Life Expectancy in New Zealand vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

New Zealand

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	New Zealand			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.2	101	101.2	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.3	100.2	100.4	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.5	99.3	99.6	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.7	98.5	98.8	100	99.9	100
95	97.9	97.7	98	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.2	96.9	97.3	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.4	96.2	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.7	95.5	95.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94.8	95.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.4	94.1	94.6	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.8	93.4	94.1	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.2	92.8	93.5	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.7	92.2	93	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.1	91.6	92.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.6	91.1	92	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.2	90.6	91.6	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.7	90.1	91.2	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.3	89.7	90.8	90	89.4	90.3
81	89.9	89.3	90.4	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.5	88.9	90.1	88.8	88	89.1
79	89.2	88.5	89.8	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	88.8	88.1	89.5	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.5	87.8	89.2	86.9	86	87.4
76	88.2	87.4	89	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	88	87.1	88.7	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	87.7	86.9	88.5	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.5	86.6	88.3	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87.2	86.3	88.1	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	87	86.1	87.9	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	86.8	85.9	87.7	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.6	85.6	87.5	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.4	85.4	87.4	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.3	85.2	87.2	81.6	80	82.8
66	86.1	85	87.1	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	85.9	84.9	86.9	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	85.8	84.7	86.8	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	85.6	84.5	86.7	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.5	84.4	86.6	79.4	77.4	81
61	85.4	84.2	86.4	79	76.9	80.7
60	85.2	84.1	86.3	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	85.1	83.9	86.2	78.3	76	80.1
58	85	83.8	86.1	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	84.9	83.7	86	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	84.8	83.5	86	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	84.7	83.4	85.9	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	84.6	83.3	85.8	76.5	74	78.7
53	84.5	83.2	85.7	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	84.4	83.1	85.6	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	84.3	83	85.6	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	84.2	82.9	85.5	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	84.2	82.9	85.4	75	72.2	77.4
48	84.1	82.8	85.4	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	84	82.7	85.3	74.4	71.6	77
46	84	82.6	85.3	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	83.9	82.6	85.2	73.9	71	76.5
44	83.9	82.5	85.2	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	83.8	82.5	85.1	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	83.8	82.4	85.1	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	83.7	82.4	85.1	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	83.7	82.3	85	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	83.7	82.3	85	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	83.6	82.2	85	72.2	69.2	75
37	83.6	82.2	84.9	72	68.9	74.8
36	83.6	82.2	84.9	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	83.5	82.1	84.9	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	83.5	82.1	84.9	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	83.5	82	84.8	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	83.4	82	84.8	71	67.9	73.9
31	83.4	82	84.8	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	83.4	81.9	84.8	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	83.3	81.9	84.8	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	83.3	81.8	84.7	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	83.3	81.8	84.7	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	83.2	81.8	84.7	70	66.8	73.1
25	83.2	81.7	84.7	69.9	66.6	73
24	83.2	81.7	84.7	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	83.2	81.6	84.7	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	83.1	81.6	84.6	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	83.1	81.5	84.6	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	83.1	81.5	84.6	69.3	66	72.6
19	83	81.5	84.6	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	83	81.4	84.6	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	83	81.4	84.5	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	83	81.4	84.5	69	65.7	72.3
15	82.9	81.4	84.5	69	65.6	72.3
14	82.9	81.4	84.5	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.7	65.3	72
4	82.9	81.3	84.5	68.6	65.2	72
3	82.9	81.3	84.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	82.9	81.3	84.4	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	82.8	81.2	84.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	82.5	80.9	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 New Zealand can expect to live to 83.4 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 85.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.5 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 82.5 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

New Zealand

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	New Zealand			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	2.07%	1.3%	2.82%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.14%	2.04%	4.22%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	4.59%	3.08%	6.08%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	6.48%	4.48%	8.44%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	8.84%	6.3%	11.3%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	11.7%	8.57%	14.7%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	15%	11.3%	18.6%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	18.7%	14.5%	22.8%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	22.7%	18%	27.4%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	27.1%	21.9%	32.1%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	31.5%	26.1%	36.9%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	36.1%	30.4%	41.6%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	40.6%	34.8%	46.3%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	44.9%	39.2%	50.7%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	49.1%	43.4%	54.8%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	53.1%	47.6%	58.7%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	56.9%	51.5%	62.3%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	60.4%	55.2%	65.6%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	63.6%	58.6%	68.6%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	66.7%	61.9%	71.4%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	69.4%	64.9%	73.9%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	71.9%	67.6%	76.2%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	74.2%	70.2%	78.2%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	76.3%	72.5%	80.1%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	78.2%	74.6%	81.7%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	79.9%	76.6%	83.2%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	81.5%	78.4%	84.6%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	83%	80%	85.9%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	84.3%	81.5%	87%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	85.4%	82.9%	88%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	86.5%	84.1%	88.9%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	87.5%	85.2%	89.8%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	88.4%	86.2%	90.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	89.2%	87.2%	91.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	90%	88.1%	91.9%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	90.7%	88.9%	92.5%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	91.3%	89.7%	93%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	91.9%	90.4%	93.5%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	92.5%	91.1%	93.9%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	93%	91.7%	94.4%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	93.5%	92.3%	94.7%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	93.9%	92.8%	95.1%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	94.4%	93.3%	95.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	94.7%	93.7%	95.8%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	95.1%	94.1%	96.1%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	95.4%	94.5%	96.3%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	95.7%	94.9%	96.6%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	96%	95.2%	96.8%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	96.3%	95.5%	97%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	96.5%	95.8%	97.3%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	96.7%	96%	97.4%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	96.9%	96.3%	97.6%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	97.1%	96.5%	97.8%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	97.3%	96.7%	97.9%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	97.4%	96.9%	98%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	97.6%	97%	98.2%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	97.7%	97.2%	98.3%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	97.8%	97.3%	98.4%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	97.9%	97.4%	98.4%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98%	97.6%	98.5%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.2%	97.8%	98.6%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.3%	97.9%	98.7%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	98.3%	98%	98.8%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	98.4%	98%	98.8%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	98.5%	98.2%	98.9%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	98.6%	98.3%	99%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	98.7%	98.4%	99%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	98.7%	98.4%	99%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	98.8%	98.6%	99.1%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	98.9%	98.7%	99.1%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99%	98.8%	99.2%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99%	98.9%	99.2%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.2%	99%	99.3%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	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. 93.5% of newborns in New Zealand and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 86.5% and 51.6% past 70, 69.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 31.5% 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

New Zealand

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	New Zealand			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	36.6%	38.6%	35.7%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	34.2%	36.2%	33.2%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	31.6%	33.7%	30.6%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	29.1%	31.3%	28%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.7%	28.9%	25.5%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	24.3%	26.5%	23.1%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	22%	24.1%	20.8%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	19.8%	21.9%	18.6%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	17.8%	19.7%	16.6%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	16%	17.8%	14.7%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	14.2%	15.9%	13%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.6%	14.2%	11.4%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	11.1%	12.7%	9.97%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	9.74%	11.2%	8.68%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.55%	9.84%	7.56%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.51%	8.68%	6.6%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	6.58%	7.6%	5.76%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	5.81%	6.71%	5.06%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	5.12%	5.91%	4.44%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.54%	5.26%	3.91%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	3.97%	4.61%	3.4%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.49%	4.07%	2.97%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	3.08%	3.61%	2.61%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.74%	3.23%	2.31%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.43%	2.85%	2.03%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.17%	2.55%	1.81%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.94%	2.28%	1.62%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.73%	2.04%	1.45%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.54%	1.82%	1.28%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.38%	1.63%	1.15%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.24%	1.46%	1.04%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.12%	1.32%	0.94%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	1.02%	1.2%	0.85%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.93%	1.1%	0.77%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.85%	1.02%	0.7%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.77%	0.93%	0.63%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.71%	0.86%	0.58%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.65%	0.79%	0.53%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.6%	0.73%	0.48%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.56%	0.68%	0.44%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.51%	0.62%	0.41%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.47%	0.57%	0.38%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.44%	0.53%	0.35%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.41%	0.48%	0.33%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.38%	0.45%	0.31%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.35%	0.41%	0.29%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.32%	0.38%	0.27%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.29%	0.34%	0.25%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.27%	0.31%	0.23%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.25%	0.29%	0.21%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.23%	0.26%	0.19%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.2%	0.24%	0.17%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.19%	0.22%	0.16%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.17%	0.2%	0.15%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.16%	0.18%	0.13%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.14%	0.17%	0.12%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.13%	0.16%	0.11%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.12%	0.14%	0.09%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.009%	0.009%	0.008%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.006%	0.007%	0.006%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.008%	0.008%	0.007%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.35% in the birth year in New Zealand and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.06% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.51% vs 2.08% at 60, and 3.97% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in New Zealand vs South Africa

Chart Table

New Zealand

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	New Zealand			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	591	299	876	359	204.6	501
99	1,073	738	1,401	475	280.8	655
98	1,454	1,038	1,860	572	340	787
97	1,889	1,402	2,365	677	406	928
96	2,360	1,820	2,888	789	478	1,077
95	2,840	2,272	3,397	909	558	1,236
94	3,298	2,728	3,858	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,709	3,162	4,247	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,057	3,557	4,545	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,318	3,893	4,731	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,472	4,148	4,792	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,529	4,320	4,746	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,500	4,403	4,611	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,378	4,377	4,395	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,200	4,275	4,141	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,993	4,126	3,875	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,740	3,909	3,583	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,508	3,701	3,316	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,258	3,468	3,045	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	3,025	3,256	2,792	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,753	2,992	2,514	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,511	2,756	2,264	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,289	2,536	2,039	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,095	2,340	1,846	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,897	2,130	1,662	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,732	1,952	1,510	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,579	1,787	1,371	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,435	1,631	1,241	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,298	1,481	1,117	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,182	1,353	1,015	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,071	1,224	922	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	981	1,122	845	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	902	1,036	772	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	832	962	704	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	768	898	643	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	702	826	583	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	650	768	538	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	600	712	493	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	555	661	452	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	518	620	419	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	478	572	385	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	443	530	360	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	412	490	337	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	385	454	317	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	357	419	297.3	1,242	1,519	978
55	334	390	279.1	1,190	1,459	929
54	308	358	258.9	1,137	1,397	881
53	283	327	239.9	1,085	1,337	835
52	259	298.4	220.9	1,037	1,279	795
51	239.2	275.4	203.8	994	1,223	760
50	217.7	250.8	185	954	1,171	731
49	198.7	229	168.7	918	1,120	707
48	182.2	209.5	155.2	883	1,071	686
47	167.5	192.3	143.1	850	1,022	668
46	153.6	176.8	130.6	818	974	652
45	140.1	162.7	117.6	786	928	635
44	128.2	151.1	105.5	755	884	619
43	116.2	139.2	93.4	724	842	601
42	105.2	128	82.6	695	804	581
41	96.6	119.1	74.5	667	770	560
40	88.3	108.9	67.8	639	738	538
39	82.3	100.7	63.9	613	708	515
38	77.2	94	60.5	587	680	492
37	74.1	90.9	57.2	562	653	470
36	71.2	88.6	53.7	538	626	449
35	68.8	86.6	50.7	515	600	429
34	66.3	84.2	47.7	493	575	410
33	63.4	81.5	44.4	471	551	392
32	60.6	78.9	41.3	450	527	374
31	58	76.1	38.4	429	504	355
30	54.8	72.5	35.6	408	481	335
29	52.8	70.4	33.9	386	458	314
28	51.7	69.1	33	363	434	291.3
27	51.5	69.3	32.4	339	410	266.7
26	52	71.2	31.5	314	384	241.5
25	52.7	73.5	30.8	289.1	358	217.1
24	52.6	73.9	30.2	264.7	331	195.1
23	52.1	73.2	29.9	241.4	304	176
22	51	71.7	29.2	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	49.5	69.8	28.4	198.1	249	145.6
20	47.4	66.7	27.2	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	45	62.7	26.3	158	194.2	121.2
18	40.6	55	25.3	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	35	45	24.3	119.5	142.6	96
16	28.8	34.7	22.6	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	22.5	25.5	19.3	85	99.4	70.2
14	16.8	18.2	15.3	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	11.9	12.7	11.2	58.9	68.7	49
12	8.52	9.13	7.88	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	6.5	7.19	5.76	43	50.5	35.3
10	5.75	6.56	4.89	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	5.95	6.79	5.06	37	43.9	30
8	6.31	7	5.58	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	6.66	7.2	6.09	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	6.98	7.59	6.34	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	7.55	8.43	6.62	67.2	79	55.4
4	8.67	9.92	7.35	95.3	110.3	80
3	11.9	13.8	9.99	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	22	25	18.9	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	54.6	60	49	343	375	310
0	348	350	346	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 New Zealand, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 85.8 in New Zealand 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 New Zealand and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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