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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 61.1 years in Mali vs 66.7 in South Africa. Mali is ranked 191/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Mali, the life expectancy is 59.7 years for males and 62.6 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Mali vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Mali
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Mali South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 28.7 27.8 29.8 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 28.9 27.9 30 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 29.1 28.1 30.3 45 44 46.2
1953 29.4 28.4 30.5 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 29.5 28.5 30.6 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 29.7 28.6 30.8 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 29.9 28.8 31 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 30.1 29 31.2 50.2 48.6 52
1958 30.2 29.1 31.3 51.1 49.5 53
1959 30.3 29.3 31.5 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 30.5 29.4 31.6 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 30.6 29.6 31.8 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 30.8 29.7 32 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 31 29.9 32.2 53.9 52 56
1964 31.2 30.2 32.4 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 31.5 30.4 32.7 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 31.8 30.7 32.9 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 32.2 31.1 33.3 55 52.9 57.2
1968 32.6 31.5 33.7 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 32.9 31.8 34 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 33.4 32.3 34.6 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 33.8 32.7 35 56 53.8 58.4
1972 34.5 33.4 35.7 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 35.1 33.9 36.3 56.7 54.6 59
1974 35.7 34.6 36.9 57.1 55 59.4
1975 36.5 35.5 37.5 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 37.2 36.4 38 58 55.8 60.4
1977 38 37.3 38.7 58.5 56.2 61
1978 38.8 38.2 39.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 39.5 39 40.1 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 40.3 39.7 40.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 41 40.4 41.6 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 41.8 41.2 42.5 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 42.7 42 43.6 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 43.4 42.6 44.2 61.8 59 64.9
1985 43.9 43.1 44.8 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 44.6 43.9 45.4 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 45.2 44.5 46 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 45.7 45.1 46.3 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 46.2 45.8 46.6 63 59.6 66.8
1990 46.5 46.3 46.8 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 46.9 46.7 47 63 59.5 67
1992 47.2 47 47.4 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 47.6 47.4 47.7 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 47.9 47.6 48.2 62.1 58.8 66
1995 48.3 47.9 48.7 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 48.5 48.1 48.9 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 49.1 48.6 49.6 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 49.6 49 50.2 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 50.1 49.5 50.7 59.2 56.1 62
2000 50.6 50.3 50.9 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 51.3 50.9 51.7 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 52 51.5 52.5 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 52.6 52 53.2 54.2 52 56.3
2004 53.3 52.5 54 54 51.9 55.8
2005 53.8 53 54.5 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 54.3 53.5 55.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 54.8 53.9 55.6 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 55.2 54.3 56.1 56 53.5 58.1
2009 55.6 54.7 56.5 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 56 55.1 56.9 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 56.4 55.4 57.3 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 56.7 55.7 57.7 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 57.1 56 58.1 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 57.5 56.5 58.5 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 57.9 56.8 58.9 64.1 60.8 67
2016 58.3 57.3 59.3 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 58.6 57.5 59.7 65.4 62 68.6
2018 58.9 57.7 60.1 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 59.2 58 60.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 58.9 57.5 60.3 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 59.1 57.9 60.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 60 58.6 61.5 65.5 61.8 69
2023 60.4 59 61.9 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 60.7 59.3 62.1 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 60.9 59.5 62.4 66.5 63 70
2026 61.1 59.7 62.6 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 53.6 years in Mali and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.5 healthy years in Mali and 11.3 in South Africa.

Mali 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 Mali 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:
40.2 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mali South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 95.6% 96.2% 93.6% 95.5%
50 89.0% 91.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 77.1% 82.4% 68.1% 79.2%
65 67.7% 74.6% 58.1% 72.5%
70 55.4% 63.2% 46.7% 63.7%
75 39.7% 47.2% 35.1% 53.0%
80 22.6% 28.4% 24.0% 40.5%
85 8.8% 11.8% 14.9% 27.9%
90 1.9% 2.9% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.2% 0.3% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.0% 0.0% 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 Mali vs South Africa: 70.2 years vs 70.6 at 30, 77.4 vs 80.7 at 65, 84.8 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 61.1 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 Mali and South Africa.

Mali
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Mali South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 61.1 59.7 62.6 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 64.9 63.7 66 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 65.7 64.6 66.8 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 66.3 65.2 67.4 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 66.7 65.6 67.8 68.6 65.2 72
5 67 65.9 68.1 68.7 65.3 72
6 67.2 66.1 68.4 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 67.4 66.3 68.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 67.5 66.4 68.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 67.6 66.5 68.8 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 67.7 66.6 68.9 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 67.8 66.6 69 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 67.9 66.7 69.1 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 68 66.8 69.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 68 66.9 69.2 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 68.1 67 69.3 69 65.6 72.3
16 68.2 67.1 69.4 69 65.7 72.3
17 68.3 67.2 69.5 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 68.4 67.3 69.7 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 68.6 67.4 69.8 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 68.7 67.5 69.9 69.3 66 72.6
21 68.9 67.7 70.1 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 69 67.9 70.2 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 69.2 68 70.3 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 69.3 68.2 70.5 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 69.5 68.4 70.6 69.9 66.6 73
26 69.6 68.5 70.8 70 66.8 73.1
27 69.8 68.7 70.9 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 69.9 68.8 71.1 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 70.1 69 71.2 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 70.2 69.1 71.4 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 70.4 69.3 71.5 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 70.5 69.4 71.7 71 67.9 73.9
33 70.7 69.6 71.8 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 70.8 69.7 71.9 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 71 69.9 72.1 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 71.1 70 72.2 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 71.3 70.2 72.4 72 68.9 74.8
38 71.4 70.3 72.5 72.2 69.2 75
39 71.6 70.5 72.7 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 71.7 70.7 72.8 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 71.9 70.8 73 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 72 71 73.1 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 72.2 71.2 73.3 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 72.4 71.4 73.4 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 72.5 71.5 73.6 73.9 71 76.5
46 72.7 71.7 73.7 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 72.9 71.9 73.9 74.4 71.6 77
48 73.1 72.1 74 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 73.3 72.3 74.2 75 72.2 77.4
50 73.4 72.6 74.3 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 73.6 72.8 74.5 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 73.9 73 74.7 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 74.1 73.2 74.9 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 74.3 73.5 75.1 76.5 74 78.7
55 74.5 73.8 75.3 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 74.8 74 75.5 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 75 74.3 75.7 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 75.2 74.6 75.9 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 75.5 74.9 76.1 78.3 76 80.1
60 75.8 75.2 76.3 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 76.1 75.5 76.6 79 76.9 80.7
62 76.4 75.8 76.9 79.4 77.4 81
63 76.7 76.2 77.1 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 77 76.6 77.4 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 77.4 76.9 77.8 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 77.7 77.3 78.1 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 78.1 77.7 78.4 81.6 80 82.8
68 78.5 78.1 78.8 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 78.9 78.5 79.2 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 79.3 79 79.6 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 79.7 79.5 80 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 80.2 79.9 80.4 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 80.7 80.4 80.9 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 81.2 81 81.4 85.2 84 85.9
75 81.8 81.5 81.9 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 82.3 82.1 82.5 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 82.9 82.7 83 86.9 86 87.4
78 83.5 83.3 83.6 87.5 86.7 88
79 84.1 83.9 84.2 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 84.8 84.6 84.9 88.8 88 89.1
81 85.4 85.3 85.5 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 86.1 86 86.2 90 89.4 90.3
83 86.8 86.7 86.9 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 87.6 87.4 87.7 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 88.3 88.2 88.4 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 89.1 88.9 89.2 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 89.8 89.7 89.9 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 90.6 90.5 90.7 94 93.7 94.1
89 91.4 91.3 91.5 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 92.3 92.2 92.3 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.1 93 93.2 96.1 96 96.2
92 94 93.9 94 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 94.9 94.8 94.9 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 95.8 95.7 95.8 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 96.7 96.6 96.7 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 97.6 97.5 97.6 100 99.9 100
97 98.5 98.4 98.6 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 100.4 100.4 100.4 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Mali vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68% in Mali and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 50.6% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 21.7% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 2.02% 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.

Mali
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mali South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.2% 93.7% 94.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 93% 92.3% 93.7% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 92.1% 91.4% 92.9% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 91.5% 90.8% 92.3% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 91.1% 90.4% 91.8% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 90.8% 90.1% 91.4% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 90.5% 89.9% 91.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 90.3% 89.7% 91% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 90.1% 89.5% 90.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 90% 89.4% 90.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 89.9% 89.2% 90.5% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 89.7% 89.1% 90.4% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 89.6% 89% 90.2% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 89.5% 88.9% 90.1% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 89.3% 88.7% 89.9% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 89.2% 88.6% 89.8% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 89% 88.4% 89.6% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 88.8% 88.2% 89.4% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 88.6% 88% 89.2% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 88.3% 87.7% 88.9% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 88% 87.4% 88.7% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 87.8% 87.1% 88.4% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 87.5% 86.8% 88.2% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 87.2% 86.4% 87.9% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 86.9% 86.1% 87.6% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 86.6% 85.8% 87.3% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 86.3% 85.5% 87% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 86% 85.2% 86.7% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 85.6% 84.9% 86.4% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 85.3% 84.6% 86.1% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 85% 84.2% 85.8% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 84.7% 83.9% 85.5% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 84.4% 83.5% 85.2% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 84% 83.2% 84.9% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 83.7% 82.8% 84.6% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 83.3% 82.5% 84.3% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 83% 82.1% 83.9% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 82.6% 81.7% 83.6% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 82.2% 81.3% 83.2% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 81.8% 80.9% 82.8% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 81.4% 80.4% 82.5% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 81% 80% 82.1% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 80.5% 79.5% 81.7% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 80.1% 78.9% 81.3% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 79.6% 78.4% 80.8% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 79.1% 77.8% 80.4% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 78.6% 77.2% 80% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 78% 76.6% 79.5% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 77.4% 75.9% 79% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 76.8% 75.2% 78.5% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 76.2% 74.5% 77.9% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 75.5% 73.7% 77.3% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 74.7% 72.8% 76.7% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 73.9% 71.9% 76% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 73.1% 70.9% 75.3% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 72.2% 69.9% 74.5% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 71.2% 68.8% 73.7% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 70.2% 67.7% 72.9% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 69.1% 66.5% 72% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 68% 65.2% 70.9% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 66.7% 63.8% 69.8% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 65.4% 62.3% 68.6% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 63.9% 60.7% 67.3% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 62.3% 59% 65.8% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 60.7% 57.2% 64.2% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 58.9% 55.4% 62.6% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 57% 53.4% 60.8% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 55% 51.3% 58.8% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 52.9% 49.2% 56.7% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 50.6% 46.9% 54.5% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 48.2% 44.4% 52% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 45.6% 41.9% 49.4% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 42.9% 39.2% 46.6% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 40% 36.5% 43.7% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 37.1% 33.6% 40.7% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 34% 30.7% 37.5% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 31% 27.7% 34.3% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 27.9% 24.8% 31% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 24.8% 21.9% 27.7% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 21.7% 19.1% 24.4% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 18.8% 16.4% 21.2% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 15.9% 13.8% 18.1% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 13.3% 11.4% 15.2% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 10.9% 9.31% 12.5% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 8.77% 7.42% 10.2% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 6.91% 5.78% 8.06% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 5.31% 4.38% 6.26% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 3.98% 3.23% 4.73% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 2.88% 2.3% 3.48% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 2.02% 1.58% 2.47% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 1.36% 1.04% 1.69% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 0.89% 0.66% 1.12% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 0.55% 0.4% 0.71% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 0.33% 0.23% 0.44% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 0.19% 0.13% 0.26% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.11% 0.07% 0.15% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.06% 0.04% 0.08% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.03% 0.02% 0.04% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.02% 0.009% 0.02% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.008% 0.004% 0.01% 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 5.79% in the birth year in Mali and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.37% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.85% vs 2.08% at 60, and 13.6% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Mali
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Mali South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.79% 6.35% 5.22% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 1.28% 1.4% 1.16% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.92% 0.96% 0.87% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.66% 0.67% 0.66% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.49% 0.47% 0.5% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.36% 0.35% 0.38% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.28% 0.26% 0.3% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.22% 0.21% 0.24% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.19% 0.18% 0.2% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.16% 0.16% 0.17% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.15% 0.14% 0.15% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.18% 0.18% 0.18% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.2% 0.2% 0.21% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.25% 0.26% 0.25% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.28% 0.29% 0.27% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.3% 0.33% 0.28% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.34% 0.37% 0.3% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.34% 0.38% 0.31% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.35% 0.38% 0.31% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.35% 0.37% 0.32% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.35% 0.36% 0.33% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.35% 0.36% 0.34% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.35% 0.36% 0.35% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.36% 0.37% 0.35% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.37% 0.39% 0.35% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.38% 0.4% 0.36% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.39% 0.42% 0.36% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.4% 0.43% 0.37% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.41% 0.44% 0.38% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.42% 0.45% 0.39% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.43% 0.46% 0.4% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.44% 0.47% 0.41% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.46% 0.49% 0.43% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.48% 0.52% 0.45% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.51% 0.55% 0.46% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.53% 0.58% 0.48% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.56% 0.62% 0.49% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.58% 0.66% 0.5% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.6% 0.69% 0.51% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.63% 0.73% 0.53% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.66% 0.77% 0.55% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.7% 0.81% 0.58% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.74% 0.86% 0.62% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.79% 0.93% 0.66% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.86% 1% 0.71% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.92% 1.08% 0.77% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 1% 1.16% 0.83% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 1.07% 1.25% 0.88% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 1.14% 1.34% 0.94% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 1.22% 1.44% 1% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1.31% 1.55% 1.08% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.41% 1.67% 1.16% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.54% 1.8% 1.27% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.68% 1.96% 1.41% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.85% 2.14% 1.57% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 2.04% 2.34% 1.75% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 2.24% 2.55% 1.95% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 2.46% 2.77% 2.16% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.68% 3% 2.38% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 2.93% 3.26% 2.62% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 3.2% 3.54% 2.89% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 3.51% 3.87% 3.2% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.88% 4.24% 3.56% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 4.3% 4.67% 3.98% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 4.8% 5.17% 4.47% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 5.35% 5.74% 5.02% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 5.96% 6.37% 5.62% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 6.63% 7.07% 6.27% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 7.36% 7.83% 6.97% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 8.15% 8.67% 7.73% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 9.03% 9.58% 8.58% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 10% 10.6% 9.54% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 11.1% 11.7% 10.6% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 12.3% 12.9% 11.9% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 13.6% 14.2% 13.2% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 15% 15.6% 14.6% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 16.5% 17.1% 16.1% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 18% 18.7% 17.5% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 19.6% 20.3% 19% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 21.3% 22.1% 20.6% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 23.1% 24.1% 22.4% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 25.2% 26.3% 24.3% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 27.4% 28.8% 26.5% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 29.9% 31.4% 28.9% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 32.5% 34.1% 31.5% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 35% 36.7% 34% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 37.5% 39.3% 36.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 39.8% 41.6% 38.7% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 41.9% 43.9% 40.8% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 43.8% 46.1% 42.8% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 45.7% 48.1% 44.7% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 47.3% 50% 46.6% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 48.8% 51.7% 48.4% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 50.7% 53.4% 50.2% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 52.3% 55.3% 52.1% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Mali compared to South Africa

In Mali, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 70.2 in Mali and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Mali
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Mali South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,789 6,350 5,215 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 1,209 1,312 1,103 343 375 310
2 854 889 818 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 611 612 610 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 445 430 460 95.3 110.3 80
5 331 312 351 67.2 79 55.4
6 254 236.2 272.5 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 202.2 188 217 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 167.8 157.7 178.4 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 145.8 139.4 152.4 37 43.9 30
10 132.9 129.4 136.5 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 127.3 125.6 129 43 50.5 35.3
12 127.7 126.6 128.7 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 133.7 132.3 135.2 58.9 68.7 49
14 145.1 142.7 147.5 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 161.2 157.6 164.9 85 99.4 70.2
16 181.1 176.7 185.6 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 203.2 200 206.5 119.5 142.6 96
18 226.3 227.3 225.3 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 248.7 257.4 239.7 158 194.2 121.2
20 268.6 286.7 249.8 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 284.2 310 257 198.1 249 145.6
22 294.3 324 262.8 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 299.3 328 268.9 241.4 304 176
24 301 325 275.8 264.7 331 195.1
25 301 318 283.3 289.1 358 217.1
26 301 311 290.5 314 384 241.5
27 302 308 296.5 339 410 266.7
28 305 309 301 363 434 291.3
29 310 316 303 386 458 314
30 316 326 305 408 481 335
31 323 338 306 429 504 355
32 330 349 309 450 527 374
33 336 359 313 471 551 392
34 343 365 319 493 575 410
35 349 371 327 515 600 429
36 358 377 337 538 626 449
37 368 387 348 562 653 470
38 381 401 360 587 680 492
39 397 421 371 613 708 515
40 414 444 382 639 738 538
41 433 470 392 667 770 560
42 451 497 401 695 804 581
43 468 523 409 724 842 601
44 484 547 418 755 884 619
45 502 570 429 786 928 635
46 522 596 443 818 974 652
47 547 626 463 850 1,022 668
48 578 661 489 883 1,071 686
49 615 703 521 918 1,120 707
50 658 751 559 954 1,171 731
51 704 803 598 994 1,223 760
52 752 857 638 1,037 1,279 795
53 799 911 678 1,085 1,337 835
54 845 966 716 1,137 1,397 881
55 894 1,022 756 1,190 1,459 929
56 947 1,082 803 1,242 1,519 978
57 1,007 1,147 858 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 1,079 1,222 928 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,163 1,304 1,013 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,257 1,395 1,112 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,359 1,490 1,222 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,464 1,586 1,337 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,569 1,680 1,454 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,672 1,773 1,569 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,777 1,866 1,686 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,885 1,962 1,808 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 2,003 2,065 1,942 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,133 2,177 2,091 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,276 2,298 2,257 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,426 2,425 2,433 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,577 2,551 2,610 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,719 2,669 2,777 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,844 2,772 2,924 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,946 2,854 3,048 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 3,023 2,912 3,146 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 3,075 2,941 3,221 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,101 2,940 3,273 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,096 2,905 3,299 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,053 2,831 3,288 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 2,964 2,715 3,225 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,822 2,556 3,100 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,630 2,360 2,911 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,397 2,134 2,667 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,136 1,891 2,389 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 1,865 1,640 2,096 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 1,596 1,393 1,804 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 1,337 1,154 1,523 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,091 929 1,256 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 863 722 1,007 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 657 538 778 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 478 382 576 1,363 912 1,794
92 332 258.3 407 1,257 818 1,670
93 220.3 166.4 275.1 1,148 729 1,540
94 139.8 102.4 178 1,031 642 1,393
95 85.1 60.2 110.5 909 558 1,236
96 49.8 33.9 66 789 478 1,077
97 28 18.3 38 677 406 928
98 15.2 9.49 21.1 572 340 787
99 8.11 4.73 11.3 475 280.8 655
100 0 0 0 359 204.6 501

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 Mali 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.

Life expectancy in other countries

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