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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 72.6 years in Iraq vs 66.7 in South Africa. Iraq is ranked 118/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Iraq, the life expectancy is 70.7 years for males and 74.4 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Iraq vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Iraq
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Iraq South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 37.4 34.3 41 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 39 35.8 42.6 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 40.5 37.3 44.2 45 44 46.2
1953 42.1 38.9 45.6 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 43.5 40.3 47.1 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 45 41.7 48.5 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 46.4 43.1 49.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 47.7 44.6 51.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 49 45.8 52.4 51.1 49.5 53
1959 49.7 46.2 53.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 51.5 48.3 54.8 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 52.3 49 55.9 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 53.5 50.1 57 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 54.4 50.9 58 53.9 52 56
1964 55.2 51.9 58.8 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 56.4 53 60 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 57.3 53.9 60.9 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 58.4 55.3 61.6 55 52.9 57.2
1968 59 55.9 62.1 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 59.6 56.5 62.8 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 60.5 57.7 63.4 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 61.3 58.7 64 56 53.8 58.4
1972 61.8 59.2 64.4 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 62.3 59.7 65 56.7 54.6 59
1974 61 57.1 65.1 57.1 55 59.4
1975 61.4 57.6 65.5 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 63.6 60.8 66.3 58 55.8 60.4
1977 63.9 61.1 66.7 58.5 56.2 61
1978 64.2 61.3 67 59 56.6 61.6
1979 64.4 61.5 67.3 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 60.9 55.4 67.2 60 57.5 62.7
1981 58.7 51.7 67.2 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 59 52 67.4 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 59.3 52.3 67.6 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 59.5 52.6 67.8 61.8 59 64.9
1985 59.8 52.9 68 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 60 53.1 68.1 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 60.3 53.4 68.2 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 56.7 49.4 65.4 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 57.5 52.2 63.3 63 59.6 66.8
1990 57.6 52.3 63.4 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 61.3 56.6 66.3 63 59.5 67
1992 65.3 61.7 68.9 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 65.3 61.8 68.8 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 65 61.6 68.4 62.1 58.8 66
1995 64.8 61.5 67.9 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 64.6 61.6 67.5 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 64.2 61.4 67 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 64.4 61.8 66.9 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 64.5 62 67 59.2 56.1 62
2000 64.9 62.3 67.3 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 65.3 62.7 67.8 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 65.7 63.1 68.2 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 64.8 61.3 68.4 54.2 52 56.3
2004 64.6 60.7 68.7 54 51.9 55.8
2005 64.9 60.9 69 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 64 59.3 69.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 64.4 59.8 69.4 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 66.5 63.1 69.8 56 53.5 58.1
2009 67.8 65.5 70.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 68.1 65.8 70.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 68.4 66.2 70.5 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 68.8 66.6 70.9 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 69 66.7 71.2 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 69.7 67.4 71.8 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 70 67.8 72 64.1 60.8 67
2016 68.7 65.3 72.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 69.8 67 72.5 65.4 62 68.6
2018 71.1 69.2 72.8 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 71.2 69.3 73 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 69.7 67 72.3 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 70.7 68.8 72.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 72 70.1 73.8 65.5 61.8 69
2023 72.3 70.4 74.1 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 72.4 70.5 74.2 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 72.5 70.6 74.3 66.5 63 70
2026 72.6 70.7 74.4 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 61 years in Iraq and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.2 healthy years in Iraq and 11.3 in South Africa.

Iraq 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 Iraq 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:
45.2 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
75.2 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
77.3 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Iraq South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.5% 98.7% 93.6% 95.5%
50 95.0% 96.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 86.2% 90.2% 68.1% 79.2%
65 78.1% 84.8% 58.1% 72.5%
70 66.7% 76.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 51.4% 63.1% 35.1% 53.0%
80 33.6% 45.4% 24.0% 40.5%
85 16.7% 25.3% 14.9% 27.9%
90 5.3% 9.8% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.8% 2.1% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 Iraq vs South Africa: 75.2 years vs 70.6 at 30, 79.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 86.2 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 72.6 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 Iraq and South Africa.

Iraq
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Iraq South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 72.6 70.7 74.4 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 74 72.1 75.6 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 74 72.2 75.7 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 74.1 72.3 75.8 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 74.2 72.3 75.8 68.6 65.2 72
5 74.2 72.4 75.9 68.7 65.3 72
6 74.3 72.4 75.9 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 74.3 72.5 75.9 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 74.3 72.5 76 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 74.3 72.5 76 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 74.4 72.6 76 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 74.4 72.6 76 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 74.4 72.6 76 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 74.4 72.6 76.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 74.5 72.7 76.1 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 74.5 72.7 76.1 69 65.6 72.3
16 74.5 72.7 76.1 69 65.7 72.3
17 74.5 72.8 76.2 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 74.6 72.8 76.2 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 74.6 72.9 76.2 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 74.7 72.9 76.2 69.3 66 72.6
21 74.7 73 76.3 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 74.8 73.1 76.3 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 74.8 73.1 76.4 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 74.9 73.2 76.4 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 74.9 73.2 76.4 69.9 66.6 73
26 75 73.3 76.5 70 66.8 73.1
27 75 73.4 76.5 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 75.1 73.4 76.6 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 75.1 73.5 76.6 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 75.2 73.5 76.6 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 75.2 73.6 76.7 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 75.3 73.6 76.7 71 67.9 73.9
33 75.3 73.7 76.8 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 75.4 73.7 76.8 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 75.4 73.8 76.9 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 75.5 73.9 76.9 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 75.6 73.9 77 72 68.9 74.8
38 75.6 74 77 72.2 69.2 75
39 75.7 74.1 77.1 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 75.7 74.1 77.2 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 75.8 74.2 77.2 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 75.9 74.3 77.3 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 76 74.4 77.4 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 76.1 74.4 77.5 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 76.1 74.5 77.5 73.9 71 76.5
46 76.2 74.6 77.6 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 76.3 74.8 77.7 74.4 71.6 77
48 76.5 74.9 77.8 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 76.6 75 77.9 75 72.2 77.4
50 76.7 75.1 78 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 76.8 75.3 78.1 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 77 75.4 78.3 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 77.1 75.6 78.4 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 77.3 75.8 78.5 76.5 74 78.7
55 77.4 76 78.7 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 77.6 76.2 78.8 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 77.8 76.4 79 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 78 76.6 79.1 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 78.2 76.9 79.3 78.3 76 80.1
60 78.4 77.1 79.5 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 78.7 77.4 79.7 79 76.9 80.7
62 78.9 77.7 79.9 79.4 77.4 81
63 79.2 78 80.1 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 79.4 78.3 80.3 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 79.7 78.6 80.6 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 80 79 80.8 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 80.3 79.3 81.1 81.6 80 82.8
68 80.7 79.7 81.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 81 80.1 81.7 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 81.4 80.5 82 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 81.8 80.9 82.4 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 82.2 81.4 82.7 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 82.6 81.9 83.1 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 83.1 82.4 83.5 85.2 84 85.9
75 83.5 82.9 84 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 84 83.4 84.4 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 84.5 83.9 84.9 86.9 86 87.4
78 85 84.5 85.4 87.5 86.7 88
79 85.6 85.1 85.9 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 86.2 85.7 86.5 88.8 88 89.1
81 86.8 86.3 87 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 87.4 87 87.6 90 89.4 90.3
83 88 87.6 88.3 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 88.7 88.3 88.9 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 89.4 89 89.6 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.1 89.7 90.3 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.8 90.4 91 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 91.6 91.2 91.7 94 93.7 94.1
89 92.3 91.9 92.5 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 93.1 92.7 93.2 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.9 93.5 94 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.7 94.4 94.8 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.5 95.2 95.6 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 96.3 96.1 96.4 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.2 97 97.2 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.1 97.9 98.1 100 99.9 100
97 98.9 98.8 99 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 99.8 99.7 99.9 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 100.8 100.6 100.8 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.7 101.6 101.7 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Iraq vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 84.9% in Iraq and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 68.9% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 38.4% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 7.43% 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.

Iraq
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Iraq South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.2% 98% 98.4% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 98.1% 97.9% 98.3% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 98% 97.8% 98.2% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 97.9% 97.7% 98.2% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 97.8% 97.6% 98.1% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 97.8% 97.5% 98% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 97.7% 97.5% 98% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 97.7% 97.4% 98% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 97.7% 97.4% 97.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 97.6% 97.3% 97.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 97.6% 97.3% 97.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 97.6% 97.3% 97.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 97.5% 97.2% 97.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 97.5% 97.2% 97.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 97.4% 97.1% 97.8% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 97.3% 97% 97.7% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 97.3% 96.9% 97.6% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 97.1% 96.7% 97.5% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 97% 96.6% 97.5% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 96.9% 96.5% 97.4% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 96.7% 96.2% 97.3% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 96.6% 96.1% 97.2% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 96.5% 96% 97.1% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 96.4% 95.9% 97% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 96.3% 95.8% 96.9% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 96.2% 95.7% 96.9% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 96.1% 95.5% 96.8% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 96% 95.4% 96.7% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 95.9% 95.3% 96.6% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 95.8% 95.2% 96.5% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 95.7% 95% 96.4% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 95.6% 94.9% 96.2% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 95.3% 94.6% 96% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 95.1% 94.4% 95.9% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 95% 94.2% 95.7% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 94.8% 94.1% 95.6% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 94.6% 93.9% 95.4% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 94.4% 93.6% 95.2% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 94.2% 93.4% 95% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 93.9% 93.1% 94.8% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 93.7% 92.8% 94.6% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 93.4% 92.5% 94.3% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 93.1% 92.1% 94% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 92.7% 91.7% 93.7% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 92.3% 91.3% 93.4% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 91.9% 90.8% 93% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 91.4% 90.3% 92.6% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 90.9% 89.7% 92.2% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 90.4% 89% 91.8% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 89.8% 88.3% 91.3% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 89.1% 87.6% 90.7% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 88.4% 86.7% 90.2% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 87.6% 85.8% 89.5% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 86.8% 84.7% 88.9% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 85.9% 83.6% 88.1% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 84.9% 82.4% 87.3% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 83.8% 81% 86.4% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 82.6% 79.6% 85.5% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 81.3% 78.1% 84.5% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 79.9% 76.4% 83.3% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 78.5% 74.7% 82.1% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 76.8% 72.8% 80.7% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 75.1% 70.7% 79.2% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 73.2% 68.5% 77.5% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 71.1% 66.2% 75.7% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 68.9% 63.7% 73.7% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 66.5% 61% 71.6% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 64% 58.3% 69.2% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 61.3% 55.3% 66.7% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 58.4% 52.3% 64% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 55.4% 49.1% 61.1% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 52.3% 45.9% 58% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 49% 42.5% 54.7% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 45.6% 39.1% 51.3% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 42% 35.6% 47.7% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 38.4% 32.1% 43.9% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 34.7% 28.7% 40% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 31.1% 25.3% 36.1% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 27.4% 22% 32.2% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 23.9% 18.9% 28.3% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 20.5% 15.9% 24.5% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 17.4% 13.2% 20.9% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 14.5% 10.8% 17.6% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 11.8% 8.6% 14.6% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 9.47% 6.69% 11.8% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 7.43% 5.06% 9.44% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 5.69% 3.71% 7.37% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 4.25% 2.63% 5.61% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 3.09% 1.81% 4.16% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 2.18% 1.21% 2.99% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 1.49% 0.78% 2.08% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.99% 0.49% 1.39% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.63% 0.29% 0.9% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.39% 0.17% 0.56% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.23% 0.1% 0.34% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.13% 0.05% 0.2% 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 1.8% in the birth year in Iraq and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.11% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.28% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.56% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Iraq
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Iraq South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.8% 2.02% 1.56% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.08% 0.11% 0.06% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.11% 0.13% 0.1% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.12% 0.13% 0.1% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.12% 0.14% 0.11% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.13% 0.14% 0.11% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.14% 0.16% 0.13% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.16% 0.17% 0.14% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.21% 0.24% 0.19% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.23% 0.26% 0.21% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.26% 0.29% 0.23% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.28% 0.32% 0.25% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.31% 0.35% 0.27% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.34% 0.39% 0.3% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.38% 0.44% 0.32% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.42% 0.48% 0.35% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.46% 0.53% 0.38% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.5% 0.59% 0.42% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.55% 0.65% 0.45% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.6% 0.72% 0.49% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.66% 0.79% 0.53% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.73% 0.88% 0.58% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.8% 0.98% 0.64% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 0.88% 1.09% 0.69% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 0.97% 1.21% 0.76% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.07% 1.33% 0.83% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.17% 1.47% 0.91% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.28% 1.61% 1% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.4% 1.76% 1.1% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.54% 1.93% 1.21% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 1.69% 2.11% 1.35% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 1.86% 2.32% 1.5% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 2.06% 2.55% 1.67% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 2.28% 2.81% 1.87% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 2.53% 3.1% 2.09% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 2.81% 3.42% 2.34% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 3.11% 3.77% 2.62% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 3.45% 4.15% 2.93% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 3.81% 4.56% 3.28% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 4.22% 5.01% 3.65% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 4.66% 5.51% 4.07% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 5.15% 6.05% 4.54% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 5.69% 6.64% 5.06% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 6.3% 7.3% 5.64% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 6.99% 8.04% 6.3% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 7.76% 8.87% 7.04% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 8.62% 9.78% 7.88% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 9.56% 10.8% 8.81% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 10.6% 11.8% 9.82% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 11.7% 13% 10.9% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 12.9% 14.2% 12.1% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 14.1% 15.5% 13.3% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 15.4% 16.9% 14.6% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 16.8% 18.5% 15.9% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 18.3% 20.3% 17.3% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 19.9% 22.3% 18.7% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 21.6% 24.4% 20.3% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 23.4% 26.7% 22% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 25.3% 29% 23.8% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 27.3% 31.2% 25.9% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 29.4% 33.4% 28.1% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 31.6% 35.5% 30.5% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 33.9% 37.5% 32.9% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 36.2% 39.5% 35.4% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 38.5% 41.5% 37.8% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 40.6% 43.6% 40% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 42.6% 45.7% 42% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 44.9% 47.7% 44.4% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Iraq compared to South Africa

In Iraq, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 76.7 in Iraq and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Iraq
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Iraq South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,798 2,020 1,563 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 119.3 121.1 117.4 343 375 310
2 97.4 102 92.4 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 80.1 86.5 73.3 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 66.4 73.7 58.7 95.3 110.3 80
5 55.7 63.1 47.8 67.2 79 55.4
6 47.4 54.7 39.8 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 41.2 48 34.1 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 36.8 43.1 30.2 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 33.9 39.7 27.7 37 43.9 30
10 32.5 38.1 26.6 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 32.5 38.2 26.6 43 50.5 35.3
12 34.1 40.1 27.7 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 37.4 44.3 30 58.9 68.7 49
14 42.5 51.1 33.4 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 49.3 60.2 37.7 85 99.4 70.2
16 57.5 71.4 42.8 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 66.3 83.4 48.1 119.5 142.6 96
18 74.9 95.4 53.3 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 82.6 105.9 57.9 158 194.2 121.2
20 88.7 114 61.9 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 92.9 119 65.3 198.1 249 145.6
22 95.4 121 68.3 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 96.7 120.9 71.2 241.4 304 176
24 97.5 119.7 74.2 264.7 331 195.1
25 98.3 118.3 77.3 289.1 358 217.1
26 99.3 117.2 80.5 314 384 241.5
27 100.8 116.9 83.9 339 410 266.7
28 102.7 117.4 87.3 363 434 291.3
29 105.2 118.9 90.8 386 458 314
30 108.3 121.4 94.6 408 481 335
31 112.1 124.8 98.8 429 504 355
32 116.6 129.2 103.5 450 527 374
33 121.9 134.4 109 471 551 392
34 128 140.3 115.2 493 575 410
35 134.9 147.2 122.3 515 600 429
36 142.8 155.1 130.1 538 626 449
37 151.7 164.5 138.6 562 653 470
38 161.8 175.4 147.9 587 680 492
39 173.4 188.4 158.1 613 708 515
40 186.8 203.9 169.4 639 738 538
41 202.3 222.1 182.3 667 770 560
42 220.3 243.4 197 695 804 581
43 241.2 268.3 214 724 842 601
44 265.1 296.7 233.4 755 884 619
45 291.9 329 255.2 786 928 635
46 321 364 278.9 818 974 652
47 353 402 304 850 1,022 668
48 387 443 331 883 1,071 686
49 422 486 359 918 1,120 707
50 460 533 388 954 1,171 731
51 502 584 420 994 1,223 760
52 547 642 454 1,037 1,279 795
53 597 706 491 1,085 1,337 835
54 654 779 532 1,137 1,397 881
55 715 858 577 1,190 1,459 929
56 782 945 626 1,242 1,519 978
57 853 1,035 680 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 927 1,129 739 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,005 1,225 803 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,087 1,324 873 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,175 1,426 951 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,271 1,534 1,039 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,375 1,649 1,137 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,490 1,773 1,248 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,616 1,905 1,372 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,753 2,046 1,509 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,899 2,192 1,657 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,053 2,341 1,817 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,213 2,492 1,986 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,375 2,641 2,162 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,538 2,785 2,344 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,700 2,921 2,530 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,858 3,047 2,716 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 3,010 3,161 2,903 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 3,156 3,263 3,088 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 3,294 3,350 3,271 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,422 3,419 3,447 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,535 3,466 3,612 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,623 3,483 3,755 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,672 3,463 3,866 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 3,677 3,398 3,932 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 3,629 3,284 3,941 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 3,526 3,125 3,885 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 3,368 2,928 3,762 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 3,162 2,701 3,574 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 2,917 2,453 3,330 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 2,642 2,190 3,043 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 2,347 1,915 2,729 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 2,041 1,632 2,401 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 1,735 1,348 2,073 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 1,438 1,074 1,754 1,363 912 1,794
92 1,161 822 1,451 1,257 818 1,670
93 910 605 1,169 1,148 729 1,540
94 691 428 912 1,031 642 1,393
95 506 292.1 685 909 558 1,236
96 357 192.4 494 789 478 1,077
97 241.8 122.4 340 677 406 928
98 157.1 75.1 224 572 340 787
99 97.9 44.3 141.4 475 280.8 655
100 0 0 0 359 204.6 501

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 Iraq 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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