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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Rwanda

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Rwanda			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.9	102	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.1	101	101.1	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.2	100.2	100.2	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.3	99.3	99.3	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.4	98.4	98.4	100	99.9	100
95	97.6	97.5	97.6	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.7	96.7	96.7	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.9	95.8	95.9	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95	95	95.1	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.2	94.1	94.3	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.4	93.3	93.5	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.6	92.5	92.7	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.9	91.7	91.9	94	93.7	94.1
87	91.1	90.9	91.2	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.3	90.2	90.4	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.6	89.4	89.7	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.9	88.7	89	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88.2	88	88.4	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.6	87.3	87.7	90	89.4	90.3
81	86.9	86.6	87.1	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.3	86	86.5	88.8	88	89.1
79	85.7	85.3	85.9	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	85.1	84.7	85.3	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.5	84.1	84.8	86.9	86	87.4
76	84	83.5	84.3	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.4	82.9	83.7	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	82.9	82.4	83.3	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.4	81.8	82.8	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.9	81.3	82.3	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.5	80.8	81.9	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81	80.3	81.5	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.6	79.9	81.1	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	80.2	79.4	80.8	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.8	79	80.4	81.6	80	82.8
66	79.4	78.6	80.1	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.1	78.1	79.7	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	78.7	77.8	79.4	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	78.4	77.4	79.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.1	77	78.9	79.4	77.4	81
61	77.7	76.6	78.6	79	76.9	80.7
60	77.4	76.3	78.3	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	77.2	76	78.1	78.3	76	80.1
58	76.9	75.7	77.9	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	76.6	75.4	77.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	76.4	75.1	77.4	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	76.1	74.8	77.2	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	75.9	74.5	77	76.5	74	78.7
53	75.7	74.3	76.8	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	75.4	74	76.6	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	75.2	73.8	76.4	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	75	73.5	76.3	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	74.8	73.3	76.1	75	72.2	77.4
48	74.6	73.1	75.9	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	74.5	72.9	75.8	74.4	71.6	77
46	74.3	72.7	75.7	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	74.1	72.5	75.5	73.9	71	76.5
44	74	72.3	75.4	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	73.8	72.1	75.3	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	73.7	72	75.1	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	73.5	71.8	75	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	73.4	71.6	74.9	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	73.3	71.5	74.8	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	73.1	71.3	74.7	72.2	69.2	75
37	73	71.2	74.6	72	68.9	74.8
36	72.9	71.1	74.5	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	72.8	70.9	74.4	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	72.7	70.8	74.3	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	72.6	70.7	74.2	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	72.5	70.6	74.2	71	67.9	73.9
31	72.4	70.5	74.1	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	72.3	70.3	74	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	72.2	70.2	73.9	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	72.1	70.1	73.9	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	72	70	73.8	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	71.9	69.9	73.7	70	66.8	73.1
25	71.9	69.8	73.7	69.9	66.6	73
24	71.8	69.7	73.6	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	71.7	69.6	73.5	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	71.6	69.5	73.5	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	71.5	69.4	73.4	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	71.5	69.3	73.4	69.3	66	72.6
19	71.4	69.3	73.3	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	71.3	69.2	73.3	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	71.3	69.1	73.2	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	71.2	69.1	73.2	69	65.7	72.3
15	71.2	69	73.1	69	65.6	72.3
14	71.1	69	73.1	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	71.1	68.9	73.1	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	71.1	68.9	73	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	71	68.9	73	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	71	68.8	73	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	71	68.8	73	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	70.9	68.7	72.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	70.9	68.7	72.9	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	70.8	68.6	72.8	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	70.8	68.6	72.8	68.7	65.3	72
4	70.7	68.5	72.7	68.6	65.2	72
3	70.6	68.4	72.6	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	70.4	68.2	72.4	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	70.2	68	72.2	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	68.5	66.1	70.6	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 Rwanda can expect to live to 72.3 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.1 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.3 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 68.5 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Rwanda

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Rwanda			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.2%	0.14%	0.26%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.32%	0.22%	0.41%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.49%	0.34%	0.63%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.74%	0.5%	0.94%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	1.07%	0.74%	1.36%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.53%	1.06%	1.93%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	2.12%	1.49%	2.67%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	2.88%	2.04%	3.6%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	3.82%	2.73%	4.75%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	4.96%	3.59%	6.13%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	6.34%	4.63%	7.79%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	7.93%	5.87%	9.69%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	9.77%	7.31%	11.9%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	11.8%	8.96%	14.3%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	14.1%	10.8%	16.9%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	16.6%	12.9%	19.8%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	19.3%	15.1%	22.8%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	22%	17.5%	26%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	24.9%	20.1%	29.2%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	27.9%	22.7%	32.5%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	30.9%	25.5%	35.8%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	33.9%	28.3%	39%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	37%	31.1%	42.3%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	40%	34%	45.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	43%	36.8%	48.5%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	45.9%	39.6%	51.5%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	48.7%	42.4%	54.4%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	51.4%	45.2%	57.1%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	54.1%	47.8%	59.7%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	56.6%	50.4%	62.1%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	59%	52.9%	64.5%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	61.2%	55.3%	66.6%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	63.3%	57.6%	68.6%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	65.3%	59.7%	70.5%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	67.3%	61.8%	72.2%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	69.1%	63.8%	73.9%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	70.8%	65.7%	75.4%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	72.4%	67.6%	76.8%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	73.9%	69.3%	78.2%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	75.3%	70.9%	79.4%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	76.6%	72.4%	80.5%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	77.9%	73.8%	81.6%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	79%	75.2%	82.6%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	80.1%	76.5%	83.5%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	81.1%	77.7%	84.4%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	82.1%	78.8%	85.2%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	83%	79.9%	85.9%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	83.8%	80.9%	86.6%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	84.6%	81.9%	87.3%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	85.4%	82.8%	87.9%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	86.1%	83.6%	88.5%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	86.8%	84.4%	89.1%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	87.4%	85.1%	89.6%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	88%	85.8%	90.1%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	88.5%	86.5%	90.5%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	89%	87.1%	90.9%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	89.5%	87.7%	91.3%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	89.9%	88.2%	91.7%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	90.4%	88.7%	92%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	90.8%	89.2%	92.3%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	91.1%	89.6%	92.6%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	91.5%	90.1%	92.9%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	91.8%	90.5%	93.2%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	92.4%	91.2%	93.7%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	92.7%	91.5%	93.9%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	93%	91.8%	94.1%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	93.2%	92.1%	94.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	93.5%	92.4%	94.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	93.7%	92.7%	94.6%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	93.9%	93%	94.8%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	94.1%	93.2%	95%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	94.3%	93.4%	95.1%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	94.5%	93.7%	95.3%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	94.6%	93.9%	95.4%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	95%	94.3%	95.6%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	95.1%	94.5%	95.8%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	95.4%	94.9%	96%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	95.6%	95.1%	96.1%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	95.7%	95.2%	96.2%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.8%	95.4%	96.3%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.9%	95.5%	96.3%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	96%	95.6%	96.4%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	96.1%	95.7%	96.5%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	96.1%	95.8%	96.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	96.2%	95.8%	96.6%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	96.2%	95.9%	96.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	96.3%	95.9%	96.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	96.4%	96%	96.7%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	96.4%	96.1%	96.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	96.5%	96.1%	96.8%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96.5%	96.2%	96.9%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.6%	96.3%	96.9%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.7%	96.4%	97%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.8%	96.5%	97.1%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	97%	96.7%	97.3%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	97.2%	96.9%	97.5%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.5%	97.3%	97.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 76.6% of newborns in Rwanda and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 59% and 51.6% past 70, 30.9% and 30.2% past 80, and only 6.34% 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

Rwanda

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Rwanda			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	38.1%	38%	38.1%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	36.5%	36.5%	36.5%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	34.6%	34.7%	34.5%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	33%	33.3%	32.9%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	31.4%	31.8%	31.2%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	29.8%	30.3%	29.5%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	28%	28.6%	27.6%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	26.3%	27%	25.9%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	24.7%	25.5%	24.3%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	22.9%	23.8%	22.5%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	21.7%	22.6%	21.3%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	20.1%	21%	19.6%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	18.8%	19.7%	18.3%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	17.4%	18.4%	16.9%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	16.2%	17.2%	15.7%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	14.9%	16%	14.4%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	13.8%	14.9%	13.3%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	12.6%	13.7%	12.1%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	11.6%	12.7%	11.1%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	10.5%	11.6%	9.99%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.83%	10.8%	9.28%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	8.93%	9.89%	8.37%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.25%	9.16%	7.69%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.51%	8.39%	6.95%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.92%	7.76%	6.37%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.35%	7.15%	5.81%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.8%	6.58%	5.27%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	5.3%	6.05%	4.78%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.86%	5.58%	4.35%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.38%	5.07%	3.89%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.07%	4.72%	3.59%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.67%	4.3%	3.2%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.37%	3.97%	2.93%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.08%	3.66%	2.65%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.83%	3.38%	2.42%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.62%	3.14%	2.23%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.41%	2.9%	2.03%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.22%	2.68%	1.86%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.05%	2.48%	1.7%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.86%	2.27%	1.54%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.74%	2.12%	1.44%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.58%	1.94%	1.3%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.47%	1.79%	1.2%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.35%	1.66%	1.1%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.26%	1.55%	1.02%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.17%	1.44%	0.95%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.09%	1.35%	0.89%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.02%	1.26%	0.82%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.95%	1.17%	0.77%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.87%	1.08%	0.71%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.83%	1.02%	0.67%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.76%	0.94%	0.61%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.71%	0.87%	0.57%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.66%	0.81%	0.52%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.61%	0.75%	0.49%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.57%	0.7%	0.46%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.53%	0.65%	0.42%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.5%	0.61%	0.4%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.47%	0.57%	0.38%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.44%	0.53%	0.35%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.36%	0.44%	0.29%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.32%	0.39%	0.25%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.3%	0.37%	0.24%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.26%	0.32%	0.21%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.2%	0.25%	0.16%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.19%	0.24%	0.15%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.09%	0.1%	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.12%	0.13%	0.11%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.23%	0.24%	0.21%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.36%	0.38%	0.35%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.46%	2.74%	2.18%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.46% in the birth year in Rwanda and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.23% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.74% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.83% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Rwanda vs South Africa

Chart Table

Rwanda

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Rwanda			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	12.4	4.19	20.1	359	204.6	501
99	117.8	80.2	150.3	475	280.8	655
98	170.6	116.8	216.8	572	340	787
97	243.4	168	308	677	406	928
96	338	235.5	425	789	478	1,077
95	455	321	569	909	558	1,236
94	594	426	737	1,031	642	1,393
93	757	551	932	1,148	729	1,540
92	943	696	1,153	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,139	855	1,379	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,376	1,045	1,657	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,594	1,235	1,901	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,832	1,442	2,167	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,061	1,651	2,417	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,286	1,861	2,659	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,479	2,057	2,856	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,659	2,248	3,033	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,787	2,403	3,147	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,899	2,545	3,239	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,940	2,633	3,242	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	3,039	2,752	3,321	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	3,033	2,795	3,268	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	3,051	2,848	3,251	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,005	2,850	3,159	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,973	2,855	3,091	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,914	2,836	2,993	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,827	2,792	2,868	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,727	2,734	2,729	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,628	2,667	2,600	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,479	2,557	2,416	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,398	2,496	2,317	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,245	2,379	2,133	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,136	2,287	2,008	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	2,015	2,187	1,870	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,903	2,088	1,745	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,812	2,007	1,646	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,704	1,907	1,531	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,605	1,812	1,426	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,512	1,719	1,331	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,403	1,609	1,221	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,335	1,536	1,156	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,233	1,430	1,057	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,160	1,350	989	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,084	1,269	919	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,022	1,202	864	1,242	1,519	978
55	961	1,137	809	1,190	1,459	929
54	906	1,077	762	1,137	1,397	881
53	851	1,016	714	1,085	1,337	835
52	804	961	675	1,037	1,279	795
51	747	897	622	994	1,223	760
50	711	852	591	954	1,171	731
49	660	791	544	918	1,120	707
48	619	741	508	883	1,071	686
47	578	692	472	850	1,022	668
46	542	648	441	818	974	652
45	512	612	416	786	928	635
44	478	571	388	755	884	619
43	450	538	365	724	842	601
42	426	508	345	695	804	581
41	397	475	320	667	770	560
40	378	453	305	639	738	538
39	353	423	283.7	613	708	515
38	333	400	267	587	680	492
37	312	376	248.8	562	653	470
36	294.1	355	234.7	538	626	449
35	277.9	336	220.8	515	600	429
34	261.2	317	206.4	493	575	410
33	246.8	299.3	194.5	471	551	392
32	234.1	284.5	183.7	450	527	374
31	220.2	268.9	171.6	429	504	355
30	211.9	258.9	165.2	408	481	335
29	200.8	246.4	155.9	386	458	314
28	191.7	236.6	148	363	434	291.3
27	183.4	227.7	140.7	339	410	266.7
26	175.9	219.8	133.7	314	384	241.5
25	169.3	213.2	127	289.1	358	217.1
24	163.3	206.4	121.4	264.7	331	195.1
23	157.2	199.7	115.5	241.4	304	176
22	150.7	191.9	110	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	143.4	182.4	104.5	198.1	249	145.6
20	135.9	171.6	100.2	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	126.7	159.1	94.2	158	194.2	121.2
18	116.4	144.9	87.7	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	102.2	124.4	79.9	119.5	142.6	96
16	89	105.5	72.3	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	76.4	88.5	64.1	85	99.4	70.2
14	66.1	75.7	56.4	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	58.8	66.6	51	58.9	68.7	49
12	54.4	61.5	47.2	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	52.4	59.2	45.6	43	50.5	35.3
10	52.4	58.7	46.1	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	54.5	60.8	48.1	37	43.9	30
8	58.9	65.5	52.2	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	65.9	72.7	58.9	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	74.8	81.5	68	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	88.5	95.1	81.7	67.2	79	55.4
4	113.9	122.1	105.6	95.3	110.3	80
3	154.2	164.8	143.3	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	220.4	233.4	207	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	354	368	339	343	375	310
0	2,463	2,740	2,181	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 Rwanda, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 73.5 in Rwanda 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 Rwanda and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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