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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64.5 years in Eswatini vs 66.7 in South Africa. Eswatini is ranked 173/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Eswatini, the life expectancy is 61.6 years for males and 67.4 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Eswatini vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Eswatini
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Eswatini South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.4 42.2 44.7 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 43.7 42.4 45 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 44 42.7 45.3 45 44 46.2
1953 44.3 43 45.6 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 44.6 43.2 45.9 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 44.8 43.5 46.2 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 45.1 43.8 46.4 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 45.4 44 46.8 50.2 48.6 52
1958 45.8 44.3 47.1 51.1 49.5 53
1959 46.1 44.6 47.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 46.4 44.9 47.8 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 46.7 45.2 48.2 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 47.1 45.6 48.6 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 47.5 45.9 48.9 53.9 52 56
1964 47.9 46.4 49.4 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 48.4 46.8 49.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 49 47.4 50.5 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 49.5 47.9 51.1 55 52.9 57.2
1968 50.1 48.4 51.7 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 50.6 48.9 52.3 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 51.2 49.4 52.9 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 51.8 50 53.5 56 53.8 58.4
1972 52.4 50.6 54 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 53 51.3 54.6 56.7 54.6 59
1974 53.7 51.9 55.3 57.1 55 59.4
1975 54.4 52.7 56 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 55.2 53.6 56.7 58 55.8 60.4
1977 56 54.3 57.5 58.5 56.2 61
1978 56.8 55.1 58.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 57.5 55.8 59.1 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 58.2 56.4 59.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 58.8 56.9 60.5 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 59.5 57.5 61.2 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 58.4 56.5 60.1 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 60.4 58.6 62.1 61.8 59 64.9
1985 61.2 59.2 62.9 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 61.6 59.6 63.4 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 61.9 59.7 63.9 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 61.9 59.7 64.1 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 61.7 59.3 63.9 63 59.6 66.8
1990 61.2 58.8 63.4 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 60.4 58.1 62.6 63 59.5 67
1992 59.3 57 61.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 58.1 56 60.1 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 56.6 54.7 58.5 62.1 58.8 66
1995 55.1 53.3 56.7 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 53.3 51.8 54.8 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 51.7 50.2 53.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 50.1 48.7 51.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 48.8 47.4 50.1 59.2 56.1 62
2000 47.6 46.3 48.9 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 46.3 45 47.6 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 45.4 43.8 46.9 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 44.6 43.2 46 54.2 52 56.3
2004 43.9 42.8 45 54 51.9 55.8
2005 44 42.8 45.1 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 44.6 43 46.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 45.2 43.6 46.7 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 45.9 44.7 47 56 53.5 58.1
2009 46.9 45.8 48 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 48.3 46.9 49.7 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 49.1 47.6 50.4 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 50.7 48.8 52.5 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 52.1 50.1 54.1 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 53.5 51.3 55.6 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 54.9 52.6 57.2 64.1 60.8 67
2016 56.2 53.7 58.7 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 57.6 54.9 60.2 65.4 62 68.6
2018 58.7 56 61.4 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 59.8 57.1 62.5 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 59.9 56.9 62.8 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 58.2 55.2 61.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 63 60.1 65.9 65.5 61.8 69
2023 64.1 61.2 67 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 64.3 61.3 67.1 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 64.4 61.4 67.3 66.5 63 70
2026 64.5 61.6 67.4 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 47.5 years in Eswatini and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.76 healthy years in Eswatini and 11.3 in South Africa.

Eswatini 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 Eswatini 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:
39.8 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.8 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
71.8 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eswatini South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 94.1% 96.3% 93.6% 95.5%
50 84.1% 90.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 68.7% 79.5% 68.1% 79.2%
65 58.2% 71.5% 58.1% 72.5%
70 46.5% 61.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 34.8% 49.2% 35.1% 53.0%
80 23.5% 35.9% 24.0% 40.5%
85 13.1% 21.9% 14.9% 27.9%
90 5.3% 9.6% 7.8% 16.1%
95 1.3% 2.7% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.2% 0.4% 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 Eswatini vs South Africa: 69.8 years vs 70.6 at 30, 79.3 vs 80.7 at 65, 86.9 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64.5 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 Eswatini and South Africa.

Eswatini
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eswatini South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64.5 61.6 67.4 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 67 64.1 69.7 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 67.3 64.4 70 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 67.5 64.6 70.2 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 67.6 64.8 70.4 68.6 65.2 72
5 67.7 64.9 70.5 68.7 65.3 72
6 67.8 64.9 70.5 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 67.9 65 70.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 67.9 65.1 70.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 68 65.1 70.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 68 65.2 70.8 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 68.1 65.2 70.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 68.1 65.2 70.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 68.1 65.3 70.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 68.2 65.3 70.9 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 68.2 65.4 71 69 65.6 72.3
16 68.3 65.4 71 69 65.7 72.3
17 68.4 65.5 71.1 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 68.4 65.6 71.2 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 68.5 65.7 71.2 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 68.6 65.8 71.3 69.3 66 72.6
21 68.7 65.9 71.4 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 68.8 66 71.5 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 68.9 66.2 71.6 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 69 66.3 71.6 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 69.2 66.4 71.7 69.9 66.6 73
26 69.3 66.6 71.8 70 66.8 73.1
27 69.4 66.7 71.9 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 69.5 66.9 72.1 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 69.7 67 72.2 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 69.8 67.2 72.3 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 70 67.4 72.4 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 70.1 67.5 72.5 71 67.9 73.9
33 70.3 67.7 72.7 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 70.4 67.9 72.8 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 70.6 68.1 72.9 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 70.8 68.3 73.1 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 71 68.5 73.2 72 68.9 74.8
38 71.2 68.7 73.4 72.2 69.2 75
39 71.4 69 73.5 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 71.6 69.2 73.7 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 71.8 69.4 73.9 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 72 69.7 74.1 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 72.2 70 74.2 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 72.5 70.2 74.4 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 72.7 70.5 74.6 73.9 71 76.5
46 72.9 70.8 74.8 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 73.2 71.1 75 74.4 71.6 77
48 73.5 71.4 75.2 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 73.7 71.7 75.4 75 72.2 77.4
50 74 72 75.7 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 74.3 72.3 75.9 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 74.6 72.7 76.1 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 74.9 73 76.4 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 75.2 73.4 76.6 76.5 74 78.7
55 75.5 73.8 76.9 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 75.8 74.1 77.2 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 76.2 74.5 77.4 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 76.5 74.9 77.7 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 76.9 75.3 78 78.3 76 80.1
60 77.2 75.8 78.3 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 77.6 76.2 78.7 79 76.9 80.7
62 78 76.7 79 79.4 77.4 81
63 78.4 77.1 79.4 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 78.8 77.6 79.7 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 79.3 78.1 80.1 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 79.7 78.7 80.5 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 80.2 79.2 80.9 81.6 80 82.8
68 80.7 79.7 81.3 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 81.1 80.3 81.8 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 81.6 80.8 82.2 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 82.1 81.4 82.7 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 82.6 81.9 83.1 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 83.1 82.5 83.6 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 83.7 83 84.1 85.2 84 85.9
75 84.2 83.6 84.6 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 84.7 84.2 85.1 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 85.3 84.8 85.6 86.9 86 87.4
78 85.8 85.4 86.1 87.5 86.7 88
79 86.4 86 86.6 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 86.9 86.6 87.2 88.8 88 89.1
81 87.5 87.2 87.7 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 88.1 87.8 88.3 90 89.4 90.3
83 88.7 88.4 88.9 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 89.4 89.1 89.5 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 90 89.8 90.2 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.7 90.5 90.8 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 91.4 91.2 91.5 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 92.1 92 92.2 94 93.7 94.1
89 92.9 92.7 93 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 93.6 93.5 93.7 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.4 94.3 94.5 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.2 95.1 95.3 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96 95.9 96.1 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 96.8 96.8 96.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.7 97.6 97.7 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.5 98.5 98.6 100 99.9 100
97 99.4 99.3 99.4 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100.3 100.2 100.3 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101.1 101.1 101.2 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102 101.9 102.1 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Eswatini vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 67.6% in Eswatini and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 49.5% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 27.4% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 6.89% 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.

Eswatini
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Eswatini South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96.4% 96% 96.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 95.6% 95.3% 96% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 95.4% 95% 95.8% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 95.2% 94.9% 95.6% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 95.1% 94.8% 95.5% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 95% 94.7% 95.4% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 94.9% 94.6% 95.3% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 94.9% 94.5% 95.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 94.7% 94.3% 95.1% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 94.7% 94.3% 95% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 94.6% 94.2% 95% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 94.4% 94% 94.8% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 94.3% 93.9% 94.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 94.2% 93.7% 94.6% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 94% 93.6% 94.5% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 93.9% 93.4% 94.4% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 93.7% 93.2% 94.3% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 93.5% 92.9% 94.1% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 93.3% 92.7% 93.9% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 93.1% 92.4% 93.8% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 92.9% 92.1% 93.6% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 92.6% 91.8% 93.4% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 92.4% 91.5% 93.2% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 92.1% 91.2% 93% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 91.8% 90.8% 92.8% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 91.5% 90.5% 92.5% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 91.2% 90.1% 92.3% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 90.8% 89.7% 92% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 90.5% 89.2% 91.7% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 90.1% 88.8% 91.4% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 89.7% 88.3% 91.1% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 89.3% 87.8% 90.8% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 88.8% 87.2% 90.4% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 88.3% 86.7% 90.1% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 87.8% 86% 89.7% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 87.3% 85.4% 89.3% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 86.8% 84.7% 88.8% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 86.2% 84% 88.4% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 85.6% 83.3% 87.9% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 84.9% 82.5% 87.4% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 84.2% 81.7% 86.9% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 83.5% 80.8% 86.3% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 82.8% 79.9% 85.8% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 82% 78.9% 85.1% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 81.2% 77.9% 84.5% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 80.3% 76.9% 83.8% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 79.4% 75.8% 83.1% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 78.4% 74.6% 82.3% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 77.4% 73.4% 81.5% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 76.4% 72.2% 80.7% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 75.3% 70.9% 79.8% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 74.1% 69.5% 78.9% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 72.9% 68.1% 77.9% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 71.7% 66.6% 76.8% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 70.4% 65.1% 75.8% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 69.1% 63.5% 74.6% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 67.6% 61.8% 73.4% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 66.1% 60.1% 72.1% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 64.6% 58.3% 70.7% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 62.9% 56.4% 69.2% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 61.2% 54.4% 67.6% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 59.4% 52.4% 66% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 57.4% 50.3% 64.2% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 55.5% 48.2% 62.4% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 53.5% 46.1% 60.5% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 51.5% 44% 58.5% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 49.5% 41.9% 56.5% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 47.4% 39.8% 54.4% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 45.2% 37.7% 52.3% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 43% 35.5% 50% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 40.8% 33.4% 47.7% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 38.6% 31.3% 45.4% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 36.3% 29.2% 43% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 34.1% 27.2% 40.6% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 31.8% 25.1% 38.1% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 29.6% 23.1% 35.6% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 27.4% 21.2% 33.1% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 25.1% 19.2% 30.6% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 22.9% 17.3% 28% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 20.6% 15.4% 25.4% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 18.4% 13.6% 22.8% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 16.2% 11.8% 20.2% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 14.1% 10.2% 17.6% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 12% 8.6% 15.2% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 10.2% 7.17% 12.9% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 8.43% 5.89% 10.8% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 6.89% 4.75% 8.9% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 5.52% 3.76% 7.18% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 4.35% 2.92% 5.7% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 3.35% 2.22% 4.42% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 2.53% 1.65% 3.36% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 1.86% 1.2% 2.49% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 1.34% 0.85% 1.8% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.94% 0.59% 1.27% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.64% 0.4% 0.87% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.43% 0.26% 0.58% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.28% 0.17% 0.38% 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 3.6% in the birth year in Eswatini and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.37% vs 0.44% at age 30, 2.22% vs 2.08% at 60, and 8.18% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Eswatini
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Eswatini South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 3.6% 3.97% 3.23% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.5% 0.48% 0.52% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.22% 0.22% 0.22% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.12% 0.13% 0.12% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.09% 0.11% 0.08% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.13% 0.15% 0.11% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.2% 0.25% 0.16% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.27% 0.33% 0.2% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.28% 0.35% 0.22% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.33% 0.41% 0.26% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.35% 0.43% 0.27% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.37% 0.46% 0.29% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.39% 0.48% 0.3% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.42% 0.51% 0.32% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.44% 0.55% 0.34% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.47% 0.58% 0.36% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.5% 0.62% 0.39% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.53% 0.66% 0.41% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.56% 0.7% 0.43% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.6% 0.75% 0.46% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.64% 0.79% 0.48% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.68% 0.85% 0.51% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.71% 0.89% 0.54% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.75% 0.94% 0.57% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.79% 0.99% 0.6% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.84% 1.05% 0.63% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.9% 1.12% 0.67% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.95% 1.19% 0.71% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 1.01% 1.26% 0.75% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 1.07% 1.35% 0.81% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 1.14% 1.43% 0.86% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 1.22% 1.53% 0.92% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 1.28% 1.61% 0.97% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 1.36% 1.72% 1.04% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 1.43% 1.81% 1.1% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 1.52% 1.92% 1.17% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 1.61% 2.04% 1.25% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1.7% 2.15% 1.33% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.8% 2.29% 1.42% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.93% 2.44% 1.53% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 2.06% 2.61% 1.64% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 2.22% 2.83% 1.79% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 2.36% 3.01% 1.92% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 2.56% 3.25% 2.1% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 2.76% 3.48% 2.27% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.98% 3.73% 2.47% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 3.22% 4% 2.69% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 3.36% 4.16% 2.84% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 3.55% 4.35% 3.02% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.78% 4.56% 3.23% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 3.99% 4.78% 3.44% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 4.27% 5.07% 3.73% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 4.48% 5.3% 3.93% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 4.83% 5.64% 4.27% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 5.13% 5.95% 4.56% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 5.48% 6.3% 4.9% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 5.84% 6.67% 5.27% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 6.21% 7.06% 5.65% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 6.58% 7.47% 6.04% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 7.09% 7.99% 6.55% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 7.55% 8.49% 7.01% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 8.18% 9.12% 7.67% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 8.87% 9.88% 8.35% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 9.89% 10.9% 9.36% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 10.9% 11.9% 10.3% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 12% 13% 11.4% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 13.1% 14.1% 12.6% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 14.4% 15.4% 13.8% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 15.6% 16.6% 15% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 16.9% 17.9% 16.3% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 18.3% 19.3% 17.7% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 19.9% 20.8% 19.3% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 21.2% 22.3% 20.6% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 23% 24% 22.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 24.6% 25.7% 24.1% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 26.4% 27.4% 25.9% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 28.2% 29% 27.8% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 29.9% 30.7% 29.6% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 31.6% 32.3% 31.3% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 33.2% 33.9% 32.9% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 35.3% 35.7% 35.1% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 36.9% 37.3% 36.7% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Eswatini compared to South Africa

In Eswatini, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 69.7 in Eswatini and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Eswatini
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Eswatini South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 3,605 3,974 3,230 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 481 464 498 343 375 310
2 303 302 304 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 209.5 211.6 207.2 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 153.1 156.5 149.6 95.3 110.3 80
5 116.9 119.6 114.1 67.2 79 55.4
6 98.8 102.8 94.8 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 87.5 92.4 82.5 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 78.5 83.5 73.3 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 72.6 77.3 67.9 37 43.9 30
10 70.1 75.1 65 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 70.4 76.6 64.2 43 50.5 35.3
12 73.2 79.9 66.5 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 79.4 86.7 72.1 58.9 68.7 49
14 89.6 99 80.1 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 104.1 116.5 91.4 85 99.4 70.2
16 120.6 137.9 103 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 139.6 164 115 119.5 142.6 96
18 159.8 192.1 127.6 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 175.6 212.4 138.7 158 194.2 121.2
20 191.5 232.5 149.8 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 205.3 251.3 158.1 198.1 249 145.6
22 219.9 269.6 169.1 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 233.7 286.1 180 241.4 304 176
24 247.4 301 191.2 264.7 331 195.1
25 261.8 318 202.5 289.1 358 217.1
26 276.2 333 215.1 314 384 241.5
27 291.7 351 227.8 339 410 266.7
28 307 370 240 363 434 291.3
29 323 389 253.5 386 458 314
30 341 413 267.6 408 481 335
31 355 431 278.1 429 504 355
32 377 458 296 450 527 374
33 398 484 312 471 551 392
34 422 514 329 493 575 410
35 449 546 350 515 600 429
36 473 576 369 538 626 449
37 499 610 388 562 653 470
38 527 644 411 587 680 492
39 555 676 431 613 708 515
40 588 716 456 639 738 538
41 612 744 474 667 770 560
42 644 784 501 695 804 581
43 673 820 523 724 842 601
44 707 860 548 755 884 619
45 749 907 579 786 928 635
46 784 949 607 818 974 652
47 824 997 641 850 1,022 668
48 870 1,049 680 883 1,071 686
49 917 1,100 719 918 1,120 707
50 971 1,163 767 954 1,171 731
51 1,003 1,204 799 994 1,223 760
52 1,054 1,261 851 1,037 1,279 795
53 1,093 1,309 890 1,085 1,337 835
54 1,141 1,361 937 1,137 1,397 881
55 1,191 1,415 984 1,190 1,459 929
56 1,236 1,466 1,037 1,242 1,519 978
57 1,288 1,523 1,090 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 1,359 1,590 1,157 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,422 1,658 1,223 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,503 1,753 1,315 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,560 1,809 1,380 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,653 1,895 1,481 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,735 1,962 1,572 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,823 2,030 1,669 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,910 2,096 1,776 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,929 2,091 1,822 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,971 2,096 1,884 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,022 2,103 1,953 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,055 2,105 2,011 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,112 2,126 2,105 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,123 2,109 2,140 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,184 2,126 2,231 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,210 2,116 2,283 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,237 2,105 2,342 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,254 2,088 2,392 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,255 2,065 2,431 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 2,245 2,031 2,450 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 2,258 2,010 2,497 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 2,235 1,964 2,497 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 2,237 1,930 2,541 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,228 1,901 2,554 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,264 1,889 2,625 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,246 1,837 2,629 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,208 1,771 2,609 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 2,122 1,670 2,534 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 2,022 1,563 2,440 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 1,878 1,430 2,285 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,718 1,287 2,112 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 1,543 1,137 1,915 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 1,369 990 1,719 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 1,171 838 1,479 1,363 912 1,794
92 999 702 1,275 1,257 818 1,670
93 825 570 1,064 1,148 729 1,540
94 666 452 868 1,031 642 1,393
95 524 348 691 909 558 1,236
96 400 260.9 532 789 478 1,077
97 295.9 190.3 396 677 406 928
98 212.7 135.1 286.8 572 340 787
99 150.8 94.3 204.8 475 280.8 655
100 36.6 16 56.8 359 204.6 501

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 Eswatini 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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