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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Switzerland

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Switzerland
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102	101.9	102
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.1	101	101.2
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.3	100.2	100.3
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.5	99.3	99.5
96	100	99.9	100	98.7	98.5	98.8
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.9	97.7	98
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.2	97	97.3
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.5	96.2	96.6
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.8	95.5	96
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.2	94.8	95.4
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.5	94.1	94.8
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	94	93.5	94.2
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.4	92.9	93.7
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.9	92.3	93.2
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.4	91.8	92.8
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91.9	91.3	92.4
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.5	90.8	92
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	91.1	90.4	91.6
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.7	90	91.3
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90.4	89.6	91
80	88.8	88	89.1	90.1	89.2	90.7
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.8	88.9	90.5
78	87.5	86.7	88	89.5	88.5	90.2
77	86.9	86	87.4	89.2	88.2	90
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	89	87.9	89.8
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	88.7	87.7	89.6
74	85.2	84	85.9	88.5	87.4	89.4
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	88.3	87.1	89.3
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	88.1	86.9	89.1
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	87.9	86.6	88.9
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	87.7	86.4	88.8
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	87.5	86.2	88.7
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	87.3	86	88.5
67	81.6	80	82.8	87.2	85.8	88.4
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	87	85.6	88.3
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	86.9	85.4	88.1
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	86.7	85.3	88
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	86.6	85.1	87.9
62	79.4	77.4	81	86.5	85	87.8
61	79	76.9	80.7	86.3	84.8	87.8
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	86.2	84.7	87.7
59	78.3	76	80.1	86.1	84.6	87.6
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	86	84.5	87.5
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	85.9	84.4	87.4
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	85.9	84.3	87.4
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	85.8	84.2	87.3
54	76.5	74	78.7	85.7	84.1	87.3
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	85.6	84	87.2
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	85.6	83.9	87.2
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	85.5	83.8	87.1
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	85.5	83.8	87.1
49	75	72.2	77.4	85.4	83.7	87
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	85.4	83.7	87
47	74.4	71.6	77	85.3	83.6	87
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	85.3	83.6	86.9
45	73.9	71	76.5	85.2	83.5	86.9
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	85.2	83.5	86.9
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	85.2	83.5	86.8
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	85.2	83.4	86.8
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	85.1	83.4	86.8
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	85.1	83.4	86.8
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	85.1	83.3	86.8
38	72.2	69.2	75	85.1	83.3	86.7
37	72	68.9	74.8	85	83.3	86.7
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	85	83.3	86.7
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	85	83.2	86.7
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	85	83.2	86.7
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	85	83.2	86.7
32	71	67.9	73.9	84.9	83.2	86.7
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	84.9	83.1	86.7
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	84.9	83.1	86.6
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	84.9	83.1	86.6
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	84.9	83.1	86.6
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	84.9	83.1	86.6
26	70	66.8	73.1	84.9	83	86.6
25	69.9	66.6	73	84.8	83	86.6
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	84.8	83	86.6
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	84.8	83	86.6
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	84.8	83	86.6
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	84.8	82.9	86.6
20	69.3	66	72.6	84.8	82.9	86.6
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	84.7	82.9	86.5
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	84.7	82.9	86.5
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	84.7	82.8	86.5
16	69	65.7	72.3	84.7	82.8	86.5
15	69	65.6	72.3	84.7	82.8	86.5
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	84.7	82.8	86.5
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.7	82.8	86.5
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.7	82.8	86.5
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	84.7	82.8	86.5
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	84.7	82.8	86.5
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.7	82.8	86.5
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.7	82.8	86.5
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	84.7	82.8	86.5
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	84.7	82.8	86.5
5	68.7	65.3	72	84.7	82.8	86.5
4	68.6	65.2	72	84.7	82.8	86.5
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	84.6	82.8	86.5
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	84.6	82.8	86.5
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	84.6	82.7	86.4
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	84.4	82.5	86.2

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 84.9 in Switzerland, rising to 80.7 and 86.9 at 65, and to 88.8 and 90.1 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 84.4 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Switzerland

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Switzerland
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	2.59%	1.52%	3.5%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	3.94%	2.39%	5.27%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	5.76%	3.62%	7.62%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	8.1%	5.27%	10.6%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	11%	7.39%	14.2%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	14.4%	9.99%	18.3%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	18.3%	13.1%	23%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	22.6%	16.6%	28.1%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	27.2%	20.7%	33.3%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	32.1%	25%	38.6%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	37%	29.6%	43.9%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	41.8%	34.3%	49%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	46.6%	38.9%	53.9%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	51.1%	43.5%	58.5%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	55.4%	47.9%	62.6%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	59.3%	52.1%	66.4%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	63%	56%	69.8%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	66.3%	59.6%	72.8%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	69.3%	62.9%	75.5%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	72%	66%	77.9%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	74.4%	68.8%	79.9%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	76.6%	71.3%	81.8%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	78.5%	73.6%	83.4%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	80.3%	75.7%	84.9%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	81.9%	77.6%	86.2%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	83.4%	79.4%	87.4%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	84.7%	81.1%	88.5%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	86%	82.6%	89.5%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	87.2%	84%	90.4%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	88.2%	85.3%	91.2%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	89.2%	86.5%	91.9%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	90.1%	87.6%	92.6%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	90.9%	88.6%	93.2%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	91.7%	89.6%	93.8%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	92.4%	90.5%	94.3%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	93%	91.3%	94.8%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	93.6%	92.1%	95.2%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	94.2%	92.7%	95.6%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	94.7%	93.4%	96%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	95.1%	93.9%	96.3%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	95.5%	94.4%	96.6%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	95.9%	94.9%	96.9%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	96.2%	95.3%	97.1%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	96.5%	95.7%	97.4%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	96.8%	96%	97.6%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	97%	96.3%	97.8%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	97.3%	96.6%	97.9%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	97.5%	96.9%	98.1%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	97.7%	97.1%	98.2%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	97.8%	97.3%	98.4%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	98%	97.5%	98.5%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	98.2%	97.8%	98.7%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	98.3%	97.9%	98.8%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	98.4%	98.1%	98.8%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	98.5%	98.2%	98.9%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	98.6%	98.3%	99%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	98.7%	98.4%	99%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	99%	98.7%	99.2%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	99%	98.8%	99.3%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	99.1%	98.8%	99.3%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	99.3%	99.1%	99.4%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	99.3%	99.1%	99.5%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99.3%	99.2%	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%	99.5%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 95.5% in Switzerland are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 89.2% past 70, 30.2% and 74.4% past 80, and only 11.3% and 37% 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

Switzerland

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Switzerland
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	37%	39.1%	36.3%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	34.3%	36.4%	33.7%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	31.6%	33.9%	30.8%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	28.9%	31.4%	28%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	26.2%	28.7%	25.3%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	23.7%	26%	22.7%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	21.3%	23.6%	20.3%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	19.1%	21.4%	18%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	17%	19.5%	15.8%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	15.1%	17.5%	13.8%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	13.3%	15.5%	12%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	11.6%	13.6%	10.5%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10.2%	11.9%	9.08%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	8.86%	10.5%	7.78%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	7.67%	9.2%	6.62%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	6.66%	8.02%	5.68%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	5.78%	6.96%	4.88%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	5%	6.05%	4.18%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	4.31%	5.27%	3.56%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	3.75%	4.64%	3.02%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	3.26%	4.07%	2.58%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	2.84%	3.56%	2.24%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	2.49%	3.12%	1.96%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	2.2%	2.76%	1.73%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	1.97%	2.47%	1.53%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	1.78%	2.24%	1.37%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	1.61%	2.05%	1.22%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	1.46%	1.87%	1.1%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.33%	1.7%	1%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.2%	1.53%	0.9%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.08%	1.37%	0.8%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	0.97%	1.24%	0.72%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	0.9%	1.16%	0.65%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	0.84%	1.08%	0.61%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	0.77%	0.98%	0.57%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.71%	0.89%	0.53%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.64%	0.82%	0.46%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.57%	0.74%	0.41%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.52%	0.66%	0.37%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.47%	0.6%	0.34%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.43%	0.54%	0.31%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.38%	0.47%	0.29%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.34%	0.42%	0.26%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.31%	0.39%	0.23%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.29%	0.36%	0.21%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.26%	0.33%	0.2%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.16%	0.19%	0.12%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.14%	0.17%	0.11%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.1%	0.13%	0.08%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.09%	0.12%	0.07%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.04%	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%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.03%	0.04%	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%	0.02%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.03%	0.04%	0.01%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.02%	0.04%	0.008%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.02%	0.04%	0.009%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%
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%	0.008%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.007%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.007%	0.008%	0.007%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.006%	0.006%	0.006%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.006%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.004%	0.005%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.005%	0.006%	0.004%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.006%	0.007%	0.004%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.007%	0.008%	0.005%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.008%	0.008%	0.007%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.3%	0.32%	0.28%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.3% in Switzerland, 0.44% vs 0.03% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.43% at 60, and 6.96% vs 3.26% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Switzerland

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Switzerland

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Switzerland
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	811	392	1,166
99	475	280.8	655	1,351	871	1,775
98	572	340	787	1,820	1,226	2,350
97	677	406	928	2,344	1,656	2,970
96	789	478	1,077	2,881	2,120	3,585
95	909	558	1,236	3,402	2,594	4,160
94	1,031	642	1,393	3,893	3,081	4,667
93	1,148	729	1,540	4,317	3,568	5,050
92	1,257	818	1,670	4,634	4,025	5,255
91	1,363	912	1,794	4,836	4,388	5,312
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	4,910	4,590	5,271
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	4,875	4,659	5,136
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	4,748	4,648	4,894
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	4,529	4,563	4,549
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	4,245	4,408	4,146
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,949	4,181	3,771
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,638	3,899	3,407
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,312	3,604	3,047
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	2,988	3,315	2,686
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	2,697	3,059	2,351
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,424	2,802	2,060
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,175	2,539	1,829
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	1,958	2,296	1,639
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	1,770	2,088	1,469
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	1,613	1,919	1,321
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,482	1,780	1,195
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,364	1,658	1,083
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,260	1,546	986
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,160	1,430	899
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,061	1,310	818
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	962	1,187	736
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	877	1,088	663
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	819	1,026	607
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	770	968	568
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	715	888	539
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	657	812	500
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	598	752	439
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	540	684	391
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	490	619	356
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	449	566	326
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	409	512	301
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	366	450	278.7
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	328	400	254.4
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	299.8	371	227
56	1,242	1,519	978	277.6	348	205.6
55	1,190	1,459	929	257.1	318	194.8
54	1,137	1,397	881	233.1	284.3	180.9
53	1,085	1,337	835	205.5	252.9	157.2
52	1,037	1,279	795	182.7	227.9	136.6
51	994	1,223	760	166.4	207.7	124.2
50	954	1,171	731	153.6	188.4	118.4
49	918	1,120	707	139.6	168.2	110.6
48	883	1,071	686	122.7	148.4	96.4
47	850	1,022	668	107.9	132.7	82.6
46	818	974	652	99.2	123.3	74.6
45	786	928	635	92.2	114.1	69.7
44	755	884	619	83.3	101.5	64.7
43	724	842	601	74.9	91.8	57.5
42	695	804	581	67.9	86.6	48.7
41	667	770	560	59.7	75.9	43.1
40	639	738	538	53.2	67.1	39
39	613	708	515	49.9	65.1	34.3
38	587	680	492	47.4	62.9	31.4
37	562	653	470	43.3	54.8	31.6
36	538	626	449	39.3	47.2	31.1
35	515	600	429	36.1	44.5	27.4
34	493	575	410	34.4	44.5	23.9
33	471	551	392	33.9	44.3	23.1
32	450	527	374	32.3	41.8	22.5
31	429	504	355	29.2	37.4	20.6
30	408	481	335	28.2	35.8	20.2
29	386	458	314	27.8	36.1	19.1
28	363	434	291.3	26.1	36.1	15.4
27	339	410	266.7	25	36.6	12.6
26	314	384	241.5	26	38.4	12.5
25	289.1	358	217.1	27.5	39.6	14.5
24	264.7	331	195.1	28	38.3	17
23	241.4	304	176	27.1	37.2	16.4
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	25.4	38.5	11.5
21	198.1	249	145.6	24.5	39.8	8.4
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	24	38.2	8.96
19	158	194.2	121.2	23.5	34.5	11.8
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	21.7	29.1	13.8
17	119.5	142.6	96	17	22.5	11.2
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	12.5	16.6	8.23
15	85	99.4	70.2	10.1	12.7	7.44
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	8.64	9.9	7.31
13	58.9	68.7	49	7.36	7.93	6.76
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	6.05	6.11	5.98
11	43	50.5	35.3	5.04	4.6	5.51
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	4.54	4.09	5.02
9	37	43.9	30	4.56	4.64	4.48
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	4.69	4.68	4.71
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	4.74	4.51	4.98
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	4.82	5.05	4.58
5	67.2	79	55.4	5.21	6.16	4.2
4	95.3	110.3	80	5.93	7.31	4.48
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	6.53	7.74	5.26
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	7.66	8.22	7.07
1	343	375	310	22.5	22.6	22.4
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	303	322	283.2

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 Switzerland. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 87.2 in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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