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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 64.1 years in Mozambique vs 66.7 in South Africa. Mozambique is ranked 178/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Mozambique, the life expectancy is 60.8 years for males and 67.1 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 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
2026 64.1 60.8 67.1 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 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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.3 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.3 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Mozambique South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 95.0% 97.5% 93.6% 95.5%
50 86.5% 93.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 72.2% 84.6% 68.1% 79.2%
65 61.9% 77.4% 58.1% 72.5%
70 49.4% 66.5% 46.7% 63.7%
75 34.7% 50.1% 35.1% 53.0%
80 19.8% 30.5% 24.0% 40.5%
85 8.3% 13.9% 14.9% 27.9%
90 2.3% 4.4% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.4% 0.9% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.0% 0.1% 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 Mozambique vs South Africa: 70.3 years vs 70.6 at 30, 77.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 85.2 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 64.1 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 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 64.1 60.8 67.1 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 67.3 64.1 70.1 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 67.7 64.5 70.5 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 67.9 64.8 70.7 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 68.1 64.9 70.9 68.6 65.2 72
5 68.2 65.1 71 68.7 65.3 72
6 68.3 65.2 71.1 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 68.4 65.2 71.2 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 68.5 65.3 71.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 68.5 65.4 71.3 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 68.6 65.4 71.4 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 68.6 65.5 71.4 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 68.7 65.5 71.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 68.7 65.6 71.5 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 68.8 65.6 71.5 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 68.8 65.7 71.6 69 65.6 72.3
16 68.9 65.8 71.6 69 65.7 72.3
17 69 65.8 71.7 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 69 65.9 71.8 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 69.1 66 71.8 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 69.2 66.1 71.9 69.3 66 72.6
21 69.3 66.3 72 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 69.4 66.4 72 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 69.5 66.5 72.1 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 69.6 66.6 72.2 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 69.7 66.8 72.3 69.9 66.6 73
26 69.8 66.9 72.3 70 66.8 73.1
27 69.9 67 72.4 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 70.1 67.2 72.5 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 70.2 67.3 72.6 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 70.3 67.5 72.6 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 70.4 67.6 72.7 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 70.5 67.8 72.8 71 67.9 73.9
33 70.7 67.9 72.9 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 70.8 68.1 73 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 70.9 68.3 73.1 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 71.1 68.4 73.2 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 71.2 68.6 73.3 72 68.9 74.8
38 71.3 68.8 73.4 72.2 69.2 75
39 71.5 69 73.5 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 71.6 69.2 73.6 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 71.8 69.4 73.7 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 72 69.6 73.8 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 72.1 69.8 74 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 72.3 70 74.1 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 72.5 70.3 74.2 73.9 71 76.5
46 72.7 70.5 74.3 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 72.9 70.7 74.5 74.4 71.6 77
48 73.1 71 74.6 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 73.3 71.2 74.8 75 72.2 77.4
50 73.5 71.5 74.9 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 73.7 71.8 75.1 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 73.9 72.1 75.3 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 74.2 72.4 75.5 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 74.4 72.7 75.6 76.5 74 78.7
55 74.7 73 75.8 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 74.9 73.3 76 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 75.2 73.6 76.2 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 75.5 74 76.4 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 75.8 74.3 76.7 78.3 76 80.1
60 76.1 74.7 76.9 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 76.4 75.1 77.1 79 76.9 80.7
62 76.7 75.5 77.4 79.4 77.4 81
63 77 75.9 77.6 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 77.4 76.3 77.9 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 77.7 76.7 78.2 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 78 77.1 78.5 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 78.4 77.6 78.8 81.6 80 82.8
68 78.8 78.1 79.2 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 81.7 84.1
71 80.1 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 81.6 81.2 81.8 85.2 84 85.9
75 82.1 81.8 82.3 85.7 84.7 86.4
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 88
79 84.6 84.3 84.7 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 85.2 85 85.4 88.8 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 90.3
83 87.4 87.2 87.5 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 88.1 87.9 88.3 91.3 90.8 91.5
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 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 91.3 91.1 91.4 94 93.7 94.1
89 92.1 92 92.3 94.7 94.4 94.8
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 97.7
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 99.2 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 100 99.9 100.1 101.7 101.5 101.7
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, 70.9% in Mozambique and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 53.1% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 23.3% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 3.08% 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.

Mozambique
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Mozambique South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 94.7% 94.3% 95.2% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 94.4% 93.9% 94.8% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 93.9% 93.4% 94.4% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 93.6% 93% 94.1% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 93.2% 92.6% 93.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 93.1% 92.5% 93.7% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 93% 92.4% 93.6% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 92.7% 92.1% 93.4% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 92.6% 91.9% 93.3% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 92.5% 91.7% 93.2% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 92.3% 91.5% 93.1% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 92.1% 91.3% 92.9% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 91.9% 91% 92.8% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 91.7% 90.8% 92.7% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 91.5% 90.5% 92.5% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 91.3% 90.2% 92.4% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 91.1% 89.9% 92.2% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 90.8% 89.6% 92.1% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 90.6% 89.3% 91.9% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 90.3% 89% 91.7% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 90.1% 88.6% 91.6% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 89.8% 88.3% 91.4% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 89.5% 87.9% 91.2% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 89.3% 87.5% 91% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 88.9% 87.1% 90.8% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 88.6% 86.7% 90.6% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 88.3% 86.2% 90.3% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 87.9% 85.7% 90.1% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 87.5% 85.2% 89.8% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 87.1% 84.7% 89.6% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 86.7% 84.1% 89.3% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 86.3% 83.6% 89% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 85.8% 82.9% 88.6% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 85.3% 82.3% 88.3% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 84.8% 81.6% 87.9% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 84.3% 80.9% 87.5% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 83.7% 80.1% 87.1% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 83.1% 79.3% 86.7% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 82.5% 78.5% 86.3% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 81.8% 77.6% 85.8% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 81.1% 76.6% 85.2% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 80.3% 75.6% 84.7% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 79.5% 74.6% 84.1% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 78.6% 73.4% 83.4% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 77.7% 72.3% 82.7% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 76.7% 71% 82% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 75.6% 69.8% 81.2% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 74.5% 68.4% 80.4% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 73.4% 67% 79.5% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 72.2% 65.5% 78.5% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 70.9% 64% 77.5% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 69.5% 62.3% 76.3% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 68% 60.6% 75.1% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 66.5% 58.8% 73.8% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 64.9% 56.8% 72.4% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 63.2% 54.9% 70.9% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 61.5% 52.8% 69.2% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 59.6% 50.6% 67.5% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 57.6% 48.4% 65.5% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 55.4% 46.1% 63.3% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 53.1% 43.7% 60.9% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 50.6% 41.3% 58.3% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 48% 38.7% 55.5% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 45.1% 36.1% 52.5% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 42.2% 33.5% 49.3% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 39.2% 30.8% 45.9% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 36% 28% 42.4% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 32.8% 25.3% 38.8% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 29.6% 22.7% 35.2% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 26.4% 20.1% 31.5% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 23.3% 17.6% 27.9% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 20.3% 15.2% 24.4% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 17.6% 13% 21.2% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 14.9% 10.9% 18.1% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 12.5% 9.06% 15.3% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 10.3% 7.37% 12.7% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 8.36% 5.91% 10.4% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 6.68% 4.65% 8.41% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 5.25% 3.59% 6.68% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 4.05% 2.73% 5.22% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 3.08% 2.03% 4.02% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 2.28% 1.48% 3.02% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 1.67% 1.06% 2.25% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 1.2% 0.74% 1.63% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 0.84% 0.5% 1.16% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 0.57% 0.34% 0.81% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.38% 0.22% 0.55% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.25% 0.14% 0.36% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.16% 0.08% 0.23% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.1% 0.05% 0.15% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.06% 0.03% 0.09% 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 4.7% in the birth year in Mozambique and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.3% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.96% vs 2.08% at 60, and 12.9% vs 6.96% 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 4.7% 5.14% 4.25% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.61% 0.63% 0.6% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.38% 0.4% 0.36% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.13% 0.13% 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 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.1% 0.12% 0.09% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.11% 0.14% 0.09% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.13% 0.16% 0.1% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.18% 0.24% 0.13% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.21% 0.28% 0.14% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.23% 0.31% 0.15% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.24% 0.32% 0.16% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.24% 0.33% 0.16% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.25% 0.34% 0.17% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.26% 0.35% 0.17% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.27% 0.37% 0.18% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.28% 0.38% 0.19% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.31% 0.42% 0.21% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.33% 0.44% 0.22% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.34% 0.47% 0.23% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.36% 0.49% 0.24% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.38% 0.52% 0.26% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.41% 0.55% 0.27% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.43% 0.59% 0.29% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.46% 0.62% 0.31% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.48% 0.66% 0.32% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.51% 0.7% 0.35% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.54% 0.73% 0.36% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.57% 0.79% 0.39% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.6% 0.83% 0.41% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.64% 0.88% 0.44% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.68% 0.94% 0.47% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.72% 1% 0.49% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.77% 1.07% 0.53% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.82% 1.14% 0.57% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.88% 1.22% 0.61% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.96% 1.32% 0.67% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 1.01% 1.39% 0.71% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 1.1% 1.5% 0.78% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 1.18% 1.59% 0.83% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 1.26% 1.7% 0.89% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 1.35% 1.81% 0.96% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 1.45% 1.93% 1.03% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.55% 2.06% 1.11% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.67% 2.21% 1.21% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.8% 2.38% 1.32% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.96% 2.6% 1.47% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 2.07% 2.77% 1.57% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 2.25% 3.01% 1.75% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 2.41% 3.25% 1.91% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.59% 3.5% 2.1% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 2.8% 3.78% 2.31% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 3.05% 4.05% 2.58% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 3.37% 4.38% 2.92% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.76% 4.76% 3.33% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 4.16% 5.16% 3.74% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 4.75% 5.69% 4.34% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 5.17% 6.1% 4.77% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 5.87% 6.76% 5.48% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 6.51% 7.37% 6.12% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 7.24% 8.07% 6.86% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 8.05% 8.84% 7.68% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 8.84% 9.62% 8.46% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 9.7% 10.5% 9.32% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 10.8% 11.5% 10.4% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 11.7% 12.4% 11.3% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 12.9% 13.6% 12.5% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 13.6% 14.4% 13.1% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 15% 15.9% 14.5% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 16.2% 17.1% 15.6% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 17.6% 18.6% 16.9% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 18.8% 19.9% 18.1% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 20.1% 21.3% 19.3% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 21.4% 22.7% 20.5% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 22.8% 24.2% 21.8% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 24% 25.5% 23% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 25.8% 27.3% 24.8% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 26.7% 28.4% 25.7% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 28.5% 30.2% 27.4% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 30% 31.7% 28.9% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 31.6% 33.4% 30.5% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 33.4% 35.4% 32.2% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 34.9% 37% 33.8% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 36.3% 38.5% 35.2% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 37.7% 40% 36.6% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 39.3% 41.7% 38.3% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 40.7% 43.2% 39.7% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Mozambique compared to South Africa

In Mozambique, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 71.2 in Mozambique and 70.8 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 4,695 5,141 4,250 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 585 598 571 343 375 310
2 361 378 343 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 250.4 263.5 237 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 182.5 192.4 172.5 95.3 110.3 80
5 140.5 148 132.7 67.2 79 55.4
6 117.8 125.8 109.5 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 102.2 111.2 93.1 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 90.6 99.5 81.6 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 83 91.7 74.1 37 43.9 30
10 79.2 88 70.3 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 78.5 87.8 68.9 43 50.5 35.3
12 80.5 90.6 70.1 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 85.5 97.2 73.7 58.9 68.7 49
14 94.5 109 79.7 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 106.8 125.6 87.7 85 99.4 70.2
16 122.3 147.1 97 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 138.3 171.5 104.6 119.5 142.6 96
18 155.6 197.8 112.8 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 168.6 217.5 119.1 158 194.2 121.2
20 180.5 235.7 124.7 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 190.8 251.6 129.5 198.1 249 145.6
22 200.3 265.6 134.5 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 208.3 277 139.3 241.4 304 176
24 215.6 286.7 144.4 264.7 331 195.1
25 222.7 296.2 149.3 289.1 358 217.1
26 229.9 305 154.8 314 384 241.5
27 238.1 316 160.5 339 410 266.7
28 247.2 328 167.2 363 434 291.3
29 256.5 341 173.5 386 458 314
30 269 357 182.4 408 481 335
31 277.9 370 187.8 429 504 355
32 293.3 390 199 450 527 374
33 307 408 208.8 471 551 392
34 323 430 219.6 493 575 410
35 341 454 231.9 515 600 429
36 358 477 244.8 538 626 449
37 377 502 257.4 562 653 470
38 399 530 274.8 587 680 492
39 419 557 289.7 613 708 515
40 445 591 310 639 738 538
41 462 614 323 667 770 560
42 492 652 347 695 804 581
43 515 682 364 724 842 601
44 542 719 384 755 884 619
45 575 762 409 786 928 635
46 604 800 431 818 974 652
47 638 846 458 850 1,022 668
48 678 897 493 883 1,071 686
49 719 948 526 918 1,120 707
50 775 1,012 573 954 1,171 731
51 814 1,055 601 994 1,223 760
52 876 1,119 654 1,037 1,279 795
53 926 1,171 692 1,085 1,337 835
54 982 1,228 739 1,137 1,397 881
55 1,038 1,286 784 1,190 1,459 929
56 1,098 1,345 838 1,242 1,519 978
57 1,157 1,407 891 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 1,229 1,483 963 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,296 1,559 1,032 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,390 1,661 1,138 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,438 1,724 1,199 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,531 1,826 1,315 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,603 1,907 1,412 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,681 1,990 1,518 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,770 2,074 1,636 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,876 2,139 1,790 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 2,010 2,221 1,973 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,163 2,305 2,178 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,305 2,378 2,366 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,520 2,489 2,647 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,615 2,518 2,778 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,817 2,620 3,042 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,939 2,662 3,213 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 3,056 2,699 3,379 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 3,152 2,717 3,525 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 3,183 2,697 3,585 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,183 2,650 3,613 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,190 2,606 3,653 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,097 2,497 3,568 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,019 2,395 3,504 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 2,771 2,193 3,212 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 2,641 2,066 3,078 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 2,419 1,875 2,832 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 2,202 1,688 2,592 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 1,938 1,464 2,303 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 1,681 1,258 2,010 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 1,428 1,053 1,722 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,197 869 1,460 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 974 696 1,202 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 795 554 1,000 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 610 419 776 1,363 912 1,794
92 476 319 617 1,257 818 1,670
93 358 234.2 471 1,148 729 1,540
94 264.5 168.4 354 1,031 642 1,393
95 191.2 118.6 259.7 909 558 1,236
96 133.2 80.1 184.3 789 478 1,077
97 90.3 52.6 127.3 677 406 928
98 59.7 33.6 85.7 572 340 787
99 38.9 21 56.9 475 280.8 655
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 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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