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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Ethiopia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.9	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.9	100.7	101	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100	99.8	100.1	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.1	98.9	99.2	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.2	98	98.3	100	99.9	100
95	97.3	97.1	97.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.5	96.2	96.6	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.7	95.4	95.8	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.9	94.5	95	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.1	93.7	94.2	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.3	92.9	93.5	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.5	92.1	92.7	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.7	91.3	92	94	93.7	94.1
87	91	90.6	91.3	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.3	89.9	90.6	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.6	89.2	89.9	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.9	88.5	89.2	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88.2	87.8	88.5	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.6	87.1	87.9	90	89.4	90.3
81	87	86.5	87.3	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.4	85.9	86.7	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.8	85.3	86.2	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	85.2	84.7	85.7	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.7	84.1	85.2	86.9	86	87.4
76	84.2	83.6	84.7	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.7	83	84.2	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	83.2	82.5	83.8	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.8	82	83.4	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	82.3	81.6	83	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.9	81.1	82.6	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81.5	80.7	82.2	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	81.1	80.3	81.9	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.8	79.8	81.6	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	80.4	79.5	81.2	81.6	80	82.8
66	80.1	79.1	81	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.8	78.7	80.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	79.4	78.4	80.4	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	79.2	78	80.2	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.9	77.7	79.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	78.6	77.4	79.7	79	76.9	80.7
60	78.4	77.1	79.5	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	78.1	76.9	79.3	78.3	76	80.1
58	77.9	76.6	79.1	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	77.7	76.3	79	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	77.5	76.1	78.8	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	77.3	75.8	78.6	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	77.1	75.6	78.5	76.5	74	78.7
53	76.9	75.4	78.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	76.7	75.1	78.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	76.5	74.9	78	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	76.3	74.7	77.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	76.1	74.5	77.7	75	72.2	77.4
48	76	74.3	77.6	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	75.8	74.1	77.5	74.4	71.6	77
46	75.7	74	77.4	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	75.5	73.8	77.2	73.9	71	76.5
44	75.4	73.6	77.1	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	75.3	73.4	77	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	75.1	73.3	76.9	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	75	73.1	76.8	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	74.8	72.9	76.7	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	74.7	72.8	76.6	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	74.6	72.6	76.5	72.2	69.2	75
37	74.5	72.5	76.4	72	68.9	74.8
36	74.3	72.3	76.3	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	74.2	72.2	76.2	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	74.1	72	76.2	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	74	71.9	76.1	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	73.9	71.7	76	71	67.9	73.9
31	73.7	71.5	75.9	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	73.6	71.4	75.8	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	73.5	71.2	75.7	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	73.4	71.1	75.6	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	73.2	70.9	75.6	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	73.1	70.8	75.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	73	70.6	75.4	69.9	66.6	73
24	72.9	70.4	75.3	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	72.7	70.3	75.2	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	72.6	70.1	75.2	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	72.5	69.9	75.1	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	72.4	69.8	75	69.3	66	72.6
19	72.2	69.6	74.9	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	72.1	69.5	74.9	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	72	69.4	74.8	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	72	69.2	74.7	69	65.7	72.3
15	71.9	69.1	74.7	69	65.6	72.3
14	71.8	69.1	74.6	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	71.7	69	74.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	71.7	68.9	74.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	71.6	68.8	74.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	71.5	68.7	74.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	71.5	68.6	74.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	71.4	68.5	74.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	71.3	68.3	74.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	71.1	68.2	74.2	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	71	68	74.1	68.7	65.3	72
4	70.8	67.8	74	68.6	65.2	72
3	70.7	67.6	73.8	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	70.5	67.4	73.7	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	70.2	67.2	73.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	68.1	64.9	71.6	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 Ethiopia can expect to live to 73.6 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.8 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.4 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 68.1 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ethiopia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ethiopia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.17%	0.07%	0.29%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.29%	0.12%	0.48%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.47%	0.21%	0.76%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.73%	0.34%	1.16%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	1.1%	0.54%	1.72%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.62%	0.84%	2.48%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	2.3%	1.27%	3.44%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	3.19%	1.85%	4.65%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	4.29%	2.62%	6.1%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	5.64%	3.62%	7.83%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	7.24%	4.84%	9.82%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	9.1%	6.29%	12.1%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	11.2%	7.97%	14.7%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	13.6%	9.87%	17.5%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	16.1%	12%	20.5%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	18.9%	14.3%	23.8%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	21.8%	16.8%	27.2%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	24.9%	19.4%	30.7%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	28%	22.2%	34.2%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	31.2%	25%	37.8%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	34.4%	27.9%	41.2%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	37.6%	30.9%	44.6%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	40.7%	33.8%	47.9%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	43.7%	36.7%	51%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	46.6%	39.5%	54%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	49.4%	42.3%	56.9%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	52.2%	45%	59.6%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	54.7%	47.6%	62.2%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	57.2%	50.1%	64.5%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	59.5%	52.5%	66.8%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	61.6%	54.7%	68.8%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	63.6%	56.9%	70.7%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	65.5%	58.9%	72.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	67.3%	60.8%	74.1%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	69%	62.6%	75.6%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	70.5%	64.3%	77%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	72%	66%	78.2%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	73.3%	67.5%	79.4%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	74.5%	68.9%	80.4%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	75.7%	70.2%	81.4%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	76.7%	71.4%	82.3%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	77.7%	72.5%	83.1%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	78.6%	73.6%	83.8%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	79.4%	74.6%	84.5%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	80.2%	75.5%	85.1%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	81%	76.4%	85.8%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	81.7%	77.3%	86.4%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	82.4%	78.1%	86.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	83.1%	78.9%	87.5%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	83.7%	79.7%	87.9%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	84.3%	80.4%	88.4%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	84.8%	81%	88.8%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	85.3%	81.6%	89.2%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	85.8%	82.2%	89.5%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	86.2%	82.7%	89.9%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	86.6%	83.2%	90.2%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	87%	83.7%	90.5%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	87.4%	84.2%	90.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	87.8%	84.6%	91.1%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	88.2%	85.1%	91.4%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	88.5%	85.5%	91.7%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	88.8%	85.9%	91.9%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	89.1%	86.3%	92.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	89.4%	86.7%	92.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	89.7%	87.1%	92.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	90%	87.4%	92.7%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	90.3%	87.8%	92.9%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	90.6%	88.1%	93.1%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	90.8%	88.5%	93.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	91.1%	88.8%	93.5%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	91.3%	89.2%	93.6%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	91.6%	89.5%	93.8%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	91.9%	89.8%	94%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	92.1%	90.2%	94.2%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	92.4%	90.5%	94.3%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	92.6%	90.8%	94.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	92.8%	91.1%	94.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	93.1%	91.5%	94.8%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	93.3%	91.8%	94.9%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	93.5%	92.1%	95%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	93.8%	92.4%	95.2%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	94%	92.7%	95.3%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	94.1%	92.9%	95.4%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	94.3%	93.2%	95.5%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	94.5%	93.4%	95.6%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	94.6%	93.5%	95.7%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	94.7%	93.7%	95.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	94.8%	93.8%	95.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	94.9%	93.9%	95.9%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	95%	94.1%	96%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	95.1%	94.2%	96.1%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	95.2%	94.4%	96.1%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	95.4%	94.6%	96.2%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	95.6%	94.8%	96.3%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	95.7%	95.1%	96.4%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	95.9%	95.4%	96.6%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.4%	96%	96.9%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	96.7%	96.3%	97.2%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97%	96.6%	97.5%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 76.7% of newborns in Ethiopia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 61.6% and 51.6% past 70, 34.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 7.24% 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

Ethiopia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ethiopia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	41.9%	45.4%	40.9%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	39.9%	43.5%	38.7%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	38%	41.4%	36.8%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	36%	39.4%	34.7%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	33.9%	37.4%	32.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	31.8%	35.5%	30.3%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	29.8%	33.5%	28.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	27.7%	31.6%	25.9%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	25.8%	29.5%	23.9%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	23.9%	27.4%	22%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	22.1%	25.2%	20.3%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	20.4%	23.1%	18.8%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	18.8%	21.1%	17.4%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	17.3%	19.2%	16.1%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	15.9%	17.6%	14.9%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	14.6%	16.1%	13.7%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	13.4%	14.8%	12.5%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	12.3%	13.6%	11.4%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	11.2%	12.5%	10.4%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	10.2%	11.4%	9.36%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.28%	10.4%	8.43%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	8.41%	9.51%	7.59%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	7.62%	8.67%	6.83%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	6.91%	7.89%	6.16%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.28%	7.19%	5.56%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	5.7%	6.56%	5.03%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.18%	5.98%	4.54%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	4.71%	5.45%	4.1%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.27%	4.97%	3.7%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	3.87%	4.52%	3.33%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.5%	4.12%	2.99%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.17%	3.76%	2.68%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	2.88%	3.44%	2.42%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.63%	3.15%	2.18%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.4%	2.9%	1.98%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.2%	2.68%	1.79%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.01%	2.46%	1.62%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	1.83%	2.25%	1.46%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.66%	2.05%	1.31%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.5%	1.87%	1.18%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.35%	1.69%	1.06%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.23%	1.54%	0.95%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.13%	1.42%	0.87%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.05%	1.33%	0.81%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.99%	1.25%	0.76%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.95%	1.19%	0.73%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.9%	1.14%	0.69%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.86%	1.08%	0.65%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.8%	1.01%	0.61%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.74%	0.94%	0.56%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.68%	0.86%	0.51%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.62%	0.79%	0.46%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.57%	0.73%	0.42%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.54%	0.68%	0.4%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.51%	0.64%	0.38%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.49%	0.61%	0.36%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.47%	0.59%	0.35%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.45%	0.57%	0.34%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.44%	0.55%	0.33%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.41%	0.52%	0.31%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.39%	0.5%	0.28%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.37%	0.48%	0.26%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.35%	0.45%	0.24%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.33%	0.44%	0.23%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.32%	0.42%	0.21%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.31%	0.41%	0.21%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.3%	0.41%	0.2%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.3%	0.39%	0.2%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.29%	0.39%	0.19%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.29%	0.38%	0.19%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.28%	0.37%	0.19%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.27%	0.37%	0.18%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.27%	0.36%	0.18%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.27%	0.36%	0.17%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.26%	0.36%	0.17%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.26%	0.36%	0.16%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.26%	0.36%	0.15%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.25%	0.35%	0.15%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.24%	0.34%	0.14%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.23%	0.33%	0.14%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.22%	0.3%	0.13%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.2%	0.27%	0.12%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.17%	0.24%	0.11%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.15%	0.21%	0.1%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.13%	0.18%	0.09%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.12%	0.16%	0.08%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.11%	0.15%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.11%	0.14%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.11%	0.15%	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.12%	0.16%	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.15%	0.21%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.17%	0.24%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.19%	0.27%	0.12%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.22%	0.29%	0.14%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.24%	0.3%	0.17%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.26%	0.31%	0.21%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.28%	0.31%	0.25%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.32%	0.32%	0.31%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.99%	3.43%	2.53%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.99% in the birth year in Ethiopia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.29% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.35% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.28% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ethiopia vs South Africa

Chart Table

Ethiopia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Ethiopia			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	12.1	359	204.6	501
99	115.4	52.4	185.6	475	280.8	655
98	177.1	85.3	279	572	340	787
97	262.3	133.8	404	677	406	928
96	374	203	562	789	478	1,077
95	515	298.3	751	909	558	1,236
94	686	425	967	1,031	642	1,393
93	884	584	1,204	1,148	729	1,540
92	1,107	775	1,457	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,348	991	1,723	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,601	1,220	1,998	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,857	1,453	2,277	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	2,108	1,681	2,553	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,348	1,899	2,816	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,570	2,107	3,052	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,767	2,302	3,251	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,933	2,481	3,403	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,062	2,638	3,500	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,148	2,765	3,542	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,191	2,859	3,532	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,193	2,915	3,476	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,160	2,937	3,386	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,100	2,929	3,272	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,021	2,896	3,143	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,927	2,844	3,005	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,820	2,775	2,860	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,704	2,692	2,709	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,577	2,595	2,551	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,441	2,488	2,387	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,300	2,372	2,220	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,158	2,253	2,056	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,020	2,135	1,898	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,890	2,023	1,752	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,770	1,917	1,617	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,658	1,818	1,494	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,552	1,721	1,379	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,447	1,623	1,269	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,342	1,521	1,161	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,237	1,416	1,057	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,134	1,310	959	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,040	1,210	870	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	956	1,120	793	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	889	1,046	732	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	836	989	685	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	798	945	651	1,242	1,519	978
55	767	911	624	1,190	1,459	929
54	738	878	598	1,137	1,397	881
53	706	842	568	1,085	1,337	835
52	667	799	533	1,037	1,279	795
51	622	748	492	994	1,223	760
50	575	694	450	954	1,171	731
49	529	641	411	918	1,120	707
48	490	595	379	883	1,071	686
47	459	558	355	850	1,022	668
46	437	529	338	818	974	652
45	421	509	328	786	928	635
44	409	493	319	755	884	619
43	397	478	309	724	842	601
42	382	463	296.4	695	804	581
41	365	445	279.5	667	770	560
40	346	427	260.1	639	738	538
39	327	408	240.3	613	708	515
38	310	392	222.5	587	680	492
37	296.2	378	208.2	562	653	470
36	286	369	197.8	538	626	449
35	279.1	362	190.9	515	600	429
34	274.5	357	186.7	493	575	410
33	271.2	353	184.1	471	551	392
32	268	349	182.3	450	527	374
31	264.5	344	180.3	429	504	355
30	260.5	338	177.8	408	481	335
29	256.3	333	174.6	386	458	314
28	252.2	329	170.7	363	434	291.3
27	248.7	327	166.3	339	410	266.7
26	245.9	326	161.4	314	384	241.5
25	243.7	327	156.3	289.1	358	217.1
24	241.8	328	151.3	264.7	331	195.1
23	239.3	328	146.3	241.4	304	176
22	235.4	325	141.3	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	228.6	317	135.9	198.1	249	145.6
20	218.1	302	129.8	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	203.3	279.9	122.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	185.1	252.5	114.2	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	164.9	222.1	104.6	119.5	142.6	96
16	145	192.7	94.8	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	127.4	167	85.5	85	99.4	70.2
14	113.8	148	77.7	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	105.3	136.8	72	58.9	68.7	49
12	102.1	133.8	68.6	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	104.6	139.3	67.9	43	50.5	35.3
10	112.4	152.8	69.9	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	125.6	173.7	74.9	37	43.9	30
8	143.3	200.3	83.1	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	163.8	228.9	95.1	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	185.5	255.5	111.6	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	206.9	276.4	133.6	67.2	79	55.4
4	228.1	290.4	162.4	95.3	110.3	80
3	250.3	298.6	199.4	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	275.5	303	246.5	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	306	306	306	343	375	310
0	2,993	3,429	2,534	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 Ethiopia, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 74.8 in Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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