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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 77.2 years in Malaysia vs 66.7 in South Africa. Malaysia is ranked 73/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Malaysia, the life expectancy is 74.8 years for males and 79.8 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Malaysia vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Malaysia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Malaysia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 48.5 47.9 49.2 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 49.2 48.5 50.1 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 50.1 49.4 51 45 44 46.2
1953 51.1 50.5 51.9 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 52 51.4 52.7 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 52.8 52.3 53.5 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 53.7 53.1 54.4 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 54.5 53.9 55.3 50.2 48.6 52
1958 55.4 54.7 56.3 51.1 49.5 53
1959 56.3 55.5 57.2 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 57.2 56.3 58.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 58 57.1 59.1 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 58.9 57.9 59.9 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 59.7 58.7 60.8 53.9 52 56
1964 60.4 59.4 61.6 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 61.1 60 62.4 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 61.7 60.5 63 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 62 60.9 63.4 55 52.9 57.2
1968 62.4 61.2 63.8 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 62.9 61.6 64.3 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 63.3 62 64.8 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 63.8 62.4 65.3 56 53.8 58.4
1972 64.2 62.8 65.8 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 64.7 63.3 66.3 56.7 54.6 59
1974 65.2 63.7 66.8 57.1 55 59.4
1975 65.7 64.2 67.3 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 66.2 64.5 68.1 58 55.8 60.4
1977 66.7 64.8 68.8 58.5 56.2 61
1978 67.2 65.1 69.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 67.6 65.5 69.9 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 68.1 65.9 70.4 60 57.5 62.7
1981 68.5 66.3 70.8 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 68.9 66.7 71.2 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 69.2 67 71.5 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 69.6 67.4 71.9 61.8 59 64.9
1985 69.9 67.6 72.3 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 70.1 67.9 72.6 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 70.4 68 72.9 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 70.6 68.3 73 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 70.8 68.5 73.2 63 59.6 66.8
1990 71 68.7 73.4 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 71.2 69 73.7 63 59.5 67
1992 71.5 69.2 74 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 71.7 69.4 74.3 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 71.9 69.5 74.5 62.1 58.8 66
1995 72 69.5 74.7 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 72.1 69.6 74.9 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 72.3 69.7 75.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 72.4 69.8 75.3 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 72.4 69.8 75.3 59.2 56.1 62
2000 72.7 70.2 75.6 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 73.1 70.6 75.9 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 73.5 71 76.2 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 73.7 71.3 76.5 54.2 52 56.3
2004 74 71.6 76.8 54 51.9 55.8
2005 74.4 71.9 77.1 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 74.7 72.3 77.4 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 75 72.6 77.7 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 75.2 72.8 77.8 56 53.5 58.1
2009 75.3 72.9 78 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 75.4 73 78.1 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 75.5 73.1 78.2 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 75.6 73.2 78.2 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 75.5 73.1 78.1 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 75.3 73 78.1 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 75.3 72.9 78 64.1 60.8 67
2016 75.4 73 78.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 75.5 73.2 78.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 75.7 73.4 78.4 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 75.9 73.5 78.6 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 76.1 73.7 78.8 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 73.9 71.5 76.7 62 59.2 64.8
2022 75.4 73.1 78.2 65.5 61.8 69
2023 76.7 74.3 79.4 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 76.8 74.4 79.5 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 77 74.6 79.7 66.5 63 70
2026 77.2 74.8 79.8 66.7 63.1 70.2

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 63.9 years in Malaysia and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.8 healthy years in Malaysia and 11.3 in South Africa.

Malaysia 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 Malaysia and South Africa, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
48.3 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
78.3 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
80.1 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Malaysia South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 98.4% 99.2% 93.6% 95.5%
50 94.8% 97.4% 83.6% 88.9%
60 86.8% 92.7% 68.1% 79.2%
65 80.4% 88.5% 58.1% 72.5%
70 71.4% 82.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 59.9% 72.9% 35.1% 53.0%
80 44.1% 57.3% 24.0% 40.5%
85 28.7% 40.8% 14.9% 27.9%
90 14.7% 23.9% 7.8% 16.1%
95 5.3% 10.5% 3.3% 7.3%
100 1.2% 3.0% 1.1% 2.4%

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 Malaysia vs South Africa: 78.3 years vs 70.6 at 30, 82.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.7 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 77.2 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Malaysia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Malaysia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 77.2 74.8 79.8 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 77.5 75.2 80.2 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 77.6 75.2 80.2 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 77.6 75.3 80.2 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 77.6 75.3 80.2 68.6 65.2 72
5 77.6 75.3 80.2 68.7 65.3 72
6 77.6 75.3 80.2 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 77.6 75.3 80.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 77.6 75.3 80.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 77.7 75.3 80.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 77.7 75.4 80.3 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 77.7 75.4 80.3 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 77.7 75.4 80.3 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 77.7 75.4 80.3 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 77.7 75.4 80.3 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 77.7 75.4 80.3 69 65.6 72.3
16 77.8 75.5 80.4 69 65.7 72.3
17 77.8 75.5 80.4 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 77.8 75.6 80.4 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 77.9 75.6 80.4 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 77.9 75.7 80.4 69.3 66 72.6
21 78 75.8 80.4 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 78 75.8 80.5 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 78 75.9 80.5 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 78.1 75.9 80.5 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 78.1 76 80.5 69.9 66.6 73
26 78.1 76 80.5 70 66.8 73.1
27 78.2 76 80.6 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 78.2 76.1 80.6 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 78.2 76.1 80.6 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 78.3 76.2 80.6 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 78.3 76.2 80.7 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 78.4 76.3 80.7 71 67.9 73.9
33 78.4 76.3 80.7 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 78.5 76.4 80.8 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 78.5 76.5 80.8 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 78.6 76.5 80.8 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 78.6 76.6 80.9 72 68.9 74.8
38 78.7 76.7 80.9 72.2 69.2 75
39 78.7 76.8 80.9 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 78.8 76.9 81 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 78.9 77 81 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 79 77 81.1 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 79.1 77.2 81.2 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 79.1 77.3 81.2 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 79.2 77.4 81.3 73.9 71 76.5
46 79.3 77.5 81.3 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 79.4 77.6 81.4 74.4 71.6 77
48 79.5 77.8 81.5 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 79.7 77.9 81.6 75 72.2 77.4
50 79.8 78 81.7 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 79.9 78.2 81.8 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 80.1 78.4 81.9 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 80.2 78.5 82 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 80.4 78.7 82.1 76.5 74 78.7
55 80.5 78.9 82.2 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 80.7 79.2 82.4 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 80.9 79.4 82.5 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 81.1 79.6 82.7 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 81.3 79.8 82.8 78.3 76 80.1
60 81.5 80.1 83 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 81.7 80.3 83.1 79 76.9 80.7
62 81.9 80.6 83.3 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.2 80.9 83.5 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 82.4 81.2 83.7 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 82.7 81.5 83.9 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 83 81.8 84.2 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 83.3 82.1 84.4 81.6 80 82.8
68 83.6 82.5 84.6 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 83.9 82.9 84.9 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.2 83.2 85.2 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 84.5 83.6 85.5 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 84.9 84 85.7 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.2 84.4 86 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.6 84.8 86.4 85.2 84 85.9
75 86 85.3 86.8 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 86.5 85.8 87.2 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87 86.3 87.7 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.5 86.9 88.2 87.5 86.7 88
79 88.1 87.4 88.7 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 88.7 88 89.2 88.8 88 89.1
81 89.2 88.6 89.8 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89.8 89.2 90.3 90 89.4 90.3
83 90.4 89.8 90.9 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 91 90.4 91.4 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 91.5 91 92 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 92.2 91.6 92.6 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.8 92.3 93.2 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 93.5 93 93.8 94 93.7 94.1
89 94.2 93.7 94.5 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 94.9 94.4 95.2 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.6 95.2 95.9 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.3 95.9 96.6 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 97.1 96.7 97.3 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 97.9 97.5 98.1 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.6 98.3 98.8 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99.4 99.1 99.6 100 99.9 100
97 100.2 99.9 100.4 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 101.1 100.8 101.2 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101.9 101.6 102 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.8 102.5 102.9 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Malaysia vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 88% in Malaysia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 75.2% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 49.5% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 18.7% and 11.3% 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.

Malaysia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Malaysia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 99.1% 99% 99.3% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 99.1% 98.9% 99.3% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 99% 98.8% 99.2% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 98.7% 98.3% 99.1% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 98.6% 98.2% 99% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 98.5% 98.1% 99% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 98.5% 98% 99% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 98.4% 98% 98.9% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 98.3% 97.9% 98.9% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 98.3% 97.8% 98.8% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 98.2% 97.6% 98.8% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 98.1% 97.5% 98.7% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 98% 97.4% 98.7% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 97.9% 97.3% 98.6% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 97.8% 97.1% 98.5% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 97.6% 96.9% 98.4% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 97.5% 96.8% 98.3% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 97.4% 96.6% 98.3% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 97.2% 96.4% 98.2% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 97% 96.1% 98% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 96.8% 95.9% 97.9% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 96.6% 95.6% 97.8% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 96.4% 95.4% 97.6% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 96.2% 95% 97.5% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 95.9% 94.7% 97.3% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 95.6% 94.4% 97.1% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 95.3% 94% 96.9% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 95% 93.6% 96.7% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 94.7% 93.1% 96.5% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 94.3% 92.6% 96.2% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 93.9% 92.1% 95.9% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 93.4% 91.5% 95.6% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 92.9% 90.9% 95.2% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 92.3% 90.2% 94.8% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 91.7% 89.5% 94.4% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 91.1% 88.7% 93.9% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 90.4% 87.8% 93.4% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 89.6% 86.9% 92.8% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 88.9% 85.9% 92.2% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 88% 84.9% 91.6% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 87.1% 83.8% 90.9% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 86.2% 82.6% 90.2% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 85.1% 81.4% 89.3% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 84% 80.1% 88.5% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 82.8% 78.6% 87.5% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 81.5% 77.1% 86.4% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 80% 75.4% 85.3% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 78.5% 73.6% 84% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 76.9% 71.7% 82.7% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 75.2% 69.8% 81.3% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 73.4% 67.8% 79.8% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 71.6% 65.7% 78.2% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 69.6% 63.5% 76.4% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 67.3% 61.1% 74.4% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 64.9% 58.5% 72.1% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 62.2% 55.7% 69.5% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 59.2% 52.7% 66.5% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 56% 49.6% 63.4% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 52.8% 46.3% 60% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 49.5% 43.1% 56.7% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 46.3% 40% 53.3% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 43.1% 37% 50.1% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 40% 34% 46.9% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 36.9% 31% 43.6% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 33.8% 28.1% 40.4% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 30.7% 25.2% 37% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 27.6% 22.3% 33.6% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 24.5% 19.5% 30.2% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 21.5% 16.8% 26.8% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 18.7% 14.3% 23.6% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 16% 12.1% 20.5% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 13.6% 10% 17.6% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 11.3% 8.19% 14.9% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 9.35% 6.58% 12.5% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 7.59% 5.19% 10.3% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 6.06% 4.02% 8.38% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 4.74% 3.05% 6.67% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 3.64% 2.26% 5.22% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 2.74% 1.64% 4% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 2.02% 1.16% 3% 1.63% 1% 2.22%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.48% in the birth year in Malaysia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.08% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.01% vs 2.08% at 60, and 6.51% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Malaysia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Malaysia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.48% 0.53% 0.42% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.05% 0.07% 0.02% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.07% 0.1% 0.03% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.07% 0.11% 0.03% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.07% 0.11% 0.03% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.07% 0.1% 0.03% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.07% 0.1% 0.03% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.06% 0.09% 0.03% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.08% 0.11% 0.05% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.09% 0.12% 0.06% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.11% 0.14% 0.07% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.13% 0.17% 0.08% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.15% 0.2% 0.09% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.18% 0.23% 0.11% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.19% 0.25% 0.12% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.21% 0.27% 0.13% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.23% 0.3% 0.15% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.25% 0.32% 0.16% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.27% 0.35% 0.17% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.29% 0.38% 0.19% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.31% 0.41% 0.21% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.34% 0.44% 0.23% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.37% 0.48% 0.25% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.41% 0.52% 0.28% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.45% 0.57% 0.31% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.49% 0.63% 0.34% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.54% 0.69% 0.38% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.59% 0.75% 0.42% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.65% 0.83% 0.47% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.71% 0.9% 0.51% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 0.77% 0.97% 0.55% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 0.83% 1.05% 0.6% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 0.88% 1.12% 0.64% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 0.95% 1.2% 0.69% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.01% 1.28% 0.75% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.1% 1.37% 0.82% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.19% 1.49% 0.9% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 1.31% 1.63% 0.99% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 1.45% 1.8% 1.1% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 1.6% 1.99% 1.22% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 1.76% 2.18% 1.34% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 1.91% 2.37% 1.47% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 2.06% 2.54% 1.58% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 2.2% 2.7% 1.71% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 2.35% 2.87% 1.84% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 2.54% 3.09% 2.03% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 2.81% 3.37% 2.28% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 3.17% 3.75% 2.63% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 3.63% 4.23% 3.08% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 4.18% 4.8% 3.62% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 4.78% 5.4% 4.21% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 5.35% 5.98% 4.78% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 5.83% 6.48% 5.25% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 6.21% 6.9% 5.61% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 6.51% 7.26% 5.87% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 6.82% 7.63% 6.12% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 7.2% 8.09% 6.44% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 7.71% 8.69% 6.88% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 8.38% 9.46% 7.5% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 9.21% 10.4% 8.27% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 10.2% 11.4% 9.17% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 11.2% 12.5% 10.2% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 12.2% 13.7% 11.2% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 13.3% 14.8% 12.1% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 14.3% 15.9% 13.1% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 15.3% 17% 14.1% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 16.4% 18.3% 15.1% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 17.5% 19.6% 16.2% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 18.8% 21.1% 17.5% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 20.2% 22.6% 18.9% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 21.7% 24.2% 20.4% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 23.2% 25.8% 21.8% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 24.8% 27.5% 23.4% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 26.4% 29.2% 25% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 27.8% 30.8% 26.5% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Malaysia compared to South Africa

In Malaysia, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 79.8 in Malaysia and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Malaysia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Malaysia South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 476 533 415 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 33.9 33.4 34.3 343 375 310
2 29.2 29.8 28.5 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 25.3 26.7 23.8 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 22.1 24 20.1 95.3 110.3 80
5 19.6 21.7 17.3 67.2 79 55.4
6 17.6 19.8 15.2 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 16.2 18.6 13.8 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 15.5 17.9 13 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 15.5 18.1 12.8 37 43.9 30
10 16.2 19.2 13.1 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 17.8 21.5 13.8 43 50.5 35.3
12 20.6 25.7 15 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 24.9 32.4 16.8 58.9 68.7 49
14 31.2 42.4 19 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 39.7 56.2 21.7 85 99.4 70.2
16 49.4 72.4 24.4 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 59.1 88.8 27 119.5 142.6 96
18 66.4 100.8 29.2 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 70.2 106.6 30.9 158 194.2 121.2
20 70.4 105.7 32 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 68.5 100.8 32.7 198.1 249 145.6
22 65.7 94.8 33.3 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 63.4 89.8 33.9 241.4 304 176
24 62.1 86.5 34.8 264.7 331 195.1
25 62.3 85.6 36.1 289.1 358 217.1
26 63.9 86.6 38 314 384 241.5
27 66.8 89.6 40.4 339 410 266.7
28 71.1 94.5 43.5 363 434 291.3
29 76.6 101.1 47.4 386 458 314
30 83.3 109.2 51.8 408 481 335
31 90.7 118.5 56.7 429 504 355
32 98.8 128.8 61.9 450 527 374
33 107.4 139.8 67.4 471 551 392
34 116.3 151.5 73 493 575 410
35 125.7 163.9 79 515 600 429
36 135.6 176.9 85.4 538 626 449
37 146.5 191.2 92.5 562 653 470
38 158.6 206.8 100.8 587 680 492
39 172.1 224 110.2 613 708 515
40 187 242.8 120.7 639 738 538
41 203 262.9 132.2 667 770 560
42 220.2 284.2 144.3 695 804 581
43 238.5 307 156.9 724 842 601
44 257.8 331 170.1 755 884 619
45 278.3 356 184.3 786 928 635
46 300 384 200.2 818 974 652
47 325 414 218.7 850 1,022 668
48 353 448 240.5 883 1,071 686
49 385 486 266.2 918 1,120 707
50 420 529 295.8 954 1,171 731
51 460 577 329 994 1,223 760
52 505 629 365 1,037 1,279 795
53 552 685 403 1,085 1,337 835
54 601 744 442 1,137 1,397 881
55 650 804 480 1,190 1,459 929
56 699 864 519 1,242 1,519 978
57 746 920 558 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 793 974 597 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 841 1,027 640 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 893 1,084 687 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 955 1,151 743 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,029 1,231 809 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,118 1,329 886 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,219 1,442 973 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,327 1,562 1,066 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,435 1,680 1,161 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,531 1,784 1,250 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 1,613 1,868 1,330 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 1,688 1,938 1,410 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 1,766 2,006 1,499 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 1,868 2,094 1,617 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,011 2,216 1,782 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,206 2,383 2,007 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,447 2,586 2,288 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,715 2,806 2,610 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,972 3,009 2,928 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,167 3,152 3,181 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,267 3,211 3,326 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,278 3,197 3,365 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,223 3,131 3,323 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 3,155 3,055 3,264 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 3,103 2,991 3,224 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 3,084 2,953 3,226 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 3,096 2,935 3,272 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 3,118 2,917 3,338 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 3,124 2,876 3,396 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 3,089 2,795 3,416 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 2,999 2,662 3,374 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 2,851 2,485 3,260 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 2,663 2,278 3,094 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 2,448 2,056 2,891 1,363 912 1,794
92 2,216 1,829 2,655 1,257 818 1,670
93 1,983 1,605 2,416 1,148 729 1,540
94 1,759 1,387 2,186 1,031 642 1,393
95 1,536 1,174 1,950 909 558 1,236
96 1,315 972 1,706 789 478 1,077
97 1,101 787 1,458 677 406 928
98 901 621 1,219 572 340 787
99 722 478 999 475 280.8 655
100 503 283.8 749 359 204.6 501

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 Malaysia 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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