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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tonga

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Tonga
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.1	101.8	102.1
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.2	101	101.2
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.3	100.1	100.3
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.4	99.2	99.4
96	100	99.9	100	98.5	98.3	98.6
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.7	97.5	97.7
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	96.9	96.6	96.9
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96	95.8	96.1
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.2	95	95.3
91	96.1	96	96.2	94.5	94.1	94.6
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	93.7	93.3	93.8
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	92.9	92.6	93.1
88	94	93.7	94.1	92.2	91.8	92.4
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	91.5	91	91.7
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	90.8	90.3	91.1
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	90.1	89.6	90.4
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	89.5	88.9	89.8
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	88.9	88.2	89.3
82	90	89.4	90.3	88.2	87.5	88.7
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	87.6	86.9	88.2
80	88.8	88	89.1	87.1	86.2	87.6
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	86.5	85.6	87.2
78	87.5	86.7	88	86	85	86.7
77	86.9	86	87.4	85.5	84.4	86.3
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	85	83.9	85.8
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	84.5	83.3	85.4
74	85.2	84	85.9	84.1	82.8	85.1
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	83.6	82.3	84.7
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	83.2	81.8	84.4
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	82.8	81.3	84
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	82.4	80.8	83.7
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	82	80.3	83.4
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	81.7	79.9	83.1
67	81.6	80	82.8	81.3	79.5	82.9
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	81	79.1	82.6
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	80.6	78.7	82.4
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	80.3	78.3	82.1
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	80	77.9	81.9
62	79.4	77.4	81	79.7	77.6	81.7
61	79	76.9	80.7	79.4	77.2	81.5
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	79.2	76.9	81.3
59	78.3	76	80.1	78.9	76.6	81.1
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	78.7	76.3	80.9
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	78.4	76	80.8
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	78.2	75.7	80.6
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	78	75.5	80.4
54	76.5	74	78.7	77.8	75.2	80.3
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	77.6	75	80.1
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	77.4	74.8	80
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	77.2	74.6	79.9
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	77.1	74.4	79.7
49	75	72.2	77.4	76.9	74.2	79.6
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	76.8	74	79.5
47	74.4	71.6	77	76.6	73.8	79.4
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	76.5	73.6	79.3
45	73.9	71	76.5	76.4	73.5	79.2
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	76.3	73.3	79.1
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	76.2	73.2	79
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	76.1	73.1	79
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	76	72.9	78.9
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	75.9	72.8	78.8
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	75.8	72.7	78.7
38	72.2	69.2	75	75.7	72.6	78.7
37	72	68.9	74.8	75.6	72.5	78.6
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	75.5	72.4	78.6
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	75.5	72.3	78.5
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	75.4	72.2	78.4
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	75.3	72.1	78.4
32	71	67.9	73.9	75.3	72	78.3
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	75.2	71.9	78.3
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	75.1	71.9	78.3
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	75.1	71.8	78.2
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	75	71.7	78.2
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	75	71.6	78.1
26	70	66.8	73.1	74.9	71.5	78.1
25	69.9	66.6	73	74.8	71.4	78
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	74.8	71.4	78
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	74.7	71.3	78
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	74.7	71.2	77.9
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	74.6	71.1	77.9
20	69.3	66	72.6	74.5	71	77.8
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	74.5	70.9	77.8
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	74.4	70.9	77.8
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	74.4	70.8	77.7
16	69	65.7	72.3	74.3	70.8	77.7
15	69	65.6	72.3	74.3	70.7	77.7
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	74.3	70.7	77.6
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	74.2	70.7	77.6
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	74.2	70.7	77.6
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	74.2	70.7	77.6
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	74.2	70.6	77.6
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.2	70.6	77.6
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.2	70.6	77.5
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	74.1	70.6	77.5
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	74.1	70.6	77.5
5	68.7	65.3	72	74.1	70.5	77.5
4	68.6	65.2	72	74.1	70.5	77.5
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	74.1	70.5	77.4
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	74	70.5	77.4
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	74	70.4	77.4
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	73.4	69.8	76.8

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 75.1 in Tonga, rising to 80.7 and 80.6 at 65, and to 88.8 and 87.1 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 Tonga.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tonga

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Tonga
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	0.44%	0.17%	0.71%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	0.68%	0.28%	1.09%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	1.02%	0.43%	1.64%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	1.49%	0.66%	2.39%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	2.12%	0.97%	3.37%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	2.93%	1.39%	4.63%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	3.98%	1.96%	6.2%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	5.27%	2.68%	8.09%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	6.8%	3.58%	10.3%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	8.6%	4.69%	12.9%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	10.7%	6%	15.7%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	13%	7.54%	18.9%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	15.6%	9.3%	22.3%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	18.3%	11.3%	25.8%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	21.3%	13.4%	29.5%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	24.4%	15.8%	33.3%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	27.5%	18.4%	37.1%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	30.8%	21.1%	40.9%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	34.1%	23.9%	44.6%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	37.3%	26.8%	48.2%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	40.6%	29.8%	51.6%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	43.8%	32.8%	54.9%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	46.9%	35.8%	58%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	49.9%	38.8%	60.9%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	52.8%	41.8%	63.6%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	55.6%	44.7%	66.2%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	58.2%	47.6%	68.6%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	60.7%	50.4%	70.8%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	63.1%	53.2%	72.8%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	65.4%	55.8%	74.7%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	67.6%	58.4%	76.5%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	69.6%	60.8%	78.1%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	71.6%	63.2%	79.6%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	73.4%	65.4%	81%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	75.1%	67.5%	82.3%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	76.7%	69.6%	83.5%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	78.3%	71.5%	84.6%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	79.7%	73.4%	85.6%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	81.1%	75.1%	86.5%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	82.4%	76.7%	87.4%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	83.6%	78.2%	88.2%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	84.7%	79.6%	89%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	85.7%	81%	89.7%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	86.7%	82.2%	90.4%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	87.6%	83.4%	91%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	88.4%	84.4%	91.6%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	89.2%	85.5%	92.1%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	89.9%	86.4%	92.6%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	90.5%	87.3%	93.1%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	91.1%	88.1%	93.5%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	91.7%	88.8%	93.9%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	92.2%	89.5%	94.3%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	92.7%	90.2%	94.6%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	93.1%	90.8%	95%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	93.6%	91.3%	95.2%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	93.9%	91.8%	95.5%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	94.3%	92.3%	95.8%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	94.6%	92.7%	96%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	94.9%	93.1%	96.2%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	95.1%	93.5%	96.4%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	95.4%	93.8%	96.6%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	95.6%	94.1%	96.7%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	95.8%	94.4%	96.9%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	96%	94.7%	97%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	96.2%	95%	97.2%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	96.4%	95.2%	97.3%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	96.5%	95.5%	97.4%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	96.7%	95.7%	97.5%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	96.8%	95.9%	97.6%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	97%	96.1%	97.7%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	97.1%	96.3%	97.8%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	97.2%	96.5%	97.9%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	97.4%	96.7%	98%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	97.5%	96.9%	98.1%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	97.6%	97.1%	98.2%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	97.7%	97.2%	98.2%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	97.9%	97.4%	98.3%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	98%	97.6%	98.4%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	98.1%	97.8%	98.5%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	98.2%	97.9%	98.5%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	98.3%	98.1%	98.6%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	98.4%	98.2%	98.7%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	98.5%	98.4%	98.7%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	98.6%	98.5%	98.8%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	98.7%	98.6%	98.9%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	98.8%	98.7%	98.9%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	98.8%	98.7%	99%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	98.8%	98.7%	99%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	98.9%	98.7%	99%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	98.9%	98.8%	99%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99%	98.8%	99.1%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99%	98.9%	99.1%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99%	98.9%	99.2%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.1%	99%	99.2%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.1%	99%	99.2%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 83.6% in Tonga are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 67.6% past 70, 30.2% and 40.6% past 80, and only 11.3% and 10.7% 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

Tonga

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Tonga
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	37.6%	39.4%	37.4%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	35.7%	37.6%	35.4%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	33.6%	35.8%	33.3%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	31.5%	34%	31.2%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	29.5%	32.2%	29.2%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	27.8%	30.4%	27.2%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	26.3%	28.7%	25.3%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	24.5%	27%	23.4%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	22.6%	25.3%	21.6%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	20.9%	23.6%	19.9%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	19.5%	21.9%	18.2%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	17.9%	20.4%	16.7%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	16.4%	18.9%	15.2%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	15.1%	17.5%	13.8%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	13.9%	16.2%	12.5%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	12.7%	15%	11.3%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	11.5%	13.9%	10.2%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	10.6%	12.8%	9.22%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	9.66%	11.8%	8.29%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	8.75%	10.9%	7.44%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	8.01%	10%	6.67%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	7.31%	9.2%	5.98%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	6.65%	8.45%	5.35%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	6.05%	7.76%	4.79%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	5.48%	7.14%	4.29%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	4.99%	6.57%	3.85%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	4.5%	6.05%	3.46%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	4.12%	5.57%	3.11%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	3.82%	5.14%	2.81%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	3.48%	4.74%	2.54%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	3.2%	4.37%	2.3%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.96%	4.03%	2.08%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	2.71%	3.72%	1.89%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	2.49%	3.43%	1.72%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	2.28%	3.17%	1.56%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	2.1%	2.93%	1.43%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.96%	2.71%	1.3%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.82%	2.5%	1.19%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.71%	2.3%	1.1%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.58%	2.11%	1.01%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	1.43%	1.94%	0.94%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	1.3%	1.78%	0.87%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	1.19%	1.64%	0.8%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	1.11%	1.51%	0.74%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	1.02%	1.39%	0.68%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.94%	1.28%	0.63%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.86%	1.18%	0.58%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.77%	1.09%	0.54%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.72%	1%	0.5%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.68%	0.92%	0.46%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.61%	0.85%	0.42%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.56%	0.78%	0.39%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.52%	0.71%	0.36%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.48%	0.65%	0.33%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.44%	0.6%	0.31%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.39%	0.55%	0.28%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.36%	0.51%	0.26%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.33%	0.47%	0.24%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.3%	0.43%	0.22%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.28%	0.4%	0.2%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.26%	0.37%	0.19%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.24%	0.34%	0.17%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.22%	0.32%	0.16%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.21%	0.3%	0.15%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.19%	0.28%	0.14%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.18%	0.26%	0.13%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.17%	0.25%	0.12%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.16%	0.23%	0.11%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.15%	0.22%	0.11%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.14%	0.21%	0.1%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.14%	0.21%	0.1%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.13%	0.2%	0.09%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.13%	0.19%	0.09%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.13%	0.19%	0.08%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.12%	0.18%	0.07%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.12%	0.18%	0.07%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.12%	0.18%	0.07%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.11%	0.15%	0.07%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.08%	0.11%	0.06%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	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%	0.04%	0.03%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.04%	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%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.81%	0.91%	0.7%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.81% in Tonga, 0.44% vs 0.14% at age 30, 2.08% vs 1.43% at 60, and 6.96% vs 8.01% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Tonga

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tonga

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Tonga
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	72.3	5.55	129.4
99	475	280.8	655	242.4	105	387
98	572	340	787	345	155.5	546
97	677	406	928	470	223.6	745
96	789	478	1,077	624	312	984
95	909	558	1,236	814	424	1,260
94	1,031	642	1,393	1,045	561	1,566
93	1,148	729	1,540	1,291	722	1,893
92	1,257	818	1,670	1,534	904	2,227
91	1,363	912	1,794	1,794	1,105	2,556
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	2,077	1,317	2,865
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	2,333	1,536	3,144
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	2,547	1,756	3,381
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	2,770	1,970	3,567
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	2,959	2,176	3,700
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,085	2,369	3,776
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,170	2,544	3,798
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,249	2,697	3,769
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,293	2,821	3,696
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,269	2,916	3,585
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,251	2,980	3,444
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	3,201	3,016	3,281
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	3,121	3,026	3,105
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	3,020	3,014	2,920
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,894	2,984	2,733
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,777	2,939	2,549
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,622	2,881	2,371
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,502	2,811	2,202
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,412	2,731	2,043
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	2,276	2,643	1,895
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	2,163	2,548	1,756
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	2,061	2,449	1,626
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,944	2,348	1,505
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,827	2,246	1,392
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,712	2,143	1,287
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,614	2,040	1,190
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,531	1,936	1,102
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,447	1,831	1,022
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,385	1,726	950
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	1,299	1,622	886
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	1,192	1,519	827
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	1,104	1,421	772
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	1,023	1,327	720
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	960	1,239	670
56	1,242	1,519	978	898	1,157	623
55	1,190	1,459	929	831	1,081	578
54	1,137	1,397	881	764	1,008	535
53	1,085	1,337	835	696	940	497
52	1,037	1,279	795	654	874	461
51	994	1,223	760	615	812	429
50	954	1,171	731	562	752	399
49	918	1,120	707	515	695	371
48	883	1,071	686	480	642	344
47	850	1,022	668	444	593	318
46	818	974	652	407	547	292.4
45	786	928	635	371	505	268.7
44	755	884	619	339	467	246.8
43	724	842	601	312	432	227
42	695	804	581	286.3	400	209.4
41	667	770	560	263	371	194
40	639	738	538	244.4	345	180.3
39	613	708	515	229.1	321	167.9
38	587	680	492	214	299.6	156.4
37	562	653	470	198.5	280.4	145.6
36	538	626	449	185.7	263.2	135.5
35	515	600	429	173.9	248.1	126.1
34	493	575	410	164.3	234.9	117.7
33	471	551	392	155.9	223.5	110.4
32	450	527	374	146.5	214	104.2
31	429	504	355	139	205.9	99
30	408	481	335	133.8	199.1	94.4
29	386	458	314	129.6	193.2	90.2
28	363	434	291.3	126.2	187.9	86.3
27	339	410	266.7	125.1	183.2	82.4
26	314	384	241.5	124.3	179.1	78.7
25	289.1	358	217.1	122.7	175.8	75.5
24	264.7	331	195.1	121.1	173.5	73.2
23	241.4	304	176	120.2	172.2	72.1
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	119.8	171.1	72
21	198.1	249	145.6	119.3	168.7	72.7
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	117.2	162.1	73
19	158	194.2	121.2	110.3	149.1	71.7
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	98.6	129.3	67.7
17	119.5	142.6	96	83.5	104.9	60.8
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	67.2	80.6	52
15	85	99.4	70.2	52	60.1	43.1
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	40.1	44.9	35.3
13	58.9	68.7	49	32.1	34.8	29.4
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	27.1	28.8	25.4
11	43	50.5	35.3	24.5	25.7	23.1
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	23.5	24.7	22.2
9	37	43.9	30	23.8	25.2	22.3
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	25.2	26.9	23.3
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	27.2	29.4	24.7
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	29.6	32.4	26.6
5	67.2	79	55.4	32.3	35.6	28.8
4	95.3	110.3	80	35.1	38.8	31.1
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	38	42.1	33.5
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	41	45.5	36.2
1	343	375	310	44.3	49.1	39.1
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	807	907	698

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 Tonga. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 77 in Tonga, 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 Tonga more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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