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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Malawi			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.1	101.9	102.2	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.2	101	101.3	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.3	100.1	100.4	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.4	99.2	99.5	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.6	98.4	98.6	100	99.9	100
95	97.7	97.5	97.8	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.9	96.6	97	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96	95.8	96.1	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.2	94.9	95.3	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.4	94.1	94.5	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.6	93.2	93.8	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.8	92.4	93	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92.1	91.6	92.2	94	93.7	94.1
87	91.3	90.8	91.5	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.6	90.1	90.8	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.8	89.3	90.1	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	89.1	88.5	89.4	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88.4	87.8	88.8	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.8	87.1	88.2	90	89.4	90.3
81	87.2	86.4	87.6	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.5	85.8	87	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.9	85.1	86.4	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	85.3	84.5	85.9	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.8	83.8	85.3	86.9	86	87.4
76	84.2	83.2	84.8	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.6	82.7	84.3	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	83.1	82.1	83.9	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.6	81.5	83.4	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	82.1	81	83	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.7	80.5	82.5	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81.2	80	82.1	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.8	79.5	81.8	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.3	79	81.4	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.9	78.6	81	81.6	80	82.8
66	79.5	78.1	80.7	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.2	77.7	80.4	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	78.8	77.3	80	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	78.5	76.9	79.8	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.1	76.5	79.5	79.4	77.4	81
61	77.8	76.1	79.2	79	76.9	80.7
60	77.5	75.8	78.9	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	77.2	75.4	78.7	78.3	76	80.1
58	76.9	75.1	78.5	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	76.7	74.8	78.2	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76.4	74.5	78	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	76.1	74.2	77.8	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	75.9	73.9	77.6	76.5	74	78.7
53	75.6	73.6	77.4	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75.4	73.3	77.3	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	75.2	73	77.1	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	75	72.8	76.9	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	74.8	72.5	76.7	75	72.2	77.4
48	74.6	72.3	76.6	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	74.4	72.1	76.5	74.4	71.6	77
46	74.2	71.9	76.3	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	74	71.7	76.2	73.9	71	76.5
44	73.8	71.5	76.1	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	73.7	71.3	75.9	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	73.5	71.1	75.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	73.4	70.9	75.7	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	73.3	70.7	75.6	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	73.1	70.6	75.5	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	73	70.4	75.4	72.2	69.2	75
37	72.9	70.2	75.3	72	68.9	74.8
36	72.7	70.1	75.2	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	72.6	69.9	75.1	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	72.5	69.8	75	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	72.4	69.7	75	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	72.3	69.5	74.9	71	67.9	73.9
31	72.2	69.4	74.8	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	72.1	69.3	74.7	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	72	69.2	74.7	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	71.9	69.1	74.6	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	71.8	68.9	74.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	71.7	68.8	74.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	71.6	68.7	74.4	69.9	66.6	73
24	71.6	68.6	74.3	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	71.5	68.5	74.3	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	71.4	68.4	74.2	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	71.3	68.3	74.2	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	71.2	68.2	74.1	69.3	66	72.6
19	71.2	68.1	74.1	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	71.1	68	74	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	71	68	74	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	71	67.9	73.9	69	65.7	72.3
15	70.9	67.8	73.9	69	65.6	72.3
14	70.9	67.8	73.9	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	70.9	67.8	73.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	70.8	67.7	73.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	70.8	67.7	73.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	70.7	67.6	73.7	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	70.7	67.6	73.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	70.7	67.5	73.6	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	70.6	67.5	73.6	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	70.5	67.4	73.5	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	70.5	67.4	73.5	68.7	65.3	72
4	70.4	67.3	73.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	70.3	67.1	73.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	70.1	67	73.1	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	69.8	66.7	72.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	67.9	64.6	71.1	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 Malawi can expect to live to 72.1 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.2 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.5 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 67.9 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Malawi			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.28%	0.11%	0.45%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.42%	0.17%	0.68%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.63%	0.26%	1%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.91%	0.4%	1.43%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	1.29%	0.58%	2.01%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.8%	0.84%	2.76%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	2.44%	1.19%	3.7%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	3.24%	1.64%	4.85%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	4.23%	2.22%	6.24%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	5.39%	2.93%	7.85%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	6.79%	3.82%	9.75%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	8.39%	4.88%	11.9%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	10.2%	6.14%	14.2%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	12.2%	7.6%	16.8%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	14.5%	9.26%	19.6%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	16.9%	11.1%	22.5%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	19.5%	13.2%	25.6%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	22.1%	15.4%	28.7%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	24.9%	17.8%	31.9%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	27.7%	20.2%	35%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	30.6%	22.8%	38.2%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	33.5%	25.5%	41.3%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	36.4%	28.2%	44.4%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	39.3%	31%	47.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	42.1%	33.7%	50.3%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	44.9%	36.5%	53.1%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	47.7%	39.2%	55.8%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	50.3%	41.9%	58.4%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	52.9%	44.6%	60.9%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	55.3%	47.1%	63.2%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	57.7%	49.6%	65.4%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	59.9%	52%	67.4%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	62.1%	54.3%	69.4%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	64.1%	56.5%	71.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	66%	58.7%	72.9%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	67.8%	60.7%	74.5%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	69.5%	62.7%	76%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	71.1%	64.6%	77.4%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	72.7%	66.4%	78.7%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	74.1%	68.1%	79.9%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	75.4%	69.7%	81%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	76.6%	71.2%	82%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	77.8%	72.6%	83%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	78.9%	74%	83.8%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	80%	75.2%	84.7%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	81%	76.5%	85.5%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	81.9%	77.6%	86.2%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	82.8%	78.7%	86.9%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	83.7%	79.8%	87.5%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	84.5%	80.7%	88.1%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	85.2%	81.7%	88.7%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	85.9%	82.5%	89.2%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	86.6%	83.3%	89.7%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	87.2%	84.1%	90.1%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	87.7%	84.8%	90.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	88.3%	85.5%	90.9%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	88.8%	86.1%	91.3%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	89.2%	86.7%	91.6%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	89.7%	87.3%	92%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	90.1%	87.8%	92.3%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	90.5%	88.3%	92.5%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	90.8%	88.8%	92.8%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	91.2%	89.3%	93.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	91.5%	89.7%	93.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	91.8%	90.1%	93.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	92.1%	90.5%	93.7%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	92.4%	90.8%	93.9%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	92.6%	91.1%	94.1%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	92.9%	91.5%	94.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	93.1%	91.8%	94.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	93.3%	92.1%	94.6%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	93.5%	92.3%	94.7%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	93.7%	92.6%	94.9%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	93.9%	92.9%	95%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	94.1%	93.1%	95.1%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	94.3%	93.3%	95.2%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	94.6%	93.8%	95.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	94.8%	94%	95.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	94.9%	94.2%	95.7%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	95.1%	94.4%	95.8%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	95.2%	94.6%	95.9%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.3%	94.7%	96%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.4%	94.9%	96%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	95.5%	95%	96.1%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	95.6%	95.1%	96.2%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	95.7%	95.2%	96.2%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	95.8%	95.2%	96.3%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	95.8%	95.3%	96.3%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	96%	95.5%	96.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	96.1%	95.6%	96.5%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.2%	95.8%	96.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.5%	96%	96.9%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.6%	96.2%	97%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 75.4% of newborns in Malawi and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 57.7% and 51.6% past 70, 30.6% and 30.2% past 80, and only 6.79% 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

Malawi

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Malawi			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	35.9%	38.2%	35.3%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	34.4%	36.8%	33.8%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	32.6%	35.1%	31.9%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	31.2%	33.7%	30.4%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	29.7%	32.3%	28.8%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	28.1%	30.8%	27.2%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	26.3%	29.1%	25.4%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	24.7%	27.5%	23.7%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	23.3%	26%	22.2%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	21.6%	24.4%	20.5%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	20.6%	23.3%	19.5%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	19%	21.7%	17.8%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	17.8%	20.5%	16.6%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	16.6%	19.2%	15.3%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	15.4%	18%	14.2%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	14.3%	16.7%	13.1%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	13.3%	15.6%	12%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	12.1%	14.4%	10.9%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	11.1%	13.3%	9.93%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	10.1%	12.1%	8.87%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.44%	11.4%	8.27%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	8.65%	10.4%	7.55%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.01%	9.69%	6.95%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.31%	8.88%	6.31%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.76%	8.21%	5.8%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.27%	7.59%	5.34%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.75%	6.98%	4.86%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	5.28%	6.42%	4.43%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.86%	5.92%	4.05%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.4%	5.38%	3.63%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.11%	5.03%	3.39%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.72%	4.59%	3.03%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.43%	4.25%	2.78%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.15%	3.93%	2.54%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.9%	3.64%	2.33%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.7%	3.4%	2.17%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.47%	3.15%	1.97%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.27%	2.92%	1.8%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.09%	2.7%	1.65%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.9%	2.48%	1.49%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.77%	2.32%	1.39%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.62%	2.12%	1.25%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.5%	1.97%	1.15%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.4%	1.83%	1.06%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.31%	1.7%	0.98%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.23%	1.59%	0.91%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.16%	1.49%	0.85%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.09%	1.39%	0.79%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.02%	1.3%	0.74%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.94%	1.21%	0.67%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.89%	1.14%	0.63%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.82%	1.05%	0.58%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.76%	0.98%	0.54%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.7%	0.91%	0.5%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.65%	0.84%	0.46%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.6%	0.79%	0.43%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.56%	0.74%	0.4%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.52%	0.69%	0.37%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.49%	0.65%	0.35%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.45%	0.6%	0.33%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.43%	0.57%	0.31%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.4%	0.53%	0.29%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.38%	0.5%	0.27%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.35%	0.47%	0.25%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.33%	0.44%	0.23%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.31%	0.42%	0.22%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.29%	0.39%	0.21%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.28%	0.37%	0.19%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.26%	0.35%	0.18%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.25%	0.33%	0.17%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.24%	0.32%	0.16%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.23%	0.3%	0.15%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.22%	0.29%	0.15%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.21%	0.27%	0.14%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.2%	0.26%	0.13%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.19%	0.25%	0.13%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.17%	0.23%	0.11%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.11%	0.15%	0.08%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.13%	0.14%	0.12%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.17%	0.19%	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.25%	0.27%	0.22%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.39%	0.42%	0.36%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.76%	3.13%	2.38%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.76% in the birth year in Malawi and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.24% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.77% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.44% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Malawi vs South Africa

Chart Table

Malawi

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Malawi			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	34.7	0.008	71	359	204.6	501
99	145.2	62.6	229.1	475	280.8	655
98	204.3	91.9	318	572	340	787
97	283.6	133.3	435	677	406	928
96	384	188.4	580	789	478	1,077
95	505	259.5	751	909	558	1,236
94	643	345	939	1,031	642	1,393
93	802	451	1,153	1,148	729	1,540
92	983	576	1,387	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,166	714	1,612	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,399	890	1,900	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,594	1,061	2,117	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,819	1,259	2,365	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,026	1,457	2,578	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,231	1,664	2,778	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,412	1,861	2,944	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,577	2,061	3,073	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,684	2,217	3,131	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,777	2,368	3,168	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,788	2,455	3,104	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,887	2,601	3,158	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,894	2,661	3,115	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,915	2,734	3,085	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,869	2,749	2,989	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,847	2,770	2,916	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,815	2,769	2,834	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,739	2,737	2,711	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,655	2,691	2,586	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,572	2,639	2,467	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,433	2,537	2,293	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,371	2,494	2,214	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,226	2,386	2,040	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,127	2,309	1,930	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	2,016	2,222	1,808	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,912	2,137	1,699	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,828	2,067	1,615	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,716	1,973	1,499	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,612	1,883	1,395	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,516	1,794	1,300	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,405	1,687	1,188	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,338	1,616	1,125	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,239	1,510	1,025	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,171	1,430	958	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,102	1,350	887	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,048	1,282	833	1,242	1,519	978
55	996	1,219	778	1,190	1,459	929
54	949	1,157	731	1,137	1,397	881
53	900	1,096	684	1,085	1,337	835
52	855	1,040	645	1,037	1,279	795
51	798	975	592	994	1,223	760
50	759	929	563	954	1,171	731
49	702	865	517	918	1,120	707
48	655	813	482	883	1,071	686
47	609	762	446	850	1,022	668
46	568	716	416	818	974	652
45	533	677	392	786	928	635
44	496	634	365	755	884	619
43	465	598	343	724	842	601
42	438	566	324	695	804	581
41	408	530	299.9	667	770	560
40	388	506	285.2	639	738	538
39	363	474	265.1	613	708	515
38	343	449	249.3	587	680	492
37	322	423	232	562	653	470
36	304	399	218.8	538	626	449
35	288.1	378	205.9	515	600	429
34	271.5	356	192.6	493	575	410
33	257	337	181.7	471	551	392
32	244.2	320	171.7	450	527	374
31	230.4	302	160.6	429	504	355
30	222	290.7	154.7	408	481	335
29	210.9	276.4	146.2	386	458	314
28	201.9	265	139.1	363	434	291.3
27	193.4	254.5	132.5	339	410	266.7
26	185.6	245.1	126.3	314	384	241.5
25	178.7	237.2	120.4	289.1	358	217.1
24	172.2	229	115.6	264.7	331	195.1
23	165.6	221	110.5	241.4	304	176
22	158.7	211.8	105.8	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	151	201	101.2	198.1	249	145.6
20	143.1	189.1	97.4	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	133.8	175.4	92.3	158	194.2	121.2
18	123.3	160.2	86.6	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	108.6	137.6	79.6	119.5	142.6	96
16	94.9	117	72.7	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	82	98.8	65.2	85	99.4	70.2
14	71.7	85	58.4	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	64.5	75.3	53.7	58.9	68.7	49
12	60.4	70.1	50.6	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	59	68.1	49.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	59.7	68.2	51.1	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	62.8	71.3	54.1	37	43.9	30
8	68.3	77.3	59.2	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	76.3	85.7	66.7	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	85.9	95.4	76.4	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	100.2	110	90.4	67.2	79	55.4
4	126.8	139.2	114.2	95.3	110.3	80
3	168.3	184.6	151.7	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	237.5	258.9	215.8	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	379	404	353	343	375	310
0	2,759	3,129	2,385	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 Malawi, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 73.1 in Malawi 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 Malawi and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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