Life Expectancy in South Africa vs Sri Lanka (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sri Lanka

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Sri Lanka
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.1	101.9	102.1
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.1	101	101.2
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.3	100.1	100.3
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.4	99.2	99.5
96	100	99.9	100	98.6	98.4	98.6
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.7	97.6	97.8
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	96.9	96.7	97
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.1	95.9	96.2
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.4	95.1	95.5
91	96.1	96	96.2	94.6	94.3	94.8
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	93.9	93.6	94.1
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	93.2	92.8	93.4
88	94	93.7	94.1	92.5	92.1	92.7
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	91.9	91.4	92.1
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	91.2	90.8	91.5
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	90.6	90.1	90.9
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	90	89.5	90.3
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	89.5	88.8	89.8
82	90	89.4	90.3	88.9	88.2	89.3
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	88.4	87.6	88.8
80	88.8	88	89.1	87.9	87.1	88.4
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	87.4	86.5	88
78	87.5	86.7	88	86.9	86	87.6
77	86.9	86	87.4	86.5	85.5	87.2
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	86.1	85	86.8
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	85.7	84.5	86.5
74	85.2	84	85.9	85.3	84.1	86.2
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	85	83.7	85.9
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	84.6	83.2	85.6
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	84.3	82.8	85.4
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	84	82.5	85.1
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	83.7	82.1	84.9
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	83.4	81.7	84.7
67	81.6	80	82.8	83.1	81.4	84.5
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	82.9	81.1	84.3
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	82.6	80.7	84.1
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	82.4	80.4	84
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	82.2	80.1	83.8
62	79.4	77.4	81	81.9	79.9	83.7
61	79	76.9	80.7	81.7	79.6	83.6
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	81.6	79.4	83.4
59	78.3	76	80.1	81.4	79.1	83.3
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	81.2	78.9	83.2
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	81.1	78.7	83.1
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	80.9	78.5	83
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	80.8	78.3	82.9
54	76.5	74	78.7	80.6	78.1	82.9
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	80.5	78	82.8
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	80.4	77.8	82.7
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	80.3	77.6	82.6
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	80.2	77.5	82.6
49	75	72.2	77.4	80	77.4	82.5
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	80	77.2	82.4
47	74.4	71.6	77	79.9	77.1	82.4
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	79.8	77	82.3
45	73.9	71	76.5	79.7	76.9	82.3
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	79.6	76.8	82.2
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	79.6	76.7	82.2
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	79.5	76.6	82.2
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	79.4	76.5	82.1
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	79.4	76.4	82.1
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	79.3	76.4	82
38	72.2	69.2	75	79.3	76.3	82
37	72	68.9	74.8	79.2	76.2	82
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	79.2	76.2	82
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	79.1	76.1	81.9
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	79.1	76.1	81.9
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	79	76	81.9
32	71	67.9	73.9	79	76	81.8
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	79	75.9	81.8
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	78.9	75.9	81.8
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	78.9	75.8	81.8
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	78.9	75.8	81.8
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	78.8	75.8	81.7
26	70	66.8	73.1	78.8	75.7	81.7
25	69.9	66.6	73	78.8	75.7	81.7
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	78.8	75.7	81.7
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	78.7	75.6	81.7
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	78.7	75.6	81.6
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	78.7	75.6	81.6
20	69.3	66	72.6	78.7	75.5	81.6
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	78.6	75.5	81.6
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	78.6	75.5	81.6
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	78.6	75.5	81.6
16	69	65.7	72.3	78.6	75.4	81.6
15	69	65.6	72.3	78.6	75.4	81.5
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	78.6	75.4	81.5
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	78.6	75.4	81.5
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	78.5	75.4	81.5
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	78.5	75.4	81.5
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	78.5	75.4	81.5
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	78.5	75.4	81.5
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	78.5	75.4	81.5
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	78.5	75.3	81.5
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	78.5	75.3	81.5
5	68.7	65.3	72	78.5	75.3	81.5
4	68.6	65.2	72	78.5	75.3	81.5
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	78.5	75.3	81.4
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	78.4	75.3	81.4
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	78.4	75.2	81.4
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	78	74.9	81

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 78.9 in Sri Lanka, rising to 80.7 and 82.6 at 65, and to 88.8 and 87.9 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 78 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sri Lanka

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Sri Lanka
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	0.81%	0.4%	1.2%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	1.26%	0.63%	1.85%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	1.89%	0.98%	2.75%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	2.75%	1.46%	3.96%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	3.88%	2.12%	5.52%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	5.3%	2.99%	7.46%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	7.06%	4.09%	9.82%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	9.15%	5.47%	12.6%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	11.6%	7.13%	15.8%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	14.3%	9.07%	19.3%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	17.4%	11.3%	23.1%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	20.7%	13.8%	27.1%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	24.2%	16.5%	31.3%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	27.8%	19.4%	35.7%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	31.6%	22.5%	40%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	35.4%	25.8%	44.3%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	39.2%	29.1%	48.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	42.9%	32.5%	52.7%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	46.6%	35.9%	56.6%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	50.1%	39.3%	60.3%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	53.5%	42.7%	63.7%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	56.8%	46%	66.9%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	59.9%	49.3%	69.8%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	62.8%	52.4%	72.5%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	65.5%	55.4%	75%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	68%	58.3%	77.2%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	70.4%	61%	79.3%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	72.6%	63.6%	81.1%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	74.7%	66%	82.8%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	76.6%	68.4%	84.4%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	78.3%	70.6%	85.8%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	80%	72.6%	87%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	81.5%	74.6%	88.1%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	83%	76.5%	89.1%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	84.3%	78.2%	90.1%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	85.5%	79.8%	90.9%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	86.6%	81.4%	91.6%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	87.6%	82.8%	92.3%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	88.6%	84.1%	92.9%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	89.5%	85.3%	93.5%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	90.3%	86.4%	94%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	91%	87.4%	94.4%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	91.7%	88.4%	94.8%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	92.3%	89.3%	95.2%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	92.9%	90.1%	95.5%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	93.4%	90.8%	95.9%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	93.9%	91.5%	96.1%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	94.3%	92.1%	96.4%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	94.7%	92.7%	96.6%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	95.1%	93.3%	96.9%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	95.4%	93.8%	97.1%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	95.8%	94.2%	97.2%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	96.1%	94.7%	97.4%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	96.3%	95%	97.6%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	96.6%	95.4%	97.7%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	96.8%	95.7%	97.8%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	97%	96%	97.9%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	97.2%	96.3%	98.1%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	97.4%	96.5%	98.2%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	97.5%	96.8%	98.2%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	97.7%	97%	98.3%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	97.8%	97.2%	98.4%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	98%	97.5%	98.6%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	98.2%	97.8%	98.7%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	98.3%	97.9%	98.7%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	98.4%	98.1%	98.8%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	98.5%	98.2%	98.8%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	98.6%	98.3%	98.9%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	98.6%	98.3%	98.9%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	98.7%	98.4%	99%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	98.8%	98.5%	99%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	98.8%	98.6%	99%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	98.9%	98.7%	99.1%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	98.9%	98.7%	99.1%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99%	98.8%	99.1%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99%	98.9%	99.2%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.1%	98.9%	99.2%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.1%	99%	99.2%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 90.3% in Sri Lanka are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 78.3% past 70, 30.2% and 53.5% past 80, and only 11.3% and 17.4% 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

Sri Lanka

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Sri Lanka
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	37.8%	39.4%	37.3%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	35.7%	37.3%	35.1%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	33.4%	35.2%	32.8%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	31.2%	33.1%	30.5%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	29%	31%	28.3%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	26.9%	28.9%	26.1%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	24.9%	27%	24%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	22.9%	25.2%	22%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	21%	23.3%	20.1%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	19.2%	21.5%	18.2%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	17.5%	19.7%	16.5%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	15.9%	18%	14.9%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	14.5%	16.5%	13.5%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	13.1%	15.1%	12.1%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	11.9%	13.7%	10.9%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	10.7%	12.5%	9.75%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	9.69%	11.4%	8.72%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	8.74%	10.5%	7.77%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	7.87%	9.54%	6.9%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	7.08%	8.69%	6.12%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	6.36%	7.92%	5.4%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	5.71%	7.21%	4.77%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	5.14%	6.56%	4.21%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	4.62%	5.96%	3.72%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	4.15%	5.42%	3.29%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	3.74%	4.93%	2.91%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	3.37%	4.48%	2.58%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	3.04%	4.08%	2.29%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	2.75%	3.72%	2.03%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	2.5%	3.4%	1.81%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	2.27%	3.11%	1.62%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.06%	2.87%	1.44%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.88%	2.64%	1.28%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.71%	2.43%	1.14%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.56%	2.23%	1.01%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.42%	2.04%	0.91%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.29%	1.86%	0.81%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.18%	1.7%	0.73%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.07%	1.55%	0.66%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.98%	1.42%	0.59%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.89%	1.29%	0.53%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.81%	1.18%	0.48%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.74%	1.08%	0.43%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.67%	0.99%	0.39%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.61%	0.9%	0.35%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.56%	0.82%	0.32%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.51%	0.75%	0.29%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.47%	0.69%	0.27%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.43%	0.63%	0.25%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.4%	0.58%	0.23%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.36%	0.53%	0.21%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.33%	0.49%	0.19%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.3%	0.44%	0.17%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.28%	0.41%	0.16%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.25%	0.37%	0.14%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.23%	0.34%	0.13%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.21%	0.31%	0.12%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.19%	0.28%	0.11%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.18%	0.26%	0.1%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.16%	0.24%	0.09%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.15%	0.22%	0.09%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.14%	0.2%	0.08%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.13%	0.19%	0.08%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.11%	0.16%	0.07%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.1%	0.14%	0.06%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.09%	0.13%	0.06%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.08%	0.12%	0.05%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.08%	0.11%	0.05%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.07%	0.09%	0.04%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.06%	0.09%	0.04%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.47%	0.51%	0.42%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.47% in Sri Lanka, 0.44% vs 0.07% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.89% at 60, and 6.96% vs 6.36% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sri Lanka

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Sri Lanka
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	166	47.5	277.3
99	475	280.8	655	450	236.8	649
98	572	340	787	633	345	902
97	677	406	928	859	484	1,207
96	789	478	1,077	1,124	658	1,558
95	909	558	1,236	1,424	864	1,946
94	1,031	642	1,393	1,754	1,105	2,360
93	1,148	729	1,540	2,097	1,375	2,774
92	1,257	818	1,670	2,434	1,660	3,162
91	1,363	912	1,794	2,752	1,949	3,508
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	3,043	2,228	3,809
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	3,294	2,488	4,048
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	3,498	2,723	4,218
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	3,652	2,926	4,322
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,752	3,095	4,356
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,798	3,229	4,324
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,797	3,330	4,235
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,751	3,395	4,093
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,666	3,425	3,907
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,549	3,420	3,687
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,405	3,381	3,443
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	3,245	3,317	3,191
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	3,074	3,229	2,940
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,897	3,123	2,696
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,717	3,001	2,464
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,541	2,870	2,245
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,373	2,735	2,044
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,210	2,595	1,857
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,056	2,456	1,685
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,912	2,322	1,531
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,777	2,196	1,387
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,652	2,081	1,251
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,533	1,968	1,127
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,421	1,855	1,015
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,315	1,744	912
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,213	1,629	823
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,119	1,516	746
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,031	1,409	677
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	950	1,307	613
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	873	1,209	554
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	802	1,118	501
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	737	1,033	454
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	676	953	411
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	621	879	372
56	1,242	1,519	978	571	811	339
55	1,190	1,459	929	523	746	308
54	1,137	1,397	881	481	688	281.9
53	1,085	1,337	835	445	637	260.1
52	1,037	1,279	795	410	589	239.7
51	994	1,223	760	378	543	220.2
50	954	1,171	731	347	499	201.5
49	918	1,120	707	318	458	183.9
48	883	1,071	686	291.1	420	167.6
47	850	1,022	668	266.3	385	152.7
46	818	974	652	243.7	353	139.4
45	786	928	635	223.4	324	127.7
44	755	884	619	205	297.5	117.4
43	724	842	601	188.5	273.7	108.3
42	695	804	581	173.8	252.1	100.4
41	667	770	560	160.5	232.5	93.3
40	639	738	538	148.3	214.3	86.9
39	613	708	515	136.9	197.2	80.8
38	587	680	492	126.3	181.1	75.2
37	562	653	470	116.3	166	69.8
36	538	626	449	107	151.8	64.7
35	515	600	429	98.3	138.5	59.9
34	493	575	410	90.2	126.1	55.4
33	471	551	392	82.8	114.9	51.3
32	450	527	374	76.2	105	47.6
31	429	504	355	70.6	96.5	44.5
30	408	481	335	65.9	89.5	41.8
29	386	458	314	62	83.8	39.6
28	363	434	291.3	58.9	79.4	37.8
27	339	410	266.7	56.5	76.1	36.3
26	314	384	241.5	54.6	73.5	35.1
25	289.1	358	217.1	52.8	71.1	33.9
24	264.7	331	195.1	50.8	68.3	32.7
23	241.4	304	176	48.5	65.1	31.5
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	45.9	61.2	30.2
21	198.1	249	145.6	42.8	56.5	28.8
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	39.5	51.4	27.2
19	158	194.2	121.2	35.8	46	25.4
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	31.9	40.3	23.2
17	119.5	142.6	96	27.8	34.6	20.8
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	23.9	29.3	18.4
15	85	99.4	70.2	20.4	24.7	16
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	17.4	20.8	13.8
13	58.9	68.7	49	15.1	18	12.1
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	13.5	16.1	10.7
11	43	50.5	35.3	12.4	15	9.72
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	12	14.7	9.29
9	37	43.9	30	12	14.7	9.07
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	11.7	14.5	8.76
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	11.5	14.2	8.65
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	11.9	14.4	9.31
5	67.2	79	55.4	13.6	15.8	11.3
4	95.3	110.3	80	16.8	18.7	15
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	22.3	23.6	21
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	31	31.1	30.8
1	343	375	310	45.1	43.2	47.1
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	469	515	420

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 85 in Sri Lanka. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 81 in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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