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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64 years in Madagascar vs 66.5 in South Africa. Madagascar is ranked 176/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Madagascar, the life expectancy is 62.3 years for males and 65.8 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Madagascar vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Madagascar
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.7 38.6 40.7 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 39.9 39.1 40.8 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 40.3 39.4 41.3 45 44 46.2
1953 40.7 39.7 41.6 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 40.9 39.9 42.1 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 41.3 40.2 42.4 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 41.7 40.6 42.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 42.1 40.9 43.4 50.2 48.6 52
1958 42.5 41.3 43.8 51.1 49.5 53
1959 43 41.7 44.3 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 43.3 42.1 44.7 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 43.8 42.6 45.1 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 44.2 43 45.5 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 44.6 43.4 45.9 53.9 52 56
1964 45 43.9 46.3 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 45.4 44.3 46.7 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 46 44.7 47.4 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 46.5 45.2 47.8 55 52.9 57.2
1968 46.9 45.6 48.4 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 47.3 46.1 48.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 47.9 46.7 49.3 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 48.2 47 49.6 56 53.8 58.4
1972 48.5 47.4 49.7 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 48.9 47.8 50.1 56.7 54.6 59
1974 49.3 48.1 50.6 57.1 55 59.4
1975 49.6 48.4 50.9 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 49.8 48.6 51.1 58 55.8 60.4
1977 49.9 48.7 51.3 58.5 56.2 61
1978 50 48.8 51.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 50.1 48.8 51.5 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 50 48.7 51.4 60 57.5 62.7
1981 49.8 48.4 51.3 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 50 48.6 51.6 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 50.1 48.8 51.6 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 50.2 48.9 51.6 61.8 59 64.9
1985 50.4 49.1 51.9 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 50.7 49.2 52.2 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 51.1 49.5 52.8 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 51.4 49.7 53.3 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 51.8 50.2 53.6 63 59.6 66.8
1990 52.1 50.5 53.9 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 52.6 51 54.2 63 59.5 67
1992 52.9 51.4 54.6 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 53.7 52.2 55.4 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 54.2 52.7 55.9 62.1 58.8 66
1995 54.8 53.3 56.5 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 55.5 54 57.1 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 56.1 54.7 57.6 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 56.8 55.4 58.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 57.4 56.1 58.8 59.2 56.1 62
2000 58 56.8 59.2 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 58.7 57.5 59.9 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 59.2 58 60.3 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 59.7 58.5 60.9 54.2 52 56.3
2004 60.2 58.9 61.5 54 51.9 55.8
2005 60.7 59.4 62 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 61.1 59.8 62.5 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 61.5 60.2 62.9 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 62 60.5 63.5 56 53.5 58.1
2009 62.3 60.8 63.8 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 62.6 61.1 64.1 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 62.9 61.3 64.4 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 63 61.4 64.6 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 63.2 61.6 64.8 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 63.3 61.7 64.9 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 63.4 61.8 65 64.1 60.8 67
2016 63.4 61.9 65 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 63.4 61.9 65 65.4 62 68.6
2018 63.5 61.9 65.1 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 63.5 61.9 65.1 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 62.7 60.9 64.6 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 62.5 60.8 64.3 62 59.2 64.8
2022 63.1 61.4 64.8 65.5 61.8 69
2023 63.6 61.9 65.4 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 63.8 62.1 65.6 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 64 62.3 65.8 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 55.1 years in Madagascar and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12 healthy years in Madagascar and 11.3 in South Africa.

Madagascar 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 Madagascar 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:
41.8 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.8 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
74.6 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Madagascar South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 95.5% 96.4% 93.5% 95.4%
50 89.2% 91.3% 83.5% 88.8%
60 78.6% 82.8% 67.9% 79.0%
65 70.4% 75.9% 57.9% 72.2%
70 59.3% 65.9% 46.5% 63.4%
75 45.3% 52.2% 34.9% 52.7%
80 29.4% 35.6% 23.8% 40.2%
85 14.7% 19.0% 14.8% 27.7%
90 4.8% 7.1% 7.7% 16.0%
95 0.8% 1.6% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 Madagascar vs South Africa: 71.8 years vs 70.5 at 30, 78.9 vs 80.7 at 65, 86 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64 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 Madagascar and South Africa.

Madagascar
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Madagascar South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64 62.3 65.8 66.5 63 70
1 66.9 65.4 68.5 68 64.6 71.4
2 67.3 65.9 68.9 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 67.7 66.2 69.2 68.4 65 71.8
4 68 66.6 69.5 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 68.3 66.8 69.8 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 68.5 67.1 70 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 68.7 67.3 70.2 68.6 65.2 72
8 68.9 67.4 70.3 68.7 65.3 72
9 69 67.6 70.5 68.7 65.3 72
10 69.1 67.7 70.6 68.7 65.3 72
11 69.2 67.8 70.7 68.7 65.3 72
12 69.3 67.9 70.8 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 69.4 68 70.9 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 69.5 68.1 70.9 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 69.6 68.2 71 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 69.7 68.3 71.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 69.8 68.4 71.2 69 65.6 72.3
18 69.9 68.6 71.3 69 65.7 72.3
19 70.1 68.7 71.5 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 70.2 68.9 71.6 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 70.4 69.1 71.7 69.3 66 72.5
22 70.5 69.2 71.8 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 70.7 69.4 72 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 70.8 69.6 72.1 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 71 69.8 72.2 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 71.2 70 72.3 69.9 66.7 73
27 71.3 70.1 72.5 70 66.8 73.1
28 71.5 70.3 72.6 70.2 67 73.2
29 71.6 70.5 72.7 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 71.8 70.6 72.9 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 71.9 70.8 73 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 72.1 71 73.2 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 72.2 71.2 73.3 71.1 68 74
34 72.4 71.3 73.4 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 72.5 71.5 73.6 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 72.7 71.7 73.7 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 72.8 71.8 73.9 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 73 72 74 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 73.2 72.2 74.1 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 73.3 72.3 74.3 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 73.5 72.5 74.4 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 73.7 72.7 74.6 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 73.8 72.9 74.8 73.3 70.4 76
44 74 73.1 74.9 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 74.2 73.2 75.1 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 74.4 73.4 75.3 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 74.5 73.6 75.4 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 74.7 73.8 75.6 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 74.9 74 75.8 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 75.1 74.2 75.9 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 75.3 74.4 76.1 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 75.5 74.7 76.3 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 75.7 74.9 76.5 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 76 75.2 76.7 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 76.2 75.4 76.9 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 76.4 75.7 77.1 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 76.7 75.9 77.3 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 76.9 76.2 77.6 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 77.2 76.5 77.8 78.2 76 80
60 77.4 76.8 78 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 77.7 77.1 78.3 79 76.9 80.7
62 78 77.4 78.5 79.4 77.4 81
63 78.3 77.7 78.8 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 78.6 78.1 79.1 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 78.9 78.4 79.4 80.7 78.9 82
66 79.3 78.8 79.8 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 79.7 79.2 80.1 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 80 79.6 80.4 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 80.4 80 80.8 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 80.8 80.4 81.2 83.1 81.6 84
71 81.3 80.9 81.6 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 81.7 81.3 82.1 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 82.2 81.8 82.5 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 82.7 82.3 83 85.2 84 85.8
75 83.2 82.9 83.5 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 83.7 83.4 84 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 84.3 84 84.5 86.9 86 87.4
78 84.8 84.5 85.1 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 85.4 85.1 85.6 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 86 85.7 86.2 88.7 88 89.1
81 86.6 86.4 86.8 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 87.3 87 87.5 90 89.4 90.2
83 88 87.7 88.1 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 88.6 88.4 88.8 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 89.3 89.1 89.5 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.1 89.8 90.3 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.8 90.5 91 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 91.6 91.3 91.8 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 92.3 92.1 92.5 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 93.1 92.8 93.3 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.9 93.7 94.1 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.7 94.5 94.9 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.6 95.3 95.7 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 96.4 96.2 96.5 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.3 97.1 97.4 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.1 98 98.2 100 99.9 100
97 99 98.9 99.1 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 99.9 99.8 100 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 100.8 100.7 100.9 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.8 101.7 101.8 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Madagascar vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 70.7% in Madagascar and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.8% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 28.5% and 30% to 80+ years, and 5.25% 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.

Madagascar
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Madagascar South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.7% 95.2% 96.1% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 95.1% 94.6% 95.5% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 94.5% 94% 95.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 94.1% 93.5% 94.6% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 93.7% 93.1% 94.3% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 93% 92.4% 93.7% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 92.8% 92.2% 93.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 92.6% 92% 93.2% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 92.4% 91.8% 93.1% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 92.2% 91.6% 92.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 92.1% 91.4% 92.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 91.9% 91.3% 92.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 91.8% 91.1% 92.5% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 91.6% 91% 92.3% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 91.3% 90.6% 92% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 91.1% 90.3% 91.8% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 90.8% 90.1% 91.6% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 90.6% 89.8% 91.4% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 90.3% 89.4% 91.2% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 90% 89.1% 91% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 89.7% 88.7% 90.7% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 89.4% 88.4% 90.5% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 89.1% 88% 90.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 88.8% 87.7% 90% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 88.5% 87.3% 89.7% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 88.2% 87% 89.5% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 87.9% 86.6% 89.2% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 87.6% 86.3% 88.9% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 87.2% 85.9% 88.6% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 86.9% 85.5% 88.3% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 86.6% 85.2% 88% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 86.2% 84.8% 87.7% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 85.9% 84.4% 87.4% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 85.5% 84% 87.1% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 85.2% 83.6% 86.8% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 84.8% 83.2% 86.4% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 84.4% 82.8% 86.1% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 84% 82.4% 85.7% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 83.6% 81.9% 85.3% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 83.1% 81.5% 84.9% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 82.7% 81% 84.5% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 82.2% 80.5% 84% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 81.7% 79.9% 83.6% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 81.2% 79.4% 83.1% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 80.7% 78.8% 82.7% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 80.2% 78.3% 82.2% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 79.6% 77.6% 81.7% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 79% 77% 81.1% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 78.4% 76.3% 80.6% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 77.7% 75.5% 79.9% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 76.9% 74.7% 79.3% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 76.1% 73.8% 78.6% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 75.3% 72.9% 77.8% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 74.5% 72% 77.1% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 73.6% 71% 76.3% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 72.7% 70% 75.4% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 71.7% 68.9% 74.6% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 70.7% 67.8% 73.6% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 69.5% 66.6% 72.6% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 68.3% 65.3% 71.4% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 67% 63.8% 70.2% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 65.5% 62.3% 68.9% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 64% 60.7% 67.4% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 62.4% 59% 65.9% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 60.7% 57.2% 64.2% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 58.8% 55.3% 62.5% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 56.9% 53.3% 60.6% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 54.8% 51.2% 58.6% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 52.6% 49% 56.4% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 50.3% 46.7% 54.1% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 47.9% 44.2% 51.6% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 45.3% 41.7% 49.1% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 42.7% 39.1% 46.4% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 40% 36.4% 43.6% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 37.2% 33.7% 40.7% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 34.3% 30.9% 37.8% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 31.4% 28.2% 34.7% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 28.5% 25.4% 31.7% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 25.6% 22.6% 28.6% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 22.7% 20% 25.5% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 19.9% 17.4% 22.5% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 17.3% 15% 19.6% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 14.8% 12.7% 16.9% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 12.4% 10.6% 14.3% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 10.3% 8.66% 12% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 8.39% 6.95% 9.85% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 6.71% 5.45% 7.98% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 5.25% 4.16% 6.35% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 4.02% 3.09% 4.96% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 3% 2.23% 3.79% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 2.19% 1.56% 2.83% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 1.55% 1.06% 2.05% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 1.07% 0.7% 1.45% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 0.71% 0.45% 0.99% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 0.46% 0.28% 0.65% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 0.29% 0.17% 0.42% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 0.18% 0.1% 0.26% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.1% 0.05% 0.16% 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 4.34% in the birth year in Madagascar and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.37% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.6% vs 2.1% at 60, and 10.2% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Madagascar
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Madagascar South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.34% 4.76% 3.9% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.63% 0.68% 0.58% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.55% 0.59% 0.51% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.48% 0.52% 0.45% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.42% 0.45% 0.39% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.36% 0.39% 0.34% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.31% 0.33% 0.29% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.16% 0.17% 0.16% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.23% 0.27% 0.2% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.28% 0.33% 0.23% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.31% 0.38% 0.25% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.32% 0.39% 0.26% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.33% 0.4% 0.26% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.34% 0.4% 0.27% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.35% 0.4% 0.3% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.37% 0.41% 0.32% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.37% 0.42% 0.33% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.4% 0.45% 0.35% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.41% 0.46% 0.36% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.44% 0.48% 0.39% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.46% 0.5% 0.41% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.48% 0.52% 0.43% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.5% 0.55% 0.46% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.55% 0.6% 0.5% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.57% 0.62% 0.52% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.59% 0.65% 0.53% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.61% 0.67% 0.54% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.63% 0.7% 0.56% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.66% 0.74% 0.58% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.7% 0.79% 0.62% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.76% 0.86% 0.66% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.82% 0.93% 0.71% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.89% 1.01% 0.77% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.95% 1.09% 0.83% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 1.02% 1.15% 0.88% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 1.07% 1.22% 0.93% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 1.13% 1.28% 0.98% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 1.18% 1.34% 1.03% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 1.26% 1.42% 1.1% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 1.35% 1.52% 1.18% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.46% 1.65% 1.28% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.6% 1.8% 1.41% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.76% 1.98% 1.55% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.94% 2.18% 1.72% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 2.13% 2.38% 1.89% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 2.33% 2.59% 2.08% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 2.54% 2.82% 2.29% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 2.77% 3.05% 2.51% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 3.02% 3.32% 2.76% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 3.31% 3.61% 3.04% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 3.63% 3.94% 3.35% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 4% 4.32% 3.71% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 4.4% 4.74% 4.1% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 4.84% 5.2% 4.52% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 5.32% 5.7% 4.98% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 5.83% 6.25% 5.47% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 6.4% 6.84% 6.01% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 7.01% 7.49% 6.6% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 7.69% 8.21% 7.26% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 8.44% 9% 7.99% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 9.27% 9.86% 8.81% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 10.2% 10.8% 9.71% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 11.2% 11.8% 10.7% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 12.2% 12.9% 11.7% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 13.4% 14% 12.9% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 14.5% 15.3% 14% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 15.8% 16.6% 15.2% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 17.1% 18.1% 16.4% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 18.6% 19.8% 17.7% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 20.1% 21.6% 19% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 21.7% 23.6% 20.4% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 23.5% 25.7% 21.9% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 25.3% 27.9% 23.6% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 27.2% 30% 25.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 29.1% 32% 27.4% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 31.1% 34% 29.5% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 33.2% 35.9% 31.7% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 35.2% 37.9% 33.9% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 37.2% 39.8% 36% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 39.2% 41.8% 37.9% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 41% 43.8% 39.8% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 43.1% 45.8% 41.9% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Madagascar compared to South Africa

In Madagascar, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 72.1 in Madagascar and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Madagascar
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Madagascar South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,339 4,763 3,901 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 602 648 554 350 381 318
2 524 562 485 223.1 248.2 197
3 456 487 424 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 396 421 370 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 342 361 321 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 292.6 308 276.4 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 249.3 261.4 236.7 43 51.1 34.9
8 212.9 222.4 203.1 38.7 46 31.3
9 184 191.6 176.1 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 163.2 169.8 156.4 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 150.6 156.9 144.1 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 145.6 152.3 138.6 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 148 156 139.6 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 157.1 167.6 146.2 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 172.3 186.7 157.4 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 192.1 212 171.5 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 214.1 241 186.2 121.8 145 98.1
18 236.2 271.3 200 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 256 299.5 211.1 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 272.1 323 219.6 181.2 225.1 136
21 284.1 340 226.3 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 292.1 350 232.2 223.3 281.1 163
23 297.3 354 238.5 245.8 309 179.6
24 301 355 245.5 269.3 336 199.1
25 304 353 253.4 293.9 364 221.6
26 307 351 261.8 319 390 246.3
27 311 351 270.1 345 416 271.9
28 316 353 277.9 369 440 296.8
29 321 356 284.6 392 464 320
30 327 362 290.3 414 487 342
31 332 367 295.1 436 510 361
32 337 373 299.3 457 534 380
33 341 377 303 478 558 398
34 346 382 308 500 582 417
35 352 387 315 522 607 436
36 360 394 325 545 633 456
37 371 404 338 569 659 477
38 386 417 354 594 687 499
39 404 434 373 620 715 522
40 423 453 393 646 744 545
41 442 472 411 674 776 567
42 459 489 426 702 811 588
43 472 505 438 731 849 607
44 484 520 446 762 890 625
45 496 536 454 793 934 642
46 511 557 464 824 980 658
47 534 585 481 855 1,027 674
48 564 621 506 888 1,076 692
49 603 666 538 922 1,125 712
50 649 718 577 958 1,175 736
51 696 770 619 997 1,228 765
52 741 819 661 1,041 1,283 800
53 781 862 698 1,088 1,340 840
54 816 897 732 1,139 1,400 885
55 848 930 764 1,192 1,462 934
56 882 964 798 1,243 1,521 983
57 925 1,007 839 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 979 1,064 892 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 1,049 1,136 958 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 1,132 1,223 1,038 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,225 1,319 1,128 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,324 1,420 1,226 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,426 1,520 1,329 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,526 1,617 1,434 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,627 1,710 1,541 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,728 1,802 1,652 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,834 1,896 1,770 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,947 1,996 1,896 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 2,066 2,102 2,030 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 2,190 2,212 2,170 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 2,315 2,321 2,310 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,435 2,427 2,445 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,546 2,523 2,571 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,645 2,607 2,686 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,731 2,676 2,787 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,801 2,730 2,877 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,856 2,767 2,954 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,895 2,784 3,017 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,913 2,777 3,060 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,903 2,742 3,077 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,861 2,674 3,059 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,781 2,572 3,000 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,664 2,440 2,897 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 2,513 2,281 2,751 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 2,332 2,103 2,567 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 2,130 1,911 2,352 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 1,913 1,710 2,117 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 1,687 1,501 1,873 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 1,458 1,286 1,629 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 1,232 1,070 1,393 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 1,016 861 1,170 1,353 904 1,779
92 816 668 963 1,247 811 1,656
93 637 500 775 1,138 722 1,526
94 483 360 606 1,022 636 1,380
95 354 251.2 459 901 552 1,223
96 251.2 169.6 335 781 473 1,066
97 172 110.8 234.8 670 401 918
98 113.6 70.1 158.6 566 336 778
99 72.4 42.7 103.2 470 277.7 647
100 0 0 0 354 202.1 494

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 Madagascar 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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