798	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,763	1,887	1,663	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,650	1,784	1,540	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,542	1,683	1,424	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,435	1,580	1,313	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,328	1,473	1,205	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,221	1,362	1,100	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,117	1,252	1,000	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,021	1,148	910	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	937	1,057	832	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	869	983	769	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	817	926	721	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	778	884	685	1,242	1,519	978
55	748	852	656	1,190	1,459	929
54	719	821	629	1,137	1,397	881
53	687	786	599	1,085	1,337	835
52	647	742	562	1,037	1,279	795
51	601	690	521	994	1,223	760
50	553	635	479	954	1,171	731
49	506	581	439	918	1,120	707
48	467	535	406	883	1,071	686
47	437	498	382	850	1,022	668
46	416	470	365	818	974	652
45	401	450	354	786	928	635
44	390	435	346	755	884	619
43	378	422	336	724	842	601
42	365	407	323	695	804	581
41	349	391	307	667	770	560
40	330	374	287	639	738	538
39	312	357	266.7	613	708	515
38	295.1	341	248.3	587	680	492
37	281.6	329	233.3	562	653	470
36	271.6	320	222	538	626	449
35	265	314	214.5	515	600	429
34	260.7	310	209.7	493	575	410
33	257.6	306	206.9	471	551	392
32	254.8	303	204.9	450	527	374
31	251.6	298.4	202.9	429	504	355
30	247.8	293.4	200.3	408	481	335
29	243.5	288.3	196.8	386	458	314
28	239	284	192.2	363	434	291.3
27	234.7	281	186.6	339	410	266.7
26	230.8	279.5	180.4	314	384	241.5
25	227.6	279.4	174	289.1	358	217.1
24	224.9	280	168	264.7	331	195.1
23	222.4	280.2	162.8	241.4	304	176
22	219.1	278.4	158.1	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	214.1	272.8	153.7	198.1	249	145.6
20	205.9	261.7	148.4	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	193.2	243.8	141.2	158	194.2	121.2
18	176.3	219.8	131.4	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	156.1	191.9	119.4	119.5	142.6	96
16	135.7	164.1	106.5	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	117.4	139.8	94.4	85	99.4	70.2
14	103.4	121.5	84.7	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	94.8	110.4	78.7	58.9	68.7	49
12	91.7	106.4	76.7	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	94.4	109.5	78.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	102.4	119.2	85	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	115.2	134.8	94.9	37	43.9	30
8	131.5	154.6	107.6	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	148.6	175	121.5	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	164.2	192.7	134.8	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	175.6	204.6	145.8	67.2	79	55.4
4	182.4	209.9	154	95.3	110.3	80
3	185.3	210.1	159.8	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	185.9	207	164.1	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	185.4	202.6	167.7	343	375	310
0	2,403	2,771	2,024	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 Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 75.5 in Eritrea 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 Eritrea and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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