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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

France

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	France			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.2	102	102.3	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.4	101.1	101.4	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.6	100.3	100.7	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.8	99.5	99.9	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	99	98.7	99.2	100	99.9	100
95	98.3	97.9	98.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.6	97.1	97.8	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.9	96.4	97.1	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	96.3	95.7	96.5	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.6	95	95.9	96.1	96	96.2
90	95	94.4	95.4	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	94.5	93.8	94.8	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.9	93.2	94.3	94	93.7	94.1
87	93.4	92.6	93.9	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	93	92.1	93.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	92.5	91.6	93.1	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	92.1	91.1	92.7	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	91.7	90.7	92.4	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	91.4	90.3	92.1	90	89.4	90.3
81	91	89.9	91.8	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	90.7	89.5	91.6	88.8	88	89.1
79	90.4	89.2	91.3	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	90.1	88.9	91.1	87.5	86.7	88
77	89.9	88.5	90.9	86.9	86	87.4
76	89.6	88.2	90.7	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	89.4	87.9	90.5	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	89.1	87.7	90.3	85.2	84	85.9
73	88.9	87.4	90.2	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	88.7	87.1	90	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	88.5	86.8	89.9	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	88.3	86.6	89.7	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	88.1	86.3	89.6	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	87.9	86.1	89.4	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	87.7	85.8	89.3	81.6	80	82.8
66	87.5	85.6	89.2	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	87.3	85.4	89	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	87.1	85.1	88.9	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	87	84.9	88.8	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	86.8	84.7	88.7	79.4	77.4	81
61	86.6	84.5	88.5	79	76.9	80.7
60	86.4	84.2	88.4	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	86.3	84.1	88.3	78.3	76	80.1
58	86.1	83.9	88.2	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	86	83.7	88.1	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	85.9	83.5	88	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	85.8	83.4	87.9	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	85.6	83.2	87.9	76.5	74	78.7
53	85.5	83.1	87.8	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	85.4	83	87.7	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	85.3	82.9	87.6	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	85.3	82.8	87.6	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	85.2	82.7	87.5	75	72.2	77.4
48	85.1	82.6	87.4	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	85	82.5	87.4	74.4	71.6	77
46	85	82.4	87.3	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	84.9	82.3	87.3	73.9	71	76.5
44	84.8	82.3	87.2	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	84.8	82.2	87.2	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	84.7	82.1	87.2	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	84.7	82.1	87.1	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	84.6	82	87.1	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	84.6	82	87.1	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	84.6	81.9	87.1	72.2	69.2	75
37	84.5	81.9	87	72	68.9	74.8
36	84.5	81.8	87	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	84.5	81.8	87	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	84.4	81.8	87	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	84.4	81.7	87	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	84.4	81.7	86.9	71	67.9	73.9
31	84.4	81.7	86.9	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	84.3	81.6	86.9	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	84.3	81.6	86.9	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	84.3	81.6	86.9	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	84.3	81.5	86.9	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	84.2	81.5	86.9	70	66.8	73.1
25	84.2	81.5	86.9	69.9	66.6	73
24	84.2	81.4	86.8	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	84.2	81.4	86.8	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	84.2	81.4	86.8	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	84.1	81.3	86.8	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	84.1	81.3	86.8	69.3	66	72.6
19	84.1	81.3	86.8	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	84.1	81.3	86.8	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	84.1	81.3	86.8	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	84.1	81.2	86.8	69	65.7	72.3
15	84.1	81.2	86.8	69	65.6	72.3
14	84	81.2	86.7	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	84	81.2	86.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	84	81.2	86.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	84	81.2	86.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	84	81.2	86.7	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	84	81.2	86.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	84	81.2	86.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	84	81.2	86.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	84	81.2	86.7	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	84	81.2	86.7	68.7	65.3	72
4	84	81.2	86.7	68.6	65.2	72
3	84	81.2	86.7	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	84	81.2	86.7	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	84	81.1	86.7	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	83.7	80.9	86.4	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 France can expect to live to 84.3 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 87.3 and 80.7 at 65, and to 90.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 83.7 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

France

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	France			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	3.93%	1.85%	5.69%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	5.65%	2.82%	8.07%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	7.83%	4.15%	11%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	10.5%	5.88%	14.5%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	13.6%	8.06%	18.6%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	17.2%	10.7%	23.1%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	21.1%	13.7%	27.9%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	25.3%	17.2%	32.8%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	29.7%	21%	37.9%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	34.2%	25%	42.9%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	38.8%	29.1%	47.9%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	43.2%	33.3%	52.6%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	47.5%	37.6%	57%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	51.5%	41.6%	61%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	55.3%	45.5%	64.7%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	58.8%	49.2%	68%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	61.9%	52.7%	70.9%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	64.8%	55.8%	73.5%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	67.4%	58.7%	75.8%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	69.7%	61.4%	77.8%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	71.9%	63.9%	79.6%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	73.8%	66.2%	81.2%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	75.6%	68.3%	82.7%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	77.2%	70.3%	84%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	78.7%	72.1%	85.1%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	80.1%	73.8%	86.2%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	81.4%	75.4%	87.2%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	82.6%	77%	88%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	83.7%	78.4%	88.9%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	84.7%	79.7%	89.6%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	85.7%	81%	90.3%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	86.6%	82.3%	91%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	87.5%	83.4%	91.6%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	88.4%	84.5%	92.1%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	89.2%	85.6%	92.7%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	89.9%	86.6%	93.2%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	90.6%	87.6%	93.6%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	91.3%	88.5%	94.1%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	92%	89.4%	94.5%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	92.6%	90.3%	94.9%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	93.2%	91.1%	95.3%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	93.7%	91.8%	95.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	94.2%	92.4%	96%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	94.7%	93%	96.3%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	95.1%	93.6%	96.6%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	95.5%	94.1%	96.9%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	95.8%	94.6%	97.1%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96.2%	95%	97.3%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	96.5%	95.4%	97.5%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	96.7%	95.7%	97.7%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97%	96%	97.9%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.2%	96.3%	98.1%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.4%	96.6%	98.2%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.6%	96.8%	98.4%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	97.8%	97%	98.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	97.9%	97.2%	98.6%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.1%	97.4%	98.7%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.2%	97.6%	98.8%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.3%	97.7%	98.8%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.5%	98%	99%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.6%	98.1%	99%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.6%	98.2%	99.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	98.8%	98.5%	99.2%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99%	98.7%	99.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99%	98.7%	99.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.2%	99%	99.4%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.2%	99%	99.4%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.3%	99.1%	99.4%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 93.2% of newborns in France and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 85.7% and 51.6% past 70, 71.9% and 30.2% past 80, and only 38.8% 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

France

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	France			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	32.7%	37%	31.9%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	30.4%	34.5%	29.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	27.9%	32%	26.8%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	25.4%	29.5%	24.2%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	23%	27%	21.8%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	20.7%	24.5%	19.4%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	18.6%	22.3%	17.2%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	16.6%	20.1%	15.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	14.8%	18%	13.4%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	13.2%	16%	11.8%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	11.7%	14.3%	10.3%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	10.3%	12.6%	8.95%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	9.02%	11.2%	7.73%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	7.87%	9.83%	6.64%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	6.82%	8.56%	5.67%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	5.91%	7.47%	4.84%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	5.11%	6.52%	4.12%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	4.42%	5.67%	3.52%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	3.84%	4.95%	3.03%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	3.37%	4.37%	2.62%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	2.98%	3.89%	2.27%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	2.64%	3.48%	1.98%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	2.35%	3.12%	1.73%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.1%	2.8%	1.53%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	1.89%	2.53%	1.37%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	1.72%	2.32%	1.23%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.57%	2.13%	1.11%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.44%	1.96%	1.01%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.34%	1.82%	0.92%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.24%	1.7%	0.85%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.15%	1.59%	0.77%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.07%	1.49%	0.71%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1%	1.39%	0.65%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.94%	1.31%	0.61%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.9%	1.25%	0.58%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.85%	1.19%	0.55%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.8%	1.12%	0.51%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.76%	1.06%	0.48%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.72%	1%	0.45%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.67%	0.93%	0.43%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.62%	0.85%	0.4%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.57%	0.78%	0.37%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.52%	0.71%	0.35%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.48%	0.65%	0.32%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.44%	0.6%	0.3%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.4%	0.54%	0.27%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.36%	0.49%	0.25%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.33%	0.44%	0.23%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.31%	0.4%	0.21%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.28%	0.36%	0.2%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.25%	0.33%	0.18%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.23%	0.3%	0.16%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.21%	0.28%	0.15%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.19%	0.25%	0.14%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.11%	0.15%	0.08%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.1%	0.14%	0.07%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.09%	0.12%	0.06%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.09%	0.12%	0.06%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.08%	0.11%	0.05%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.07%	0.1%	0.05%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.06%	0.09%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.02%	0.009%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.006%	0.007%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.008%	0.009%	0.008%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.3%	0.33%	0.28%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.3% in the birth year in France and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.05% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.62% vs 2.08% at 60, and 2.98% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in France vs South Africa

Chart Table

France

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	France			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	1,257	525	1,886	359	204.6	501
99	1,717	974	2,377	475	280.8	655
98	2,181	1,328	2,953	572	340	787
97	2,664	1,736	3,520	677	406	928
96	3,136	2,174	4,044	789	478	1,077
95	3,566	2,621	4,479	909	558	1,236
94	3,929	3,061	4,791	1,031	642	1,393
93	4,211	3,459	4,980	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,402	3,775	5,063	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,504	4,005	5,047	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,516	4,153	4,926	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,437	4,218	4,704	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,280	4,202	4,403	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,053	4,094	4,051	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	3,770	3,898	3,672	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,472	3,678	3,289	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,165	3,431	2,920	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,866	3,163	2,588	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,588	2,905	2,295	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,350	2,683	2,040	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,139	2,485	1,810	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	1,947	2,305	1,605	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	1,776	2,134	1,429	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	1,623	1,970	1,286	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,490	1,827	1,166	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,380	1,714	1,059	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,279	1,607	966	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,192	1,511	888	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,118	1,428	820	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,051	1,357	757	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	987	1,291	696	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	929	1,226	642	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	876	1,162	599	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	833	1,109	566	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	799	1,068	538	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	766	1,028	510	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	728	981	481	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	693	941	453	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	660	897	428	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	621	840	407	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	578	775	385	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	535	715	359	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	494	660	332	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	457	609	310	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	422	558	288.2	1,242	1,519	978
55	385	506	264.8	1,190	1,459	929
54	350	459	241.9	1,137	1,397	881
53	320	419	222.2	1,085	1,337	835
52	294.5	381	207	1,037	1,279	795
51	270.3	347	192.8	994	1,223	760
50	247.3	318	176.5	954	1,171	731
49	226.8	292.2	160.7	918	1,120	707
48	206.5	265.7	146.5	883	1,071	686
47	186.6	240.5	132.9	850	1,022	668
46	167.7	217.6	118.8	818	974	652
45	151.3	197.7	106.4	786	928	635
44	137.9	180.5	96.7	755	884	619
43	124.4	163.5	86.7	724	842	601
42	110.4	146.7	75.6	695	804	581
41	99.4	133	67.3	667	770	560
40	91.2	122.4	61.4	639	738	538
39	84.8	114	56.8	613	708	515
38	78.9	106.5	52.1	587	680	492
37	73.3	100.1	47.3	562	653	470
36	68	93.9	42.5	538	626	449
35	62.8	87.4	38.4	515	600	429
34	58.2	81.6	35	493	575	410
33	54.5	76.7	32.2	471	551	392
32	51.1	72.7	29.6	450	527	374
31	48.4	69.4	27.3	429	504	355
30	46.5	66	26.6	408	481	335
29	44.6	62.9	25.8	386	458	314
28	42.2	60.6	23.1	363	434	291.3
27	40	58.7	20.5	339	410	266.7
26	38.7	57.2	19.5	314	384	241.5
25	37.6	55.1	19.1	289.1	358	217.1
24	35.8	52.2	18.4	264.7	331	195.1
23	34.2	49.8	17.8	241.4	304	176
22	33.8	48.9	17.9	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	33.5	48.4	17.9	198.1	249	145.6
20	31.9	46.1	16.9	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	28.3	40.3	15.8	158	194.2	121.2
18	23.8	32.9	14.3	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	19.3	25.7	12.5	119.5	142.6	96
16	15.4	19.8	10.8	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	12.3	15.2	9.3	85	99.4	70.2
14	9.88	11.7	7.95	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	7.79	8.9	6.62	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.35	7.08	5.59	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	5.77	6.36	5.15	43	50.5	35.3
10	5.44	5.91	4.94	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	5.1	5.45	4.72	37	43.9	30
8	5.25	5.85	4.61	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	5.76	6.67	4.8	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	6.23	7.05	5.38	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	7.01	7.61	6.38	67.2	79	55.4
4	8.43	9.18	7.63	95.3	110.3	80
3	9.67	10.8	8.53	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	11.2	12.4	9.83	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	28.8	31.5	26	343	375	310
0	303	329	276.7	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 France, the most common age of death is 90, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 87.4 in France 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 France and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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