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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Namibia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Namibia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.5	101.9	102.6	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.6	101	101.7	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.8	100.1	100.9	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.9	99.2	100	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	99.1	98.3	99.2	100	99.9	100
95	98.3	97.4	98.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.4	96.6	97.6	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.6	95.7	96.8	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	94.9	96	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94	95.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.3	93.2	94.5	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.5	92.4	93.8	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92.8	91.6	93.1	94	93.7	94.1
87	92	90.8	92.4	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	91.3	90	91.8	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	90.6	89.2	91.1	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	89.9	88.5	90.5	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	89.3	87.8	89.9	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	88.6	87.1	89.3	90	89.4	90.3
81	88	86.4	88.8	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	87.4	85.7	88.2	88.8	88	89.1
79	86.8	85.1	87.7	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	86.2	84.4	87.2	87.5	86.7	88
77	85.7	83.8	86.7	86.9	86	87.4
76	85.1	83.2	86.2	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	84.6	82.6	85.7	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	84	82.1	85.2	85.2	84	85.9
73	83.5	81.5	84.8	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	83	81	84.3	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	82.6	80.5	83.9	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	82.1	80	83.5	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	81.6	79.5	83.1	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	81.2	79	82.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	80.8	78.6	82.3	81.6	80	82.8
66	80.4	78.1	81.9	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.9	77.7	81.6	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	79.6	77.3	81.2	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	79.2	76.8	80.9	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.8	76.4	80.6	79.4	77.4	81
61	78.5	76.1	80.3	79	76.9	80.7
60	78.1	75.7	80	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	77.8	75.3	79.7	78.3	76	80.1
58	77.5	75	79.5	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	77.2	74.6	79.2	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76.9	74.3	79	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	76.6	74	78.8	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	76.3	73.6	78.6	76.5	74	78.7
53	76.1	73.3	78.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75.8	73	78.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	75.6	72.7	78	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	75.3	72.5	77.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	75.1	72.2	77.6	75	72.2	77.4
48	74.9	71.9	77.4	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	74.6	71.7	77.3	74.4	71.6	77
46	74.4	71.4	77.1	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	74.2	71.2	77	73.9	71	76.5
44	74	70.9	76.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	73.9	70.7	76.7	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	73.7	70.5	76.6	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	73.5	70.3	76.4	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	73.3	70.1	76.3	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	73.2	69.9	76.2	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	73	69.7	76.1	72.2	69.2	75
37	72.9	69.5	76	72	68.9	74.8
36	72.7	69.3	75.9	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	72.6	69.1	75.8	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	72.4	69	75.7	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	72.3	68.8	75.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	72.2	68.6	75.5	71	67.9	73.9
31	72.1	68.5	75.4	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	72	68.3	75.4	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	71.8	68.2	75.3	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	71.7	68.1	75.2	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	71.6	67.9	75.1	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	71.5	67.8	75.1	70	66.8	73.1
25	71.4	67.7	75	69.9	66.6	73
24	71.3	67.6	74.9	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	71.2	67.4	74.9	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	71.2	67.3	74.8	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	71.1	67.2	74.8	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	71	67.1	74.7	69.3	66	72.6
19	70.9	67	74.6	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	70.8	66.9	74.6	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	70.8	66.9	74.5	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	70.7	66.8	74.5	69	65.7	72.3
15	70.7	66.7	74.5	69	65.6	72.3
14	70.6	66.7	74.4	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	70.6	66.7	74.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	70.6	66.6	74.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	70.5	66.6	74.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	70.5	66.5	74.3	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	70.4	66.5	74.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	70.4	66.5	74.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	70.4	66.4	74.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	70.3	66.4	74.1	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	70.2	66.3	74.1	68.7	65.3	72
4	70.2	66.2	74	68.6	65.2	72
3	70	66.1	73.9	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	69.9	65.9	73.7	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	69.6	65.6	73.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	67.8	63.7	71.8	66.7	63.1	70.2

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Namibia can expect to live to 72 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 87.4 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 67.8 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Namibia and South Africa.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Namibia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Namibia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.69%	0.09%	1.25%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.97%	0.15%	1.73%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	1.33%	0.23%	2.35%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	1.79%	0.35%	3.13%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	2.37%	0.53%	4.09%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	3.09%	0.77%	5.25%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	3.95%	1.09%	6.62%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	4.97%	1.52%	8.18%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	6.15%	2.06%	9.96%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	7.49%	2.74%	11.9%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	9.04%	3.59%	14.1%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	10.7%	4.61%	16.5%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	12.6%	5.82%	19%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	14.7%	7.22%	21.7%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	16.9%	8.82%	24.4%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	19.2%	10.6%	27.3%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	21.7%	12.6%	30.1%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	24.2%	14.7%	33%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	26.7%	17%	35.8%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	29.2%	19.3%	38.4%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	31.8%	21.8%	41.1%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	34.3%	24.4%	43.7%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	36.9%	27%	46.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	39.5%	29.6%	48.8%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	42%	32.2%	51.3%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	44.5%	34.9%	53.7%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	46.9%	37.5%	56.1%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	49.3%	40%	58.4%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	51.7%	42.5%	60.6%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	53.9%	44.9%	62.7%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	56.1%	47.3%	64.7%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	58.2%	49.6%	66.6%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	60.2%	51.8%	68.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	62.1%	54%	70.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	64%	56%	71.9%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	65.8%	58.1%	73.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	67.5%	60%	75.1%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	69.1%	61.9%	76.5%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	70.7%	63.7%	77.9%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	72.1%	65.4%	79.1%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	73.5%	67%	80.2%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	74.8%	68.5%	81.3%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	76%	70%	82.3%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	77.2%	71.4%	83.2%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	78.3%	72.7%	84.1%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	79.4%	74%	84.9%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	80.4%	75.2%	85.6%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	81.3%	76.4%	86.3%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	82.2%	77.5%	87%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	83.1%	78.6%	87.6%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	83.9%	79.6%	88.2%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	84.7%	80.6%	88.8%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	85.4%	81.5%	89.3%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	86.1%	82.4%	89.8%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	86.7%	83.2%	90.2%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	87.3%	84%	90.6%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	87.9%	84.7%	91%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	88.4%	85.4%	91.4%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	88.9%	86.1%	91.8%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	89.4%	86.7%	92.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	89.9%	87.4%	92.4%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	90.3%	87.9%	92.7%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	90.7%	88.5%	92.9%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	91.1%	89%	93.2%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	91.5%	89.5%	93.4%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	91.8%	89.9%	93.7%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	92.1%	90.4%	93.9%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	92.4%	90.8%	94.1%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	92.7%	91.2%	94.3%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	93%	91.6%	94.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	93.3%	91.9%	94.6%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	93.5%	92.2%	94.8%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	93.7%	92.6%	94.9%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	94%	92.9%	95.1%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	94.2%	93.1%	95.2%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	94.4%	93.4%	95.3%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	94.6%	93.7%	95.5%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	94.8%	93.9%	95.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	94.9%	94.2%	95.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	95.1%	94.4%	95.8%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	95.2%	94.6%	95.9%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	95.4%	94.8%	96%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.5%	95%	96.1%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.6%	95.1%	96.2%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	95.7%	95.2%	96.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	95.8%	95.3%	96.3%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	96%	95.5%	96.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	96%	95.6%	96.5%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	96.1%	95.6%	96.5%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	96.2%	95.8%	96.6%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	96.2%	95.8%	96.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96.3%	95.9%	96.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.4%	96%	96.8%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.5%	96.1%	96.9%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.6%	96.2%	97%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.8%	96.4%	97.1%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	97%	96.7%	97.4%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.4%	97.1%	97.7%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 73.5% of newborns in Namibia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 56.1% and 51.6% past 70, 31.8% and 30.2% past 80, and only 9.04% and 11.3% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Namibia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Namibia			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	29.8%	39%	29.2%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	28.7%	37.6%	27.9%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	27%	35.8%	26.1%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	25.8%	34.4%	24.9%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	24.6%	32.9%	23.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	23.3%	31.4%	22.2%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.8%	29.6%	20.6%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	20.4%	28%	19.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	19.2%	26.5%	17.9%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	17.9%	24.8%	16.4%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	17.2%	23.6%	15.7%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	15.9%	22.1%	14.2%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	14.9%	20.8%	13.3%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	13.9%	19.4%	12.3%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	13.1%	18.1%	11.4%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	12.1%	16.9%	10.4%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	11.3%	15.7%	9.54%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	10.3%	14.5%	8.6%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	9.52%	13.4%	7.82%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	8.57%	12.2%	6.9%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	8.1%	11.4%	6.48%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	7.45%	10.4%	5.93%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	7.01%	9.66%	5.6%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	6.44%	8.83%	5.16%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.03%	8.16%	4.85%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	5.63%	7.53%	4.54%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.23%	6.93%	4.21%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	4.85%	6.38%	3.91%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.52%	5.89%	3.65%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.14%	5.37%	3.33%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.91%	5.03%	3.17%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.58%	4.6%	2.88%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.35%	4.28%	2.71%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.11%	3.98%	2.52%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.91%	3.71%	2.35%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.75%	3.49%	2.23%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.53%	3.24%	2.03%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.34%	3.02%	1.86%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.19%	2.81%	1.71%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	2.01%	2.6%	1.54%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.89%	2.44%	1.44%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.73%	2.24%	1.3%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.61%	2.09%	1.2%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.5%	1.95%	1.1%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.41%	1.84%	1.03%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.33%	1.73%	0.95%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.25%	1.63%	0.89%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.17%	1.54%	0.83%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.1%	1.45%	0.78%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	1.03%	1.36%	0.71%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.98%	1.29%	0.67%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.91%	1.2%	0.62%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.85%	1.13%	0.57%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.79%	1.05%	0.53%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.74%	0.99%	0.49%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.69%	0.93%	0.46%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.65%	0.87%	0.43%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.61%	0.82%	0.4%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.57%	0.78%	0.38%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.54%	0.73%	0.35%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.51%	0.7%	0.34%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.48%	0.66%	0.31%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.45%	0.62%	0.29%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.42%	0.58%	0.27%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.4%	0.55%	0.26%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.37%	0.52%	0.24%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.35%	0.48%	0.23%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.33%	0.45%	0.21%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.31%	0.43%	0.2%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.29%	0.4%	0.19%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.28%	0.38%	0.18%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.26%	0.36%	0.17%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.25%	0.34%	0.16%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.24%	0.33%	0.15%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.23%	0.31%	0.14%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.22%	0.29%	0.14%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.21%	0.28%	0.13%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.2%	0.27%	0.12%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.18%	0.25%	0.12%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.17%	0.23%	0.11%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.16%	0.22%	0.11%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.08%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.13%	0.14%	0.11%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.17%	0.19%	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.25%	0.27%	0.23%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.4%	0.42%	0.37%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.59%	2.91%	2.27%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Namibia compared to South Africa, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.59% in the birth year in Namibia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.28% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.89% vs 2.08% at 60, and 8.1% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Namibia vs South Africa

Chart Table

Namibia

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Namibia			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	148	0	287.8	359	204.6	501
99	278.1	56	484	475	280.8	655
98	358	83.2	613	572	340	787
97	462	121.9	778	677	406	928
96	583	173.8	963	789	478	1,077
95	719	241.2	1,164	909	558	1,236
94	861	324	1,362	1,031	642	1,393
93	1,016	425	1,568	1,148	729	1,540
92	1,184	546	1,780	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,337	680	1,951	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,555	849	2,215	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,704	1,017	2,347	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,888	1,207	2,524	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,048	1,400	2,654	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,209	1,600	2,779	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,329	1,789	2,837	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,442	1,982	2,876	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,493	2,131	2,837	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,541	2,274	2,798	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,502	2,356	2,652	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,572	2,492	2,664	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,559	2,544	2,591	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,587	2,607	2,594	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,542	2,615	2,515	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,530	2,630	2,486	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,505	2,626	2,437	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,455	2,594	2,361	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,394	2,551	2,279	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,338	2,504	2,210	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,230	2,414	2,083	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,195	2,378	2,050	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,081	2,283	1,920	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,015	2,218	1,853	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,935	2,147	1,768	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,863	2,080	1,693	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,809	2,025	1,640	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,711	1,945	1,525	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,621	1,867	1,422	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,545	1,790	1,328	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,453	1,697	1,218	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,392	1,635	1,155	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,293	1,537	1,056	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,224	1,465	989	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,156	1,395	919	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,103	1,336	865	1,242	1,519	978
55	1,053	1,283	810	1,190	1,459	929
54	1,002	1,227	763	1,137	1,397	881
53	952	1,174	716	1,085	1,337	835
52	908	1,125	677	1,037	1,279	795
51	855	1,068	624	994	1,223	760
50	820	1,027	595	954	1,171	731
49	766	967	548	918	1,120	707
48	723	917	512	883	1,071	686
47	678	868	476	850	1,022	668
46	638	824	445	818	974	652
45	605	784	420	786	928	635
44	569	741	392	755	884	619
43	538	705	370	724	842	601
42	511	672	350	695	804	581
41	480	636	325	667	770	560
40	460	611	310	639	738	538
39	432	576	289	613	708	515
38	410	547	272.6	587	680	492
37	386	518	254.3	562	653	470
36	364	490	240.1	538	626	449
35	344	464	226.1	515	600	429
34	323	437	211.5	493	575	410
33	305	412	199.3	471	551	392
32	288.7	390	188.3	450	527	374
31	272.1	368	175.9	429	504	355
30	261.3	352	169.4	408	481	335
29	246.8	333	159.9	386	458	314
28	235	317	151.8	363	434	291.3
27	224.2	302	144.3	339	410	266.7
26	213.4	287.6	137	314	384	241.5
25	203.7	275.5	130.1	289.1	358	217.1
24	194.2	262.3	124.2	264.7	331	195.1
23	185.1	249.9	118.1	241.4	304	176
22	175.5	236.2	112.3	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	165	221	106.6	198.1	249	145.6
20	154.6	205.2	102.1	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	142.3	188	95.9	158	194.2	121.2
18	129.6	170.1	89.2	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	113	144.7	81.4	119.5	142.6	96
16	97.5	121.5	73.6	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	83.7	102.1	65.4	85	99.4	70.2
14	72	86.5	57.7	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	63.9	75.6	52.3	58.9	68.7	49
12	59.1	69.7	48.5	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	56.8	66.7	47	43	50.5	35.3
10	56.4	65.4	47.5	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	58.5	67.3	49.8	37	43.9	30
8	63.4	72.6	54.2	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	70.9	80.4	61.3	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	80.2	89.3	71	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	94.8	103.8	85.7	67.2	79	55.4
4	123.5	135.3	111.5	95.3	110.3	80
3	167.8	182.9	152.6	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	241.7	261.2	222.1	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	385	404	366	343	375	310
0	2,592	2,914	2,268	2,192	2,441	1,934

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Namibia, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 72.7 in Namibia and 70.8 in South Africa, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Namibia and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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