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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.2	102	102.3
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.4	101.2	101.4
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.5	100.3	100.6
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.7	99.5	99.8
96	100	99.9	100	98.9	98.7	99.1
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.2	97.9	98.3
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.4	97.1	97.6
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.7	96.4	96.9
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	96	95.6	96.2
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.3	94.9	95.6
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.7	94.3	94.9
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	94.1	93.6	94.3
88	94	93.7	94.1	93.5	93	93.8
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.9	92.4	93.2
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.4	91.8	92.7
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91.9	91.3	92.3
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.4	90.8	91.8
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	90.9	90.3	91.4
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.5	89.8	91
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90.1	89.4	90.6
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.7	88.9	90.2
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.3	88.5	89.9
78	87.5	86.7	88	88.9	88.1	89.6
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.5	87.7	89.2
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	88.2	87.3	88.9
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	87.9	86.9	88.6
74	85.2	84	85.9	87.5	86.6	88.4
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	87.2	86.2	88.1
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	86.9	85.9	87.9
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	86.7	85.6	87.6
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	86.4	85.3	87.4
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	86.1	85	87.2
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	85.9	84.7	87
67	81.6	80	82.8	85.7	84.4	86.8
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	85.4	84.1	86.6
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	85.2	83.9	86.4
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	85	83.6	86.2
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	84.7	83.4	86
62	79.4	77.4	81	84.5	83.1	85.9
61	79	76.9	80.7	84.3	82.9	85.7
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	84.1	82.6	85.5
59	78.3	76	80.1	83.9	82.4	85.4
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	83.7	82.2	85.2
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	83.6	82	85.1
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	83.4	81.8	85
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	83.2	81.6	84.8
54	76.5	74	78.7	83.1	81.4	84.7
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	82.9	81.2	84.6
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	82.8	81.1	84.5
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	82.7	80.9	84.4
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	82.6	80.8	84.3
49	75	72.2	77.4	82.4	80.7	84.2
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	82.3	80.6	84.1
47	74.4	71.6	77	82.2	80.4	84
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	82.1	80.3	84
45	73.9	71	76.5	82.1	80.2	83.9
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	82	80.1	83.8
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	81.9	80	83.8
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	81.8	79.9	83.7
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	81.7	79.8	83.6
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	81.7	79.8	83.6
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	81.6	79.7	83.5
38	72.2	69.2	75	81.5	79.6	83.5
37	72	68.9	74.8	81.4	79.5	83.4
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	81.4	79.4	83.4
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	81.3	79.3	83.3
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	81.2	79.2	83.3
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	81.2	79.1	83.2
32	71	67.9	73.9	81.1	79.1	83.2
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	81	79	83.2
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	81	78.9	83.1
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	80.9	78.8	83.1
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	80.8	78.7	83
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	80.8	78.6	83
26	70	66.8	73.1	80.7	78.6	83
25	69.9	66.6	73	80.7	78.5	82.9
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	80.6	78.4	82.9
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	80.6	78.3	82.9
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	80.5	78.3	82.8
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	80.5	78.2	82.8
20	69.3	66	72.6	80.4	78.1	82.8
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	80.4	78.1	82.8
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	80.3	78	82.8
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	80.3	78	82.7
16	69	65.7	72.3	80.3	78	82.7
15	69	65.6	72.3	80.3	77.9	82.7
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	80.3	77.9	82.7
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	80.3	77.9	82.7
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	80.2	77.9	82.7
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	80.2	77.9	82.7
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	80.2	77.9	82.7
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	80.2	77.9	82.7
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	80.2	77.9	82.7
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	80.2	77.9	82.7
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	80.2	77.9	82.6
5	68.7	65.3	72	80.2	77.9	82.6
4	68.6	65.2	72	80.2	77.9	82.6
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	80.2	77.8	82.6
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	80.2	77.8	82.6
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	80.1	77.8	82.6
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	79.8	77.4	82.2

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 81 in the United States, rising to 80.7 and 85.2 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.7 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 79.8 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 States.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	2.37%	1.34%	3.35%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	3.44%	2.04%	4.78%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	4.84%	2.99%	6.61%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	6.59%	4.24%	8.86%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	8.73%	5.82%	11.5%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	11.2%	7.77%	14.6%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	14.1%	10.1%	18%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	17.3%	12.7%	21.8%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	20.7%	15.7%	25.7%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	24.4%	18.9%	29.9%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	28.1%	22.3%	34%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	31.9%	25.8%	38.2%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	35.8%	29.3%	42.3%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	39.5%	32.9%	46.2%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	43.1%	36.4%	50%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	46.5%	39.7%	53.5%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	49.8%	43%	56.8%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	52.8%	46.1%	59.8%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	55.8%	49.1%	62.7%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	58.5%	52%	65.3%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	61.1%	54.7%	67.8%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	63.5%	57.3%	70%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	65.8%	59.8%	72.1%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	67.9%	62.1%	74.1%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	69.9%	64.3%	75.9%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	71.8%	66.3%	77.6%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	73.6%	68.3%	79.1%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	75.2%	70.1%	80.6%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	76.7%	71.8%	81.9%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	78.1%	73.5%	83.1%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	79.5%	75%	84.2%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	80.7%	76.4%	85.3%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	81.8%	77.7%	86.2%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	82.9%	79%	87.1%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	84%	80.3%	87.9%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	84.9%	81.4%	88.7%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	85.9%	82.6%	89.4%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	86.8%	83.7%	90.1%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	87.6%	84.7%	90.8%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	88.4%	85.7%	91.4%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	89.2%	86.6%	92%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	89.9%	87.4%	92.5%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	90.5%	88.2%	93%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	91.1%	88.9%	93.5%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	91.7%	89.6%	93.9%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	92.2%	90.3%	94.3%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	92.7%	90.9%	94.7%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	93.2%	91.4%	95.1%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	93.6%	91.9%	95.4%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	94%	92.4%	95.7%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	94.3%	92.8%	96%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	94.6%	93.2%	96.2%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	94.9%	93.5%	96.4%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	95.2%	93.9%	96.6%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	95.5%	94.2%	96.8%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	95.7%	94.5%	97%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	95.9%	94.7%	97.2%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	96.1%	95%	97.3%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	96.3%	95.2%	97.5%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	96.5%	95.4%	97.6%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	96.7%	95.7%	97.7%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	96.8%	95.9%	97.9%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	97%	96.1%	98%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	97.2%	96.3%	98.1%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	97.3%	96.5%	98.2%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	97.5%	96.7%	98.3%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	97.6%	96.9%	98.4%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	97.7%	97%	98.5%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	97.9%	97.2%	98.6%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	98%	97.4%	98.7%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	98.1%	97.6%	98.7%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	98.2%	97.7%	98.8%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	98.5%	98%	98.9%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	98.6%	98.2%	99%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	98.7%	98.3%	99%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	98.9%	98.6%	99.1%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99%	98.7%	99.2%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 89.2% in the United States are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 79.5% past 70, 30.2% and 61.1% past 80, and only 11.3% and 28.1% 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 States

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	33.3%	36.5%	32.2%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	31.1%	34.2%	30%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	28.8%	31.9%	27.7%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	26.6%	29.5%	25.4%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	24.4%	27.2%	23.2%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	22.3%	25%	21.1%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	20.3%	22.9%	19%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	18.4%	20.9%	17.1%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	16.6%	18.9%	15.4%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	15%	17%	13.9%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	13.3%	15.1%	12.3%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	11.9%	13.6%	10.9%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10.7%	12.1%	9.68%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	9.44%	10.8%	8.54%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.32%	9.57%	7.48%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	7.36%	8.51%	6.56%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	6.55%	7.59%	5.77%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	5.84%	6.79%	5.1%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	5.23%	6.1%	4.53%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	4.72%	5.52%	4.06%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	4.23%	4.98%	3.62%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	3.82%	4.51%	3.25%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	3.45%	4.08%	2.91%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	3.14%	3.73%	2.63%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.86%	3.42%	2.38%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	2.61%	3.13%	2.16%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	2.38%	2.86%	1.97%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	2.17%	2.61%	1.78%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.98%	2.39%	1.61%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.82%	2.2%	1.47%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.65%	2.01%	1.33%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.53%	1.87%	1.21%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.41%	1.73%	1.1%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.31%	1.63%	1.01%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.23%	1.54%	0.94%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.16%	1.45%	0.87%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.09%	1.38%	0.82%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.03%	1.29%	0.77%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.96%	1.2%	0.71%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.9%	1.13%	0.67%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.83%	1.04%	0.62%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.78%	0.97%	0.59%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.73%	0.91%	0.55%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.68%	0.84%	0.51%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.63%	0.78%	0.47%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.58%	0.72%	0.44%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.53%	0.66%	0.4%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.48%	0.6%	0.37%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.44%	0.54%	0.34%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.41%	0.5%	0.31%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.37%	0.45%	0.28%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.31%	0.38%	0.24%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.28%	0.35%	0.22%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.26%	0.32%	0.2%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.25%	0.3%	0.19%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.2%	0.25%	0.15%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.14%	0.19%	0.09%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.13%	0.17%	0.08%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.12%	0.16%	0.07%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.11%	0.16%	0.06%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.1%	0.15%	0.06%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.1%	0.14%	0.05%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.08%	0.12%	0.04%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.03%	0.04%	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%	0.02%	0.01%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.009%	0.01%	0.009%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.47%	0.51%	0.42%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.47% in the United States, 0.44% vs 0.13% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.83% at 60, and 6.96% vs 4.23% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs United States

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			United States
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	690	348	1,015
99	475	280.8	655	1,072	697	1,435
98	572	340	787	1,396	952	1,829
97	677	406	928	1,754	1,251	2,248
96	789	478	1,077	2,132	1,585	2,672
95	909	558	1,236	2,509	1,943	3,075
94	1,031	642	1,393	2,862	2,310	3,428
93	1,148	729	1,540	3,181	2,660	3,725
92	1,257	818	1,670	3,448	2,960	3,966
91	1,363	912	1,794	3,654	3,205	4,138
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	3,753	3,367	4,174
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	3,817	3,497	4,165
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	3,816	3,564	4,096
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	3,729	3,550	3,948
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,583	3,478	3,737
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,424	3,380	3,508
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,257	3,263	3,277
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,084	3,133	3,053
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	2,915	2,999	2,841
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	2,759	2,873	2,650
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,587	2,726	2,452
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,427	2,582	2,274
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,269	2,439	2,102
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,132	2,317	1,949
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,003	2,199	1,808
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,876	2,076	1,678
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,754	1,953	1,557
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,634	1,831	1,438
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,520	1,715	1,322
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,421	1,618	1,222
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,314	1,510	1,118
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,231	1,425	1,032
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,153	1,348	951
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,089	1,287	882
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,035	1,235	824
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	982	1,181	772
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	940	1,136	732
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	892	1,081	691
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	840	1,020	649
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	793	964	612
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	743	902	574
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	702	851	542
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	658	798	509
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	617	748	477
56	1,242	1,519	978	575	696	445
55	1,190	1,459	929	533	647	412
54	1,137	1,397	881	492	596	379
53	1,085	1,337	835	450	544	349
52	1,037	1,279	795	414	499	322
51	994	1,223	760	381	460	296.9
50	954	1,171	731	348	419	271.3
49	918	1,120	707	319	384	248.7
48	883	1,071	686	292.9	353	227.9
47	850	1,022	668	271.3	328	210.3
46	818	974	652	252.4	306	194.8
45	786	928	635	234.5	284.7	180.1
44	755	884	619	217.3	264.5	166.3
43	724	842	601	201.9	246.6	153.5
42	695	804	581	190.6	234.1	143.3
41	667	770	560	183.1	226.7	135.5
40	639	738	538	176.3	220.2	128.4
39	613	708	515	170.3	214.2	122.4
38	587	680	492	163.8	207.3	116.3
37	562	653	470	158.4	201.9	111
36	538	626	449	152.7	196.2	105.4
35	515	600	429	147.7	191.6	100.1
34	493	575	410	143.5	187.5	95.7
33	471	551	392	138.7	182	91.5
32	450	527	374	133.7	176.4	87.2
31	429	504	355	128.5	171.4	81.8
30	408	481	335	124.4	168.4	76.7
29	386	458	314	120.4	165.3	71.8
28	363	434	291.3	115.9	160.6	67.4
27	339	410	266.7	111.6	156	63.6
26	314	384	241.5	106.5	150.3	59.2
25	289.1	358	217.1	101.3	144.4	55.1
24	264.7	331	195.1	96.7	138.7	51.7
23	241.4	304	176	92.2	132.8	48.7
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	87.7	127	45.8
21	198.1	249	145.6	81.9	118.8	42.6
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	74.4	107.5	39.1
19	158	194.2	121.2	66.1	94.7	35.6
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	55.6	78.6	31.2
17	119.5	142.6	96	43	59.7	25.4
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	31.7	42.5	20.1
15	85	99.4	70.2	23.9	30.6	16.8
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	18.3	22.2	14.3
13	58.9	68.7	49	14.2	16.4	11.8
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	11.5	13	9.85
11	43	50.5	35.3	10.2	11.5	8.68
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	9.47	10.8	8.1
9	37	43.9	30	9	10	7.92
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	9.07	9.94	8.16
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	9.37	10.2	8.51
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	9.54	10.4	8.68
5	67.2	79	55.4	10.4	11.4	9.33
4	95.3	110.3	80	12.7	14.2	11.1
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	14.9	16.9	12.8
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	17	19.2	14.8
1	343	375	310	45.6	50.6	40.5
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	466	510	421

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 89 in the United States. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 83.9 in the United States, 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 States more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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