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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

India

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	India			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.5	102.4	102.5	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.6	101.6	101.6	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.7	100.7	100.8	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.9	99.9	99.9	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	99	99	99.1	100	99.9	100
95	98.2	98.2	98.2	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.4	97.4	97.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.6	96.6	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	95.8	95.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	95	95.1	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.3	94.2	94.4	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.6	93.5	93.6	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92.8	92.7	92.9	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.1	92	92.2	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	91.5	91.3	91.6	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	90.8	90.6	90.9	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	90.1	89.9	90.3	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	89.5	89.3	89.7	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	88.9	88.6	89.1	90	89.4	90.3
81	88.3	88	88.5	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	87.7	87.4	87.9	88.8	88	89.1
79	87.1	86.8	87.4	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	86.6	86.2	86.9	87.5	86.7	88
77	86	85.7	86.3	86.9	86	87.4
76	85.5	85.1	85.9	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	85	84.6	85.4	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	84.5	84.1	85	85.2	84	85.9
73	84.1	83.6	84.5	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	83.6	83.1	84.1	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	83.2	82.6	83.7	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	82.8	82.2	83.3	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	82.4	81.7	83	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	82	81.3	82.6	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	81.6	80.9	82.3	81.6	80	82.8
66	81.3	80.5	82	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	80.9	80.2	81.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	80.6	79.8	81.4	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	80.3	79.5	81.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	80	79.2	80.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	79.8	78.9	80.6	79	76.9	80.7
60	79.5	78.6	80.4	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	79.2	78.3	80.2	78.3	76	80.1
58	79	78	80	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	78.7	77.8	79.7	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	78.5	77.5	79.6	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	78.3	77.3	79.4	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	78.1	77.1	79.2	76.5	74	78.7
53	77.9	76.8	79	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	77.8	76.7	78.9	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	77.6	76.5	78.8	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	77.5	76.3	78.6	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	77.3	76.2	78.5	75	72.2	77.4
48	77.2	76	78.4	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	77.1	75.8	78.3	74.4	71.6	77
46	76.9	75.7	78.2	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	76.8	75.6	78.2	73.9	71	76.5
44	76.7	75.4	78.1	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	76.6	75.3	78	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	76.5	75.2	77.9	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	76.4	75.1	77.9	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	76.3	75	77.8	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	76.3	74.9	77.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	76.2	74.8	77.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	76.1	74.7	77.6	72	68.9	74.8
36	76	74.6	77.6	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	75.9	74.5	77.5	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	75.9	74.4	77.5	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	75.8	74.3	77.4	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	75.7	74.2	77.4	71	67.9	73.9
31	75.7	74.2	77.3	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	75.6	74.1	77.3	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	75.6	74	77.2	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	75.5	74	77.2	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	75.5	73.9	77.1	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	75.4	73.9	77.1	70	66.8	73.1
25	75.4	73.8	77	69.9	66.6	73
24	75.3	73.7	77	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	75.3	73.7	76.9	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	75.2	73.6	76.9	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	75.2	73.6	76.9	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	75.1	73.5	76.8	69.3	66	72.6
19	75.1	73.5	76.8	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	75	73.4	76.7	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	75	73.4	76.7	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	75	73.4	76.7	69	65.7	72.3
15	74.9	73.3	76.6	69	65.6	72.3
14	74.9	73.3	76.6	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	74.9	73.3	76.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	74.9	73.3	76.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	74.8	73.2	76.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	74.8	73.2	76.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	74.8	73.2	76.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	74.8	73.2	76.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	74.7	73.1	76.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	74.7	73.1	76.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	74.6	73.1	76.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	74.6	73	76.3	68.6	65.2	72
3	74.5	73	76.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	74.5	72.9	76.2	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	74.3	72.7	75.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	72.7	71.2	74.4	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 India can expect to live to 75.6 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 80.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 87.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 72.7 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

India

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	India			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.93%	0.75%	1.11%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	1.32%	1.06%	1.59%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	1.83%	1.47%	2.21%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	2.49%	2%	3%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	3.31%	2.67%	3.99%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	4.32%	3.48%	5.18%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	5.52%	4.47%	6.61%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	6.93%	5.64%	8.28%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	8.56%	7.01%	10.2%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	10.4%	8.58%	12.3%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	12.5%	10.4%	14.7%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	14.7%	12.3%	17.3%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	17.2%	14.5%	20.1%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	19.8%	16.8%	23%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	22.5%	19.2%	26%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	25.4%	21.8%	29.2%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	28.3%	24.5%	32.4%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	31.3%	27.3%	35.6%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	34.4%	30.2%	38.9%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	37.5%	33.1%	42.1%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	40.5%	36.1%	45.3%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	43.6%	39.1%	48.4%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	46.5%	42%	51.5%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	49.4%	44.9%	54.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	52.3%	47.7%	57.2%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	55%	50.4%	59.9%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	57.6%	53.1%	62.5%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	60.2%	55.8%	64.9%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	62.6%	58.3%	67.2%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	64.9%	60.8%	69.4%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	67.2%	63.2%	71.5%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	69.3%	65.4%	73.4%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	71.2%	67.5%	75.2%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	73.1%	69.5%	76.9%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	74.8%	71.4%	78.5%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	76.4%	73.1%	80%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	77.9%	74.7%	81.3%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	79.3%	76.3%	82.5%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	80.6%	77.7%	83.7%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	81.8%	79.1%	84.7%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	83%	80.4%	85.7%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	84%	81.6%	86.6%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	85%	82.8%	87.5%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	86%	83.9%	88.3%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	86.9%	84.9%	89%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	87.7%	85.8%	89.7%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	88.4%	86.7%	90.4%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	89.1%	87.4%	90.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	89.7%	88.1%	91.4%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	90.2%	88.7%	91.8%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	90.7%	89.3%	92.2%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	91.1%	89.8%	92.6%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	91.6%	90.3%	92.9%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	92%	90.8%	93.2%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	92.3%	91.3%	93.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	92.7%	91.7%	93.7%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	93%	92.1%	93.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	93.3%	92.5%	94.1%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	93.5%	92.8%	94.3%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	93.8%	93.1%	94.5%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	94%	93.4%	94.7%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	94.2%	93.7%	94.8%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	94.4%	93.9%	95%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	94.6%	94.2%	95.1%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	94.8%	94.4%	95.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	95%	94.6%	95.4%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	95.1%	94.8%	95.5%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	95.3%	95%	95.6%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	95.4%	95.2%	95.7%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	95.6%	95.3%	95.8%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	95.7%	95.5%	95.9%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	95.8%	95.6%	96%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	95.9%	95.8%	96.1%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	96%	95.9%	96.1%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	96.1%	96%	96.2%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	96.2%	96.1%	96.3%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	96.3%	96.2%	96.4%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	96.4%	96.3%	96.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	96.5%	96.4%	96.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	96.6%	96.5%	96.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	96.7%	96.6%	96.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	96.7%	96.7%	96.8%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	96.8%	96.8%	96.8%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	96.9%	96.8%	96.9%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	96.9%	96.9%	96.9%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	97%	97%	97%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	97%	97%	97%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	97.1%	97%	97.1%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	97.1%	97.1%	97.1%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	97.1%	97.1%	97.1%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	97.2%	97.1%	97.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	97.2%	97.2%	97.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	97.2%	97.2%	97.2%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	97.3%	97.3%	97.3%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	97.3%	97.3%	97.3%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	97.4%	97.4%	97.4%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	97.5%	97.5%	97.5%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	97.5%	97.5%	97.5%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	97.6%	97.6%	97.7%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.9%	97.9%	98%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 83% of newborns in India and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 67.2% and 51.6% past 70, 40.5% and 30.2% past 80, and only 12.5% 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

India

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	India			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	31.3%	31%	31.5%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	29.7%	29.5%	29.8%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	28%	28%	28.1%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	26.4%	26.4%	26.4%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	24.8%	24.9%	24.7%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	23.2%	23.4%	23.1%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.8%	22.1%	21.6%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	20.4%	20.8%	20.1%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	19.1%	19.5%	18.8%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	17.8%	18.3%	17.5%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	16.5%	17.1%	16.2%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	15.3%	15.9%	14.9%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	14.2%	14.8%	13.8%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	13.1%	13.7%	12.7%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	12.1%	12.8%	11.7%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	11.2%	11.9%	10.7%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	10.4%	11%	9.9%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	9.64%	10.3%	9.12%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	8.92%	9.57%	8.39%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	8.24%	8.88%	7.71%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	7.58%	8.22%	7.06%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	6.97%	7.57%	6.45%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	6.39%	6.97%	5.89%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	5.86%	6.42%	5.38%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	5.39%	5.92%	4.91%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	4.95%	5.47%	4.48%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	4.57%	5.08%	4.11%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	4.23%	4.73%	3.76%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	3.9%	4.39%	3.45%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	3.6%	4.06%	3.16%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.31%	3.74%	2.89%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.03%	3.43%	2.65%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	2.77%	3.13%	2.42%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.52%	2.85%	2.2%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.3%	2.6%	2%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.1%	2.38%	1.82%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	1.92%	2.19%	1.65%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	1.76%	2.02%	1.5%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.61%	1.87%	1.36%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.49%	1.73%	1.24%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.38%	1.61%	1.14%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.28%	1.5%	1.06%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.19%	1.4%	0.99%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.11%	1.29%	0.92%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.02%	1.19%	0.84%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.93%	1.08%	0.77%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.83%	0.97%	0.69%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.74%	0.87%	0.61%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.59%	0.7%	0.47%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.53%	0.64%	0.42%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.49%	0.6%	0.38%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.45%	0.56%	0.34%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.42%	0.53%	0.31%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.4%	0.5%	0.29%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.37%	0.47%	0.26%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.34%	0.43%	0.24%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.31%	0.4%	0.22%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.29%	0.36%	0.21%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.26%	0.33%	0.19%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.23%	0.29%	0.16%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.22%	0.27%	0.15%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.2%	0.26%	0.14%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.19%	0.25%	0.13%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.13%	0.16%	0.1%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.13%	0.15%	0.1%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.12%	0.14%	0.09%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.1%	0.12%	0.09%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.07%	0.08%	0.07%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.1%	0.09%	0.11%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.28%	0.25%	0.3%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.09%	2.13%	2.05%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.09% in the birth year in India and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.13% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.38% vs 2.08% at 60, and 7.58% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in India vs South Africa

Chart Table

India

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	India			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	218.3	169	269.5	359	204.6	501
99	392	313	474	475	280.8	655
98	514	412	620	572	340	787
97	658	529	792	677	406	928
96	822	665	986	789	478	1,077
95	1,003	817	1,198	909	558	1,236
94	1,201	986	1,427	1,031	642	1,393
93	1,413	1,171	1,668	1,148	729	1,540
92	1,634	1,369	1,914	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,855	1,573	2,156	1,363	912	1,794
90	2,066	1,771	2,381	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	2,261	1,961	2,585	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	2,438	2,138	2,763	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,594	2,300	2,913	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,729	2,449	3,035	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,845	2,584	3,132	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,942	2,705	3,202	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,017	2,809	3,246	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,066	2,890	3,261	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,085	2,943	3,245	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,074	2,966	3,199	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,035	2,958	3,127	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,975	2,927	3,033	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,900	2,879	2,925	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,814	2,822	2,807	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,724	2,761	2,686	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,635	2,701	2,565	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,542	2,636	2,442	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,444	2,560	2,319	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,337	2,470	2,194	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,221	2,364	2,069	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,099	2,242	1,944	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,972	2,113	1,819	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,845	1,983	1,696	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,721	1,857	1,574	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,603	1,741	1,455	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,494	1,635	1,341	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,393	1,540	1,234	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,301	1,452	1,137	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,217	1,371	1,052	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,144	1,297	980	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,078	1,226	918	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,015	1,157	863	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	952	1,085	808	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	885	1,010	751	1,242	1,519	978
55	813	928	688	1,190	1,459	929
54	737	844	621	1,137	1,397	881
53	662	762	554	1,085	1,337	835
52	593	688	491	1,037	1,279	795
51	533	624	435	994	1,223	760
50	484	573	388	954	1,171	731
49	446	535	350	918	1,120	707
48	415	505	318	883	1,071	686
47	389	480	290.9	850	1,022	668
46	366	455	267.7	818	974	652
45	342	429	246.9	786	928	635
44	317	399	227.8	755	884	619
43	292.6	368	210.4	724	842	601
42	269.3	338	194.4	695	804	581
41	248.3	311	180	667	770	560
40	230.3	288.3	167.1	639	738	538
39	215.5	270.6	155.3	613	708	515
38	203.1	256.6	144.7	587	680	492
37	192	244.1	135.2	562	653	470
36	181.4	231.7	126.7	538	626	449
35	170.6	217.9	119.1	515	600	429
34	159	201.8	112.2	493	575	410
33	147.3	184.8	106.2	471	551	392
32	136.5	168.6	101.1	450	527	374
31	127.2	154.5	97	429	504	355
30	120	143.4	94	408	481	335
29	115	135.7	92	386	458	314
28	111.8	130.7	90.9	363	434	291.3
27	109.6	127.3	90	339	410	266.7
26	107.3	124	88.9	314	384	241.5
25	104.3	119.9	87	289.1	358	217.1
24	99.8	114.1	84	264.7	331	195.1
23	94	106.8	80	241.4	304	176
22	87.7	98.7	75.6	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	81.6	90.8	71.4	198.1	249	145.6
20	76.1	83.7	67.7	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	71.6	77.6	64.9	158	194.2	121.2
18	67.8	72.3	62.8	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	64.1	67.3	60.6	119.5	142.6	96
16	59.8	61.8	57.5	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	54.3	55.5	52.9	85	99.4	70.2
14	47.7	48.4	46.8	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	40.5	41.1	39.9	58.9	68.7	49
12	34.4	35	33.7	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	30.4	31.2	29.6	43	50.5	35.3
10	28.4	29.4	27.4	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	30	31.4	28.5	37	43.9	30
8	36.6	38.8	34.2	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	46.5	49.5	43.2	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	57.2	60.5	53.6	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	66.6	69	63.9	67.2	79	55.4
4	72.2	72.2	72.3	95.3	110.3	80
3	73.9	69.6	78.6	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	100.6	90.7	111.1	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	269.3	247.9	292.1	343	375	310
0	2,091	2,131	2,048	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 India, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 76.8 in India 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 India and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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