Life Expectancy in Sierra Leone vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.8	101.7	101.8	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	100.9	100.8	100.9	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	99.9	99.8	100	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99	98.9	99.1	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.1	98	98.2	100	99.9	100
95	97.2	97.1	97.3	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.4	96.2	96.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.5	95.3	95.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	94.6	94.5	94.7	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	93.8	93.6	93.9	96.1	96	96.2
90	93	92.8	93.1	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.1	91.9	92.2	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	91.3	91.1	91.4	94	93.7	94.1
87	90.5	90.3	90.6	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	89.7	89.5	89.9	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	88.9	88.7	89.1	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	88.2	87.9	88.4	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	87.5	87.2	87.6	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	86.7	86.5	86.9	90	89.4	90.3
81	86	85.8	86.2	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	85.4	85.1	85.6	88.8	88	89.1
79	84.7	84.4	84.9	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	84.1	83.8	84.3	87.5	86.7	88
77	83.5	83.1	83.7	86.9	86	87.4
76	82.9	82.5	83.1	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	82.3	81.9	82.6	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	81.7	81.3	82	85.2	84	85.9
73	81.2	80.8	81.5	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	80.7	80.2	81	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	80.2	79.7	80.6	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	79.7	79.2	80.1	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	79.3	78.7	79.7	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	78.8	78.3	79.3	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	78.4	77.8	79	81.6	80	82.8
66	78	77.4	78.6	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	77.7	77	78.3	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	77.3	76.6	77.9	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	77	76.2	77.6	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	76.6	75.8	77.3	79.4	77.4	81
61	76.3	75.5	77	79	76.9	80.7
60	76	75.2	76.8	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	75.7	74.9	76.5	78.3	76	80.1
58	75.5	74.6	76.3	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	75.2	74.3	76.1	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	75	74	75.8	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	74.7	73.7	75.6	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	74.5	73.5	75.4	76.5	74	78.7
53	74.3	73.3	75.2	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	74.1	73	75	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	73.9	72.8	74.8	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	73.7	72.6	74.7	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	73.5	72.4	74.5	75	72.2	77.4
48	73.3	72.2	74.3	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	73.1	72.1	74.2	74.4	71.6	77
46	73	71.9	74	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	72.8	71.7	73.9	73.9	71	76.5
44	72.7	71.6	73.7	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	72.5	71.4	73.6	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	72.4	71.3	73.4	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	72.3	71.1	73.3	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	72.1	71	73.2	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	72	70.9	73	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	71.9	70.8	72.9	72.2	69.2	75
37	71.8	70.7	72.8	72	68.9	74.8
36	71.6	70.5	72.7	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	71.5	70.4	72.6	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	71.4	70.3	72.5	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	71.3	70.2	72.4	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	71.2	70.1	72.3	71	67.9	73.9
31	71.1	70	72.2	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	71	69.9	72.1	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	70.9	69.8	72	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	70.8	69.7	71.9	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	70.7	69.6	71.8	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	70.6	69.4	71.7	70	66.8	73.1
25	70.5	69.3	71.6	69.9	66.6	73
24	70.4	69.2	71.5	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	70.3	69.1	71.4	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	70.2	68.9	71.3	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	70	68.8	71.3	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	69.9	68.7	71.2	69.3	66	72.6
19	69.8	68.6	71.1	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	69.7	68.4	71	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	69.6	68.3	70.9	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	69.5	68.2	70.9	69	65.7	72.3
15	69.5	68.1	70.8	69	65.6	72.3
14	69.4	68	70.7	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	69.3	68	70.7	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	69.3	67.9	70.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	69.2	67.8	70.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	69.1	67.8	70.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	69.1	67.7	70.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	69	67.6	70.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	68.9	67.5	70.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	68.8	67.4	70.2	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	68.6	67.2	70	68.7	65.3	72
4	68.5	67.1	69.9	68.6	65.2	72
3	68.3	66.9	69.7	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	67.8	66.4	69.2	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	66.9	65.4	68.3	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	62.3	60.6	64.1	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 Sierra Leone can expect to live to 71 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 77.7 and 80.7 at 65, and to 85.4 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 62.3 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Sierra Leone			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.06%	0.03%	0.08%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.1%	0.05%	0.14%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.16%	0.09%	0.22%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.25%	0.15%	0.35%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.39%	0.24%	0.54%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	0.59%	0.38%	0.81%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	0.87%	0.57%	1.17%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	1.25%	0.85%	1.66%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	1.75%	1.22%	2.29%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	2.4%	1.71%	3.09%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	3.22%	2.35%	4.08%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	4.24%	3.16%	5.3%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	5.48%	4.17%	6.76%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	6.95%	5.39%	8.47%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	8.66%	6.84%	10.4%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	10.6%	8.51%	12.7%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	12.8%	10.4%	15.1%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	15.1%	12.5%	17.7%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	17.7%	14.8%	20.5%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	20.4%	17.2%	23.5%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	23.2%	19.8%	26.6%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	26.1%	22.5%	29.7%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	29.1%	25.3%	32.9%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	32.1%	28.1%	36.1%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	35.2%	31%	39.2%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	38.2%	33.9%	42.4%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	41.2%	36.8%	45.4%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	44%	39.7%	48.3%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	46.8%	42.5%	51.1%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	49.4%	45.2%	53.7%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	52%	47.8%	56.1%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	54.3%	50.2%	58.4%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	56.6%	52.6%	60.5%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	58.7%	54.9%	62.5%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	60.7%	57%	64.3%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	62.5%	59%	66%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	64.3%	61%	67.6%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	65.9%	62.8%	69.1%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	67.5%	64.5%	70.5%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	68.9%	66.1%	71.8%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	70.2%	67.6%	72.9%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	71.5%	68.9%	74%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	72.6%	70.2%	75%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	73.7%	71.4%	75.9%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	74.6%	72.5%	76.8%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	75.6%	73.5%	77.6%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	76.4%	74.5%	78.4%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	77.2%	75.4%	79.1%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	78%	76.2%	79.8%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	78.7%	77%	80.4%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	79.3%	77.7%	81%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	79.9%	78.4%	81.6%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	80.5%	79%	82.1%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	81%	79.6%	82.6%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	81.5%	80.1%	83%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	82%	80.6%	83.5%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	82.4%	81%	83.9%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	82.9%	81.5%	84.3%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	83.2%	81.9%	84.6%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	83.6%	82.2%	85%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	84%	82.6%	85.3%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	84.3%	82.9%	85.7%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	84.6%	83.2%	86%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	84.9%	83.5%	86.3%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	85.2%	83.8%	86.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	85.4%	84.1%	86.8%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	85.7%	84.3%	87%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	85.9%	84.6%	87.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	86.2%	84.8%	87.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	86.4%	85.1%	87.7%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	86.6%	85.3%	87.9%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	86.8%	85.5%	88.1%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	87%	85.7%	88.3%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	87.2%	86%	88.5%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	87.4%	86.2%	88.7%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	87.6%	86.4%	88.8%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	87.8%	86.7%	89%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	88%	86.9%	89.2%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	88.2%	87.2%	89.3%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	88.4%	87.4%	89.5%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	88.6%	87.6%	89.6%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	88.8%	87.9%	89.8%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	89%	88.1%	89.9%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	89.2%	88.3%	90.1%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	89.3%	88.4%	90.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	89.4%	88.6%	90.3%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	89.6%	88.7%	90.4%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	89.7%	88.9%	90.5%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	89.8%	89%	90.6%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	89.9%	89.1%	90.7%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	90%	89.2%	90.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	90.1%	89.3%	90.8%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	90.2%	89.4%	91%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	90.3%	89.6%	91.1%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	90.5%	89.8%	91.2%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	90.7%	90%	91.5%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	90.9%	90.2%	91.6%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	91.2%	90.5%	91.9%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	91.8%	91.2%	92.5%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	93.2%	92.6%	93.8%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 70.2% of newborns in Sierra Leone and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 52% and 51.6% past 70, 23.2% and 30.2% past 80, and only 3.22% 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

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Sierra Leone			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	42.6%	44.5%	41.8%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	40.8%	42.7%	40%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	39.2%	41.1%	38.4%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	37.5%	39.4%	36.6%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	35.7%	37.6%	34.8%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	33.9%	35.8%	33%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	32.1%	34%	31.1%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	30.3%	32.2%	29.3%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	28.6%	30.4%	27.6%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	27%	28.8%	25.9%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	25.5%	27.2%	24.4%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	24%	25.7%	23%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	22.6%	24.2%	21.6%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	21.2%	22.7%	20.2%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	19.8%	21.2%	18.8%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	18.3%	19.6%	17.5%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	17%	18.1%	16.2%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	15.6%	16.7%	14.9%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	14.4%	15.4%	13.7%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	13.2%	14.2%	12.6%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	12.2%	13%	11.5%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	11.2%	12%	10.6%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	10.3%	11.1%	9.68%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	9.43%	10.2%	8.85%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	8.64%	9.37%	8.08%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	7.9%	8.6%	7.36%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	7.2%	7.87%	6.67%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	6.54%	7.18%	6.03%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	5.92%	6.55%	5.42%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	5.35%	5.96%	4.86%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	4.83%	5.43%	4.34%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	4.36%	4.94%	3.89%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.95%	4.5%	3.49%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	3.59%	4.11%	3.15%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	3.28%	3.76%	2.86%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	3%	3.45%	2.6%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.74%	3.16%	2.37%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.5%	2.89%	2.16%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	2.28%	2.64%	1.96%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	2.08%	2.41%	1.78%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.89%	2.19%	1.6%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.71%	2%	1.45%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.56%	1.82%	1.32%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.43%	1.66%	1.21%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.32%	1.53%	1.12%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.22%	1.4%	1.04%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1.13%	1.29%	0.97%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	1.05%	1.19%	0.91%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.97%	1.09%	0.85%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.9%	1%	0.79%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.83%	0.92%	0.74%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.76%	0.84%	0.68%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.7%	0.78%	0.63%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.65%	0.71%	0.59%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.61%	0.66%	0.55%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.57%	0.61%	0.52%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.53%	0.56%	0.49%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.5%	0.52%	0.47%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.47%	0.49%	0.44%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.44%	0.46%	0.42%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.41%	0.43%	0.4%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.39%	0.4%	0.37%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.37%	0.38%	0.35%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.35%	0.36%	0.33%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.33%	0.34%	0.32%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.31%	0.32%	0.3%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.3%	0.31%	0.28%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.28%	0.29%	0.27%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.27%	0.28%	0.26%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.26%	0.27%	0.25%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.25%	0.27%	0.24%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.24%	0.26%	0.23%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.24%	0.26%	0.22%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.23%	0.26%	0.21%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.23%	0.27%	0.2%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.23%	0.27%	0.19%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.23%	0.28%	0.19%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.2%	0.24%	0.15%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.18%	0.22%	0.15%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.16%	0.19%	0.13%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.13%	0.15%	0.11%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.12%	0.13%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.13%	0.15%	0.12%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.16%	0.17%	0.14%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.19%	0.21%	0.17%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.26%	0.28%	0.23%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.18%	0.18%	0.17%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.29%	0.3%	0.27%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.72%	0.76%	0.68%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	1.46%	1.53%	1.39%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	6.81%	7.42%	6.2%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 6.81% in the birth year in Sierra Leone and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.25% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.89% vs 2.08% at 60, and 12.2% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Sierra Leone vs South Africa

Chart Table

Sierra Leone

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	Sierra Leone			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	0	0	0	359	204.6	501
99	39.1	23.2	55.1	475	280.8	655
98	61.8	37.9	85.7	572	340	787
97	94.5	59.9	129.2	677	406	928
96	140.1	91.7	188.4	789	478	1,077
95	201.1	135.9	266	909	558	1,236
94	280.1	195.3	364	1,031	642	1,393
93	379	272.6	485	1,148	729	1,540
92	501	371	630	1,257	818	1,670
91	648	492	801	1,363	912	1,794
90	820	639	997	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,018	812	1,218	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,237	1,009	1,459	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,471	1,223	1,713	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,711	1,447	1,967	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	1,946	1,671	2,213	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,166	1,885	2,439	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,367	2,085	2,640	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,543	2,268	2,812	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,695	2,432	2,952	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,822	2,576	3,060	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,921	2,699	3,137	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,989	2,796	3,181	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	3,029	2,867	3,193	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	3,039	2,908	3,172	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	3,015	2,918	3,117	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,961	2,899	3,030	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,878	2,852	2,912	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,771	2,782	2,768	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,646	2,693	2,606	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,510	2,591	2,437	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,371	2,482	2,269	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,236	2,369	2,112	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	2,108	2,256	1,968	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,988	2,145	1,839	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,874	2,034	1,719	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,762	1,924	1,606	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,652	1,814	1,495	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,541	1,702	1,384	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,431	1,591	1,275	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,324	1,481	1,170	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,224	1,377	1,074	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,134	1,279	990	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,053	1,189	919	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	982	1,106	859	1,242	1,519	978
55	919	1,030	808	1,190	1,459	929
54	862	960	763	1,137	1,397	881
53	808	894	721	1,085	1,337	835
52	755	831	679	1,037	1,279	795
51	705	772	637	994	1,223	760
50	656	715	596	954	1,171	731
49	610	662	557	918	1,120	707
48	567	613	520	883	1,071	686
47	529	568	489	850	1,022	668
46	495	527	461	818	974	652
45	464	490	437	786	928	635
44	436	457	415	755	884	619
43	411	427	395	724	842	601
42	388	400	376	695	804	581
41	366	375	357	667	770	560
40	346	353	339	639	738	538
39	327	332	321	613	708	515
38	309	314	304	587	680	492
37	293.1	297.9	288.1	562	653	470
36	278.5	283.4	273.4	538	626	449
35	265.3	270.4	260	515	600	429
34	253.4	258.9	247.7	493	575	410
33	242.7	248.7	236.4	471	551	392
32	233.1	239.9	226	450	527	374
31	224.6	232.6	216.4	429	504	355
30	217.5	227.2	207.5	408	481	335
29	211.8	223.9	199.3	386	458	314
28	207.6	223	191.6	363	434	291.3
27	204.9	224.7	184.5	339	410	266.7
26	203.8	228.6	178	314	384	241.5
25	203.9	234.2	172.3	289.1	358	217.1
24	204.6	240.4	167.2	264.7	331	195.1
23	205	245.6	162.9	241.4	304	176
22	204.4	248.2	159.1	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	201.9	246.7	155.4	198.1	249	145.6
20	196.4	240.1	151.2	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	187.8	228.2	145.9	158	194.2	121.2
18	175.9	211.6	139.1	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	161.7	191.8	130.6	119.5	142.6	96
16	146.4	171	121.1	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	131.6	151.3	111.2	85	99.4	70.2
14	118.5	134.3	102.1	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	108.1	121.1	94.7	58.9	68.7	49
12	101.1	112.4	89.5	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	98	108.4	87.3	43	50.5	35.3
10	99.1	109.4	88.5	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	105.4	116.1	94.2	37	43.9	30
8	118.2	130.1	105.9	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	140.3	153.9	126.2	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	175.8	191.6	159.5	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	231.8	249.9	213	67.2	79	55.4
4	160.3	163.4	157	95.3	110.3	80
3	263.1	274.4	251.4	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	664	694	633	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	1,363	1,421	1,302	343	375	310
0	6,810	7,421	6,205	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 Sierra Leone, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 70.8 in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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