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Life Expectancy in South Africa vs South Sudan (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in South Africa vs 57.9 in South Sudan. South Africa is ranked 164/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In South Africa, the life expectancy is 63 years for males and 70 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females.

South Africa vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Africa
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Africa South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 42.2 44.1 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 44.1 43.1 45.2 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 45 44 46.2 31 28.9 33.4
1953 46.1 44.9 47.4 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 47.1 45.8 48.6 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 48.2 46.8 49.7 32 30 34.3
1956 49.2 47.7 50.9 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 50.2 48.6 52 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 51.1 49.5 53 27.6 25.5 30
1959 51.9 50.2 53.8 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 52.6 50.8 54.6 28.1 26 30.4
1961 53.1 51.2 55.2 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 53.6 51.7 55.7 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 53.9 52 56 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 54.2 52.3 56.4 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 54.4 52.5 56.6 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 54.7 52.8 56.9 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 55 52.9 57.2 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 55.2 53.1 57.5 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 55.4 53.3 57.8 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 55.7 53.5 58.1 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 56 53.8 58.4 31 28.3 33.9
1972 56.4 54.2 58.7 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 56.7 54.6 59 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 57.1 55 59.4 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 57.6 55.5 59.9 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 58 55.8 60.4 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 58.5 56.2 61 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 59 56.6 61.6 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 59.5 57.1 62.1 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 60 57.5 62.7 38 37.5 38.5
1981 60.4 57.9 63.3 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 60.9 58.3 63.8 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 61.4 58.7 64.4 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 61.8 59 64.9 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 62.2 59.2 65.5 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 62.4 59.3 65.9 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 62.7 59.5 66.2 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 62.9 59.6 66.6 11 10.6 11.3
1989 63 59.6 66.8 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 62.9 59.5 66.9 28.6 26.4 31
1991 63 59.5 67 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 62.8 59.4 66.8 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 62.6 59.1 66.5 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 62.1 58.8 66 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 61.6 58.3 65.2 31.5 29.2 34
1996 61.1 57.8 64.5 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 60.5 57.2 63.7 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 59.9 56.7 62.9 19 17.6 20.7
1999 59.2 56.1 62 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 58.4 55.4 61.1 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 57.2 54.6 59.5 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 55.6 53.2 57.7 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 54.2 52 56.3 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 54 51.9 55.8 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 53.9 52.1 55.5 54 53.4 54.5
2006 54.2 52.2 55.9 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 54.9 52.7 56.9 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 56 53.5 58.1 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 57.4 54.8 59.7 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 58.9 56.2 61.2 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 60.6 57.7 63.1 57.7 56.3 59
2012 61.7 58.7 64.4 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 62.4 59.2 65.2 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 63.2 59.9 66.2 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 64.1 60.8 67 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 64.7 61.3 67.9 36.7 33.8 40
2017 65.4 62 68.6 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 65.7 62.3 68.9 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 66.1 62.7 69.2 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 65.2 62.2 67.9 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 62 59.2 64.8 57 54.4 59.7
2022 65.5 61.8 69 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 66.1 62.6 69.6 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 66.3 62.8 69.8 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 66.5 63 70 57.9 54.9 60.9

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 52.8 years in South Africa and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.3 healthy years in South Africa and 11 in South Sudan.

South Africa vs South Sudan 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 South Africa and South Sudan, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.5 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.5 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
72.4 vs 72.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Africa South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 93.5% 95.4% 92.9% 95.3%
50 83.5% 88.8% 83.8% 89.0%
60 67.9% 79.0% 70.4% 79.4%
65 57.9% 72.2% 61.0% 71.7%
70 46.5% 63.4% 49.2% 61.1%
75 34.9% 52.7% 35.3% 47.1%
80 23.8% 40.2% 20.9% 31.0%
85 14.8% 27.7% 9.2% 15.8%
90 7.7% 16.0% 2.6% 5.6%
95 3.3% 7.2% 0.3% 1.2%
100 1.1% 2.3% 0.0% 0.1%

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 South Africa vs South Sudan: 70.5 years vs 69.1 at 30, 80.7 vs 78 at 65, 88.7 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 vs 57.9 years calculated at birth.

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

South Africa
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Africa South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 63 70 57.9 54.9 60.9
1 68 64.6 71.4 61.7 58.8 64.6
2 68.2 64.8 71.6 62.4 59.4 65.4
3 68.4 65 71.8 63 60 66
4 68.5 65.1 71.8 63.5 60.5 66.5
5 68.6 65.1 71.9 64 61 66.9
6 68.6 65.2 71.9 64.3 61.4 67.3
7 68.6 65.2 72 64.7 61.7 67.5
8 68.7 65.3 72 64.9 62 67.8
9 68.7 65.3 72 65.1 62.3 67.9
10 68.7 65.3 72 65.3 62.5 68.1
11 68.7 65.3 72 65.5 62.7 68.2
12 68.8 65.4 72.1 65.6 62.9 68.4
13 68.8 65.4 72.1 65.8 63 68.5
14 68.8 65.4 72.1 65.9 63.2 68.6
15 68.9 65.5 72.2 66.1 63.3 68.7
16 68.9 65.5 72.2 66.2 63.5 68.9
17 69 65.6 72.3 66.4 63.7 69
18 69 65.7 72.3 66.5 63.9 69.1
19 69.1 65.8 72.4 66.7 64.1 69.3
20 69.2 65.8 72.4 66.9 64.3 69.4
21 69.3 66 72.5 67.1 64.6 69.6
22 69.4 66.1 72.6 67.3 64.8 69.8
23 69.5 66.2 72.7 67.6 65.1 69.9
24 69.6 66.3 72.8 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 69.7 66.5 72.9 68 65.6 70.2
26 69.9 66.7 73 68.2 65.9 70.4
27 70 66.8 73.1 68.4 66.2 70.6
28 70.2 67 73.2 68.7 66.4 70.7
29 70.3 67.2 73.4 68.9 66.7 70.9
30 70.5 67.4 73.5 69.1 66.9 71.1
31 70.7 67.6 73.7 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 70.9 67.8 73.8 69.5 67.4 71.4
33 71.1 68 74 69.7 67.7 71.6
34 71.3 68.2 74.2 69.9 67.9 71.8
35 71.5 68.4 74.4 70.1 68.1 72
36 71.7 68.6 74.5 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 71.9 68.9 74.7 70.6 68.6 72.3
38 72.1 69.1 74.9 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 72.3 69.4 75.1 71 69.1 72.7
40 72.6 69.6 75.3 71.2 69.3 72.9
41 72.8 69.9 75.6 71.4 69.6 73.1
42 73.1 70.1 75.8 71.6 69.9 73.3
43 73.3 70.4 76 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 73.6 70.7 76.2 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 73.8 70.9 76.4 72.3 70.6 73.8
46 74.1 71.2 76.7 72.6 70.9 74
47 74.4 71.5 76.9 72.8 71.2 74.2
48 74.6 71.9 77.1 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.9 72.2 77.4 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 75.2 72.5 77.6 73.5 72 74.8
51 75.5 72.9 77.9 73.7 72.3 75
52 75.8 73.2 78.1 74 72.6 75.2
53 76.2 73.6 78.3 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 76.5 73.9 78.6 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 76.8 74.3 78.9 74.8 73.5 75.9
56 77.2 74.7 79.2 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 77.5 75.1 79.4 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 77.9 75.6 79.7 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 78.2 76 80 76 74.8 76.9
60 78.6 76.5 80.3 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 79 76.9 80.7 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 79.4 77.4 81 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 79.8 77.9 81.3 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 80.2 78.4 81.7 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 80.7 78.9 82 78 77.1 78.7
66 81.1 79.4 82.4 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 81.6 79.9 82.8 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 82.1 80.5 83.2 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 82.6 81.1 83.6 79.6 78.9 80.2
70 83.1 81.6 84 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 83.6 82.2 84.5 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 84.1 82.8 84.9 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 84.6 83.4 85.4 81.6 80.9 82
74 85.2 84 85.8 82.1 81.5 82.5
75 85.7 84.7 86.3 82.6 82 83.1
76 86.3 85.3 86.9 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 86.9 86 87.4 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 87.5 86.7 87.9 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 88.1 87.3 88.5 85 84.5 85.3
80 88.7 88 89.1 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 89.4 88.7 89.7 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 90 89.4 90.2 87 86.5 87.2
83 90.6 90.1 90.8 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 91.2 90.8 91.4 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 91.9 91.5 92.1 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 92.6 92.2 92.7 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 93.2 92.9 93.4 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 93.9 93.7 94.1 91.4 91 91.6
89 94.7 94.4 94.7 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 95.4 95.2 95.5 93 92.6 93.2
91 96.1 96 96.2 93.8 93.4 94
92 96.9 96.7 96.9 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 97.6 97.5 97.6 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 98.4 98.3 98.4 96.3 96 96.4
95 99.2 99.1 99.2 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 100 99.9 100 98 97.8 98.1
97 100.8 100.7 100.8 98.9 98.7 99
98 101.6 101.5 101.7 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 102.5 102.3 102.6 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 103.4 103.1 103.5 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in South Africa vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.4% in South Africa and 61% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.3% and 45% will live to 70 years or older, 30% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 11.2% and 3.36% 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.

South Africa
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Africa South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.8% 97.5% 98% 93.7% 93.3% 94.2%
2 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 92.6% 92.3% 93%
3 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 91.7% 91.3% 92.1%
4 97% 96.7% 97.4% 90.9% 90.5% 91.4%
5 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 90.3% 89.8% 90.8%
6 96.9% 96.5% 97.2% 89.7% 89.1% 90.3%
7 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 89.2% 88.6% 89.9%
8 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 88.8% 88.1% 89.6%
9 96.7% 96.4% 97.1% 88.5% 87.7% 89.3%
10 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 88.2% 87.3% 89%
11 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 87.9% 87% 88.8%
12 96.6% 96.2% 97% 87.7% 86.7% 88.6%
13 96.6% 96.2% 97% 87.4% 86.4% 88.4%
14 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 87.2% 86.2% 88.2%
15 96.4% 96% 96.9% 87% 85.9% 88%
16 96.4% 95.9% 96.8% 86.7% 85.6% 87.8%
17 96.3% 95.8% 96.7% 86.4% 85.3% 87.6%
18 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 86.1% 84.9% 87.4%
19 96% 95.5% 96.5% 85.8% 84.5% 87.1%
20 95.8% 95.3% 96.4% 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
21 95.6% 95.1% 96.3% 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
22 95.4% 94.8% 96.1% 84.7% 83.1% 86.3%
23 95.2% 94.5% 95.9% 84.2% 82.6% 86%
24 95% 94.2% 95.8% 83.8% 82% 85.7%
25 94.7% 93.9% 95.6% 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 94.4% 93.5% 95.3% 83% 81% 85.1%
27 94.1% 93.1% 95.1% 82.5% 80.4% 84.7%
28 93.7% 92.7% 94.8% 82.1% 79.9% 84.4%
29 93.4% 92.3% 94.5% 81.7% 79.4% 84%
30 93% 91.8% 94.2% 81.2% 78.9% 83.7%
31 92.6% 91.3% 93.9% 80.8% 78.3% 83.3%
32 92.1% 90.8% 93.5% 80.3% 77.8% 83%
33 91.7% 90.3% 93.1% 79.9% 77.3% 82.6%
34 91.2% 89.7% 92.7% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
35 90.7% 89.1% 92.3% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
36 90.2% 88.5% 91.9% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
37 89.6% 87.9% 91.4% 78% 75% 81%
38 89.1% 87.2% 90.9% 77.5% 74.5% 80.6%
39 88.5% 86.5% 90.4% 77% 73.9% 80.2%
40 87.9% 85.8% 89.9% 76.5% 73.3% 79.7%
41 87.2% 85.1% 89.4% 75.9% 72.6% 79.3%
42 86.5% 84.3% 88.8% 75.3% 72% 78.8%
43 85.8% 83.5% 88.2% 74.8% 71.3% 78.3%
44 85.1% 82.6% 87.6% 74.2% 70.6% 77.8%
45 84.3% 81.8% 87% 73.6% 69.9% 77.3%
46 83.5% 80.8% 86.3% 72.9% 69.2% 76.7%
47 82.7% 79.8% 85.7% 72.3% 68.5% 76.2%
48 81.9% 78.8% 85% 71.7% 67.7% 75.7%
49 81% 77.7% 84.3% 71% 66.9% 75.1%
50 80.1% 76.6% 83.6% 70.3% 66.1% 74.5%
51 79.1% 75.4% 82.9% 69.5% 65.2% 73.9%
52 78.1% 74.2% 82.1% 68.7% 64.3% 73.2%
53 77.1% 72.9% 81.3% 67.9% 63.3% 72.5%
54 76% 71.6% 80.5% 67% 62.3% 71.7%
55 74.8% 70.2% 79.6% 66.1% 61.3% 70.9%
56 73.6% 68.7% 78.7% 65.2% 60.2% 70.1%
57 72.4% 67.2% 77.7% 64.2% 59.1% 69.3%
58 71.1% 65.6% 76.6% 63.2% 58% 68.4%
59 69.8% 64% 75.6% 62.1% 56.8% 67.4%
60 68.4% 62.3% 74.4% 61% 55.5% 66.4%
61 66.9% 60.6% 73.3% 59.7% 54.2% 65.3%
62 65.5% 58.8% 72.1% 58.5% 52.8% 64.1%
63 63.9% 57% 70.8% 57.1% 51.3% 62.9%
64 62.3% 55.1% 69.5% 55.6% 49.7% 61.5%
65 60.6% 53.1% 68% 54.1% 48.1% 60%
66 58.9% 51.1% 66.5% 52.4% 46.4% 58.5%
67 57.1% 49% 64.9% 50.7% 44.6% 56.8%
68 55.2% 46.9% 63.3% 48.9% 42.8% 55%
69 53.2% 44.8% 61.5% 47% 40.8% 53.1%
70 51.3% 42.7% 59.7% 45% 38.8% 51.1%
71 49.3% 40.6% 57.9% 42.9% 36.7% 49%
72 47.3% 38.4% 55.9% 40.7% 34.6% 46.8%
73 45.2% 36.3% 53.9% 38.4% 32.4% 44.4%
74 43.1% 34.2% 51.8% 36% 30.1% 41.9%
75 40.9% 32.1% 49.7% 33.6% 27.8% 39.4%
76 38.7% 29.9% 47.4% 31.2% 25.5% 36.8%
77 36.5% 27.8% 45.1% 28.7% 23.2% 34.1%
78 34.3% 25.7% 42.7% 26.2% 20.9% 31.4%
79 32.1% 23.7% 40.3% 23.7% 18.7% 28.7%
80 30% 21.8% 37.9% 21.3% 16.5% 26%
81 27.9% 20% 35.5% 18.9% 14.4% 23.2%
82 25.8% 18.3% 33.1% 16.5% 12.4% 20.6%
83 23.8% 16.7% 30.8% 14.3% 10.6% 18%
84 21.9% 15.1% 28.4% 12.2% 8.84% 15.5%
85 20% 13.6% 26.1% 10.3% 7.28% 13.2%
86 18.1% 12.1% 23.7% 8.5% 5.9% 11.1%
87 16.2% 10.7% 21.5% 6.93% 4.68% 9.14%
88 14.5% 9.42% 19.2% 5.55% 3.63% 7.43%
89 12.8% 8.21% 17.1% 4.36% 2.75% 5.95%
90 11.2% 7.1% 15.1% 3.36% 2.02% 4.68%
91 9.76% 6.1% 13.2% 2.53% 1.45% 3.6%
92 8.41% 5.2% 11.4% 1.87% 1% 2.72%
93 7.16% 4.38% 9.73% 1.34% 0.67% 2%
94 6.02% 3.66% 8.21% 0.94% 0.43% 1.43%
95 5% 3.03% 6.83% 0.64% 0.27% 0.99%
96 4.1% 2.47% 5.6% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 3.32% 2% 4.54% 0.28% 0.09% 0.43%
98 2.65% 1.6% 3.62% 0.17% 0.05% 0.27%
99 2.08% 1.26% 2.84% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 1.61% 0.99% 2.19% 0.05% 0.02% 0.1%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.24% in the birth year in South Africa and 6.27% in South Sudan, 0.45% vs 0.55% at age 30, 2.1% vs 1.98% at 60, and 6.98% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

South Africa
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Africa South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.24% 2.49% 1.98% 6.27% 6.72% 5.81%
1 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 1.17% 1.11% 1.23%
2 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 1% 1% 0.99%
3 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.86% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.73% 0.81% 0.65%
5 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.63% 0.72% 0.53%
6 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.54% 0.63% 0.44%
7 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.46% 0.55% 0.37%
8 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
10 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
11 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
20 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.45% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
23 0.26% 0.33% 0.19% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.28% 0.36% 0.21% 0.51% 0.66% 0.36%
25 0.31% 0.39% 0.23% 0.51% 0.66% 0.37%
26 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
28 0.39% 0.48% 0.31% 0.53% 0.66% 0.41%
29 0.42% 0.5% 0.34% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.45% 0.53% 0.36% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.47% 0.56% 0.39% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.5% 0.59% 0.41% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.52% 0.62% 0.43% 0.58% 0.71% 0.46%
34 0.55% 0.65% 0.45% 0.59% 0.72% 0.47%
35 0.58% 0.68% 0.47% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.6% 0.72% 0.5% 0.61% 0.75% 0.5%
37 0.64% 0.75% 0.52% 0.63% 0.77% 0.51%
38 0.67% 0.79% 0.55% 0.66% 0.79% 0.54%
39 0.7% 0.83% 0.58% 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.74% 0.87% 0.61% 0.72% 0.86% 0.59%
41 0.77% 0.91% 0.63% 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.81% 0.96% 0.66% 0.77% 0.93% 0.63%
43 0.85% 1.02% 0.69% 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
44 0.89% 1.08% 0.71% 0.82% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.94% 1.14% 0.74% 0.84% 1.03% 0.67%
46 0.99% 1.21% 0.76% 0.87% 1.07% 0.69%
47 1.03% 1.29% 0.79% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 1.08% 1.36% 0.81% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 1.14% 1.45% 0.84% 1.01% 1.25% 0.8%
50 1.2% 1.53% 0.88% 1.07% 1.33% 0.85%
51 1.26% 1.63% 0.92% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.33% 1.73% 0.97% 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
53 1.41% 1.84% 1.03% 1.29% 1.58% 1.03%
54 1.5% 1.96% 1.1% 1.35% 1.66% 1.09%
55 1.59% 2.08% 1.17% 1.42% 1.74% 1.15%
56 1.69% 2.21% 1.25% 1.5% 1.83% 1.22%
57 1.79% 2.35% 1.33% 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.88% 2.48% 1.4% 1.7% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.99% 2.63% 1.48% 1.83% 2.22% 1.51%
60 2.1% 2.78% 1.56% 1.98% 2.4% 1.64%
61 2.22% 2.94% 1.66% 2.16% 2.6% 1.8%
62 2.36% 3.13% 1.76% 2.36% 2.81% 1.98%
63 2.52% 3.33% 1.89% 2.56% 3.05% 2.17%
64 2.7% 3.56% 2.04% 2.79% 3.29% 2.38%
65 2.89% 3.81% 2.21% 3.02% 3.55% 2.6%
66 3.1% 4.05% 2.38% 3.28% 3.83% 2.85%
67 3.3% 4.29% 2.57% 3.57% 4.15% 3.12%
68 3.5% 4.52% 2.75% 3.9% 4.51% 3.43%
69 3.69% 4.74% 2.94% 4.27% 4.92% 3.78%
70 3.89% 4.96% 3.13% 4.68% 5.37% 4.17%
71 4.11% 5.21% 3.34% 5.14% 5.87% 4.59%
72 4.36% 5.51% 3.59% 5.62% 6.42% 5.04%
73 4.66% 5.85% 3.87% 6.14% 7% 5.53%
74 5% 6.24% 4.19% 6.69% 7.62% 6.06%
75 5.36% 6.66% 4.55% 7.3% 8.28% 6.62%
76 5.72% 7.07% 4.92% 7.95% 9.01% 7.24%
77 6.07% 7.44% 5.28% 8.67% 9.8% 7.93%
78 6.39% 7.75% 5.63% 9.47% 10.7% 8.7%
79 6.68% 8.02% 5.97% 10.4% 11.7% 9.55%
80 6.98% 8.28% 6.31% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 7.32% 8.59% 6.69% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 7.73% 8.99% 7.13% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 8.22% 9.48% 7.64% 14.7% 16.3% 13.7%
84 8.79% 10.1% 8.24% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 9.44% 10.7% 8.91% 17.2% 19% 16.1%
86 10.1% 11.4% 9.62% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 10.9% 12.2% 10.4% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 11.6% 12.8% 11.1% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 12.3% 13.5% 11.9% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 13.1% 14.1% 12.7% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 13.9% 14.8% 13.5% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 14.8% 15.6% 14.5% 28% 33% 26.4%
93 15.9% 16.5% 15.7% 29.8% 35.2% 28.4%
94 17% 17.4% 16.8% 31.7% 37.5% 30.6%
95 18% 18.3% 17.9% 33.5% 39.8% 32.8%
96 19.1% 19.1% 19% 35.7% 41.9% 35%
97 20.2% 20% 20.2% 38.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 21.4% 21% 21.5% 42.1% 45.5% 39.1%
99 22.6% 22% 22.8% 44.2% 47.1% 41%
100 23.7% 22.9% 24% 47.2% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in South Africa compared to South Sudan

In South Africa, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 70.6 in South Africa and 67.4 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Africa
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Africa South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,237 2,486 1,980 6,268 6,715 5,811
1 350 381 318 1,094 1,033 1,158
2 223.1 248.2 197 924 923 924
3 144.6 164.2 124.6 784 826 741
4 97.1 112.3 81.9 667 735 598
5 68.6 80.4 56.7 568 647 485
6 52.2 61.7 42.6 482 564 397
7 43 51.1 34.9 409 485 330
8 38.7 46 31.3 348 415 278.6
9 37.7 44.7 30.6 299.8 356 241.3
10 39.5 46.6 32.3 264.5 312 215.6
11 43.8 51.4 36.1 241.6 281.4 199.9
12 50.6 59.1 42.1 229.7 264.9 192.9
13 60.1 69.9 50.1 228.5 262 193.4
14 72.1 83.9 60.1 236.7 271.8 200.1
15 86.6 101.1 71.8 253 292.7 211.5
16 103.3 121.6 84.7 275.3 323 225.8
17 121.8 145 98.1 301 359 240.8
18 141.2 170.5 111.2 329 400 254.9
19 161.1 197.4 123.8 356 442 266.8
20 181.2 225.1 136 381 480 276.5
21 201.9 253.1 148.7 400 511 284.6
22 223.3 281.1 163 414 530 292
23 245.8 309 179.6 422 538 299.8
24 269.3 336 199.1 426 538 308
25 293.9 364 221.6 429 535 317
26 319 390 246.3 431 529 327
27 345 416 271.9 434 526 336
28 369 440 296.8 438 524 345
29 392 464 320 442 526 353
30 414 487 342 447 529 361
31 436 510 361 452 535 367
32 457 534 380 457 540 373
33 478 558 398 462 546 379
34 500 582 417 467 551 385
35 522 607 436 474 557 393
36 545 633 456 482 565 403
37 569 659 477 494 576 417
38 594 687 499 510 591 433
39 620 715 522 528 609 451
40 646 744 545 547 629 469
41 674 776 567 566 650 485
42 702 811 588 582 669 498
43 731 849 607 595 686 507
44 762 890 625 606 702 514
45 793 934 642 618 718 520
46 824 980 658 632 738 529
47 855 1,027 674 653 763 545
48 888 1,076 692 680 795 567
49 922 1,125 712 715 833 598
50 958 1,175 736 754 876 634
51 997 1,228 765 796 920 673
52 1,041 1,283 800 836 961 713
53 1,088 1,340 840 873 999 749
54 1,139 1,400 885 907 1,033 784
55 1,192 1,462 934 940 1,066 817
56 1,243 1,521 983 976 1,102 853
57 1,292 1,577 1,030 1,019 1,144 897
58 1,340 1,630 1,076 1,071 1,196 950
59 1,386 1,680 1,120 1,135 1,259 1,015
60 1,433 1,730 1,165 1,210 1,330 1,092
61 1,484 1,782 1,214 1,292 1,407 1,178
62 1,543 1,838 1,271 1,377 1,486 1,270
63 1,609 1,899 1,340 1,463 1,563 1,366
64 1,680 1,963 1,417 1,549 1,636 1,464
65 1,754 2,022 1,502 1,635 1,707 1,564
66 1,823 2,071 1,587 1,722 1,778 1,667
67 1,882 2,104 1,668 1,812 1,851 1,775
68 1,929 2,119 1,741 1,908 1,928 1,890
69 1,964 2,122 1,808 2,007 2,008 2,009
70 1,993 2,118 1,871 2,107 2,086 2,130
71 2,025 2,115 1,935 2,202 2,158 2,248
72 2,063 2,116 2,006 2,287 2,219 2,359
73 2,107 2,124 2,087 2,357 2,264 2,457
74 2,153 2,133 2,173 2,412 2,292 2,540
75 2,193 2,135 2,258 2,452 2,303 2,609
76 2,217 2,116 2,330 2,478 2,297 2,665
77 2,218 2,070 2,380 2,486 2,275 2,706
78 2,191 1,995 2,403 2,480 2,237 2,734
79 2,146 1,904 2,403 2,456 2,179 2,741
80 2,092 1,808 2,390 2,409 2,099 2,724
81 2,041 1,721 2,374 2,334 1,995 2,675
82 1,997 1,646 2,361 2,229 1,866 2,590
83 1,960 1,580 2,352 2,095 1,717 2,468
84 1,925 1,519 2,341 1,936 1,555 2,311
85 1,885 1,457 2,322 1,760 1,386 2,126
86 1,833 1,386 2,285 1,572 1,215 1,920
87 1,763 1,304 2,224 1,379 1,047 1,704
88 1,675 1,210 2,135 1,187 883 1,485
89 1,575 1,108 2,030 1,001 726 1,272
90 1,466 1,005 1,909 826 579 1,071
91 1,353 904 1,779 666 446 886
92 1,247 811 1,656 523 330 718
93 1,138 722 1,526 401 236 568
94 1,022 636 1,380 298.6 162.8 438
95 901 552 1,223 216 107.8 326
96 781 473 1,066 153 68.4 233.8
97 670 401 918 106.6 41.5 161.3
98 566 336 778 71.1 24.3 106.9
99 470 277.7 647 43.2 13.7 68.3
100 354 202.1 494 0 0 0

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 South Africa and South Sudan 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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