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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Finland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Finland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.1	101	101.1	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.3	100.1	100.3	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.5	99.3	99.5	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.7	98.4	98.7	100	99.9	100
95	97.9	97.6	98	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.1	96.8	97.2	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.4	96.1	96.5	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.7	95.3	95.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95	94.6	95.2	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.4	93.9	94.6	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.8	93.3	94	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.2	92.6	93.5	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.6	92	93	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.1	91.4	92.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.6	90.9	92	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.1	90.4	91.6	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.7	89.9	91.2	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.3	89.4	90.9	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.9	89	90.5	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.5	88.5	90.2	88.8	88	89.1
79	89.2	88.1	89.9	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.8	87.7	89.7	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.5	87.4	89.4	86.9	86	87.4
76	88.2	87	89.2	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	88	86.7	89	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.7	86.4	88.8	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.4	86.1	88.6	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87.2	85.8	88.4	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	86.9	85.5	88.2	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.7	85.2	88	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.5	84.9	87.9	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.3	84.7	87.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.1	84.4	87.6	81.6	80	82.8
66	85.9	84.2	87.4	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.7	83.9	87.3	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.5	83.7	87.2	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.3	83.5	87.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.2	83.3	86.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	85	83.1	86.8	79	76.9	80.7
60	84.9	82.9	86.7	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	84.8	82.8	86.6	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.6	82.6	86.6	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.5	82.5	86.5	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.4	82.3	86.4	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.3	82.2	86.3	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.2	82.1	86.2	76.5	74	78.7
53	84.1	82	86.2	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	84	81.8	86.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	83.9	81.7	86.1	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	83.9	81.6	86	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	83.8	81.6	86	75	72.2	77.4
48	83.7	81.5	85.9	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	83.7	81.4	85.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	83.6	81.3	85.8	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	83.5	81.3	85.8	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.5	81.2	85.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.4	81.1	85.7	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.4	81.1	85.7	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.4	81	85.7	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.3	81	85.6	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83.3	80.9	85.6	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83.2	80.9	85.6	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.2	80.8	85.6	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.2	80.8	85.6	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.1	80.7	85.5	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.1	80.7	85.5	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.1	80.7	85.5	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.1	80.6	85.5	71	67.9	73.9
31	83	80.6	85.5	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83	80.5	85.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83	80.5	85.4	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	82.9	80.5	85.4	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	82.9	80.4	85.4	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	82.9	80.4	85.4	70	66.8	73.1
25	82.8	80.3	85.4	69.9	66.6	73
24	82.8	80.3	85.4	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	82.8	80.3	85.3	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	82.8	80.2	85.3	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	82.7	80.2	85.3	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	82.7	80.1	85.3	69.3	66	72.6
19	82.7	80.1	85.3	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	82.7	80.1	85.3	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	82.6	80	85.2	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	82.6	80	85.2	69	65.7	72.3
15	82.6	80	85.2	69	65.6	72.3
14	82.6	80	85.2	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	82.6	80	85.2	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	82.6	80	85.2	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	82.6	80	85.2	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	82.6	80	85.2	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	82.6	80	85.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	82.6	80	85.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	82.6	80	85.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	82.6	80	85.2	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	82.6	80	85.2	68.7	65.3	72
4	82.6	80	85.2	68.6	65.2	72
3	82.6	80	85.2	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	82.6	80	85.2	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	82.5	79.9	85.2	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.4	79.8	85	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 Finland can expect to live to 83 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.7 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.5 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.4 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Finland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Finland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.97%	0.98%	2.82%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.01%	1.55%	4.27%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.43%	2.39%	6.22%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	6.27%	3.53%	8.71%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	8.58%	5.05%	11.8%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	11.4%	6.99%	15.4%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	14.6%	9.37%	19.5%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	18.3%	12.2%	24%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	22.3%	15.4%	28.8%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	26.5%	18.9%	33.9%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	30.9%	22.6%	39%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	35.4%	26.6%	44%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	39.8%	30.7%	48.8%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	44.2%	34.9%	53.5%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	48.4%	39%	57.8%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	52.3%	43%	61.7%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	56%	46.8%	65.3%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	59.5%	50.4%	68.6%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	62.6%	53.8%	71.5%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	65.5%	57%	74.2%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	68.2%	60%	76.5%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	70.7%	62.9%	78.6%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	72.9%	65.5%	80.5%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	75%	67.9%	82.2%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	76.9%	70.2%	83.7%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	78.6%	72.3%	85.1%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	80.2%	74.3%	86.3%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	81.7%	76.1%	87.4%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	83%	77.8%	88.5%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	84.3%	79.4%	89.4%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	85.5%	80.9%	90.2%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	86.6%	82.3%	91%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	87.6%	83.7%	91.7%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	88.6%	84.9%	92.4%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	89.5%	86.1%	93%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	90.3%	87.2%	93.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	91.1%	88.2%	94.1%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	91.8%	89.1%	94.6%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	92.5%	90%	95.1%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	93.1%	90.8%	95.5%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	93.6%	91.5%	95.8%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	94.1%	92.2%	96.2%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	94.5%	92.8%	96.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95%	93.3%	96.7%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	95.3%	93.8%	97%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	95.7%	94.3%	97.2%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96%	94.7%	97.4%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96.3%	95.1%	97.6%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	96.6%	95.4%	97.8%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	96.8%	95.7%	98%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97%	96%	98.1%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.3%	96.3%	98.3%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.4%	96.5%	98.4%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.6%	96.8%	98.5%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	97.7%	97%	98.6%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	97.9%	97.1%	98.7%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98%	97.3%	98.8%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.1%	97.5%	98.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.2%	97.6%	98.9%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.3%	97.7%	99%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.4%	97.9%	99%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.5%	98%	99.1%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.6%	98.1%	99.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.7%	98.2%	99.2%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.7%	98.3%	99.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	98.9%	98.5%	99.3%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	98.9%	98.6%	99.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99%	98.7%	99.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99%	98.7%	99.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.1%	98.8%	99.4%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.2%	98.9%	99.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.2%	99%	99.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.3%	99%	99.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 93.6% of newborns in Finland and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 85.5% and 51.6% past 70, 68.2% and 30.2% past 80, and only 30.9% 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

Finland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Finland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	37%	39.7%	36.6%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	34.6%	37.3%	34%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	32%	34.9%	31.3%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	29.4%	32.5%	28.6%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.9%	30.1%	26%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	24.5%	27.7%	23.5%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	22.2%	25.4%	21.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	20%	23%	18.8%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	18%	20.7%	16.8%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	16%	18.6%	14.8%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	14.3%	16.7%	13.1%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.6%	15%	11.4%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	11.2%	13.4%	9.94%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	9.85%	11.9%	8.63%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.64%	10.5%	7.46%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.57%	9.29%	6.43%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	6.6%	8.15%	5.52%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	5.76%	7.16%	4.75%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.04%	6.33%	4.09%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.44%	5.62%	3.55%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	3.93%	5.01%	3.09%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.47%	4.47%	2.69%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.09%	4%	2.35%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.75%	3.59%	2.05%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.46%	3.23%	1.8%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.21%	2.92%	1.6%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	2%	2.66%	1.43%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.81%	2.42%	1.28%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.65%	2.21%	1.16%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.51%	2.03%	1.05%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.38%	1.86%	0.95%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.27%	1.71%	0.86%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.17%	1.58%	0.78%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	1.08%	1.46%	0.72%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	1%	1.35%	0.67%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.93%	1.26%	0.62%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.86%	1.16%	0.56%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.78%	1.06%	0.51%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.71%	0.96%	0.46%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.64%	0.87%	0.42%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.58%	0.79%	0.38%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.53%	0.71%	0.34%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.48%	0.65%	0.31%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.43%	0.59%	0.28%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.4%	0.53%	0.26%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.36%	0.48%	0.24%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.33%	0.44%	0.22%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.31%	0.4%	0.2%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.28%	0.37%	0.19%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.26%	0.34%	0.17%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.23%	0.31%	0.16%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.21%	0.28%	0.14%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.19%	0.25%	0.12%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.17%	0.22%	0.11%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.14%	0.19%	0.09%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.13%	0.17%	0.08%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.12%	0.16%	0.07%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.11%	0.15%	0.07%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.1%	0.14%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.09%	0.13%	0.06%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.09%	0.12%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.08%	0.11%	0.05%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.07%	0.09%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.006%	0.006%	0.007%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.005%	0.005%	0.006%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.005%	0.004%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.004%	0.004%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.007%	0.008%	0.005%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.02%	0.009%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.16% in the birth year in Finland and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.06% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.58% vs 2.08% at 60, and 3.93% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Finland vs South Africa

Chart Table

Finland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Finland			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	566	181.9	885	359	204.6	501
99	1,042	580	1,453	475	280.8	655
98	1,416	832	1,947	572	340	787
97	1,844	1,147	2,495	677	406	928
96	2,307	1,520	3,061	789	478	1,077
95	2,785	1,938	3,610	909	558	1,236
94	3,244	2,377	4,106	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,655	2,804	4,522	1,148	729	1,540
92	3,996	3,185	4,834	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,252	3,512	5,027	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,409	3,779	5,086	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,472	3,982	5,023	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,452	4,106	4,854	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,354	4,155	4,613	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,180	4,112	4,311	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,960	3,992	3,968	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,696	3,816	3,607	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,423	3,613	3,255	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,155	3,405	2,929	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,912	3,206	2,634	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,680	3,009	2,364	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,455	2,808	2,113	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,251	2,618	1,889	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,058	2,435	1,686	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,887	2,265	1,510	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,736	2,111	1,360	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,602	1,973	1,232	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,481	1,843	1,120	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,369	1,721	1,022	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,270	1,609	935	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,181	1,503	855	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,096	1,406	782	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,021	1,319	719	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	953	1,237	664	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	895	1,166	621	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	839	1,096	578	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	780	1,023	529	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	718	946	483	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	657	868	439	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	600	793	401	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	546	722	364	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	496	657	330	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	451	599	298.6	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	413	546	272.8	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	378	500	251.4	1,242	1,519	978
55	346	455	232.1	1,190	1,459	929
54	318	416	214.6	1,137	1,397	881
53	294.2	383	198.7	1,085	1,337	835
52	271.5	354	183.5	1,037	1,279	795
51	249.8	326	168.7	994	1,223	760
50	228	296.9	153.6	954	1,171	731
49	204.7	267.6	137.5	918	1,120	707
48	183.1	240.6	121.7	883	1,071	686
47	164.3	217.1	107.6	850	1,022	668
46	149.4	198.7	96.5	818	974	652
45	137.1	183.3	87.4	786	928	635
44	126.1	169.1	79.4	755	884	619
43	116	156.1	72.5	724	842	601
42	106.2	143.4	66	695	804	581
41	97.9	132.8	60	667	770	560
40	91.5	124.9	55.1	639	738	538
39	86	118	51.1	613	708	515
38	80.9	111.6	47.6	587	680	492
37	75.5	104.5	44.1	562	653	470
36	70.2	97.6	40.6	538	626	449
35	65.9	92.3	37.4	515	600	429
34	62.5	88.3	34.6	493	575	410
33	60.2	85.9	32.5	471	551	392
32	59	84.5	31.7	450	527	374
31	58.2	82.8	32	429	504	355
30	56.6	80	31.5	408	481	335
29	54.3	77.1	30	386	458	314
28	52.3	75.1	28.1	363	434	291.3
27	51.5	74.4	26.8	339	410	266.7
26	51	73.7	26.5	314	384	241.5
25	50.9	73.2	27	289.1	358	217.1
24	50.5	72.1	27.6	264.7	331	195.1
23	50.1	71.3	27.9	241.4	304	176
22	50.1	71.2	28	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	49.3	70.1	27.6	198.1	249	145.6
20	46.6	65.8	26.5	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	40.8	56.7	24.1	158	194.2	121.2
18	33.1	45	20.6	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	25.4	33.6	16.9	119.5	142.6	96
16	18.6	23.5	13.5	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	13.6	16.1	11	85	99.4	70.2
14	10.2	11.1	9.31	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	7.9	7.79	8.01	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.36	5.79	6.97	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	5.39	4.68	6.14	43	50.5	35.3
10	4.67	4.01	5.35	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	4.07	3.57	4.59	37	43.9	30
8	3.68	3.34	4.03	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	3.52	3.38	3.67	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	3.59	3.72	3.46	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	3.91	4.35	3.44	67.2	79	55.4
4	4.71	5.54	3.84	95.3	110.3	80
3	6.74	8.21	5.19	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	12.3	15.2	9.23	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	28.5	34.6	22.1	343	375	310
0	159.4	167.4	151	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 Finland, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.6 in Finland 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 Finland and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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