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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.7 years in South Africa vs 66.9 in Sudan. South Africa is ranked 164/197 by life expectancy, and Sudan is 160/197. In South Africa, the life expectancy is 63.1 years for males and 70.2 years for females. In Sudan, it's 63.8 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

South Africa vs Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Africa
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Africa Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 42.2 44.1 45.8 45.1 46.6
1951 44.1 43.1 45.2 46.2 45.5 47
1952 45 44 46.2 46.5 45.8 47.2
1953 46.1 44.9 47.4 46.9 46.2 47.6
1954 47.1 45.8 48.6 47.3 46.6 48
1955 48.2 46.8 49.7 47.7 47 48.4
1956 49.2 47.7 50.9 48.1 47.3 48.9
1957 50.2 48.6 52 48.5 47.7 49.3
1958 51.1 49.5 53 48.9 48 49.7
1959 51.9 50.2 53.8 49.2 48.3 50.1
1960 52.6 50.8 54.6 49.6 48.7 50.5
1961 53.1 51.2 55.2 50 49.1 50.9
1962 53.6 51.7 55.7 50.4 49.6 51.2
1963 53.9 52 56 50.8 49.7 51.9
1964 54.2 52.3 56.4 50.9 49.7 52.1
1965 54.4 52.5 56.6 51 49.8 52.3
1966 54.7 52.8 56.9 51.3 49.9 52.6
1967 55 52.9 57.2 51.5 50.1 52.9
1968 55.2 53.1 57.5 51.8 50.4 53.2
1969 55.4 53.3 57.8 52 50.6 53.5
1970 55.7 53.5 58.1 52.3 50.9 53.8
1971 56 53.8 58.4 52.5 51.1 54
1972 56.4 54.2 58.7 52.8 51.3 54.3
1973 56.7 54.6 59 53 51.5 54.5
1974 57.1 55 59.4 53.2 51.7 54.7
1975 57.6 55.5 59.9 53.3 51.9 54.8
1976 58 55.8 60.4 53.3 51.9 54.9
1977 58.5 56.2 61 53.5 52.1 55
1978 59 56.6 61.6 53.3 51.8 54.9
1979 59.5 57.1 62.1 53.4 51.7 55.1
1980 60 57.5 62.7 54.1 52.1 56.2
1981 60.4 57.9 63.3 54.4 52.3 56.7
1982 60.9 58.3 63.8 54.4 52.5 56.4
1983 61.4 58.7 64.4 49.6 47.3 52.1
1984 61.8 59 64.9 49.8 47.5 52.4
1985 62.2 59.2 65.5 50 47.6 52.7
1986 62.4 59.3 65.9 54.6 51.9 57.5
1987 62.7 59.5 66.2 54.7 52 57.8
1988 62.9 59.6 66.6 55 52.1 58.1
1989 63 59.6 66.8 54.9 52 58.1
1990 62.9 59.5 66.9 55.5 52.6 58.7
1991 63 59.5 67 55.6 53 58.3
1992 62.8 59.4 66.8 56 53.6 58.5
1993 62.6 59.1 66.5 56.1 53.7 58.7
1994 62.1 58.8 66 57 54.6 59.7
1995 61.6 58.3 65.2 57.4 54.8 60.3
1996 61.1 57.8 64.5 57.6 55 60.6
1997 60.5 57.2 63.7 58.1 55.5 60.9
1998 59.9 56.7 62.9 58.3 55.7 61.2
1999 59.2 56.1 62 58.6 56.3 61.1
2000 58.4 55.4 61.1 58.9 56.7 61.4
2001 57.2 54.6 59.5 59.3 56.8 61.9
2002 55.6 53.2 57.7 59.3 56.6 62.3
2003 54.2 52 56.3 58.3 55.3 61.7
2004 54 51.9 55.8 56.8 53.2 60.8
2005 53.9 52.1 55.5 57.2 53.8 61.1
2006 54.2 52.2 55.9 60.4 57.7 63.4
2007 54.9 52.7 56.9 61.4 59 64.2
2008 56 53.5 58.1 61.3 58.6 64.2
2009 57.4 54.8 59.7 62.7 60.3 65.4
2010 58.9 56.2 61.2 63 60.6 65.7
2011 60.6 57.7 63.1 63.2 60.7 65.9
2012 61.7 58.7 64.4 63.4 60.9 66.2
2013 62.4 59.2 65.2 63.4 60.6 66.6
2014 63.2 59.9 66.2 64 61.3 67
2015 64.1 60.8 67 64.4 61.7 67.3
2016 64.7 61.3 67.9 64.7 62 67.7
2017 65.4 62 68.6 65.1 62.5 68
2018 65.7 62.3 68.9 65.5 62.9 68.4
2019 66.1 62.7 69.2 65.8 63.2 68.6
2020 65.2 62.2 67.9 65.1 62.4 68.2
2021 62 59.2 64.8 64.5 61.8 67.4
2022 65.5 61.8 69 65.7 63 68.6
2023 66.1 62.6 69.6 66.3 63.3 69.6
2024 66.3 62.8 69.8 66.5 63.4 69.8
2025 66.5 63 70 66.7 63.6 70
2026 66.7 63.1 70.2 66.9 63.8 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 52.8 years in South Africa and 58.5 in Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.3 healthy years in South Africa and 13.3 in Sudan.

South Africa vs 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 Sudan, 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:
40.6 vs 43.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.6 vs 73.2 years

Median expected age of death:
72.5 vs 75.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Africa Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 93.6% 95.5% 95.8% 97.7%
50 83.6% 88.9% 90.0% 93.9%
60 68.1% 79.2% 79.8% 87.0%
65 58.1% 72.5% 71.7% 81.0%
70 46.7% 63.7% 60.9% 71.9%
75 35.1% 53.0% 46.9% 58.9%
80 24.0% 40.5% 30.8% 42.1%
85 14.9% 27.9% 15.7% 23.8%
90 7.8% 16.1% 5.3% 9.6%
95 3.3% 7.3% 0.9% 2.4%
100 1.1% 2.4% 0.1% 0.3%

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 Sudan: 70.6 years vs 73.2 at 30, 80.7 vs 79.4 at 65, 88.8 vs 86.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.7 vs 66.9 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 Sudan.

South Africa
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Africa Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.7 63.1 70.2 66.9 63.8 70.2
1 68.1 64.7 71.5 69.4 66.6 72.4
2 68.4 64.9 71.8 69.7 66.9 72.7
3 68.5 65.1 71.9 70 67.2 72.9
4 68.6 65.2 72 70.2 67.5 73.1
5 68.7 65.3 72 70.4 67.7 73.3
6 68.7 65.3 72.1 70.6 67.9 73.4
7 68.8 65.4 72.1 70.7 68.1 73.5
8 68.8 65.4 72.1 70.9 68.3 73.6
9 68.8 65.4 72.1 71 68.4 73.7
10 68.8 65.4 72.2 71 68.5 73.7
11 68.9 65.5 72.2 71.1 68.6 73.8
12 68.9 65.5 72.2 71.2 68.7 73.8
13 68.9 65.5 72.2 71.3 68.8 73.9
14 68.9 65.6 72.3 71.3 68.8 73.9
15 69 65.6 72.3 71.4 68.9 74
16 69 65.7 72.3 71.5 69 74
17 69.1 65.7 72.4 71.6 69.1 74.1
18 69.2 65.8 72.4 71.7 69.3 74.2
19 69.2 65.9 72.5 71.8 69.4 74.3
20 69.3 66 72.6 71.9 69.6 74.3
21 69.4 66.1 72.6 72 69.7 74.4
22 69.5 66.2 72.7 72.2 69.9 74.5
23 69.6 66.3 72.8 72.3 70.1 74.6
24 69.7 66.5 72.9 72.4 70.2 74.7
25 69.9 66.6 73 72.5 70.4 74.8
26 70 66.8 73.1 72.7 70.6 74.8
27 70.1 66.9 73.2 72.8 70.7 74.9
28 70.3 67.1 73.3 72.9 70.9 75
29 70.4 67.3 73.5 73.1 71.1 75.1
30 70.6 67.5 73.6 73.2 71.2 75.2
31 70.8 67.7 73.8 73.3 71.4 75.3
32 71 67.9 73.9 73.4 71.5 75.4
33 71.2 68.1 74.1 73.6 71.7 75.5
34 71.4 68.3 74.3 73.7 71.8 75.6
35 71.6 68.5 74.5 73.8 72 75.7
36 71.8 68.7 74.6 73.9 72.2 75.8
37 72 68.9 74.8 74.1 72.3 75.9
38 72.2 69.2 75 74.2 72.5 76
39 72.4 69.4 75.2 74.3 72.6 76.1
40 72.6 69.7 75.4 74.5 72.8 76.2
41 72.9 69.9 75.6 74.6 73 76.3
42 73.1 70.2 75.8 74.7 73.1 76.4
43 73.4 70.4 76.1 74.9 73.3 76.5
44 73.6 70.7 76.3 75 73.5 76.6
45 73.9 71 76.5 75.2 73.6 76.8
46 74.2 71.3 76.7 75.3 73.8 76.9
47 74.4 71.6 77 75.5 74 77
48 74.7 71.9 77.2 75.6 74.2 77.1
49 75 72.2 77.4 75.8 74.4 77.3
50 75.3 72.6 77.7 76 74.6 77.4
51 75.6 72.9 77.9 76.1 74.8 77.5
52 75.9 73.3 78.2 76.3 75 77.7
53 76.2 73.6 78.4 76.5 75.2 77.9
54 76.5 74 78.7 76.7 75.5 78
55 76.9 74.4 78.9 76.9 75.7 78.2
56 77.2 74.8 79.2 77.1 76 78.4
57 77.5 75.2 79.5 77.4 76.2 78.6
58 77.9 75.6 79.8 77.6 76.5 78.8
59 78.3 76 80.1 77.8 76.8 78.9
60 78.7 76.5 80.4 78 77 79.1
61 79 76.9 80.7 78.3 77.3 79.4
62 79.4 77.4 81 78.6 77.6 79.6
63 79.9 77.9 81.4 78.8 77.9 79.8
64 80.3 78.4 81.7 79.1 78.3 80.1
65 80.7 78.9 82.1 79.4 78.6 80.4
66 81.2 79.4 82.4 79.8 79 80.7
67 81.6 80 82.8 80.1 79.4 81
68 82.1 80.5 83.2 80.5 79.8 81.3
69 82.6 81.1 83.6 80.8 80.2 81.6
70 83.1 81.7 84.1 81.2 80.6 82
71 83.6 82.2 84.5 81.6 81 82.3
72 84.1 82.8 84.9 82.1 81.5 82.7
73 84.6 83.4 85.4 82.5 82 83.1
74 85.2 84 85.9 83 82.5 83.6
75 85.7 84.7 86.4 83.5 83 84
76 86.3 85.3 86.9 84 83.5 84.5
77 86.9 86 87.4 84.5 84.1 85
78 87.5 86.7 88 85 84.6 85.5
79 88.1 87.4 88.5 85.6 85.2 86.1
80 88.8 88 89.1 86.2 85.8 86.6
81 89.4 88.7 89.7 86.8 86.5 87.2
82 90 89.4 90.3 87.5 87.1 87.8
83 90.6 90.1 90.9 88.1 87.8 88.5
84 91.3 90.8 91.5 88.8 88.5 89.1
85 91.9 91.5 92.1 89.5 89.2 89.8
86 92.6 92.2 92.7 90.2 89.9 90.5
87 93.3 92.9 93.4 90.9 90.6 91.2
88 94 93.7 94.1 91.7 91.3 91.9
89 94.7 94.4 94.8 92.4 92.1 92.7
90 95.4 95.2 95.5 93.2 92.9 93.4
91 96.1 96 96.2 94 93.7 94.2
92 96.9 96.7 96.9 94.8 94.5 95
93 97.6 97.5 97.7 95.6 95.4 95.8
94 98.4 98.3 98.4 96.5 96.2 96.6
95 99.2 99.1 99.2 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 100 99.9 100 98.2 98 98.3
97 100.8 100.7 100.9 99.1 98.9 99.2
98 101.7 101.5 101.7 100 99.8 100
99 102.5 102.3 102.6 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 103.4 103.1 103.5 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in South Africa vs Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.7% in South Africa and 75.3% in Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.6% and 59.9% will live to 70 years or older, 30.2% and 32.5% to 80+ years, and 11.3% and 6.45% 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
Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Africa Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.8% 97.6% 98.1% 96.4% 95.8% 97%
2 97.5% 97.2% 97.8% 95.9% 95.3% 96.6%
3 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 95.5% 94.8% 96.2%
4 97.1% 96.8% 97.4% 95.2% 94.4% 95.9%
5 97% 96.7% 97.4% 94.9% 94.1% 95.7%
6 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 94.7% 93.8% 95.6%
7 96.9% 96.5% 97.3% 94.4% 93.5% 95.4%
8 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 94.3% 93.3% 95.3%
9 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 94.1% 93.1% 95.2%
10 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 94% 92.9% 95.1%
11 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 93.9% 92.8% 95%
12 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 93.8% 92.6% 95%
13 96.6% 96.2% 97.1% 93.7% 92.5% 94.9%
14 96.6% 96.2% 97% 93.5% 92.3% 94.8%
15 96.5% 96.1% 97% 93.4% 92.2% 94.7%
16 96.4% 96% 96.9% 93.3% 92% 94.6%
17 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 93.1% 91.8% 94.5%
18 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 93% 91.6% 94.4%
19 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 92.8% 91.3% 94.3%
20 95.9% 95.4% 96.5% 92.6% 91.1% 94.1%
21 95.7% 95.1% 96.3% 92.3% 90.8% 94%
22 95.5% 94.9% 96.2% 92.1% 90.4% 93.9%
23 95.3% 94.6% 96% 91.9% 90.1% 93.7%
24 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 91.6% 89.8% 93.5%
25 94.8% 94% 95.7% 91.4% 89.4% 93.4%
26 94.5% 93.6% 95.4% 91.1% 89.1% 93.2%
27 94.2% 93.2% 95.2% 90.9% 88.8% 93%
28 93.9% 92.8% 94.9% 90.6% 88.5% 92.9%
29 93.5% 92.4% 94.6% 90.4% 88.1% 92.7%
30 93.1% 91.9% 94.3% 90.1% 87.8% 92.5%
31 92.7% 91.5% 94% 89.8% 87.5% 92.3%
32 92.3% 91% 93.6% 89.6% 87.1% 92.1%
33 91.8% 90.4% 93.3% 89.3% 86.8% 91.9%
34 91.4% 89.9% 92.9% 89% 86.4% 91.7%
35 90.9% 89.3% 92.5% 88.7% 86.1% 91.5%
36 90.4% 88.7% 92% 88.4% 85.7% 91.3%
37 89.8% 88.1% 91.6% 88.1% 85.3% 91.1%
38 89.2% 87.4% 91.1% 87.8% 84.9% 90.8%
39 88.7% 86.7% 90.6% 87.5% 84.6% 90.6%
40 88.1% 86% 90.1% 87.2% 84.1% 90.3%
41 87.4% 85.3% 89.6% 86.8% 83.7% 90%
42 86.7% 84.5% 89% 86.5% 83.3% 89.7%
43 86% 83.7% 88.4% 86.1% 82.8% 89.4%
44 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 85.7% 82.3% 89.1%
45 84.6% 82% 87.2% 85.3% 81.8% 88.8%
46 83.8% 81.1% 86.6% 84.8% 81.3% 88.4%
47 83% 80.1% 85.9% 84.4% 80.8% 88.1%
48 82.1% 79.1% 85.3% 83.9% 80.2% 87.7%
49 81.2% 78% 84.6% 83.4% 79.6% 87.3%
50 80.3% 76.9% 83.9% 82.9% 79% 86.8%
51 79.4% 75.7% 83.1% 82.3% 78.3% 86.4%
52 78.4% 74.5% 82.4% 81.7% 77.6% 85.9%
53 77.3% 73.2% 81.6% 81% 76.8% 85.3%
54 76.2% 71.9% 80.7% 80.3% 75.9% 84.7%
55 75.1% 70.5% 79.9% 79.6% 75% 84.1%
56 73.9% 69% 78.9% 78.8% 74.1% 83.4%
57 72.7% 67.5% 78% 78% 73.2% 82.7%
58 71.4% 65.9% 76.9% 77.1% 72.2% 82%
59 70% 64.3% 75.9% 76.2% 71.2% 81.3%
60 68.7% 62.6% 74.7% 75.3% 70% 80.4%
61 67.2% 60.9% 73.6% 74.2% 68.8% 79.5%
62 65.7% 59.1% 72.4% 73.1% 67.5% 78.5%
63 64.2% 57.3% 71.1% 71.8% 66.1% 77.4%
64 62.6% 55.4% 69.8% 70.4% 64.6% 76.2%
65 60.9% 53.4% 68.3% 69% 63% 74.9%
66 59.2% 51.4% 66.8% 67.4% 61.3% 73.5%
67 57.3% 49.3% 65.3% 65.7% 59.5% 71.9%
68 55.5% 47.2% 63.6% 63.9% 57.6% 70.3%
69 53.5% 45.1% 61.9% 62% 55.6% 68.5%
70 51.6% 42.9% 60% 59.9% 53.5% 66.5%
71 49.6% 40.8% 58.2% 57.7% 51.2% 64.4%
72 47.5% 38.7% 56.2% 55.4% 48.9% 62.2%
73 45.5% 36.6% 54.2% 52.9% 46.4% 59.7%
74 43.4% 34.4% 52.1% 50.3% 43.9% 57.2%
75 41.2% 32.3% 50% 47.6% 41.2% 54.4%
76 39% 30.1% 47.7% 44.7% 38.5% 51.6%
77 36.8% 28% 45.4% 41.8% 35.7% 48.6%
78 34.6% 25.9% 43% 38.7% 32.8% 45.5%
79 32.3% 23.9% 40.6% 35.6% 29.9% 42.2%
80 30.2% 22% 38.2% 32.5% 27.1% 38.9%
81 28.1% 20.2% 35.8% 29.3% 24.2% 35.5%
82 26% 18.5% 33.4% 26.2% 21.4% 32.1%
83 24% 16.8% 31% 23.1% 18.7% 28.6%
84 22.1% 15.2% 28.6% 20.2% 16.2% 25.3%
85 20.1% 13.7% 26.3% 17.4% 13.7% 22%
86 18.2% 12.2% 24% 14.7% 11.5% 18.9%
87 16.4% 10.8% 21.7% 12.3% 9.47% 16%
88 14.6% 9.51% 19.4% 10.1% 7.64% 13.4%
89 12.9% 8.29% 17.3% 8.15% 6.02% 11%
90 11.3% 7.18% 15.2% 6.45% 4.62% 8.9%
91 9.86% 6.16% 13.3% 4.99% 3.45% 7.06%
92 8.49% 5.25% 11.5% 3.77% 2.5% 5.48%
93 7.24% 4.43% 9.84% 2.79% 1.76% 4.16%
94 6.09% 3.7% 8.3% 2% 1.2% 3.07%
95 5.06% 3.06% 6.91% 1.4% 0.8% 2.2%
96 4.15% 2.5% 5.67% 0.95% 0.51% 1.52%
97 3.36% 2.02% 4.59% 0.63% 0.32% 1.02%
98 2.68% 1.62% 3.67% 0.4% 0.19% 0.67%
99 2.11% 1.28% 2.88% 0.25% 0.11% 0.42%
100 1.63% 1% 2.22% 0.15% 0.06% 0.26%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 3.6% in Sudan, 0.44% vs 0.3% at age 30, 2.08% vs 1.41% at 60, and 6.96% vs 9.71% at 80.

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

South Africa
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Africa Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.19% 2.44% 1.93% 3.6% 4.2% 2.98%
1 0.35% 0.38% 0.32% 0.5% 0.53% 0.47%
2 0.22% 0.25% 0.2% 0.42% 0.47% 0.36%
3 0.15% 0.17% 0.12% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
4 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.3% 0.38% 0.22%
5 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.26% 0.33% 0.18%
6 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
7 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
8 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.16% 0.21% 0.1%
9 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
10 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
11 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
15 0.09% 0.1% 0.07% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
16 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
17 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
18 0.14% 0.18% 0.11% 0.2% 0.28% 0.13%
19 0.16% 0.2% 0.13% 0.22% 0.31% 0.14%
20 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.24% 0.33% 0.15%
21 0.21% 0.26% 0.15% 0.25% 0.35% 0.16%
22 0.23% 0.29% 0.17% 0.26% 0.36% 0.16%
23 0.25% 0.32% 0.18% 0.27% 0.37% 0.17%
24 0.28% 0.35% 0.2% 0.27% 0.37% 0.17%
25 0.3% 0.38% 0.23% 0.27% 0.37% 0.18%
26 0.33% 0.41% 0.25% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
27 0.36% 0.44% 0.28% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
28 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.29% 0.37% 0.2%
29 0.41% 0.5% 0.33% 0.29% 0.38% 0.2%
30 0.44% 0.52% 0.36% 0.3% 0.39% 0.21%
31 0.46% 0.55% 0.38% 0.3% 0.39% 0.21%
32 0.49% 0.58% 0.4% 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
33 0.51% 0.61% 0.42% 0.31% 0.41% 0.22%
34 0.54% 0.64% 0.44% 0.32% 0.41% 0.22%
35 0.57% 0.67% 0.46% 0.32% 0.42% 0.23%
36 0.6% 0.71% 0.49% 0.33% 0.43% 0.24%
37 0.63% 0.74% 0.51% 0.34% 0.44% 0.25%
38 0.66% 0.78% 0.54% 0.36% 0.46% 0.27%
39 0.69% 0.82% 0.57% 0.38% 0.48% 0.29%
40 0.73% 0.86% 0.6% 0.4% 0.51% 0.31%
41 0.76% 0.9% 0.63% 0.43% 0.53% 0.33%
42 0.8% 0.95% 0.65% 0.45% 0.56% 0.35%
43 0.84% 1.01% 0.68% 0.47% 0.58% 0.37%
44 0.88% 1.07% 0.7% 0.48% 0.6% 0.38%
45 0.93% 1.13% 0.73% 0.5% 0.62% 0.39%
46 0.98% 1.2% 0.75% 0.52% 0.65% 0.41%
47 1.03% 1.28% 0.78% 0.55% 0.69% 0.43%
48 1.08% 1.35% 0.8% 0.59% 0.74% 0.46%
49 1.13% 1.44% 0.84% 0.64% 0.81% 0.5%
50 1.19% 1.52% 0.87% 0.69% 0.88% 0.55%
51 1.25% 1.62% 0.91% 0.76% 0.95% 0.6%
52 1.32% 1.72% 0.96% 0.82% 1.03% 0.65%
53 1.4% 1.83% 1.02% 0.88% 1.1% 0.69%
54 1.49% 1.94% 1.09% 0.93% 1.15% 0.74%
55 1.58% 2.07% 1.16% 0.98% 1.21% 0.78%
56 1.68% 2.2% 1.24% 1.03% 1.27% 0.82%
57 1.78% 2.33% 1.32% 1.09% 1.35% 0.87%
58 1.88% 2.47% 1.39% 1.17% 1.45% 0.94%
59 1.98% 2.61% 1.47% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
60 2.08% 2.76% 1.55% 1.41% 1.72% 1.13%
61 2.2% 2.93% 1.65% 1.56% 1.9% 1.26%
62 2.34% 3.11% 1.75% 1.72% 2.09% 1.4%
63 2.5% 3.32% 1.88% 1.9% 2.29% 1.56%
64 2.68% 3.55% 2.03% 2.09% 2.5% 1.72%
65 2.88% 3.79% 2.19% 2.29% 2.71% 1.9%
66 3.08% 4.04% 2.37% 2.5% 2.94% 2.1%
67 3.28% 4.28% 2.55% 2.74% 3.2% 2.31%
68 3.48% 4.5% 2.74% 3.01% 3.48% 2.56%
69 3.67% 4.72% 2.92% 3.32% 3.81% 2.84%
70 3.87% 4.95% 3.12% 3.66% 4.17% 3.16%
71 4.09% 5.2% 3.33% 4.05% 4.58% 3.51%
72 4.34% 5.49% 3.57% 4.48% 5.03% 3.89%
73 4.64% 5.83% 3.85% 4.94% 5.52% 4.31%
74 4.98% 6.22% 4.17% 5.44% 6.05% 4.77%
75 5.35% 6.64% 4.53% 5.99% 6.64% 5.26%
76 5.71% 7.05% 4.89% 6.6% 7.27% 5.81%
77 6.06% 7.42% 5.26% 7.27% 7.98% 6.42%
78 6.37% 7.73% 5.61% 8% 8.76% 7.11%
79 6.67% 8% 5.94% 8.82% 9.61% 7.88%
80 6.96% 8.26% 6.28% 9.71% 10.5% 8.74%
81 7.3% 8.57% 6.66% 10.7% 11.5% 9.68%
82 7.71% 8.97% 7.1% 11.7% 12.6% 10.7%
83 8.21% 9.46% 7.62% 12.8% 13.7% 11.8%
84 8.78% 10% 8.21% 13.9% 14.9% 12.9%
85 9.43% 10.7% 8.88% 15.2% 16.3% 14%
86 10.1% 11.4% 9.6% 16.5% 17.7% 15.2%
87 10.8% 12.1% 10.3% 17.8% 19.4% 16.5%
88 11.5% 12.8% 11.1% 19.3% 21.2% 17.8%
89 12.3% 13.5% 11.8% 20.9% 23.2% 19.2%
90 13% 14.1% 12.6% 22.6% 25.4% 20.7%
91 13.8% 14.8% 13.5% 24.4% 27.5% 22.4%
92 14.8% 15.6% 14.5% 26.2% 29.6% 24.2%
93 15.9% 16.5% 15.6% 28.1% 31.7% 26.2%
94 16.9% 17.3% 16.8% 30.1% 33.6% 28.4%
95 18% 18.2% 17.9% 32.1% 35.6% 30.6%
96 19% 19.1% 19% 34.1% 37.5% 32.8%
97 20.2% 20% 20.2% 36.1% 39.5% 34.9%
98 21.3% 21% 21.5% 38% 41.5% 36.9%
99 22.5% 22% 22.8% 39.9% 43.5% 38.8%
100 23.6% 22.9% 23.9% 41.9% 45.5% 41%

Death rate by age in South Africa compared to Sudan

In South Africa, the most common age of death is 77, compared to 0 in Sudan. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 74.1 in Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Africa
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Africa Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,192 2,441 1,934 3,597 4,196 2,975
1 343 375 310 480 505 454
2 218.6 243.8 192.5 401 450 350
3 141.9 161.3 121.7 338 402 272.2
4 95.3 110.3 80 286.4 356 213.6
5 67.2 79 55.4 243 313 170.1
6 51.2 60.6 41.7 206.4 271.3 138.3
7 42.2 50.2 34.1 175.6 232.9 115.6
8 37.9 45.2 30.6 150.7 199.4 99.7
9 37 43.9 30 131.6 172.2 89
10 38.7 45.8 31.6 118.4 152.6 82.6
11 43 50.5 35.3 111.1 141 79.7
12 49.7 58.1 41.1 109.2 137.1 80
13 58.9 68.7 49 112.7 141 83
14 70.7 82.4 58.8 121.3 152.6 88.5
15 85 99.4 70.2 134.6 171.3 96.1
16 101.4 119.6 82.9 151.6 196.1 105
17 119.5 142.6 96 170.7 224.4 114.5
18 138.5 167.7 108.8 190.2 253.6 123.8
19 158 194.2 121.2 208 280.3 132.1
20 177.8 221.4 133.1 222.6 302 139.3
21 198.1 249 145.6 233.5 317 145.7
22 219.2 276.6 159.6 240.7 326 151.5
23 241.4 304 176 245.2 330 156.9
24 264.7 331 195.1 247.9 330 162.3
25 289.1 358 217.1 249.9 328 167.7
26 314 384 241.5 252.1 327 173.3
27 339 410 266.7 254.9 327 178.7
28 363 434 291.3 258.5 330 183.9
29 386 458 314 262.8 334 188.5
30 408 481 335 267.3 339 192.5
31 429 504 355 271.7 344 196
32 450 527 374 275.5 350 199
33 471 551 392 278.8 354 201.9
34 493 575 410 282.3 358 205.4
35 515 600 429 286.9 363 210.5
36 538 626 449 293.8 370 218.1
37 562 653 470 304 380 229.2
38 587 680 492 318 393 243.8
39 613 708 515 334 409 261.7
40 639 738 538 353 428 281.3
41 667 770 560 371 446 300
42 695 804 581 388 464 317
43 724 842 601 402 479 330
44 755 884 619 414 494 340
45 786 928 635 426 510 349
46 818 974 652 441 531 360
47 850 1,022 668 462 559 377
48 883 1,071 686 492 596 402
49 918 1,120 707 530 641 434
50 954 1,171 731 575 694 473
51 994 1,223 760 623 747 515
52 1,037 1,279 795 669 798 556
53 1,085 1,337 835 710 841 593
54 1,137 1,397 881 745 877 624
55 1,190 1,459 929 776 909 653
56 1,242 1,519 978 809 944 683
57 1,292 1,575 1,026 850 987 721
58 1,339 1,629 1,072 905 1,045 770
59 1,384 1,679 1,116 974 1,118 833
60 1,431 1,730 1,162 1,059 1,206 912
61 1,482 1,782 1,211 1,155 1,305 1,002
62 1,540 1,839 1,269 1,258 1,409 1,101
63 1,606 1,901 1,337 1,365 1,513 1,206
64 1,679 1,965 1,415 1,471 1,613 1,314
65 1,752 2,025 1,500 1,578 1,709 1,425
66 1,822 2,074 1,585 1,687 1,804 1,541
67 1,882 2,108 1,667 1,801 1,902 1,664
68 1,929 2,124 1,740 1,924 2,006 1,798
69 1,966 2,128 1,807 2,056 2,115 1,944
70 1,997 2,124 1,871 2,196 2,230 2,099
71 2,028 2,121 1,936 2,338 2,346 2,259
72 2,066 2,123 2,008 2,479 2,458 2,420
73 2,112 2,132 2,089 2,613 2,562 2,576
74 2,161 2,141 2,176 2,737 2,655 2,725
75 2,204 2,144 2,262 2,850 2,734 2,865
76 2,228 2,126 2,335 2,950 2,799 2,997
77 2,228 2,080 2,386 3,034 2,846 3,120
78 2,202 2,006 2,410 3,099 2,874 3,232
79 2,156 1,914 2,411 3,141 2,878 3,328
80 2,102 1,819 2,399 3,154 2,852 3,399
81 2,052 1,732 2,383 3,131 2,793 3,435
82 2,008 1,656 2,371 3,065 2,697 3,425
83 1,972 1,591 2,363 2,959 2,569 3,365
84 1,937 1,530 2,353 2,811 2,412 3,253
85 1,897 1,467 2,335 2,630 2,234 3,090
86 1,845 1,397 2,299 2,423 2,041 2,883
87 1,775 1,315 2,238 2,195 1,836 2,644
88 1,686 1,220 2,150 1,954 1,621 2,383
89 1,585 1,118 2,045 1,706 1,398 2,113
90 1,476 1,014 1,924 1,457 1,171 1,842
91 1,363 912 1,794 1,215 949 1,579
92 1,257 818 1,670 988 741 1,327
93 1,148 729 1,540 783 557 1,090
94 1,031 642 1,393 602 404 870
95 909 558 1,236 449 283.5 672
96 789 478 1,077 325 192.5 500
97 677 406 928 226.5 126.7 358
98 572 340 787 152.5 80.6 246.2
99 475 280.8 655 99.1 49.5 163.3
100 359 204.6 501 0 0 6.5

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 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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