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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Suriname

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Suriname
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.6	102	102.7
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.7	101.1	101.8
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.9	100.2	101
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	100	99.4	100.2
96	100	99.9	100	99.2	98.5	99.4
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.4	97.6	98.6
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.6	96.8	97.8
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.8	95.9	97.1
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	96	95.1	96.3
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.2	94.3	95.6
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.5	93.5	94.9
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	93.8	92.8	94.2
88	94	93.7	94.1	93	92	93.5
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.3	91.3	92.9
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	91.7	90.5	92.2
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91	89.8	91.6
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	90.4	89.1	91
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	89.7	88.4	90.5
82	90	89.4	90.3	89.1	87.8	89.9
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	88.5	87.1	89.4
80	88.8	88	89.1	88	86.5	88.9
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	87.4	86	88.4
78	87.5	86.7	88	86.9	85.4	87.9
77	86.9	86	87.4	86.4	84.9	87.5
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	86	84.4	87
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	85.5	83.9	86.6
74	85.2	84	85.9	85.1	83.4	86.3
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	84.7	82.9	85.9
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	84.3	82.5	85.6
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	83.9	82	85.3
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	83.5	81.6	85
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	83.1	81.2	84.6
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	82.8	80.8	84.3
67	81.6	80	82.8	82.4	80.4	84.1
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	82.1	80	83.8
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	81.8	79.6	83.5
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	81.4	79.3	83.3
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	81.2	78.9	83.1
62	79.4	77.4	81	80.9	78.6	82.9
61	79	76.9	80.7	80.6	78.3	82.7
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	80.3	78	82.4
59	78.3	76	80.1	80.1	77.7	82.2
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	79.8	77.4	82
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	79.6	77.1	81.8
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	79.3	76.8	81.7
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	79.1	76.5	81.5
54	76.5	74	78.7	78.9	76.3	81.3
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	78.7	76.1	81.2
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	78.5	75.9	81
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	78.3	75.6	80.9
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	78.2	75.5	80.8
49	75	72.2	77.4	78	75.3	80.7
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	77.9	75.1	80.5
47	74.4	71.6	77	77.7	75	80.4
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	77.6	74.8	80.3
45	73.9	71	76.5	77.5	74.7	80.2
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	77.4	74.5	80.1
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	77.3	74.4	80.1
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	77.1	74.3	80
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	77	74.2	79.9
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	76.9	74.1	79.8
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	76.8	73.9	79.7
38	72.2	69.2	75	76.7	73.8	79.6
37	72	68.9	74.8	76.6	73.7	79.5
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	76.5	73.6	79.4
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	76.4	73.5	79.3
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	76.3	73.4	79.2
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	76.2	73.3	79.2
32	71	67.9	73.9	76.1	73.2	79.1
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	76.1	73.1	79
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	76	73	79
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	75.9	72.9	78.9
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	75.8	72.8	78.8
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	75.7	72.7	78.8
26	70	66.8	73.1	75.7	72.7	78.7
25	69.9	66.6	73	75.6	72.6	78.7
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	75.5	72.5	78.6
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	75.5	72.4	78.6
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	75.4	72.4	78.5
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	75.4	72.3	78.5
20	69.3	66	72.6	75.3	72.2	78.4
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	75.3	72.2	78.4
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	75.2	72.1	78.3
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	75.2	72.1	78.3
16	69	65.7	72.3	75.1	72	78.3
15	69	65.6	72.3	75.1	72	78.2
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	75.1	72	78.2
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	75.1	72	78.2
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	75	72	78.2
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	75	71.9	78.2
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	75	71.9	78.1
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	75	71.9	78.1
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	75	71.9	78.1
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	75	71.9	78.1
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	74.9	71.9	78.1
5	68.7	65.3	72	74.9	71.8	78.1
4	68.6	65.2	72	74.9	71.8	78
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	74.9	71.8	78
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	74.8	71.8	78
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	74.8	71.7	77.9
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	74	70.9	77.3

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 76 in Suriname, rising to 80.7 and 81.8 at 65, and to 88.8 and 88 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 74 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Suriname

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Suriname
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	1.24%	0.28%	2.23%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	1.73%	0.44%	3.05%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	2.36%	0.67%	4.08%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	3.14%	0.98%	5.33%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	4.11%	1.41%	6.83%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	5.27%	1.98%	8.57%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	6.64%	2.72%	10.6%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	8.24%	3.65%	12.8%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	10.1%	4.78%	15.3%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	12.1%	6.14%	18%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	14.4%	7.73%	20.9%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	16.9%	9.55%	24%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	19.6%	11.6%	27.2%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	22.4%	13.9%	30.5%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	25.3%	16.4%	33.8%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	28.4%	19.1%	37.2%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	31.5%	22%	40.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	34.7%	25.1%	43.9%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	37.8%	28.2%	47.2%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	41%	31.4%	50.4%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	44.1%	34.5%	53.5%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	47%	37.6%	56.5%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	49.9%	40.6%	59.3%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	52.7%	43.5%	62%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	55.3%	46.4%	64.4%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	57.8%	49.1%	66.7%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	60.2%	51.7%	68.7%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	62.4%	54.3%	70.6%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	64.5%	56.8%	72.4%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	66.5%	59.2%	74.1%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	68.5%	61.5%	75.8%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	70.3%	63.7%	77.3%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	72.1%	65.8%	78.8%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	73.8%	67.8%	80.2%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	75.4%	69.8%	81.4%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	76.9%	71.6%	82.6%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	78.3%	73.3%	83.6%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	79.6%	74.9%	84.6%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	80.8%	76.5%	85.5%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	82%	78%	86.3%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	83.1%	79.4%	87.1%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	84.2%	80.7%	87.9%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	85.2%	82%	88.7%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	86.1%	83.1%	89.4%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	87%	84.2%	90%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	87.9%	85.3%	90.7%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	88.6%	86.2%	91.2%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	89.3%	87.1%	91.7%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	90%	87.9%	92.1%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	90.6%	88.7%	92.5%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	91.1%	89.4%	92.9%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	91.6%	90%	93.3%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	92%	90.6%	93.6%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	92.5%	91.1%	93.9%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	92.8%	91.5%	94.2%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	93.2%	92%	94.5%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	93.5%	92.4%	94.7%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	93.8%	92.7%	94.9%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	94.1%	93.1%	95.2%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	94.4%	93.4%	95.4%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	94.7%	93.8%	95.6%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	94.9%	94.1%	95.8%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	95.2%	94.4%	96.1%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	95.5%	94.7%	96.3%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	95.7%	95%	96.5%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	96%	95.2%	96.7%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	96.2%	95.5%	96.9%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	96.4%	95.7%	97%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	96.5%	96%	97.2%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	96.7%	96.2%	97.3%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	96.9%	96.4%	97.4%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	97.1%	96.6%	97.6%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	97.2%	96.8%	97.7%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	97.4%	96.9%	97.8%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	97.5%	97.1%	97.9%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	97.6%	97.3%	98%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	97.8%	97.4%	98.1%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	97.9%	97.6%	98.2%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	98%	97.7%	98.3%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	98.1%	97.8%	98.3%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	98.2%	98%	98.4%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	98.3%	98.1%	98.5%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	98.4%	98.2%	98.5%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	98.4%	98.3%	98.6%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	98.5%	98.4%	98.7%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	98.6%	98.4%	98.7%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	98.6%	98.5%	98.8%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	98.7%	98.5%	98.8%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	98.7%	98.6%	98.9%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	98.8%	98.6%	98.9%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	98.8%	98.6%	99%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	98.8%	98.6%	99%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	98.8%	98.7%	99%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	98.9%	98.7%	99%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99%	98.8%	99.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 83.1% in Suriname are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 68.5% past 70, 30.2% and 44.1% past 80, and only 11.3% and 14.4% 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

Suriname

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Suriname
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	29.6%	37.7%	28.4%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	28.2%	35.9%	26.9%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	26.6%	34.1%	25.1%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	25%	32.3%	23.5%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	23.5%	30.4%	21.9%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	22%	28.7%	20.3%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	20.7%	27%	18.9%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	19.4%	25.4%	17.5%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	18.2%	23.7%	16.3%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	17%	22.1%	15%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	15.8%	20.6%	13.9%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	14.7%	19.1%	12.8%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	13.6%	17.7%	11.8%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	12.6%	16.5%	10.8%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	11.6%	15.3%	9.91%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	10.7%	14.2%	9.07%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	9.94%	13.2%	8.3%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	9.17%	12.1%	7.6%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	8.4%	11.1%	6.96%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	7.66%	10.1%	6.37%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	6.97%	9.11%	5.81%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	6.35%	8.21%	5.28%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	5.78%	7.4%	4.76%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	5.26%	6.7%	4.26%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	4.76%	6.09%	3.79%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	4.3%	5.57%	3.37%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	3.9%	5.12%	3.01%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	3.55%	4.73%	2.72%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	3.27%	4.37%	2.48%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	3.03%	4.05%	2.3%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	2.84%	3.74%	2.15%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.66%	3.47%	2.02%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	2.48%	3.21%	1.87%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	2.3%	2.97%	1.71%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	2.11%	2.75%	1.55%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.94%	2.54%	1.38%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.78%	2.36%	1.24%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.64%	2.19%	1.12%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.53%	2.04%	1.04%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.43%	1.89%	0.98%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	1.34%	1.76%	0.93%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	1.27%	1.64%	0.9%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	1.19%	1.52%	0.86%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	1.11%	1.42%	0.81%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	1.03%	1.31%	0.74%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.94%	1.21%	0.67%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.86%	1.11%	0.6%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.78%	1.02%	0.54%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.71%	0.93%	0.48%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.65%	0.85%	0.44%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.59%	0.76%	0.41%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.54%	0.69%	0.38%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.49%	0.62%	0.35%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.45%	0.56%	0.33%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.41%	0.51%	0.3%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.37%	0.47%	0.28%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.33%	0.4%	0.24%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.31%	0.38%	0.23%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.3%	0.37%	0.23%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.3%	0.36%	0.23%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.29%	0.34%	0.24%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.28%	0.33%	0.24%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.27%	0.32%	0.23%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.26%	0.3%	0.21%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.24%	0.28%	0.2%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.22%	0.26%	0.18%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.19%	0.23%	0.15%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.18%	0.22%	0.14%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.15%	0.19%	0.12%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.12%	0.16%	0.09%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.11%	0.15%	0.08%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.09%	0.12%	0.07%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.06%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	1.03%	1.18%	0.87%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 1.03% in Suriname, 0.44% vs 0.18% at age 30, 2.08% vs 1.34% at 60, and 6.96% vs 6.97% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Suriname

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Suriname

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Suriname
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	298.7	32.9	574
99	475	280.8	655	487	157.9	820
98	572	340	787	626	227.4	1,026
97	677	406	928	786	317	1,252
96	789	478	1,077	965	431	1,493
95	909	558	1,236	1,161	569	1,742
94	1,031	642	1,393	1,375	736	1,998
93	1,148	729	1,540	1,601	927	2,248
92	1,257	818	1,670	1,829	1,136	2,487
91	1,363	912	1,794	2,056	1,357	2,707
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	2,280	1,590	2,904
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	2,487	1,825	3,070
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	2,666	2,060	3,201
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	2,813	2,292	3,296
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	2,938	2,516	3,353
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,043	2,722	3,376
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,128	2,902	3,370
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,179	3,043	3,338
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,180	3,132	3,284
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,138	3,164	3,209
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,072	3,146	3,108
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,987	3,089	2,982
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,887	3,008	2,825
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,772	2,916	2,642
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,636	2,823	2,443
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,489	2,733	2,245
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,346	2,650	2,068
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,216	2,568	1,919
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,106	2,484	1,799
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	2,018	2,396	1,707
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,942	2,303	1,631
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,868	2,209	1,559
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,786	2,112	1,474
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,695	2,014	1,373
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,594	1,917	1,258
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,490	1,821	1,141
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,395	1,730	1,035
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,309	1,643	949
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,233	1,558	886
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	1,170	1,477	843
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	1,116	1,398	814
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	1,068	1,323	790
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	1,016	1,250	761
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	960	1,177	720
56	1,242	1,519	978	897	1,105	667
55	1,190	1,459	929	829	1,033	606
54	1,137	1,397	881	762	961	545
53	1,085	1,337	835	700	890	491
52	1,037	1,279	795	642	819	446
51	994	1,223	760	587	750	410
50	954	1,171	731	536	683	381
49	918	1,120	707	490	621	356
48	883	1,071	686	449	563	332
47	850	1,022	668	412	511	308
46	818	974	652	379	466	283.7
45	786	928	635	349	428	261.3
44	755	884	619	324	397	242.9
43	724	842	601	306	373	229.9
42	695	804	581	293.2	356	223.1
41	667	770	560	285.5	343	221.7
40	639	738	538	280.9	334	224
39	613	708	515	276.8	324	226.4
38	587	680	492	270.7	314	225.8
37	562	653	470	260.6	299.8	219.4
36	538	626	449	246.2	283.2	206.8
35	515	600	429	229.1	265.5	190.4
34	493	575	410	211.7	248.1	173.2
33	471	551	392	196.3	232.9	158
32	450	527	374	184.7	221.1	146.7
31	429	504	355	176.2	212.2	139.1
30	408	481	335	170.2	205.4	134
29	386	458	314	164.7	198.9	129.7
28	363	434	291.3	158.2	191.6	124.1
27	339	410	266.7	150.1	182.7	116.8
26	314	384	241.5	140.3	172.3	107.5
25	289.1	358	217.1	130	161.5	97.7
24	264.7	331	195.1	120.2	151.1	88.5
23	241.4	304	176	112.4	142.7	81.3
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	106.7	136.2	76.3
21	198.1	249	145.6	102.4	130.6	73.4
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	98.3	124.1	71.7
19	158	194.2	121.2	92.3	114	69.9
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	83.5	99.7	66.9
17	119.5	142.6	96	72.4	82.4	62
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	60	64.7	55.2
15	85	99.4	70.2	48.6	49.4	47.7
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	39	37.6	40.4
13	58.9	68.7	49	32	29.7	34.3
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	27.3	25	29.7
11	43	50.5	35.3	24.5	22.5	26.6
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	23.2	21.8	24.6
9	37	43.9	30	23.1	22.5	23.6
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	23.9	24.3	23.5
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	25.6	27	24.2
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	28	30.2	25.6
5	67.2	79	55.4	30.9	33.8	27.9
4	95.3	110.3	80	34.3	37.6	30.8
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	38	41.3	34.5
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	42.2	45.4	39
1	343	375	310	47.1	49.8	44.3
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	1,028	1,180	871

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 82 in Suriname. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 78 in Suriname, 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 Suriname more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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