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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.4 years in Finland vs 66.7 in South Africa. Finland is ranked 29/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Finland, the life expectancy is 79.8 years for males and 85 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Finland vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Finland
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Finland South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 64.2 60.4 67.9 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 65.6 62.3 68.8 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 66.5 63.3 69.5 45 44 46.2
1953 66.6 63.2 69.8 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 67.5 64.2 70.6 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 67.3 63.8 70.7 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 68 64.6 71.2 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 67.5 64.1 70.6 50.2 48.6 52
1958 68.6 65.3 71.7 51.1 49.5 53
1959 68.8 65.2 72.2 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 69 65.4 72.4 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 69 65.6 72.2 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 68.7 65.1 72.2 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 69.2 65.5 72.7 53.9 52 56
1964 69.4 65.7 73 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 69.1 65.3 72.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 69.6 66 73.2 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 69.8 65.9 73.6 55 52.9 57.2
1968 69.8 65.9 73.6 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 69.6 65.6 73.6 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 70.3 66.2 74.4 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 70.1 65.9 74.3 56 53.8 58.4
1972 70.9 66.6 75 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 71.4 67 75.7 56.7 54.6 59
1974 71.3 66.9 75.6 57.1 55 59.4
1975 71.8 67.4 76.1 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 72 67.5 76.3 58 55.8 60.4
1977 72.5 68 77 58.5 56.2 61
1978 73.1 68.6 77.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 73.4 69 77.5 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 73.6 69.2 77.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 74 69.6 78.1 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 74.5 70.2 78.6 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 74.4 70.3 78.4 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 74.7 70.5 78.8 61.8 59 64.9
1985 74.4 70.1 78.5 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 74.8 70.6 78.8 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 74.8 70.7 78.7 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 74.8 70.7 78.7 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 75 70.9 78.9 63 59.6 66.8
1990 75 70.9 78.9 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 75.4 71.3 79.3 63 59.5 67
1992 75.6 71.7 79.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 75.9 72.1 79.5 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 76.6 72.8 80.1 62.1 58.8 66
1995 76.6 72.8 80.2 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 76.9 73 80.5 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 77.1 73.4 80.5 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 77.3 73.5 80.8 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 77.5 73.7 81 59.2 56.1 62
2000 77.7 74.2 81 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 78.1 74.6 81.5 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 78.3 74.9 81.5 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 78.5 75.1 81.8 54.2 52 56.3
2004 78.8 75.3 82.3 54 51.9 55.8
2005 79 75.5 82.3 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 79.4 75.8 82.8 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 79.4 75.9 82.9 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 79.7 76.3 83 56 53.5 58.1
2009 79.8 76.5 83.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 80 76.7 83.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 80.4 77.2 83.5 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 80.5 77.5 83.4 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 80.9 77.9 83.8 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 81.1 78.2 83.9 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 81.4 78.5 84.1 64.1 60.8 67
2016 81.3 78.4 84.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 81.5 78.7 84.2 65.4 62 68.6
2018 81.6 78.9 84.3 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 81.9 79.2 84.5 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 81.8 79 84.6 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 81.8 79.1 84.5 62 59.2 64.8
2022 81.2 78.4 84.2 65.5 61.8 69
2023 81.9 79.2 84.7 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 82.1 79.4 84.8 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 82.2 79.6 84.9 66.5 63 70
2026 82.4 79.8 85 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 69.9 years in Finland and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.1 healthy years in Finland and 11.3 in South Africa.

Finland 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 Finland 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:
53.0 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
83.0 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
85.7 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Finland South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 99.0% 99.6% 93.6% 95.5%
50 97.2% 98.7% 83.6% 88.9%
60 92.6% 96.4% 68.1% 79.2%
65 88.2% 94.2% 58.1% 72.5%
70 81.9% 90.8% 46.7% 63.7%
75 73.1% 85.6% 35.1% 53.0%
80 60.8% 77.0% 24.0% 40.5%
85 43.5% 62.1% 14.9% 27.9%
90 22.9% 39.2% 7.8% 16.1%
95 7.1% 15.5% 3.3% 7.3%
100 1.0% 2.8% 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 Finland vs South Africa: 83 years vs 70.6 at 30, 85.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 89.5 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.4 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 Finland and South Africa.

Finland
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Finland South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.4 79.8 85 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 82.5 79.9 85.2 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 82.6 80 85.2 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 82.6 80 85.2 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 82.6 80 85.2 68.6 65.2 72
5 82.6 80 85.2 68.7 65.3 72
6 82.6 80 85.2 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 82.6 80 85.2 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 82.6 80 85.2 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 82.6 80 85.2 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 82.6 80 85.2 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 82.6 80 85.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 82.6 80 85.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 82.6 80 85.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 82.6 80 85.2 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 82.6 80 85.2 69 65.6 72.3
16 82.6 80 85.2 69 65.7 72.3
17 82.6 80 85.2 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 82.7 80.1 85.3 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 82.7 80.1 85.3 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 82.7 80.1 85.3 69.3 66 72.6
21 82.7 80.2 85.3 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 82.8 80.2 85.3 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 82.8 80.3 85.3 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 82.8 80.3 85.4 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 82.8 80.3 85.4 69.9 66.6 73
26 82.9 80.4 85.4 70 66.8 73.1
27 82.9 80.4 85.4 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 82.9 80.5 85.4 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 83 80.5 85.4 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 83 80.5 85.5 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 83 80.6 85.5 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 83.1 80.6 85.5 71 67.9 73.9
33 83.1 80.7 85.5 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 83.1 80.7 85.5 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 83.1 80.7 85.5 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 83.2 80.8 85.6 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 83.2 80.8 85.6 72 68.9 74.8
38 83.2 80.9 85.6 72.2 69.2 75
39 83.3 80.9 85.6 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 83.3 81 85.6 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 83.4 81 85.7 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 83.4 81.1 85.7 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 83.4 81.1 85.7 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 83.5 81.2 85.8 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 83.5 81.3 85.8 73.9 71 76.5
46 83.6 81.3 85.8 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 83.7 81.4 85.9 74.4 71.6 77
48 83.7 81.5 85.9 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 83.8 81.6 86 75 72.2 77.4
50 83.9 81.6 86 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 83.9 81.7 86.1 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 84 81.8 86.1 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 84.1 82 86.2 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 84.2 82.1 86.2 76.5 74 78.7
55 84.3 82.2 86.3 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 84.4 82.3 86.4 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 84.5 82.5 86.5 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 84.6 82.6 86.6 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 84.8 82.8 86.6 78.3 76 80.1
60 84.9 82.9 86.7 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 85 83.1 86.8 79 76.9 80.7
62 85.2 83.3 86.9 79.4 77.4 81
63 85.3 83.5 87.1 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 85.5 83.7 87.2 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 85.7 83.9 87.3 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 85.9 84.2 87.4 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 86.1 84.4 87.6 81.6 80 82.8
68 86.3 84.7 87.7 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 86.5 84.9 87.9 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 86.7 85.2 88 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 86.9 85.5 88.2 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 87.2 85.8 88.4 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 87.4 86.1 88.6 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 87.7 86.4 88.8 85.2 84 85.9
75 88 86.7 89 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 88.2 87 89.2 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 88.5 87.4 89.4 86.9 86 87.4
78 88.8 87.7 89.7 87.5 86.7 88
79 89.2 88.1 89.9 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 89.5 88.5 90.2 88.8 88 89.1
81 89.9 89 90.5 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 90.3 89.4 90.9 90 89.4 90.3
83 90.7 89.9 91.2 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 91.1 90.4 91.6 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 91.6 90.9 92 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.1 91.4 92.5 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.6 92 93 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 93.2 92.6 93.5 94 93.7 94.1
89 93.8 93.3 94 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 94.4 93.9 94.6 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95 94.6 95.2 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.7 95.3 95.9 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.4 96.1 96.5 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 97.1 96.8 97.2 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.9 97.6 98 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.7 98.4 98.7 100 99.9 100
97 99.5 99.3 99.5 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100.3 100.1 100.3 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101.1 101 101.1 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102 101.9 102 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Finland vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.6% in Finland and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 85.5% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 68.2% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 30.9% 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.

Finland
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Finland South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 99.4% 99.2% 99.5% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 99.3% 99% 99.5% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 99.2% 99% 99.4% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 99.2% 98.9% 99.4% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 99.1% 98.8% 99.4% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 99% 98.7% 99.4% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 99% 98.7% 99.3% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 98.9% 98.6% 99.3% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 98.9% 98.5% 99.3% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 98.7% 98.3% 99.2% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 98.7% 98.2% 99.2% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 98.6% 98.1% 99.1% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 98.5% 98% 99.1% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 98.4% 97.9% 99% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 98.3% 97.7% 99% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 98.2% 97.6% 98.9% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 98.1% 97.5% 98.8% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 98% 97.3% 98.8% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 97.9% 97.1% 98.7% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 97.7% 97% 98.6% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 97.6% 96.8% 98.5% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 97.4% 96.5% 98.4% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 97.3% 96.3% 98.3% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 97% 96% 98.1% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 96.8% 95.7% 98% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 96.6% 95.4% 97.8% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 96.3% 95.1% 97.6% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 96% 94.7% 97.4% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 95.7% 94.3% 97.2% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 95.3% 93.8% 97% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 95% 93.3% 96.7% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 94.5% 92.8% 96.4% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 94.1% 92.2% 96.2% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 93.6% 91.5% 95.8% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 93.1% 90.8% 95.5% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 92.5% 90% 95.1% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 91.8% 89.1% 94.6% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 91.1% 88.2% 94.1% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 90.3% 87.2% 93.6% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 89.5% 86.1% 93% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 88.6% 84.9% 92.4% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 87.6% 83.7% 91.7% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 86.6% 82.3% 91% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 85.5% 80.9% 90.2% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 84.3% 79.4% 89.4% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 83% 77.8% 88.5% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 81.7% 76.1% 87.4% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 80.2% 74.3% 86.3% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 78.6% 72.3% 85.1% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 76.9% 70.2% 83.7% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 75% 67.9% 82.2% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 72.9% 65.5% 80.5% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 70.7% 62.9% 78.6% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 68.2% 60% 76.5% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 65.5% 57% 74.2% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 62.6% 53.8% 71.5% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 59.5% 50.4% 68.6% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 56% 46.8% 65.3% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 52.3% 43% 61.7% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 48.4% 39% 57.8% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 44.2% 34.9% 53.5% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 39.8% 30.7% 48.8% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 35.4% 26.6% 44% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 30.9% 22.6% 39% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 26.5% 18.9% 33.9% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 22.3% 15.4% 28.8% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 18.3% 12.2% 24% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 14.6% 9.37% 19.5% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 11.4% 6.99% 15.4% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 8.58% 5.05% 11.8% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 6.27% 3.53% 8.71% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 4.43% 2.39% 6.22% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 3.01% 1.55% 4.27% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 1.97% 0.98% 2.82% 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 0.16% 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.

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

Finland
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

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

Death rate by age in Finland compared to South Africa

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 — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Finland
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Finland South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 159.4 167.4 151 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 28.5 34.6 22.1 343 375 310
2 12.3 15.2 9.23 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 6.74 8.21 5.19 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 4.71 5.54 3.84 95.3 110.3 80
5 3.91 4.35 3.44 67.2 79 55.4
6 3.59 3.72 3.46 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 3.52 3.38 3.67 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 3.68 3.34 4.03 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 4.07 3.57 4.59 37 43.9 30
10 4.67 4.01 5.35 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 5.39 4.68 6.14 43 50.5 35.3
12 6.36 5.79 6.97 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 7.9 7.79 8.01 58.9 68.7 49
14 10.2 11.1 9.31 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 13.6 16.1 11 85 99.4 70.2
16 18.6 23.5 13.5 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 25.4 33.6 16.9 119.5 142.6 96
18 33.1 45 20.6 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 40.8 56.7 24.1 158 194.2 121.2
20 46.6 65.8 26.5 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 49.3 70.1 27.6 198.1 249 145.6
22 50.1 71.2 28 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 50.1 71.3 27.9 241.4 304 176
24 50.5 72.1 27.6 264.7 331 195.1
25 50.9 73.2 27 289.1 358 217.1
26 51 73.7 26.5 314 384 241.5
27 51.5 74.4 26.8 339 410 266.7
28 52.3 75.1 28.1 363 434 291.3
29 54.3 77.1 30 386 458 314
30 56.6 80 31.5 408 481 335
31 58.2 82.8 32 429 504 355
32 59 84.5 31.7 450 527 374
33 60.2 85.9 32.5 471 551 392
34 62.5 88.3 34.6 493 575 410
35 65.9 92.3 37.4 515 600 429
36 70.2 97.6 40.6 538 626 449
37 75.5 104.5 44.1 562 653 470
38 80.9 111.6 47.6 587 680 492
39 86 118 51.1 613 708 515
40 91.5 124.9 55.1 639 738 538
41 97.9 132.8 60 667 770 560
42 106.2 143.4 66 695 804 581
43 116 156.1 72.5 724 842 601
44 126.1 169.1 79.4 755 884 619
45 137.1 183.3 87.4 786 928 635
46 149.4 198.7 96.5 818 974 652
47 164.3 217.1 107.6 850 1,022 668
48 183.1 240.6 121.7 883 1,071 686
49 204.7 267.6 137.5 918 1,120 707
50 228 296.9 153.6 954 1,171 731
51 249.8 326 168.7 994 1,223 760
52 271.5 354 183.5 1,037 1,279 795
53 294.2 383 198.7 1,085 1,337 835
54 318 416 214.6 1,137 1,397 881
55 346 455 232.1 1,190 1,459 929
56 378 500 251.4 1,242 1,519 978
57 413 546 272.8 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 451 599 298.6 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 496 657 330 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 546 722 364 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 600 793 401 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 657 868 439 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 718 946 483 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 780 1,023 529 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 839 1,096 578 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 895 1,166 621 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 953 1,237 664 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 1,021 1,319 719 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 1,096 1,406 782 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 1,181 1,503 855 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 1,270 1,609 935 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 1,369 1,721 1,022 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 1,481 1,843 1,120 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 1,602 1,973 1,232 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 1,736 2,111 1,360 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 1,887 2,265 1,510 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 2,058 2,435 1,686 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 2,251 2,618 1,889 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 2,455 2,808 2,113 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 2,680 3,009 2,364 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,912 3,206 2,634 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 3,155 3,405 2,929 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 3,423 3,613 3,255 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 3,696 3,816 3,607 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 3,960 3,992 3,968 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 4,180 4,112 4,311 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 4,354 4,155 4,613 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 4,452 4,106 4,854 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 4,472 3,982 5,023 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 4,409 3,779 5,086 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 4,252 3,512 5,027 1,363 912 1,794
92 3,996 3,185 4,834 1,257 818 1,670
93 3,655 2,804 4,522 1,148 729 1,540
94 3,244 2,377 4,106 1,031 642 1,393
95 2,785 1,938 3,610 909 558 1,236
96 2,307 1,520 3,061 789 478 1,077
97 1,844 1,147 2,495 677 406 928
98 1,416 832 1,947 572 340 787
99 1,042 580 1,453 475 280.8 655
100 566 181.9 885 359 204.6 501

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 Finland 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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