Life Expectancy in South Africa vs United Kingdom (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United Kingdom

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			United Kingdom
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.1	101.9	102.1
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.2	101	101.3
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.4	100.2	100.5
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.6	99.3	99.7
96	100	99.9	100	98.8	98.5	98.9
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98	97.7	98.1
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.2	96.9	97.4
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.5	96.2	96.7
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.8	95.4	96
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.1	94.7	95.3
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.4	94	94.7
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	93.8	93.4	94.1
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.2	92.7	93.5
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.6	92.1	93
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.1	91.6	92.5
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91.6	91	92
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.1	90.5	91.5
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	90.6	90	91.1
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.2	89.5	90.7
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	89.7	89	90.3
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.3	88.6	89.9
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89	88.2	89.6
78	87.5	86.7	88	88.6	87.8	89.3
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.3	87.4	89
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	87.9	87	88.7
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	87.6	86.7	88.4
74	85.2	84	85.9	87.3	86.4	88.2
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	87.1	86.1	87.9
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	86.8	85.8	87.7
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	86.6	85.5	87.5
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	86.3	85.2	87.3
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	86.1	85	87.1
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	85.9	84.7	87
67	81.6	80	82.8	85.7	84.5	86.8
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	85.5	84.3	86.6
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	85.3	84.1	86.5
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	85.1	83.9	86.3
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	85	83.7	86.2
62	79.4	77.4	81	84.8	83.5	86
61	79	76.9	80.7	84.7	83.3	85.9
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	84.5	83.2	85.8
59	78.3	76	80.1	84.4	83	85.7
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	84.3	82.9	85.6
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	84.1	82.7	85.5
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	84	82.6	85.4
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	83.9	82.5	85.3
54	76.5	74	78.7	83.8	82.3	85.2
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	83.7	82.2	85.1
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	83.6	82.1	85
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	83.5	82	85
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	83.4	81.9	84.9
49	75	72.2	77.4	83.4	81.8	84.8
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	83.3	81.7	84.8
47	74.4	71.6	77	83.2	81.6	84.7
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	83.1	81.6	84.6
45	73.9	71	76.5	83.1	81.5	84.6
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	83	81.4	84.5
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	83	81.3	84.5
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	82.9	81.3	84.5
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	82.8	81.2	84.4
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	82.8	81.1	84.4
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	82.7	81.1	84.3
38	72.2	69.2	75	82.7	81	84.3
37	72	68.9	74.8	82.7	81	84.3
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	82.6	80.9	84.2
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	82.6	80.9	84.2
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	82.6	80.8	84.2
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	82.5	80.8	84.2
32	71	67.9	73.9	82.5	80.8	84.1
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	82.5	80.7	84.1
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	82.4	80.7	84.1
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	82.4	80.7	84.1
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	82.4	80.6	84.1
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	82.3	80.6	84.1
26	70	66.8	73.1	82.3	80.6	84
25	69.9	66.6	73	82.3	80.5	84
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	82.3	80.5	84
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	82.3	80.5	84
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	82.2	80.4	84
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	82.2	80.4	84
20	69.3	66	72.6	82.2	80.4	84
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	82.2	80.4	84
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	82.2	80.3	83.9
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	82.1	80.3	83.9
16	69	65.7	72.3	82.1	80.3	83.9
15	69	65.6	72.3	82.1	80.3	83.9
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	82.1	80.3	83.9
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	82.1	80.3	83.9
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	82.1	80.3	83.9
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	82.1	80.3	83.9
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	82.1	80.3	83.9
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	82.1	80.3	83.9
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	82.1	80.3	83.9
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	82.1	80.3	83.9
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	82.1	80.2	83.9
5	68.7	65.3	72	82.1	80.2	83.9
4	68.6	65.2	72	82.1	80.2	83.9
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	82.1	80.2	83.9
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	82.1	80.2	83.9
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	82	80.2	83.8
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	81.7	79.9	83.6

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 82.4 in the United Kingdom, rising to 80.7 and 85.3 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.3 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 81.7 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United Kingdom

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			United Kingdom
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	2.01%	1.13%	2.83%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	3.01%	1.77%	4.16%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	4.34%	2.67%	5.9%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	6.05%	3.89%	8.1%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	8.18%	5.48%	10.8%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	10.8%	7.47%	13.9%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	13.7%	9.88%	17.5%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	17.1%	12.7%	21.4%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	20.8%	15.9%	25.6%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	24.8%	19.4%	30.1%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	29%	23.2%	34.6%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	33.2%	27.1%	39.1%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	37.5%	31.2%	43.6%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	41.6%	35.2%	47.9%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	45.7%	39.2%	52.1%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	49.6%	43.2%	56%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	53.4%	47%	59.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	56.9%	50.7%	63%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	60.2%	54.1%	66.1%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	63.2%	57.4%	69%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	66.1%	60.5%	71.6%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	68.7%	63.4%	74%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	71.2%	66.1%	76.1%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	73.5%	68.6%	78.1%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	75.5%	71%	80%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	77.5%	73.2%	81.6%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	79.2%	75.2%	83.1%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	80.8%	77%	84.5%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	82.3%	78.7%	85.7%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	83.6%	80.3%	86.8%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	84.8%	81.7%	87.8%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	85.9%	83%	88.8%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	87%	84.3%	89.6%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	88%	85.4%	90.4%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	88.8%	86.5%	91.2%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	89.7%	87.5%	91.8%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	90.5%	88.4%	92.5%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	91.2%	89.3%	93%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	91.8%	90.1%	93.6%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	92.4%	90.8%	94.1%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	93%	91.4%	94.5%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	93.5%	92%	94.9%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	93.9%	92.6%	95.3%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	94.4%	93.1%	95.7%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	94.8%	93.6%	96%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	95.1%	94%	96.3%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	95.5%	94.4%	96.5%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	95.8%	94.8%	96.8%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	96%	95.1%	97%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	96.3%	95.4%	97.2%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	96.6%	95.7%	97.4%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	96.8%	96%	97.6%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	97%	96.3%	97.8%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	97.2%	96.5%	97.9%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	97.4%	96.7%	98.1%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	97.6%	97%	98.2%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	97.7%	97.2%	98.3%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	97.9%	97.3%	98.4%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	98%	97.5%	98.5%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	98.1%	97.7%	98.6%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	98.3%	97.8%	98.7%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	98.4%	97.9%	98.8%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	98.5%	98.2%	98.9%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	98.6%	98.3%	99%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	98.7%	98.4%	99%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	98.8%	98.6%	99.1%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	98.9%	98.6%	99.2%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	99%	98.7%	99.2%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	99%	98.8%	99.3%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99.1%	98.9%	99.3%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	99.2%	99%	99.4%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99.2%	99.1%	99.4%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.3%	99.1%	99.4%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.4%	99.2%	99.5%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.5%	99.4%	99.6%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.6%	99.5%	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%	99.7%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 93% in the United Kingdom are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 84.8% past 70, 30.2% and 66.1% past 80, and only 11.3% and 29% 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

United Kingdom

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			United Kingdom
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	35.3%	38.4%	34.3%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	33%	36.1%	32%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	30.7%	33.7%	29.6%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	28.3%	31.3%	27.2%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	26.1%	28.9%	24.8%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	23.9%	26.7%	22.5%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	21.7%	24.4%	20.4%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	19.7%	22.2%	18.3%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	17.8%	20.1%	16.5%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	16.1%	18.2%	14.8%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	14.4%	16.3%	13.1%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	12.7%	14.5%	11.6%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	11.3%	12.9%	10.2%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	10.1%	11.5%	9.03%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.91%	10.2%	7.93%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	7.91%	9.15%	6.98%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	6.99%	8.16%	6.12%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	6.18%	7.24%	5.36%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	5.45%	6.42%	4.7%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	4.85%	5.73%	4.14%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	4.32%	5.12%	3.65%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	3.86%	4.57%	3.23%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	3.44%	4.09%	2.87%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	3.08%	3.68%	2.55%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.76%	3.31%	2.27%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	2.48%	3%	2.02%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	2.21%	2.68%	1.8%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	1.97%	2.39%	1.61%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.76%	2.14%	1.44%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.59%	1.93%	1.29%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.44%	1.75%	1.16%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.31%	1.6%	1.05%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.2%	1.47%	0.96%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.1%	1.35%	0.87%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.01%	1.24%	0.8%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.85%	1.04%	0.68%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.78%	0.96%	0.63%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.72%	0.87%	0.58%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.65%	0.79%	0.53%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.59%	0.72%	0.48%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.54%	0.65%	0.43%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.49%	0.6%	0.4%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.45%	0.55%	0.36%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.42%	0.51%	0.33%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.38%	0.46%	0.3%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.35%	0.42%	0.28%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.26%	0.32%	0.2%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.21%	0.25%	0.16%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.19%	0.23%	0.15%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.18%	0.22%	0.14%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.14%	0.17%	0.1%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.13%	0.16%	0.09%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.09%	0.12%	0.07%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.06%	0.08%	0.04%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
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%	0.06%	0.02%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.04%	0.05%	0.02%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.006%	0.007%	0.005%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.006%	0.007%	0.006%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.007%	0.008%	0.007%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.008%	0.009%	0.007%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.009%	0.009%	0.008%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.34%	0.38%	0.31%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.34% in the United Kingdom, 0.44% vs 0.05% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.59% at 60, and 6.96% vs 4.32% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs United Kingdom

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United Kingdom

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			United Kingdom
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	563	251.1	855
99	475	280.8	655	993	640	1,330
98	572	340	787	1,331	901	1,745
97	677	406	928	1,715	1,217	2,201
96	789	478	1,077	2,134	1,584	2,674
95	909	558	1,236	2,567	1,991	3,136
94	1,031	642	1,393	2,986	2,410	3,555
93	1,148	729	1,540	3,374	2,822	3,922
92	1,257	818	1,670	3,716	3,204	4,227
91	1,363	912	1,794	3,993	3,536	4,450
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	4,159	3,777	4,538
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	4,234	3,934	4,532
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	4,245	4,016	4,465
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	4,188	4,032	4,328
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	4,074	4,007	4,131
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,927	3,949	3,909
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,732	3,832	3,652
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,514	3,666	3,380
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,281	3,474	3,106
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,064	3,293	2,855
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,855	3,100	2,613
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,650	2,900	2,388
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,451	2,705	2,183
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,265	2,523	1,996
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,086	2,353	1,816
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,919	2,195	1,648
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,750	2,016	1,499
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,594	1,838	1,363
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,451	1,682	1,232
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,329	1,551	1,117
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,221	1,431	1,018
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,127	1,328	934
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,045	1,237	859
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	968	1,151	791
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	899	1,070	731
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	832	993	675
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	771	923	625
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	713	853	582
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	658	785	539
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	605	722	494
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	551	660	449
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	504	603	411
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	462	553	377
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	427	512	347
56	1,242	1,519	978	394	473	318
55	1,190	1,459	929	359	432	292
54	1,137	1,397	881	329	393	267.9
53	1,085	1,337	835	307	364	248.3
52	1,037	1,279	795	287.9	343	231.5
51	994	1,223	760	269.9	325	214.8
50	954	1,171	731	249.6	304	195.6
49	918	1,120	707	230.5	282.6	178.5
48	883	1,071	686	214.4	262.9	165.9
47	850	1,022	668	199.8	244	155.6
46	818	974	652	186	226.5	145.9
45	786	928	635	172.4	210.8	134.7
44	755	884	619	159.1	197.3	121.7
43	724	842	601	146.5	183.9	109.4
42	695	804	581	134.6	169.8	99.7
41	667	770	560	124	156.1	92.3
40	639	738	538	113.9	142.6	85.4
39	613	708	515	104.2	130.2	78.5
38	587	680	492	96.4	120.8	72.5
37	562	653	470	91.4	115.1	67.9
36	538	626	449	86.2	108.9	62.9
35	515	600	429	78.5	99.8	56.4
34	493	575	410	71.6	91.8	50.7
33	471	551	392	67.6	87.6	47
32	450	527	374	63.6	83	43.2
31	429	504	355	57.9	76.2	38.6
30	408	481	335	53.8	71.8	34.8
29	386	458	314	50.6	68.2	32
28	363	434	291.3	46.8	63.1	29.6
27	339	410	266.7	43.5	58.7	27.3
26	314	384	241.5	41.5	57	25
25	289.1	358	217.1	39.8	55.5	23.1
24	264.7	331	195.1	37.2	52.1	21.4
23	241.4	304	176	35.1	49	20.5
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	34.5	48	20.2
21	198.1	249	145.6	33.9	47.5	19.7
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	32.5	45.7	18.8
19	158	194.2	121.2	31.1	42.6	19
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	27.9	36.8	18.5
17	119.5	142.6	96	22.1	28.3	15.5
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	16.7	20.6	12.6
15	85	99.4	70.2	13.1	15.1	11.1
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	10.7	11.7	9.58
13	58.9	68.7	49	8.76	10	7.44
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	7.51	9.02	5.93
11	43	50.5	35.3	6.8	8.01	5.53
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	6.07	6.74	5.36
9	37	43.9	30	5.33	5.64	5
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	5.59	5.87	5.29
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	6.36	6.78	5.92
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	6.82	7.33	6.27
5	67.2	79	55.4	7.18	7.77	6.56
4	95.3	110.3	80	7.92	8.61	7.18
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	8.67	9.38	7.92
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	10.4	11	9.76
1	343	375	310	29.6	31.3	27.9
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	344	379	307

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 88 in the United Kingdom. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 84.9 in the United Kingdom, 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 the United Kingdom more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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