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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vatican

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Vatican
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.7	102.2	102.8
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.9	101.4	102
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	101.1	100.5	101.3
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	100.3	99.7	100.5
96	100	99.9	100	99.5	98.9	99.7
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.8	98.1	99
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	98	97.3	98.3
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	97.3	96.5	97.6
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	96.6	95.8	96.9
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.9	95.1	96.3
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	95.3	94.4	95.7
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	94.6	93.7	95.1
88	94	93.7	94.1	94	93	94.5
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	93.4	92.4	94
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	92.8	91.8	93.5
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	92.3	91.2	93
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	91.7	90.7	92.5
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	91.2	90.1	92
82	90	89.4	90.3	90.8	89.6	91.6
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	90.3	89.1	91.2
80	88.8	88	89.1	89.9	88.7	90.8
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	89.5	88.3	90.5
78	87.5	86.7	88	89.1	87.8	90.2
77	86.9	86	87.4	88.8	87.5	89.9
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	88.5	87.1	89.6
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	88.2	86.8	89.3
74	85.2	84	85.9	87.9	86.4	89.1
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	87.6	86.1	88.9
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	87.4	85.8	88.7
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	87.1	85.6	88.5
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	86.9	85.3	88.3
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	86.7	85	88.2
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	86.5	84.8	88
67	81.6	80	82.8	86.3	84.6	87.9
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	86.2	84.4	87.8
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	86	84.2	87.7
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	85.9	84.1	87.6
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	85.8	83.9	87.5
62	79.4	77.4	81	85.7	83.8	87.4
61	79	76.9	80.7	85.5	83.6	87.3
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	85.4	83.5	87.3
59	78.3	76	80.1	85.3	83.4	87.2
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	85.3	83.3	87.1
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	85.2	83.2	87.1
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	85.1	83.1	87
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	85	83	86.9
54	76.5	74	78.7	84.9	82.9	86.9
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	84.9	82.8	86.8
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	84.8	82.8	86.8
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	84.8	82.7	86.8
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	84.7	82.7	86.7
49	75	72.2	77.4	84.7	82.6	86.7
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	84.6	82.6	86.6
47	74.4	71.6	77	84.6	82.5	86.6
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	84.6	82.5	86.6
45	73.9	71	76.5	84.5	82.4	86.5
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	84.5	82.4	86.5
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	84.5	82.4	86.5
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	84.5	82.4	86.5
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	84.4	82.3	86.4
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	84.4	82.3	86.4
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	84.4	82.3	86.4
38	72.2	69.2	75	84.4	82.3	86.4
37	72	68.9	74.8	84.4	82.3	86.4
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	84.3	82.2	86.3
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	84.3	82.2	86.3
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	84.3	82.2	86.3
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	84.3	82.2	86.3
32	71	67.9	73.9	84.3	82.2	86.3
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	84.3	82.2	86.3
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	84.2	82.2	86.3
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	84.2	82.1	86.2
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	84.2	82.1	86.2
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	84.2	82.1	86.2
26	70	66.8	73.1	84.2	82.1	86.2
25	69.9	66.6	73	84.2	82.1	86.2
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	84.2	82.1	86.2
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	84.1	82	86.2
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	84.1	82	86.2
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	84.1	82	86.1
20	69.3	66	72.6	84.1	82	86.1
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	84.1	82	86.1
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	84.1	82	86.1
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	84.1	82	86.1
16	69	65.7	72.3	84.1	81.9	86.1
15	69	65.6	72.3	84	81.9	86.1
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	84	81.9	86.1
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	84	81.9	86.1
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	84	81.9	86.1
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	84	81.9	86.1
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	84	81.9	86.1
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	84	81.9	86
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	84	81.9	86
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	84	81.9	86
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	84	81.9	86
5	68.7	65.3	72	84	81.9	86
4	68.6	65.2	72	84	81.8	86
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	83.9	81.8	86
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	83.9	81.8	86
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	83.9	81.8	85.9
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	83.4	81.3	85.4

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 84.2 in the Vatican, rising to 80.7 and 86 at 65, and to 88.8 and 89.9 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 83.4 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vatican

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Vatican
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	4.2%	1.72%	6.29%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	5.62%	2.52%	8.28%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	7.36%	3.58%	10.6%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	9.44%	4.95%	13.4%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	11.8%	6.66%	16.5%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	14.6%	8.74%	19.9%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	17.7%	11.2%	23.6%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	21.1%	14%	27.6%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	24.7%	17.2%	31.7%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	28.5%	20.6%	35.9%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	32.5%	24.4%	40.2%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	36.5%	28.3%	44.4%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	40.6%	32.4%	48.6%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	44.7%	36.5%	52.7%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	48.8%	40.7%	56.7%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	52.7%	44.8%	60.5%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	56.6%	48.9%	64.2%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	60.3%	52.8%	67.6%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	63.8%	56.6%	70.8%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	67%	60.2%	73.7%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	70%	63.5%	76.4%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	72.7%	66.6%	78.8%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	75.2%	69.5%	80.9%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	77.5%	72.2%	82.8%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	79.6%	74.7%	84.5%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	81.5%	77%	86.1%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	83.2%	79.1%	87.4%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	84.8%	81%	88.7%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	86.2%	82.8%	89.8%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	87.6%	84.4%	90.7%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	88.7%	85.9%	91.6%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	89.8%	87.3%	92.4%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	90.7%	88.5%	93.1%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	91.6%	89.5%	93.7%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	92.3%	90.5%	94.2%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	93%	91.4%	94.6%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	93.6%	92.1%	95%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	94.1%	92.8%	95.4%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	94.6%	93.5%	95.7%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	95%	94%	96%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	95.4%	94.6%	96.3%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	95.8%	95%	96.5%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	96.1%	95.5%	96.7%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	96.4%	95.9%	96.9%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	96.7%	96.2%	97.1%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	97.3%	97%	97.6%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	97.5%	97.2%	97.7%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	97.6%	97.4%	97.8%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	97.8%	97.6%	97.9%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	97.9%	97.7%	98%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	98%	97.9%	98.1%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	98.1%	98%	98.2%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	98.2%	98.1%	98.3%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	98.3%	98.2%	98.4%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	98.3%	98.3%	98.4%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	98.4%	98.3%	98.5%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	98.5%	98.4%	98.5%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	98.5%	98.5%	98.6%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	98.6%	98.5%	98.6%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	98.6%	98.5%	98.7%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	98.7%	98.6%	98.7%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	98.7%	98.6%	98.8%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	98.7%	98.7%	98.8%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	98.8%	98.7%	98.8%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	98.8%	98.7%	98.9%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	98.8%	98.8%	98.9%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	98.9%	98.8%	98.9%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	98.9%	98.8%	98.9%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	98.9%	98.9%	99%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	98.9%	98.9%	99%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	99%	98.9%	99%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	99%	98.9%	99%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	99%	99%	99.1%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	99%	99%	99.1%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	99.1%	99%	99.1%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	99.1%	99%	99.1%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	99.1%	99.1%	99.1%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	99.1%	99.1%	99.2%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	99.2%	99.1%	99.2%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	99.2%	99.1%	99.2%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	99.2%	99.2%	99.2%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	99.2%	99.2%	99.2%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	99.2%	99.2%	99.2%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	99.2%	99.2%	99.2%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	99.3%	99.3%	99.3%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	99.4%	99.4%	99.4%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.4%	99.4%	99.4%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	99.4%	99.4%	99.4%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 95.4% in the Vatican are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 88.7% past 70, 30.2% and 70% past 80, and only 11.3% and 32.5% 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

Vatican

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Vatican
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	26.8%	33.6%	25.6%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	25.3%	31.7%	24%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	23.6%	29.6%	22.2%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	22%	27.6%	20.5%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	20.3%	25.7%	18.8%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	18.9%	23.8%	17.2%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	17.5%	21.9%	15.7%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	16%	20.1%	14.3%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	14.6%	18.4%	13%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	13.4%	16.8%	11.8%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	12.2%	15.3%	10.6%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	11.1%	13.9%	9.56%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	10.1%	12.6%	8.62%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	9.15%	11.4%	7.78%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	8.3%	10.3%	7.02%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	7.51%	9.24%	6.33%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	6.84%	8.31%	5.69%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	6.12%	7.45%	5.08%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	5.44%	6.65%	4.51%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	4.84%	5.92%	3.98%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	4.24%	5.27%	3.48%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	3.76%	4.68%	3.04%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	3.33%	4.16%	2.65%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	2.95%	3.71%	2.31%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	2.63%	3.32%	2.02%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	2.34%	2.97%	1.78%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	2.09%	2.67%	1.56%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	1.87%	2.39%	1.38%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	1.67%	2.15%	1.22%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	1.49%	1.93%	1.08%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	1.33%	1.72%	0.95%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	1.18%	1.53%	0.83%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.04%	1.36%	0.73%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	0.92%	1.21%	0.64%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	0.81%	1.07%	0.55%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	0.71%	0.94%	0.48%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	0.63%	0.84%	0.42%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	0.56%	0.75%	0.37%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	0.5%	0.67%	0.33%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	0.46%	0.61%	0.3%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.41%	0.55%	0.27%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.38%	0.5%	0.25%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.34%	0.45%	0.23%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.31%	0.41%	0.21%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.28%	0.36%	0.19%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.25%	0.32%	0.17%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.19%	0.24%	0.15%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.16%	0.19%	0.12%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.14%	0.17%	0.11%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.13%	0.15%	0.1%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.12%	0.14%	0.1%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.1%	0.12%	0.09%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.07%	0.08%	0.07%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.009%	0.009%	0.008%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.008%	0.009%	0.008%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.008%	0.009%	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%	0.009%
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%	0.01%	0.01%	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%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	0.57%	0.59%	0.55%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 0.57% in the Vatican, 0.44% vs 0.03% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.41% at 60, and 6.96% vs 4.24% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Vatican

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vatican

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Vatican
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	1,076	440	1,638
99	475	280.8	655	1,420	797	1,988
98	572	340	787	1,737	1,061	2,362
97	677	406	928	2,077	1,368	2,737
96	789	478	1,077	2,407	1,711	3,098
95	909	558	1,236	2,758	2,077	3,429
94	1,031	642	1,393	3,093	2,453	3,717
93	1,148	729	1,540	3,361	2,821	3,949
92	1,257	818	1,670	3,612	3,166	4,117
91	1,363	912	1,794	3,829	3,472	4,220
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	3,969	3,728	4,260
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	4,059	3,928	4,247
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	4,099	4,070	4,191
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	4,094	4,152	4,100
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	4,046	4,176	3,979
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,957	4,146	3,829
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,872	4,064	3,648
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,692	3,935	3,435
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,469	3,765	3,193
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,243	3,565	2,931
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	2,968	3,346	2,660
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	2,731	3,119	2,394
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,507	2,894	2,143
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,283	2,679	1,915
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,095	2,476	1,710
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	1,909	2,287	1,529
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	1,739	2,109	1,368
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	1,584	1,941	1,225
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	1,440	1,780	1,096
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,304	1,627	978
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,177	1,480	871
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,057	1,339	771
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	945	1,206	680
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	841	1,080	597
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	746	966	522
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	662	863	457
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	589	773	402
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	527	696	356
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	476	630	318
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	433	574	288
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	395	524	262.9
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	361	478	241.3
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	329	433	221.9
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	297.3	388	203.7
56	1,242	1,519	978	266.9	345	186.4
55	1,190	1,459	929	238.3	304	170.2
54	1,137	1,397	881	212.4	267.8	155.3
53	1,085	1,337	835	189.6	235.9	141.9
52	1,037	1,279	795	170.1	209	130.1
51	994	1,223	760	153.5	186.3	119.7
50	954	1,171	731	139.1	166.9	110.4
49	918	1,120	707	126.1	149.7	101.8
48	883	1,071	686	114.1	133.8	93.7
47	850	1,022	668	102.7	119	85.8
46	818	974	652	91.9	105.1	78.2
45	786	928	635	81.8	92.3	71
44	755	884	619	72.9	81	64.5
43	724	842	601	65.1	71.3	58.7
42	695	804	581	58.5	63.1	53.6
41	667	770	560	53	56.4	49.4
40	639	738	538	48.4	50.9	45.8
39	613	708	515	44.6	46.4	42.6
38	587	680	492	41.3	42.6	39.9
37	562	653	470	38.4	39.5	37.3
36	538	626	449	35.9	36.8	35.1
35	515	600	429	33.7	34.4	32.9
34	493	575	410	31.8	32.4	31
33	471	551	392	30.1	30.7	29.4
32	450	527	374	28.6	29.3	27.9
31	429	504	355	27.4	28.2	26.6
30	408	481	335	26.4	27.3	25.5
29	386	458	314	25.6	26.7	24.5
28	363	434	291.3	25	26.4	23.6
27	339	410	266.7	24.6	26.4	22.7
26	314	384	241.5	24.3	26.6	21.9
25	289.1	358	217.1	24.1	27.1	21.1
24	264.7	331	195.1	24	27.6	20.3
23	241.4	304	176	23.9	28.1	19.5
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	23.6	28.4	18.7
21	198.1	249	145.6	23.1	28.3	17.8
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	22.2	27.5	16.8
19	158	194.2	121.2	20.9	25.8	15.7
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	19	23.4	14.4
17	119.5	142.6	96	16.8	20.3	13
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	14.5	17.2	11.7
15	85	99.4	70.2	12.4	14.3	10.4
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	10.7	12	9.25
13	58.9	68.7	49	9.4	10.4	8.39
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	8.6	9.37	7.8
11	43	50.5	35.3	8.23	8.93	7.49
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	8.25	8.97	7.49
9	37	43.9	30	8.65	9.43	7.82
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	9.41	10.3	8.53
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	10.6	11.4	9.72
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	12.1	12.7	11.5
5	67.2	79	55.4	14.2	14.2	14.1
4	95.3	110.3	80	16.8	15.8	17.9
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	20.3	17.6	23
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	24.7	19.5	30
1	343	375	310	30.4	21.6	39.4
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	574	593	554

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 Vatican. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 85.7 in the Vatican, 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 Vatican more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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