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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64 years in Mozambique vs 66.5 in South Africa. Mozambique is ranked 179/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Mozambique, the life expectancy is 60.7 years for males and 66.9 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63 years for males and 70 years for females.

Mozambique vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Mozambique South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 37.3 35.9 38.7 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 37.7 36.3 39.1 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 38.1 36.6 39.5 45 44 46.2
1953 38.5 37 39.9 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 38.9 37.4 40.3 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 39.3 37.7 40.7 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 39.6 38.1 41 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 40.1 38.5 41.5 50.2 48.6 52
1958 40.5 39 41.9 51.1 49.5 53
1959 40.9 39.4 42.2 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 41.2 39.8 42.5 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 41.5 40.1 42.8 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 41.8 40.4 43.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 42 40.6 43.3 53.9 52 56
1964 41.7 40.1 43.2 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 41.8 40.2 43.3 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 41.8 40.2 43.4 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 42 40.3 43.5 55 52.9 57.2
1968 42.1 40.5 43.6 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 42.3 40.7 43.8 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 42.5 41 43.9 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 42.6 41.2 43.9 56 53.8 58.4
1972 42.5 41 44 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 42.7 41.3 44.2 56.7 54.6 59
1974 43.2 42.1 44.3 57.1 55 59.4
1975 43.8 43 44.6 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 43.9 43.1 44.7 58 55.8 60.4
1977 43.9 43.1 44.8 58.5 56.2 61
1978 44 43.1 44.8 59 56.6 61.6
1979 43.9 43 44.8 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 44 43.1 44.9 60 57.5 62.7
1981 41.6 40.6 42.6 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 41.7 40.6 42.7 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 41.6 40.5 42.7 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 38.9 35.3 42.5 61.8 59 64.9
1985 39 35.4 42.6 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 41 37.2 44.8 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 41 37.2 44.8 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 43.7 42.1 45.2 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 43.9 42.3 45.5 63 59.6 66.8
1990 44.3 42.9 45.8 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 44.7 43.2 46.1 63 59.5 67
1992 45.1 43.6 46.5 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 45.7 44.3 47 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 46.1 44.7 47.4 62.1 58.8 66
1995 46.5 45.2 47.8 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 47.1 45.8 48.4 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 47.8 46.4 49.1 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 48.2 46.9 49.4 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 48.8 47.6 50 59.2 56.1 62
2000 49.5 48.2 50.6 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 50.3 48.9 51.5 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 50.9 49.4 52.2 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 51.4 50 52.7 54.2 52 56.3
2004 51.9 50.5 53.1 54 51.9 55.8
2005 52.3 51 53.5 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 52.7 51.4 53.9 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 53.3 51.9 54.4 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 53.8 52.4 55 56 53.5 58.1
2009 54.4 52.9 55.7 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 55 53.4 56.4 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 55.7 54 57.2 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 56.5 54.6 58 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 57.2 55.2 58.9 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 58 55.8 59.8 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 58.7 56.4 60.7 64.1 60.8 67
2016 59.5 57 61.5 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 60.1 57.6 62.3 65.4 62 68.6
2018 60.8 58.1 63.1 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 61.3 58.5 63.7 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 61.4 58.2 64.2 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 60.3 57.1 63.1 62 59.2 64.8
2022 63 59.8 65.9 65.5 61.8 69
2023 63.6 60.3 66.5 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 63.8 60.5 66.7 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 64 60.7 66.9 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 49.7 years in Mozambique and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 10.5 healthy years in Mozambique and 11.3 in South Africa.

Mozambique 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 Mozambique 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:
40.2 vs 40.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.2 vs 70.5 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 72.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mozambique South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 94.9% 97.5% 93.5% 95.4%
50 86.3% 93.0% 83.5% 88.8%
60 72.0% 84.5% 67.9% 79.0%
65 61.7% 77.2% 57.9% 72.2%
70 49.1% 66.4% 46.5% 63.4%
75 34.5% 49.9% 34.9% 52.7%
80 19.7% 30.3% 23.8% 40.2%
85 8.2% 13.8% 14.8% 27.7%
90 2.3% 4.3% 7.7% 16.0%
95 0.4% 0.9% 3.3% 7.2%
100 0.0% 0.1% 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 Mozambique vs South Africa: 70.2 years vs 70.5 at 30, 77.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 85.2 vs 88.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64 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 Mozambique and South Africa.

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Mozambique South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 64 60.7 66.9 66.5 63 70
1 67.2 64 70 68 64.6 71.4
2 67.6 64.4 70.4 68.2 64.8 71.6
3 67.8 64.6 70.6 68.4 65 71.8
4 68 64.8 70.8 68.5 65.1 71.8
5 68.1 64.9 70.9 68.6 65.1 71.9
6 68.2 65 71 68.6 65.2 71.9
7 68.3 65.1 71.1 68.6 65.2 72
8 68.4 65.2 71.2 68.7 65.3 72
9 68.4 65.3 71.2 68.7 65.3 72
10 68.5 65.3 71.3 68.7 65.3 72
11 68.5 65.4 71.3 68.7 65.3 72
12 68.6 65.4 71.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
13 68.6 65.5 71.4 68.8 65.4 72.1
14 68.7 65.5 71.5 68.8 65.4 72.1
15 68.8 65.6 71.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
16 68.8 65.7 71.6 68.9 65.5 72.2
17 68.9 65.7 71.6 69 65.6 72.3
18 69 65.8 71.7 69 65.7 72.3
19 69 65.9 71.7 69.1 65.8 72.4
20 69.1 66 71.8 69.2 65.8 72.4
21 69.2 66.2 71.9 69.3 66 72.5
22 69.3 66.3 72 69.4 66.1 72.6
23 69.4 66.4 72 69.5 66.2 72.7
24 69.5 66.5 72.1 69.6 66.3 72.8
25 69.7 66.7 72.2 69.7 66.5 72.9
26 69.8 66.8 72.3 69.9 66.7 73
27 69.9 67 72.3 70 66.8 73.1
28 70 67.1 72.4 70.2 67 73.2
29 70.1 67.2 72.5 70.3 67.2 73.4
30 70.2 67.4 72.6 70.5 67.4 73.5
31 70.3 67.5 72.7 70.7 67.6 73.7
32 70.5 67.7 72.8 70.9 67.8 73.8
33 70.6 67.9 72.8 71.1 68 74
34 70.7 68 72.9 71.3 68.2 74.2
35 70.9 68.2 73 71.5 68.4 74.4
36 71 68.4 73.1 71.7 68.6 74.5
37 71.1 68.5 73.2 71.9 68.9 74.7
38 71.3 68.7 73.3 72.1 69.1 74.9
39 71.4 68.9 73.4 72.3 69.4 75.1
40 71.6 69.1 73.6 72.6 69.6 75.3
41 71.8 69.3 73.7 72.8 69.9 75.6
42 71.9 69.5 73.8 73.1 70.1 75.8
43 72.1 69.8 73.9 73.3 70.4 76
44 72.3 70 74 73.6 70.7 76.2
45 72.4 70.2 74.2 73.8 70.9 76.4
46 72.6 70.4 74.3 74.1 71.2 76.7
47 72.8 70.7 74.4 74.4 71.5 76.9
48 73 70.9 74.6 74.6 71.9 77.1
49 73.2 71.2 74.7 74.9 72.2 77.4
50 73.4 71.5 74.9 75.2 72.5 77.6
51 73.7 71.8 75.1 75.5 72.9 77.9
52 73.9 72 75.2 75.8 73.2 78.1
53 74.1 72.3 75.4 76.2 73.6 78.3
54 74.4 72.6 75.6 76.5 73.9 78.6
55 74.6 73 75.8 76.8 74.3 78.9
56 74.9 73.3 76 77.2 74.7 79.2
57 75.2 73.6 76.2 77.5 75.1 79.4
58 75.5 74 76.4 77.9 75.6 79.7
59 75.8 74.3 76.6 78.2 76 80
60 76.1 74.7 76.9 78.6 76.5 80.3
61 76.4 75.1 77.1 79 76.9 80.7
62 76.7 75.4 77.4 79.4 77.4 81
63 77 75.8 77.6 79.8 77.9 81.3
64 77.3 76.3 77.9 80.2 78.4 81.7
65 77.7 76.7 78.2 80.7 78.9 82
66 78 77.1 78.5 81.1 79.4 82.4
67 78.4 77.6 78.8 81.6 79.9 82.8
68 78.8 78 79.1 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 79.2 78.5 79.5 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 79.6 79 79.9 83.1 81.6 84
71 80 79.5 80.3 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 80.5 80.1 80.8 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 81 80.6 81.3 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 81.5 81.2 81.8 85.2 84 85.8
75 82.1 81.8 82.3 85.7 84.7 86.3
76 82.7 82.4 82.9 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 83.3 83 83.5 86.9 86 87.4
78 83.9 83.6 84.1 87.5 86.7 87.9
79 84.6 84.3 84.7 88.1 87.3 88.5
80 85.2 85 85.4 88.7 88 89.1
81 85.9 85.7 86.1 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 86.6 86.4 86.8 90 89.4 90.2
83 87.4 87.2 87.5 90.6 90.1 90.8
84 88.1 87.9 88.3 91.2 90.8 91.4
85 88.9 88.7 89 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 89.7 89.5 89.8 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.5 90.3 90.6 93.2 92.9 93.4
88 91.3 91.1 91.4 93.9 93.7 94.1
89 92.1 92 92.3 94.7 94.4 94.7
90 93 92.8 93.1 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.8 93.7 93.9 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.7 94.5 94.8 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95.5 95.4 95.6 97.6 97.5 97.6
94 96.4 96.3 96.5 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 97.3 97.2 97.4 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 100 99.9 100
97 99.1 99 99.2 100.8 100.7 100.8
98 100 99.9 100.1 101.6 101.5 101.7
99 100.9 100.8 101 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.8 101.8 101.9 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Mozambique vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 70.6% in Mozambique and 68.4% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 52.9% and 51.3% will live to 70 years or older, 23.2% and 30% to 80+ years, and 3.03% 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.

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mozambique South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.2% 94.8% 95.7% 97.8% 97.5% 98%
2 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
3 94.3% 93.8% 94.7% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5%
4 94% 93.5% 94.5% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
5 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
6 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.2%
7 93.6% 93.1% 94% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
8 93.4% 92.9% 94% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 93.4% 92.8% 93.9% 96.7% 96.4% 97.1%
10 93.3% 92.7% 93.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 93.2% 92.7% 93.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 93% 92.5% 93.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
14 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 96.5% 96.1% 96.9%
15 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
16 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 96.4% 95.9% 96.8%
17 92.6% 92% 93.2% 96.3% 95.8% 96.7%
18 92.5% 91.8% 93.1% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
19 92.3% 91.6% 93% 96% 95.5% 96.5%
20 92.1% 91.4% 92.9% 95.8% 95.3% 96.4%
21 92% 91.2% 92.8% 95.6% 95.1% 96.3%
22 91.8% 90.9% 92.6% 95.4% 94.8% 96.1%
23 91.6% 90.6% 92.5% 95.2% 94.5% 95.9%
24 91.3% 90.3% 92.4% 95% 94.2% 95.8%
25 91.1% 90.1% 92.2% 94.7% 93.9% 95.6%
26 90.9% 89.8% 92.1% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 90.7% 89.4% 91.9% 94.1% 93.1% 95.1%
28 90.4% 89.1% 91.7% 93.7% 92.7% 94.8%
29 90.2% 88.8% 91.6% 93.4% 92.3% 94.5%
30 89.9% 88.4% 91.4% 93% 91.8% 94.2%
31 89.6% 88.1% 91.2% 92.6% 91.3% 93.9%
32 89.4% 87.7% 91% 92.1% 90.8% 93.5%
33 89.1% 87.3% 90.8% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
34 88.8% 86.9% 90.6% 91.2% 89.7% 92.7%
35 88.4% 86.5% 90.4% 90.7% 89.1% 92.3%
36 88.1% 86% 90.1% 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
37 87.7% 85.5% 89.9% 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
38 87.3% 85% 89.6% 89.1% 87.2% 90.9%
39 86.9% 84.5% 89.4% 88.5% 86.5% 90.4%
40 86.5% 83.9% 89.1% 87.9% 85.8% 89.9%
41 86.1% 83.3% 88.7% 87.2% 85.1% 89.4%
42 85.6% 82.7% 88.4% 86.5% 84.3% 88.8%
43 85.1% 82% 88.1% 85.8% 83.5% 88.2%
44 84.6% 81.4% 87.7% 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
45 84% 80.6% 87.3% 84.3% 81.8% 87%
46 83.5% 79.9% 86.9% 83.5% 80.8% 86.3%
47 82.8% 79.1% 86.5% 82.7% 79.8% 85.7%
48 82.2% 78.2% 86% 81.9% 78.8% 85%
49 81.5% 77.3% 85.5% 81% 77.7% 84.3%
50 80.8% 76.4% 85% 80.1% 76.6% 83.6%
51 80% 75.3% 84.4% 79.1% 75.4% 82.9%
52 79.2% 74.3% 83.8% 78.1% 74.2% 82.1%
53 78.3% 73.2% 83.1% 77.1% 72.9% 81.3%
54 77.4% 72% 82.4% 76% 71.6% 80.5%
55 76.4% 70.7% 81.7% 74.8% 70.2% 79.6%
56 75.3% 69.5% 80.9% 73.6% 68.7% 78.7%
57 74.2% 68.1% 80.1% 72.4% 67.2% 77.7%
58 73.1% 66.7% 79.2% 71.1% 65.6% 76.6%
59 71.9% 65.2% 78.2% 69.8% 64% 75.6%
60 70.6% 63.7% 77.2% 68.4% 62.3% 74.4%
61 69.2% 62% 76% 66.9% 60.6% 73.3%
62 67.8% 60.3% 74.8% 65.5% 58.8% 72.1%
63 66.3% 58.5% 73.5% 63.9% 57% 70.8%
64 64.7% 56.5% 72.1% 62.3% 55.1% 69.5%
65 63% 54.6% 70.6% 60.6% 53.1% 68%
66 61.2% 52.5% 69% 58.9% 51.1% 66.5%
67 59.4% 50.4% 67.2% 57.1% 49% 64.9%
68 57.4% 48.1% 65.2% 55.2% 46.9% 63.3%
69 55.2% 45.8% 63% 53.2% 44.8% 61.5%
70 52.9% 43.5% 60.7% 51.3% 42.7% 59.7%
71 50.4% 41% 58% 49.3% 40.6% 57.9%
72 47.7% 38.5% 55.2% 47.3% 38.4% 55.9%
73 44.9% 35.9% 52.2% 45.2% 36.3% 53.9%
74 42% 33.2% 49% 43.1% 34.2% 51.8%
75 38.9% 30.5% 45.6% 40.9% 32.1% 49.7%
76 35.8% 27.8% 42.1% 38.7% 29.9% 47.4%
77 32.6% 25.1% 38.5% 36.5% 27.8% 45.1%
78 29.4% 22.5% 34.9% 34.3% 25.7% 42.7%
79 26.2% 19.9% 31.3% 32.1% 23.7% 40.3%
80 23.2% 17.4% 27.7% 30% 21.8% 37.9%
81 20.2% 15.1% 24.2% 27.9% 20% 35.5%
82 17.4% 12.9% 21% 25.8% 18.3% 33.1%
83 14.8% 10.8% 18% 23.8% 16.7% 30.8%
84 12.4% 8.97% 15.2% 21.9% 15.1% 28.4%
85 10.2% 7.29% 12.6% 20% 13.6% 26.1%
86 8.26% 5.84% 10.3% 18.1% 12.1% 23.7%
87 6.59% 4.59% 8.31% 16.2% 10.7% 21.5%
88 5.18% 3.55% 6.61% 14.5% 9.42% 19.2%
89 4% 2.69% 5.16% 12.8% 8.21% 17.1%
90 3.03% 2% 3.97% 11.2% 7.1% 15.1%
91 2.25% 1.46% 2.98% 9.76% 6.1% 13.2%
92 1.65% 1.04% 2.22% 8.41% 5.2% 11.4%
93 1.18% 0.73% 1.61% 7.16% 4.38% 9.73%
94 0.82% 0.5% 1.14% 6.02% 3.66% 8.21%
95 0.56% 0.33% 0.79% 5% 3.03% 6.83%
96 0.38% 0.21% 0.54% 4.1% 2.47% 5.6%
97 0.24% 0.13% 0.36% 3.32% 2% 4.54%
98 0.16% 0.08% 0.23% 2.65% 1.6% 3.62%
99 0.1% 0.05% 0.15% 2.08% 1.26% 2.84%
100 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 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 4.78% in the birth year in Mozambique and 2.24% in South Africa, 0.3% vs 0.45% at age 30, 1.95% vs 2.1% at 60, and 13% vs 6.98% at 80.

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

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Mozambique South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4.78% 5.22% 4.35% 2.24% 2.49% 1.98%
1 0.63% 0.64% 0.61% 0.36% 0.39% 0.32%
2 0.39% 0.41% 0.37% 0.23% 0.26% 0.2%
3 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.1% 0.12% 0.08%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.09% 0.11% 0.08% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.09% 0.11% 0.07%
16 0.13% 0.16% 0.11% 0.11% 0.13% 0.09%
17 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.13% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
19 0.19% 0.24% 0.13% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
20 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
21 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.22% 0.3% 0.15% 0.23% 0.3% 0.17%
23 0.23% 0.31% 0.15% 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
24 0.24% 0.32% 0.16% 0.28% 0.36% 0.21%
25 0.25% 0.33% 0.16% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
26 0.26% 0.35% 0.17% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.27% 0.36% 0.18% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
28 0.28% 0.37% 0.19% 0.39% 0.48% 0.31%
29 0.29% 0.39% 0.19% 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
30 0.3% 0.41% 0.2% 0.45% 0.53% 0.36%
31 0.31% 0.43% 0.21% 0.47% 0.56% 0.39%
32 0.33% 0.45% 0.22% 0.5% 0.59% 0.41%
33 0.35% 0.47% 0.23% 0.52% 0.62% 0.43%
34 0.37% 0.5% 0.25% 0.55% 0.65% 0.45%
35 0.39% 0.53% 0.26% 0.58% 0.68% 0.47%
36 0.41% 0.56% 0.28% 0.6% 0.72% 0.5%
37 0.43% 0.59% 0.29% 0.64% 0.75% 0.52%
38 0.46% 0.63% 0.31% 0.67% 0.79% 0.55%
39 0.49% 0.67% 0.33% 0.7% 0.83% 0.58%
40 0.52% 0.71% 0.35% 0.74% 0.87% 0.61%
41 0.54% 0.74% 0.37% 0.77% 0.91% 0.63%
42 0.58% 0.79% 0.4% 0.81% 0.96% 0.66%
43 0.61% 0.84% 0.42% 0.85% 1.02% 0.69%
44 0.65% 0.89% 0.44% 0.89% 1.08% 0.71%
45 0.69% 0.95% 0.47% 0.94% 1.14% 0.74%
46 0.73% 1.01% 0.5% 0.99% 1.21% 0.76%
47 0.77% 1.08% 0.53% 1.03% 1.29% 0.79%
48 0.83% 1.15% 0.58% 1.08% 1.36% 0.81%
49 0.89% 1.23% 0.62% 1.14% 1.45% 0.84%
50 0.97% 1.33% 0.68% 1.2% 1.53% 0.88%
51 1.03% 1.41% 0.72% 1.26% 1.63% 0.92%
52 1.12% 1.51% 0.78% 1.33% 1.73% 0.97%
53 1.19% 1.61% 0.84% 1.41% 1.84% 1.03%
54 1.28% 1.71% 0.9% 1.5% 1.96% 1.1%
55 1.37% 1.82% 0.96% 1.59% 2.08% 1.17%
56 1.46% 1.94% 1.04% 1.69% 2.21% 1.25%
57 1.56% 2.07% 1.12% 1.79% 2.35% 1.33%
58 1.68% 2.23% 1.22% 1.88% 2.48% 1.4%
59 1.79% 2.39% 1.32% 1.99% 2.63% 1.48%
60 1.95% 2.61% 1.48% 2.1% 2.78% 1.56%
61 2.06% 2.78% 1.58% 2.22% 2.94% 1.66%
62 2.24% 3.03% 1.76% 2.36% 3.13% 1.76%
63 2.4% 3.26% 1.92% 2.52% 3.33% 1.89%
64 2.58% 3.51% 2.11% 2.7% 3.56% 2.04%
65 2.79% 3.79% 2.32% 2.89% 3.81% 2.21%
66 3.05% 4.07% 2.59% 3.1% 4.05% 2.38%
67 3.38% 4.4% 2.94% 3.3% 4.29% 2.57%
68 3.77% 4.78% 3.34% 3.5% 4.52% 2.75%
69 4.18% 5.17% 3.75% 3.69% 4.74% 2.94%
70 4.77% 5.71% 4.36% 3.89% 4.96% 3.13%
71 5.2% 6.12% 4.78% 4.11% 5.21% 3.34%
72 5.9% 6.78% 5.5% 4.36% 5.51% 3.59%
73 6.54% 7.39% 6.15% 4.66% 5.85% 3.87%
74 7.27% 8.09% 6.89% 5% 6.24% 4.19%
75 8.09% 8.86% 7.71% 5.36% 6.66% 4.55%
76 8.88% 9.64% 8.5% 5.72% 7.07% 4.92%
77 9.74% 10.5% 9.35% 6.07% 7.44% 5.28%
78 10.8% 11.5% 10.4% 6.39% 7.75% 5.63%
79 11.8% 12.5% 11.4% 6.68% 8.02% 5.97%
80 13% 13.6% 12.6% 6.98% 8.28% 6.31%
81 13.7% 14.5% 13.2% 7.32% 8.59% 6.69%
82 15.1% 15.9% 14.5% 7.73% 8.99% 7.13%
83 16.3% 17.2% 15.6% 8.22% 9.48% 7.64%
84 17.7% 18.7% 17% 8.79% 10.1% 8.24%
85 18.9% 19.9% 18.1% 9.44% 10.7% 8.91%
86 20.2% 21.3% 19.3% 10.1% 11.4% 9.62%
87 21.4% 22.7% 20.5% 10.9% 12.2% 10.4%
88 22.8% 24.2% 21.9% 11.6% 12.8% 11.1%
89 24.1% 25.6% 23% 12.3% 13.5% 11.9%
90 25.9% 27.3% 24.9% 13.1% 14.1% 12.7%
91 26.8% 28.4% 25.7% 13.9% 14.8% 13.5%
92 28.5% 30.2% 27.5% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 30% 31.8% 28.9% 15.9% 16.5% 15.7%
94 31.6% 33.4% 30.5% 17% 17.4% 16.8%
95 33.4% 35.4% 32.3% 18% 18.3% 17.9%
96 34.9% 37% 33.8% 19.1% 19.1% 19%
97 36.3% 38.5% 35.2% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 37.7% 40% 36.6% 21.4% 21% 21.5%
99 39.3% 41.7% 38.3% 22.6% 22% 22.8%
100 40.7% 43.2% 39.7% 23.7% 22.9% 24%

Death rate by age in Mozambique compared to South Africa

In Mozambique, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Africa. The median age of death is 71.1 in Mozambique and 70.6 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Mozambique South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,783 5,219 4,349 2,237 2,486 1,980
1 596 607 584 350 381 318
2 367 383 351 223.1 248.2 197
3 254.8 266.9 242.4 144.6 164.2 124.6
4 185.7 194.9 176.4 97.1 112.3 81.9
5 142.9 150 135.7 68.6 80.4 56.7
6 119.9 127.6 112.1 52.2 61.7 42.6
7 104.1 112.9 95.3 43 51.1 34.9
8 92.3 101 83.5 38.7 46 31.3
9 84.6 93.1 75.8 37.7 44.7 30.6
10 80.7 89.3 71.9 39.5 46.6 32.3
11 79.9 89.1 70.4 43.8 51.4 36.1
12 81.9 92 71.6 50.6 59.1 42.1
13 87 98.6 75.3 60.1 69.9 50.1
14 96.1 110.6 81.4 72.1 83.9 60.1
15 108.7 127.4 89.6 86.6 101.1 71.8
16 124.4 149.3 99.1 103.3 121.6 84.7
17 140.7 174.1 106.8 121.8 145 98.1
18 158.2 200.8 115.1 141.2 170.5 111.2
19 171.4 220.8 121.5 161.1 197.4 123.8
20 183.5 239.3 127.2 181.2 225.1 136
21 193.9 255.4 132.1 201.9 253.1 148.7
22 203.5 269.5 137.1 223.3 281.1 163
23 211.6 281.1 141.9 245.8 309 179.6
24 219 291 147.1 269.3 336 199.1
25 226.2 301 152.1 293.9 364 221.6
26 233.5 310 157.6 319 390 246.3
27 241.7 321 163.4 345 416 271.9
28 250.9 333 170.1 369 440 296.8
29 260.3 345 176.4 392 464 320
30 273 362 185.5 414 487 342
31 281.8 375 190.9 436 510 361
32 297.3 395 202.1 457 534 380
33 311 414 212 478 558 398
34 327 435 222.8 500 582 417
35 345 460 235.3 522 607 436
36 363 483 248.2 545 633 456
37 381 508 260.9 569 659 477
38 403 536 278.4 594 687 499
39 423 563 293.4 620 715 522
40 449 596 314 646 744 545
41 466 620 326 674 776 567
42 496 657 351 702 811 588
43 519 688 368 731 849 607
44 546 724 388 762 890 625
45 579 768 412 793 934 642
46 607 805 435 824 980 658
47 640 851 462 855 1,027 674
48 682 902 496 888 1,076 692
49 725 953 530 922 1,125 712
50 783 1,017 577 958 1,175 736
51 822 1,059 604 997 1,228 765
52 885 1,123 657 1,041 1,283 800
53 934 1,175 695 1,088 1,340 840
54 990 1,231 742 1,139 1,400 885
55 1,044 1,288 787 1,192 1,462 934
56 1,101 1,347 841 1,243 1,521 983
57 1,157 1,409 893 1,292 1,577 1,030
58 1,225 1,485 965 1,340 1,630 1,076
59 1,288 1,559 1,034 1,386 1,680 1,120
60 1,378 1,661 1,140 1,433 1,730 1,165
61 1,423 1,724 1,201 1,484 1,782 1,214
62 1,515 1,825 1,316 1,543 1,838 1,271
63 1,588 1,905 1,413 1,609 1,899 1,340
64 1,669 1,987 1,519 1,680 1,963 1,417
65 1,760 2,070 1,636 1,754 2,022 1,502
66 1,870 2,135 1,789 1,823 2,071 1,587
67 2,008 2,215 1,972 1,882 2,104 1,668
68 2,164 2,299 2,177 1,929 2,119 1,741
69 2,308 2,371 2,365 1,964 2,122 1,808
70 2,524 2,481 2,645 1,993 2,118 1,871
71 2,618 2,509 2,775 2,025 2,115 1,935
72 2,819 2,611 3,039 2,063 2,116 2,006
73 2,940 2,651 3,208 2,107 2,124 2,087
74 3,054 2,687 3,373 2,153 2,133 2,173
75 3,149 2,704 3,517 2,193 2,135 2,258
76 3,179 2,683 3,576 2,217 2,116 2,330
77 3,176 2,635 3,602 2,218 2,070 2,380
78 3,181 2,591 3,640 2,191 1,995 2,403
79 3,087 2,482 3,554 2,146 1,904 2,403
80 3,008 2,379 3,489 2,092 1,808 2,390
81 2,758 2,178 3,194 2,041 1,721 2,374
82 2,626 2,050 3,060 1,997 1,646 2,361
83 2,403 1,860 2,813 1,960 1,580 2,352
84 2,185 1,674 2,574 1,925 1,519 2,341
85 1,922 1,451 2,285 1,885 1,457 2,322
86 1,666 1,246 1,993 1,833 1,386 2,285
87 1,413 1,043 1,707 1,763 1,304 2,224
88 1,183 860 1,446 1,675 1,210 2,135
89 962 688 1,189 1,575 1,108 2,030
90 785 547 989 1,466 1,005 1,909
91 602 414 767 1,353 904 1,779
92 470 315 609 1,247 811 1,656
93 353 231.1 465 1,138 722 1,526
94 260.5 166.1 349 1,022 636 1,380
95 188.2 117 256.2 901 552 1,223
96 131 79 181.7 781 473 1,066
97 88.8 51.8 125.4 670 401 918
98 58.7 33.1 84.4 566 336 778
99 38.2 20.7 56.1 470 277.7 647
100 0 0 0 354 202.1 494

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 Mozambique 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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