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Life Expectancy in Latvia vs South Africa (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Latvia vs 66.5 in South Africa. Latvia is ranked 77/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Latvia, the life expectancy is 71.9 years for males and 80.7 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Latvia vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Latvia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Latvia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 64.6 60.5 68 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 65.2 61.1 68.5 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 65.7 61.7 69 45 44 46.2
1953 66.2 62.2 69.5 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 66.7 62.6 70 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 67.1 63.1 70.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 67.6 63.5 70.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 68.3 64.2 71.5 50.2 48.6 52
1958 68.9 64.9 72.1 51.1 49.5 53
1959 69.5 65.6 72.7 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 70.3 66.3 73.5 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 70.5 66.3 73.9 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 69.9 65.8 73.2 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 70.3 66.2 73.7 53.9 52 56
1964 71.5 67.3 74.9 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 71.2 66.8 74.9 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 71.2 67 74.6 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 70.9 66.8 74.2 55 52.9 57.2
1968 70.5 65.8 74.5 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 70.2 65.3 74.6 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 70.2 65.7 74.2 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 70.6 65.7 74.8 56 53.8 58.4
1972 70.3 65.2 74.8 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 70.2 65.3 74.5 56.7 54.6 59
1974 70.1 65 74.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 69.3 63.9 74.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 69.4 64 74.4 58 55.8 60.4
1977 69.4 64.3 74.1 58.5 56.2 61
1978 69.3 64.1 74.1 59 56.6 61.6
1979 68.8 63.5 73.7 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 69.1 63.7 74.1 60 57.5 62.7
1981 69.1 63.4 74.4 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 69.6 64.2 74.6 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 69.4 63.9 74.6 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 69.4 64.1 74.5 61.8 59 64.9
1985 69.6 64.7 74 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 71 66.3 75.1 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 71 66.4 75.1 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 70.9 66.2 75.1 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 70.4 65.3 75.1 63 59.6 66.8
1990 69.5 64.1 74.5 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 69.2 63.7 74.5 63 59.5 67
1992 68.5 62.6 74.3 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 66.6 60.4 73.2 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 65.2 58.7 72.2 62.1 58.8 66
1995 66 59.7 72.7 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 68.6 62.7 74.4 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 69.2 63.6 74.7 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 68.9 63.2 74.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 69.6 64.2 75 59.2 56.1 62
2000 70.2 64.5 75.7 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 69.9 64.3 75.5 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 70.2 64.4 75.8 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 70.6 65.3 75.7 54.2 52 56.3
2004 70.9 65.6 76.1 54 51.9 55.8
2005 70.6 64.9 76.3 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 70.6 65 76.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 70.8 65.3 76.2 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 72 66.4 77.4 56 53.5 58.1
2009 72.7 67.5 77.6 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 73 67.9 77.8 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 73.7 68.5 78.5 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 73.9 68.8 78.7 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 74.2 69.3 78.7 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 74.3 69.1 79.2 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 74.7 69.7 79.3 64.1 60.8 67
2016 74.8 69.8 79.4 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 74.8 69.8 79.5 65.4 62 68.6
2018 75 70 79.6 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 75.6 70.9 80 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 75.5 70.7 80 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 73.2 68.3 78 62 59.2 64.8
2022 74.9 70.1 79.4 65.5 61.8 69
2023 76.2 71.6 80.5 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 76.3 71.8 80.6 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 76.5 71.9 80.7 66.5 63 70

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 63.8 years in Latvia and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.2 healthy years in Latvia and 11.3 in South Africa.

Latvia 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 Latvia and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
47.4 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.4 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
80.5 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Latvia South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 97.3% 99.2% 93.5% 95.4%
50 92.0% 97.1% 83.5% 88.8%
60 81.3% 92.8% 67.9% 79.0%
65 72.9% 89.1% 57.9% 72.2%
70 62.3% 83.8% 46.5% 63.4%
75 49.9% 75.9% 34.9% 52.7%
80 36.6% 64.4% 23.8% 40.2%
85 22.5% 46.9% 14.8% 27.7%
90 10.4% 25.3% 7.7% 16.0%
95 3.0% 8.2% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.5% 1.2% 1.1% 2.3%

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 Latvia vs South Africa: 77.4 years vs 70.5 at 30, 82.8 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.3 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 76.5 vs 66.5 years calculated at birth.

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

Latvia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Latvia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 76.5 71.9 80.7 66.5 63 70
1 76.7 72.1 80.9 68 64.6 71.4
2 76.7 72.2 81 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 76.7 72.2 81 68.4 65 71.8
4 76.7 72.2 81 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 76.7 72.2 81 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 76.7 72.2 81 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 76.7 72.2 81 68.6 65.2 72
8 76.8 72.2 81 68.7 65.3 72
9 76.8 72.2 81 68.7 65.3 72
10 76.8 72.2 81 68.7 65.3 72
11 76.8 72.2 81 68.7 65.3 72
12 76.8 72.2 81 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 76.8 72.2 81.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 76.8 72.3 81.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 76.8 72.3 81.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 76.8 72.3 81.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 76.8 72.3 81.1 69 65.6 72.3
18 76.9 72.3 81.1 69 65.7 72.3
19 76.9 72.4 81.1 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 76.9 72.4 81.2 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 77 72.5 81.2 69.3 66 72.5
22 77 72.5 81.2 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 77 72.6 81.2 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 77.1 72.6 81.2 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 77.1 72.7 81.3 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 77.2 72.7 81.3 69.9 66.7 73
27 77.2 72.8 81.3 70 66.8 73.1
28 77.3 72.9 81.3 70.2 67 73.2
29 77.3 72.9 81.3 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 77.4 73 81.4 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 77.4 73.1 81.4 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 77.5 73.2 81.4 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 77.5 73.2 81.5 71.1 68 74
34 77.6 73.4 81.5 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 77.7 73.5 81.5 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 77.8 73.6 81.6 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 77.9 73.7 81.6 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 77.9 73.8 81.7 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 78 73.9 81.7 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 78.1 74 81.8 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 78.2 74.2 81.8 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 78.4 74.3 81.9 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 78.5 74.5 81.9 73.3 70.4 76
44 78.6 74.6 82 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 78.7 74.8 82.1 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 78.8 75 82.2 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 79 75.1 82.2 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 79.1 75.3 82.3 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 79.3 75.5 82.4 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 79.4 75.7 82.5 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 79.6 75.9 82.6 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 79.7 76.1 82.7 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 79.9 76.3 82.8 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 80.1 76.6 82.9 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 80.3 76.9 83.1 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 80.5 77.1 83.2 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 80.8 77.4 83.3 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 81 77.7 83.5 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 81.2 78 83.6 78.2 76 80
60 81.5 78.3 83.8 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 81.7 78.7 83.9 79 76.9 80.7
62 82 79 84.1 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.2 79.4 84.3 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 82.5 79.7 84.4 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 82.8 80.1 84.6 80.7 78.9 82
66 83.1 80.6 84.8 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 83.5 81 85 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 83.8 81.4 85.3 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84.1 81.8 85.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.5 82.3 85.7 83.1 81.6 84
71 84.8 82.7 86 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85.2 83.2 86.2 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.5 83.7 86.5 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.9 84.2 86.8 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.3 84.7 87.1 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 86.7 85.2 87.4 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87.1 85.7 87.7 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.5 86.3 88 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 87.9 86.8 88.4 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.3 87.3 88.8 88.7 88 89.1
81 88.8 87.9 89.2 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89.3 88.5 89.6 90 89.4 90.2
83 89.8 89.1 90 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 90.3 89.7 90.5 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 90.9 90.4 91.1 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 91.4 91 91.6 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92 91.7 92.2 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 92.7 92.4 92.8 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 93.3 93.1 93.4 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 94 93.8 94.1 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94.7 94.6 94.8 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.4 95.3 95.5 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.2 96.1 96.2 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 96.9 96.9 97 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.7 97.7 97.7 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.5 98.5 98.5 100 99.9 100
97 99.4 99.4 99.4 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.3 100.2 100.3 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.1 101 101.2 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.1 101.9 102.1 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Latvia vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.8% in Latvia and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.2% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 50.6% and 30% to 80+ years, and 18.3% and 11.2% 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.

Latvia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Latvia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 99.3% 99.1% 99.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 99.2% 99.1% 99.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 99.1% 99% 99.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 99% 98.7% 99.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 98.8% 98.5% 99.2% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 98.6% 98.2% 99.1% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 98.5% 98% 99% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 98.4% 97.9% 99% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 98.3% 97.7% 98.9% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 98.1% 97.4% 98.9% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 98% 97.2% 98.8% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 97.8% 96.9% 98.7% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 97.6% 96.6% 98.6% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 97.4% 96.4% 98.5% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 97.2% 96.1% 98.4% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 97% 95.7% 98.3% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 96.7% 95.4% 98.2% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 96.4% 94.9% 98.1% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 96.2% 94.5% 97.9% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 95.9% 94.1% 97.8% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 95.5% 93.6% 97.6% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 95.2% 93.1% 97.4% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 94.8% 92.6% 97.2% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 94.4% 92% 97% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 94% 91.4% 96.7% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 93.6% 90.8% 96.5% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 93.1% 90.2% 96.2% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 92.6% 89.5% 95.9% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 92% 88.7% 95.6% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 91.4% 87.8% 95.2% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 90.7% 86.8% 94.9% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 90% 85.8% 94.4% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 89.3% 84.7% 94% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 88.5% 83.6% 93.5% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 87.6% 82.4% 93% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 86.7% 81.1% 92.5% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 85.8% 79.7% 91.9% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 84.7% 78.2% 91.3% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 83.7% 76.7% 90.6% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 82.5% 75.1% 89.9% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 81.3% 73.3% 89.1% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 79.9% 71.5% 88.3% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 78.5% 69.5% 87.4% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 77% 67.5% 86.4% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 75.5% 65.5% 85.3% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 73.9% 63.3% 84.2% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 72.2% 61% 83% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 70.5% 58.8% 81.6% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 68.6% 56.5% 80.2% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 66.7% 54% 78.6% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 64.6% 51.5% 77% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 62.5% 48.9% 75.2% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 60.3% 46.4% 73.2% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 58% 43.7% 71.1% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 55.7% 41.1% 68.9% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 53.2% 38.5% 66.5% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 50.6% 35.8% 63.8% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 47.7% 33% 60.8% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 44.8% 30.2% 57.6% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 41.7% 27.5% 54.1% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 38.5% 24.8% 50.4% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 35.1% 22.1% 46.4% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 31.8% 19.5% 42.3% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 28.3% 16.9% 38% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 24.9% 14.5% 33.7% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 21.6% 12.3% 29.4% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 18.3% 10.2% 25.1% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 15.2% 8.33% 20.9% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 12.4% 6.67% 17.2% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 9.93% 5.22% 13.8% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 7.7% 3.99% 10.8% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 5.81% 2.98% 8.14% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 4.26% 2.18% 5.98% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 3.02% 1.55% 4.24% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 2.07% 1.07% 2.9% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 1.37% 0.71% 1.92% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.87% 0.46% 1.22% 1.61% 0.99% 2.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.27% in the birth year in Latvia and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.12% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.2% vs 2.1% at 60, and 5.59% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Latvia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Latvia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.03% 0.02% 0.03% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.01% 0.008% 0.01% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.01% 0.008% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.07% 0.11% 0.03% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.07% 0.1% 0.03% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.07% 0.11% 0.04% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.08% 0.12% 0.04% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.09% 0.13% 0.04% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.09% 0.15% 0.04% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.1% 0.16% 0.04% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.11% 0.17% 0.04% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.12% 0.18% 0.05% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.13% 0.2% 0.06% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.15% 0.22% 0.06% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.18% 0.27% 0.08% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.18% 0.27% 0.08% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.18% 0.27% 0.08% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.2% 0.3% 0.09% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.21% 0.32% 0.1% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.22% 0.34% 0.11% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.26% 0.39% 0.13% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.29% 0.43% 0.15% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.29% 0.43% 0.14% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.32% 0.46% 0.16% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.36% 0.51% 0.19% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.37% 0.55% 0.19% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.38% 0.57% 0.2% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.42% 0.58% 0.26% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.44% 0.64% 0.26% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.47% 0.7% 0.25% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.5% 0.72% 0.3% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.54% 0.77% 0.34% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.59% 0.89% 0.31% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.66% 1.01% 0.34% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.74% 1.11% 0.39% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.79% 1.19% 0.43% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.85% 1.26% 0.48% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.91% 1.34% 0.52% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.95% 1.43% 0.53% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 1.01% 1.56% 0.55% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.12% 1.72% 0.61% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.2% 1.82% 0.68% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.27% 1.93% 0.74% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.38% 2.13% 0.78% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.51% 2.33% 0.87% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.65% 2.54% 0.97% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.77% 2.78% 1.03% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 1.87% 2.91% 1.11% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 1.94% 2.93% 1.22% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 2.13% 3.3% 1.32% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.33% 3.65% 1.45% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.43% 3.66% 1.65% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.61% 3.94% 1.79% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 2.83% 4.38% 1.9% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 3.03% 4.7% 2.09% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.26% 4.94% 2.33% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 3.52% 5.23% 2.62% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 3.81% 5.66% 2.86% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.12% 6.06% 3.14% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 4.45% 6.33% 3.56% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 4.93% 6.91% 4.06% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 5.59% 7.94% 4.59% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.17% 8.4% 5.26% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 6.85% 8.89% 6.07% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 7.8% 10% 6.97% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 8.64% 10.9% 7.82% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 9.56% 11.8% 8.81% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 10.8% 13% 10.1% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 12.1% 14.3% 11.4% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 13.3% 15.4% 12.7% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 15.2% 16.8% 14.7% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 17% 18.4% 16.6% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 18.2% 20% 17.7% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 20.1% 21.7% 19.7% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 22.5% 23.5% 22.2% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 24.5% 25.3% 24.4% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 26.6% 27% 26.5% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 29.1% 29% 29.1% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 31.4% 31% 31.6% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 33.8% 33% 34% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 36.3% 35% 36.6% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 38.7% 37% 39% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Latvia compared to South Africa

In Latvia, the most common age of death is 86, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 80.2 in Latvia and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Latvia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Latvia South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 267.5 278.6 255.6 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 25.9 24.8 27.2 350 381 318
2 15.5 12.2 19 223.1 248.2 197
3 12.4 14.9 9.76 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 12.5 12.3 12.8 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 11 8 14.2 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 10.1 7.65 12.7 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 12.2 12.9 11.4 43 51.1 34.9
8 13 15.2 10.6 38.7 46 31.3
9 9.9 9.76 10.1 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 10.4 10.4 10.4 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 13.7 15.9 11.3 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 15.8 19.1 12.3 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 14.6 16.1 13.1 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 15.6 16 15 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 23.1 27 19 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 29.7 37 22.1 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 33.5 44 22.7 121.8 145 98.1
18 54.6 82.2 25.8 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 71.3 107.7 33.1 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 63.7 84.7 41.4 181.2 225.1 136
21 61.2 82.5 38.3 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 66.1 97.7 32.7 223.3 281.1 163
23 71.2 105.7 35.4 245.8 309 179.6
24 75.9 108.9 41.6 269.3 336 199.1
25 80.9 115.7 43.9 293.9 364 221.6
26 87.1 130.1 40.6 319 390 246.3
27 93.7 146.1 36.6 345 416 271.9
28 100.1 157.3 37 369 440 296.8
29 108.7 167.7 43.4 392 464 320
30 119.7 180.5 53.2 414 487 342
31 127.3 192.5 57.3 436 510 361
32 144 218 63.9 457 534 380
33 172.2 258.5 78.1 478 558 398
34 177.6 267.2 81.2 500 582 417
35 177.2 266.2 81.3 522 607 436
36 192.6 286.3 90 545 633 456
37 208.1 309 98.8 569 659 477
38 217.2 322 104.2 594 687 499
39 254.7 372 128 620 715 522
40 282.9 413 143.4 646 744 545
41 276.2 408 135.2 674 776 567
42 303 435 161.6 702 811 588
43 340 482 189.5 731 849 607
44 353 514 180.9 762 890 625
45 363 529 190.8 793 934 642
46 396 541 249.2 824 980 658
47 420 589 248.5 855 1,027 674
48 440 637 239.3 888 1,076 692
49 471 652 287.8 922 1,125 712
50 507 690 324 958 1,175 736
51 546 794 298.5 997 1,228 765
52 609 895 321 1,041 1,283 800
53 672 972 373 1,088 1,340 840
54 716 1,030 412 1,139 1,400 885
55 764 1,081 457 1,192 1,462 934
56 808 1,134 491 1,243 1,521 983
57 840 1,196 495 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 888 1,285 509 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 973 1,393 568 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 1,030 1,448 629 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,079 1,511 674 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,155 1,636 708 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,245 1,749 780 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,338 1,861 861 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,418 1,984 913 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,468 2,021 968 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,494 1,977 1,051 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,608 2,162 1,124 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,719 2,312 1,225 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,754 2,231 1,371 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,838 2,317 1,459 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,942 2,476 1,527 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,023 2,538 1,640 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,109 2,541 1,798 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,201 2,559 1,967 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,296 2,625 2,093 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,389 2,649 2,235 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,474 2,600 2,451 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,623 2,659 2,695 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,825 2,845 2,928 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,944 2,772 3,199 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 3,069 2,688 3,499 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,254 2,764 3,776 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,324 2,707 3,937 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,361 2,596 4,089 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,443 2,526 4,286 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,437 2,417 4,356 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 3,322 2,238 4,281 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 3,279 2,067 4,326 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 3,105 1,880 4,155 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,761 1,664 3,700 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,502 1,449 3,395 1,247 811 1,656
93 2,231 1,229 3,071 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,890 1,008 2,622 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,547 806 2,159 901 552 1,223
96 1,238 631 1,739 781 473 1,066
97 951 479 1,339 670 401 918
98 701 352 988 566 336 778
99 498 250.4 701 470 277.7 647
100 196.6 86.6 284.6 354 202.1 494

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 Latvia 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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