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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 75.4 years in Mexico vs 66.5 in South Africa. Mexico is ranked 87/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Mexico, the life expectancy is 72.6 years for males and 78.2 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Mexico vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Mexico
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Mexico South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.8 42.3 45.5 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 44.8 43.2 46.4 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 45.7 44 47.4 45 44 46.2
1953 47 45.5 48.7 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 48.3 46.8 49.9 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 49.6 48.1 51.1 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 50.4 48.9 51.8 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 51.1 49.6 52.7 50.2 48.6 52
1958 51.8 50.3 53.4 51.1 49.5 53
1959 52.7 51.1 54.3 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 53.6 51.9 55.3 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 54.4 53 55.9 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 55.1 53.6 56.5 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 55.5 54 57 53.9 52 56
1964 55.9 54.2 57.7 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 56.7 54.8 58.7 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 57.4 55.4 59.4 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 58 55.8 60.3 55 52.9 57.2
1968 58.2 56.1 60.4 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 58.4 56.4 60.6 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 58.9 57 60.8 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 59.4 57.5 61.4 56 53.8 58.4
1972 60.1 58.1 62.1 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 60.5 58.3 62.8 56.7 54.6 59
1974 61.2 58.8 63.6 57.1 55 59.4
1975 61.9 59.4 64.5 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 62.5 59.9 65.2 58 55.8 60.4
1977 63 60.2 65.9 58.5 56.2 61
1978 63.4 60.5 66.5 59 56.6 61.6
1979 63.9 60.8 67.1 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 64.3 61.1 67.6 60 57.5 62.7
1981 64.7 61.5 68.1 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 65.3 62.1 68.6 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 65.8 62.6 69 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 66.2 63.2 69.4 61.8 59 64.9
1985 66.8 63.8 69.9 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 67.4 64.4 70.4 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 67.9 64.9 71 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 68.3 65.4 71.3 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 68.6 65.7 71.6 63 59.6 66.8
1990 69 66.1 72 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 69.4 66.4 72.4 63 59.5 67
1992 69.7 66.7 72.6 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 70 67.1 72.9 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 70.3 67.5 73.2 62.1 58.8 66
1995 70.7 68 73.5 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 71.1 68.4 73.7 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 71.5 68.9 74.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 71.8 69.2 74.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 72.2 69.7 74.7 59.2 56.1 62
2000 72.6 70.1 75 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 72.9 70.6 75.2 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 73.1 70.8 75.4 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 73.3 71 75.5 54.2 52 56.3
2004 73.4 71.2 75.7 54 51.9 55.8
2005 73.6 71.4 75.9 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 73.7 71.4 76 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 73.8 71.4 76.1 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 73.7 71.2 76.1 56 53.5 58.1
2009 73.6 71.1 76.1 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 73.7 71.1 76.3 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 73.9 71.3 76.5 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 74.1 71.5 76.7 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 74.3 71.7 76.8 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 74.4 71.9 76.9 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 74.4 71.9 76.9 64.1 60.8 67
2016 74.4 71.7 77 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 74.3 71.5 77 65.4 62 68.6
2018 74.3 71.4 77.1 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 74.5 71.6 77.4 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 70.4 66.9 74.1 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 69.7 66.2 73.4 62 59.2 64.8
2022 74 70.9 77 65.5 61.8 69
2023 75.1 72.2 77.8 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 75.3 72.4 78 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 75.4 72.6 78.2 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 61.4 years in Mexico and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.9 healthy years in Mexico and 11.3 in South Africa.

Mexico 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 Mexico 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:
47.6 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
77.6 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
80.5 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mexico South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.7% 99.0% 93.5% 95.4%
50 91.9% 96.7% 83.5% 88.8%
60 83.6% 91.5% 67.9% 79.0%
65 77.1% 86.9% 57.9% 72.2%
70 69.0% 80.4% 46.5% 63.4%
75 58.4% 71.2% 34.9% 52.7%
80 45.1% 57.7% 23.8% 40.2%
85 30.1% 39.5% 14.8% 27.7%
90 16.0% 20.2% 7.7% 16.0%
95 6.2% 6.8% 3.3% 7.2%
100 1.5% 1.1% 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 Mexico vs South Africa: 77.6 years vs 70.5 at 30, 82.8 vs 80.7 at 65, 88.3 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 75.4 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 Mexico and South Africa.

Mexico
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Mexico South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 75.4 72.6 78.2 66.5 63 70
1 76.2 73.5 78.9 68 64.6 71.4
2 76.3 73.5 78.9 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 76.3 73.6 79 68.4 65 71.8
4 76.3 73.6 79 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 76.4 73.6 79 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 76.4 73.6 79 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 76.4 73.6 79 68.6 65.2 72
8 76.4 73.7 79.1 68.7 65.3 72
9 76.4 73.7 79.1 68.7 65.3 72
10 76.4 73.7 79.1 68.7 65.3 72
11 76.4 73.7 79.1 68.7 65.3 72
12 76.5 73.7 79.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 76.5 73.7 79.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 76.5 73.8 79.1 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 76.5 73.8 79.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 76.6 73.8 79.2 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 76.6 73.9 79.2 69 65.6 72.3
18 76.6 73.9 79.2 69 65.7 72.3
19 76.7 74 79.3 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 76.8 74.1 79.3 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 76.8 74.2 79.3 69.3 66 72.5
22 76.9 74.3 79.4 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 77 74.5 79.4 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 77.1 74.6 79.4 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 77.2 74.7 79.5 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 77.2 74.8 79.5 69.9 66.7 73
27 77.3 75 79.6 70 66.8 73.1
28 77.4 75.1 79.6 70.2 67 73.2
29 77.5 75.2 79.6 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 77.6 75.4 79.7 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 77.7 75.5 79.7 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 77.8 75.6 79.7 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 77.9 75.8 79.8 71.1 68 74
34 77.9 75.9 79.8 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 78 76 79.9 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 78.1 76.2 79.9 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 78.2 76.3 80 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 78.3 76.4 80 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 78.4 76.6 80.1 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 78.5 76.7 80.1 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 78.6 76.9 80.2 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 78.7 77 80.3 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 78.8 77.2 80.3 73.3 70.4 76
44 78.9 77.3 80.4 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 79.1 77.5 80.5 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 79.2 77.6 80.5 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 79.3 77.8 80.6 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 79.4 78 80.7 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 79.6 78.2 80.8 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 79.7 78.4 80.9 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 79.9 78.5 81 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 80 78.7 81.1 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 80.2 78.9 81.3 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 80.3 79.2 81.4 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 80.5 79.4 81.5 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 80.7 79.6 81.7 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 80.9 79.9 81.8 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 81.1 80.1 82 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 81.3 80.4 82.2 78.2 76 80
60 81.6 80.6 82.4 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 81.8 80.9 82.6 79 76.9 80.7
62 82 81.2 82.8 79.4 77.4 81
63 82.3 81.5 83 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 82.6 81.8 83.2 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 82.8 82.1 83.4 80.7 78.9 82
66 83.1 82.5 83.7 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 83.4 82.8 83.9 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 83.7 83.1 84.2 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 84 83.5 84.4 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 84.3 83.8 84.7 83.1 81.6 84
71 84.6 84.2 85 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 85 84.6 85.3 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 85.3 85 85.6 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 85.7 85.5 85.9 85.2 84 85.8
75 86.1 85.9 86.2 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 86.5 86.4 86.6 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 86.9 86.8 87 86.9 86 87.4
78 87.4 87.3 87.4 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 87.8 87.8 87.8 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 88.3 88.4 88.2 88.7 88 89.1
81 88.8 88.9 88.7 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 89.3 89.5 89.2 90 89.4 90.2
83 89.9 90.1 89.7 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 90.4 90.7 90.3 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 91 91.3 90.9 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 91.7 91.9 91.5 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 92.3 92.6 92.1 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 93 93.2 92.8 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 93.7 93.9 93.4 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 94.4 94.6 94.1 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 95.1 95.4 94.9 96.1 96 96.2
92 95.8 96.1 95.6 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 96.6 96.9 96.3 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 97.3 97.6 97.1 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 98.1 98.4 97.9 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.9 99.2 98.7 100 99.9 100
97 99.7 99.9 99.5 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100.6 100.8 100.4 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 101.4 101.6 101.3 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 102.4 102.4 102.3 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Mexico vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 84.7% in Mexico and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.4% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 49.8% and 30% to 80+ years, and 17.6% 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.

Mexico
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mexico South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99% 98.9% 99.1% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 98.9% 98.8% 99% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 98.9% 98.7% 99% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 98.8% 98.7% 99% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 98.8% 98.7% 98.9% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 98.8% 98.6% 98.9% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 98.7% 98.5% 98.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 98.6% 98.5% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 98.6% 98.5% 98.8% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 98.5% 98.4% 98.7% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 98.2% 98% 98.5% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 98.1% 97.8% 98.5% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 98% 97.6% 98.4% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 97.9% 97.4% 98.4% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 97.7% 97.2% 98.3% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 97.6% 96.9% 98.3% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 97.4% 96.7% 98.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 97.3% 96.4% 98.1% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 97.1% 96.2% 98.1% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 96.9% 95.9% 98% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 96.8% 95.6% 97.9% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 96.6% 95.4% 97.8% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 96.4% 95.1% 97.8% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 96.2% 94.8% 97.7% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 96% 94.5% 97.6% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 95.8% 94.2% 97.5% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 95.7% 93.9% 97.4% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 95.4% 93.6% 97.3% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 95.2% 93.3% 97.2% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 95% 93% 97.1% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 94.8% 92.6% 97% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 94.5% 92.3% 96.8% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 94.3% 91.9% 96.7% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 94% 91.5% 96.5% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 93.7% 91.1% 96.3% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 93.4% 90.7% 96.2% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 93.1% 90.2% 96% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 92.8% 89.8% 95.7% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 92.4% 89.3% 95.5% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 92% 88.8% 95.2% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 91.6% 88.2% 94.9% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 91.2% 87.7% 94.6% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 90.8% 87.1% 94.3% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 90.3% 86.5% 93.9% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 89.7% 85.8% 93.5% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 89.2% 85.1% 93.1% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 88.6% 84.3% 92.6% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 87.9% 83.5% 92.1% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 87.2% 82.6% 91.5% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 86.4% 81.7% 90.9% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 85.6% 80.7% 90.3% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 84.7% 79.7% 89.5% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 83.8% 78.6% 88.7% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 82.8% 77.4% 87.9% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 81.7% 76.2% 87% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 80.6% 74.9% 86% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 79.4% 73.6% 85% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 78.2% 72.2% 83.9% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 76.9% 70.7% 82.7% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 75.5% 69.2% 81.4% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 74% 67.6% 80.1% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 72.4% 65.8% 78.7% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 70.7% 64% 77.1% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 68.9% 62.1% 75.4% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 67% 60% 73.6% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 64.9% 57.9% 71.7% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 62.8% 55.7% 69.6% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 60.5% 53.3% 67.4% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 58.1% 50.9% 65% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 55.5% 48.3% 62.4% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 52.7% 45.7% 59.5% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 49.8% 43% 56.5% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 46.8% 40.2% 53.3% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 43.7% 37.4% 49.8% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 40.4% 34.5% 46.2% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 37.1% 31.6% 42.5% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 33.8% 28.7% 38.7% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 30.4% 25.9% 34.7% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 27% 23.1% 30.8% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 23.7% 20.3% 26.9% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 20.5% 17.8% 23.2% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 17.6% 15.3% 19.7% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 14.8% 13% 16.5% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 12.3% 10.9% 13.5% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 9.99% 9.05% 10.9% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 8.01% 7.38% 8.59% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 6.28% 5.92% 6.61% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 4.82% 4.66% 4.94% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 3.59% 3.59% 3.57% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 2.6% 2.7% 2.49% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 1.83% 1.98% 1.66% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 1.24% 1.42% 1.06% 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% in the birth year in Mexico and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.19% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.11% vs 2.1% at 60, and 6.05% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Mexico
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Mexico South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1% 1.12% 0.88% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.03% 0.03% 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% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.07% 0.09% 0.04% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.1% 0.15% 0.05% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.12% 0.18% 0.05% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.13% 0.2% 0.06% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.14% 0.21% 0.06% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.14% 0.23% 0.06% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.15% 0.24% 0.06% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.16% 0.25% 0.06% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.16% 0.26% 0.07% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.17% 0.27% 0.07% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.18% 0.28% 0.07% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.18% 0.29% 0.08% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.18% 0.29% 0.08% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.19% 0.3% 0.08% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.19% 0.3% 0.08% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.19% 0.3% 0.09% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.2% 0.31% 0.09% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.2% 0.32% 0.1% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.21% 0.33% 0.1% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.22% 0.34% 0.11% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.23% 0.35% 0.12% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.24% 0.37% 0.13% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.26% 0.39% 0.14% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.27% 0.41% 0.15% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.29% 0.42% 0.16% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.3% 0.44% 0.18% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.32% 0.47% 0.19% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.34% 0.49% 0.21% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.36% 0.51% 0.23% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.38% 0.54% 0.25% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.41% 0.57% 0.27% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.44% 0.6% 0.3% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.47% 0.64% 0.33% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.5% 0.68% 0.36% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 0.54% 0.72% 0.39% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 0.58% 0.77% 0.42% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 0.63% 0.83% 0.46% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 0.69% 0.89% 0.51% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 0.74% 0.96% 0.56% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 0.81% 1.04% 0.61% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 0.88% 1.12% 0.67% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 0.95% 1.2% 0.74% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.03% 1.29% 0.81% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.11% 1.39% 0.88% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 1.2% 1.48% 0.95% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 1.28% 1.58% 1.03% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 1.37% 1.68% 1.12% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 1.47% 1.78% 1.2% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 1.57% 1.89% 1.3% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 1.68% 2.02% 1.4% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 1.81% 2.17% 1.52% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 1.97% 2.34% 1.66% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 2.14% 2.54% 1.81% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 2.33% 2.77% 1.98% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 2.56% 3.02% 2.18% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 2.79% 3.29% 2.39% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 3.03% 3.56% 2.6% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 3.31% 3.86% 2.86% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 3.65% 4.21% 3.2% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 4.04% 4.59% 3.6% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 4.47% 5% 4.05% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 4.94% 5.46% 4.54% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 5.47% 5.95% 5.1% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 6.05% 6.48% 5.72% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 6.7% 7.06% 6.43% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 7.42% 7.7% 7.21% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 8.21% 8.39% 8.07% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 9.09% 9.13% 9.05% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 10.1% 9.94% 10.1% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 11.1% 10.8% 11.3% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 12.2% 11.8% 12.5% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 13.3% 12.8% 13.8% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 14.5% 13.8% 15.1% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 15.8% 14.9% 16.5% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 17.1% 16.1% 18% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 18.5% 17.2% 19.5% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 19.9% 18.4% 21.1% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 21.5% 19.8% 23% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 23.4% 21.3% 25.2% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 25.4% 23% 27.8% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 27.5% 24.7% 30.4% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 29.7% 26.6% 33.2% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 32.1% 28.5% 36.2% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 34.2% 30.2% 38.8% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Mexico compared to South Africa

In Mexico, the most common age of death is 85, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 79.9 in Mexico and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Mexico
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Mexico South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,002 1,123 876 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 76 77.8 74.1 350 381 318
2 56.6 59 54.2 223.1 248.2 197
3 42.6 45.1 40.1 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 32.8 35.1 30.4 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 25.9 28 23.8 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 21.5 23.3 19.6 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 19.1 20.6 17.5 43 51.1 34.9
8 18.3 19.6 16.9 38.7 46 31.3
9 18.6 19.9 17.3 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 19.8 21.2 18.4 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 22.3 24.1 20.3 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 26.3 29.4 23.2 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 32.4 37.7 26.8 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 40.9 50.3 31.1 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 52.4 68.2 35.9 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 66.6 91.5 40.9 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 82.9 119 45.5 121.8 145 98.1
18 99.2 147.1 49.5 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 113.7 172.5 52.8 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 125.1 192.7 55.3 181.2 225.1 136
21 133.6 207.6 57.3 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 140.4 219.3 59.2 223.3 281.1 163
23 146.6 229.6 61.3 245.8 309 179.6
24 152.7 239.7 63.7 269.3 336 199.1
25 159.1 250.2 66.3 293.9 364 221.6
26 165.2 259.8 69 319 390 246.3
27 170.5 268.1 71.7 345 416 271.9
28 174.7 274.3 74.2 369 440 296.8
29 177.9 278.6 76.7 392 464 320
30 180.3 281.6 79.3 414 487 342
31 182.5 284.1 82.1 436 510 361
32 185.5 287.3 85.4 457 534 380
33 189.7 292.1 89.5 478 558 398
34 195.4 298.9 94.6 500 582 417
35 202.7 308 100.6 522 607 436
36 211.5 318 107.6 545 633 456
37 221.3 330 115.6 569 659 477
38 231.9 344 124.7 594 687 499
39 243.2 358 134.7 620 715 522
40 255.7 374 145.8 646 744 545
41 269.2 390 158 674 776 567
42 283.8 407 171.6 702 811 588
43 299.5 424 186.5 731 849 607
44 316 443 203 762 890 625
45 335 463 221 793 934 642
46 356 485 240.6 824 980 658
47 378 508 261.7 855 1,027 674
48 402 534 284.6 888 1,076 692
49 429 563 309 922 1,125 712
50 458 594 336 958 1,175 736
51 491 629 365 997 1,228 765
52 527 669 398 1,041 1,283 800
53 567 712 434 1,088 1,340 840
54 611 759 473 1,139 1,400 885
55 659 811 517 1,192 1,462 934
56 710 866 565 1,243 1,521 983
57 765 924 616 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 823 984 670 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 882 1,045 727 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 942 1,106 786 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,002 1,165 847 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,062 1,223 909 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,121 1,278 971 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,182 1,334 1,035 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,246 1,393 1,103 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,316 1,459 1,176 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 1,394 1,534 1,257 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 1,484 1,621 1,349 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 1,583 1,718 1,449 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 1,690 1,823 1,556 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 1,807 1,934 1,678 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 1,923 2,042 1,801 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,030 2,139 1,915 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 2,147 2,236 2,052 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 2,291 2,341 2,232 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 2,442 2,446 2,428 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 2,593 2,546 2,630 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 2,742 2,637 2,834 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 2,884 2,718 3,036 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 3,017 2,786 3,232 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 3,139 2,840 3,422 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 3,241 2,876 3,591 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 3,319 2,892 3,732 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 3,374 2,886 3,849 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 3,395 2,855 3,922 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 3,370 2,797 3,931 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 3,292 2,710 3,862 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 3,160 2,595 3,714 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 2,981 2,448 3,503 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 2,770 2,279 3,252 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 2,534 2,092 2,966 1,353 904 1,779
92 2,261 1,882 2,632 1,247 811 1,656
93 1,984 1,668 2,293 1,138 722 1,526
94 1,721 1,461 1,974 1,022 636 1,380
95 1,468 1,262 1,668 901 552 1,223
96 1,225 1,072 1,372 781 473 1,066
97 989 887 1,085 670 401 918
98 774 717 825 566 336 778
99 587 566 603 470 277.7 647
100 345 377 307 354 202.1 494

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 Mexico 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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