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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.7 years in Gabon vs 66.5 in South Africa. Gabon is ranked 147/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Gabon, the life expectancy is 66.2 years for males and 71.4 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Gabon vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Gabon
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Gabon South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.3 36.6 42.1 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 40 37.3 42.8 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 40.7 38.1 43.6 45 44 46.2
1953 41.5 38.8 44.3 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 42.2 39.5 45 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 42.9 40.3 45.7 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 43.7 41 46.4 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 44.4 41.7 47.1 50.2 48.6 52
1958 45.1 42.5 47.8 51.1 49.5 53
1959 45.8 43.2 48.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 46.4 43.9 49.1 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 47.1 44.5 49.8 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 47.8 45.2 50.4 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 48.4 45.9 51.1 53.9 52 56
1964 49 46.3 51.7 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 49.7 47.1 52.4 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 50.3 47.7 53 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 50.9 48.4 53.6 55 52.9 57.2
1968 51.5 49 54.1 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 52.1 49.6 54.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 52.7 50.2 55.3 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 53.3 50.7 55.8 56 53.8 58.4
1972 53.8 51.3 56.3 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 54.4 51.8 56.9 56.7 54.6 59
1974 54.9 52.4 57.4 57.1 55 59.4
1975 55.5 52.9 58 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 56 53.5 58.5 58 55.8 60.4
1977 56.5 54 59 58.5 56.2 61
1978 57 54.4 59.5 59 56.6 61.6
1979 57.4 54.9 60 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 57.9 55.3 60.5 60 57.5 62.7
1981 58.3 55.8 60.9 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 58.6 56.2 61.1 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 59 56.6 61.4 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 59.3 57.1 61.6 61.8 59 64.9
1985 59.7 57.5 61.8 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 60 57.9 62 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 60.2 58.2 62.1 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 60.4 58.6 62.2 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 60.6 58.9 62.2 63 59.6 66.8
1990 60.7 59.1 62.3 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 60.9 59.4 62.4 63 59.5 67
1992 61 59.5 62.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 61.1 59.7 62.5 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 61.2 59.8 62.5 62.1 58.8 66
1995 61.3 59.9 62.6 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 61.3 59.9 62.6 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 61.4 60 62.7 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 61.5 60.1 62.8 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 61.7 60.3 63 59.2 56.1 62
2000 61.8 60.4 63.2 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 62 60.6 63.4 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 62.2 60.7 63.6 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 62.5 61 63.9 54.2 52 56.3
2004 62.7 61.2 64.2 54 51.9 55.8
2005 63 61.5 64.5 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 63.3 61.8 64.8 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 63.6 62 65.3 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 64 62.3 65.8 56 53.5 58.1
2009 64.4 62.5 66.3 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 64.7 62.8 66.8 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 65.1 63.1 67.2 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 65.4 63.4 67.6 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 65.8 63.7 68 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 66.1 63.9 68.4 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 66.3 64.2 68.7 64.1 60.8 67
2016 66.6 64.5 68.9 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 66.8 64.7 69.2 65.4 62 68.6
2018 67 64.9 69.4 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 67.3 65.1 69.8 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 67.1 64.7 69.7 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 67.1 64.8 69.6 62 59.2 64.8
2022 67.7 65.4 70.3 65.5 61.8 69
2023 68.3 65.9 71.1 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 68.5 66.1 71.2 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 68.7 66.2 71.4 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 56.3 years in Gabon and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12 healthy years in Gabon and 11.3 in South Africa.

Gabon 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 Gabon 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:
42.7 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.7 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
75.0 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Gabon South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.4% 97.9% 93.5% 95.4%
50 90.0% 93.9% 83.5% 88.8%
60 78.1% 86.1% 67.9% 79.0%
65 68.9% 79.4% 57.9% 72.2%
70 57.4% 69.9% 46.5% 63.4%
75 43.8% 57.0% 34.9% 52.7%
80 29.3% 41.1% 23.8% 40.2%
85 15.9% 24.2% 14.8% 27.7%
90 6.3% 10.5% 7.7% 16.0%
95 1.6% 3.0% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.2% 0.5% 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 Gabon vs South Africa: 72.7 years vs 70.5 at 30, 79.6 vs 80.7 at 65, 86.7 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.7 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 Gabon and South Africa.

Gabon
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Gabon South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.7 66.2 71.4 66.5 63 70
1 70.5 68.2 73.1 68 64.6 71.4
2 70.8 68.5 73.4 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 71 68.7 73.5 68.4 65 71.8
4 71.1 68.8 73.7 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 71.2 68.9 73.7 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 71.3 69 73.8 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 71.3 69 73.9 68.6 65.2 72
8 71.4 69.1 73.9 68.7 65.3 72
9 71.4 69.1 73.9 68.7 65.3 72
10 71.4 69.2 74 68.7 65.3 72
11 71.5 69.2 74 68.7 65.3 72
12 71.5 69.2 74 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 71.5 69.3 74.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 71.6 69.3 74.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 71.6 69.4 74.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 71.7 69.4 74.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 71.7 69.5 74.2 69 65.6 72.3
18 71.8 69.6 74.3 69 65.7 72.3
19 71.8 69.6 74.3 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 71.9 69.7 74.4 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 72 69.8 74.4 69.3 66 72.5
22 72.1 69.9 74.5 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 72.1 70 74.5 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 72.2 70.1 74.6 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 72.3 70.2 74.6 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 72.4 70.3 74.7 69.9 66.7 73
27 72.5 70.4 74.8 70 66.8 73.1
28 72.6 70.5 74.8 70.2 67 73.2
29 72.6 70.6 74.9 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 72.7 70.7 75 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 72.8 70.9 75 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 72.9 71 75.1 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 73 71.1 75.2 71.1 68 74
34 73.1 71.2 75.3 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 73.2 71.3 75.4 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 73.3 71.5 75.4 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 73.5 71.6 75.5 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 73.6 71.8 75.6 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 73.7 71.9 75.7 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 73.8 72.1 75.8 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 74 72.2 75.9 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 74.1 72.4 76 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 74.3 72.5 76.2 73.3 70.4 76
44 74.4 72.7 76.3 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 74.6 72.9 76.4 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 74.7 73.1 76.5 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 74.9 73.3 76.7 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 75.1 73.5 76.8 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 75.3 73.7 76.9 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 75.5 73.9 77.1 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 75.7 74.2 77.3 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 75.9 74.4 77.4 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 76.1 74.7 77.6 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 76.3 75 77.8 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 76.6 75.2 78 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 76.8 75.5 78.2 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 77.1 75.8 78.4 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 77.3 76.1 78.6 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 77.6 76.4 78.8 78.2 76 80
60 77.9 76.8 79.1 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 78.2 77.1 79.3 79 76.9 80.7
62 78.5 77.5 79.6 79.4 77.4 81
63 78.9 77.9 79.9 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 79.2 78.2 80.1 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 79.6 78.7 80.4 80.7 78.9 82
66 79.9 79.1 80.8 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 80.3 79.5 81.1 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 80.7 80 81.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 81.1 80.4 81.8 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 81.6 80.9 82.2 83.1 81.6 84
71 82 81.4 82.6 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 82.5 81.9 83 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 82.9 82.4 83.4 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 83.4 82.9 83.9 85.2 84 85.8
75 83.9 83.5 84.3 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 84.5 84 84.8 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 85 84.6 85.4 86.9 86 87.4
78 85.6 85.2 85.9 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 86.1 85.8 86.4 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 86.7 86.4 87 88.7 88 89.1
81 87.3 87 87.6 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 88 87.7 88.2 90 89.4 90.2
83 88.6 88.4 88.8 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 89.3 89 89.4 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 90 89.8 90.1 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.7 90.5 90.8 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 91.4 91.2 91.5 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 92.1 92 92.3 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 92.9 92.8 93 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 93.7 93.5 93.8 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.5 94.3 94.6 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.3 95.1 95.3 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.1 96 96.1 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 96.9 96.8 97 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.7 97.7 97.8 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.6 98.5 98.6 100 99.9 100
97 99.5 99.4 99.5 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.3 100.3 100.4 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.2 101.2 101.3 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.1 102 102.2 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Gabon vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.6% in Gabon and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 59.3% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 32.7% and 30% to 80+ years, and 7.73% 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.

Gabon
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Gabon South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 97% 96.7% 97.4% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 96.8% 96.4% 97.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 96.6% 96.2% 97% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 96.4% 96% 96.8% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.6% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 96% 95.6% 96.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 96% 95.5% 96.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 95.9% 95.5% 96.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 95.9% 95.4% 96.3% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 95.5% 95% 96.1% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 95.4% 94.8% 96% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 95.1% 94.5% 95.8% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 95% 94.3% 95.7% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 94.9% 94.1% 95.6% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 94.7% 93.9% 95.5% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 94.5% 93.7% 95.4% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 94.4% 93.5% 95.2% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 94.2% 93.3% 95.1% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 94% 93% 95% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 93.8% 92.8% 94.8% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 93.6% 92.6% 94.7% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 93.4% 92.3% 94.6% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 93.2% 92% 94.4% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 93% 91.7% 94.2% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 92.7% 91.4% 94% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 92.5% 91.1% 93.9% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 92.2% 90.8% 93.7% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 91.9% 90.4% 93.4% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 91.6% 90.1% 93.2% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 91.3% 89.7% 93% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 90.9% 89.2% 92.7% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 90.6% 88.8% 92.4% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 90.2% 88.3% 92.1% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 89.7% 87.8% 91.8% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 89.3% 87.3% 91.5% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 88.8% 86.7% 91.1% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 88.3% 86.1% 90.7% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 87.8% 85.5% 90.3% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 87.2% 84.8% 89.9% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 86.6% 84.1% 89.4% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 86% 83.3% 88.9% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 85.3% 82.5% 88.4% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 84.5% 81.6% 87.8% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 83.7% 80.6% 87.2% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 82.9% 79.6% 86.5% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 82% 78.6% 85.8% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 81% 77.4% 85.1% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 80% 76.3% 84.3% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 79% 75% 83.4% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 77.8% 73.7% 82.5% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 76.6% 72.3% 81.5% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 75.3% 70.7% 80.4% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 73.9% 69.1% 79.3% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 72.4% 67.4% 78% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 70.8% 65.7% 76.6% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 69.1% 63.8% 75.2% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 67.3% 61.8% 73.6% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 65.4% 59.7% 71.9% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 63.5% 57.6% 70.2% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 61.4% 55.4% 68.3% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 59.3% 53.1% 66.2% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 57% 50.7% 64% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 54.6% 48.3% 61.8% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 52.1% 45.8% 59.3% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 49.5% 43.2% 56.7% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 46.9% 40.5% 54% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 44.1% 37.9% 51.1% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 41.3% 35.2% 48.2% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 38.5% 32.5% 45.2% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 35.6% 29.8% 42% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 32.7% 27.1% 38.9% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 29.7% 24.5% 35.7% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 26.9% 22% 32.5% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 24% 19.4% 29.2% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 21.3% 17% 26% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 18.6% 14.7% 22.9% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 16% 12.6% 19.9% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 13.6% 10.6% 17.1% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 11.5% 8.8% 14.5% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 9.49% 7.2% 12.1% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 7.73% 5.8% 9.92% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 6.19% 4.59% 8% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 4.88% 3.57% 6.36% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 3.77% 2.72% 4.95% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 2.85% 2.03% 3.78% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 2.11% 1.49% 2.82% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 1.53% 1.06% 2.06% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 1.08% 0.74% 1.47% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 0.75% 0.51% 1.02% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 0.51% 0.34% 0.7% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.34% 0.22% 0.46% 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 2.59% in the birth year in Gabon and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.22% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.72% vs 2.1% at 60, and 8.93% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Gabon
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Gabon South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.59% 2.92% 2.26% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.41% 0.43% 0.39% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.24% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.18% 0.19% 0.16% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.08% 0.1% 0.07% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.09% 0.12% 0.07% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.19% 0.24% 0.13% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.19% 0.25% 0.14% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.22% 0.28% 0.16% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.23% 0.29% 0.17% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.25% 0.31% 0.18% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.26% 0.33% 0.19% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.28% 0.35% 0.2% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.3% 0.37% 0.22% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.31% 0.39% 0.23% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.33% 0.41% 0.24% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.36% 0.44% 0.26% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.38% 0.47% 0.28% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.41% 0.5% 0.3% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.43% 0.53% 0.32% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.46% 0.57% 0.34% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.49% 0.61% 0.36% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.56% 0.7% 0.42% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.6% 0.74% 0.44% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.65% 0.8% 0.48% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.7% 0.86% 0.52% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.75% 0.93% 0.56% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.82% 1.01% 0.61% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.87% 1.07% 0.65% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.95% 1.16% 0.71% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 1.01% 1.24% 0.76% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 1.08% 1.33% 0.82% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 1.16% 1.43% 0.88% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 1.25% 1.53% 0.95% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 1.34% 1.64% 1.02% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 1.45% 1.78% 1.11% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.56% 1.92% 1.2% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.72% 2.1% 1.34% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.84% 2.25% 1.43% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 2.03% 2.46% 1.59% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 2.2% 2.66% 1.74% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 2.39% 2.88% 1.91% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 2.6% 3.12% 2.1% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 2.78% 3.32% 2.26% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 3% 3.57% 2.47% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 3.26% 3.84% 2.72% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 3.52% 4.13% 2.96% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 3.88% 4.49% 3.32% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 4.14% 4.79% 3.57% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 4.57% 5.23% 3.99% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 4.95% 5.64% 4.36% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 5.39% 6.09% 4.8% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 5.87% 6.58% 5.27% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 6.37% 7.1% 5.76% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 6.88% 7.63% 6.26% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 7.54% 8.29% 6.92% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 8.13% 8.92% 7.51% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 8.93% 9.7% 8.32% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 9.59% 10.4% 8.94% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 10.6% 11.5% 9.96% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 11.6% 12.4% 10.9% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 12.7% 13.5% 12% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 13.7% 14.6% 13% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 14.9% 15.8% 14.2% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 16% 16.9% 15.3% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 17.2% 18.2% 16.6% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 18.5% 19.5% 17.8% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 20% 20.9% 19.4% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 21.1% 22.2% 20.5% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 22.8% 23.8% 22.1% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 24.3% 25.3% 23.7% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 25.9% 26.9% 25.3% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 27.6% 28.5% 27.1% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 29.2% 30% 28.7% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 30.7% 31.5% 30.3% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 32.2% 32.9% 31.8% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 34.1% 34.7% 33.8% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 35.6% 36.1% 35.3% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Gabon compared to South Africa

In Gabon, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 73.8 in Gabon and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Gabon
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Gabon South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,594 2,920 2,263 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 399 418 379 350 381 318
2 246.2 262.5 229.6 223.1 248.2 197
3 171.1 184 157.9 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 125.2 135.1 115.1 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 96.6 104.7 88.3 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 81.1 89.3 72.8 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 70.9 79.2 62.4 43 51.1 34.9
8 63.1 71.2 54.8 38.7 46 31.3
9 58 65.9 50 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 55.5 63.4 47.6 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 55.3 63.5 46.9 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 57.1 65.7 48.3 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 61.3 70.8 51.6 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 68.3 80 56.4 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 78.2 92.7 63.3 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 90.5 109.8 71 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 103.4 128.5 77.9 121.8 145 98.1
18 117 148.8 84.8 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 127.2 163.1 90.6 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 136.2 175.7 95.9 181.2 225.1 136
21 143.7 186.6 100 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 150.8 196 104.7 223.3 281.1 163
23 157.1 203.6 109.7 245.8 309 179.6
24 163 210 114.8 269.3 336 199.1
25 168.6 216.2 119.7 293.9 364 221.6
26 174.7 222.5 125.4 319 390 246.3
27 181.7 229.9 131.6 345 416 271.9
28 189.5 238.4 138.1 369 440 296.8
29 197.8 247.8 144.8 392 464 320
30 208.4 259.9 153.3 414 487 342
31 216.2 269.4 158.8 436 510 361
32 229.8 284.8 169.8 457 534 380
33 242.3 299.2 179.5 478 558 398
34 256.5 316 190.2 500 582 417
35 272.9 335 203 522 607 436
36 288.8 353 215.6 545 633 456
37 306 374 228.2 569 659 477
38 327 397 245.1 594 687 499
39 346 420 259.8 620 715 522
40 371 449 279.7 646 744 545
41 389 470 292.6 674 776 567
42 418 503 317 702 811 588
43 441 532 334 731 849 607
44 469 565 355 762 890 625
45 502 604 380 793 934 642
46 532 640 403 824 980 658
47 568 682 431 855 1,027 674
48 610 731 466 888 1,076 692
49 652 780 499 922 1,125 712
50 705 840 544 958 1,175 736
51 741 884 571 997 1,228 765
52 799 948 623 1,041 1,283 800
53 846 1,002 660 1,088 1,340 840
54 899 1,061 706 1,139 1,400 885
55 951 1,121 751 1,192 1,462 934
56 1,010 1,185 804 1,243 1,521 983
57 1,070 1,252 856 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 1,145 1,332 926 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 1,218 1,412 991 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 1,321 1,517 1,093 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,386 1,589 1,152 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,497 1,700 1,264 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,590 1,793 1,358 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,689 1,889 1,461 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,795 1,989 1,576 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,869 2,050 1,664 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,964 2,130 1,778 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 2,068 2,213 1,907 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 2,159 2,286 2,020 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 2,297 2,386 2,202 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 2,358 2,430 2,284 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,495 2,527 2,465 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,580 2,581 2,587 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,670 2,631 2,721 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,751 2,669 2,847 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,808 2,688 2,945 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,842 2,687 3,018 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,898 2,695 3,126 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,892 2,657 3,156 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,916 2,632 3,235 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,853 2,556 3,186 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,854 2,515 3,235 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,779 2,416 3,189 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 2,689 2,303 3,125 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 2,543 2,146 2,990 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 2,382 1,983 2,833 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 2,183 1,795 2,622 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 1,976 1,601 2,400 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 1,752 1,401 2,150 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 1,546 1,214 1,924 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 1,308 1,017 1,637 1,353 904 1,779
92 1,111 850 1,408 1,247 811 1,656
93 916 689 1,172 1,138 722 1,526
94 739 547 957 1,022 636 1,380
95 583 423 765 901 552 1,223
96 447 319 591 781 473 1,066
97 333 234.2 445 670 401 918
98 241.7 167.6 326 566 336 778
99 173.4 118.5 235.6 470 277.7 647
100 48.2 24.3 75.2 354 202.1 494

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 Gabon 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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