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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Papua New Guinea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.9	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.9	100.8	101	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100	99.9	100.1	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.1	99	99.2	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.2	98.1	98.3	100	99.9	100
95	97.3	97.2	97.4	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.5	96.3	96.5	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.6	95.5	95.7	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.8	94.6	94.9	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.9	93.8	94	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.1	92.9	93.2	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.3	92.1	92.4	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.5	91.3	91.7	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.7	90.5	90.9	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	89.9	89.7	90.1	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.2	88.9	89.4	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.4	88.1	88.7	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	87.7	87.4	88	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87	86.7	87.3	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.3	85.9	86.7	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	85.7	85.3	86.1	88.8	88	89.1
79	85	84.6	85.5	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.4	83.9	84.9	87.5	86.7	88
77	83.8	83.2	84.3	86.9	86	87.4
76	83.2	82.6	83.8	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	82.6	82	83.3	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.1	81.4	82.8	85.2	84	85.9
73	81.5	80.8	82.3	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81	80.3	81.8	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	80.5	79.7	81.4	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	80	79.2	81	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	79.6	78.7	80.6	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	79.1	78.2	80.2	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	78.7	77.7	79.9	81.6	80	82.8
66	78.3	77.2	79.6	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	77.9	76.8	79.2	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	77.5	76.3	78.9	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	77.1	75.9	78.6	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	76.8	75.5	78.4	79.4	77.4	81
61	76.5	75.1	78.1	79	76.9	80.7
60	76.1	74.8	77.8	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	75.8	74.4	77.6	78.3	76	80.1
58	75.5	74.1	77.4	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	75.3	73.8	77.1	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	75	73.4	76.9	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	74.7	73.2	76.7	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	74.5	72.9	76.5	76.5	74	78.7
53	74.3	72.6	76.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	74.1	72.3	76.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	73.8	72.1	76	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	73.6	71.9	75.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	73.4	71.6	75.6	75	72.2	77.4
48	73.3	71.4	75.5	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	73.1	71.2	75.3	74.4	71.6	77
46	72.9	71	75.2	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	72.7	70.9	75	73.9	71	76.5
44	72.6	70.7	74.9	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	72.4	70.5	74.8	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	72.3	70.4	74.6	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	72.2	70.2	74.5	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	72	70.1	74.4	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	71.9	69.9	74.3	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	71.8	69.8	74.2	72.2	69.2	75
37	71.7	69.7	74.1	72	68.9	74.8
36	71.6	69.5	74	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	71.5	69.4	73.9	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	71.4	69.3	73.8	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	71.3	69.2	73.7	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	71.2	69.1	73.6	71	67.9	73.9
31	71.1	69	73.6	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	71	68.9	73.5	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	70.9	68.8	73.4	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	70.8	68.6	73.3	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	70.7	68.5	73.2	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	70.6	68.4	73.2	70	66.8	73.1
25	70.5	68.3	73.1	69.9	66.6	73
24	70.4	68.2	73	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	70.3	68.1	72.9	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	70.2	68	72.9	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	70.1	67.8	72.8	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	70	67.7	72.7	69.3	66	72.6
19	69.9	67.6	72.6	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	69.8	67.5	72.6	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	69.7	67.4	72.5	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	69.6	67.3	72.4	69	65.7	72.3
15	69.6	67.3	72.4	69	65.6	72.3
14	69.5	67.2	72.3	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	69.5	67.2	72.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	69.5	67.1	72.3	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	69.4	67.1	72.2	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	69.4	67	72.2	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	69.3	67	72.2	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	69.3	67	72.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	69.2	66.9	72.1	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	69.2	66.8	72	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	69.1	66.8	71.9	68.7	65.3	72
4	69	66.7	71.9	68.6	65.2	72
3	68.9	66.6	71.7	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	68.8	66.4	71.6	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	68.6	66.3	71.4	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	66.5	64	69.5	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 Papua New Guinea can expect to live to 71 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 77.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 85.7 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 66.5 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Papua New Guinea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Papua New Guinea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.09%	0.04%	0.16%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.14%	0.07%	0.26%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.23%	0.12%	0.41%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.36%	0.2%	0.63%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.55%	0.31%	0.94%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	0.82%	0.46%	1.37%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.18%	0.69%	1.95%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	1.67%	0.99%	2.7%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	2.29%	1.39%	3.65%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	3.09%	1.92%	4.82%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	4.07%	2.58%	6.24%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	5.25%	3.41%	7.93%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	6.67%	4.43%	9.89%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	8.31%	5.63%	12.1%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	10.2%	7.04%	14.6%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	12.3%	8.66%	17.3%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	14.6%	10.5%	20.3%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	17.1%	12.5%	23.4%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	19.7%	14.7%	26.6%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	22.5%	17%	29.9%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	25.4%	19.5%	33.3%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	28.4%	22.1%	36.7%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	31.4%	24.8%	40%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	34.5%	27.7%	43.3%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	37.6%	30.5%	46.6%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	40.6%	33.4%	49.7%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	43.6%	36.3%	52.7%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	46.5%	39.2%	55.5%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	49.3%	42.1%	58.2%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	52%	44.9%	60.7%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	54.6%	47.6%	63.1%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	57.1%	50.3%	65.3%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	59.5%	52.9%	67.3%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	61.8%	55.4%	69.2%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	63.9%	57.8%	71%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	66%	60.1%	72.6%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	67.9%	62.3%	74.2%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	69.7%	64.4%	75.6%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	71.4%	66.4%	76.9%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	73%	68.3%	78.2%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	74.5%	70%	79.3%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	75.9%	71.7%	80.4%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	77.2%	73.2%	81.4%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	78.4%	74.7%	82.3%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	79.5%	76%	83.2%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	80.6%	77.3%	84%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	81.5%	78.5%	84.8%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	82.5%	79.6%	85.5%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	83.3%	80.6%	86.1%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	84.1%	81.6%	86.8%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	84.8%	82.5%	87.4%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	85.5%	83.3%	87.9%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	86.2%	84.1%	88.4%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	86.8%	84.8%	88.9%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	87.3%	85.4%	89.4%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	87.8%	86%	89.8%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	88.3%	86.6%	90.2%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	88.8%	87.1%	90.5%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	89.2%	87.6%	90.9%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	89.6%	88.1%	91.2%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	90%	88.5%	91.5%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	90.3%	88.9%	91.8%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	90.6%	89.3%	92.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	90.9%	89.7%	92.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	91.2%	90%	92.6%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	91.5%	90.3%	92.8%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	91.8%	90.6%	93%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	92%	90.9%	93.2%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	92.2%	91.2%	93.4%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	92.5%	91.5%	93.6%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	92.7%	91.7%	93.8%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	92.9%	92%	93.9%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	93.1%	92.2%	94.1%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	93.3%	92.5%	94.3%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	93.5%	92.7%	94.4%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	93.7%	93%	94.6%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	93.9%	93.2%	94.7%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	94.1%	93.5%	94.9%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	94.3%	93.7%	95%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	94.5%	94%	95.1%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	94.7%	94.2%	95.3%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	94.9%	94.4%	95.4%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.1%	94.6%	95.5%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.2%	94.8%	95.6%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	95.3%	94.9%	95.7%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	95.4%	95.1%	95.8%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	95.5%	95.1%	95.9%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	95.6%	95.2%	96%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	95.7%	95.3%	96%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	95.7%	95.4%	96.1%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	95.8%	95.4%	96.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	95.8%	95.5%	96.2%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	95.9%	95.6%	96.3%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96%	95.7%	96.3%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.1%	95.8%	96.4%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.2%	95.9%	96.5%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.3%	96%	96.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.5%	96.2%	96.8%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	96.7%	96.4%	97%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	96.9%	96.6%	97.2%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 74.5% of newborns in Papua New Guinea and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 54.6% and 51.6% past 70, 25.4% and 30.2% past 80, and only 4.07% 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

Papua New Guinea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Papua New Guinea			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	41.5%	42.6%	40.5%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	39.7%	40.9%	38.7%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	37.9%	39.2%	36.9%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	36.2%	37.5%	35.1%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	34.4%	35.8%	33.2%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	32.6%	34.1%	31.4%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	30.7%	32.3%	29.5%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	29%	30.6%	27.7%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	27.3%	29%	26%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	25.7%	27.4%	24.4%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	24.1%	25.8%	22.8%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	22.6%	24.3%	21.3%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	21.2%	22.9%	19.8%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	19.8%	21.4%	18.4%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	18.4%	20%	17%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	17%	18.6%	15.7%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	15.8%	17.3%	14.4%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	14.6%	16.1%	13.2%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	13.4%	14.9%	12.1%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	12.4%	13.8%	11.1%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	11.4%	12.8%	10.1%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	10.5%	11.9%	9.23%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	9.71%	11%	8.4%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	8.9%	10.2%	7.64%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	8.14%	9.41%	6.93%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	7.46%	8.68%	6.28%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	6.84%	8.01%	5.67%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	6.26%	7.37%	5.12%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	5.72%	6.79%	4.61%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	5.23%	6.25%	4.15%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.79%	5.76%	3.74%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	4.38%	5.3%	3.37%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	4.01%	4.89%	3.05%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.68%	4.51%	2.76%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	3.37%	4.16%	2.5%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	3.09%	3.84%	2.27%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.84%	3.54%	2.07%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.6%	3.25%	1.89%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.38%	2.99%	1.73%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	2.18%	2.74%	1.58%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	2%	2.51%	1.45%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.83%	2.3%	1.33%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.67%	2.11%	1.23%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.54%	1.94%	1.13%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.41%	1.78%	1.04%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.3%	1.64%	0.97%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.2%	1.51%	0.9%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.11%	1.39%	0.83%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.02%	1.28%	0.77%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.95%	1.18%	0.72%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.87%	1.08%	0.67%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.81%	0.99%	0.63%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.74%	0.91%	0.58%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.69%	0.84%	0.54%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.63%	0.77%	0.5%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.59%	0.71%	0.47%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.54%	0.66%	0.43%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.5%	0.61%	0.4%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.47%	0.56%	0.38%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.41%	0.49%	0.33%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.38%	0.45%	0.31%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.36%	0.42%	0.3%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.34%	0.4%	0.28%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.3%	0.35%	0.25%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.28%	0.34%	0.23%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.27%	0.32%	0.22%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.26%	0.3%	0.21%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.25%	0.29%	0.2%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.24%	0.28%	0.19%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.23%	0.27%	0.18%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.22%	0.27%	0.16%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.21%	0.27%	0.15%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.21%	0.27%	0.15%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.21%	0.27%	0.15%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.14%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.06%	0.07%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.06%	0.07%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.07%	0.08%	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.1%	0.1%	0.09%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.11%	0.12%	0.11%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.14%	0.15%	0.13%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.17%	0.18%	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.2%	0.21%	0.19%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.25%	0.26%	0.24%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	3.08%	3.36%	2.77%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 3.08% in the birth year in Papua New Guinea and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.24% vs 0.44% at age 30, 2% vs 2.08% at 60, and 11.4% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Papua New Guinea vs South Africa

Chart Table

Papua New Guinea

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Papua New Guinea			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	57	30.4	99.7	475	280.8	655
98	87.9	48.1	150.7	572	340	787
97	131.3	73.6	220.8	677	406	928
96	190.1	109.5	313	789	478	1,077
95	266.9	158	431	909	558	1,236
94	364	221.6	576	1,031	642	1,393
93	483	303	748	1,148	729	1,540
92	626	403	948	1,257	818	1,670
91	792	524	1,174	1,363	912	1,794
90	981	667	1,422	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,189	831	1,688	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,412	1,012	1,961	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,643	1,208	2,233	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,872	1,410	2,491	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,093	1,614	2,726	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,298	1,813	2,929	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,482	2,003	3,095	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,645	2,181	3,224	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,784	2,345	3,314	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,899	2,493	3,367	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,989	2,623	3,382	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,051	2,731	3,363	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,071	2,815	3,310	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	3,058	2,873	3,227	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	3,029	2,904	3,117	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,978	2,910	2,987	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,907	2,893	2,840	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,821	2,858	2,683	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,722	2,806	2,521	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,615	2,742	2,359	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,503	2,668	2,201	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,387	2,587	2,050	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	2,272	2,499	1,907	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	2,157	2,405	1,775	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	2,042	2,307	1,651	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,928	2,204	1,537	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,815	2,096	1,430	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,703	1,985	1,330	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,593	1,873	1,237	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,488	1,761	1,151	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,387	1,651	1,071	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,292	1,546	997	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,204	1,446	930	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,123	1,353	868	1,242	1,519	978
55	1,048	1,265	812	1,190	1,459	929
54	979	1,183	760	1,137	1,397	881
53	914	1,104	712	1,085	1,337	835
52	853	1,030	668	1,037	1,279	795
51	796	959	626	994	1,223	760
50	742	892	587	954	1,171	731
49	690	828	550	918	1,120	707
48	642	768	514	883	1,071	686
47	597	712	480	850	1,022	668
46	554	660	448	818	974	652
45	515	612	419	786	928	635
44	480	568	391	755	884	619
43	447	528	366	724	842	601
42	418	492	344	695	804	581
41	392	460	324	667	770	560
40	368	430	306	639	738	538
39	347	404	289.1	613	708	515
38	327	379	273.1	587	680	492
37	309	358	257.6	562	653	470
36	291.4	338	242.8	538	626	449
35	275.7	320	228.9	515	600	429
34	261.5	304	216.2	493	575	410
33	249	289.8	204.9	471	551	392
32	238.2	277.8	195.1	450	527	374
31	229.1	267.8	186.7	429	504	355
30	221.5	259.8	179.4	408	481	335
29	215.2	253.7	172.7	386	458	314
28	209.9	249.4	166.2	363	434	291.3
27	205.6	246.8	159.7	339	410	266.7
26	202.1	245.8	153.5	314	384	241.5
25	199.6	246.2	147.7	289.1	358	217.1
24	198.2	247.5	143	264.7	331	195.1
23	197.5	249	139.8	241.4	304	176
22	196.9	249.5	137.9	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	195.2	247.2	136.8	198.1	249	145.6
20	190.3	239.4	135.2	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	180.6	224.3	131.8	158	194.2	121.2
18	165.4	201.6	125.1	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	145.5	173.1	114.8	119.5	142.6	96
16	123.8	143.4	102.1	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	103.3	116.4	88.8	85	99.4	70.2
14	86.3	94.9	76.8	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	73.8	79.6	67.5	58.9	68.7	49
12	65.8	70	61.1	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	61.7	65.4	57.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	61.3	64.9	57.3	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	64.1	68.3	59.6	37	43.9	30
8	70.2	75.1	64.8	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	79.6	85.6	73.1	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	92.7	99.9	85	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	110.1	118.2	101.4	67.2	79	55.4
4	132.5	141.3	123	95.3	110.3	80
3	160.8	169.8	151.2	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	196.3	204.7	187.3	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	240.4	247.3	233	343	375	310
0	3,076	3,364	2,770	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 Papua New Guinea, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 71.7 in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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