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Life Expectancy in France vs South Africa (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 83.6 years in France vs 66.5 in South Africa. France is ranked 14/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In France, the life expectancy is 80.7 years for males and 86.3 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

France vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

France
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
France South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 66.4 63.4 69.2 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 66.1 63.2 68.9 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 67.4 64.4 70.2 45 44 46.2
1953 67.3 64.3 70.2 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 68.2 65 71.2 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 68.4 65.2 71.5 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 68.5 65.2 71.7 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 68.9 65.5 72.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 70.1 66.8 73.2 51.1 49.5 53
1959 70.2 66.9 73.4 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 70.4 67 73.6 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 71 67.5 74.4 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 70.5 67 73.9 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 70.3 66.8 73.8 53.9 52 56
1964 71.3 67.7 74.8 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 71.1 67.5 74.7 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 71.5 67.8 75.2 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 71.5 67.8 75.2 55 52.9 57.2
1968 71.5 67.8 75.2 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 71.2 67.4 75.1 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 72.1 68.4 75.8 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 72.1 68.3 75.9 56 53.8 58.4
1972 72.3 68.5 76.2 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 72.5 68.7 76.3 56.7 54.6 59
1974 72.8 68.9 76.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 72.9 69 76.9 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 73.1 69.1 77.2 58 55.8 60.4
1977 73.7 69.7 77.8 58.5 56.2 61
1978 73.8 69.8 78 59 56.6 61.6
1979 74.1 70.1 78.3 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 74.2 70.2 78.4 60 57.5 62.7
1981 74.4 70.4 78.5 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 74.8 70.7 78.9 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 74.7 70.7 78.8 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 75.2 71.1 79.4 61.8 59 64.9
1985 75.3 71.2 79.4 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 75.6 71.5 79.7 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 76.1 72 80.3 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 76.4 72.3 80.5 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 76.5 72.4 80.7 63 59.6 66.8
1990 76.8 72.7 81 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 77 72.9 81.2 63 59.5 67
1992 77.3 73.1 81.5 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 77.3 73.2 81.5 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 77.8 73.6 81.9 62.1 58.8 66
1995 77.9 73.8 81.9 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 78.1 74.1 82 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 78.4 74.5 82.3 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 78.6 74.7 82.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 78.7 74.9 82.5 59.2 56.1 62
2000 79 75.2 82.8 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 79.2 75.4 82.9 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 79.4 75.7 83 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 79.4 75.8 82.9 54.2 52 56.3
2004 80.3 76.7 83.9 54 51.9 55.8
2005 80.3 76.7 83.8 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 80.7 77.2 84.2 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 81 77.4 84.4 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 81 77.6 84.3 56 53.5 58.1
2009 81.2 77.7 84.4 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 81.4 78 84.7 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 81.8 78.4 85 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 81.7 78.5 84.9 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 82 78.7 85.1 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 82.4 79.2 85.5 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 82.1 79 85.2 64.1 60.8 67
2016 82.4 79.3 85.4 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 82.4 79.4 85.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 82.6 79.5 85.5 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 82.7 79.8 85.6 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 82.2 79.2 85.1 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 82.3 79.3 85.3 62 59.2 64.8
2022 82.5 79.3 85.6 65.5 61.8 69
2023 83.3 80.4 86.1 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 83.5 80.6 86.2 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 83.6 80.7 86.3 66.5 63 70

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 70.1 years in France and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18.6 healthy years in France and 11.3 in South Africa.

France 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 France and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
54.2 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
84.2 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
87.4 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
France South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 99.1% 99.6% 93.5% 95.4%
50 97.1% 98.5% 83.5% 88.8%
60 92.0% 95.9% 67.9% 79.0%
65 87.5% 93.7% 57.9% 72.2%
70 81.8% 90.8% 46.5% 63.4%
75 74.4% 86.6% 34.9% 52.7%
80 64.2% 79.9% 23.8% 40.2%
85 49.3% 68.1% 14.8% 27.7%
90 29.0% 47.7% 7.7% 16.0%
95 10.5% 22.9% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.8% 5.6% 1.1% 2.3%

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 France vs South Africa: 84.2 years vs 70.5 at 30, 87.2 vs 80.7 at 65, 90.7 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 83.6 vs 66.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in France and South Africa.

France
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
France South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 83.6 80.7 86.3 66.5 63 70
1 83.8 81 86.6 68 64.6 71.4
2 83.9 81 86.6 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 83.9 81 86.6 68.4 65 71.8
4 83.9 81 86.6 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 83.9 81 86.6 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.6 65.2 72
8 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.7 65.3 72
9 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.7 65.3 72
10 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.7 65.3 72
11 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.7 65.3 72
12 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 83.9 81.1 86.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 83.9 81.1 86.7 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 84 81.1 86.7 69 65.6 72.3
18 84 81.1 86.7 69 65.7 72.3
19 84 81.2 86.7 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 84 81.2 86.7 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 84 81.2 86.7 69.3 66 72.5
22 84 81.2 86.7 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 84.1 81.3 86.7 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 84.1 81.3 86.7 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 84.1 81.3 86.7 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 84.1 81.4 86.8 69.9 66.7 73
27 84.2 81.4 86.8 70 66.8 73.1
28 84.2 81.4 86.8 70.2 67 73.2
29 84.2 81.5 86.8 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 84.2 81.5 86.8 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 84.3 81.5 86.8 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 84.3 81.6 86.8 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 84.3 81.6 86.9 71.1 68 74
34 84.3 81.6 86.9 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 84.4 81.7 86.9 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 84.4 81.7 86.9 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 84.4 81.8 86.9 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 84.5 81.8 87 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 84.5 81.9 87 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 84.5 81.9 87 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 84.6 82 87 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 84.6 82 87.1 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 84.7 82.1 87.1 73.3 70.4 76
44 84.7 82.1 87.2 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 84.8 82.2 87.2 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 84.8 82.3 87.2 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 84.9 82.4 87.3 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 85 82.5 87.3 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 85.1 82.6 87.4 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 85.1 82.7 87.5 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 85.2 82.8 87.5 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 85.3 82.9 87.6 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 85.4 83 87.7 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 85.5 83.1 87.8 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 85.7 83.3 87.8 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 85.8 83.4 87.9 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 85.9 83.6 88 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 86.1 83.8 88.1 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 86.2 84 88.2 78.2 76 80
60 86.4 84.1 88.3 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 86.5 84.3 88.5 79 76.9 80.7
62 86.7 84.6 88.6 79.4 77.4 81
63 86.9 84.8 88.7 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 87 85 88.8 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 87.2 85.3 88.9 80.7 78.9 82
66 87.4 85.5 89.1 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 87.6 85.7 89.2 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 87.8 86 89.3 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 88 86.2 89.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 88.2 86.5 89.6 83.1 81.6 84
71 88.4 86.8 89.8 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 88.6 87 89.9 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 88.9 87.3 90.1 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 89.1 87.6 90.3 85.2 84 85.8
75 89.3 87.9 90.5 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 89.6 88.2 90.6 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 89.8 88.5 90.8 86.9 86 87.4
78 90.1 88.8 91.1 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 90.4 89.1 91.3 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 90.7 89.5 91.5 88.7 88 89.1
81 91 89.9 91.8 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 91.3 90.2 92.1 90 89.4 90.2
83 91.7 90.7 92.4 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 92.1 91.1 92.7 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 92.5 91.6 93 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.9 92.1 93.4 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 93.4 92.6 93.9 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 93.9 93.1 94.3 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 94.4 93.7 94.8 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 95 94.4 95.3 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.6 95 95.9 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.2 95.7 96.5 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.9 96.4 97.1 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97.6 97.1 97.8 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.3 97.9 98.4 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99 98.7 99.1 100 99.9 100
97 99.8 99.5 99.9 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.6 100.3 100.6 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.4 101.1 101.4 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.2 102 102.3 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in France vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 93.1% in France and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 85.6% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 71.5% and 30% to 80+ years, and 38.3% and 11.2% 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.

France
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
France South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 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%
12 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 99.4% 99.2% 99.5% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 99.3% 99.2% 99.5% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 99.3% 99.1% 99.4% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 99.2% 99% 99.4% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 99.2% 99% 99.4% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 99.1% 98.9% 99.4% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 99.1% 98.8% 99.3% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 99% 98.8% 99.3% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 99% 98.7% 99.3% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 98.9% 98.6% 99.3% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 98.8% 98.5% 99.2% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 98.8% 98.4% 99.2% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 98.7% 98.3% 99.1% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 98.6% 98.2% 99.1% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 98.5% 98.1% 99% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 98.5% 98% 99% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 98.4% 97.8% 98.9% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 98.3% 97.7% 98.8% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 98.1% 97.6% 98.7% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 98% 97.4% 98.7% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 97.9% 97.2% 98.6% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 97.7% 97% 98.5% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 97.6% 96.8% 98.3% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 97.4% 96.5% 98.2% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 97.2% 96.3% 98% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 96.9% 96% 97.9% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 96.7% 95.7% 97.7% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 96.4% 95.3% 97.5% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 96.1% 94.9% 97.3% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 95.8% 94.5% 97.1% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 95.4% 94% 96.8% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 95% 93.5% 96.6% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 94.6% 93% 96.3% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 94.2% 92.3% 96% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 93.7% 91.7% 95.6% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 93.1% 91% 95.3% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 92.5% 90.2% 94.9% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 91.9% 89.3% 94.5% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 91.2% 88.4% 94% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 90.5% 87.5% 93.6% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 89.8% 86.5% 93.1% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 89% 85.4% 92.6% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 88.2% 84.4% 92% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 87.4% 83.2% 91.5% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 86.5% 82.1% 90.8% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 85.6% 80.8% 90.2% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 84.6% 79.5% 89.5% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 83.5% 78.1% 88.7% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 82.4% 76.7% 87.9% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 81.1% 75.2% 87% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 79.9% 73.5% 86% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 78.5% 71.8% 84.9% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 76.9% 70% 83.8% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 75.3% 68% 82.4% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 73.5% 65.8% 81% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 71.5% 63.5% 79.4% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 69.4% 61% 77.5% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 67% 58.3% 75.5% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 64.4% 55.3% 73.2% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 61.5% 52.2% 70.5% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 58.3% 48.7% 67.6% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 54.8% 45% 64.3% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 51.1% 41.1% 60.6% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 47% 37% 56.5% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 42.7% 32.9% 52.1% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 38.3% 28.7% 47.4% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 33.8% 24.5% 42.5% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 29.3% 20.6% 37.5% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 25% 16.8% 32.4% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 20.8% 13.4% 27.5% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 16.9% 10.4% 22.7% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 13.4% 7.85% 18.3% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 10.3% 5.72% 14.3% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 7.68% 4.03% 10.8% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 5.53% 2.73% 7.9% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 3.85% 1.79% 5.57% 1.61% 0.99% 2.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.31% in the birth year in France and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.05% vs 0.45% at age 30, 0.63% vs 2.1% at 60, and 3.02% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

France
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
France South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.31% 0.34% 0.28% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.009% 0.009% 0.008% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.007% 0.008% 0.007% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.005% 0.006% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.005% 0.006% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.006% 0.006% 0.005% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.008% 0.009% 0.007% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.01% 0.02% 0.009% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.09% 0.13% 0.06% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.1% 0.14% 0.07% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.17% 0.23% 0.12% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.19% 0.25% 0.14% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.21% 0.28% 0.15% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.24% 0.31% 0.17% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.26% 0.34% 0.18% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.28% 0.37% 0.2% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.31% 0.4% 0.21% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.34% 0.45% 0.23% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.37% 0.49% 0.25% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.41% 0.54% 0.28% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.45% 0.6% 0.3% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.49% 0.66% 0.33% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.53% 0.72% 0.35% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 0.58% 0.79% 0.38% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 0.63% 0.86% 0.41% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 0.68% 0.94% 0.43% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 0.72% 1.01% 0.46% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 0.77% 1.08% 0.49% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 0.81% 1.13% 0.52% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 0.86% 1.2% 0.55% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 0.91% 1.26% 0.59% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 0.96% 1.33% 0.62% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 1.01% 1.41% 0.66% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 1.09% 1.51% 0.72% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 1.17% 1.62% 0.78% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 1.26% 1.73% 0.86% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 1.36% 1.85% 0.94% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 1.47% 1.99% 1.02% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 1.6% 2.16% 1.13% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 1.75% 2.36% 1.25% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 1.93% 2.57% 1.39% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 2.13% 2.85% 1.56% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 2.38% 3.17% 1.76% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 2.68% 3.54% 2.01% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 3.02% 3.95% 2.31% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 3.42% 4.44% 2.66% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 3.9% 5.02% 3.07% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 4.48% 5.75% 3.57% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 5.17% 6.6% 4.17% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 5.97% 7.57% 4.9% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 6.89% 8.66% 5.74% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 7.94% 9.94% 6.71% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 9.09% 11.3% 7.81% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 10.4% 12.8% 9.03% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 11.7% 14.4% 10.4% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 13.2% 16.2% 11.8% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 14.9% 18.1% 13.5% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 16.7% 20.2% 15.3% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 18.7% 22.4% 17.3% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 20.8% 24.7% 19.5% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 23.1% 27.1% 21.9% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 25.5% 29.6% 24.3% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 27.9% 32.1% 26.9% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 30.5% 34.6% 29.5% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 32.8% 37.1% 31.9% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in France compared to South Africa

In France, the most common age of death is 90, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 87.3 in France and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

France
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
France South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 309 335 282.1 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 29.4 32.1 26.4 350 381 318
2 11.4 12.7 10 223.1 248.2 197
3 9.87 11 8.7 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 8.59 9.36 7.78 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 7.15 7.76 6.51 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 6.36 7.19 5.49 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 5.87 6.8 4.89 43 51.1 34.9
8 5.35 5.97 4.7 38.7 46 31.3
9 5.2 5.56 4.82 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 5.54 6.02 5.03 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 5.87 6.47 5.25 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 6.47 7.2 5.69 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 7.92 9.05 6.73 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 10 11.9 8.08 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 12.5 15.5 9.46 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 15.6 20.1 11 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 19.6 26.2 12.7 121.8 145 98.1
18 24.2 33.4 14.6 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 28.8 41 16 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 32.4 46.7 17.2 181.2 225.1 136
21 34.1 49.1 18.2 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 34.3 49.6 18.2 223.3 281.1 163
23 34.8 50.5 18.1 245.8 309 179.6
24 36.3 53 18.7 269.3 336 199.1
25 38.1 55.9 19.4 293.9 364 221.6
26 39.3 58 19.8 319 390 246.3
27 40.6 59.6 20.8 345 416 271.9
28 42.7 61.4 23.4 369 440 296.8
29 45.1 63.8 26.2 392 464 320
30 47 66.9 27 414 487 342
31 49 70.4 27.7 436 510 361
32 51.9 73.7 30 457 534 380
33 55.1 77.7 32.6 478 558 398
34 59 82.7 35.5 500 582 417
35 63.6 88.6 38.9 522 607 436
36 68.8 95.1 43.1 545 633 456
37 74.2 101.4 47.9 569 659 477
38 79.9 107.9 52.8 594 687 499
39 85.9 115.4 57.5 620 715 522
40 92.4 124 62.2 646 744 545
41 100.8 134.8 68.2 674 776 567
42 112 148.6 76.6 702 811 588
43 126.1 165.6 87.8 731 849 607
44 139.6 182.7 97.9 762 890 625
45 153.5 200.1 107.7 793 934 642
46 170.2 220.2 120.3 824 980 658
47 189.3 243.4 134.5 855 1,027 674
48 209 268.9 148.3 888 1,076 692
49 229.1 295.6 162.6 922 1,125 712
50 250.6 322 178.6 958 1,175 736
51 273.5 351 195 997 1,228 765
52 297.1 385 209.4 1,041 1,283 800
53 324 424 224.7 1,088 1,340 840
54 353 464 244.6 1,139 1,400 885
55 389 512 267.8 1,192 1,462 934
56 426 564 291.3 1,243 1,521 983
57 462 615 313 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 500 667 336 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 540 722 362 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 584 783 389 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 627 848 412 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 666 907 432 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 701 951 458 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 736 991 487 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 774 1,039 516 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 808 1,080 544 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 843 1,122 573 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 886 1,176 607 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 940 1,241 650 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 999 1,306 705 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,065 1,374 768 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,132 1,446 831 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 1,208 1,529 900 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 1,297 1,627 980 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 1,398 1,734 1,074 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 1,510 1,848 1,182 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 1,643 1,992 1,304 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 1,795 2,157 1,448 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 1,969 2,328 1,625 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,160 2,508 1,833 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,373 2,704 2,063 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,614 2,925 2,320 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,887 3,180 2,613 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,182 3,444 2,944 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,484 3,686 3,312 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,777 3,900 3,692 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 4,053 4,087 4,067 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 4,273 4,187 4,414 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 4,423 4,195 4,708 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 4,494 4,121 4,922 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 4,476 3,965 5,034 1,353 904 1,779
92 4,368 3,730 5,042 1,247 811 1,656
93 4,171 3,409 4,949 1,138 722 1,526
94 3,886 3,010 4,753 1,022 636 1,380
95 3,523 2,571 4,434 901 552 1,223
96 3,093 2,128 3,996 781 473 1,066
97 2,622 1,695 3,472 670 401 918
98 2,144 1,294 2,907 566 336 778
99 1,686 947 2,335 470 277.7 647
100 1,227 502 1,843 354 202.1 494

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 France 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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