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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Senegal vs 66.7 in South Africa. Senegal is ranked 143/197 by life expectancy, and South Africa is 164/197. In Senegal, the life expectancy is 67.4 years for males and 71.5 years for females. In South Africa, it's 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

Senegal vs South Africa life expectancy at birth by year chart

Senegal
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Senegal South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 36.5 36 37 43.1 42.2 44.1
1951 36.9 36.4 37.4 44.1 43.1 45.2
1952 37.4 36.9 37.8 45 44 46.2
1953 37.8 37.2 38.3 46.1 44.9 47.4
1954 38.2 37.6 38.7 47.1 45.8 48.6
1955 38.5 38 39 48.2 46.8 49.7
1956 38.9 38.4 39.4 49.2 47.7 50.9
1957 39.1 38.6 39.6 50.2 48.6 52
1958 39.4 38.9 39.9 51.1 49.5 53
1959 39.5 39 40.1 51.9 50.2 53.8
1960 39.7 39.1 40.2 52.6 50.8 54.6
1961 39.7 39.2 40.2 53.1 51.2 55.2
1962 39.7 39.2 40.2 53.6 51.7 55.7
1963 39.7 39.2 40.2 53.9 52 56
1964 39.8 39.2 40.2 54.2 52.3 56.4
1965 39.8 39.3 40.2 54.4 52.5 56.6
1966 39.8 39.3 40.3 54.7 52.8 56.9
1967 40 39.5 40.5 55 52.9 57.2
1968 40.1 39.7 40.6 55.2 53.1 57.5
1969 40.4 39.9 40.9 55.4 53.3 57.8
1970 40.8 40.3 41.3 55.7 53.5 58.1
1971 41.2 40.7 41.8 56 53.8 58.4
1972 41.8 41.2 42.4 56.4 54.2 58.7
1973 42.4 41.8 43.1 56.7 54.6 59
1974 43.1 42.5 43.7 57.1 55 59.4
1975 43.9 43.3 44.6 57.6 55.5 59.9
1976 44.8 44.1 45.6 58 55.8 60.4
1977 45.7 44.9 46.5 58.5 56.2 61
1978 46.6 45.8 47.4 59 56.6 61.6
1979 47.5 46.5 48.5 59.5 57.1 62.1
1980 48.3 47.3 49.3 60 57.5 62.7
1981 49.1 48 50.2 60.4 57.9 63.3
1982 49.9 48.7 51 60.9 58.3 63.8
1983 50.8 49.6 52.1 61.4 58.7 64.4
1984 51.7 50.4 53.1 61.8 59 64.9
1985 52.6 51.2 54 62.2 59.2 65.5
1986 53.7 52.2 55.2 62.4 59.3 65.9
1987 54.6 53.1 56.2 62.7 59.5 66.2
1988 55.5 54 57.1 62.9 59.6 66.6
1989 56.2 54.5 57.9 63 59.6 66.8
1990 56.7 55 58.4 62.9 59.5 66.9
1991 57 55.4 58.7 63 59.5 67
1992 57.3 55.6 59 62.8 59.4 66.8
1993 57.3 55.7 59 62.6 59.1 66.5
1994 57.5 55.9 59.1 62.1 58.8 66
1995 57.3 55.8 58.9 61.6 58.3 65.2
1996 57.1 55.7 58.5 61.1 57.8 64.5
1997 57.1 55.7 58.6 60.5 57.2 63.7
1998 57.1 55.7 58.5 59.9 56.7 62.9
1999 57.3 56 58.6 59.2 56.1 62
2000 57.6 56.1 59.1 58.4 55.4 61.1
2001 58.2 56.6 59.7 57.2 54.6 59.5
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 55.6 53.2 57.7
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 54.2 52 56.3
2004 60.3 58.6 62 54 51.9 55.8
2005 61 59.3 62.6 53.9 52.1 55.5
2006 61.8 60.1 63.5 54.2 52.2 55.9
2007 62.7 61 64.3 54.9 52.7 56.9
2008 63.2 61.5 64.9 56 53.5 58.1
2009 63.8 61.8 65.7 57.4 54.8 59.7
2010 64.2 62.3 66.2 58.9 56.2 61.2
2011 64.8 62.8 66.8 60.6 57.7 63.1
2012 65.2 63.2 67.3 61.7 58.7 64.4
2013 65.6 63.6 67.7 62.4 59.2 65.2
2014 66 64 68 63.2 59.9 66.2
2015 66.5 64.6 68.3 64.1 60.8 67
2016 66.7 64.9 68.5 64.7 61.3 67.9
2017 67.1 65.3 68.9 65.4 62 68.6
2018 67.4 65.6 69.2 65.7 62.3 68.9
2019 67.7 65.9 69.6 66.1 62.7 69.2
2020 67.5 65.5 69.7 65.2 62.2 67.9
2021 66.9 64.9 69 62 59.2 64.8
2022 67.8 65.9 69.9 65.5 61.8 69
2023 68.7 66.8 70.8 66.1 62.6 69.6
2024 68.9 67 71 66.3 62.8 69.8
2025 69.2 67.2 71.3 66.5 63 70
2026 69.4 67.4 71.5 66.7 63.1 70.2

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 life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these 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 58.9 years in Senegal and 52.8 in South Africa. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12.7 healthy years in Senegal and 11.3 in South Africa.

Senegal vs South Africa life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Senegal and South Africa, also providing 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:
43.3 vs 40.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.3 vs 70.6 years

Median expected age of death:
75.9 vs 72.5 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Senegal South Africa
Male Female Male Female
40 97.3% 98.0% 93.6% 95.5%
50 92.4% 94.8% 83.6% 88.9%
60 82.5% 88.5% 68.1% 79.2%
65 74.2% 82.7% 58.1% 72.5%
70 63.0% 73.5% 46.7% 63.7%
75 47.6% 59.2% 35.1% 53.0%
80 29.1% 39.7% 24.0% 40.5%
85 12.6% 19.1% 14.9% 27.9%
90 3.0% 5.6% 7.8% 16.1%
95 0.3% 0.7% 3.3% 7.3%
100 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.4%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Senegal vs South Africa: 73.3 years vs 70.6 at 30, 78.7 vs 80.7 at 65, 85.2 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.4 vs 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Senegal and South Africa.

Senegal
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Senegal South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.4 67.4 71.5 66.7 63.1 70.2
1 70.9 69.1 72.8 68.1 64.7 71.5
2 71.2 69.4 73.1 68.4 64.9 71.8
3 71.4 69.6 73.2 68.5 65.1 71.9
4 71.5 69.8 73.4 68.6 65.2 72
5 71.6 69.9 73.5 68.7 65.3 72
6 71.7 70 73.6 68.7 65.3 72.1
7 71.8 70 73.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
8 71.8 70.1 73.7 68.8 65.4 72.1
9 71.9 70.2 73.8 68.8 65.4 72.1
10 71.9 70.2 73.8 68.8 65.4 72.2
11 72 70.3 73.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
12 72 70.3 73.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
13 72.1 70.4 73.9 68.9 65.5 72.2
14 72.1 70.4 74 68.9 65.6 72.3
15 72.2 70.5 74 69 65.6 72.3
16 72.2 70.5 74 69 65.7 72.3
17 72.3 70.6 74.1 69.1 65.7 72.4
18 72.3 70.7 74.1 69.2 65.8 72.4
19 72.4 70.7 74.2 69.2 65.9 72.5
20 72.5 70.8 74.3 69.3 66 72.6
21 72.6 70.9 74.3 69.4 66.1 72.6
22 72.6 71 74.4 69.5 66.2 72.7
23 72.7 71.1 74.5 69.6 66.3 72.8
24 72.8 71.2 74.5 69.7 66.5 72.9
25 72.9 71.3 74.6 69.9 66.6 73
26 73 71.4 74.7 70 66.8 73.1
27 73 71.4 74.8 70.1 66.9 73.2
28 73.1 71.5 74.8 70.3 67.1 73.3
29 73.2 71.6 74.9 70.4 67.3 73.5
30 73.3 71.7 75 70.6 67.5 73.6
31 73.4 71.8 75.1 70.8 67.7 73.8
32 73.5 71.9 75.1 71 67.9 73.9
33 73.6 72 75.2 71.2 68.1 74.1
34 73.6 72.1 75.3 71.4 68.3 74.3
35 73.7 72.2 75.4 71.6 68.5 74.5
36 73.8 72.3 75.5 71.8 68.7 74.6
37 73.9 72.4 75.5 72 68.9 74.8
38 74 72.5 75.6 72.2 69.2 75
39 74.1 72.6 75.7 72.4 69.4 75.2
40 74.2 72.7 75.8 72.6 69.7 75.4
41 74.3 72.8 75.9 72.9 69.9 75.6
42 74.4 73 76 73.1 70.2 75.8
43 74.5 73.1 76.1 73.4 70.4 76.1
44 74.6 73.2 76.2 73.6 70.7 76.3
45 74.8 73.4 76.3 73.9 71 76.5
46 74.9 73.5 76.4 74.2 71.3 76.7
47 75 73.7 76.5 74.4 71.6 77
48 75.2 73.8 76.6 74.7 71.9 77.2
49 75.3 74 76.7 75 72.2 77.4
50 75.4 74.2 76.8 75.3 72.6 77.7
51 75.6 74.3 76.9 75.6 72.9 77.9
52 75.8 74.5 77.1 75.9 73.3 78.2
53 75.9 74.7 77.2 76.2 73.6 78.4
54 76.1 74.9 77.4 76.5 74 78.7
55 76.3 75.2 77.5 76.9 74.4 78.9
56 76.5 75.4 77.7 77.2 74.8 79.2
57 76.7 75.6 77.8 77.5 75.2 79.5
58 76.9 75.9 78 77.9 75.6 79.8
59 77.1 76.1 78.1 78.3 76 80.1
60 77.3 76.4 78.3 78.7 76.5 80.4
61 77.6 76.7 78.5 79 76.9 80.7
62 77.8 77 78.7 79.4 77.4 81
63 78.1 77.3 78.9 79.9 77.9 81.4
64 78.4 77.6 79.2 80.3 78.4 81.7
65 78.7 77.9 79.4 80.7 78.9 82.1
66 79 78.3 79.7 81.2 79.4 82.4
67 79.3 78.6 80 81.6 80 82.8
68 79.6 79 80.3 82.1 80.5 83.2
69 80 79.4 80.6 82.6 81.1 83.6
70 80.3 79.8 80.9 83.1 81.7 84.1
71 80.7 80.2 81.2 83.6 82.2 84.5
72 81.1 80.6 81.6 84.1 82.8 84.9
73 81.5 81.1 82 84.6 83.4 85.4
74 82 81.6 82.4 85.2 84 85.9
75 82.5 82.1 82.9 85.7 84.7 86.4
76 83 82.6 83.4 86.3 85.3 86.9
77 83.5 83.2 83.8 86.9 86 87.4
78 84 83.7 84.4 87.5 86.7 88
79 84.6 84.3 84.9 88.1 87.4 88.5
80 85.2 85 85.5 88.8 88 89.1
81 85.8 85.6 86.1 89.4 88.7 89.7
82 86.5 86.3 86.7 90 89.4 90.3
83 87.2 87 87.4 90.6 90.1 90.9
84 87.9 87.7 88.1 91.3 90.8 91.5
85 88.6 88.4 88.8 91.9 91.5 92.1
86 89.3 89.1 89.5 92.6 92.2 92.7
87 90.1 89.9 90.2 93.3 92.9 93.4
88 90.8 90.7 91 94 93.7 94.1
89 91.6 91.4 91.7 94.7 94.4 94.8
90 92.4 92.3 92.5 95.4 95.2 95.5
91 93.2 93.1 93.3 96.1 96 96.2
92 94.1 94 94.2 96.9 96.7 96.9
93 95 94.8 95 97.6 97.5 97.7
94 95.9 95.7 95.9 98.4 98.3 98.4
95 96.8 96.7 96.8 99.2 99.1 99.2
96 97.7 97.6 97.7 100 99.9 100
97 98.6 98.5 98.6 100.8 100.7 100.9
98 99.5 99.4 99.5 101.7 101.5 101.7
99 100.5 100.4 100.5 102.5 102.3 102.6
100 101.4 101.3 101.4 103.4 103.1 103.5

Odds of living to age in Senegal vs South Africa

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 80.2% in Senegal and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 63.9% and 51.6% will live to 70 years or older, 32.1% and 30.2% to 80+ years, and 3.88% and 11.3% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Senegal
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Senegal South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.9% 97.5% 98.2% 97.8% 97.6% 98.1%
2 97.5% 97.1% 97.9% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
3 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6%
4 97% 96.6% 97.4% 97.1% 96.8% 97.4%
5 96.8% 96.4% 97.3% 97% 96.7% 97.4%
6 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
7 96.6% 96.2% 97% 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
8 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
9 96.4% 96% 96.9% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
10 96.4% 95.9% 96.8% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
11 96.3% 95.8% 96.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
12 96.2% 95.8% 96.7% 96.7% 96.3% 97.1%
13 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
14 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 96.6% 96.2% 97%
15 96% 95.5% 96.5% 96.5% 96.1% 97%
16 95.9% 95.4% 96.4% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
17 95.8% 95.3% 96.3% 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
18 95.7% 95.2% 96.3% 96.2% 95.7% 96.7%
19 95.6% 95% 96.1% 96.1% 95.6% 96.6%
20 95.4% 94.9% 96% 95.9% 95.4% 96.5%
21 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 95.7% 95.1% 96.3%
22 95.2% 94.5% 95.8% 95.5% 94.9% 96.2%
23 95% 94.4% 95.7% 95.3% 94.6% 96%
24 94.8% 94.2% 95.5% 95.1% 94.3% 95.9%
25 94.7% 94% 95.4% 94.8% 94% 95.7%
26 94.5% 93.8% 95.3% 94.5% 93.6% 95.4%
27 94.4% 93.6% 95.1% 94.2% 93.2% 95.2%
28 94.2% 93.4% 95% 93.9% 92.8% 94.9%
29 94% 93.3% 94.8% 93.5% 92.4% 94.6%
30 93.8% 93.1% 94.7% 93.1% 91.9% 94.3%
31 93.7% 92.8% 94.5% 92.7% 91.5% 94%
32 93.5% 92.6% 94.3% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
33 93.3% 92.4% 94.2% 91.8% 90.4% 93.3%
34 93% 92.1% 94% 91.4% 89.9% 92.9%
35 92.8% 91.9% 93.8% 90.9% 89.3% 92.5%
36 92.6% 91.6% 93.6% 90.4% 88.7% 92%
37 92.4% 91.4% 93.4% 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
38 92.1% 91.1% 93.2% 89.2% 87.4% 91.1%
39 91.9% 90.8% 93% 88.7% 86.7% 90.6%
40 91.6% 90.5% 92.8% 88.1% 86% 90.1%
41 91.4% 90.2% 92.5% 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
42 91.1% 89.9% 92.3% 86.7% 84.5% 89%
43 90.7% 89.5% 92% 86% 83.7% 88.4%
44 90.4% 89.1% 91.7% 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
45 90% 88.6% 91.5% 84.6% 82% 87.2%
46 89.7% 88.2% 91.2% 83.8% 81.1% 86.6%
47 89.2% 87.7% 90.8% 83% 80.1% 85.9%
48 88.8% 87.2% 90.5% 82.1% 79.1% 85.3%
49 88.4% 86.6% 90.1% 81.2% 78% 84.6%
50 87.9% 86% 89.8% 80.3% 76.9% 83.9%
51 87.3% 85.4% 89.3% 79.4% 75.7% 83.1%
52 86.7% 84.7% 88.9% 78.4% 74.5% 82.4%
53 86.1% 83.9% 88.4% 77.3% 73.2% 81.6%
54 85.4% 83.1% 87.8% 76.2% 71.9% 80.7%
55 84.7% 82.2% 87.3% 75.1% 70.5% 79.9%
56 83.9% 81.2% 86.7% 73.9% 69% 78.9%
57 83.1% 80.2% 86% 72.7% 67.5% 78%
58 82.2% 79.1% 85.3% 71.4% 65.9% 76.9%
59 81.2% 78% 84.6% 70% 64.3% 75.9%
60 80.2% 76.7% 83.8% 68.7% 62.6% 74.7%
61 79% 75.4% 82.9% 67.2% 60.9% 73.6%
62 77.8% 74% 81.9% 65.7% 59.1% 72.4%
63 76.5% 72.4% 80.8% 64.2% 57.3% 71.1%
64 75.1% 70.8% 79.6% 62.6% 55.4% 69.8%
65 73.5% 69.1% 78.3% 60.9% 53.4% 68.3%
66 71.9% 67.2% 76.8% 59.2% 51.4% 66.8%
67 70.1% 65.2% 75.3% 57.3% 49.3% 65.3%
68 68.2% 63.2% 73.5% 55.5% 47.2% 63.6%
69 66.1% 61% 71.7% 53.5% 45.1% 61.9%
70 63.9% 58.6% 69.6% 51.6% 42.9% 60%
71 61.5% 56.1% 67.3% 49.6% 40.8% 58.2%
72 58.9% 53.4% 64.8% 47.5% 38.7% 56.2%
73 56.1% 50.5% 62.1% 45.5% 36.6% 54.2%
74 53.1% 47.5% 59.2% 43.4% 34.4% 52.1%
75 50% 44.3% 56% 41.2% 32.3% 50%
76 46.6% 41% 52.7% 39% 30.1% 47.7%
77 43.2% 37.6% 49.1% 36.8% 28% 45.4%
78 39.5% 34.1% 45.4% 34.6% 25.9% 43%
79 35.8% 30.6% 41.6% 32.3% 23.9% 40.6%
80 32.1% 27.1% 37.6% 30.2% 22% 38.2%
81 28.3% 23.7% 33.5% 28.1% 20.2% 35.8%
82 24.6% 20.4% 29.4% 26% 18.5% 33.4%
83 21.1% 17.2% 25.5% 24% 16.8% 31%
84 17.7% 14.3% 21.7% 22.1% 15.2% 28.6%
85 14.6% 11.7% 18.1% 20.1% 13.7% 26.3%
86 11.8% 9.32% 14.9% 18.2% 12.2% 24%
87 9.31% 7.25% 12% 16.4% 10.8% 21.7%
88 7.17% 5.47% 9.37% 14.6% 9.51% 19.4%
89 5.36% 4% 7.14% 12.9% 8.29% 17.3%
90 3.88% 2.82% 5.27% 11.3% 7.18% 15.2%
91 2.71% 1.91% 3.75% 9.86% 6.16% 13.3%
92 1.82% 1.24% 2.57% 8.49% 5.25% 11.5%
93 1.18% 0.77% 1.69% 7.24% 4.43% 9.84%
94 0.74% 0.46% 1.08% 6.09% 3.7% 8.3%
95 0.44% 0.27% 0.66% 5.06% 3.06% 6.91%
96 0.26% 0.15% 0.39% 4.15% 2.5% 5.67%
97 0.14% 0.08% 0.22% 3.36% 2.02% 4.59%
98 0.08% 0.04% 0.12% 2.68% 1.62% 3.67%
99 0.04% 0.02% 0.06% 2.11% 1.28% 2.88%
100 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% 1.63% 1% 2.22%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.14% in the birth year in Senegal and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.2% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.41% vs 2.08% at 60, and 11.7% vs 6.96% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Senegal compared to South Africa at any given age.

Senegal
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Senegal South Africa
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.14% 2.45% 1.82% 2.19% 2.44% 1.93%
1 0.37% 0.42% 0.32% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
2 0.28% 0.31% 0.26% 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
3 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
4 0.17% 0.18% 0.17% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
5 0.14% 0.14% 0.13% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
6 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
7 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
11 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
14 0.08% 0.1% 0.07% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
15 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
16 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.1% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
18 0.12% 0.14% 0.11% 0.14% 0.18% 0.11%
19 0.14% 0.16% 0.12% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
20 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
21 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.21% 0.26% 0.15%
22 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
23 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
24 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.28% 0.35% 0.2%
25 0.17% 0.2% 0.15% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
26 0.17% 0.19% 0.15% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.18% 0.2% 0.16% 0.36% 0.44% 0.28%
28 0.18% 0.2% 0.16% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
29 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.41% 0.5% 0.33%
30 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
31 0.21% 0.24% 0.18% 0.46% 0.55% 0.38%
32 0.22% 0.25% 0.18% 0.49% 0.58% 0.4%
33 0.22% 0.26% 0.19% 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
34 0.23% 0.27% 0.19% 0.54% 0.64% 0.44%
35 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.57% 0.67% 0.46%
36 0.24% 0.28% 0.21% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
37 0.25% 0.29% 0.22% 0.63% 0.74% 0.51%
38 0.27% 0.31% 0.23% 0.66% 0.78% 0.54%
39 0.29% 0.33% 0.24% 0.69% 0.82% 0.57%
40 0.31% 0.36% 0.26% 0.73% 0.86% 0.6%
41 0.33% 0.39% 0.27% 0.76% 0.9% 0.63%
42 0.35% 0.42% 0.29% 0.8% 0.95% 0.65%
43 0.38% 0.45% 0.3% 0.84% 1.01% 0.68%
44 0.4% 0.48% 0.32% 0.88% 1.07% 0.7%
45 0.42% 0.52% 0.33% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
46 0.45% 0.55% 0.35% 0.98% 1.2% 0.75%
47 0.48% 0.59% 0.37% 1.03% 1.28% 0.78%
48 0.52% 0.64% 0.4% 1.08% 1.35% 0.8%
49 0.56% 0.69% 0.43% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
50 0.62% 0.76% 0.47% 1.19% 1.52% 0.87%
51 0.67% 0.83% 0.52% 1.25% 1.62% 0.91%
52 0.73% 0.91% 0.56% 1.32% 1.72% 0.96%
53 0.79% 0.99% 0.61% 1.4% 1.83% 1.02%
54 0.85% 1.07% 0.65% 1.49% 1.94% 1.09%
55 0.92% 1.16% 0.69% 1.58% 2.07% 1.16%
56 0.99% 1.25% 0.74% 1.68% 2.2% 1.24%
57 1.07% 1.35% 0.8% 1.78% 2.33% 1.32%
58 1.17% 1.47% 0.87% 1.88% 2.47% 1.39%
59 1.28% 1.6% 0.96% 1.98% 2.61% 1.47%
60 1.41% 1.74% 1.07% 2.08% 2.76% 1.55%
61 1.55% 1.9% 1.2% 2.2% 2.93% 1.65%
62 1.71% 2.07% 1.34% 2.34% 3.11% 1.75%
63 1.87% 2.26% 1.49% 2.5% 3.32% 1.88%
64 2.05% 2.45% 1.66% 2.68% 3.55% 2.03%
65 2.24% 2.67% 1.84% 2.88% 3.79% 2.19%
66 2.46% 2.91% 2.04% 3.08% 4.04% 2.37%
67 2.71% 3.19% 2.27% 3.28% 4.28% 2.55%
68 3.01% 3.51% 2.55% 3.48% 4.5% 2.74%
69 3.36% 3.88% 2.88% 3.67% 4.72% 2.92%
70 3.76% 4.31% 3.26% 3.87% 4.95% 3.12%
71 4.22% 4.8% 3.7% 4.09% 5.2% 3.33%
72 4.74% 5.36% 4.19% 4.34% 5.49% 3.57%
73 5.32% 5.99% 4.73% 4.64% 5.83% 3.85%
74 5.96% 6.68% 5.32% 4.98% 6.22% 4.17%
75 6.68% 7.46% 5.98% 5.35% 6.64% 4.53%
76 7.47% 8.31% 6.72% 5.71% 7.05% 4.89%
77 8.36% 9.25% 7.56% 6.06% 7.42% 5.26%
78 9.36% 10.3% 8.52% 6.37% 7.73% 5.61%
79 10.5% 11.4% 9.62% 6.67% 8% 5.94%
80 11.7% 12.6% 10.8% 6.96% 8.26% 6.28%
81 13.1% 14% 12.1% 7.3% 8.57% 6.66%
82 14.5% 15.4% 13.5% 7.71% 8.97% 7.1%
83 16% 16.9% 14.9% 8.21% 9.46% 7.62%
84 17.6% 18.5% 16.4% 8.78% 10% 8.21%
85 19.2% 20.3% 17.9% 9.43% 10.7% 8.88%
86 21% 22.3% 19.6% 10.1% 11.4% 9.6%
87 23% 24.5% 21.6% 10.8% 12.1% 10.3%
88 25.2% 26.9% 23.8% 11.5% 12.8% 11.1%
89 27.6% 29.6% 26.2% 12.3% 13.5% 11.8%
90 30.2% 32.3% 28.8% 13% 14.1% 12.6%
91 32.8% 35% 31.5% 13.8% 14.8% 13.5%
92 35.3% 37.6% 34% 14.8% 15.6% 14.5%
93 37.7% 40% 36.5% 15.9% 16.5% 15.6%
94 39.9% 42.3% 38.7% 16.9% 17.3% 16.8%
95 41.9% 44.4% 40.8% 18% 18.2% 17.9%
96 43.9% 46.4% 42.9% 19% 19.1% 19%
97 45.9% 48.4% 45% 20.2% 20% 20.2%
98 47.9% 50.3% 47.1% 21.3% 21% 21.5%
99 49.8% 52.2% 49.1% 22.5% 22% 22.8%
100 51.8% 54.2% 51.2% 23.6% 22.9% 23.9%

Death rate by age in Senegal compared to South Africa

In Senegal, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 75 in Senegal and 70.8 in South Africa — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Senegal
Male

Female
South Africa
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Senegal South Africa
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,140 2,451 1,820 2,192 2,441 1,934
1 362 407 315 343 375 310
2 277.2 302 251.1 218.6 243.8 192.5
3 214.1 226.8 200.9 141.9 161.3 121.7
4 167.5 173.3 161.3 95.3 110.3 80
5 133.5 136.4 130.3 67.2 79 55.4
6 108.9 111.5 106.1 51.2 60.6 41.7
7 91.8 95.6 87.6 42.2 50.2 34.1
8 80.3 86.1 74 37.9 45.2 30.6
9 73.2 81.2 64.3 37 43.9 30
10 69.5 79.6 58.3 38.7 45.8 31.6
11 68.7 80.6 55.4 43 50.5 35.3
12 70.2 83.5 55.4 49.7 58.1 41.1
13 73.9 87.9 58.3 58.9 68.7 49
14 79.6 93.8 64 70.7 82.4 58.8
15 87.3 101.3 72 85 99.4 70.2
16 96.8 110.5 81.9 101.4 119.6 82.9
17 107.7 121.7 92.5 119.5 142.6 96
18 119.4 134.9 102.6 138.5 167.7 108.8
19 131 149.3 111.2 158 194.2 121.2
20 141.6 163.5 118 177.8 221.4 133.1
21 150.2 175.5 123.2 198.1 249 145.6
22 156.2 183.5 127.4 219.2 276.6 159.6
23 159.6 186.8 131.4 241.4 304 176
24 161.2 186.2 135.4 264.7 331 195.1
25 162.1 184 139.7 289.1 358 217.1
26 163.6 182.4 144.4 314 384 241.5
27 166.5 183.6 149.2 339 410 266.7
28 171.5 188.6 154 363 434 291.3
29 178.2 197.5 158.6 386 458 314
30 186.4 209.3 163 408 481 335
31 194.8 222 167.3 429 504 355
32 202.6 233.5 171.4 450 527 374
33 209.1 242.5 175.6 471 551 392
34 214.4 248.7 180.2 493 575 410
35 219.6 253.8 185.8 515 600 429
36 225.9 259.5 192.8 538 626 449
37 234.6 268.3 201.5 562 653 470
38 246.7 281.7 212.2 587 680 492
39 262.1 300 224.7 613 708 515
40 280.6 324 238.2 639 738 538
41 301 350 252 667 770 560
42 322 378 265.3 695 804 581
43 342 405 277.7 724 842 601
44 362 432 289.5 755 884 619
45 382 458 302 786 928 635
46 404 487 317 818 974 652
47 430 519 336 850 1,022 668
48 461 557 360 883 1,071 686
49 499 601 390 918 1,120 707
50 542 652 425 954 1,171 731
51 588 709 462 994 1,223 760
52 636 768 499 1,037 1,279 795
53 683 828 535 1,085 1,337 835
54 730 888 569 1,137 1,397 881
55 778 950 604 1,190 1,459 929
56 831 1,014 642 1,242 1,519 978
57 891 1,084 688 1,292 1,575 1,026
58 961 1,160 745 1,339 1,629 1,072
59 1,041 1,245 815 1,384 1,679 1,116
60 1,131 1,336 899 1,431 1,730 1,162
61 1,228 1,433 994 1,482 1,782 1,211
62 1,329 1,533 1,097 1,540 1,839 1,269
63 1,433 1,635 1,205 1,606 1,901 1,337
64 1,538 1,738 1,318 1,679 1,965 1,415
65 1,649 1,845 1,437 1,752 2,025 1,500
66 1,769 1,958 1,566 1,822 2,074 1,585
67 1,902 2,081 1,711 1,882 2,108 1,667
68 2,052 2,216 1,876 1,929 2,124 1,740
69 2,220 2,365 2,064 1,966 2,128 1,807
70 2,404 2,525 2,271 1,997 2,124 1,871
71 2,598 2,692 2,492 2,028 2,121 1,936
72 2,795 2,861 2,717 2,066 2,123 2,008
73 2,988 3,023 2,939 2,112 2,132 2,089
74 3,170 3,173 3,150 2,161 2,141 2,176
75 3,336 3,304 3,349 2,204 2,144 2,262
76 3,483 3,408 3,538 2,228 2,126 2,335
77 3,607 3,480 3,714 2,228 2,080 2,386
78 3,702 3,512 3,872 2,202 2,006 2,410
79 3,758 3,497 3,997 2,156 1,914 2,411
80 3,761 3,429 4,067 2,102 1,819 2,399
81 3,700 3,306 4,064 2,052 1,732 2,383
82 3,568 3,131 3,972 2,008 1,656 2,371
83 3,369 2,908 3,795 1,972 1,591 2,363
84 3,106 2,651 3,546 1,937 1,530 2,353
85 2,799 2,369 3,248 1,897 1,467 2,335
86 2,473 2,074 2,922 1,845 1,397 2,299
87 2,139 1,773 2,581 1,775 1,315 2,238
88 1,806 1,473 2,231 1,686 1,220 2,150
89 1,481 1,182 1,874 1,585 1,118 2,045
90 1,171 910 1,519 1,476 1,014 1,924
91 888 668 1,180 1,363 912 1,794
92 643 466 874 1,257 818 1,670
93 444 310 617 1,148 729 1,540
94 293.3 196.1 417 1,031 642 1,393
95 185.6 118.8 269.4 909 558 1,236
96 112.9 69.1 167.5 789 478 1,077
97 66.2 38.6 100.2 677 406 928
98 37.3 20.7 57.6 572 340 787
99 20.2 10.7 31.9 475 280.8 655
100 0 0 0 359 204.6 501

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Senegal and South Africa demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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