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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 75.3 years in Mauritius vs 66.5 in South Africa. Mauritius is ranked 88/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Mauritius, the life expectancy is 72.3 years for males and 78.5 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Mauritius vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Mauritius
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Mauritius South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 51.9 50.7 53.3 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 52.5 51.2 53.9 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 52.1 50.9 53.4 45 44 46.2
1953 51.5 50.7 52.4 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 52.2 51.3 53.2 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 53.8 52.6 55.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 55.1 53.4 57 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 55.7 53.8 57.9 50.2 48.6 52
1958 56.4 54.6 58.6 51.1 49.5 53
1959 57.4 55.7 59.4 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 58.4 56.8 60.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 59.5 57.9 61.4 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 60.5 58.9 62.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 61.1 59.5 62.8 53.9 52 56
1964 61.5 59.7 63.4 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 62.1 60 64.3 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 62.1 59.9 64.5 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 61.7 59.6 64 55 52.9 57.2
1968 62.1 60.1 64.2 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 62.7 60.7 64.8 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 63.7 61.4 66.2 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 63.8 61.6 66.3 56 53.8 58.4
1972 63.8 61.4 66.5 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 64.3 61.9 66.8 56.7 54.6 59
1974 64.2 61.1 67.9 57.1 55 59.4
1975 64.4 61.2 68.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 64 60.5 68.4 58 55.8 60.4
1977 64.8 61.4 69.1 58.5 56.2 61
1978 65.3 61.5 69.9 59 56.6 61.6
1979 66 62.3 70.6 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 66.5 62.9 70.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 67.2 63.8 71.2 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 67.9 64.6 71.7 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 68.4 65 72.2 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 68.6 65.2 72.5 61.8 59 64.9
1985 68.7 65.3 72.6 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 68.9 65.5 72.7 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 69.2 65.7 73 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 69.4 65.9 73.4 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 69.5 65.9 73.7 63 59.6 66.8
1990 69.8 66.1 73.9 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 70.1 66.5 74 63 59.5 67
1992 70.2 66.8 74 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 70.4 67 74.1 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 70.4 67 74.2 62.1 58.8 66
1995 70.6 67.1 74.5 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 70.5 67 74.4 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 70.7 67.2 74.6 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 70.9 67.5 74.6 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 71.4 68.1 75 59.2 56.1 62
2000 71.8 68.5 75.2 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 72 68.8 75.4 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 72.1 69 75.3 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 72.3 69.3 75.5 54.2 52 56.3
2004 72.5 69.5 75.8 54 51.9 55.8
2005 72.6 69.5 75.9 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 72.8 69.7 76.1 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 72.9 69.7 76.2 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 73.1 69.9 76.6 56 53.5 58.1
2009 73.3 70 76.8 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 73.6 70.3 77.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 74.1 70.7 77.6 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 74.3 71 77.8 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 74.4 71.3 77.7 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 74.6 71.4 78 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 74.7 71.6 77.9 64.1 60.8 67
2016 74.9 71.7 78.1 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 75 72 78.2 65.4 62 68.6
2018 74.5 71.5 77.7 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 74.2 71.1 77.5 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 74.7 71.3 78.4 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 72.9 69.8 76.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 73.5 70.3 77.2 65.5 61.8 69
2023 74.9 71.9 78.2 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 75.1 72.1 78.3 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 75.3 72.3 78.5 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 63.6 years in Mauritius and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.7 healthy years in Mauritius and 11.3 in South Africa.

Mauritius 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 Mauritius 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:
47.1 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.1 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
79.4 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mauritius South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 97.6% 98.9% 93.5% 95.4%
50 92.8% 96.4% 83.5% 88.8%
60 83.5% 91.4% 67.9% 79.0%
65 76.0% 87.0% 57.9% 72.2%
70 66.0% 80.1% 46.5% 63.4%
75 54.3% 70.3% 34.9% 52.7%
80 40.0% 57.1% 23.8% 40.2%
85 25.3% 41.1% 14.8% 27.7%
90 12.3% 23.2% 7.7% 16.0%
95 4.3% 9.4% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.0% 2.4% 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 Mauritius vs South Africa: 77.1 years vs 70.5 at 30, 82.4 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.5 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 75.3 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 Mauritius and South Africa.

Mauritius
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Mauritius South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 75.3 72.3 78.5 66.5 63 70
1 76.1 73.2 79.3 68 64.6 71.4
2 76.2 73.2 79.4 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 76.2 73.2 79.4 68.4 65 71.8
4 76.2 73.3 79.4 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 76.3 73.3 79.5 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 76.3 73.3 79.5 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 76.3 73.3 79.5 68.6 65.2 72
8 76.3 73.3 79.5 68.7 65.3 72
9 76.3 73.3 79.5 68.7 65.3 72
10 76.3 73.4 79.5 68.7 65.3 72
11 76.3 73.4 79.5 68.7 65.3 72
12 76.3 73.4 79.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 76.3 73.4 79.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 76.4 73.4 79.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 76.4 73.4 79.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 76.4 73.4 79.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 76.4 73.5 79.6 69 65.6 72.3
18 76.5 73.5 79.6 69 65.7 72.3
19 76.5 73.6 79.6 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 76.5 73.6 79.7 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 76.6 73.7 79.7 69.3 66 72.5
22 76.6 73.8 79.7 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 76.7 73.8 79.7 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 76.7 73.9 79.8 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 76.8 74 79.8 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 76.8 74 79.8 69.9 66.7 73
27 76.9 74.1 79.9 70 66.8 73.1
28 76.9 74.2 79.9 70.2 67 73.2
29 77 74.2 79.9 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 77.1 74.3 80 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 77.1 74.4 80 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 77.2 74.5 80.1 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 77.2 74.5 80.1 71.1 68 74
34 77.3 74.6 80.1 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 77.4 74.7 80.2 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 77.4 74.8 80.2 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 77.5 74.9 80.3 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 77.6 75 80.3 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 77.7 75.2 80.4 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 77.8 75.3 80.5 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 77.9 75.4 80.5 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 78 75.5 80.6 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 78.1 75.7 80.7 73.3 70.4 76
44 78.2 75.8 80.8 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 78.3 75.9 80.8 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 78.5 76.1 80.9 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 78.6 76.3 81 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 78.7 76.4 81.1 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 78.9 76.6 81.2 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 79.1 76.8 81.4 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 79.2 77 81.5 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 79.4 77.2 81.6 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 79.6 77.5 81.7 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 79.8 77.7 81.8 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 79.9 77.9 82 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 80.1 78.2 82.1 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 80.3 78.4 82.3 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 80.6 78.7 82.4 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 80.8 78.9 82.6 78.2 76 80
60 81 79.2 82.8 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 81.3 79.5 83 79 76.9 80.7
62 81.5 79.8 83.2 79.4 77.4 81
63 81.8 80.1 83.4 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 82.1 80.5 83.6 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 82.4 80.8 83.8 80.7 78.9 82
66 82.7 81.2 84.1 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 83 81.6 84.3 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 83.4 82 84.6 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 83.7 82.4 84.9 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.1 82.8 85.2 83.1 81.6 84
71 84.5 83.2 85.5 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 84.8 83.7 85.8 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.2 84.1 86.2 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.6 84.6 86.6 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.1 85 86.9 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 86.5 85.5 87.3 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 87 86 87.8 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.5 86.6 88.2 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 88 87.1 88.6 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.5 87.7 89.1 88.7 88 89.1
81 89 88.3 89.6 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89.6 88.9 90.1 90 89.4 90.2
83 90.1 89.5 90.6 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 90.7 90.1 91.1 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 91.3 90.8 91.6 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 91.9 91.4 92.2 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.6 92.1 92.8 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 93.3 92.8 93.5 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 94 93.6 94.2 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 94.7 94.3 94.9 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.4 95.1 95.6 96.1 96 96.2
92 96.1 95.9 96.3 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.9 96.6 97 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97.7 97.4 97.8 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.4 98.2 98.5 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 99.2 99.1 99.3 100 99.9 100
97 100 99.9 100.1 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.9 100.7 101 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.7 101.5 101.8 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.6 102.3 102.7 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Mauritius vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 84.9% in Mauritius and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 70.9% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 47% and 30% to 80+ years, and 17.1% 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.

Mauritius
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mauritius South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.9% 98.8% 98.9% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 98.8% 98.7% 98.8% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 98.5% 98.4% 98.6% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 98.5% 98.4% 98.6% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 98.5% 98.3% 98.6% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 98.3% 98.1% 98.5% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 98.3% 98% 98.5% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 98.2% 97.9% 98.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 98% 97.7% 98.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 97.9% 97.6% 98.3% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 97.8% 97.4% 98.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 97.7% 97.3% 98.2% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 97.6% 97.1% 98.1% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 97.5% 97% 98% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 97.4% 96.8% 98% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 97.3% 96.7% 97.9% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 97.1% 96.5% 97.8% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 97% 96.3% 97.7% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 96.9% 96.2% 97.6% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 96.7% 96% 97.6% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 96.6% 95.7% 97.5% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 96.4% 95.5% 97.4% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 96.2% 95.2% 97.2% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 96% 94.9% 97.1% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 95.8% 94.6% 97% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 95.5% 94.3% 96.9% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 95.3% 94% 96.7% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 95% 93.6% 96.5% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 94.7% 93.2% 96.3% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 94.4% 92.9% 96.1% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 94.1% 92.4% 95.9% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 93.7% 92% 95.6% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 93.3% 91.5% 95.3% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 92.9% 91% 95% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 92.5% 90.4% 94.7% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 92% 89.7% 94.4% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 91.4% 89% 94.1% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 90.9% 88.3% 93.7% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 90.3% 87.5% 93.3% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 89.6% 86.6% 92.9% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 88.9% 85.8% 92.4% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 88.2% 84.9% 91.9% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 87.5% 83.9% 91.4% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 86.7% 82.9% 90.8% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 85.8% 81.8% 90.1% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 84.9% 80.7% 89.5% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 83.9% 79.5% 88.7% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 82.9% 78.1% 88% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 81.7% 76.7% 87.1% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 80.4% 75.1% 86.2% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 79.1% 73.4% 85.1% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 77.6% 71.7% 84% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 76.1% 69.8% 82.8% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 74.4% 67.9% 81.4% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 72.7% 65.9% 80% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 70.9% 63.8% 78.4% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 69% 61.7% 76.7% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 67% 59.6% 75% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 64.9% 57.3% 73% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 62.7% 55% 71% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 60.3% 52.5% 68.8% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 57.9% 49.9% 66.5% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 55.3% 47.2% 64% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 52.6% 44.4% 61.4% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 49.8% 41.5% 58.7% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 47% 38.6% 55.9% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 44.1% 35.8% 53% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 41.1% 32.9% 50% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 38.2% 30% 46.9% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 35.1% 27.2% 43.6% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 32% 24.4% 40.2% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 28.9% 21.7% 36.7% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 25.8% 19% 33.1% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 22.7% 16.4% 29.6% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 19.8% 14% 26% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 17.1% 11.9% 22.7% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 14.5% 9.89% 19.5% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 12.2% 8.14% 16.6% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 10.1% 6.61% 13.9% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 8.25% 5.28% 11.4% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 6.61% 4.14% 9.25% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 5.19% 3.19% 7.34% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 4% 2.42% 5.71% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 3.02% 1.79% 4.35% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 2.23% 1.3% 3.24% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 1.61% 0.93% 2.36% 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 1.14% in the birth year in Mauritius and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.13% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.17% vs 2.1% at 60, and 6.15% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Mauritius
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Mauritius South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.14% 1.21% 1.06% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.01% 0.02% 0.009% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.1% 0.13% 0.06% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.1% 0.14% 0.06% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.11% 0.16% 0.07% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.12% 0.16% 0.07% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.12% 0.17% 0.08% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.13% 0.17% 0.08% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.15% 0.2% 0.09% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.16% 0.22% 0.1% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.18% 0.25% 0.1% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.2% 0.28% 0.11% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.22% 0.3% 0.12% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.24% 0.33% 0.13% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.25% 0.35% 0.15% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.27% 0.36% 0.16% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.28% 0.38% 0.18% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.3% 0.39% 0.21% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.32% 0.42% 0.23% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.35% 0.45% 0.25% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.38% 0.49% 0.27% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.41% 0.54% 0.29% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.45% 0.59% 0.31% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.49% 0.65% 0.33% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.53% 0.72% 0.35% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.58% 0.78% 0.37% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.62% 0.84% 0.4% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.66% 0.9% 0.43% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.71% 0.96% 0.46% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.75% 1.01% 0.5% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.8% 1.06% 0.54% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.85% 1.12% 0.59% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.91% 1.19% 0.64% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.98% 1.28% 0.69% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.07% 1.39% 0.75% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.17% 1.53% 0.82% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.28% 1.69% 0.89% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.41% 1.86% 0.98% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.54% 2.04% 1.08% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.69% 2.23% 1.19% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.84% 2.41% 1.32% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 2% 2.59% 1.46% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 2.17% 2.77% 1.62% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 2.33% 2.94% 1.78% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.5% 3.11% 1.95% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.68% 3.29% 2.14% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.89% 3.51% 2.34% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 3.13% 3.77% 2.56% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 3.4% 4.1% 2.8% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.72% 4.5% 3.08% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 4.08% 4.95% 3.38% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 4.47% 5.44% 3.7% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.87% 5.94% 4.04% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 5.28% 6.44% 4.39% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.7% 6.94% 4.77% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 6.15% 7.46% 5.19% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.66% 8.02% 5.68% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 7.27% 8.66% 6.27% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 7.99% 9.42% 6.97% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 8.83% 10.3% 7.79% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 9.78% 11.3% 8.72% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 10.8% 12.4% 9.74% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 11.8% 13.4% 10.8% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 12.8% 14.5% 11.9% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 13.9% 15.6% 12.9% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 14.9% 16.6% 14% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 16% 17.7% 15.1% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 17.1% 18.8% 16.3% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 18.4% 20.1% 17.6% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 19.9% 21.5% 19.1% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 21.4% 22.9% 20.6% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 22.9% 24.3% 22.2% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 24.5% 25.8% 23.8% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 26.1% 27.3% 25.5% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 27.8% 28.8% 27.2% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 29.3% 30.2% 28.8% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Mauritius compared to South Africa

In Mauritius, the most common age of death is 85, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 78.9 in Mauritius and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Mauritius
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Mauritius South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,136 1,213 1,057 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 63.4 61.1 65.7 350 381 318
2 44 46.7 41.2 223.1 248.2 197
3 31.7 36.5 27 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 23.9 29.3 18.8 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 18.9 24.2 13.9 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 15.7 20.5 11.2 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 13.7 17.8 9.74 43 51.1 34.9
8 12.7 16.1 9.37 38.7 46 31.3
9 12.6 15.3 9.94 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 13.4 15.3 11.5 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 15.1 16.3 14 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 17.9 18.8 17.1 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 21.7 23.2 20.3 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 27.1 30.6 23.6 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 34.5 42.2 27.2 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 44.2 58 31 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 55.6 76.9 34.8 121.8 145 98.1
18 66.1 94.3 38.4 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 74.1 107.1 41.5 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 79.2 114.1 44.3 181.2 225.1 136
21 82.9 118.2 47.2 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 86.2 121.6 50.2 223.3 281.1 163
23 90 125.5 53.3 245.8 309 179.6
24 94.5 130.9 56.4 269.3 336 199.1
25 99.9 138.2 59.6 293.9 364 221.6
26 106 146.4 62.9 319 390 246.3
27 111.9 153.9 66.4 345 416 271.9
28 116.7 159.2 70.2 369 440 296.8
29 120.6 162.5 74.3 392 464 320
30 124.3 165.4 78.6 414 487 342
31 129.3 170.7 82.9 436 510 361
32 136.3 180 87.1 457 534 380
33 145.9 194.3 91.3 478 558 398
34 158.4 213.8 95.8 500 582 417
35 173.6 237.6 101.1 522 607 436
36 191.1 264.2 108.1 545 633 456
37 209.4 290.4 117.2 569 659 477
38 227 313 128.8 594 687 499
39 242.5 330 143 620 715 522
40 256.9 343 159.7 646 744 545
41 271.2 354 178.3 674 776 567
42 287.5 368 198.2 702 811 588
43 307 387 218.4 731 849 607
44 330 415 237.8 762 890 625
45 357 450 256.3 793 934 642
46 388 494 273.8 824 980 658
47 422 543 291.2 855 1,027 674
48 457 595 309 888 1,076 692
49 493 648 328 922 1,125 712
50 530 700 349 958 1,175 736
51 567 750 372 997 1,228 765
52 603 795 399 1,041 1,283 800
53 639 835 429 1,088 1,340 840
54 674 871 463 1,139 1,400 885
55 711 907 500 1,192 1,462 934
56 752 948 540 1,243 1,521 983
57 798 998 582 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 853 1,062 627 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 916 1,140 676 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 991 1,234 730 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,074 1,339 791 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,165 1,452 860 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,261 1,566 938 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,359 1,673 1,026 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,458 1,772 1,123 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,555 1,858 1,229 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,648 1,932 1,339 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,735 1,992 1,451 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,819 2,046 1,564 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,902 2,100 1,677 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,992 2,165 1,794 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,093 2,248 1,917 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,208 2,353 2,048 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,334 2,472 2,185 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,463 2,598 2,324 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,587 2,714 2,460 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,693 2,804 2,586 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,776 2,860 2,699 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,838 2,883 2,804 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 2,887 2,881 2,905 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,936 2,867 3,014 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,989 2,850 3,135 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,047 2,830 3,266 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,101 2,804 3,398 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,130 2,757 3,508 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,116 2,675 3,574 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,047 2,551 3,576 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 2,919 2,384 3,503 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 2,742 2,185 3,361 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 2,536 1,969 3,168 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,316 1,749 2,944 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,090 1,534 2,700 1,247 811 1,656
93 1,864 1,328 2,445 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,640 1,134 2,183 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,414 949 1,909 901 552 1,223
96 1,191 777 1,631 781 473 1,066
97 981 623 1,361 670 401 918
98 789 489 1,110 566 336 778
99 619 376 882 470 277.7 647
100 401 212.7 606 354 202.1 494

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 Mauritius 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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