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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Spain

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Spain
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.1	102	102.1
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.3	101.1	101.3
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.4	100.3	100.5
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.6	99.4	99.7
96	100	99.9	100	98.9	98.6	99
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.1	97.8	98.2
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.4	97.1	97.5
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.7	96.3	96.8
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	96	95.6	96.2
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.4	94.9	95.6
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.7	94.2	95
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	94.1	93.6	94.4
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.6	93	93.9
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	93.1	92.4	93.4
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.6	91.8	93
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	92.1	91.3	92.6
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.7	90.8	92.2
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	91.2	90.3	91.9
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.9	89.9	91.5
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90.5	89.5	91.2
80	88.8	88	89.1	90.2	89.1	91
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.9	88.7	90.7
78	87.5	86.7	88	89.6	88.3	90.5
77	86.9	86	87.4	89.3	88	90.3
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	89	87.7	90.1
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	88.8	87.4	89.9
74	85.2	84	85.9	88.6	87.1	89.8
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	88.3	86.8	89.6
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	88.1	86.5	89.5
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	87.9	86.2	89.4
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	87.7	86	89.2
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	87.5	85.7	89.1
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	87.4	85.5	89
67	81.6	80	82.8	87.2	85.3	88.9
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	87	85.1	88.8
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	86.9	84.8	88.7
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	86.7	84.6	88.6
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	86.5	84.4	88.5
62	79.4	77.4	81	86.4	84.3	88.4
61	79	76.9	80.7	86.3	84.1	88.3
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	86.1	83.9	88.2
59	78.3	76	80.1	86	83.7	88.1
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	85.9	83.6	88
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	85.8	83.4	88
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	85.7	83.3	87.9
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	85.6	83.2	87.8
54	76.5	74	78.7	85.5	83.1	87.7
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	85.4	82.9	87.7
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	85.3	82.8	87.6
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	85.2	82.7	87.6
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	85.1	82.7	87.5
49	75	72.2	77.4	85.1	82.6	87.5
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	85	82.5	87.4
47	74.4	71.6	77	85	82.5	87.4
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	84.9	82.4	87.4
45	73.9	71	76.5	84.9	82.4	87.3
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	84.8	82.3	87.3
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	84.8	82.3	87.3
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	84.8	82.2	87.2
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	84.7	82.2	87.2
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	84.7	82.2	87.2
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	84.7	82.1	87.2
38	72.2	69.2	75	84.7	82.1	87.2
37	72	68.9	74.8	84.7	82.1	87.1
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	84.6	82.1	87.1
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	84.6	82	87.1
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	84.6	82	87.1
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	84.6	82	87.1
32	71	67.9	73.9	84.6	82	87.1
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	84.5	81.9	87.1
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	84.5	81.9	87.1
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	84.5	81.9	87.1
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	84.5	81.9	87
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	84.5	81.9	87
26	70	66.8	73.1	84.5	81.9	87
25	69.9	66.6	73	84.5	81.8	87
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	84.4	81.8	87
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	84.4	81.8	87
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	84.4	81.8	87
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	84.4	81.8	87
20	69.3	66	72.6	84.4	81.7	87
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	84.4	81.7	87
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	84.4	81.7	87
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	84.4	81.7	87
16	69	65.7	72.3	84.4	81.7	87
15	69	65.6	72.3	84.4	81.7	86.9
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	84.3	81.7	86.9
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.3	81.7	86.9
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.3	81.7	86.9
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.3	81.7	86.9
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	84.3	81.7	86.9
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.3	81.7	86.9
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.3	81.7	86.9
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.3	81.7	86.9
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	84.3	81.6	86.9
5	68.7	65.3	72	84.3	81.6	86.9
4	68.6	65.2	72	84.3	81.6	86.9
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	84.3	81.6	86.9
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	84.3	81.6	86.9
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	84.3	81.6	86.9
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	84.1	81.4	86.7

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 South Africa can expect to live to 70.6 years compared to 84.5 in Spain, rising to 80.7 and 86.9 at 65, and to 88.8 and 90.2 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 84.1 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Spain

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Spain
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	3.04%	1.56%	4.37%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	4.48%	2.4%	6.38%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	6.37%	3.54%	8.97%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	8.74%	5.06%	12.1%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	11.6%	6.99%	15.9%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	14.9%	9.35%	20.2%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	18.7%	12.2%	24.9%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	22.9%	15.4%	29.9%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	27.3%	19%	35.2%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	31.9%	22.8%	40.5%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	36.6%	26.9%	45.8%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	41.2%	31.2%	51%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	45.8%	35.4%	55.8%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	50.2%	39.7%	60.3%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	54.3%	43.8%	64.5%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	58.1%	47.8%	68.2%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	61.6%	51.5%	71.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	64.9%	55.1%	74.5%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	67.9%	58.4%	77.2%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	70.6%	61.6%	79.5%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	73%	64.4%	81.5%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	75.2%	67.1%	83.3%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	77.2%	69.6%	84.8%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	79%	71.8%	86.2%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	80.7%	73.9%	87.4%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	82.1%	75.8%	88.4%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	83.5%	77.6%	89.4%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	84.7%	79.3%	90.2%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	85.9%	80.8%	90.9%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	87%	82.3%	91.6%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	87.9%	83.6%	92.2%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	88.8%	84.9%	92.8%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	89.7%	86.1%	93.3%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	90.5%	87.2%	93.8%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	91.2%	88.2%	94.3%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	91.9%	89.2%	94.7%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	92.6%	90.1%	95.1%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	93.2%	90.9%	95.5%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	93.7%	91.7%	95.8%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	94.3%	92.4%	96.1%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	94.7%	93.1%	96.4%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	95.2%	93.7%	96.7%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	95.6%	94.3%	97%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	96%	94.8%	97.3%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	96.4%	95.3%	97.5%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	96.7%	95.7%	97.7%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	97%	96.1%	97.9%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	97.3%	96.5%	98.1%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	97.5%	96.8%	98.2%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	97.7%	97.1%	98.4%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	98.1%	97.6%	98.6%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	98.3%	97.8%	98.7%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	98.4%	98%	98.8%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	98.6%	98.3%	99%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	99%	98.7%	99.3%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	99.5%	99.3%	99.6%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.6%	99.5%	99.7%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 94.7% in Spain are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 87.9% past 70, 30.2% and 73% past 80, and only 11.3% and 36.6% past 90.

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

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Spain

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Spain
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	34.7%	37.1%	34%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	32.3%	34.8%	31.5%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	29.7%	32.4%	28.8%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	27.1%	29.9%	26.2%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	24.7%	27.6%	23.6%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	22.3%	25.3%	21.2%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	20.2%	23.1%	18.9%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	18.1%	20.9%	16.8%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	16.2%	18.9%	14.9%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	14.5%	17%	13.2%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	12.8%	15.2%	11.6%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	11.3%	13.6%	10.1%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	9.94%	12%	8.71%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	8.69%	10.7%	7.5%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	7.58%	9.41%	6.42%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	6.61%	8.3%	5.49%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	5.73%	7.29%	4.65%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	5.03%	6.49%	4.01%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	4.36%	5.69%	3.39%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	3.87%	5.12%	2.94%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	3.32%	4.46%	2.46%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	2.95%	4%	2.13%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	2.56%	3.51%	1.81%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	2.28%	3.16%	1.58%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.02%	2.82%	1.37%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	1.81%	2.54%	1.19%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	1.62%	2.3%	1.05%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	1.47%	2.1%	0.93%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.32%	1.9%	0.82%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.23%	1.77%	0.75%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.11%	1.6%	0.66%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.03%	1.49%	0.61%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	0.94%	1.37%	0.56%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	0.87%	1.26%	0.52%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	0.81%	1.17%	0.48%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.75%	1.08%	0.44%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.7%	1%	0.42%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.65%	0.93%	0.39%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.6%	0.85%	0.36%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.57%	0.8%	0.35%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.52%	0.72%	0.32%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.48%	0.67%	0.3%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.44%	0.61%	0.28%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.41%	0.56%	0.26%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.37%	0.51%	0.24%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.34%	0.46%	0.22%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.31%	0.42%	0.2%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.28%	0.38%	0.18%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.25%	0.34%	0.17%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.23%	0.3%	0.15%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.2%	0.26%	0.14%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.09%	0.12%	0.07%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.01%	0.02%	0.009%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.008%	0.01%	0.007%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.006%	0.007%	0.006%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.21%	0.23%	0.18%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.21% in Spain, 0.44% vs 0.03% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.52% at 60, and 6.96% vs 3.32% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Spain

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Spain

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Spain
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	954	405	1,452
99	475	280.8	655	1,445	834	2,012
98	572	340	787	1,890	1,147	2,585
97	677	406	928	2,372	1,515	3,180
96	789	478	1,077	2,864	1,927	3,756
95	909	558	1,236	3,338	2,363	4,274
94	1,031	642	1,393	3,772	2,802	4,708
93	1,148	729	1,540	4,140	3,218	5,040
92	1,257	818	1,670	4,420	3,583	5,252
91	1,363	912	1,794	4,618	3,889	5,352
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	4,687	4,101	5,297
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	4,665	4,232	5,134
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	4,551	4,267	4,861
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	4,358	4,226	4,523
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	4,113	4,120	4,142
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,842	3,965	3,745
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,531	3,752	3,330
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,268	3,573	2,987
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	2,958	3,326	2,615
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	2,732	3,151	2,338
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,425	2,872	2,005
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,219	2,684	1,777
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	1,979	2,444	1,535
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	1,804	2,269	1,360
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	1,633	2,087	1,195
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,485	1,926	1,055
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,355	1,783	935
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,246	1,661	836
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,138	1,539	746
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,067	1,459	687
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	972	1,340	613
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	916	1,269	570
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	847	1,177	521
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	790	1,102	485
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	739	1,034	453
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	688	961	421
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	647	901	396
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	607	842	372
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	565	782	349
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	534	736	332
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	491	674	307
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	458	625	289.5
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	421	572	269
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	390	528	250.7
56	1,242	1,519	978	358	483	230.6
55	1,190	1,459	929	329	442	212.3
54	1,137	1,397	881	298.9	401	194.1
53	1,085	1,337	835	272.1	362	178.5
52	1,037	1,279	795	245.3	324	162.7
51	994	1,223	760	222.4	292.3	149.5
50	954	1,171	731	196.5	256.8	133.7
49	918	1,120	707	175.5	227.8	121.1
48	883	1,071	686	154.1	198.6	107.8
47	850	1,022	668	135.6	173.5	96.4
46	818	974	652	118.3	150.4	85.4
45	786	928	635	103.3	130.4	75.5
44	755	884	619	91.2	114.7	67.2
43	724	842	601	81.1	101.8	60
42	695	804	581	72	90.6	53.3
41	667	770	560	65.6	82.6	48.4
40	639	738	538	58.6	74.1	43
39	613	708	515	53.6	68	39.1
38	587	680	492	48.6	62	35
37	562	653	470	44.6	57.5	31.6
36	538	626	449	41	53.4	28.3
35	515	600	429	37.9	50	25.4
34	493	575	410	35.2	47.2	22.9
33	471	551	392	32.9	44.7	20.7
32	450	527	374	31	42.6	19
31	429	504	355	29.7	41.1	18
30	408	481	335	28.2	39.2	16.8
29	386	458	314	27	37.7	15.9
28	363	434	291.3	25.7	36.1	14.8
27	339	410	266.7	24.5	34.6	14
26	314	384	241.5	23.6	33.2	13.5
25	289.1	358	217.1	22.8	31.8	13.1
24	264.7	331	195.1	21.9	30.6	12.8
23	241.4	304	176	21.1	29.4	12.4
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	20.3	28.1	12.1
21	198.1	249	145.6	19.6	26.9	11.8
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	18.6	25.4	11.4
19	158	194.2	121.2	17.4	23.6	10.9
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	15.7	20.9	10.2
17	119.5	142.6	96	13.8	17.9	9.45
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	11.8	14.7	8.68
15	85	99.4	70.2	9.91	11.8	7.93
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	8.32	9.47	7.09
13	58.9	68.7	49	7.14	7.98	6.26
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	6.28	6.98	5.52
11	43	50.5	35.3	5.81	6.47	5.11
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	5.49	6.15	4.8
9	37	43.9	30	5.31	6	4.58
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	5.1	5.84	4.32
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	4.94	5.71	4.13
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	4.94	5.71	4.14
5	67.2	79	55.4	5.2	5.95	4.4
4	95.3	110.3	80	5.88	6.71	5.01
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	7.97	9.04	6.83
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	14.1	15.9	12.2
1	343	375	310	33.6	37.5	29.3
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	207	229.1	183.5

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 South Africa, the most common age of death is 77, compared to 90 in Spain. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 87 in Spain, 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 South Africa and Spain more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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