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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Syria

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Syria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	101.8	101.6	101.8
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	100.8	100.6	100.9
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	99.9	99.7	100
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99	98.8	99.1
96	100	99.9	100	98.1	97.9	98.2
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.3	97	97.4
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	96.4	96.1	96.6
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	95.6	95.3	95.8
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	94.8	94.4	95
91	96.1	96	96.2	94	93.6	94.2
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	93.3	92.8	93.5
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	92.5	92	92.7
88	94	93.7	94.1	91.8	91.3	92
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	91	90.5	91.3
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	90.3	89.8	90.6
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	89.6	89.1	90
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	89	88.4	89.3
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	88.3	87.8	88.7
82	90	89.4	90.3	87.7	87.1	88.1
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	87.1	86.5	87.6
80	88.8	88	89.1	86.5	85.9	87
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	86	85.3	86.5
78	87.5	86.7	88	85.5	84.7	86
77	86.9	86	87.4	85	84.2	85.6
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	84.5	83.7	85.1
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	84	83.2	84.7
74	85.2	84	85.9	83.6	82.7	84.3
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	83.2	82.2	84
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	82.8	81.8	83.6
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	82.4	81.3	83.3
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	82	80.9	82.9
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	81.6	80.5	82.6
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	81.3	80.1	82.4
67	81.6	80	82.8	81	79.8	82.1
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	80.7	79.4	81.9
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	80.4	79.1	81.6
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	80.2	78.8	81.4
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	79.9	78.5	81.2
62	79.4	77.4	81	79.7	78.2	81
61	79	76.9	80.7	79.4	77.9	80.8
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	79.2	77.7	80.7
59	78.3	76	80.1	79	77.4	80.5
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	78.8	77.2	80.3
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	78.6	77	80.2
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	78.5	76.7	80.1
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	78.3	76.6	79.9
54	76.5	74	78.7	78.1	76.4	79.8
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	78	76.2	79.7
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	77.8	76	79.6
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	77.7	75.9	79.5
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	77.6	75.7	79.4
49	75	72.2	77.4	77.5	75.6	79.3
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	77.4	75.5	79.2
47	74.4	71.6	77	77.2	75.4	79.1
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	77.1	75.2	79
45	73.9	71	76.5	77.1	75.1	78.9
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	77	75	78.8
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	76.9	74.9	78.7
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	76.8	74.9	78.7
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	76.7	74.8	78.6
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	76.6	74.7	78.6
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	76.6	74.6	78.5
38	72.2	69.2	75	76.5	74.5	78.4
37	72	68.9	74.8	76.4	74.5	78.4
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	76.4	74.4	78.3
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	76.3	74.3	78.3
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	76.3	74.2	78.2
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	76.2	74.2	78.2
32	71	67.9	73.9	76.1	74.1	78.1
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	76.1	74	78.1
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	76	73.9	78
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	75.9	73.9	78
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	75.9	73.8	77.9
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	75.8	73.7	77.9
26	70	66.8	73.1	75.8	73.6	77.9
25	69.9	66.6	73	75.7	73.5	77.8
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	75.6	73.4	77.8
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	75.6	73.4	77.7
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	75.5	73.3	77.7
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	75.4	73.2	77.6
20	69.3	66	72.6	75.4	73.1	77.6
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	75.3	73	77.6
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	75.3	73	77.5
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	75.2	72.9	77.5
16	69	65.7	72.3	75.2	72.8	77.5
15	69	65.6	72.3	75.1	72.8	77.4
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	75.1	72.8	77.4
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	75.1	72.7	77.4
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	75	72.7	77.4
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	75	72.7	77.3
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	75	72.6	77.3
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.9	72.6	77.3
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.9	72.6	77.2
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.9	72.5	77.2
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	74.8	72.5	77.2
5	68.7	65.3	72	74.8	72.4	77.1
4	68.6	65.2	72	74.7	72.4	77.1
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	74.7	72.3	77
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	74.6	72.2	76.9
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	74.4	72.1	76.8
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	73.4	71	75.9

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 Syria, rising to 80.7 and 80.4 at 65, and to 88.8 and 86.5 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 73.4 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Syria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Syria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	0.2%	0.07%	0.34%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	0.34%	0.12%	0.58%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	0.57%	0.21%	0.94%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	0.91%	0.36%	1.47%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	1.39%	0.6%	2.21%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	2.06%	0.95%	3.21%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	2.95%	1.46%	4.48%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	4.1%	2.18%	6.07%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	5.52%	3.13%	7.97%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	7.24%	4.37%	10.2%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	9.28%	5.89%	12.8%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	11.6%	7.72%	15.6%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	14.3%	9.84%	18.8%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	17.2%	12.2%	22.3%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	20.3%	14.9%	26%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	23.7%	17.7%	29.8%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	27.2%	20.8%	33.8%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	30.9%	24.1%	37.8%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	34.6%	27.4%	41.8%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	38.3%	30.9%	45.7%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	41.9%	34.4%	49.5%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	45.5%	37.8%	53.1%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	48.9%	41.2%	56.5%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	52.2%	44.6%	59.7%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	55.3%	47.8%	62.7%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	58.3%	50.9%	65.5%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	61.1%	53.9%	68.1%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	63.8%	56.9%	70.5%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	66.3%	59.6%	72.8%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	68.7%	62.3%	74.9%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	70.9%	64.8%	76.8%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	72.9%	67.1%	78.5%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	74.8%	69.3%	80.1%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	76.5%	71.4%	81.6%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	78.1%	73.3%	82.9%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	79.6%	75%	84.1%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	80.9%	76.7%	85.1%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	82.2%	78.2%	86.1%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	83.3%	79.6%	87%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	84.4%	81%	87.8%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	85.4%	82.2%	88.5%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	86.3%	83.3%	89.2%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	87.1%	84.4%	89.9%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	87.9%	85.4%	90.4%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	88.6%	86.2%	91%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	89.2%	87%	91.5%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	89.8%	87.8%	91.9%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	90.4%	88.4%	92.4%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	90.9%	89%	92.7%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	91.3%	89.6%	93.1%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	91.8%	90.1%	93.5%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	92.1%	90.6%	93.8%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	92.5%	91%	94.1%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	92.8%	91.4%	94.3%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	93.1%	91.8%	94.6%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	93.4%	92.1%	94.8%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	93.7%	92.4%	95%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	93.9%	92.7%	95.2%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	94.1%	92.9%	95.4%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	94.3%	93.2%	95.6%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	94.5%	93.4%	95.7%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	94.7%	93.6%	95.9%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	94.9%	93.8%	96%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	95%	94%	96.1%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	95.2%	94.2%	96.3%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	95.3%	94.4%	96.4%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	95.5%	94.5%	96.5%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	95.6%	94.7%	96.6%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	95.8%	94.9%	96.7%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	95.9%	95%	96.8%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	96%	95.2%	96.9%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	96.2%	95.4%	97%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	96.3%	95.5%	97.1%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	96.4%	95.7%	97.2%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	96.5%	95.9%	97.2%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	96.7%	96%	97.3%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	96.8%	96.2%	97.4%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	96.9%	96.4%	97.5%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	97%	96.5%	97.5%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	97.1%	96.7%	97.6%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	97.3%	96.9%	97.7%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	97.4%	97%	97.7%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	97.4%	97.1%	97.8%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.9%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	97.6%	97.3%	97.9%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	97.7%	97.4%	98%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	97.7%	97.4%	98%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	97.8%	97.5%	98%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.8%	97.5%	98.1%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.9%	97.6%	98.2%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.9%	97.7%	98.2%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	98%	97.7%	98.2%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	98%	97.8%	98.3%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	98.1%	97.8%	98.4%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	98.2%	97.9%	98.4%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	98.2%	98%	98.5%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	98.3%	98.1%	98.6%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 85.4% in Syria are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 70.9% past 70, 30.2% and 41.9% past 80, and only 11.3% and 9.28% 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

Syria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Syria
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	44.1%	48%	43.2%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	41.7%	45.9%	40.7%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	39.5%	43.6%	38.4%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	37.2%	41.4%	36%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	34.9%	39.2%	33.5%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	32.5%	37%	31%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	30.2%	34.9%	28.5%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	27.9%	32.8%	26.1%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	25.8%	30.5%	23.9%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	23.8%	28.2%	21.9%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	21.9%	25.9%	20.1%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	20.1%	23.7%	18.4%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	18.5%	21.5%	16.9%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	17%	19.5%	15.5%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	15.6%	17.8%	14.2%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	14.2%	16.2%	12.9%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	13%	14.8%	11.8%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	11.8%	13.5%	10.6%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	10.7%	12.3%	9.54%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	9.66%	11.2%	8.53%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	8.7%	10.1%	7.6%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	7.81%	9.13%	6.76%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	7.01%	8.25%	6.01%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	6.28%	7.46%	5.35%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	5.64%	6.77%	4.78%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	5.1%	6.15%	4.28%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	4.62%	5.61%	3.85%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	4.19%	5.11%	3.46%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	3.8%	4.66%	3.11%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	3.44%	4.24%	2.79%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	3.11%	3.85%	2.49%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.8%	3.5%	2.23%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	2.52%	3.17%	1.98%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	2.27%	2.87%	1.76%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	2.05%	2.6%	1.57%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.84%	2.36%	1.4%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.67%	2.15%	1.26%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.51%	1.96%	1.13%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.38%	1.79%	1.02%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.26%	1.63%	0.92%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	1.15%	1.5%	0.84%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	1.05%	1.37%	0.77%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.96%	1.25%	0.7%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.88%	1.13%	0.65%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.8%	1.02%	0.59%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.72%	0.92%	0.54%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.66%	0.83%	0.5%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.6%	0.75%	0.46%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.55%	0.68%	0.42%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.5%	0.62%	0.39%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.46%	0.57%	0.36%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.42%	0.52%	0.34%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.33%	0.39%	0.26%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.27%	0.33%	0.22%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.25%	0.3%	0.2%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.23%	0.28%	0.19%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.22%	0.26%	0.18%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.2%	0.24%	0.16%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.19%	0.23%	0.15%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.17%	0.2%	0.14%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.16%	0.19%	0.12%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.15%	0.18%	0.12%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.15%	0.18%	0.11%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.14%	0.17%	0.1%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.14%	0.17%	0.1%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.13%	0.17%	0.08%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.13%	0.17%	0.08%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.13%	0.18%	0.07%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.11%	0.16%	0.07%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.1%	0.14%	0.06%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.09%	0.12%	0.06%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.06%	0.07%	0.06%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.1%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.14%	0.15%	0.13%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.19%	0.2%	0.18%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	1.33%	1.53%	1.11%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 1.33% in Syria, 0.44% vs 0.14% at age 30, 2.08% vs 1.15% at 60, and 6.96% vs 8.7% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Syria

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Syria

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Syria
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	0	0	3.52
99	475	280.8	655	143.4	55.2	235.6
98	572	340	787	224.7	93.2	361
97	677	406	928	337	150.8	530
96	789	478	1,077	485	234.9	742
95	909	558	1,236	670	353	993
94	1,031	642	1,393	891	511	1,278
93	1,148	729	1,540	1,144	713	1,584
92	1,257	818	1,670	1,424	957	1,904
91	1,363	912	1,794	1,724	1,233	2,231
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	2,034	1,528	2,560
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	2,341	1,826	2,881
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	2,636	2,116	3,186
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	2,914	2,389	3,460
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,166	2,644	3,691
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,372	2,876	3,865
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,530	3,080	3,975
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,645	3,249	4,016
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,701	3,374	3,990
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,699	3,449	3,902
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,646	3,474	3,763
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	3,551	3,454	3,589
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	3,431	3,401	3,395
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	3,279	3,325	3,193
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	3,118	3,235	2,994
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,971	3,134	2,802
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,823	3,025	2,620
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,673	2,907	2,443
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,519	2,779	2,266
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	2,361	2,640	2,089
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	2,201	2,495	1,915
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	2,042	2,346	1,748
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,887	2,197	1,588
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,738	2,050	1,439
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,598	1,908	1,303
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,468	1,772	1,179
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,350	1,646	1,069
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,243	1,529	971
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,147	1,422	886
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	1,061	1,323	811
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	982	1,229	745
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	908	1,140	686
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	838	1,053	633
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	771	967	584
56	1,242	1,519	978	707	884	538
55	1,190	1,459	929	647	804	497
54	1,137	1,397	881	592	730	459
53	1,085	1,337	835	542	664	424
52	1,037	1,279	795	498	606	393
51	994	1,223	760	459	555	365
50	954	1,171	731	423	510	339
49	918	1,120	707	391	469	315
48	883	1,071	686	361	431	292.4
47	850	1,022	668	332	395	270.2
46	818	974	652	305	362	249.1
45	786	928	635	279.4	330	229.3
44	755	884	619	256.4	302	211.1
43	724	842	601	236	277.3	194.8
42	695	804	581	218.3	256	180.6
41	667	770	560	203.2	238.1	168
40	639	738	538	190.4	223.3	157
39	613	708	515	179.6	211.1	147.3
38	587	680	492	170.4	201	138.6
37	562	653	470	162.5	192.7	130.8
36	538	626	449	155.7	185.7	123.9
35	515	600	429	149.7	179.8	117.6
34	493	575	410	144.4	174.9	111.8
33	471	551	392	139.8	170.7	106.7
32	450	527	374	135.8	167.4	102.1
31	429	504	355	132.6	165.2	98
30	408	481	335	130.2	164.3	94.3
29	386	458	314	128.4	164.1	90.9
28	363	434	291.3	127	164.6	87.8
27	339	410	266.7	125.8	165.1	85
26	314	384	241.5	124.8	165.9	82.3
25	289.1	358	217.1	124.2	167.2	79.7
24	264.7	331	195.1	123.6	168.6	77
23	241.4	304	176	122.8	169.6	74.4
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	121.6	169.7	71.7
21	198.1	249	145.6	117.8	164.8	68.9
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	110.3	152.9	65.8
19	158	194.2	121.2	100.2	136.3	62.4
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	89.1	118.1	58.8
17	119.5	142.6	96	78.9	101.5	55
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	69.6	87.1	51.3
15	85	99.4	70.2	61	73.4	47.8
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	53.6	61.8	44.8
13	58.9	68.7	49	48	53.3	42.4
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	44.6	48.4	40.7
11	43	50.5	35.3	43.3	46.5	40
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	43.5	46.5	40.4
9	37	43.9	30	45.2	48.3	42
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	48.4	51.9	44.7
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	53.1	57.3	48.6
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	59.8	65	54.3
5	67.2	79	55.4	69.4	75.8	62.6
4	95.3	110.3	80	83.4	91.1	75.2
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	103.7	112.4	94.6
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	135.2	144.1	125.8
1	343	375	310	190.7	199	182
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	1,326	1,531	1,110

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 Syria. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 77.7 in Syria, 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 Syria more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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