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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 73.7 years in Russia vs 66.7 in South Africa. Russia is ranked 107/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Russia, the life expectancy is 67.9 years for males and 79.5 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Russia vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year

Russia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Russia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 73.7 67.9 79.5 66.7 63.1 70.2
2025 73.5 67.7 79.3 66.5 63 70
2024 73.3 67.5 79.2 66.3 62.8 69.8
2023 73.2 67.3 79 66.1 62.6 69.6
2022 72.5 67.1 77.8 65.5 61.8 69
2021 69.8 65.2 74.4 62 59.2 64.8
2020 71.2 66.3 75.9 65.2 62.2 67.9
2019 73.1 67.7 78.2 66.1 62.7 69.2
2018 72.9 67.7 77.9 65.7 62.3 68.9
2017 72.8 67.7 77.7 65.4 62 68.6
2016 71.9 66.6 77 64.7 61.3 67.9
2015 71.3 65.9 76.7 64.1 60.8 67
2014 70.8 65.1 76.4 63.2 59.9 66.2
2013 70.6 65 76.2 62.4 59.2 65.2
2012 70.1 64.4 75.8 61.7 58.7 64.4
2011 69.7 63.9 75.6 60.6 57.7 63.1
2010 68.2 62.2 74.3 58.9 56.2 61.2
2009 68.7 62.7 74.7 57.4 54.8 59.7
2008 67.9 61.8 74.2 56 53.5 58.1
2007 67.5 61.3 73.9 54.9 52.7 56.9
2006 66.5 60.3 73.2 54.2 52.2 55.9
2005 65.2 58.8 72.4 53.9 52.1 55.5
2004 65.1 58.8 72.3 54 51.9 55.8
2003 64.7 58.4 71.8 54.2 52 56.3
2002 64.7 58.4 71.8 55.6 53.2 57.7
2001 65 58.7 72.1 57.2 54.6 59.5
2000 65 58.6 72.1 58.4 55.4 61.1
1999 65.6 59.4 72.3 59.2 56.1 62
1998 66.9 61.1 73 59.9 56.7 62.9
1997 66.6 60.7 72.8 60.5 57.2 63.7
1996 65.4 59.2 72.3 61.1 57.8 64.5
1995 64 57.4 71.4 61.6 58.3 65.2
1994 63.8 57.4 71.1 62.1 58.8 66
1993 65 58.7 71.9 62.6 59.1 66.5
1992 67.8 61.9 73.8 62.8 59.4 66.8
1991 69 63.4 74.4 63 59.5 67
1990 69.3 63.8 74.5 62.9 59.5 66.9
1989 69.7 64.2 74.7 63 59.6 66.8
1988 69.9 64.7 74.5 62.9 59.6 66.6
1987 70.1 64.9 74.5 62.7 59.5 66.2
1986 70 64.8 74.5 62.4 59.3 65.9
1985 68.3 62.7 73.3 62.2 59.2 65.5
1984 67.6 61.7 73 61.8 59 64.9
1983 68 62.1 73.4 61.4 58.7 64.4
1982 68.1 62.2 73.5 60.9 58.3 63.8
1981 67.6 61.6 73.1 60.4 57.9 63.3
1980 67.5 61.4 73 60 57.5 62.7
1979 67.6 61.5 73 59.5 57.1 62.1
1978 67.8 61.8 73.1 59 56.6 61.6
1977 67.9 61.8 73.2 58.5 56.2 61
1976 68.1 62.2 73.2 58 55.8 60.4
1975 68.3 62.4 73.2 57.6 55.5 59.9
1974 68.7 63 73.5 57.1 55 59.4
1973 68.9 63.2 73.6 56.7 54.6 59
1972 68.8 63.1 73.5 56.4 54.2 58.7
1971 68.9 63.1 73.6 56 53.8 58.4
1970 68.7 63 73.3 55.7 53.5 58.1
1969 68.6 62.9 73.1 55.4 53.3 57.8
1968 69.1 63.5 73.3 55.2 53.1 57.5
1967 69.2 63.9 73.2 55 52.9 57.2
1966 69.4 64.1 73.3 54.7 52.8 56.9
1965 69.3 64.2 73.1 54.4 52.5 56.6
1964 69.5 64.6 73.1 54.2 52.3 56.4
1963 69.1 64.1 72.7 53.9 52 56
1962 68.5 63.5 72.1 53.6 51.7 55.7
1961 68.6 63.7 72.1 53.1 51.2 55.2
1960 68.3 63.5 71.8 52.6 50.8 54.6
1959 67.4 62.7 70.7 51.9 50.2 53.8
1958 67.7 62.9 71.1 51.1 49.5 53
1957 66 61.2 69.5 50.2 48.6 52
1956 66.5 61.8 69.9 49.2 47.7 50.9
1955 62.1 57.6 65.3 48.2 46.8 49.7
1954 59.9 55.4 63.3 47.1 45.8 48.6
1953 58.8 54.1 62.3 46.1 44.9 47.4
1952 57.6 53.2 60.9 45 44 46.2
1951 55.3 51 58.5 44.1 43.1 45.2
1950 55.5 51 58.9 43.1 42.2 44.1

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 60.9 years in Russia and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.7 healthy years in Russia and 11.3 in South Africa.

Russia vs South Africa life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Russia and South Africa, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
44.9 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.9 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
77.9 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Russia South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 96.1% 98.7% 93.6% 95.5%
50 87.4% 96.1% 83.6% 88.9%
60 73.0% 91.2% 68.1% 79.2%
65 63.5% 87.3% 58.1% 72.5%
70 52.8% 81.6% 46.7% 63.7%
75 40.8% 72.9% 35.1% 53.0%
80 28.1% 59.6% 24.0% 40.5%
85 16.2% 41.6% 14.9% 27.9%
90 7.4% 22.7% 7.8% 16.1%
95 2.4% 8.5% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.5% 1.8% 1.1% 2.4%

Life expectancy by current age

Russia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Russia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 102.6 102.3 102.7 103.4 103.1 103.5
99 101.7 101.5 101.7 102.5 102.3 102.6
98 100.8 100.7 100.8 101.7 101.5 101.7
97 99.9 99.9 99.9 100.8 100.7 100.9
96 99.1 99 99.1 100 99.9 100
95 98.3 98.2 98.3 99.2 99.1 99.2
94 97.5 97.4 97.5 98.4 98.3 98.4
93 96.7 96.6 96.7 97.6 97.5 97.7
92 95.9 95.8 96 96.9 96.7 96.9
91 95.2 95 95.2 96.1 96 96.2
90 94.5 94.2 94.5 95.4 95.2 95.5
89 93.7 93.4 93.8 94.7 94.4 94.8
88 93.1 92.7 93.2 94 93.7 94.1
87 92.4 91.9 92.5 93.3 92.9 93.4
86 91.7 91.2 91.9 92.6 92.2 92.7
85 91.1 90.4 91.3 91.9 91.5 92.1
84 90.5 89.7 90.7 91.3 90.8 91.5
83 89.9 89 90.2 90.6 90.1 90.9
82 89.3 88.4 89.7 90 89.4 90.3
81 88.7 87.7 89.2 89.4 88.7 89.7
80 88.2 87.1 88.7 88.8 88 89.1
79 87.7 86.4 88.2 88.1 87.4 88.5
78 87.2 85.8 87.8 87.5 86.7 88
77 86.7 85.2 87.4 86.9 86 87.4
76 86.3 84.6 87 86.3 85.3 86.9
75 85.8 84.1 86.7 85.7 84.7 86.4
74 85.4 83.5 86.3 85.2 84 85.9
73 85 83 86 84.6 83.4 85.4
72 84.6 82.5 85.7 84.1 82.8 84.9
71 84.2 82 85.4 83.6 82.2 84.5
70 83.8 81.5 85.2 83.1 81.7 84.1
69 83.5 81 84.9 82.6 81.1 83.6
68 83.1 80.5 84.7 82.1 80.5 83.2
67 82.7 80 84.5 81.6 80 82.8
66 82.4 79.6 84.2 81.2 79.4 82.4
65 82.1 79.1 84 80.7 78.9 82.1
64 81.7 78.7 83.8 80.3 78.4 81.7
63 81.4 78.2 83.6 79.9 77.9 81.4
62 81.1 77.8 83.5 79.4 77.4 81
61 80.8 77.4 83.3 79 76.9 80.7
60 80.5 77 83.1 78.7 76.5 80.4
59 80.2 76.6 82.9 78.3 76 80.1
58 79.9 76.2 82.8 77.9 75.6 79.8
57 79.6 75.8 82.6 77.5 75.2 79.5
56 79.3 75.4 82.5 77.2 74.8 79.2
55 79.1 75 82.4 76.9 74.4 78.9
54 78.8 74.7 82.2 76.5 74 78.7
53 78.6 74.4 82.1 76.2 73.6 78.4
52 78.3 74 82 75.9 73.3 78.2
51 78.1 73.7 81.8 75.6 72.9 77.9
50 77.9 73.4 81.7 75.3 72.6 77.7
49 77.6 73.1 81.6 75 72.2 77.4
48 77.4 72.8 81.5 74.7 71.9 77.2
47 77.2 72.6 81.4 74.4 71.6 77
46 77 72.3 81.3 74.2 71.3 76.7
45 76.8 72 81.2 73.9 71 76.5
44 76.7 71.8 81.1 73.6 70.7 76.3
43 76.5 71.6 81 73.4 70.4 76.1
42 76.3 71.3 80.9 73.1 70.2 75.8
41 76.1 71.1 80.8 72.9 69.9 75.6
40 76 70.9 80.7 72.6 69.7 75.4
39 75.8 70.7 80.7 72.4 69.4 75.2
38 75.7 70.5 80.6 72.2 69.2 75
37 75.6 70.4 80.5 72 68.9 74.8
36 75.5 70.2 80.5 71.8 68.7 74.6
35 75.4 70.1 80.4 71.6 68.5 74.5
34 75.3 69.9 80.4 71.4 68.3 74.3
33 75.2 69.8 80.3 71.2 68.1 74.1
32 75.1 69.7 80.3 71 67.9 73.9
31 75 69.6 80.2 70.8 67.7 73.8
30 74.9 69.5 80.2 70.6 67.5 73.6
29 74.9 69.4 80.1 70.4 67.3 73.5
28 74.8 69.3 80.1 70.3 67.1 73.3
27 74.7 69.2 80.1 70.1 66.9 73.2
26 74.7 69.2 80 70 66.8 73.1
25 74.6 69.1 80 69.9 66.6 73
24 74.5 69 80 69.7 66.5 72.9
23 74.5 68.9 80 69.6 66.3 72.8
22 74.4 68.8 79.9 69.5 66.2 72.7
21 74.4 68.8 79.9 69.4 66.1 72.6
20 74.3 68.7 79.9 69.3 66 72.6
19 74.3 68.6 79.9 69.2 65.9 72.5
18 74.2 68.6 79.8 69.2 65.8 72.4
17 74.2 68.5 79.8 69.1 65.7 72.4
16 74.2 68.5 79.8 69 65.7 72.3
15 74.2 68.5 79.8 69 65.6 72.3
14 74.2 68.5 79.8 68.9 65.6 72.3
13 74.1 68.4 79.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 74.1 68.4 79.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
11 74.1 68.4 79.8 68.9 65.5 72.2
10 74.1 68.4 79.8 68.8 65.4 72.2
9 74.1 68.4 79.8 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 74.1 68.4 79.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
7 74.1 68.4 79.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
6 74.1 68.4 79.7 68.7 65.3 72.1
5 74.1 68.3 79.7 68.7 65.3 72
4 74 68.3 79.7 68.6 65.2 72
3 74 68.3 79.7 68.5 65.1 71.9
2 74 68.3 79.7 68.4 64.9 71.8
1 74 68.3 79.7 68.1 64.7 71.5
0 73.7 67.9 79.5 66.7 63.1 70.2

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 Russia can expect to live to 74.9 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 82.1 and 80.7 at 65, and to 88.2 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 73.7 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Russia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Russia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 1.18% 0.53% 1.8% 1.63% 1% 2.22%
99 1.69% 0.74% 2.58% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
98 2.35% 1.02% 3.59% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
97 3.18% 1.37% 4.88% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
96 4.21% 1.82% 6.46% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
95 5.46% 2.37% 8.36% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
94 6.92% 3.04% 10.6% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
93 8.62% 3.84% 13.1% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
92 10.5% 4.78% 16% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
91 12.7% 5.88% 19.1% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
90 15% 7.12% 22.4% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
89 17.5% 8.53% 26% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
88 20.2% 10.1% 29.7% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
87 22.9% 11.8% 33.5% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
86 25.8% 13.7% 37.3% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
85 28.7% 15.7% 41.2% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
84 31.7% 17.9% 45% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
83 34.7% 20.1% 48.7% 24% 16.8% 31%
82 37.6% 22.4% 52.3% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
81 40.5% 24.8% 55.7% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
80 43.3% 27.2% 59% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
79 46.1% 29.7% 62% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
78 48.7% 32.2% 64.8% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
77 51.2% 34.7% 67.5% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
76 53.6% 37.1% 69.9% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
75 56% 39.6% 72.1% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
74 58.2% 42% 74.1% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
73 60.2% 44.4% 76% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
72 62.2% 46.7% 77.7% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
71 64.1% 49% 79.3% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
70 65.9% 51.2% 80.7% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
69 67.6% 53.3% 82% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
68 69.3% 55.5% 83.2% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
67 70.8% 57.5% 84.3% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
66 72.4% 59.6% 85.4% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
65 73.8% 61.6% 86.3% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
64 75.2% 63.5% 87.2% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
63 76.6% 65.4% 88.1% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
62 77.9% 67.2% 88.8% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
61 79.2% 69% 89.6% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
60 80.4% 70.7% 90.2% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
59 81.5% 72.4% 90.9% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
58 82.6% 74% 91.4% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
57 83.7% 75.6% 92% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
56 84.7% 77.1% 92.5% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
55 85.7% 78.5% 93% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
54 86.6% 79.9% 93.4% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
53 87.4% 81.1% 93.9% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
52 88.3% 82.4% 94.3% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
51 89% 83.5% 94.7% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
50 89.8% 84.6% 95% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
49 90.5% 85.7% 95.4% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
48 91.1% 86.7% 95.7% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
47 91.8% 87.7% 96% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
46 92.4% 88.6% 96.3% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
45 92.9% 89.4% 96.5% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
44 93.4% 90.2% 96.8% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
43 93.9% 91% 97% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
42 94.4% 91.7% 97.2% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
41 94.9% 92.4% 97.4% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
40 95.3% 93.1% 97.6% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
39 95.7% 93.7% 97.8% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
38 96% 94.2% 98% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
37 96.3% 94.6% 98.1% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
36 96.6% 95.1% 98.3% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
35 96.9% 95.4% 98.4% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
34 97.1% 95.8% 98.5% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
33 97.3% 96.1% 98.6% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
32 97.5% 96.4% 98.7% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
31 97.7% 96.6% 98.8% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
30 97.9% 96.9% 98.9% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
29 98% 97.1% 99% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
28 98.2% 97.3% 99% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
27 98.3% 97.5% 99.1% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
26 98.4% 97.7% 99.2% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
25 98.5% 97.9% 99.2% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
24 98.7% 98.1% 99.3% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
23 98.8% 98.3% 99.3% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
22 98.9% 98.4% 99.4% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
21 99% 98.6% 99.4% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
20 99.1% 98.7% 99.4% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
19 99.1% 98.8% 99.5% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
18 99.2% 98.9% 99.5% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
17 99.3% 99% 99.5% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
16 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
15 99.3% 99.1% 99.6% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
14 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
13 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
12 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
11 99.4% 99.2% 99.6% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
10 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
9 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
8 99.5% 99.3% 99.6% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
7 99.5% 99.3% 99.7% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
6 99.5% 99.3% 99.7% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
5 99.5% 99.4% 99.7% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
4 99.5% 99.4% 99.7% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
3 99.6% 99.4% 99.7% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
2 99.6% 99.4% 99.7% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
1 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 80.4% of newborns in Russia and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 65.9% and 51.6% past 70, 43.3% and 30.2% past 80, and only 15% and 11.3% past 90.

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

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Odds of dying at each age

Russia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Russia South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 31.6% 29.6% 32.1% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%
99 29.9% 28.4% 30.2% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
98 28% 27% 28.3% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
97 26.2% 25.7% 26.4% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
96 24.5% 24.5% 24.5% 19% 19.1% 19%
95 22.8% 23.2% 22.7% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
94 21.2% 22% 21% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
93 19.7% 20.9% 19.4% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
92 18.2% 19.7% 17.8% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
91 16.8% 18.6% 16.3% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
90 15.5% 17.5% 14.9% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
89 14.3% 16.5% 13.6% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
88 13.2% 15.6% 12.5% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
87 12.1% 14.6% 11.3% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
86 11.1% 13.7% 10.3% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
85 10.2% 12.8% 9.34% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
84 9.34% 12% 8.45% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
83 8.57% 11.1% 7.63% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
82 7.85% 10.4% 6.87% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
81 7.17% 9.6% 6.19% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
80 6.54% 8.9% 5.54% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
79 5.93% 8.29% 4.9% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
78 5.4% 7.7% 4.35% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
77 4.92% 7.14% 3.88% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
76 4.5% 6.64% 3.46% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
75 4.12% 6.18% 3.09% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
74 3.78% 5.75% 2.76% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
73 3.47% 5.36% 2.47% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
72 3.19% 4.99% 2.2% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
71 2.93% 4.63% 1.95% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
70 2.71% 4.31% 1.75% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
69 2.54% 4.06% 1.59% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
68 2.38% 3.83% 1.45% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
67 2.23% 3.62% 1.33% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
66 2.1% 3.41% 1.22% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
65 1.99% 3.23% 1.12% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
64 1.88% 3.05% 1.03% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
63 1.78% 2.88% 0.95% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
62 1.67% 2.73% 0.87% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
61 1.58% 2.58% 0.8% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
60 1.49% 2.44% 0.74% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
59 1.41% 2.31% 0.69% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
58 1.34% 2.19% 0.64% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
57 1.27% 2.07% 0.6% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
56 1.2% 1.94% 0.56% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
55 1.13% 1.82% 0.52% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
54 1.05% 1.7% 0.49% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
53 0.98% 1.59% 0.46% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
52 0.92% 1.49% 0.43% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
51 0.87% 1.39% 0.4% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
50 0.82% 1.31% 0.38% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
49 0.77% 1.24% 0.35% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
48 0.73% 1.17% 0.33% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
47 0.69% 1.1% 0.31% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
46 0.65% 1.03% 0.29% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
45 0.6% 0.96% 0.27% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
44 0.57% 0.89% 0.26% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
43 0.53% 0.84% 0.24% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
42 0.5% 0.79% 0.23% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
41 0.48% 0.75% 0.22% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
40 0.45% 0.7% 0.21% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
39 0.41% 0.63% 0.19% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
38 0.36% 0.55% 0.17% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
37 0.32% 0.49% 0.15% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
36 0.29% 0.44% 0.14% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
35 0.26% 0.39% 0.13% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
34 0.24% 0.36% 0.11% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
33 0.22% 0.32% 0.11% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
32 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
31 0.18% 0.27% 0.09% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
30 0.17% 0.25% 0.08% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
29 0.16% 0.23% 0.08% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
28 0.15% 0.22% 0.07% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
27 0.14% 0.21% 0.06% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
26 0.13% 0.2% 0.06% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
25 0.12% 0.19% 0.06% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
24 0.12% 0.19% 0.05% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
23 0.11% 0.18% 0.05% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
22 0.11% 0.17% 0.04% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
21 0.1% 0.16% 0.04% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
20 0.09% 0.14% 0.04% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
19 0.08% 0.12% 0.03% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
18 0.06% 0.1% 0.03% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
17 0.05% 0.08% 0.03% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
16 0.04% 0.06% 0.02% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
15 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
12 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
11 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
10 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
8 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
7 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
6 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
3 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
2 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
1 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
0 0.39% 0.51% 0.26% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/russia/south-africa | CC BY

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.39% in the birth year in Russia and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.17% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.49% vs 2.08% at 60, and 6.54% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Russia vs South Africa

Russia
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Russia South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 299.2 113.2 473 359 204.6 501
99 505 211 780 475 280.8 655
98 658 275.8 1,016 572 340 787
97 835 354 1,286 677 406 928
96 1,031 445 1,582 789 478 1,077
95 1,243 549 1,896 909 558 1,236
94 1,469 669 2,223 1,031 642 1,393
93 1,698 802 2,545 1,148 729 1,540
92 1,922 945 2,846 1,257 818 1,670
91 2,131 1,093 3,114 1,363 912 1,794
90 2,322 1,246 3,345 1,476 1,014 1,924
89 2,500 1,408 3,543 1,585 1,118 2,045
88 2,655 1,574 3,699 1,686 1,220 2,150
87 2,776 1,731 3,798 1,775 1,315 2,238
86 2,869 1,881 3,845 1,845 1,397 2,299
85 2,929 2,018 3,844 1,897 1,467 2,335
84 2,961 2,138 3,800 1,937 1,530 2,353
83 2,969 2,240 3,713 1,972 1,591 2,363
82 2,951 2,324 3,590 2,008 1,656 2,371
81 2,907 2,381 3,448 2,052 1,732 2,383
80 2,833 2,423 3,269 2,102 1,819 2,399
79 2,732 2,462 3,040 2,156 1,914 2,411
78 2,630 2,478 2,820 2,202 2,006 2,410
77 2,523 2,474 2,617 2,228 2,080 2,386
76 2,415 2,463 2,417 2,228 2,126 2,335
75 2,306 2,444 2,224 2,204 2,144 2,262
74 2,197 2,415 2,046 2,161 2,141 2,176
73 2,093 2,378 1,876 2,112 2,132 2,089
72 1,987 2,330 1,710 2,066 2,123 2,008
71 1,879 2,267 1,549 2,028 2,121 1,936
70 1,784 2,207 1,410 1,997 2,124 1,871
69 1,716 2,166 1,305 1,966 2,128 1,807
68 1,652 2,126 1,211 1,929 2,124 1,740
67 1,582 2,081 1,122 1,882 2,108 1,667
66 1,520 2,034 1,040 1,822 2,074 1,585
65 1,467 1,986 966 1,752 2,025 1,500
64 1,417 1,937 897 1,679 1,965 1,415
63 1,363 1,885 833 1,606 1,901 1,337
62 1,302 1,832 774 1,540 1,839 1,269
61 1,249 1,779 720 1,482 1,782 1,211
60 1,201 1,727 671 1,431 1,730 1,162
59 1,153 1,675 627 1,384 1,679 1,116
58 1,107 1,621 585 1,339 1,629 1,072
57 1,065 1,563 548 1,292 1,575 1,026
56 1,020 1,498 514 1,242 1,519 978
55 966 1,429 484 1,190 1,459 929
54 911 1,358 456 1,137 1,397 881
53 859 1,288 430 1,085 1,337 835
52 813 1,223 406 1,037 1,279 795
51 771 1,164 382 994 1,223 760
50 733 1,110 359 954 1,171 731
49 698 1,060 338 918 1,120 707
48 664 1,011 318 883 1,071 686
47 631 960 299.7 850 1,022 668
46 597 909 282.1 818 974 652
45 562 857 265.4 786 928 635
44 530 807 249.7 755 884 619
43 501 761 235.4 724 842 601
42 475 722 222.7 695 804 581
41 453 689 212 667 770 560
40 431 655 201.2 639 738 538
39 390 588 183.9 613 708 515
38 343 514 165 587 680 492
37 310 462 150.4 562 653 470
36 279.4 416 136.9 538 626 449
35 252 374 124.2 515 600 429
34 229.5 340 113.3 493 575 410
33 210.4 312 103.7 471 551 392
32 193.3 286.4 95 450 527 374
31 178.2 264.4 87.5 429 504 355
30 165 245.2 80.9 408 481 335
29 153.1 227.8 74.8 386 458 314
28 143.1 213.6 69.2 363 434 291.3
27 134.9 202.3 64.1 339 410 266.7
26 128.1 193.5 59.4 314 384 241.5
25 122.7 186.9 55.2 289.1 358 217.1
24 118.1 181.9 51.3 264.7 331 195.1
23 112.9 175.3 47.5 241.4 304 176
22 106.6 166.8 43.6 219.2 276.6 159.6
21 99.1 156.2 39.5 198.1 249 145.6
20 89.3 140.5 35.6 177.8 221.4 133.1
19 76.4 118.5 32.1 158 194.2 121.2
18 64.2 97.9 28.8 138.5 167.7 108.8
17 53.5 80 25.6 119.5 142.6 96
16 43.8 64.1 22.3 101.4 119.6 82.9
15 34.5 49.3 18.9 85 99.4 70.2
14 26.6 36.8 15.8 70.7 82.4 58.8
13 21.1 28.2 13.5 58.9 68.7 49
12 17.8 23.1 12.2 49.7 58.1 41.1
11 16.4 20.7 11.8 43 50.5 35.3
10 15.9 19.9 11.6 38.7 45.8 31.6
9 15.8 20 11.3 37 43.9 30
8 15.7 20.3 10.8 37.9 45.2 30.6
7 15.5 20.3 10.5 42.2 50.2 34.1
6 15.9 20.7 10.8 51.2 60.6 41.7
5 17 22 11.6 67.2 79 55.4
4 18.6 24.1 12.7 95.3 110.3 80
3 20.6 26.8 14.1 141.9 161.3 121.7
2 24.5 31.6 17 218.6 243.8 192.5
1 34.5 43.4 25 343 375 310
0 388 511 257.1 2,192 2,441 1,934

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/russia/south-africa | CC BY

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 Russia, the most common age of death is 83, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 77.5 in Russia 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 Russia and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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