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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Uruguay

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Uruguay
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	103.3	102.4	103.4
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	102.5	101.5	102.6
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	101.7	100.6	101.9
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	100.9	99.8	101.1
96	100	99.9	100	100.2	99	100.4
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	99.4	98.1	99.6
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	98.6	97.3	98.9
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	97.9	96.5	98.2
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	97.2	95.7	97.6
91	96.1	96	96.2	96.5	95	96.9
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	95.8	94.2	96.3
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	95.1	93.5	95.7
88	94	93.7	94.1	94.4	92.8	95.1
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	93.8	92.1	94.5
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	93.1	91.4	93.9
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	92.5	90.7	93.4
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.9	90.1	92.8
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	91.3	89.4	92.3
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.8	88.8	91.8
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90.2	88.3	91.3
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.7	87.7	90.9
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.3	87.2	90.5
78	87.5	86.7	88	88.8	86.7	90.1
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.4	86.2	89.8
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	88	85.7	89.4
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	87.6	85.3	89.1
74	85.2	84	85.9	87.2	84.8	88.8
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	86.8	84.4	88.5
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	86.4	84	88.2
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	86	83.5	87.9
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	85.7	83.1	87.6
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	85.4	82.7	87.4
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	85	82.4	87.1
67	81.6	80	82.8	84.7	82	86.9
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	84.4	81.7	86.7
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	84.2	81.3	86.5
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	83.9	81	86.3
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	83.6	80.7	86.1
62	79.4	77.4	81	83.4	80.4	85.9
61	79	76.9	80.7	83.2	80.2	85.7
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	82.9	79.9	85.6
59	78.3	76	80.1	82.7	79.7	85.4
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	82.5	79.5	85.2
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	82.4	79.2	85.1
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	82.2	79.1	85
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	82	78.9	84.8
54	76.5	74	78.7	81.9	78.7	84.7
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	81.8	78.6	84.6
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	81.6	78.4	84.5
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	81.5	78.3	84.4
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	81.4	78.2	84.3
49	75	72.2	77.4	81.3	78	84.3
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	81.2	77.9	84.2
47	74.4	71.6	77	81.1	77.8	84.1
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	81	77.7	84
45	73.9	71	76.5	80.9	77.6	84
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	80.9	77.5	83.9
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	80.8	77.5	83.8
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	80.7	77.4	83.8
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	80.6	77.3	83.7
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	80.6	77.2	83.7
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	80.5	77.1	83.6
38	72.2	69.2	75	80.4	77.1	83.5
37	72	68.9	74.8	80.4	77	83.5
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	80.3	76.9	83.5
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	80.2	76.8	83.4
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	80.2	76.7	83.4
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	80.1	76.7	83.3
32	71	67.9	73.9	80.1	76.6	83.3
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	80	76.5	83.3
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	80	76.5	83.2
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	79.9	76.4	83.2
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	79.9	76.3	83.2
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	79.8	76.3	83.1
26	70	66.8	73.1	79.8	76.2	83.1
25	69.9	66.6	73	79.7	76.1	83.1
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	79.7	76	83.1
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	79.6	76	83
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	79.6	75.9	83
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	79.5	75.8	83
20	69.3	66	72.6	79.4	75.7	83
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	79.4	75.6	82.9
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	79.3	75.6	82.9
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	79.3	75.5	82.9
16	69	65.7	72.3	79.3	75.5	82.9
15	69	65.6	72.3	79.2	75.4	82.9
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	79.2	75.4	82.9
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	79.2	75.4	82.8
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	79.2	75.4	82.8
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	79.2	75.4	82.8
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	79.2	75.4	82.8
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	79.2	75.4	82.8
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	79.2	75.4	82.8
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	79.2	75.4	82.8
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	79.2	75.3	82.8
5	68.7	65.3	72	79.1	75.3	82.8
4	68.6	65.2	72	79.1	75.3	82.8
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	79.1	75.3	82.7
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	79.1	75.3	82.7
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	79.1	75.3	82.7
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	78.6	74.8	82.3

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 80 in Uruguay, rising to 80.7 and 84.2 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.7 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 78.6 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Uruguay

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Uruguay
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	4.15%	0.94%	6.94%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	5.27%	1.36%	8.69%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	6.58%	1.91%	10.7%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	8.09%	2.61%	12.9%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	9.8%	3.51%	15.4%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	11.7%	4.61%	18.1%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	13.9%	5.93%	21%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	16.2%	7.5%	24.1%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	18.7%	9.31%	27.3%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	21.4%	11.4%	30.6%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	24.2%	13.7%	33.9%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	27.1%	16.2%	37.2%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	30.2%	19%	40.6%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	33.3%	21.9%	43.9%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	36.5%	25%	47.2%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	39.7%	28.2%	50.5%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	43%	31.5%	53.8%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	46.2%	34.7%	57%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	49.4%	38%	60.1%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	52.4%	41.2%	63%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	55.2%	44.3%	65.7%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	57.9%	47.3%	68.1%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	60.4%	50.2%	70.3%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	62.8%	53%	72.4%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	65.1%	55.7%	74.3%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	67.3%	58.3%	76.1%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	69.4%	60.8%	77.8%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	71.4%	63.3%	79.3%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	73.3%	65.7%	80.8%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	75.1%	68%	82.2%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	76.8%	70.2%	83.5%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	78.5%	72.3%	84.6%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	80%	74.2%	85.7%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	81.4%	76.1%	86.7%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	82.7%	77.8%	87.7%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	84%	79.4%	88.6%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	85.1%	80.9%	89.4%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	86.2%	82.3%	90.2%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	87.2%	83.6%	90.9%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	88.2%	84.8%	91.6%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	89%	85.9%	92.2%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	89.8%	87%	92.7%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	90.5%	87.9%	93.3%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	91.2%	88.7%	93.7%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	91.8%	89.5%	94.2%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	92.3%	90.2%	94.6%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	92.8%	90.8%	94.9%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	93.3%	91.3%	95.3%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	93.7%	91.8%	95.6%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	94%	92.3%	95.8%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	94.4%	92.7%	96.1%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	94.7%	93.1%	96.3%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	94.9%	93.4%	96.5%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	95.2%	93.8%	96.7%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	95.4%	94%	96.9%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	95.7%	94.3%	97.1%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	95.9%	94.6%	97.3%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	96.1%	94.8%	97.4%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	96.3%	95%	97.6%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	96.4%	95.2%	97.7%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	96.6%	95.4%	97.8%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	96.8%	95.7%	97.9%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	96.9%	95.9%	98%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	97.1%	96.1%	98.1%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	97.2%	96.2%	98.2%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	97.4%	96.4%	98.3%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	97.5%	96.6%	98.4%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	97.6%	96.8%	98.5%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	97.7%	96.9%	98.6%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	97.8%	97.1%	98.6%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	97.9%	97.2%	98.7%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	98%	97.3%	98.7%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	98.1%	97.5%	98.8%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	98.2%	97.6%	98.8%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	98.3%	97.7%	98.9%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	98.5%	98%	99%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	98.6%	98.2%	99%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	98.7%	98.3%	99%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	98.9%	98.6%	99.1%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99%	98.9%	99.2%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.1%	99%	99.2%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 89% in Uruguay are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 76.8% past 70, 30.2% and 55.2% past 80, and only 11.3% and 24.2% 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

Uruguay

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Uruguay
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	22.3%	32.1%	21.3%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	21.2%	30.5%	20.1%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	19.9%	28.8%	18.7%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	18.7%	27.1%	17.3%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	17.5%	25.5%	16.1%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	16.4%	23.9%	14.9%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	15.4%	22.4%	13.8%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	14.5%	20.9%	12.8%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	13.5%	19.5%	11.8%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	12.5%	18.1%	10.7%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	11.6%	16.8%	9.79%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	10.8%	15.6%	8.95%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10%	14.5%	8.21%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	9.37%	13.4%	7.58%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.75%	12.4%	7.05%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	8.16%	11.4%	6.57%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	7.57%	10.4%	6.11%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	6.98%	9.45%	5.63%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	6.36%	8.57%	5.12%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	5.75%	7.75%	4.59%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	5.17%	7%	4.06%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	4.64%	6.34%	3.58%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	4.19%	5.76%	3.17%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	3.81%	5.27%	2.83%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	3.5%	4.86%	2.56%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	3.24%	4.5%	2.34%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	3.01%	4.19%	2.15%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	2.81%	3.9%	1.99%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	2.61%	3.63%	1.83%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	2.42%	3.37%	1.68%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	2.24%	3.12%	1.53%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.06%	2.88%	1.39%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.9%	2.65%	1.27%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.75%	2.43%	1.17%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.61%	2.23%	1.07%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.48%	2.04%	1%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.37%	1.87%	0.93%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.26%	1.7%	0.86%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.16%	1.55%	0.8%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.06%	1.41%	0.73%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.97%	1.28%	0.67%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.88%	1.16%	0.61%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.8%	1.05%	0.55%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.72%	0.94%	0.5%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.65%	0.85%	0.46%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.59%	0.76%	0.42%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.53%	0.68%	0.38%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.48%	0.61%	0.35%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.43%	0.55%	0.32%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.39%	0.5%	0.29%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.35%	0.45%	0.26%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.32%	0.41%	0.24%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.3%	0.37%	0.22%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.27%	0.34%	0.21%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.25%	0.31%	0.19%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.22%	0.26%	0.17%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.2%	0.25%	0.16%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.19%	0.23%	0.15%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.18%	0.23%	0.14%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.16%	0.21%	0.1%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.14%	0.19%	0.09%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.13%	0.18%	0.09%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.12%	0.17%	0.08%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.12%	0.16%	0.07%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.1%	0.15%	0.06%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.1%	0.14%	0.05%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.09%	0.14%	0.05%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.09%	0.14%	0.04%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.09%	0.14%	0.04%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.09%	0.14%	0.04%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.1%	0.15%	0.04%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.1%	0.15%	0.04%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.1%	0.15%	0.05%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.1%	0.15%	0.04%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.1%	0.15%	0.04%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.09%	0.14%	0.04%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.08%	0.12%	0.03%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.06%	0.1%	0.03%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.05%	0.07%	0.02%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.03%	0.05%	0.02%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.02%	0.02%	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%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.56%	0.62%	0.5%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.56% in Uruguay, 0.44% vs 0.1% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.97% at 60, and 6.96% vs 5.17% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Uruguay

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Uruguay

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Uruguay
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	908	217.1	1,517
99	475	280.8	655	1,116	413	1,745
98	572	340	787	1,308	548	1,997
97	677	406	928	1,508	708	2,243
96	789	478	1,077	1,713	893	2,476
95	909	558	1,236	1,922	1,100	2,697
94	1,031	642	1,393	2,137	1,328	2,907
93	1,148	729	1,540	2,343	1,568	3,086
92	1,257	818	1,670	2,522	1,814	3,208
91	1,363	912	1,794	2,677	2,060	3,280
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	2,815	2,304	3,320
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	2,932	2,536	3,332
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	3,033	2,750	3,328
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	3,122	2,937	3,328
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,194	3,089	3,330
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,242	3,200	3,321
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,255	3,265	3,289
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,224	3,282	3,213
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,140	3,255	3,077
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,011	3,190	2,889
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,853	3,098	2,668
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,686	2,996	2,440
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,530	2,892	2,230
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,396	2,794	2,049
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,280	2,705	1,901
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,180	2,625	1,779
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,091	2,550	1,675
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,004	2,472	1,577
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,915	2,388	1,479
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,819	2,293	1,378
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,718	2,189	1,276
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,616	2,080	1,178
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,516	1,966	1,089
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,421	1,849	1,011
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,330	1,733	942
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,245	1,620	882
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,164	1,510	828
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,086	1,403	775
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,009	1,300	723
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	933	1,200	670
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	859	1,104	617
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	788	1,012	566
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	720	923	517
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	656	837	473
56	1,242	1,519	978	596	757	433
55	1,190	1,459	929	541	683	396
54	1,137	1,397	881	491	616	363
53	1,085	1,337	835	445	556	331
52	1,037	1,279	795	404	504	302
51	994	1,223	760	367	457	275.7
50	954	1,171	731	334	416	251.9
49	918	1,120	707	306	380	231.3
48	883	1,071	686	280.7	347	213.9
47	850	1,022	668	258.5	318	199.2
46	818	974	652	239	291.2	186.7
45	786	928	635	222.1	268.1	175.8
44	755	884	619	207.7	248.9	165.7
43	724	842	601	195.5	234	155.9
42	695	804	581	185.2	223.2	145.7
41	667	770	560	176.6	215.9	135.4
40	639	738	538	169.4	211.2	125.5
39	613	708	515	163.2	207.5	116.5
38	587	680	492	157.3	203.4	108.7
37	562	653	470	151.2	197.7	102.1
36	538	626	449	144.5	190	96.6
35	515	600	429	137.2	180.7	91.4
34	493	575	410	129.3	170.7	85.8
33	471	551	392	121.2	161.2	79.2
32	450	527	374	113.1	153	71.4
31	429	504	355	105.8	146.4	63.3
30	408	481	335	99.8	141.7	56.1
29	386	458	314	95.6	138.6	50.6
28	363	434	291.3	92.9	137	46.6
27	339	410	266.7	91.5	136.7	44.1
26	314	384	241.5	91.3	137.6	42.7
25	289.1	358	217.1	92.2	139.6	42.3
24	264.7	331	195.1	94	142.7	42.9
23	241.4	304	176	96.6	146.8	43.9
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	98.9	150.7	44.6
21	198.1	249	145.6	99.7	152.6	44.2
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	97.4	149.8	42.4
19	158	194.2	121.2	90.2	139	39
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	78	119.4	34.5
17	119.5	142.6	96	62.8	94.5	29.5
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	47.3	69	24.5
15	85	99.4	70.2	34.5	48.2	20.1
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	25.1	33.1	16.7
13	58.9	68.7	49	18.8	23.3	14.2
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	14.9	17.4	12.4
11	43	50.5	35.3	12.5	13.9	11.1
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	11.2	12.1	10.4
9	37	43.9	30	10.8	11.4	10.1
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	11	11.5	10.4
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	11.8	12.3	11.3
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	13.2	13.8	12.6
5	67.2	79	55.4	15.4	16.2	14.6
4	95.3	110.3	80	18.4	19.5	17.2
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	22.5	24.2	20.8
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	28.2	30.7	25.6
1	343	375	310	35.9	39.7	32
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	561	621	498

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 84 in Uruguay. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 81.8 in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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