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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 78.2 years in Iran vs 66.7 in South Africa. Iran is ranked 61/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Iran, the life expectancy is 76.4 years for males and 80.2 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Iran vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Iran
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Iran South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.2 38.9 37.4 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 38.7 39.4 37.9 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 39.2 39.9 38.4 45 44 46.2
1953 39.5 40.2 38.7 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 40 40.7 39.2 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 40.6 41.3 39.9 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 41.1 41.8 40.3 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 41.3 42 40.5 50.2 48.6 52
1958 42.2 42.9 41.5 51.1 49.5 53
1959 42.8 43.4 42.1 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 43.3 43.9 42.6 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 43.9 44.5 43.2 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 43.8 44.4 43.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 45.1 45.6 44.5 53.9 52 56
1964 45.7 46.2 45.2 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 46.4 46.8 45.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 47.1 47.4 46.7 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 47.8 48.1 47.5 55 52.9 57.2
1968 47.9 48.2 47.6 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 49.4 49.5 49.2 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 50.2 50.3 50.2 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 51.1 51.1 51.2 56 53.8 58.4
1972 51.7 51.6 51.9 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 52.9 52.6 53.3 56.7 54.6 59
1974 53.9 53.4 54.3 57.1 55 59.4
1975 54.8 54.3 55.4 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 55.8 55.1 56.5 58 55.8 60.4
1977 56.7 55.9 57.5 58.5 56.2 61
1978 56 55.2 57 59 56.6 61.6
1979 58.5 57.3 59.7 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 58.4 56.3 60.7 60 57.5 62.7
1981 56.6 52.8 61.3 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 57.6 53.8 62.5 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 58.5 54.7 63.4 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 60.9 58 64.4 61.8 59 64.9
1985 61.5 58.5 65.1 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 62.1 59.1 65.8 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 62.7 59.5 66.4 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 63.3 60.1 67.1 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 65.3 63.2 67.7 63 59.6 66.8
1990 64.1 62.1 66.3 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 66.2 64 68.8 63 59.5 67
1992 66.7 64.4 69.2 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 67 64.7 69.6 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 67.5 65.2 70.1 62.1 58.8 66
1995 67.9 65.6 70.5 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 68.3 66 70.9 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 68.6 66.3 71.2 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 69.2 66.9 71.8 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 69.7 67.3 72.3 59.2 56.1 62
2000 70.2 67.8 72.7 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 70.6 68.3 73.1 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 71.1 68.8 73.6 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 70.5 68.4 72.7 54.2 52 56.3
2004 72 69.8 74.4 54 51.9 55.8
2005 72.4 70.3 74.8 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 72.9 70.8 75.2 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 73.3 71.3 75.5 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 73.7 71.7 75.8 56 53.5 58.1
2009 74 72.1 76.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 74.4 72.5 76.4 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 74.7 72.8 76.7 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 75 73.2 77 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 75.3 73.5 77.3 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 75.6 73.8 77.6 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 75.9 74.1 77.8 64.1 60.8 67
2016 76.2 74.3 78.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 76.4 74.5 78.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 76.6 74.7 78.6 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 76.9 75 78.8 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 74.1 72.2 76.2 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 73.8 72 75.7 62 59.2 64.8
2022 76.8 74.9 78.8 65.5 61.8 69
2023 77.7 75.8 79.6 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 77.9 76 79.8 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 78.1 76.2 80 66.5 63 70
2026 78.2 76.4 80.2 66.7 63.1 70.2

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 64 years in Iran and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.8 healthy years in Iran and 11.3 in South Africa.

Iran 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 Iran and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
50.0 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
80.0 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
82.1 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Iran South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.6% 99.3% 93.6% 95.5%
50 96.3% 98.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 91.3% 95.3% 68.1% 79.2%
65 87.2% 92.4% 58.1% 72.5%
70 81.5% 87.8% 46.7% 63.7%
75 71.5% 79.4% 35.1% 53.0%
80 54.2% 64.3% 24.0% 40.5%
85 31.4% 42.1% 14.9% 27.9%
90 12.6% 20.1% 7.8% 16.1%
95 3.0% 6.1% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.3% 0.9% 1.1% 2.4%

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 Iran vs South Africa: 80 years vs 70.6 at 30, 82.9 vs 80.7 at 65, 87.3 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 78.2 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Iran
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Iran South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 78.2 76.4 80.2 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 78.9 77.1 80.8 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 79 77.2 80.9 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 79 77.2 80.9 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 79 77.2 80.9 68.6 65.2 72
5 79 77.3 80.9 68.7 65.3 72
6 79.1 77.3 81 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 79.1 77.3 81 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 79.1 77.4 81 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 79.2 77.4 81 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 79.2 77.4 81 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 79.2 77.4 81.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 79.2 77.4 81.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 79.2 77.5 81.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 79.2 77.5 81.1 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 79.3 77.5 81.1 69 65.6 72.3
16 79.3 77.6 81.2 69 65.7 72.3
17 79.4 77.6 81.2 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 79.4 77.7 81.2 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 79.4 77.7 81.2 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 79.5 77.8 81.3 69.3 66 72.6
21 79.6 77.9 81.3 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 79.6 78 81.3 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 79.7 78 81.4 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 79.7 78.1 81.4 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 79.7 78.2 81.4 69.9 66.6 73
26 79.8 78.2 81.4 70 66.8 73.1
27 79.8 78.3 81.5 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 79.9 78.3 81.5 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 79.9 78.4 81.5 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 80 78.5 81.6 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 80 78.5 81.6 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 80.1 78.6 81.6 71 67.9 73.9
33 80.1 78.6 81.7 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 80.2 78.7 81.7 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 80.2 78.8 81.7 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 80.3 78.8 81.7 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 80.3 78.9 81.8 72 68.9 74.8
38 80.3 78.9 81.8 72.2 69.2 75
39 80.4 79 81.8 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 80.4 79.1 81.9 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 80.5 79.1 81.9 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 80.6 79.2 82 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 80.6 79.3 82 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 80.7 79.4 82 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 80.7 79.4 82.1 73.9 71 76.5
46 80.8 79.5 82.1 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 80.9 79.6 82.2 74.4 71.6 77
48 80.9 79.7 82.2 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 81 79.8 82.3 75 72.2 77.4
50 81.1 79.9 82.3 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 81.2 80 82.4 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 81.3 80.1 82.4 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 81.3 80.2 82.5 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 81.4 80.3 82.6 76.5 74 78.7
55 81.5 80.5 82.7 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 81.7 80.6 82.7 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 81.8 80.7 82.8 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 81.9 80.9 82.9 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 82 81 83 78.3 76 80.1
60 82.2 81.2 83.1 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 82.3 81.4 83.2 79 76.9 80.7
62 82.5 81.5 83.4 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.6 81.7 83.5 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 82.8 81.9 83.6 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 82.9 82.1 83.8 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 83.1 82.3 83.9 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 83.3 82.5 84.1 81.6 80 82.8
68 83.5 82.7 84.2 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 83.6 82.9 84.4 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 83.9 83.1 84.6 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 84.1 83.3 84.8 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 84.3 83.6 85 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 84.6 83.9 85.3 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 84.9 84.2 85.6 85.2 84 85.9
75 85.2 84.5 85.9 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 85.6 84.9 86.2 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 85.9 85.3 86.5 86.9 86 87.4
78 86.4 85.7 86.9 87.5 86.7 88
79 86.8 86.2 87.3 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 87.3 86.7 87.8 88.8 88 89.1
81 87.8 87.3 88.2 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 88.4 87.8 88.8 90 89.4 90.3
83 88.9 88.5 89.3 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 89.5 89.1 89.9 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 90.2 89.8 90.5 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.8 90.4 91.1 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 91.5 91.1 91.8 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 92.2 91.9 92.4 94 93.7 94.1
89 93 92.6 93.1 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 93.7 93.4 93.9 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.5 94.2 94.6 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.2 95 95.3 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96 95.8 96.1 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 96.8 96.6 96.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.6 97.4 97.7 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.4 98.2 98.5 100 99.9 100
97 99.3 99.1 99.3 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100.1 100 100.2 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101 100.9 101.1 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102 101.8 102 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Iran vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 90.8% in Iran and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 82.4% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 57.6% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 15.9% and 11.3% 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.

Iran
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Iran South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 99.1% 99% 99.1% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 99.1% 99% 99.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 99% 99% 99.1% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 99% 98.9% 99.1% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 98.9% 98.9% 99% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 98.9% 98.8% 99% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 98.9% 98.8% 99% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 98.5% 98.4% 98.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 98.5% 98.3% 98.6% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 98.3% 98.1% 98.5% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 98.2% 97.9% 98.5% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 98% 97.7% 98.4% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 98% 97.6% 98.4% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 97.9% 97.5% 98.3% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 97.8% 97.3% 98.3% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 97.7% 97.2% 98.2% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 97.6% 97.1% 98.2% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 97.5% 97% 98.1% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 97.4% 96.9% 98% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 97.4% 96.8% 98% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 97.3% 96.6% 97.9% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 97.2% 96.5% 97.9% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 97.1% 96.4% 97.8% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 97% 96.3% 97.7% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 96.9% 96.1% 97.7% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 96.8% 96% 97.6% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 96.7% 95.8% 97.5% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 96.6% 95.7% 97.5% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 96.4% 95.5% 97.4% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 96.3% 95.4% 97.3% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 96.2% 95.2% 97.2% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 96% 95% 97.1% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 95.9% 94.8% 97% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 95.7% 94.6% 96.9% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 95.5% 94.4% 96.8% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 95.4% 94.1% 96.7% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 95.2% 93.9% 96.5% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 94.9% 93.6% 96.4% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 94.7% 93.3% 96.2% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 94.4% 93% 96% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 94.2% 92.6% 95.8% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 93.9% 92.2% 95.6% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 93.5% 91.8% 95.4% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 93.2% 91.3% 95.1% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 92.8% 90.9% 94.9% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 92.4% 90.3% 94.5% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 91.9% 89.7% 94.2% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 91.4% 89.1% 93.8% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 90.8% 88.4% 93.4% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 90.2% 87.7% 92.9% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 89.6% 87% 92.4% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 88.9% 86.2% 91.9% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 88.2% 85.3% 91.3% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 87.4% 84.4% 90.6% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 86.6% 83.5% 89.9% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 85.7% 82.5% 89.1% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 84.7% 81.4% 88.2% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 83.6% 80.2% 87.2% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 82.4% 78.9% 86.1% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 81% 77.4% 84.8% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 79.4% 75.7% 83.4% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 77.7% 73.8% 81.7% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 75.7% 71.7% 79.9% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 73.4% 69.3% 77.8% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 70.9% 66.6% 75.5% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 68% 63.6% 72.9% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 64.9% 60.2% 69.9% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 61.4% 56.5% 66.6% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 57.6% 52.5% 63% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 53.5% 48.3% 59.1% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 49.2% 43.9% 54.9% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 44.7% 39.4% 50.5% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 40.2% 34.9% 45.9% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 35.7% 30.5% 41.3% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 31.3% 26.2% 36.7% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 27% 22.3% 32.1% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 23% 18.6% 27.7% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 19.3% 15.2% 23.6% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 15.9% 12.2% 19.7% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 12.8% 9.59% 16.2% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 10.2% 7.38% 13% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 7.9% 5.55% 10.3% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 6.01% 4.09% 7.9% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 4.45% 2.93% 5.94% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 3.21% 2.04% 4.33% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 2.23% 1.36% 3.06% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 1.5% 0.88% 2.08% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.97% 0.54% 1.36% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.59% 0.32% 0.85% 1.63% 1% 2.22%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.85% in the birth year in Iran and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.09% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.66% vs 2.08% at 60, and 7.1% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Iran
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Iran South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.85% 0.92% 0.78% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.07% 0.1% 0.05% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.09% 0.13% 0.06% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.1% 0.14% 0.07% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.11% 0.15% 0.07% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.13% 0.18% 0.09% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.15% 0.2% 0.1% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.23% 0.3% 0.16% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.25% 0.32% 0.17% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.27% 0.35% 0.18% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.29% 0.38% 0.2% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.32% 0.42% 0.22% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.35% 0.45% 0.24% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.38% 0.49% 0.27% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.42% 0.53% 0.29% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 0.46% 0.59% 0.33% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 0.5% 0.64% 0.36% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 0.55% 0.7% 0.4% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 0.6% 0.76% 0.45% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 0.66% 0.82% 0.5% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 0.71% 0.87% 0.55% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 0.76% 0.92% 0.6% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 0.81% 0.97% 0.66% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 0.88% 1.02% 0.73% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 0.95% 1.09% 0.8% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 1.04% 1.19% 0.9% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 1.16% 1.31% 1% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 1.3% 1.47% 1.13% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 1.47% 1.66% 1.29% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 1.68% 1.9% 1.47% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 1.93% 2.18% 1.69% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 2.22% 2.51% 1.94% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 2.57% 2.9% 2.24% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 2.98% 3.36% 2.59% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 3.45% 3.9% 3.01% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 4.01% 4.54% 3.49% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 4.66% 5.28% 4.05% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 5.39% 6.12% 4.7% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 6.2% 7.06% 5.42% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 7.1% 8.08% 6.22% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 8.06% 9.16% 7.09% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 9.06% 10.3% 8.03% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 10.1% 11.4% 9.03% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 11.2% 12.6% 10.1% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 12.4% 13.9% 11.2% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 13.6% 15.2% 12.4% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 14.9% 16.6% 13.7% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 16.2% 18.1% 15% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 17.7% 19.7% 16.4% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 19.2% 21.4% 17.9% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 20.7% 23.1% 19.5% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 22.3% 24.7% 21.2% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 24% 26.4% 22.9% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 25.9% 28.3% 24.9% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 28% 30.5% 27% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 30.4% 33% 29.5% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 32.9% 35.5% 32% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 35.5% 38.2% 34.7% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 38.4% 41% 37.6% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 40.8% 43.5% 40.1% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Iran compared to South Africa

In Iran, the most common age of death is 83, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 81.8 in Iran and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Iran
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Iran South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 851 917 780 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 70.9 67.5 74.4 343 375 310
2 26.9 25.1 28.8 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 26.4 26.8 26.1 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 37.6 41.8 33.1 95.3 110.3 80
5 43 49.3 36.3 67.2 79 55.4
6 41.7 47.9 35.1 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 36.3 41.1 31.2 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 29.6 32.5 26.5 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 24.4 25.9 22.8 37 43.9 30
10 23.2 24.4 21.9 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 25.2 27 23.3 43 50.5 35.3
12 29.4 32.3 26.3 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 36.3 41.5 30.7 58.9 68.7 49
14 45.1 53.9 35.7 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 54.6 68.5 39.9 85 99.4 70.2
16 63.9 83.8 42.8 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 72.2 98.4 44.5 119.5 142.6 96
18 79.1 111.2 45.2 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 84.1 120.6 45.5 158 194.2 121.2
20 86.7 125.4 45.8 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 87 125.8 46.1 198.1 249 145.6
22 86 123.3 46.7 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 84.4 119.4 47.6 241.4 304 176
24 83.1 115.7 48.6 264.7 331 195.1
25 82.7 113.6 50 289.1 358 217.1
26 83.2 113.1 51.6 314 384 241.5
27 84.5 114.1 53.4 339 410 266.7
28 86.2 115.9 55.3 363 434 291.3
29 88.2 118.2 57 386 458 314
30 90.2 120.5 58.6 408 481 335
31 91.9 122.4 59.9 429 504 355
32 93.5 124.4 61.1 450 527 374
33 95.3 126.6 62.4 471 551 392
34 97.6 129.6 63.9 493 575 410
35 100.5 133.4 65.7 515 600 429
36 104.3 138.4 68.2 538 626 449
37 108.8 144.5 71.2 562 653 470
38 114.1 151.6 74.7 587 680 492
39 120.1 159.4 78.9 613 708 515
40 126.8 167.9 83.6 639 738 538
41 134 176.9 89 667 770 560
42 142 186.6 95 695 804 581
43 151 197.4 101.7 724 842 601
44 161.1 209.7 109.3 755 884 619
45 172.7 223.9 117.8 786 928 635
46 185.8 240.5 127.3 818 974 652
47 200.6 259.4 137.8 850 1,022 668
48 217.2 280.6 149.6 883 1,071 686
49 235.8 304 162.7 918 1,120 707
50 256.1 329 177.3 954 1,171 731
51 277.9 356 193.4 994 1,223 760
52 302 385 211.4 1,037 1,279 795
53 328 416 231.7 1,085 1,337 835
54 356 450 254.5 1,137 1,397 881
55 389 488 280.6 1,190 1,459 929
56 425 532 310 1,242 1,519 978
57 465 579 344 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 508 628 381 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 553 678 422 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 597 724 464 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 640 764 510 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 682 799 557 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 725 834 608 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 772 874 664 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 829 924 729 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 901 993 805 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 992 1,084 895 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 1,101 1,197 1,000 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 1,231 1,334 1,122 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 1,384 1,496 1,264 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 1,562 1,685 1,429 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 1,765 1,899 1,618 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 1,995 2,140 1,832 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,252 2,408 2,073 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,534 2,702 2,341 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,844 3,022 2,636 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,169 3,355 2,953 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,495 3,686 3,282 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,807 3,991 3,610 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 4,086 4,245 3,918 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 4,308 4,422 4,192 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 4,455 4,507 4,409 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 4,518 4,495 4,559 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 4,502 4,396 4,635 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 4,409 4,222 4,631 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 4,246 3,985 4,549 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 4,021 3,698 4,391 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 3,740 3,367 4,163 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 3,405 2,994 3,869 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 3,041 2,605 3,529 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 2,662 2,215 3,157 1,363 912 1,794
92 2,270 1,823 2,754 1,257 818 1,670
93 1,896 1,466 2,351 1,148 729 1,540
94 1,555 1,158 1,966 1,031 642 1,393
95 1,247 894 1,606 909 558 1,236
96 975 672 1,277 789 478 1,077
97 734 484 978 677 406 928
98 532 335 721 572 340 787
99 370 222.9 510 475 280.8 655
100 112.7 17.9 194.4 359 204.6 501

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 Iran 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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