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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Norway

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Norway			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.1	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	96.5	96.2	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.8	95.5	96	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	95.1	94.8	95.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.5	94.1	94.7	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.9	93.5	94.1	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	93.3	92.8	93.6	94	93.7	94.1
87	92.8	92.3	93.1	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	92.3	91.7	92.6	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	91.8	91.2	92.2	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	91.3	90.7	91.8	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	90.9	90.2	91.4	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	90.5	89.8	91	90	89.4	90.3
81	90.1	89.4	90.7	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	89.7	89	90.3	88.8	88	89.1
79	89.4	88.6	90	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	89.1	88.3	89.8	87.5	86.7	88
77	88.8	88	89.5	86.9	86	87.4
76	88.5	87.7	89.2	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	88.3	87.4	89	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	88	87.1	88.8	85.2	84	85.9
73	87.8	86.9	88.6	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	87.5	86.6	88.4	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	87.3	86.4	88.2	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	87.1	86.2	88	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	86.9	85.9	87.8	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	86.7	85.7	87.7	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	86.6	85.5	87.5	81.6	80	82.8
66	86.4	85.4	87.4	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	86.3	85.2	87.3	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	86.1	85	87.1	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	86	84.9	87	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	85.9	84.7	86.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	85.7	84.6	86.8	79	76.9	80.7
60	85.6	84.5	86.7	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	85.5	84.4	86.6	78.3	76	80.1
58	85.4	84.3	86.5	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	85.3	84.2	86.5	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	85.2	84.1	86.4	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	85.2	84	86.3	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	85.1	83.9	86.3	76.5	74	78.7
53	85	83.8	86.2	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	85	83.7	86.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	84.9	83.7	86.1	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	84.9	83.6	86	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	84.8	83.6	86	75	72.2	77.4
48	84.8	83.5	86	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	84.7	83.5	85.9	74.4	71.6	77
46	84.7	83.4	85.9	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	84.6	83.4	85.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	84.6	83.3	85.8	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	84.6	83.3	85.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	84.5	83.3	85.8	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	84.5	83.2	85.7	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	84.5	83.2	85.7	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	84.4	83.2	85.7	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	84.4	83.1	85.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	84.4	83.1	85.7	72	68.9	74.8
36	84.4	83.1	85.6	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	84.3	83	85.6	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	84.3	83	85.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	84.3	83	85.6	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	84.3	82.9	85.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	84.3	82.9	85.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	84.2	82.9	85.6	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	84.2	82.9	85.5	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	84.2	82.8	85.5	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	84.2	82.8	85.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	84.1	82.8	85.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	84.1	82.7	85.5	69.9	66.6	73
24	84.1	82.7	85.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	84.1	82.7	85.5	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	84.1	82.7	85.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	84	82.6	85.5	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	84	82.6	85.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	84	82.6	85.4	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	84	82.6	85.4	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	84	82.5	85.4	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	84	82.5	85.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	84	82.5	85.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	84	82.5	85.4	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.7	65.3	72
4	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.6	65.2	72
3	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	83.9	82.5	85.4	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	83.9	82.5	85.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	83.8	82.3	85.2	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 Norway can expect to live to 84.2 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 86.3 and 80.7 at 65, and to 89.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 83.8 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Norway

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Norway			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	2.32%	1.39%	3.09%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	3.53%	2.2%	4.64%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	5.15%	3.33%	6.7%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	7.25%	4.88%	9.3%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	9.86%	6.86%	12.5%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	13%	9.32%	16.2%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	16.5%	12.3%	20.3%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	20.5%	15.7%	24.8%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	24.8%	19.6%	29.6%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	29.3%	23.8%	34.5%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	34%	28.2%	39.5%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	38.7%	32.8%	44.4%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	43.3%	37.4%	49.1%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	47.8%	42%	53.5%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	51.9%	46.4%	57.4%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	55.9%	50.7%	61.2%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	59.7%	54.7%	64.8%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	63.2%	58.5%	68.1%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	66.4%	62%	71%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	69.3%	65.2%	73.6%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	72%	68.1%	76.1%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	74.5%	70.8%	78.3%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	76.7%	73.3%	80.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	78.7%	75.5%	82.1%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	80.5%	77.5%	83.7%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	82.2%	79.4%	85.1%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	83.7%	81.2%	86.4%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	85.1%	82.7%	87.7%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	86.4%	84.2%	88.8%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	87.6%	85.5%	89.8%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	88.7%	86.7%	90.7%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	89.6%	87.8%	91.5%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	90.5%	88.8%	92.3%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	91.3%	89.8%	92.9%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	92.1%	90.7%	93.6%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	92.8%	91.4%	94.1%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	93.4%	92.2%	94.6%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	93.9%	92.8%	95.1%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	94.4%	93.4%	95.6%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	94.9%	93.9%	95.9%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	95.3%	94.4%	96.3%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	95.7%	94.9%	96.6%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	96%	95.3%	96.8%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	96.4%	95.7%	97.1%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	96.6%	96%	97.3%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	96.9%	96.3%	97.6%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	97.1%	96.5%	97.8%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	97.3%	96.8%	98%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	97.5%	97%	98.1%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	97.7%	97.2%	98.3%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	97.9%	97.4%	98.4%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	98%	97.5%	98.5%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	98.3%	97.8%	98.7%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	98.4%	97.9%	98.8%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	98.4%	98%	98.9%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	98.6%	98.2%	99%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	98.8%	98.4%	99.1%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	98.8%	98.5%	99.2%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	98.9%	98.6%	99.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	99%	98.7%	99.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	99%	98.8%	99.3%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	99.1%	98.8%	99.4%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	99.2%	99%	99.4%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	99.2%	99%	99.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	99.4%	99.2%	99.6%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 95.3% of newborns in Norway and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 88.7% and 51.6% past 70, 72% and 30.2% past 80, and only 34% 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

Norway

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Norway			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	36.7%	39.2%	36%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	34.2%	36.6%	33.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	31.6%	34.1%	30.7%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	29%	31.6%	28%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	26.4%	29%	25.5%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	23.9%	26.4%	23%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	21.5%	24.1%	20.4%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	19.4%	22%	18.1%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	17.4%	19.8%	16.1%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	15.5%	17.7%	14.3%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	13.8%	15.7%	12.6%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	12.1%	13.9%	11%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	10.7%	12.4%	9.56%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	9.3%	10.9%	8.16%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	8.04%	9.53%	6.93%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	7.11%	8.36%	6.15%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	6.34%	7.36%	5.52%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	5.56%	6.47%	4.8%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	4.83%	5.65%	4.13%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	4.21%	4.91%	3.6%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	3.71%	4.3%	3.19%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	3.31%	3.83%	2.84%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	2.93%	3.39%	2.51%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	2.55%	2.94%	2.17%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	2.23%	2.6%	1.89%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	2.03%	2.38%	1.69%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	1.83%	2.13%	1.55%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	1.65%	1.9%	1.41%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	1.48%	1.71%	1.26%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	1.34%	1.55%	1.12%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	1.2%	1.4%	1.01%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	1.08%	1.26%	0.91%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	0.98%	1.16%	0.8%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	0.89%	1.07%	0.72%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	0.81%	0.95%	0.66%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	0.73%	0.85%	0.6%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	0.66%	0.78%	0.53%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	0.6%	0.7%	0.5%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	0.55%	0.63%	0.46%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	0.49%	0.57%	0.4%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	0.43%	0.52%	0.34%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	0.39%	0.48%	0.31%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	0.33%	0.38%	0.27%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	0.3%	0.34%	0.25%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	0.27%	0.3%	0.24%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	0.24%	0.27%	0.21%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.21%	0.25%	0.18%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.19%	0.23%	0.16%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.16%	0.18%	0.13%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.03%	0.05%	0.01%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.009%	0.009%	0.009%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.005%	0.004%	0.005%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.003%	0.002%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.002%	0.002%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.003%	0.003%	0.003%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.004%	0.005%	0.003%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.004%	0.005%	0.004%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.006%	0.006%	0.006%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	0.17%	0.18%	0.16%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.17% in the birth year in Norway and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.04% vs 0.44% at age 30, 0.43% vs 2.08% at 60, and 3.71% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Norway vs South Africa

Chart Table

Norway

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Norway			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	697	339	988	359	204.6	501
99	1,206	804	1,553	475	280.8	655
98	1,626	1,137	2,058	572	340	787
97	2,100	1,543	2,604	677	406	928
96	2,605	1,987	3,176	789	478	1,077
95	3,102	2,456	3,718	909	558	1,236
94	3,554	2,953	4,151	1,031	642	1,393
93	3,962	3,456	4,489	1,148	729	1,540
92	4,298	3,878	4,756	1,257	818	1,670
91	4,544	4,204	4,937	1,363	912	1,794
90	4,676	4,427	4,983	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	4,699	4,560	4,895	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	4,629	4,626	4,692	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	4,443	4,585	4,364	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	4,173	4,424	3,981	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	3,976	4,233	3,764	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	3,784	4,024	3,577	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	3,517	3,782	3,269	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	3,211	3,503	2,929	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,922	3,203	2,650	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,674	2,931	2,424	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,466	2,709	2,224	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,250	2,483	2,013	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,004	2,223	1,780	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,798	2,013	1,578	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,667	1,887	1,441	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,535	1,730	1,336	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,401	1,568	1,233	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,281	1,443	1,119	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,169	1,327	1,009	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,066	1,211	918	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	972	1,110	831	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	890	1,034	741	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	816	958	669	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	745	862	622	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	676	777	569	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	612	715	503	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	563	648	474	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	516	584	444	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	461	535	382	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	413	495	325	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	378	455	295.7	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	348	413	278.9	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	316	368	260.9	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	285.6	325	244.4	1,242	1,519	978
55	259.5	286.9	230.6	1,190	1,459	929
54	234.3	259.5	207.8	1,137	1,397	881
53	209	240.8	175.4	1,085	1,337	835
52	189.8	219.7	158.2	1,037	1,279	795
51	172.5	196.9	147.1	994	1,223	760
50	154.3	175.7	131.8	954	1,171	731
49	139	159.4	117.4	918	1,120	707
48	129.1	149	108.2	883	1,071	686
47	118.5	136.5	99.4	850	1,022	668
46	103.3	118.5	87.2	818	974	652
45	89.6	105.1	73.2	786	928	635
44	82.4	102.3	61.5	755	884	619
43	80.8	99.8	60.6	724	842	601
42	80.6	90.1	70.5	695	804	581
41	70.8	81.8	59.2	667	770	560
40	61.7	77.7	44.7	639	738	538
39	60.8	78.4	42.4	613	708	515
38	60.8	77.7	43.3	587	680	492
37	55.3	71	39	562	653	470
36	49.3	64.3	33.7	538	626	449
35	46.8	61.7	31.3	515	600	429
34	46.1	60.9	30.5	493	575	410
33	44.8	59.3	29.5	471	551	392
32	43.1	58.2	27.3	450	527	374
31	41.2	57.3	24.3	429	504	355
30	38.2	51.1	24.7	408	481	335
29	36.4	46.8	25.4	386	458	314
28	37.7	51.1	23.5	363	434	291.3
27	39.7	57.3	21	339	410	266.7
26	38.4	55.8	19.7	314	384	241.5
25	35.7	51.6	18.9	289.1	358	217.1
24	34	49.7	17.5	264.7	331	195.1
23	32.3	47.6	16.5	241.4	304	176
22	30.4	43.7	16.4	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	29.8	43.3	15.7	198.1	249	145.6
20	31.1	47.4	14	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	28.3	41.4	14.7	158	194.2	121.2
18	23.6	31	15.8	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	19.6	23.9	15	119.5	142.6	96
16	15.7	18.3	12.9	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	12.6	13.7	11.4	85	99.4	70.2
14	10.4	10.8	10.1	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	8.76	8.99	8.52	58.9	68.7	49
12	6.78	6.71	6.85	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	4.5	3.85	5.18	43	50.5	35.3
10	3	2.42	3.61	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	2.45	2.28	2.63	37	43.9	30
8	2.92	2.69	3.15	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	3.79	3.46	4.13	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	3.94	4.27	3.6	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	3.86	4.76	2.92	67.2	79	55.4
4	3.98	4.67	3.26	95.3	110.3	80
3	4.35	4.54	4.15	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	5.67	5.83	5.5	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	16.1	17.2	15	343	375	310
0	166.3	175.4	156.7	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 Norway, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 86.5 in Norway 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 Norway and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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