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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sweden

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Sweden
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102	101.8	102
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.1	100.9	101.2
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.3	100.1	100.4
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.5	99.2	99.6
96	100	99.9	100	98.7	98.4	98.8
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.9	97.6	98
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.2	96.8	97.3
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.4	96.1	96.6
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.7	95.3	96
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.1	94.6	95.3
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.4	94	94.7
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	93.8	93.3	94.1
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.3	92.7	93.6
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.7	92.1	93.1
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.2	91.6	92.6
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91.7	91	92.2
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.3	90.6	91.8
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	90.8	90.1	91.4
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.4	89.7	91
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90	89.2	90.7
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.7	88.9	90.4
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.4	88.5	90.1
78	87.5	86.7	88	89.1	88.1	89.9
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.8	87.8	89.6
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	88.5	87.5	89.4
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	88.2	87.2	89.1
74	85.2	84	85.9	88	87	88.9
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	87.8	86.7	88.7
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	87.5	86.5	88.5
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	87.3	86.2	88.4
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	87.1	86	88.2
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	86.9	85.8	88
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	86.8	85.6	87.9
67	81.6	80	82.8	86.6	85.4	87.7
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	86.4	85.2	87.6
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	86.3	85	87.5
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	86.1	84.8	87.3
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	86	84.7	87.2
62	79.4	77.4	81	85.8	84.5	87.1
61	79	76.9	80.7	85.7	84.4	87
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	85.6	84.3	86.9
59	78.3	76	80.1	85.5	84.2	86.8
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	85.4	84.1	86.8
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	85.3	84	86.7
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	85.2	83.9	86.6
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	85.2	83.8	86.5
54	76.5	74	78.7	85.1	83.7	86.5
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	85	83.6	86.4
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	85	83.5	86.4
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	84.9	83.5	86.3
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	84.9	83.4	86.3
49	75	72.2	77.4	84.8	83.4	86.3
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	84.8	83.3	86.2
47	74.4	71.6	77	84.7	83.3	86.2
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	84.7	83.2	86.2
45	73.9	71	76.5	84.7	83.2	86.1
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	84.6	83.1	86.1
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	84.6	83.1	86.1
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	84.6	83.1	86.1
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	84.5	83	86
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	84.5	83	86
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	84.5	83	86
38	72.2	69.2	75	84.5	82.9	86
37	72	68.9	74.8	84.4	82.9	86
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	84.4	82.9	85.9
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	84.4	82.8	85.9
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	84.4	82.8	85.9
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	84.3	82.8	85.9
32	71	67.9	73.9	84.3	82.7	85.9
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	84.3	82.7	85.9
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	84.3	82.7	85.8
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	84.2	82.7	85.8
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	84.2	82.6	85.8
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	84.2	82.6	85.8
26	70	66.8	73.1	84.2	82.5	85.8
25	69.9	66.6	73	84.1	82.5	85.8
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	84.1	82.5	85.8
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	84.1	82.4	85.7
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	84.1	82.4	85.7
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	84	82.4	85.7
20	69.3	66	72.6	84	82.3	85.7
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	84	82.3	85.7
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	84	82.3	85.7
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	84	82.3	85.7
16	69	65.7	72.3	84	82.3	85.7
15	69	65.6	72.3	84	82.3	85.7
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	83.9	82.3	85.7
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	83.9	82.3	85.7
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	83.9	82.3	85.7
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	83.9	82.2	85.7
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	83.9	82.2	85.6
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	83.9	82.2	85.6
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	83.9	82.2	85.6
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	83.9	82.2	85.6
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	83.9	82.2	85.6
5	68.7	65.3	72	83.9	82.2	85.6
4	68.6	65.2	72	83.9	82.2	85.6
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	83.9	82.2	85.6
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	83.9	82.2	85.6
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	83.9	82.2	85.6
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	83.7	82	85.5

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 84.3 in Sweden, rising to 80.7 and 86.3 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.7 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 83.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sweden

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Sweden
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	2.24%	1.17%	3.18%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	3.41%	1.89%	4.77%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	4.99%	2.92%	6.87%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	7.04%	4.33%	9.53%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	9.59%	6.2%	12.8%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	12.7%	8.56%	16.5%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	16.2%	11.4%	20.8%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	20.2%	14.8%	25.4%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	24.5%	18.6%	30.3%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	29.1%	22.8%	35.3%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	33.8%	27.3%	40.4%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	38.6%	31.9%	45.4%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	43.3%	36.5%	50.1%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	47.8%	41.1%	54.6%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	52.1%	45.6%	58.7%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	56.2%	49.9%	62.6%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	60%	54%	66.1%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	63.5%	57.8%	69.3%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	66.7%	61.3%	72.2%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	69.6%	64.5%	74.8%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	72.3%	67.5%	77.2%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	74.7%	70.3%	79.3%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	76.9%	72.7%	81.1%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	78.9%	75%	82.8%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	82.3%	79%	85.7%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	83.8%	80.7%	87%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	85.2%	82.3%	88.2%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	86.4%	83.8%	89.2%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	87.6%	85.1%	90.2%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	88.6%	86.3%	91%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	89.6%	87.5%	91.8%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	90.5%	88.5%	92.5%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	91.3%	89.5%	93.2%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	92.1%	90.4%	93.8%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	92.7%	91.2%	94.4%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	93.4%	92%	94.9%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	93.9%	92.6%	95.3%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	94.5%	93.3%	95.7%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	94.9%	93.8%	96.1%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	95.4%	94.3%	96.5%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	95.7%	94.7%	96.8%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	96.1%	95.1%	97%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	96.4%	95.5%	97.3%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	96.6%	95.8%	97.5%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	96.9%	96.1%	97.7%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	97.1%	96.4%	97.9%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	97.3%	96.7%	98%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	97.5%	96.9%	98.2%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	97.7%	97.1%	98.3%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	97.8%	97.2%	98.4%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	97.9%	97.4%	98.5%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	98.1%	97.5%	98.6%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	98.2%	97.7%	98.7%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	98.3%	97.8%	98.8%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	98.4%	98%	98.9%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	98.5%	98.1%	99%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	98.6%	98.2%	99%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	98.7%	98.3%	99.1%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	98.8%	98.4%	99.2%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	98.8%	98.5%	99.2%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	98.9%	98.5%	99.2%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	98.9%	98.6%	99.3%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	99%	98.7%	99.3%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	99%	98.7%	99.3%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	99.1%	98.8%	99.4%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	99.1%	98.9%	99.4%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	99.2%	98.9%	99.4%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	99.2%	99%	99.5%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	99.3%	99.2%	99.5%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	99.4%	99.2%	99.6%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99.4%	99.3%	99.6%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.5%	99.4%	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%	99.6%	99.7%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.8%	99.8%	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 95.4% in Sweden are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 88.6% past 70, 30.2% and 72.3% past 80, and only 11.3% and 33.8% 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

Sweden

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Sweden
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	36.8%	40.5%	35.9%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	34.3%	37.9%	33.3%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	31.7%	35.3%	30.6%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	29.1%	32.7%	27.9%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	26.6%	30.1%	25.3%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	24.2%	27.6%	22.8%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	21.9%	25.1%	20.4%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	19.7%	22.7%	18.2%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	17.7%	20.5%	16.2%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	15.8%	18.4%	14.3%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	14%	16.4%	12.5%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	12.3%	14.5%	10.9%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10.8%	12.7%	9.45%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	9.46%	11.2%	8.19%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.28%	9.83%	7.1%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	7.24%	8.61%	6.16%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	6.33%	7.52%	5.34%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	5.52%	6.57%	4.64%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	4.82%	5.74%	4.02%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	4.21%	5.03%	3.48%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	3.68%	4.42%	3.02%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	3.23%	3.89%	2.64%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	2.84%	3.43%	2.31%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	2.51%	3.03%	2.03%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.23%	2.69%	1.81%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	1.99%	2.39%	1.62%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	1.79%	2.14%	1.46%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	1.61%	1.93%	1.31%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.46%	1.74%	1.18%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.31%	1.58%	1.06%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.19%	1.43%	0.95%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.08%	1.3%	0.86%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	0.98%	1.19%	0.78%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	0.89%	1.09%	0.7%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	0.82%	0.99%	0.64%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.74%	0.9%	0.58%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.67%	0.82%	0.53%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.61%	0.73%	0.48%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.55%	0.66%	0.44%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.49%	0.59%	0.4%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.39%	0.47%	0.32%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.32%	0.38%	0.25%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.29%	0.35%	0.22%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.26%	0.32%	0.2%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.21%	0.25%	0.16%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.19%	0.22%	0.15%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.17%	0.2%	0.13%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.14%	0.16%	0.11%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%
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%	0.09%	0.05%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.05%	0.06%	0.02%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.05%	0.06%	0.02%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.04%	0.06%	0.02%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.005%	0.004%	0.005%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.004%	0.003%	0.004%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.004%	0.004%	0.004%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.007%	0.008%	0.007%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.17%	0.19%	0.16%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.17% in Sweden, 0.44% vs 0.05% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.44% at 60, and 6.96% vs 3.68% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Sweden

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Sweden

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Sweden
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	655	238.1	1,023
99	475	280.8	655	1,169	714	1,588
98	572	340	787	1,582	1,030	2,102
97	677	406	928	2,051	1,418	2,660
96	789	478	1,077	2,554	1,869	3,229
95	909	558	1,236	3,064	2,362	3,770
94	1,031	642	1,393	3,550	2,872	4,248
93	1,148	729	1,540	3,977	3,362	4,625
92	1,257	818	1,670	4,330	3,811	4,899
91	1,363	912	1,794	4,592	4,187	5,048
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	4,739	4,462	5,064
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	4,754	4,613	4,947
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	4,671	4,655	4,735
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	4,521	4,611	4,469
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	4,316	4,485	4,167
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	4,070	4,297	3,853
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,796	4,059	3,532
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,506	3,794	3,215
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,212	3,517	2,904
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	2,930	3,245	2,606
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,662	2,984	2,333
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,413	2,734	2,089
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,185	2,496	1,873
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	1,977	2,272	1,683
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	1,799	2,072	1,524
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,640	1,890	1,388
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,498	1,727	1,267
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,373	1,585	1,159
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,258	1,458	1,056
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,151	1,341	958
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,054	1,236	869
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	968	1,140	790
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	886	1,051	718
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	816	972	655
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	750	897	599
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	688	824	548
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	628	750	501
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	572	681	459
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	521	617	421
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	468	552	381
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	420	494	343
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	377	443	307
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	338	400	274.2
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	306	365	245.3
56	1,242	1,519	978	277	333	218.9
55	1,190	1,459	929	249.8	303	194.6
54	1,137	1,397	881	224.5	273.4	173.5
53	1,085	1,337	835	201.7	244.9	156.9
52	1,037	1,279	795	180.9	217.1	143.1
51	994	1,223	760	163.2	193.3	131.7
50	954	1,171	731	147.3	172.7	120.6
49	918	1,120	707	132.7	154.8	109.4
48	883	1,071	686	118.8	138.6	98.1
47	850	1,022	668	106.4	124.9	87
46	818	974	652	95.9	114.2	76.6
45	786	928	635	87.3	105.6	68
44	755	884	619	80.8	98.8	61.6
43	724	842	601	75.6	93.3	56.5
42	695	804	581	71.1	88.9	52.1
41	667	770	560	67.2	85	48
40	639	738	538	62.5	80.1	43.7
39	613	708	515	58.2	75.5	40
38	587	680	492	54.3	71.1	36.6
37	562	653	470	52.4	69.2	34.6
36	538	626	449	50.9	67.5	33.2
35	515	600	429	49.5	65.8	32.2
34	493	575	410	48.5	64.4	31.7
33	471	551	392	47.5	63	31.1
32	450	527	374	46.9	62.2	30.6
31	429	504	355	45.8	61.3	29.3
30	408	481	335	44.9	61.1	27.6
29	386	458	314	44.7	62	26.2
28	363	434	291.3	45.2	63.3	25.2
27	339	410	266.7	45.6	63.9	24.1
26	314	384	241.5	45.4	64.3	23.2
25	289.1	358	217.1	44.3	63.8	22.7
24	264.7	331	195.1	42.6	61.4	22.3
23	241.4	304	176	40.4	57.8	21.8
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	38.6	55	21.2
21	198.1	249	145.6	36.4	51.5	20.4
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	33.2	46.4	19.2
19	158	194.2	121.2	28.4	38.9	17.1
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	22.6	30.3	14.4
17	119.5	142.6	96	17.5	22.6	12
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	13.2	16.2	9.92
15	85	99.4	70.2	10.4	12.1	8.48
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	8.51	9.5	7.46
13	58.9	68.7	49	6.83	7.38	6.24
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	5.47	5.67	5.26
11	43	50.5	35.3	4.53	4.35	4.73
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	3.91	3.47	4.37
9	37	43.9	30	3.6	3.1	4.13
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	3.62	3.17	4.1
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	3.84	3.57	4.12
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	4.18	4.24	4.11
5	67.2	79	55.4	4.67	5.03	4.28
4	95.3	110.3	80	5.46	5.91	4.99
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	7.39	7.79	6.96
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	12.9	13.3	12.5
1	343	375	310	29.9	30.7	29.2
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	173.3	188.4	157.3

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 89 in Sweden. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 86.5 in Sweden, 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 Sweden more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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