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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Japan

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Japan			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.4	102.1	102.5	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.6	101.3	101.7	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.8	100.4	100.9	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	100.1	99.6	100.2	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	99.3	98.8	99.5	100	99.9	100
95	98.6	98.1	98.8	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.9	97.3	98.2	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	97.3	96.6	97.5	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	96.6	95.9	97	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	96	95.2	96.4	96.1	96	96.2
90	95.4	94.5	95.9	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	94.9	93.9	95.4	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	94.3	93.3	94.9	94	93.7	94.1
87	93.8	92.7	94.5	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	93.4	92.1	94.1	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	92.9	91.6	93.8	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	92.5	91.1	93.4	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	92.1	90.7	93.1	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	91.7	90.2	92.8	90	89.4	90.3
81	91.4	89.8	92.6	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	91.1	89.4	92.3	88.8	88	89.1
79	90.8	89.1	92.1	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	90.5	88.7	91.9	87.5	86.7	88
77	90.2	88.4	91.7	86.9	86	87.4
76	90	88.1	91.5	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	89.7	87.8	91.4	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	89.5	87.5	91.2	85.2	84	85.9
73	89.3	87.2	91.1	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	89.1	86.9	90.9	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	88.9	86.7	90.8	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	88.7	86.4	90.7	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	88.5	86.2	90.6	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	88.3	86	90.5	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	88.1	85.7	90.3	81.6	80	82.8
66	88	85.5	90.2	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	87.8	85.3	90.1	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	87.7	85.2	90.1	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	87.5	85	90	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	87.4	84.8	89.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	87.3	84.7	89.8	79	76.9	80.7
60	87.2	84.5	89.7	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	87.1	84.4	89.7	78.3	76	80.1
58	87	84.3	89.6	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	86.9	84.2	89.5	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	86.8	84	89.4	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	86.7	83.9	89.4	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	86.6	83.8	89.3	76.5	74	78.7
53	86.5	83.7	89.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	86.4	83.7	89.2	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	86.4	83.6	89.2	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	86.3	83.5	89.1	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	86.3	83.4	89.1	75	72.2	77.4
48	86.2	83.4	89	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	86.1	83.3	89	74.4	71.6	77
46	86.1	83.3	88.9	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	86.1	83.2	88.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	86	83.2	88.9	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	86	83.1	88.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	85.9	83.1	88.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	85.9	83	88.8	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	85.9	83	88.8	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	85.8	83	88.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	85.8	82.9	88.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	85.8	82.9	88.7	72	68.9	74.8
36	85.8	82.9	88.7	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	85.7	82.8	88.7	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	85.7	82.8	88.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	85.7	82.8	88.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	85.7	82.7	88.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	85.7	82.7	88.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	85.6	82.7	88.6	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	85.6	82.7	88.6	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	85.6	82.6	88.5	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	85.6	82.6	88.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	85.6	82.6	88.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	85.5	82.6	88.5	69.9	66.6	73
24	85.5	82.5	88.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	85.5	82.5	88.5	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	85.5	82.5	88.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	85.5	82.5	88.5	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	85.4	82.4	88.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	85.4	82.4	88.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	85.4	82.4	88.4	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	85.4	82.4	88.4	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	85.4	82.4	88.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	85.4	82.4	88.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	85.4	82.4	88.4	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	85.4	82.4	88.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	85.4	82.4	88.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	85.4	82.3	88.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	85.4	82.3	88.4	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	85.4	82.3	88.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	85.3	82.3	88.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	85.3	82.3	88.3	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	85.3	82.3	88.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	85.1	82.1	88.2	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 Japan can expect to live to 85.6 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 87.8 and 80.7 at 65, and to 91.1 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 85.1 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Japan

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Japan			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	5.47%	2.18%	8.52%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	7.55%	3.22%	11.6%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	10.1%	4.61%	15.2%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	13%	6.38%	19.3%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	16.4%	8.56%	23.9%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	20.2%	11.2%	28.8%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	24.2%	14.2%	33.9%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	28.4%	17.6%	39.1%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	32.8%	21.3%	44.2%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	37.3%	25.3%	49.2%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	41.7%	29.4%	53.9%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	46.1%	33.7%	58.4%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	50.2%	38%	62.5%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	54.2%	42.3%	66.2%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	58%	46.4%	69.6%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	61.5%	50.4%	72.7%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	64.7%	54.1%	75.4%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	67.6%	57.6%	77.8%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	70.3%	60.9%	80%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	72.8%	63.9%	81.9%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	75%	66.7%	83.5%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	77%	69.3%	85%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	78.8%	71.6%	86.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	80.5%	73.8%	87.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	82%	75.8%	88.5%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	83.4%	77.6%	89.4%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	84.7%	79.4%	90.2%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	85.9%	81%	91%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	87%	82.5%	91.6%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	88%	83.9%	92.3%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	88.9%	85.2%	92.8%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	89.8%	86.4%	93.4%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	90.6%	87.5%	93.9%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	91.4%	88.5%	94.3%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	92%	89.5%	94.7%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	92.7%	90.4%	95.1%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	93.2%	91.2%	95.4%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	93.8%	91.9%	95.7%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	94.2%	92.5%	96%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94.7%	93.1%	96.3%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	95.1%	93.7%	96.6%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	95.5%	94.2%	96.8%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	95.8%	94.7%	97%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	96.1%	95.1%	97.2%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96.4%	95.5%	97.4%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.7%	95.8%	97.6%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.9%	96.2%	97.8%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	97.2%	96.5%	97.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97.4%	96.7%	98.1%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.6%	97%	98.2%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.8%	97.2%	98.3%	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%	97.9%	98.8%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.4%	98%	98.8%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.6%	98.3%	99%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.7%	98.4%	99%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.8%	98.4%	99.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	99%	98.7%	99.2%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	99%	98.8%	99.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99.2%	98.9%	99.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99.2%	99%	99.4%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.2%	99%	99.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.8%	99.7%	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%	99.8%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.8%	99.8%	99.9%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 95.1% of newborns in Japan and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 88.9% and 51.6% past 70, 75% and 30.2% past 80, and only 41.7% 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

Japan

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Japan			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	29.6%	34.5%	28.6%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	27.5%	32.3%	26.4%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	25.1%	30%	23.8%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	22.8%	27.7%	21.4%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	20.6%	25.5%	19.1%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	18.6%	23.3%	17%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	16.7%	21.2%	15%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	14.9%	19.3%	13.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	13.4%	17.5%	11.6%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	12%	15.8%	10.2%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	10.6%	14.2%	8.82%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	9.4%	12.7%	7.62%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	8.33%	11.3%	6.57%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	7.36%	10.1%	5.66%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	6.46%	8.9%	4.87%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	5.67%	7.85%	4.2%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	4.98%	6.92%	3.62%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	4.36%	6.09%	3.1%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	3.82%	5.37%	2.66%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	3.37%	4.73%	2.31%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	2.97%	4.17%	2%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	2.61%	3.69%	1.74%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	2.3%	3.27%	1.5%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.05%	2.93%	1.31%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	1.85%	2.65%	1.16%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	1.68%	2.4%	1.03%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.52%	2.18%	0.92%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.38%	1.99%	0.82%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.26%	1.82%	0.74%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.16%	1.67%	0.68%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.06%	1.53%	0.62%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	0.97%	1.39%	0.57%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	0.89%	1.28%	0.51%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.82%	1.17%	0.47%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.74%	1.06%	0.43%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.67%	0.95%	0.39%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.62%	0.87%	0.36%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.56%	0.79%	0.33%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.51%	0.72%	0.31%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.47%	0.65%	0.29%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.43%	0.59%	0.26%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.39%	0.54%	0.25%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.36%	0.49%	0.23%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.33%	0.44%	0.21%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.3%	0.41%	0.2%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.28%	0.37%	0.19%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.26%	0.34%	0.18%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.24%	0.31%	0.17%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.22%	0.28%	0.15%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.16%	0.21%	0.12%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.03%	0.04%	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	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.01%	0.007%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.006%	0.007%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.007%	0.008%	0.007%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.16% in the birth year in Japan and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.04% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.43% vs 2.08% at 60, and 2.97% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Japan vs South Africa

Chart Table

Japan

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Japan			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	1,678	617	2,666	359	204.6	501
99	2,073	1,042	3,052	475	280.8	655
98	2,523	1,382	3,623	572	340	787
97	2,968	1,769	4,141	677	406	928
96	3,384	2,184	4,575	789	478	1,077
95	3,744	2,606	4,896	909	558	1,236
94	4,029	3,009	5,088	1,031	642	1,393
93	4,248	3,384	5,165	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,389	3,713	5,127	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,457	3,986	4,995	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,432	4,170	4,757	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,330	4,274	4,450	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,183	4,311	4,107	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	3,990	4,269	3,750	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	3,742	4,132	3,389	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,487	3,955	3,054	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,223	3,747	2,730	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,948	3,511	2,414	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,687	3,268	2,130	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,455	3,024	1,888	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,230	2,784	1,673	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,012	2,554	1,476	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	1,816	2,343	1,298	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	1,651	2,164	1,146	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,517	2,008	1,022	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,401	1,866	921	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,287	1,733	827	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,184	1,611	745	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,099	1,504	681	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,023	1,402	628	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	946	1,300	577	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	873	1,204	528	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	808	1,120	483	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	746	1,036	442	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	682	945	405	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	623	862	371	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	574	795	340	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	527	727	316	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	484	663	295.4	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	444	606	274.5	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	409	554	255.2	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	376	505	238.6	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	345	461	223	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	318	423	207.9	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	292.4	388	193.4	1,242	1,519	978
55	268.8	354	181	1,190	1,459	929
54	248.6	324	171.1	1,137	1,397	881
53	230.8	297.2	162.3	1,085	1,337	835
52	210.2	268.8	149.8	1,037	1,279	795
51	190.5	242.6	137	994	1,223	760
50	175	221.9	126.9	954	1,171	731
49	161	203.2	117.7	918	1,120	707
48	146.1	183.7	107.6	883	1,071	686
47	131.8	165.2	97.5	850	1,022	668
46	119.4	149.3	88.6	818	974	652
45	108.1	135	80.4	786	928	635
44	97.5	121.6	72.8	755	884	619
43	88.6	110.2	66.4	724	842	601
42	81.6	101.4	61.3	695	804	581
41	75.5	93.9	56.6	667	770	560
40	69.4	86.6	51.4	639	738	538
39	62.9	79.1	45.9	613	708	515
38	57.3	72.6	41.4	587	680	492
37	53.5	67.6	38.8	562	653	470
36	50.8	63.9	37	538	626	449
35	48.2	61	34.9	515	600	429
34	45.6	58.3	32.3	493	575	410
33	42.6	55.2	29.4	471	551	392
32	40.1	52.5	27.2	450	527	374
31	38.6	50.7	26.1	429	504	355
30	37.3	49.4	24.6	408	481	335
29	35.6	47.7	23.1	386	458	314
28	33.7	44.9	22	363	434	291.3
27	32.3	43	21.2	339	410	266.7
26	32.1	43.3	20.3	314	384	241.5
25	32.1	44.1	19.5	289.1	358	217.1
24	31.5	43.6	18.9	264.7	331	195.1
23	31	43	18.4	241.4	304	176
22	31.1	43.6	17.8	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	30.1	42.5	17.1	198.1	249	145.6
20	27.1	37.6	16	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	23.5	32.4	14	158	194.2	121.2
18	20	27.4	12.2	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	16.8	22.3	11.1	119.5	142.6	96
16	14.1	17.8	10.1	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	11.8	14.5	8.86	85	99.4	70.2
14	9.64	11.7	7.48	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	7.87	9.34	6.33	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.61	7.54	5.62	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	5.84	6.35	5.31	43	50.5	35.3
10	5.38	5.91	4.83	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	5.22	6.22	4.16	37	43.9	30
8	5.5	6.53	4.42	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	6	6.73	5.24	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	6.49	7.04	5.92	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	7.11	7.67	6.52	67.2	79	55.4
4	8.18	8.85	7.48	95.3	110.3	80
3	9.87	10.6	9.08	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	13.4	14.1	12.7	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	31	31.9	30	343	375	310
0	157.4	165.1	149.4	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 Japan, the most common age of death is 91, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 88.1 in Japan 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 Japan and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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