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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Ireland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Ireland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102.1	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.2	101	101.2	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.4	100.1	100.4	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.5	99.3	99.6	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.7	98.5	98.8	100	99.9	100
95	98	97.7	98.1	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.2	96.9	97.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.5	96.1	96.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	95.4	96	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94.7	95.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.5	94	94.7	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.9	93.3	94.2	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.3	92.7	93.6	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.7	92.1	93.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.2	91.6	92.6	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.7	91	92.2	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.2	90.5	91.8	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.8	90	91.3	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.3	89.6	91	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.9	89.1	90.6	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.5	88.7	90.3	88.8	88	89.1
79	89.2	88.3	89.9	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.8	87.9	89.6	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.5	87.5	89.4	86.9	86	87.4
76	88.2	87.2	89.1	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	87.9	86.9	88.9	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.6	86.6	88.6	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.4	86.3	88.4	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87.2	86	88.2	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	86.9	85.7	88	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.7	85.5	87.9	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.5	85.3	87.7	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.3	85	87.5	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.1	84.8	87.4	81.6	80	82.8
66	86	84.6	87.2	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.8	84.5	87.1	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.6	84.3	87	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.5	84.1	86.9	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.4	84	86.8	79.4	77.4	81
61	85.2	83.8	86.7	79	76.9	80.7
60	85.1	83.7	86.6	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	85	83.5	86.5	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.9	83.4	86.4	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.8	83.3	86.3	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.7	83.2	86.2	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.6	83.1	86.1	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.5	83	86.1	76.5	74	78.7
53	84.4	82.9	86	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	84.4	82.8	85.9	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	84.3	82.7	85.9	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	84.2	82.6	85.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	84.2	82.6	85.8	75	72.2	77.4
48	84.1	82.5	85.7	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	84.1	82.4	85.7	74.4	71.6	77
46	84	82.4	85.6	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	84	82.3	85.6	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.9	82.3	85.6	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.9	82.2	85.5	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.8	82.2	85.5	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.8	82.1	85.5	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.8	82.1	85.4	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83.7	82	85.4	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83.7	82	85.4	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.7	82	85.4	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.6	81.9	85.4	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.6	81.9	85.3	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.6	81.9	85.3	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.6	81.8	85.3	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.5	81.8	85.3	71	67.9	73.9
31	83.5	81.8	85.3	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83.5	81.7	85.3	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83.5	81.7	85.3	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	83.4	81.7	85.2	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	83.4	81.6	85.2	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	83.4	81.6	85.2	70	66.8	73.1
25	83.4	81.6	85.2	69.9	66.6	73
24	83.4	81.5	85.2	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	83.3	81.5	85.2	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	83.3	81.5	85.2	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	83.3	81.4	85.2	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	83.3	81.4	85.2	69.3	66	72.6
19	83.3	81.4	85.1	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	83.2	81.4	85.1	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	83.2	81.3	85.1	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	83.2	81.3	85.1	69	65.7	72.3
15	83.2	81.3	85.1	69	65.6	72.3
14	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.7	65.3	72
4	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.6	65.2	72
3	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	83.2	81.3	85.1	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	83.1	81.2	85	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.9	81	84.9	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 Ireland can expect to live to 83.5 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.8 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.5 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.9 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Ireland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Ireland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	2.18%	1.14%	3.15%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.28%	1.81%	4.67%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.75%	2.76%	6.67%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	6.67%	4.06%	9.18%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	9.05%	5.78%	12.2%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	11.9%	7.94%	15.8%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	15.2%	10.6%	19.8%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	18.9%	13.6%	24.2%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	23%	17.1%	28.8%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	27.3%	21%	33.7%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	31.7%	25%	38.5%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	36.1%	29.2%	43.2%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	40.5%	33.4%	47.7%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	44.8%	37.7%	52.1%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	48.9%	41.8%	56.1%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	52.8%	45.9%	60%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	56.5%	49.7%	63.5%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	60.1%	53.5%	66.8%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	63.4%	57.1%	69.9%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	66.6%	60.6%	72.7%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	69.4%	63.7%	75.2%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	72%	66.7%	77.5%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	74.4%	69.4%	79.5%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	76.7%	72%	81.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	78.6%	74.3%	83.1%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	80.4%	76.4%	84.5%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	82.1%	78.3%	85.9%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	83.6%	80%	87.1%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	84.9%	81.7%	88.2%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	86.2%	83.2%	89.2%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	87.3%	84.5%	90.1%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	88.3%	85.7%	91%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	89.3%	86.9%	91.7%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	90.2%	87.9%	92.4%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	91%	88.9%	93.1%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	91.7%	89.7%	93.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	92.4%	90.5%	94.2%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	93%	91.3%	94.6%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	93.5%	91.9%	95.1%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94%	92.6%	95.5%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	94.5%	93.1%	95.8%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	94.9%	93.6%	96.2%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	95.3%	94.1%	96.5%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95.6%	94.5%	96.7%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96%	94.9%	97%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.3%	95.3%	97.3%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.5%	95.6%	97.5%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96.8%	95.9%	97.7%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97%	96.2%	97.9%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.2%	96.5%	98%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.4%	96.7%	98.2%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.6%	96.9%	98.3%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.8%	97.1%	98.4%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.9%	97.3%	98.5%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	98%	97.4%	98.6%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.2%	97.6%	98.7%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.3%	97.7%	98.8%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.4%	97.8%	98.9%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.5%	98%	99%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.5%	98.1%	99%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.6%	98.2%	99.1%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.8%	98.3%	99.2%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.9%	98.5%	99.3%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	98.9%	98.6%	99.3%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99%	98.7%	99.3%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99%	98.7%	99.4%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.1%	98.8%	99.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.2%	98.9%	99.5%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.2%	99%	99.5%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.3%	99%	99.5%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.4%	99.2%	99.6%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 94.5% of newborns in Ireland and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 87.3% and 51.6% past 70, 69.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 31.7% 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

Ireland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Ireland			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	35.9%	39.3%	35%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	33.5%	36.9%	32.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	31.1%	34.5%	29.9%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	28.7%	32%	27.4%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.3%	29.6%	24.9%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	24%	27.3%	22.6%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.8%	24.9%	20.3%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	19.6%	22.5%	18.1%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	17.6%	20.3%	16.1%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	15.9%	18.4%	14.4%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	13.7%	16%	12.4%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.3%	14.4%	11%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	10.9%	12.8%	9.53%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	9.57%	11.3%	8.32%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.36%	9.89%	7.21%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.47%	8.83%	6.4%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	6.51%	7.71%	5.54%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	5.91%	7.03%	4.99%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.23%	6.26%	4.36%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.78%	5.75%	3.94%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	4.03%	4.89%	3.28%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.71%	4.51%	2.98%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.23%	3.95%	2.57%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.9%	3.56%	2.3%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.52%	3.1%	1.99%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.23%	2.74%	1.76%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.99%	2.44%	1.56%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.79%	2.2%	1.4%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.59%	1.96%	1.24%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.48%	1.82%	1.15%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.28%	1.57%	0.99%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.18%	1.45%	0.92%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.05%	1.29%	0.82%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.97%	1.2%	0.76%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.89%	1.09%	0.69%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.78%	0.96%	0.6%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.72%	0.89%	0.56%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.65%	0.81%	0.5%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.58%	0.72%	0.45%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.55%	0.68%	0.42%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.47%	0.58%	0.37%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.45%	0.55%	0.35%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.41%	0.49%	0.32%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.38%	0.46%	0.3%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.32%	0.38%	0.25%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.29%	0.34%	0.23%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.26%	0.32%	0.21%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.19%	0.24%	0.15%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.18%	0.22%	0.14%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.15%	0.18%	0.11%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.09%	0.12%	0.07%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.08%	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%	0.07%	0.04%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.04%	0.06%	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%	0.06%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.04%	0.06%	0.01%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.03%	0.05%	0.01%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.05%	0.01%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%	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	0.01%	0.02%	0.009%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.01%	0.007%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.008%	0.01%	0.005%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.006%	0.008%	0.004%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.004%	0.004%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.004%	0.005%	0.004%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.004%	0.005%	0.004%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.25%	0.27%	0.23%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.25% in the birth year in Ireland and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.04% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.47% vs 2.08% at 60, and 4.03% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Ireland vs South Africa

Chart Table

Ireland

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Ireland			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	617	233.8	987	359	204.6	501
99	1,099	668	1,520	475	280.8	655
98	1,477	952	1,996	572	340	787
97	1,912	1,302	2,516	677	406	928
96	2,383	1,712	3,049	789	478	1,077
95	2,862	2,166	3,564	909	558	1,236
94	3,312	2,629	4,016	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,717	3,074	4,388	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,041	3,467	4,648	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,336	3,851	4,865	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,349	3,995	4,750	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,453	4,214	4,732	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,398	4,275	4,552	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,286	4,263	4,333	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,088	4,138	4,045	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,950	4,054	3,838	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,680	3,836	3,516	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,550	3,762	3,332	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,313	3,570	3,044	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,182	3,484	2,863	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,797	3,112	2,463	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,672	3,010	2,312	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,403	2,740	2,046	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,223	2,563	1,872	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,982	2,303	1,652	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,795	2,094	1,484	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,632	1,914	1,339	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,493	1,762	1,216	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,352	1,604	1,094	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,275	1,516	1,028	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,113	1,326	895	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,043	1,243	839	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	941	1,123	755	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	878	1,051	703	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	806	968	644	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	713	859	566	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	664	803	524	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	607	738	477	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	545	665	427	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	514	625	404	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	448	543	352	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	427	515	338	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	387	465	308	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	362	433	289.7	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	329	392	264.7	1,242	1,519	978
55	305	363	246.3	1,190	1,459	929
54	276.2	330	222.7	1,137	1,397	881
53	253.5	304	203.1	1,085	1,337	835
52	228.2	276	181	1,037	1,279	795
51	214.5	261	168.3	994	1,223	760
50	185.6	227.2	144.4	954	1,171	731
49	175	214.9	135.6	918	1,120	707
48	157.1	194	121.4	883	1,071	686
47	143.9	178.4	110.7	850	1,022	668
46	130.3	162.3	99.5	818	974	652
45	117.7	147.5	89.2	786	928	635
44	109.8	138.6	82.9	755	884	619
43	101	128.3	75.7	724	842	601
42	91.5	117	67.8	695	804	581
41	86.5	111.2	63.5	667	770	560
40	76	98.4	55.2	639	738	538
39	70.4	91.8	50.5	613	708	515
38	63.6	83.4	44.9	587	680	492
37	61.3	80.6	42.4	562	653	470
36	58.4	77.1	39.7	538	626	449
35	56.5	75.1	37.9	515	600	429
34	55.3	73.9	36.5	493	575	410
33	52.7	70.9	34.1	471	551	392
32	49.1	66.8	31.1	450	527	374
31	46.7	64.2	28.8	429	504	355
30	42.8	59.8	25.4	408	481	335
29	41.7	59.2	23.6	386	458	314
28	41.5	59.9	22.3	363	434	291.3
27	41.8	61.5	21.3	339	410	266.7
26	41.8	62.9	20	314	384	241.5
25	40.7	62.5	18.4	289.1	358	217.1
24	38.9	60.4	17	264.7	331	195.1
23	36.9	57.5	15.7	241.4	304	176
22	35.2	54.8	14.8	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	32.8	50.6	14	198.1	249	145.6
20	29.6	44.8	13.7	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	25.8	38	13.1	158	194.2	121.2
18	21.9	31.3	12.1	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	18	25.1	10.5	119.5	142.6	96
16	14.2	19.5	8.67	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	10.7	14.5	6.8	85	99.4	70.2
14	8	10.6	5.27	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	6.13	7.91	4.26	58.9	68.7	49
12	4.95	6.2	3.64	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	4.32	5.24	3.35	43	50.5	35.3
10	3.98	4.69	3.24	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	3.8	4.36	3.21	37	43.9	30
8	3.83	4.29	3.35	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	4.01	4.41	3.6	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	4.19	4.56	3.81	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	4.45	4.81	4.06	67.2	79	55.4
4	4.88	5.29	4.46	95.3	110.3	80
3	6.54	7.1	5.96	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	12.4	13.4	11.3	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	33.4	36	30.6	343	375	310
0	246.6	266.3	225.8	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 Ireland, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.7 in Ireland 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 Ireland and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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