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Life Expectancy in Marshall Islands vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 67.3 years in the Marshall Islands vs 66.7 in South Africa. The Marshall Islands is ranked 159/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In the Marshall Islands, the life expectancy is 65.2 years for males and 69.8 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Marshall Islands vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Marshall Islands
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Marshall Islands South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 52.6 49.3 56.6 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 52.7 49.4 56.7 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 52.7 49.5 56.7 45 44 46.2
1953 52.8 49.5 56.8 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 52.9 49.6 56.9 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 53 49.8 57 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 53.2 49.9 57.1 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 53.4 50.2 57.3 50.2 48.6 52
1958 53.6 50.5 57.5 51.1 49.5 53
1959 54 50.8 57.8 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 54.4 51.2 58.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 54.7 51.5 58.7 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 55.2 52 59.2 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 55.7 52.5 59.7 53.9 52 56
1964 56.3 53 60.3 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 56.8 53.6 60.8 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 57.3 54.1 61.3 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 57.8 54.5 61.8 55 52.9 57.2
1968 58.2 55 62.3 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 58.5 55.4 62.7 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 58.8 55.8 63.1 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 59.1 56.1 63.5 56 53.8 58.4
1972 59.5 56.4 63.8 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 59.8 56.6 64 56.7 54.6 59
1974 60.1 56.8 64.2 57.1 55 59.4
1975 60.3 57 64.4 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 60.4 57.2 64.5 58 55.8 60.4
1977 60.6 57.3 64.6 58.5 56.2 61
1978 60.7 57.4 64.8 59 56.6 61.6
1979 60.8 57.6 64.9 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 61 57.7 65.1 60 57.5 62.7
1981 61.1 57.8 65.3 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 61.3 58 65.4 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 61.5 58.1 65.6 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 61.6 58.3 65.7 61.8 59 64.9
1985 61.7 58.4 65.8 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 61.8 58.6 65.8 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 61.8 58.7 65.7 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 61.8 58.7 65.5 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 61.7 58.8 65.4 63 59.6 66.8
1990 61.8 59 65.2 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 61.8 59.1 65.1 63 59.5 67
1992 61.9 59.4 65 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 62.1 59.7 65 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 62.3 60.1 65.1 62.1 58.8 66
1995 62.5 60.3 65.2 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 62.8 60.6 65.4 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 63 60.8 65.7 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 63.2 61 66 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 63.4 61.1 66.3 59.2 56.1 62
2000 63.3 61 66.2 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 63.7 61.4 66.6 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 63.8 61.6 66.6 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 64 61.8 66.6 54.2 52 56.3
2004 64 61.9 66.6 54 51.9 55.8
2005 64.1 62.1 66.6 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 64.2 62.3 66.5 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 64.3 62.4 66.5 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 64.3 62.4 66.6 56 53.5 58.1
2009 64.4 62.6 66.6 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 64.5 62.7 66.7 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 64.6 62.8 66.9 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 64.8 62.9 67.1 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 65 63.1 67.2 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 65.1 63.3 67.4 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 65.3 63.4 67.6 64.1 60.8 67
2016 65.5 63.6 67.8 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 65.7 63.8 68 65.4 62 68.6
2018 65.9 64 68.2 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 66 64.1 68.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 65.4 63.3 68.1 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 65.4 63.5 67.8 62 59.2 64.8
2022 66.7 64.7 69.1 65.5 61.8 69
2023 66.9 64.9 69.3 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 67.1 65 69.5 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 67.2 65.1 69.6 66.5 63 70
2026 67.3 65.2 69.8 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.

Marshall Islands 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 the Marshall Islands 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:
41.0 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
73.1 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Marshall Islands South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.6% 97.1% 93.6% 95.5%
50 90.0% 92.2% 83.6% 88.9%
60 76.6% 83.0% 68.1% 79.2%
65 66.0% 75.9% 58.1% 72.5%
70 52.6% 65.9% 46.7% 63.7%
75 37.4% 52.5% 35.1% 53.0%
80 22.2% 36.1% 24.0% 40.5%
85 10.2% 19.5% 14.9% 27.9%
90 3.2% 7.4% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.6% 1.7% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.1% 0.2% 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 the Marshall Islands vs South Africa: 71 years vs 70.6 at 30, 78.2 vs 80.7 at 65, 85.9 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 67.3 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 the Marshall Islands and South Africa.

Marshall Islands
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Marshall Islands South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 67.3 65.2 69.8 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 68.8 66.8 71 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 69 67 71.2 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 69.1 67.1 71.3 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 69.1 67.2 71.3 68.6 65.2 72
5 69.1 67.2 71.4 68.7 65.3 72
6 69.2 67.3 71.4 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 69.2 67.3 71.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 69.3 67.4 71.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 69.3 67.4 71.6 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 69.4 67.4 71.6 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 69.4 67.5 71.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 69.4 67.5 71.7 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 69.5 67.5 71.7 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 69.5 67.6 71.8 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 69.6 67.6 71.8 69 65.6 72.3
16 69.6 67.7 71.9 69 65.7 72.3
17 69.7 67.7 72 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 69.8 67.8 72 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 69.9 67.9 72.1 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 70 68 72.2 69.3 66 72.6
21 70.1 68.1 72.3 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 70.2 68.2 72.4 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 70.3 68.4 72.5 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 70.4 68.5 72.6 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 70.5 68.6 72.7 69.9 66.6 73
26 70.6 68.7 72.8 70 66.8 73.1
27 70.7 68.8 72.9 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 70.8 68.9 73 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 70.9 69 73.1 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 71 69.1 73.2 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 71.1 69.2 73.3 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 71.2 69.3 73.4 71 67.9 73.9
33 71.3 69.4 73.5 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 71.4 69.5 73.6 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 71.5 69.7 73.7 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 71.7 69.8 73.8 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 71.8 69.9 73.9 72 68.9 74.8
38 71.9 70 74 72.2 69.2 75
39 72 70.2 74.2 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 72.2 70.3 74.3 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 72.3 70.4 74.4 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 72.4 70.6 74.6 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 72.6 70.7 74.7 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 72.7 70.9 74.8 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 72.9 71.1 75 73.9 71 76.5
46 73.1 71.3 75.2 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 73.2 71.5 75.3 74.4 71.6 77
48 73.4 71.7 75.5 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 73.6 71.9 75.7 75 72.2 77.4
50 73.8 72.1 75.8 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 74 72.3 76 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 74.3 72.6 76.2 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 74.5 72.8 76.4 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 74.7 73.1 76.6 76.5 74 78.7
55 75 73.4 76.9 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 75.3 73.7 77.1 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 75.5 74 77.3 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 75.8 74.3 77.6 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 76.1 74.6 77.8 78.3 76 80.1
60 76.4 75 78.1 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 76.8 75.4 78.4 79 76.9 80.7
62 77.1 75.7 78.6 79.4 77.4 81
63 77.5 76.1 78.9 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 77.8 76.6 79.2 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 78.2 77 79.5 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 78.6 77.4 79.9 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 79 77.9 80.2 81.6 80 82.8
68 79.4 78.4 80.6 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 79.9 78.9 80.9 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 80.3 79.4 81.3 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 80.8 79.9 81.7 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 81.3 80.5 82.2 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 81.8 81 82.6 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 82.3 81.6 83.1 85.2 84 85.9
75 82.9 82.2 83.6 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 83.5 82.8 84.1 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 84 83.4 84.6 86.9 86 87.4
78 84.6 84.1 85.2 87.5 86.7 88
79 85.3 84.7 85.7 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 85.9 85.4 86.3 88.8 88 89.1
81 86.6 86.1 86.9 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 87.3 86.8 87.6 90 89.4 90.3
83 88 87.5 88.2 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 88.7 88.3 88.9 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 89.4 89 89.6 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 90.2 89.8 90.3 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.9 90.6 91 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 91.7 91.4 91.8 94 93.7 94.1
89 92.4 92.2 92.6 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 93.2 93 93.3 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 94 93.8 94.1 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.9 94.7 95 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 96.6 96.4 96.6 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.4 97.3 97.5 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.3 98.2 98.3 100 99.9 100
97 99.2 99 99.2 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100.1 100 100.1 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 101 100.9 101 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.9 101.8 102 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Marshall Islands vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74.7% in the Marshall Islands and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 55.2% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 26.7% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 4.8% 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.

Marshall Islands
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Marshall Islands South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 97.6% 97.3% 97.9% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 97.4% 97.1% 97.8% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 97.4% 97% 97.8% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 97.4% 97% 97.7% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 97.3% 96.9% 97.6% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 97.1% 96.8% 97.5% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 97.1% 96.7% 97.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 97% 96.7% 97.4% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 96.8% 96.4% 97.1% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 96.7% 96.3% 97% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 96.6% 96.2% 96.9% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 96.3% 96% 96.6% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 95.7% 95.3% 96.1% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 95.1% 94.6% 95.6% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 94.6% 94.1% 95.2% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 94.4% 93.9% 95% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 94.2% 93.7% 94.8% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 94% 93.4% 94.6% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 93.7% 93.2% 94.4% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 93.5% 92.9% 94.2% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 93.3% 92.6% 93.9% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 93% 92.4% 93.7% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 92.5% 91.8% 93.2% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 92.2% 91.5% 92.9% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 91.8% 91.1% 92.6% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 91.5% 90.8% 92.3% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 91.2% 90.4% 92% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 90.8% 90% 91.7% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 90.4% 89.6% 91.3% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 90% 89.1% 90.9% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 89.6% 88.6% 90.5% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 89.1% 88.1% 90.1% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 88.6% 87.5% 89.7% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 88% 86.9% 89.2% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 87.4% 86.2% 88.7% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 86.8% 85.5% 88.2% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 86.1% 84.7% 87.6% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 85.4% 83.9% 87% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 84.6% 83% 86.3% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 83.8% 82% 85.7% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 82.9% 81% 84.9% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 82% 79.9% 84.2% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 81% 78.7% 83.3% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 79.9% 77.4% 82.5% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 78.7% 76% 81.5% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 77.5% 74.6% 80.5% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 76.1% 73% 79.5% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 74.7% 71.4% 78.3% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 73.2% 69.6% 77.1% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 71.6% 67.7% 75.9% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 70% 65.7% 74.5% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 68.2% 63.7% 73.1% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 66.3% 61.4% 71.6% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 64.3% 59.1% 70% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 62.2% 56.7% 68.2% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 59.9% 54.2% 66.3% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 57.6% 51.7% 64.4% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 55.2% 49% 62.2% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 52.7% 46.3% 60% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 50% 43.5% 57.6% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 47.3% 40.6% 55% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 44.4% 37.7% 52.4% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 41.5% 34.8% 49.6% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 38.6% 31.9% 46.6% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 35.6% 29% 43.6% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 32.6% 26.2% 40.5% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 29.6% 23.4% 37.3% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 26.7% 20.7% 34% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 23.7% 18.2% 30.8% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 20.9% 15.7% 27.6% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 18.2% 13.5% 24.4% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 15.7% 11.4% 21.3% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 13.4% 9.49% 18.4% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 11.2% 7.79% 15.7% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 9.3% 6.28% 13.1% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 7.61% 4.98% 10.8% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 6.11% 3.88% 8.79% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 4.8% 2.96% 7% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 3.71% 2.22% 5.46% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 2.81% 1.63% 4.18% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 2.07% 1.17% 3.13% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 1.49% 0.82% 2.29% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 1.05% 0.56% 1.63% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.72% 0.37% 1.14% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.48% 0.24% 0.77% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.32% 0.15% 0.51% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.2% 0.09% 0.33% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.12% 0.06% 0.2% 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 2.1% in the birth year in the Marshall Islands and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.26% vs 0.44% at age 30, 2.01% vs 2.08% at 60, and 11% vs 6.96% at 80.

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

Marshall Islands
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Marshall Islands South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.1% 2.41% 1.78% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.31% 0.33% 0.28% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.15% 0.17% 0.14% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.09% 0.09% 0.09% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.07% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.06% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.18% 0.2% 0.17% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.21% 0.24% 0.19% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.22% 0.25% 0.19% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.23% 0.25% 0.2% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.23% 0.25% 0.2% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.24% 0.26% 0.21% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.24% 0.26% 0.22% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.25% 0.27% 0.23% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.26% 0.28% 0.24% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.26% 0.29% 0.24% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.27% 0.3% 0.25% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.29% 0.31% 0.26% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.3% 0.33% 0.28% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.32% 0.35% 0.29% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.34% 0.37% 0.31% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.36% 0.39% 0.33% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.38% 0.42% 0.35% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.41% 0.45% 0.37% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.46% 0.51% 0.41% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.49% 0.55% 0.43% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.53% 0.6% 0.46% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.57% 0.65% 0.49% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.61% 0.7% 0.53% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.67% 0.77% 0.57% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.72% 0.83% 0.61% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.78% 0.91% 0.65% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.84% 0.99% 0.69% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.91% 1.07% 0.74% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.99% 1.17% 0.79% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 1.06% 1.27% 0.85% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 1.14% 1.37% 0.91% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 1.23% 1.49% 0.98% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 1.34% 1.62% 1.05% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1.46% 1.76% 1.14% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.58% 1.91% 1.22% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.71% 2.08% 1.32% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.86% 2.27% 1.42% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 2.01% 2.47% 1.52% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 2.17% 2.7% 1.64% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 2.34% 2.93% 1.77% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 2.55% 3.19% 1.92% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.77% 3.46% 2.09% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 3% 3.75% 2.28% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 3.29% 4.06% 2.49% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 3.6% 4.4% 2.73% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.88% 4.76% 3% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 4.17% 5.15% 3.3% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 4.57% 5.58% 3.63% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 5.04% 6.05% 3.99% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 5.52% 6.56% 4.4% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 6.01% 7.11% 4.85% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 6.53% 7.72% 5.35% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 7.06% 8.37% 5.91% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 7.7% 9.06% 6.52% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 8.48% 9.8% 7.18% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 9.2% 10.6% 7.91% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 9.98% 11.4% 8.7% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 11% 12.3% 9.55% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 11.9% 13.3% 10.5% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 12.9% 14.4% 11.5% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 13.8% 15.5% 12.5% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 14.9% 16.7% 13.7% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 16% 18% 14.9% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 17.1% 19.3% 16.2% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 18.3% 20.7% 17.5% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 19.7% 22.1% 18.9% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 21.3% 23.6% 20.4% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 22.8% 25.1% 21.9% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 24.3% 26.7% 23.5% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 26.1% 28.3% 25.1% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 27.9% 29.9% 26.8% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 29.6% 31.6% 28.6% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 31.2% 33.4% 30.4% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 33% 35.1% 32.2% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 34.7% 36.8% 34.1% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 36.4% 38.5% 36% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 38.3% 40.2% 37.8% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 40% 42% 39.7% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in the Marshall Islands compared to South Africa

In the Marshall Islands, the most common age of death is 77, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 72 in the Marshall Islands and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Marshall Islands
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Marshall Islands South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,105 2,408 1,781 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 299.2 325 271.2 343 375 310
2 147.2 160.7 132.8 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 58.2 63.4 52.7 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 32.5 33.5 31.4 95.3 110.3 80
5 87.3 89.2 85.3 67.2 79 55.4
6 78 77.4 78.7 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 70 67.7 72.4 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 63.6 60.2 67.1 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 59.1 55 63.3 37 43.9 30
10 57 52.6 61.6 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 57.9 53.3 62.7 43 50.5 35.3
12 62.3 57.7 67.2 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 71.3 66.7 76.1 58.9 68.7 49
14 85.3 81.2 89.5 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 104.8 102.2 107.6 85 99.4 70.2
16 128.9 129.2 128.6 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 154.6 159.5 149 119.5 142.6 96
18 178 189 165.4 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 195.1 212.5 175 158 194.2 121.2
20 204.7 227.9 178.6 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 208.7 235.8 178.7 198.1 249 145.6
22 210 238.3 177.9 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 211.2 238.3 178.6 241.4 304 176
24 212.4 237.8 181.7 264.7 331 195.1
25 214.6 237.8 187.1 289.1 358 217.1
26 218.1 239 194.1 314 384 241.5
27 222.6 241.4 201.5 339 410 266.7
28 227.9 245 208.7 363 434 291.3
29 233.4 250.1 215.4 386 458 314
30 239.2 256.6 221.9 408 481 335
31 246.4 264.9 228.9 429 504 355
32 254.9 275.1 237.2 450 527 374
33 265.7 287.2 247.4 471 551 392
34 279.2 301 259.7 493 575 410
35 294.9 318 273.7 515 600 429
36 312 336 289 538 626 449
37 330 356 305 562 653 470
38 349 379 321 587 680 492
39 370 403 337 613 708 515
40 392 430 353 639 738 538
41 416 460 372 667 770 560
42 443 494 392 695 804 581
43 473 530 416 724 842 601
44 507 571 443 755 884 619
45 545 616 473 786 928 635
46 585 665 506 818 974 652
47 629 718 539 850 1,022 668
48 674 775 574 883 1,071 686
49 724 835 608 918 1,120 707
50 779 899 644 954 1,171 731
51 834 967 682 994 1,223 760
52 887 1,038 724 1,037 1,279 795
53 942 1,113 770 1,085 1,337 835
54 1,009 1,191 821 1,137 1,397 881
55 1,087 1,274 877 1,190 1,459 929
56 1,164 1,362 936 1,242 1,519 978
57 1,242 1,456 998 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 1,322 1,555 1,061 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,414 1,658 1,126 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,504 1,767 1,193 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,587 1,877 1,265 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,680 1,987 1,343 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,783 2,097 1,429 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,891 2,203 1,525 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,992 2,305 1,630 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 2,116 2,403 1,744 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 2,239 2,495 1,865 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,325 2,582 1,992 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,405 2,663 2,123 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,523 2,736 2,258 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,658 2,799 2,395 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,764 2,851 2,533 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,841 2,890 2,671 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 2,899 2,911 2,803 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 2,932 2,912 2,928 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 2,971 2,891 3,039 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,019 2,844 3,132 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,000 2,772 3,201 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 2,955 2,676 3,241 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 2,924 2,557 3,249 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,834 2,418 3,223 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,692 2,261 3,159 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,514 2,089 3,057 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,332 1,903 2,918 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 2,138 1,707 2,743 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 1,913 1,505 2,536 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 1,698 1,301 2,303 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,500 1,103 2,052 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 1,303 915 1,793 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 1,094 744 1,534 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 902 591 1,284 1,363 912 1,794
92 732 460 1,051 1,257 818 1,670
93 579 349 840 1,148 729 1,540
94 442 258.4 655 1,031 642 1,393
95 329 186.3 497 909 558 1,236
96 239.1 130.6 367 789 478 1,077
97 168.1 88.9 262.8 677 406 928
98 115.1 58.8 182.7 572 340 787
99 77.2 37.7 123.1 475 280.8 655
100 0 0 7 359 204.6 501

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 the Marshall Islands 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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