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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Iceland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Iceland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.8	102.1	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.1	100.9	101.2	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.3	100.1	100.4	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.5	99.2	99.6	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.6	98.4	98.8	100	99.9	100
95	97.9	97.6	98	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.1	96.8	97.3	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.3	96	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.6	95.3	95.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.9	94.6	95.2	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.3	93.9	94.6	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.6	93.2	94	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93	92.6	93.4	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.4	92	92.8	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	91.9	91.4	92.3	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.4	90.8	91.8	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	90.9	90.3	91.4	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.4	89.8	91	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90	89.4	90.6	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.6	89	90.2	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.2	88.6	89.9	88.8	88	89.1
79	88.9	88.2	89.5	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.6	87.9	89.2	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.3	87.6	88.9	86.9	86	87.4
76	88	87.2	88.7	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	87.7	87	88.4	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.4	86.7	88.2	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.2	86.4	87.9	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87	86.2	87.7	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	86.8	86	87.6	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.6	85.7	87.4	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.4	85.5	87.3	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.2	85.3	87.1	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.1	85.1	87	81.6	80	82.8
66	85.9	85	86.8	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.8	84.8	86.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.6	84.7	86.6	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.5	84.5	86.4	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.4	84.4	86.3	79.4	77.4	81
61	85.3	84.3	86.2	79	76.9	80.7
60	85.1	84.2	86.1	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	85	84.1	86	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.9	83.9	85.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.9	83.8	85.9	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.8	83.7	85.8	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.7	83.7	85.7	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.6	83.6	85.7	76.5	74	78.7
53	84.6	83.5	85.6	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	84.5	83.4	85.6	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	84.4	83.4	85.5	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	84.4	83.3	85.5	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	84.3	83.3	85.5	75	72.2	77.4
48	84.3	83.2	85.4	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	84.3	83.2	85.4	74.4	71.6	77
46	84.2	83.1	85.4	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	84.2	83.1	85.3	73.9	71	76.5
44	84.2	83	85.3	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	84.1	83	85.3	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	84.1	83	85.2	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	84.1	82.9	85.2	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	84	82.9	85.2	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	84	82.9	85.2	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	84	82.8	85.1	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.9	82.8	85.1	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.9	82.8	85.1	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.9	82.7	85.1	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.9	82.7	85.1	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.8	82.6	85	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.8	82.6	85	71	67.9	73.9
31	83.8	82.6	85	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83.7	82.5	85	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83.7	82.5	85	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	83.7	82.5	85	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	83.7	82.4	85	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	83.7	82.4	85	70	66.8	73.1
25	83.6	82.4	84.9	69.9	66.6	73
24	83.6	82.3	84.9	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	83.6	82.3	84.9	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	83.6	82.3	84.9	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	83.5	82.2	84.9	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	83.5	82.2	84.9	69.3	66	72.6
19	83.5	82.2	84.9	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	83.5	82.2	84.9	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	83.5	82.2	84.9	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	83.5	82.1	84.9	69	65.7	72.3
15	83.5	82.1	84.8	69	65.6	72.3
14	83.5	82.1	84.8	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.7	65.3	72
4	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.6	65.2	72
3	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	83.4	82.1	84.8	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	83.3	82	84.7	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 Iceland can expect to live to 83.7 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.8 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.2 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 83.3 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Iceland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Iceland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.82%	1.04%	2.65%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	2.78%	1.67%	3.95%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.11%	2.59%	5.69%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	5.86%	3.87%	7.92%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	8.07%	5.57%	10.7%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	10.8%	7.74%	13.9%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	14%	10.4%	17.6%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	17.6%	13.6%	21.7%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	21.7%	17.2%	26.2%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	26.1%	21.3%	30.9%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	30.6%	25.6%	35.7%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	35.4%	30.2%	40.6%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	40.1%	34.9%	45.3%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	44.8%	39.7%	49.9%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	49.4%	44.4%	54.4%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	53.7%	48.9%	58.5%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	57.8%	53.3%	62.4%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	61.5%	57.3%	65.9%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	65%	61.1%	69.1%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	68.2%	64.5%	72.1%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	71.1%	67.6%	74.8%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	73.8%	70.5%	77.2%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	76.1%	73%	79.4%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	78.3%	75.4%	81.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	80.3%	77.5%	83.2%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	82.1%	79.4%	84.9%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	83.8%	81.2%	86.4%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	85.2%	82.8%	87.7%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	86.5%	84.3%	88.8%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	87.7%	85.7%	89.8%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	88.7%	86.9%	90.7%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	89.7%	88.1%	91.5%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	90.6%	89.1%	92.2%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	91.4%	90%	92.9%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	92.1%	90.8%	93.5%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	92.8%	91.6%	94.1%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	93.4%	92.2%	94.7%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	93.9%	92.8%	95.2%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	94.4%	93.3%	95.6%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94.9%	93.8%	96%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	95.3%	94.3%	96.4%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	95.7%	94.8%	96.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	96%	95.2%	97%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	96.4%	95.5%	97.3%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96.6%	95.9%	97.5%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.9%	96.2%	97.7%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	97.1%	96.4%	97.9%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	97.3%	96.7%	98%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97.5%	96.9%	98.2%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.7%	97.1%	98.3%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.8%	97.3%	98.4%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	98.1%	97.6%	98.6%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	98.2%	97.7%	98.7%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	98.3%	97.8%	98.8%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.5%	98%	98.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.5%	98.1%	99%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.6%	98.2%	99.1%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.9%	98.5%	99.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.9%	98.6%	99.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	99%	98.6%	99.4%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	99.1%	98.7%	99.4%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99.1%	98.8%	99.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99.2%	98.9%	99.5%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.2%	99%	99.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.3%	99.1%	99.6%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.4%	99.2%	99.6%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.4%	99.2%	99.6%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.5%	99.4%	99.7%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.8%	99.8%	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%	99.9%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.8%	99.8%	99.9%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.9%	99.8%	99.9%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.9%	99.9%	99.9%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.9%	99.9%	99.9%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.9%	99.9%	99.9%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 95.3% of newborns in Iceland and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 88.7% and 51.6% past 70, 71.1% and 30.2% past 80, and only 30.6% 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

Iceland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Iceland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	37%	40.5%	35.4%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	34.6%	38%	33.1%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	32.2%	35.5%	30.6%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	29.8%	33%	28.1%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	27.4%	30.5%	25.7%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	25.1%	28.1%	23.3%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	22.9%	25.7%	21.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	20.7%	23.3%	19%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	18.7%	21.1%	17%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	16.8%	19%	15.2%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	15%	17%	13.5%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	13.3%	15.2%	11.9%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	11.9%	13.5%	10.5%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	10.5%	12%	9.26%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	9.19%	10.6%	8.11%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	8.04%	9.29%	7.09%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	7.05%	8.14%	6.18%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	6.14%	7.09%	5.38%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.35%	6.15%	4.68%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.67%	5.31%	4.1%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	4.08%	4.59%	3.59%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.58%	4.01%	3.16%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.12%	3.5%	2.77%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.78%	3.11%	2.46%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.48%	2.76%	2.19%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.21%	2.47%	1.97%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.96%	2.19%	1.73%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.72%	1.95%	1.48%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.5%	1.75%	1.26%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.33%	1.58%	1.08%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.2%	1.44%	0.96%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.1%	1.31%	0.88%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	0.98%	1.16%	0.8%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.88%	1.02%	0.74%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.79%	0.9%	0.68%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.7%	0.79%	0.62%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.63%	0.69%	0.58%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.58%	0.62%	0.54%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.53%	0.58%	0.49%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.48%	0.54%	0.43%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.44%	0.51%	0.37%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.4%	0.48%	0.33%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.32%	0.39%	0.26%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.26%	0.31%	0.2%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.21%	0.25%	0.16%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.19%	0.22%	0.15%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.17%	0.2%	0.13%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.15%	0.19%	0.12%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.14%	0.17%	0.11%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	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%	0.06%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.04%	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%	0.04%	0.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.04%	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%	0.009%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.02%	0.009%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.02%	0.008%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.004%	0.003%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.003%	0.002%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.003%	0.002%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.003%	0.002%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.004%	0.003%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.004%	0.003%	0.005%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.004%	0.004%	0.005%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.007%	0.009%	0.006%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.11% in the birth year in Iceland and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.05% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.44% vs 2.08% at 60, and 4.08% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Iceland vs South Africa

Chart Table

Iceland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Iceland			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	480	184.2	789	359	204.6	501
99	964	634	1,307	475	280.8	655
98	1,325	920	1,740	572	340	787
97	1,748	1,277	2,224	677	406	928
96	2,214	1,699	2,735	789	478	1,077
95	2,706	2,171	3,243	909	558	1,236
94	3,204	2,671	3,718	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,659	3,169	4,131	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,055	3,635	4,460	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,370	4,042	4,690	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,582	4,367	4,817	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,718	4,597	4,841	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,766	4,725	4,772	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,703	4,755	4,624	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,536	4,693	4,410	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	4,316	4,549	4,148	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	4,075	4,336	3,853	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,782	4,068	3,543	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,480	3,758	3,238	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,188	3,427	2,953	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,899	3,104	2,685	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,640	2,824	2,439	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,379	2,556	2,200	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,174	2,342	2,002	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,990	2,136	1,823	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,818	1,959	1,670	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,639	1,781	1,493	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,465	1,618	1,302	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,299	1,472	1,117	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,163	1,351	970	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,065	1,252	873	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	984	1,154	805	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	888	1,031	740	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	803	919	685	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	727	816	634	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	654	719	586	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	590	635	545	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	544	579	510	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	500	537	465	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	459	508	411	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	421	482	359	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	384	452	317	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	348	413	280.6	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	313	372	249	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	279.5	334	221.7	1,242	1,519	978
55	252.7	301	199.9	1,190	1,459	929
54	226.1	269.1	180.1	1,137	1,397	881
53	201.4	238.7	161.5	1,085	1,337	835
52	180.5	212	145.7	1,037	1,279	795
51	164.3	193.5	132	994	1,223	760
50	150.7	180	118.3	954	1,171	731
49	135.6	163.1	105.5	918	1,120	707
48	119.4	141.5	95.8	883	1,071	686
47	106.3	122.6	88.5	850	1,022	668
46	97.6	110.8	82.7	818	974	652
45	90.5	102.4	76.9	786	928	635
44	88.1	100.4	73.6	755	884	619
43	84.7	97.7	69.8	724	842	601
42	77.4	89.5	63.6	695	804	581
41	73.1	85	59.7	667	770	560
40	65	75.3	53.4	639	738	538
39	61.8	72.1	49.7	613	708	515
38	60.4	71.7	46.6	587	680	492
37	60.5	74.3	44.2	562	653	470
36	59.3	75.5	40.6	538	626	449
35	59.6	78.4	37.4	515	600	429
34	59.9	81	34.8	493	575	410
33	61.1	85.2	33.9	471	551	392
32	57.6	81.5	31.3	450	527	374
31	52.8	75.3	28.2	429	504	355
30	48.1	68.5	26	408	481	335
29	43.4	61.3	24.1	386	458	314
28	40.1	56.9	22.3	363	434	291.3
27	38	55.2	20.3	339	410	266.7
26	37	55.4	18.3	314	384	241.5
25	36.8	55.6	17.2	289.1	358	217.1
24	36.8	55.3	17.6	264.7	331	195.1
23	35.3	52.1	18.2	241.4	304	176
22	33.6	48.4	18.4	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	31.6	44.6	17.9	198.1	249	145.6
20	29.3	41.2	16.8	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	27.1	38.2	15.4	158	194.2	121.2
18	24.3	34.4	13.6	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	20.6	29.4	11.2	119.5	142.6	96
16	17	24.2	9.38	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	14.3	19.8	8.54	85	99.4	70.2
14	11.9	15.4	8.13	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	9.46	11.2	7.74	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.68	6.6	6.75	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	4.04	3.03	5.11	43	50.5	35.3
10	3	1.79	4.27	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	2.86	1.66	4.13	37	43.9	30
8	3.25	2.18	4.44	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	3.69	2.8	4.65	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	3.84	3.04	4.7	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	4.13	3.5	4.81	67.2	79	55.4
4	5.24	5.27	5.21	95.3	110.3	80
3	7.25	8.57	5.84	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	9.29	11.8	6.6	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	13.8	17.6	9.72	343	375	310
0	114.6	114.4	114.7	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 Iceland, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.9 in Iceland 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 Iceland and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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