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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Netherlands

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Netherlands			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.8	101.9	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101	100.9	101.1	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.2	100.1	100.2	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.3	99.2	99.4	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.5	98.4	98.6	100	99.9	100
95	97.8	97.6	97.8	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97	96.8	97.1	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.2	96	96.4	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.5	95.2	95.7	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.8	94.5	95	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.2	93.8	94.4	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.5	93.1	93.8	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92.9	92.5	93.2	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.4	91.9	92.7	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	91.8	91.3	92.2	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.3	90.7	91.7	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	90.8	90.2	91.3	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.4	89.7	90.9	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90	89.3	90.5	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.6	88.8	90.2	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.2	88.4	89.8	88.8	88	89.1
79	88.8	88	89.5	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.5	87.6	89.2	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.2	87.3	89	86.9	86	87.4
76	87.9	87	88.7	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	87.6	86.6	88.5	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.4	86.3	88.3	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.1	86.1	88	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	86.9	85.8	87.8	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	86.6	85.5	87.6	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.4	85.3	87.4	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.2	85.1	87.3	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86	84.8	87.1	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	85.8	84.6	86.9	81.6	80	82.8
66	85.6	84.4	86.8	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.5	84.2	86.6	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.3	84	86.5	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.1	83.9	86.3	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85	83.7	86.2	79.4	77.4	81
61	84.8	83.6	86.1	79	76.9	80.7
60	84.7	83.4	85.9	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	84.6	83.3	85.8	78.3	76	80.1
58	84.5	83.1	85.7	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.4	83	85.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.3	82.9	85.5	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.2	82.8	85.4	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.1	82.7	85.4	76.5	74	78.7
53	84	82.6	85.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	83.9	82.6	85.2	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	83.8	82.5	85.2	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	83.8	82.4	85.1	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	83.7	82.4	85	75	72.2	77.4
48	83.7	82.3	85	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	83.6	82.2	84.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	83.6	82.2	84.9	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	83.5	82.1	84.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.5	82.1	84.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.5	82.1	84.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.4	82	84.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.4	82	84.7	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.4	82	84.7	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83.3	81.9	84.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83.3	81.9	84.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.3	81.9	84.7	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.3	81.8	84.6	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.2	81.8	84.6	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.2	81.8	84.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.2	81.8	84.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.2	81.7	84.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	83.2	81.7	84.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83.1	81.7	84.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83.1	81.7	84.5	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	83.1	81.7	84.5	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	83.1	81.6	84.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	83.1	81.6	84.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	83.1	81.6	84.5	69.9	66.6	73
24	83	81.6	84.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	83	81.5	84.5	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	83	81.5	84.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	83	81.5	84.4	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	83	81.5	84.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	83	81.5	84.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	83	81.5	84.4	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	82.9	81.4	84.4	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	82.9	81.4	84.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	82.9	81.4	84.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	82.9	81.4	84.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	82.9	81.4	84.3	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	82.8	81.3	84.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.6	81.1	84.1	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 the Netherlands can expect to live to 83.1 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.5 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.2 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.6 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Netherlands

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Netherlands			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.57%	0.92%	2.13%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	2.46%	1.48%	3.31%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	3.7%	2.3%	4.93%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	5.36%	3.43%	7.07%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	7.49%	4.95%	9.77%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	10.1%	6.9%	13%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	13.2%	9.31%	16.8%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	16.8%	12.2%	21%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	20.8%	15.5%	25.6%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	25.1%	19.3%	30.5%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	29.6%	23.4%	35.5%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	34.2%	27.7%	40.4%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	38.8%	32.2%	45.3%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	43.4%	36.7%	49.9%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	47.8%	41.2%	54.3%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	52%	45.6%	58.4%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	55.9%	49.8%	62.1%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	59.6%	53.7%	65.4%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	63%	57.4%	68.5%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	66.1%	60.9%	71.3%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	68.9%	64.1%	73.7%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	71.5%	67.1%	76%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	73.8%	69.8%	78%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	76%	72.2%	79.8%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	77.9%	74.5%	81.5%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	79.8%	76.6%	83%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	81.4%	78.5%	84.3%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	82.9%	80.3%	85.6%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	84.3%	81.9%	86.7%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	85.6%	83.4%	87.8%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	86.8%	84.8%	88.8%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	87.9%	86.1%	89.7%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	88.9%	87.2%	90.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	89.8%	88.3%	91.3%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	90.6%	89.3%	92%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	91.4%	90.2%	92.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	92.2%	91.1%	93.3%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	92.8%	91.9%	93.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	93.5%	92.6%	94.4%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94%	93.2%	94.9%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	94.6%	93.8%	95.3%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	95%	94.4%	95.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	95.5%	94.8%	96.1%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	95.9%	95.3%	96.5%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96.2%	95.7%	96.8%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.5%	96%	97.1%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	96.8%	96.3%	97.3%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	97.1%	96.6%	97.5%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97.3%	96.9%	97.7%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.5%	97.1%	97.9%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.7%	97.3%	98.1%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	97.9%	97.5%	98.2%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	98%	97.7%	98.4%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	98.1%	97.8%	98.5%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	98.3%	97.9%	98.6%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.4%	98.1%	98.7%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.5%	98.2%	98.8%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.6%	98.3%	98.9%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.7%	98.4%	98.9%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.7%	98.5%	99%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.8%	98.6%	99%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.9%	98.6%	99.1%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.9%	98.7%	99.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	99%	98.8%	99.2%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	99%	98.8%	99.2%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99.1%	99%	99.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.2%	99%	99.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.2%	99.1%	99.4%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.3%	99.1%	99.4%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 94.6% of newborns in the Netherlands and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 86.8% and 51.6% past 70, 68.9% and 30.2% past 80, and only 29.6% 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

Netherlands

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Netherlands			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	38.8%	40.4%	38.4%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	36.2%	38%	35.7%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	33.6%	35.6%	33%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	31%	33.1%	30.3%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	28.4%	30.7%	27.6%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	23.5%	25.9%	22.5%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	21.3%	23.7%	20.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	19.2%	21.5%	18%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	17.2%	19.4%	16%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	15.3%	17.5%	14%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	13.5%	15.6%	12.2%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	11.9%	13.9%	10.7%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	10.5%	12.3%	9.32%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	9.28%	11%	8.09%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	8.09%	9.65%	6.94%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	7.02%	8.41%	5.95%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	6.12%	7.34%	5.15%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.37%	6.46%	4.48%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.72%	5.71%	3.88%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	4.14%	5.04%	3.36%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.61%	4.39%	2.92%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.16%	3.82%	2.57%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.81%	3.38%	2.28%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.52%	3.04%	2.04%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.27%	2.76%	1.82%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	2.03%	2.47%	1.62%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.82%	2.21%	1.46%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.66%	2%	1.33%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.51%	1.81%	1.22%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.36%	1.63%	1.1%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.23%	1.47%	0.99%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.12%	1.33%	0.91%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	1.03%	1.21%	0.84%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.95%	1.12%	0.78%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.87%	1.02%	0.72%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.79%	0.93%	0.66%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.73%	0.84%	0.62%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.67%	0.77%	0.58%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.61%	0.7%	0.53%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.55%	0.63%	0.47%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.5%	0.57%	0.43%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.45%	0.51%	0.39%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.4%	0.45%	0.35%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.36%	0.4%	0.32%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.33%	0.37%	0.29%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.3%	0.33%	0.26%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.24%	0.26%	0.21%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.21%	0.24%	0.19%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.17%	0.19%	0.15%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.15%	0.17%	0.13%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.13%	0.14%	0.11%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.1%	0.12%	0.09%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.008%	0.01%	0.006%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.007%	0.008%	0.005%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.006%	0.007%	0.004%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.004%	0.004%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.005%	0.004%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.29%	0.31%	0.27%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.29% in the birth year in the Netherlands and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.03% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.55% vs 2.08% at 60, and 4.14% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Netherlands vs South Africa

Chart Table

Netherlands

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Netherlands			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	410	154.8	620	359	204.6	501
99	890	562	1,179	475	280.8	655
98	1,243	816	1,626	572	340	787
97	1,663	1,138	2,143	677	406	928
96	2,125	1,518	2,691	789	478	1,077
95	2,609	1,946	3,240	909	558	1,236
94	3,101	2,413	3,768	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,571	2,892	4,245	1,148	729	1,540
92	3,981	3,342	4,628	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,298	3,741	4,877	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,512	4,083	4,973	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,614	4,329	4,942	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,624	4,459	4,834	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,562	4,513	4,655	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,435	4,520	4,394	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	4,208	4,401	4,050	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,925	4,187	3,690	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,648	3,946	3,372	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,381	3,707	3,071	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,116	3,480	2,765	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,853	3,234	2,477	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,581	2,944	2,220	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,334	2,666	2,002	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,133	2,442	1,823	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,965	2,266	1,663	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,813	2,113	1,510	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,655	1,940	1,366	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,511	1,773	1,246	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,397	1,636	1,155	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,292	1,512	1,071	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,182	1,386	978	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,078	1,264	890	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	991	1,159	823	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	921	1,072	769	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	859	998	718	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	795	923	666	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	730	844	615	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	676	775	577	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	628	713	543	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	576	651	499	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	523	592	452	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	475	537	412	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	429	482	375	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	386	430	342	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	349	387	312	1,242	1,519	978
55	319	353	285.5	1,190	1,459	929
54	288.4	320	256.7	1,137	1,397	881
53	255.1	284.4	226.2	1,085	1,337	835
52	230.7	255.3	206.4	1,037	1,279	795
51	209.3	230	188.7	994	1,223	760
50	185.1	204.9	165.3	954	1,171	731
49	163.5	183.3	143.7	918	1,120	707
48	148.8	168.1	129.6	883	1,071	686
47	136.6	154.8	118.3	850	1,022	668
46	123	140	106	818	974	652
45	111	127	95	786	928	635
44	102.3	117.7	86.7	755	884	619
43	93.9	109	78.5	724	842	601
42	83.9	98.4	69.1	695	804	581
41	74.2	86.2	61.9	667	770	560
40	66.1	76	56	639	738	538
39	60.6	70.2	50.8	613	708	515
38	56.6	67	45.8	587	680	492
37	52.7	64.4	40.8	562	653	470
36	49.2	60.5	37.6	538	626	449
35	46.3	55.4	36.9	515	600	429
34	43.7	51.3	35.9	493	575	410
33	41.2	49.6	32.5	471	551	392
32	38.7	48.5	28.6	450	527	374
31	36.1	45.9	26.1	429	504	355
30	34.1	42.2	25.8	408	481	335
29	32.4	39.4	25.2	386	458	314
28	30.9	39	22.5	363	434	291.3
27	29.4	39.3	19.4	339	410	266.7
26	27.9	38.4	17.1	314	384	241.5
25	26.6	36.8	16.1	289.1	358	217.1
24	25.9	35.4	16.1	264.7	331	195.1
23	25	33.8	15.9	241.4	304	176
22	23.8	32.4	14.8	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	23	31.7	14	198.1	249	145.6
20	23.2	31.9	14.2	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	22.3	29.8	14.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	20.1	25.6	14.3	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	16.7	20.3	13	119.5	142.6	96
16	13.2	15.7	10.7	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	10.5	12.6	8.34	85	99.4	70.2
14	8.35	10.2	6.36	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	6.74	8.32	5.08	58.9	68.7	49
12	5.68	6.93	4.36	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	4.98	5.86	4.06	43	50.5	35.3
10	4.49	4.63	4.35	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	4.38	3.57	5.24	37	43.9	30
8	4.54	3.95	5.15	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	4.84	4.97	4.71	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	5.13	5.3	4.94	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	5.6	5.73	5.45	67.2	79	55.4
4	6.71	7.67	5.71	95.3	110.3	80
3	7.65	9.36	5.85	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	8.36	9.38	7.28	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	22.9	23.2	22.5	343	375	310
0	291.2	315	266.3	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 the Netherlands, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.5 in the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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