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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Taiwan

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Taiwan
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.6	102.3	102.8
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.8	101.4	102
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	101	100.5	101.2
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	100.2	99.7	100.4
96	100	99.9	100	99.4	98.9	99.7
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.6	98	98.9
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.8	97.3	98.2
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	97.1	96.5	97.5
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	96.4	95.7	96.8
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.7	95	96.2
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	95.1	94.3	95.6
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	94.4	93.7	94.9
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.8	93	94.4
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	93.2	92.4	93.8
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.6	91.7	93.2
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	92.1	91.1	92.7
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.5	90.6	92.2
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	91	90	91.7
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.5	89.5	91.3
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90	89	90.9
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.6	88.5	90.5
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.2	88.1	90.1
78	87.5	86.7	88	88.8	87.7	89.8
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.4	87.3	89.4
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	88.1	86.9	89.2
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	87.8	86.5	88.9
74	85.2	84	85.9	87.5	86.2	88.6
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	87.2	85.9	88.4
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	86.9	85.5	88.2
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	86.7	85.2	88
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	86.4	85	87.8
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	86.2	84.7	87.6
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	86	84.4	87.4
67	81.6	80	82.8	85.8	84.2	87.2
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	85.6	83.9	87.1
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	85.4	83.7	86.9
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	85.2	83.5	86.8
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	85	83.2	86.7
62	79.4	77.4	81	84.8	83	86.6
61	79	76.9	80.7	84.7	82.8	86.4
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	84.5	82.6	86.3
59	78.3	76	80.1	84.4	82.4	86.2
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	84.2	82.2	86.1
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	84.1	82	86
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	83.9	81.8	85.9
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	83.8	81.6	85.9
54	76.5	74	78.7	83.6	81.5	85.8
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	83.5	81.3	85.7
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	83.4	81.1	85.6
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	83.3	81	85.5
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	83.2	80.8	85.5
49	75	72.2	77.4	83.1	80.7	85.4
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	83	80.6	85.3
47	74.4	71.6	77	82.9	80.4	85.3
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	82.8	80.3	85.2
45	73.9	71	76.5	82.7	80.2	85.2
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	82.6	80.1	85.1
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	82.5	80	85.1
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	82.4	79.9	85
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	82.4	79.8	85
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	82.3	79.7	85
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	82.3	79.6	84.9
38	72.2	69.2	75	82.2	79.5	84.9
37	72	68.9	74.8	82.1	79.5	84.8
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	82.1	79.4	84.8
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	82.1	79.4	84.8
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	82	79.3	84.8
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	82	79.3	84.7
32	71	67.9	73.9	81.9	79.2	84.7
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	81.9	79.2	84.7
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	81.9	79.1	84.7
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	81.9	79.1	84.6
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	81.8	79.1	84.6
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	81.8	79	84.6
26	70	66.8	73.1	81.8	79	84.6
25	69.9	66.6	73	81.8	79	84.6
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	81.7	79	84.6
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	81.7	78.9	84.5
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	81.7	78.9	84.5
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	81.7	78.9	84.5
20	69.3	66	72.6	81.6	78.8	84.5
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	81.6	78.8	84.5
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	81.6	78.8	84.5
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	81.6	78.8	84.5
16	69	65.7	72.3	81.6	78.7	84.4
15	69	65.6	72.3	81.5	78.7	84.4
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	81.5	78.7	84.4
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	81.5	78.7	84.4
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	81.5	78.7	84.4
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	81.5	78.7	84.4
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	81.5	78.7	84.4
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	81.5	78.7	84.4
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	81.5	78.7	84.4
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	81.5	78.7	84.4
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	81.5	78.7	84.4
5	68.7	65.3	72	81.5	78.6	84.4
4	68.6	65.2	72	81.5	78.6	84.3
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	81.4	78.6	84.3
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	81.4	78.6	84.3
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	81.4	78.6	84.3
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	81.1	78.3	84

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 81.9 in Taiwan, rising to 80.7 and 85.4 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.6 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 81.1 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Taiwan

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Taiwan
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	3.26%	1.43%	5.36%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	4.45%	2.1%	7.09%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	5.94%	3%	9.16%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	7.74%	4.16%	11.6%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	9.87%	5.61%	14.3%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	12.3%	7.39%	17.4%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	15.1%	9.49%	20.8%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	18.2%	11.9%	24.4%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	21.4%	14.7%	28.2%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	24.9%	17.6%	32.2%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	28.5%	20.9%	36.2%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	32.2%	24.3%	40.2%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	36%	27.8%	44.2%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	39.8%	31.5%	48.2%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	43.6%	35.2%	52.1%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	47.4%	38.9%	55.9%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	51%	42.6%	59.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	54.6%	46.2%	63.1%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	57.9%	49.7%	66.3%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	61.1%	53%	69.3%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	64%	56.1%	72.1%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	66.7%	59%	74.6%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	69.2%	61.7%	76.8%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	71.5%	64.2%	78.8%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	73.5%	66.5%	80.6%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	75.4%	68.7%	82.3%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	77.2%	70.7%	83.8%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	78.8%	72.6%	85.1%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	80.3%	74.4%	86.3%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	81.7%	76%	87.4%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	82.9%	77.5%	88.4%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	84.1%	78.9%	89.3%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	85.1%	80.2%	90.1%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	86.1%	81.5%	90.9%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	87%	82.6%	91.5%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	87.9%	83.7%	92.1%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	88.6%	84.7%	92.7%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	89.4%	85.6%	93.2%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	90.1%	86.5%	93.7%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	90.7%	87.4%	94.1%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	91.3%	88.2%	94.5%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	91.9%	89%	94.9%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	92.4%	89.7%	95.2%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	92.9%	90.4%	95.5%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	93.4%	91.1%	95.8%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	93.9%	91.7%	96.1%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	94.3%	92.3%	96.4%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	94.7%	92.8%	96.6%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	95.1%	93.3%	96.9%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	95.4%	93.8%	97.1%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	95.8%	94.3%	97.3%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	96.1%	94.7%	97.4%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	96.4%	95.1%	97.6%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	96.6%	95.5%	97.8%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	96.9%	95.9%	97.9%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	97.1%	96.2%	98%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	97.3%	96.5%	98.2%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	97.5%	96.8%	98.3%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	97.7%	97.1%	98.4%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	97.8%	97.3%	98.5%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	98%	97.5%	98.5%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	98.3%	97.9%	98.7%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	98.4%	98%	98.8%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	98.5%	98.1%	98.8%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	98.6%	98.3%	98.9%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	98.6%	98.4%	98.9%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	98.7%	98.5%	99%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	98.8%	98.6%	99%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	98.9%	98.6%	99.1%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	98.9%	98.7%	99.1%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	99%	98.8%	99.1%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	99.1%	98.9%	99.2%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	99.1%	99%	99.2%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.4%	99.4%	99.4%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
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 91.3% in Taiwan are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 82.9% past 70, 30.2% and 64% past 80, and only 11.3% and 28.5% 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

Taiwan

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Taiwan
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	28.5%	34%	26%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	26.8%	32%	24.4%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	25%	30%	22.6%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	23.3%	27.9%	20.9%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	21.6%	25.9%	19.2%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	19.9%	24%	17.7%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	18.4%	22.2%	16.2%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	16.8%	20.4%	14.8%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	15.3%	18.6%	13.5%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	13.9%	16.9%	12.3%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	12.7%	15.4%	11.1%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	11.5%	14%	10.1%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10.5%	12.8%	9.1%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	9.55%	11.6%	8.25%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.71%	10.6%	7.49%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	7.94%	9.6%	6.8%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	7.2%	8.68%	6.15%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	6.49%	7.82%	5.53%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	5.82%	7%	4.92%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	5.17%	6.23%	4.35%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	4.57%	5.53%	3.81%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	4.03%	4.91%	3.33%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	3.57%	4.36%	2.91%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	3.16%	3.89%	2.55%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.82%	3.49%	2.25%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	2.53%	3.15%	1.99%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	2.27%	2.85%	1.77%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	2.05%	2.59%	1.58%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.86%	2.36%	1.41%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.68%	2.15%	1.26%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.52%	1.96%	1.12%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.37%	1.78%	1%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.25%	1.63%	0.9%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.14%	1.5%	0.81%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.04%	1.38%	0.73%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.96%	1.28%	0.66%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.89%	1.19%	0.6%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.82%	1.11%	0.55%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.76%	1.04%	0.5%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.71%	0.98%	0.46%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.67%	0.92%	0.42%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.62%	0.87%	0.39%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.59%	0.82%	0.36%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.55%	0.77%	0.34%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.52%	0.72%	0.31%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.48%	0.68%	0.29%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.45%	0.64%	0.27%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.42%	0.6%	0.25%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.39%	0.56%	0.23%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.37%	0.53%	0.22%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.34%	0.49%	0.2%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.32%	0.46%	0.19%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.3%	0.43%	0.17%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.28%	0.4%	0.16%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.26%	0.37%	0.14%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.24%	0.34%	0.13%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.22%	0.32%	0.12%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.2%	0.29%	0.11%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.18%	0.26%	0.1%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.17%	0.24%	0.09%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.15%	0.22%	0.09%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.14%	0.19%	0.08%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.11%	0.16%	0.07%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.1%	0.14%	0.06%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.09%	0.13%	0.06%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.08%	0.1%	0.05%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.009%	0.01%	0.009%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.008%	0.009%	0.008%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.009%	0.009%	0.009%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.29%	0.3%	0.28%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.29% in Taiwan, 0.44% vs 0.06% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.67% at 60, and 6.96% vs 4.57% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Taiwan

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Taiwan

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Taiwan
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	861	367	1,395
99	475	280.8	655	1,192	674	1,729
98	572	340	787	1,486	899	2,069
97	677	406	928	1,802	1,160	2,416
96	789	478	1,077	2,131	1,452	2,754
95	909	558	1,236	2,458	1,771	3,074
94	1,031	642	1,393	2,771	2,107	3,369
93	1,148	729	1,540	3,056	2,437	3,621
92	1,257	818	1,670	3,286	2,730	3,814
91	1,363	912	1,794	3,467	2,984	3,946
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	3,613	3,214	4,020
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	3,713	3,403	4,043
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	3,772	3,549	4,024
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	3,800	3,658	3,976
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,796	3,722	3,903
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,759	3,736	3,800
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,675	3,702	3,663
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,545	3,616	3,486
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,370	3,480	3,267
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,158	3,305	3,015
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,926	3,105	2,748
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,692	2,897	2,482
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,467	2,693	2,234
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,259	2,500	2,010
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,074	2,324	1,813
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,906	2,164	1,640
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,756	2,019	1,487
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,619	1,884	1,348
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,490	1,755	1,220
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,370	1,632	1,102
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,258	1,516	993
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,154	1,408	895
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,061	1,310	808
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	978	1,220	732
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	905	1,140	666
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	841	1,069	608
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	785	1,007	557
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	733	951	511
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	688	901	471
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	646	855	434
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	608	812	401
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	573	771	371
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	541	733	344
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	510	696	320
56	1,242	1,519	978	481	660	299
55	1,190	1,459	929	453	625	279.5
54	1,137	1,397	881	425	590	261.4
53	1,085	1,337	835	400	557	244.2
52	1,037	1,279	795	376	525	227.5
51	994	1,223	760	351	493	211.4
50	954	1,171	731	329	463	195.7
49	918	1,120	707	307	434	180.7
48	883	1,071	686	286.2	407	166.5
47	850	1,022	668	266.4	380	153.3
46	818	974	652	247.1	355	141
45	786	928	635	229.2	330	129.6
44	755	884	619	211.9	305	119.1
43	724	842	601	194.7	280.4	109.4
42	695	804	581	178.4	256	100.5
41	667	770	560	162.7	232.2	92.4
40	639	738	538	148.1	209.7	85
39	613	708	515	134.9	188.6	78.5
38	587	680	492	122.8	169.4	72.7
37	562	653	470	111.7	152.2	67.5
36	538	626	449	101.8	136.8	63
35	515	600	429	92.5	123.2	58.7
34	493	575	410	83.9	110.9	54.6
33	471	551	392	76.1	99.9	50.5
32	450	527	374	69	90	46.5
31	429	504	355	62.5	81.2	42.5
30	408	481	335	56.8	73.6	38.7
29	386	458	314	51.8	67.1	35.4
28	363	434	291.3	47.8	61.8	32.6
27	339	410	266.7	44.5	57.8	30.3
26	314	384	241.5	42.2	54.9	28.6
25	289.1	358	217.1	40.9	53.2	27.4
24	264.7	331	195.1	40	52.3	26.5
23	241.4	304	176	39.7	52.4	25.9
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	39.7	52.8	25.3
21	198.1	249	145.6	39.6	53.3	24.7
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	39	52.9	23.9
19	158	194.2	121.2	37.4	50.7	22.8
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	34.3	46.1	21.4
17	119.5	142.6	96	30	39.5	19.7
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	25.2	32	17.8
15	85	99.4	70.2	20.6	25	15.7
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	16.6	19.2	13.7
13	58.9	68.7	49	13.4	14.9	11.9
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	11.1	11.8	10.2
11	43	50.5	35.3	9.42	9.82	8.98
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	8.39	8.64	8.12
9	37	43.9	30	7.93	8.14	7.7
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	8.03	8.26	7.78
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	8.75	9.01	8.46
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	10.2	10.5	9.95
5	67.2	79	55.4	12.8	13	12.5
4	95.3	110.3	80	16.9	16.9	16.9
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	23.2	22.7	23.8
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	32.8	31	34.7
1	343	375	310	46.8	42.4	51.4
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	293.7	302	284.5

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 87 in Taiwan. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 84.3 in Taiwan, 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 Taiwan more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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