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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tuvalu

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Tuvalu
	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	101.1
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.1	100	100.2
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.2	99.1	99.3
96	100	99.9	100	98.3	98.2	98.4
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.5	97.3	97.6
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	96.6	96.5	96.7
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	95.8	95.6	95.9
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	94.9	94.7	95.1
91	96.1	96	96.2	94.1	93.9	94.3
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	93.3	93.1	93.5
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	92.6	92.3	92.7
88	94	93.7	94.1	91.8	91.5	92
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	91	90.7	91.2
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	90.3	89.9	90.5
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	89.6	89.1	89.8
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	88.9	88.4	89.2
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	88.2	87.6	88.5
82	90	89.4	90.3	87.5	86.9	87.9
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	86.9	86.2	87.3
80	88.8	88	89.1	86.2	85.5	86.7
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	85.6	84.8	86.1
78	87.5	86.7	88	85	84.1	85.6
77	86.9	86	87.4	84.4	83.5	85
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	83.9	82.8	84.5
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	83.3	82.2	84.1
74	85.2	84	85.9	82.8	81.6	83.6
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	82.3	81	83.2
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	81.8	80.4	82.7
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	81.3	79.9	82.3
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	80.9	79.3	81.9
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	80.4	78.8	81.6
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	80	78.3	81.2
67	81.6	80	82.8	79.5	77.8	80.9
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	79.1	77.3	80.5
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	78.7	76.8	80.2
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	78.3	76.3	79.9
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	78	75.9	79.6
62	79.4	77.4	81	77.6	75.4	79.3
61	79	76.9	80.7	77.3	75	79.1
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	76.9	74.6	78.8
59	78.3	76	80.1	76.6	74.2	78.5
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	76.3	73.8	78.3
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	75.9	73.5	78
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	75.6	73.1	77.8
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	75.3	72.8	77.6
54	76.5	74	78.7	75	72.5	77.4
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	74.8	72.2	77.2
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	74.5	71.9	77
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	74.3	71.6	76.8
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	74	71.3	76.6
49	75	72.2	77.4	73.8	71	76.4
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	73.5	70.8	76.2
47	74.4	71.6	77	73.3	70.5	76.1
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	73.1	70.3	75.9
45	73.9	71	76.5	72.9	70.1	75.8
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	72.7	69.9	75.6
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	72.6	69.7	75.5
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	72.4	69.5	75.4
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	72.2	69.3	75.2
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	72.1	69.1	75.1
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	71.9	68.9	75
38	72.2	69.2	75	71.8	68.8	74.9
37	72	68.9	74.8	71.6	68.6	74.7
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	71.5	68.4	74.6
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	71.4	68.3	74.5
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	71.2	68.2	74.4
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	71.1	68	74.3
32	71	67.9	73.9	71	67.9	74.2
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	70.9	67.7	74.1
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	70.7	67.6	74
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	70.6	67.5	73.9
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	70.5	67.3	73.8
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	70.4	67.2	73.8
26	70	66.8	73.1	70.3	67.1	73.7
25	69.9	66.6	73	70.2	67	73.6
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	70.1	66.8	73.5
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	69.9	66.7	73.4
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	69.8	66.6	73.3
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	69.7	66.4	73.2
20	69.3	66	72.6	69.6	66.3	73.1
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	69.5	66.2	73
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	69.4	66.1	72.9
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	69.3	66	72.9
16	69	65.7	72.3	69.2	65.9	72.8
15	69	65.6	72.3	69.2	65.9	72.7
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	69.1	65.8	72.7
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	69.1	65.8	72.6
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	69.1	65.8	72.6
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	69	65.8	72.6
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	69	65.7	72.5
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	69	65.7	72.5
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	69	65.7	72.5
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	68.9	65.6	72.4
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	68.9	65.6	72.4
5	68.7	65.3	72	68.8	65.6	72.3
4	68.6	65.2	72	68.8	65.5	72.3
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	68.8	65.5	72.3
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	68.7	65.4	72.2
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	68.6	65.3	72.1
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	67.6	64.2	71.2

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 70.7 in Tuvalu, rising to 80.7 and 78.7 at 65, and to 88.8 and 86.2 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 67.6 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tuvalu

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Tuvalu
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	0.16%	0.06%	0.29%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	0.26%	0.1%	0.46%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	0.4%	0.16%	0.71%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	0.61%	0.25%	1.06%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	0.91%	0.38%	1.55%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	1.31%	0.56%	2.19%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	1.85%	0.81%	3.02%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	2.53%	1.14%	4.06%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	3.38%	1.58%	5.35%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	4.42%	2.13%	6.89%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	5.66%	2.81%	8.7%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	7.1%	3.64%	10.8%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	8.75%	4.63%	13.1%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	10.6%	5.8%	15.7%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	12.7%	7.13%	18.4%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	14.9%	8.65%	21.4%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	17.3%	10.3%	24.5%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	19.8%	12.2%	27.7%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	22.5%	14.2%	31%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	25.2%	16.4%	34.2%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	28%	18.7%	37.5%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	30.9%	21.1%	40.7%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	33.8%	23.6%	43.9%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	36.6%	26.2%	46.9%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	39.4%	28.8%	49.9%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	42.2%	31.5%	52.7%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	44.8%	34.2%	55.3%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	47.3%	36.9%	57.9%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	49.8%	39.6%	60.2%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	52.2%	42.3%	62.5%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	54.6%	44.9%	64.6%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	56.9%	47.5%	66.6%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	59.1%	50%	68.5%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	61.1%	52.5%	70.3%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	63.1%	54.9%	71.9%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	65%	57.2%	73.5%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	66.8%	59.5%	74.9%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	68.5%	61.7%	76.3%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	70.1%	63.8%	77.6%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	71.7%	65.8%	78.8%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	73.2%	67.6%	79.9%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	74.6%	69.4%	81%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	76%	71.1%	82%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	77.3%	72.7%	83%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	78.6%	74.3%	83.9%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	79.8%	75.7%	84.7%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	81%	77.1%	85.5%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	82%	78.3%	86.3%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	83%	79.6%	87%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	83.9%	80.7%	87.6%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	84.7%	81.8%	88.2%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	85.6%	82.8%	88.8%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	86.3%	83.7%	89.4%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	87%	84.6%	89.9%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	87.7%	85.4%	90.4%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	88.3%	86.2%	90.8%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	88.9%	86.9%	91.3%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	89.5%	87.6%	91.7%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	90%	88.2%	92%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	90.5%	88.8%	92.4%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	90.9%	89.4%	92.7%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	91.4%	89.9%	93%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	92.2%	90.9%	93.6%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	92.5%	91.3%	93.9%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	92.9%	91.7%	94.2%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	93.2%	92.1%	94.4%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	93.5%	92.5%	94.6%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	93.8%	92.9%	94.9%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	94.1%	93.2%	95.1%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	94.4%	93.5%	95.3%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	94.6%	93.9%	95.5%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	94.9%	94.2%	95.7%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	95.1%	94.5%	95.9%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	95.4%	94.8%	96.1%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	95.6%	95.1%	96.2%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	96.3%	95.9%	96.7%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	96.5%	96.2%	96.9%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	96.8%	96.5%	97.1%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	97%	96.7%	97.3%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	97.2%	96.9%	97.4%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	97.3%	97.1%	97.6%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	97.4%	97.2%	97.7%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	97.6%	97.3%	97.8%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	97.6%	97.4%	97.9%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	97.7%	97.5%	97.9%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.7%	97.5%	98%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.8%	97.6%	98%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.9%	97.6%	98.1%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%
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%	97.9%	98.3%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	98.2%	97.9%	98.4%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	98.2%	97.9%	98.4%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	98.2%	98%	98.4%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	98.3%	98.1%	98.5%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 73.2% in Tuvalu are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 54.6% past 70, 30.2% and 28% past 80, and only 11.3% and 5.66% 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

Tuvalu

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Tuvalu
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	39.1%	41.1%	38.8%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	37.4%	39.4%	36.9%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	35.8%	37.7%	35%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	34.4%	35.9%	33.1%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	32.7%	34.2%	31.2%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	30.9%	32.5%	29.3%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	29.1%	30.8%	27.5%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	27%	29.1%	25.8%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	25.1%	27.5%	24%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	23.5%	25.9%	22.4%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	21.9%	24.3%	20.8%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	20.4%	22.8%	19.2%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	18.8%	21.4%	17.8%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	17.5%	20.1%	16.4%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	16.3%	18.8%	15.1%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	14.9%	17.5%	13.8%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	13.9%	16.4%	12.6%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	12.8%	15.3%	11.6%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	11.7%	14.2%	10.5%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	10.9%	13.2%	9.59%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	10.1%	12.3%	8.71%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	9.27%	11.4%	7.91%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	8.49%	10.6%	7.17%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	7.72%	9.85%	6.49%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	7.04%	9.14%	5.88%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	6.64%	8.49%	5.32%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	5.84%	7.88%	4.82%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	5.34%	7.31%	4.37%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	5.07%	6.79%	3.97%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	4.63%	6.31%	3.62%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	4.36%	5.86%	3.3%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	4.03%	5.45%	3.01%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	3.65%	5.07%	2.75%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	3.36%	4.72%	2.51%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	3.14%	4.39%	2.29%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	2.94%	4.09%	2.1%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	2.7%	3.8%	1.93%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	2.44%	3.53%	1.78%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	2.31%	3.27%	1.65%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	2.2%	3.03%	1.53%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	2.06%	2.79%	1.43%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	1.93%	2.58%	1.34%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	1.81%	2.38%	1.25%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	1.71%	2.21%	1.16%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	1.62%	2.05%	1.08%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	1.51%	1.9%	1%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	1.4%	1.77%	0.93%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	1.27%	1.64%	0.86%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	1.16%	1.53%	0.8%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	1.08%	1.42%	0.75%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	1.03%	1.31%	0.7%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.96%	1.22%	0.66%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.88%	1.13%	0.62%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.82%	1.04%	0.58%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.77%	0.97%	0.54%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.71%	0.89%	0.5%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.67%	0.83%	0.46%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.62%	0.77%	0.43%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.57%	0.72%	0.4%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.53%	0.67%	0.38%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.5%	0.62%	0.36%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.47%	0.58%	0.34%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.44%	0.54%	0.32%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.42%	0.51%	0.31%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.39%	0.48%	0.29%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.37%	0.45%	0.27%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.32%	0.39%	0.24%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.3%	0.37%	0.23%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.28%	0.35%	0.21%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.27%	0.34%	0.21%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.27%	0.33%	0.2%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.25%	0.31%	0.18%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.24%	0.3%	0.18%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.24%	0.3%	0.18%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.23%	0.27%	0.18%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.21%	0.25%	0.17%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.19%	0.22%	0.16%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.16%	0.18%	0.15%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.13%	0.14%	0.12%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.07%	0.06%	0.07%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.09%	0.1%	0.09%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.19%	0.21%	0.18%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	1.51%	1.72%	1.29%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 1.51% in Tuvalu, 0.44% vs 0.29% at age 30, 2.08% vs 2.06% at 60, and 6.96% vs 10.1% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Tuvalu

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Tuvalu

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Tuvalu
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	0	0	26.8
99	475	280.8	655	96.2	39.2	170.8
98	572	340	787	143.2	60.1	248.9
97	677	406	928	210.2	89.5	352
96	789	478	1,077	296.3	129.4	482
95	909	558	1,236	405	182	641
94	1,031	642	1,393	539	249.2	830
93	1,148	729	1,540	683	333	1,046
92	1,257	818	1,670	847	433	1,286
91	1,363	912	1,794	1,036	550	1,542
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	1,240	684	1,808
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	1,447	832	2,074
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	1,643	992	2,330
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	1,853	1,162	2,567
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	2,060	1,338	2,779
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	2,223	1,516	2,957
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	2,406	1,692	3,099
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	2,543	1,863	3,200
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	2,623	2,023	3,261
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	2,739	2,170	3,283
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,842	2,301	3,268
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,865	2,414	3,221
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,868	2,507	3,145
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,823	2,581	3,046
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,773	2,637	2,929
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,799	2,674	2,801
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,613	2,695	2,667
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,526	2,699	2,530
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,527	2,689	2,394
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	2,420	2,666	2,262
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	2,384	2,631	2,132
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	2,294	2,587	2,006
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	2,156	2,536	1,883
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	2,051	2,477	1,764
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,983	2,412	1,650
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,911	2,341	1,543
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,802	2,262	1,444
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,675	2,177	1,355
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,617	2,086	1,276
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	1,577	1,989	1,207
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	1,506	1,890	1,143
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	1,438	1,792	1,083
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	1,373	1,696	1,024
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	1,324	1,605	965
56	1,242	1,519	978	1,270	1,519	906
55	1,190	1,459	929	1,206	1,439	847
54	1,137	1,397	881	1,135	1,361	792
53	1,085	1,337	835	1,045	1,287	741
52	1,037	1,279	795	960	1,215	695
51	994	1,223	760	909	1,144	655
50	954	1,171	731	875	1,075	619
49	918	1,120	707	825	1,008	585
48	883	1,071	686	763	944	551
47	850	1,022	668	716	883	518
46	818	974	652	676	825	485
45	786	928	635	629	771	453
44	755	884	619	593	721	423
43	724	842	601	557	675	396
42	695	804	581	513	632	372
41	667	770	560	479	592	352
40	639	738	538	454	556	335
39	613	708	515	429	523	319
38	587	680	492	406	492	303
37	562	653	470	385	464	287.9
36	538	626	449	364	438	272.7
35	515	600	429	343	415	257.9
34	493	575	410	325	394	244.4
33	471	551	392	312	376	232.8
32	450	527	374	298.5	360	223.2
31	429	504	355	285.2	347	215.5
30	408	481	335	275	335	209.1
29	386	458	314	266.5	324	203.3
28	363	434	291.3	259.3	316	197.2
27	339	410	266.7	253.2	308	190.3
26	314	384	241.5	245.6	301	183.2
25	289.1	358	217.1	237.1	295.2	176.6
24	264.7	331	195.1	231.8	291.1	171.6
23	241.4	304	176	231	288	169.3
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	230.6	284.5	169.5
21	198.1	249	145.6	227.6	278.1	171.5
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	221	264.9	172.6
19	158	194.2	121.2	208.2	242	169.8
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	187	209.4	160.3
17	119.5	142.6	96	157.9	170.5	143.1
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	127.5	132.5	121.7
15	85	99.4	70.2	100.1	100.4	99.9
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	78.9	76.7	81.4
13	58.9	68.7	49	64.4	61.2	68
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	55.5	52.1	59.3
11	43	50.5	35.3	51.2	47.9	54.8
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	50.3	47.3	53.5
9	37	43.9	30	52	49.6	54.6
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	55.5	54	57.1
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	59.9	59.6	60.2
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	64.6	65.8	63.2
5	67.2	79	55.4	68.9	71.8	65.4
4	95.3	110.3	80	19.4	19.8	19
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	36	38.6	33.2
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	92.6	99.6	84.9
1	343	375	310	189	202.8	174.3
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	1,512	1,715	1,294

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 78 in Tuvalu. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 71.9 in Tuvalu, 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 Tuvalu more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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