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Life Expectancy in South Africa vs Venezuela (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in South Africa vs 72.8 in Venezuela. South Africa is ranked 164/197 by life expectancy, and Venezuela is 114/197. In South Africa, the life expectancy is 63 years for males and 70 years for females. In Venezuela, it's 69.1 years for males and 76.8 years for females.

South Africa vs Venezuela life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Africa
Male

Female
Venezuela
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Africa Venezuela
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.1 42.2 44.1 51.1 49 53.5
1951 44.1 43.1 45.2 52 49.9 54.3
1952 45 44 46.2 52.7 50.6 55
1953 46.1 44.9 47.4 53.4 51.4 55.7
1954 47.1 45.8 48.6 54.1 52.1 56.3
1955 48.2 46.8 49.7 54.8 52.8 57
1956 49.2 47.7 50.9 55.5 53.5 57.7
1957 50.2 48.6 52 56.2 54.3 58.3
1958 51.1 49.5 53 56.9 55.1 59
1959 51.9 50.2 53.8 57.7 55.8 59.7
1960 52.6 50.8 54.6 58.4 56.5 60.4
1961 53.1 51.2 55.2 59.1 57.3 61.1
1962 53.6 51.7 55.7 59.7 57.8 61.7
1963 53.9 52 56 60.5 58.7 62.4
1964 54.2 52.3 56.4 61.2 59.4 63.1
1965 54.4 52.5 56.6 61.9 60.2 63.7
1966 54.7 52.8 56.9 62.9 61.1 64.8
1967 55 52.9 57.2 63.6 61.8 65.4
1968 55.2 53.1 57.5 63.9 62.1 65.8
1969 55.4 53.3 57.8 63.8 62.2 65.5
1970 55.7 53.5 58.1 64.8 63 66.8
1971 56 53.8 58.4 65.2 63.3 67.2
1972 56.4 54.2 58.7 65.6 63.6 67.6
1973 56.7 54.6 59 65.7 63.7 67.9
1974 57.1 55 59.4 66.2 64.1 68.5
1975 57.6 55.5 59.9 66.7 64.5 69
1976 58 55.8 60.4 67.3 65.1 69.6
1977 58.5 56.2 61 67.7 65.3 70.3
1978 59 56.6 61.6 68.1 65.6 70.9
1979 59.5 57.1 62.1 68.2 65.6 71
1980 60 57.5 62.7 68.2 65.5 71.1
1981 60.4 57.9 63.3 68.7 66.1 71.5
1982 60.9 58.3 63.8 69 66.3 71.9
1983 61.4 58.7 64.4 69.5 66.9 72.4
1984 61.8 59 64.9 69.7 67.1 72.4
1985 62.2 59.2 65.5 70 67.5 72.6
1986 62.4 59.3 65.9 70.5 68.1 73.1
1987 62.7 59.5 66.2 70.7 68.1 73.4
1988 62.9 59.6 66.6 70.8 68.1 73.6
1989 63 59.6 66.8 70.8 68 73.8
1990 62.9 59.5 66.9 71 68.4 73.7
1991 63 59.5 67 71.2 68.3 74.2
1992 62.8 59.4 66.8 71.2 68.1 74.4
1993 62.6 59.1 66.5 71.4 68.2 74.8
1994 62.1 58.8 66 71.3 68.1 74.6
1995 61.6 58.3 65.2 71.7 68.7 74.9
1996 61.1 57.8 64.5 71.9 68.9 75.1
1997 60.5 57.2 63.7 72.6 69.6 75.7
1998 59.9 56.7 62.9 72.4 69.3 75.8
1999 59.2 56.1 62 72.1 68.9 75.4
2000 58.4 55.4 61.1 72.4 68.8 76.2
2001 57.2 54.6 59.5 71 67 75.3
2002 55.6 53.2 57.7 72.8 69 76.9
2003 54.2 52 56.3 72.1 68.2 76.2
2004 54 51.9 55.8 72.8 69 76.7
2005 53.9 52.1 55.5 73.1 69.4 77
2006 54.2 52.2 55.9 73 69 77.2
2007 54.9 52.7 56.9 73.3 69.3 77.7
2008 56 53.5 58.1 72.6 68.3 77.2
2009 57.4 54.8 59.7 72.8 68.5 77.3
2010 58.9 56.2 61.2 73.1 69.1 77.4
2011 60.6 57.7 63.1 73.1 68.7 77.8
2012 61.7 58.7 64.4 73.1 68.8 77.6
2013 62.4 59.2 65.2 73.1 68.9 77.5
2014 63.2 59.9 66.2 72.8 68.6 77.3
2015 64.1 60.8 67 73 68.9 77.4
2016 64.7 61.3 67.9 72 67.6 76.8
2017 65.4 62 68.6 71.9 67.8 76.3
2018 65.7 62.3 68.9 72.6 68.9 76.6
2019 66.1 62.7 69.2 72.8 69 76.7
2020 65.2 62.2 67.9 72.4 68.5 76.5
2021 62 59.2 64.8 71.5 67.7 75.6
2022 65.5 61.8 69 72.6 68.8 76.5
2023 66.1 62.6 69.6 72.5 68.7 76.5
2024 66.3 62.8 69.8 72.7 68.9 76.7
2025 66.5 63 70 72.8 69.1 76.8

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 52.8 years in South Africa and 62 in Venezuela. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.3 healthy years in South Africa and 14.9 in Venezuela.

South Africa vs Venezuela life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in South Africa and Venezuela, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
40.5 vs 46.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
70.5 vs 76.4 years

Median expected age of death:
72.4 vs 79.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Africa Venezuela
Male Female Male Female
40 93.5% 95.4% 96.2% 98.5%
50 83.5% 88.8% 91.9% 96.0%
60 67.9% 79.0% 83.8% 90.8%
65 57.9% 72.2% 76.7% 86.3%
70 46.5% 63.4% 66.8% 79.9%
75 34.9% 52.7% 55.3% 71.6%
80 23.8% 40.2% 40.3% 58.5%
85 14.8% 27.7% 22.3% 37.9%
90 7.7% 16.0% 7.9% 16.0%
95 3.3% 7.2% 1.6% 4.1%
100 1.1% 2.3% 0.2% 0.5%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in South Africa vs Venezuela: 70.5 years vs 76.4 at 30, 80.7 vs 81.7 at 65, 88.7 vs 87 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 vs 72.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in South Africa and Venezuela.

South Africa
Male

Female
Venezuela
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Africa Venezuela
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 63 70 72.8 69.1 76.8
1 68 64.6 71.4 73.9 70.1 77.9
2 68.2 64.8 71.6 74 70.2 77.9
3 68.4 65 71.8 74 70.3 78
4 68.5 65.1 71.8 74.1 70.3 78
5 68.6 65.1 71.9 74.1 70.3 78.1
6 68.6 65.2 71.9 74.2 70.4 78.1
7 68.6 65.2 72 74.2 70.4 78.1
8 68.7 65.3 72 74.2 70.4 78.2
9 68.7 65.3 72 74.2 70.4 78.2
10 68.7 65.3 72 74.2 70.5 78.2
11 68.7 65.3 72 74.3 70.5 78.2
12 68.8 65.4 72.1 74.3 70.5 78.2
13 68.8 65.4 72.1 74.3 70.5 78.3
14 68.8 65.4 72.1 74.3 70.5 78.3
15 68.9 65.5 72.2 74.4 70.6 78.3
16 68.9 65.5 72.2 74.4 70.7 78.3
17 69 65.6 72.3 74.5 70.8 78.4
18 69 65.7 72.3 74.6 70.9 78.4
19 69.1 65.8 72.4 74.7 71.1 78.5
20 69.2 65.8 72.4 74.9 71.3 78.5
21 69.3 66 72.5 75 71.6 78.6
22 69.4 66.1 72.6 75.2 71.8 78.6
23 69.5 66.2 72.7 75.4 72.1 78.7
24 69.6 66.3 72.8 75.5 72.4 78.7
25 69.7 66.5 72.9 75.7 72.6 78.8
26 69.9 66.7 73 75.8 72.8 78.8
27 70 66.8 73.1 76 73.1 78.9
28 70.2 67 73.2 76.1 73.3 78.9
29 70.3 67.2 73.4 76.3 73.5 79
30 70.5 67.4 73.5 76.4 73.7 79
31 70.7 67.6 73.7 76.5 73.9 79.1
32 70.9 67.8 73.8 76.6 74 79.1
33 71.1 68 74 76.8 74.2 79.2
34 71.3 68.2 74.2 76.9 74.4 79.3
35 71.5 68.4 74.4 77 74.5 79.3
36 71.7 68.6 74.5 77.1 74.7 79.4
37 71.9 68.9 74.7 77.2 74.8 79.5
38 72.1 69.1 74.9 77.3 75 79.6
39 72.3 69.4 75.1 77.4 75.1 79.6
40 72.6 69.6 75.3 77.5 75.2 79.7
41 72.8 69.9 75.6 77.6 75.4 79.8
42 73.1 70.1 75.8 77.7 75.5 79.9
43 73.3 70.4 76 77.8 75.6 79.9
44 73.6 70.7 76.2 78 75.8 80
45 73.8 70.9 76.4 78.1 75.9 80.1
46 74.1 71.2 76.7 78.2 76 80.2
47 74.4 71.5 76.9 78.3 76.2 80.3
48 74.6 71.9 77.1 78.4 76.3 80.4
49 74.9 72.2 77.4 78.5 76.5 80.5
50 75.2 72.5 77.6 78.7 76.6 80.6
51 75.5 72.9 77.9 78.8 76.8 80.7
52 75.8 73.2 78.1 79 76.9 80.8
53 76.2 73.6 78.3 79.1 77.1 80.9
54 76.5 73.9 78.6 79.3 77.3 81.1
55 76.8 74.3 78.9 79.4 77.5 81.2
56 77.2 74.7 79.2 79.6 77.7 81.4
57 77.5 75.1 79.4 79.8 77.9 81.5
58 77.9 75.6 79.7 80 78.2 81.7
59 78.2 76 80 80.2 78.4 81.8
60 78.6 76.5 80.3 80.4 78.7 82
61 79 76.9 80.7 80.7 78.9 82.2
62 79.4 77.4 81 80.9 79.2 82.4
63 79.8 77.9 81.3 81.1 79.5 82.6
64 80.2 78.4 81.7 81.4 79.8 82.8
65 80.7 78.9 82 81.7 80.1 83
66 81.1 79.4 82.4 82 80.5 83.3
67 81.6 79.9 82.8 82.3 80.8 83.5
68 82.1 80.5 83.2 82.6 81.2 83.7
69 82.6 81.1 83.6 82.9 81.6 84
70 83.1 81.6 84 83.3 82 84.3
71 83.6 82.2 84.5 83.6 82.4 84.5
72 84.1 82.8 84.9 83.9 82.8 84.8
73 84.6 83.4 85.4 84.2 83.2 85.1
74 85.2 84 85.8 84.6 83.5 85.3
75 85.7 84.7 86.3 84.9 83.9 85.6
76 86.3 85.3 86.9 85.3 84.4 85.9
77 86.9 86 87.4 85.6 84.8 86.2
78 87.5 86.7 87.9 86.1 85.3 86.6
79 88.1 87.3 88.5 86.5 85.8 87
80 88.7 88 89.1 87 86.3 87.4
81 89.4 88.7 89.7 87.4 86.8 87.8
82 90 89.4 90.2 88 87.4 88.3
83 90.6 90.1 90.8 88.5 88 88.8
84 91.2 90.8 91.4 89.1 88.7 89.4
85 91.9 91.5 92.1 89.7 89.3 90
86 92.6 92.2 92.7 90.4 90.1 90.6
87 93.2 92.9 93.4 91.1 90.8 91.3
88 93.9 93.7 94.1 91.9 91.6 92
89 94.7 94.4 94.7 92.6 92.3 92.8
90 95.4 95.2 95.5 93.4 93.1 93.5
91 96.1 96 96.2 94.2 94 94.3
92 96.9 96.7 96.9 95 94.8 95.1
93 97.6 97.5 97.6 95.8 95.6 95.9
94 98.4 98.3 98.4 96.6 96.5 96.7
95 99.2 99.1 99.2 97.5 97.3 97.5
96 100 99.9 100 98.3 98.2 98.4
97 100.8 100.7 100.8 99.2 99.1 99.2
98 101.6 101.5 101.7 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 102.5 102.3 102.6 101 100.8 101
100 103.4 103.1 103.5 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in South Africa vs Venezuela

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 68.4% in South Africa and 82.2% in Venezuela are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 51.3% and 69.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30% and 46.6% to 80+ years, and 11.2% and 11.3% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

South Africa
Male

Female
Venezuela
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Africa Venezuela
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.8% 97.5% 98% 98.6% 98.4% 98.7%
2 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 98.5% 98.3% 98.6%
3 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 98.4% 98.3% 98.5%
4 97% 96.7% 97.4% 98.3% 98.2% 98.4%
5 96.9% 96.6% 97.3% 98.3% 98.1% 98.4%
6 96.9% 96.5% 97.2% 98.2% 98.1% 98.3%
7 96.8% 96.5% 97.2% 98.2% 98.1% 98.3%
8 96.8% 96.4% 97.2% 98.2% 98% 98.3%
9 96.7% 96.4% 97.1% 98.1% 98% 98.2%
10 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 98.1% 98% 98.2%
11 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 98.1% 97.9% 98.2%
12 96.6% 96.2% 97% 98% 97.9% 98.2%
13 96.6% 96.2% 97% 98% 97.9% 98.1%
14 96.5% 96.1% 96.9% 98% 97.8% 98.1%
15 96.4% 96% 96.9% 97.9% 97.7% 98.1%
16 96.4% 95.9% 96.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98%
17 96.3% 95.8% 96.7% 97.7% 97.5% 98%
18 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 97.5% 97.2% 97.9%
19 96% 95.5% 96.5% 97.3% 96.8% 97.8%
20 95.8% 95.3% 96.4% 97% 96.4% 97.7%
21 95.6% 95.1% 96.3% 96.8% 95.9% 97.6%
22 95.4% 94.8% 96.1% 96.4% 95.4% 97.6%
23 95.2% 94.5% 95.9% 96.1% 94.9% 97.5%
24 95% 94.2% 95.8% 95.8% 94.4% 97.4%
25 94.7% 93.9% 95.6% 95.5% 93.9% 97.3%
26 94.4% 93.5% 95.3% 95.2% 93.4% 97.2%
27 94.1% 93.1% 95.1% 95% 93% 97.1%
28 93.7% 92.7% 94.8% 94.7% 92.6% 97%
29 93.4% 92.3% 94.5% 94.4% 92.1% 96.9%
30 93% 91.8% 94.2% 94.1% 91.7% 96.8%
31 92.6% 91.3% 93.9% 93.9% 91.4% 96.7%
32 92.1% 90.8% 93.5% 93.6% 91% 96.5%
33 91.7% 90.3% 93.1% 93.4% 90.6% 96.4%
34 91.2% 89.7% 92.7% 93.2% 90.3% 96.3%
35 90.7% 89.1% 92.3% 92.9% 89.9% 96.1%
36 90.2% 88.5% 91.9% 92.7% 89.6% 96%
37 89.6% 87.9% 91.4% 92.4% 89.2% 95.8%
38 89.1% 87.2% 90.9% 92.1% 88.9% 95.7%
39 88.5% 86.5% 90.4% 91.9% 88.6% 95.5%
40 87.9% 85.8% 89.9% 91.6% 88.2% 95.3%
41 87.2% 85.1% 89.4% 91.4% 87.9% 95.1%
42 86.5% 84.3% 88.8% 91.1% 87.5% 94.9%
43 85.8% 83.5% 88.2% 90.8% 87.2% 94.7%
44 85.1% 82.6% 87.6% 90.5% 86.8% 94.5%
45 84.3% 81.8% 87% 90.2% 86.5% 94.3%
46 83.5% 80.8% 86.3% 89.9% 86.1% 94.1%
47 82.7% 79.8% 85.7% 89.6% 85.7% 93.8%
48 81.9% 78.8% 85% 89.3% 85.3% 93.5%
49 81% 77.7% 84.3% 88.9% 84.8% 93.2%
50 80.1% 76.6% 83.6% 88.5% 84.3% 92.9%
51 79.1% 75.4% 82.9% 88% 83.8% 92.6%
52 78.1% 74.2% 82.1% 87.6% 83.3% 92.2%
53 77.1% 72.9% 81.3% 87.1% 82.7% 91.8%
54 76% 71.6% 80.5% 86.5% 82% 91.3%
55 74.8% 70.2% 79.6% 85.9% 81.3% 90.9%
56 73.6% 68.7% 78.7% 85.3% 80.5% 90.4%
57 72.4% 67.2% 77.7% 84.6% 79.7% 89.8%
58 71.1% 65.6% 76.6% 83.9% 78.8% 89.2%
59 69.8% 64% 75.6% 83.1% 77.9% 88.6%
60 68.4% 62.3% 74.4% 82.2% 76.8% 87.9%
61 66.9% 60.6% 73.3% 81.3% 75.7% 87.2%
62 65.5% 58.8% 72.1% 80.3% 74.5% 86.4%
63 63.9% 57% 70.8% 79.2% 73.3% 85.5%
64 62.3% 55.1% 69.5% 78% 71.9% 84.6%
65 60.6% 53.1% 68% 76.8% 70.3% 83.5%
66 58.9% 51.1% 66.5% 75.4% 68.7% 82.5%
67 57.1% 49% 64.9% 73.9% 67% 81.3%
68 55.2% 46.9% 63.3% 72.4% 65.1% 80%
69 53.2% 44.8% 61.5% 70.8% 63.2% 78.7%
70 51.3% 42.7% 59.7% 69.1% 61.3% 77.3%
71 49.3% 40.6% 57.9% 67.4% 59.3% 75.9%
72 47.3% 38.4% 55.9% 65.6% 57.2% 74.4%
73 45.2% 36.3% 53.9% 63.8% 55.2% 72.8%
74 43.1% 34.2% 51.8% 61.9% 53% 71.1%
75 40.9% 32.1% 49.7% 59.9% 50.8% 69.3%
76 38.7% 29.9% 47.4% 57.7% 48.4% 67.3%
77 36.5% 27.8% 45.1% 55.2% 45.8% 65.1%
78 34.3% 25.7% 42.7% 52.6% 43% 62.5%
79 32.1% 23.7% 40.3% 49.7% 40.1% 59.7%
80 30% 21.8% 37.9% 46.6% 37% 56.6%
81 27.9% 20% 35.5% 43.3% 33.8% 53.1%
82 25.8% 18.3% 33.1% 39.8% 30.5% 49.4%
83 23.8% 16.7% 30.8% 36.1% 27.1% 45.4%
84 21.9% 15.1% 28.4% 32.3% 23.8% 41.1%
85 20% 13.6% 26.1% 28.4% 20.5% 36.6%
86 18.1% 12.1% 23.7% 24.6% 17.3% 32%
87 16.2% 10.7% 21.5% 20.8% 14.3% 27.4%
88 14.5% 9.42% 19.2% 17.3% 11.6% 23.1%
89 12.8% 8.21% 17.1% 14.1% 9.24% 19.1%
90 11.2% 7.1% 15.1% 11.3% 7.23% 15.5%
91 9.76% 6.1% 13.2% 8.91% 5.54% 12.3%
92 8.41% 5.2% 11.4% 6.86% 4.15% 9.62%
93 7.16% 4.38% 9.73% 5.17% 3.03% 7.33%
94 6.02% 3.66% 8.21% 3.8% 2.16% 5.45%
95 5% 3.03% 6.83% 2.72% 1.5% 3.94%
96 4.1% 2.47% 5.6% 1.9% 1.02% 2.77%
97 3.32% 2% 4.54% 1.29% 0.67% 1.89%
98 2.65% 1.6% 3.62% 0.85% 0.43% 1.26%
99 2.08% 1.26% 2.84% 0.54% 0.27% 0.81%
100 1.61% 0.99% 2.19% 0.34% 0.16% 0.5%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.24% in the birth year in South Africa and 1.44% in Venezuela, 0.45% vs 0.27% at age 30, 2.1% vs 1.13% at 60, and 6.98% vs 7.1% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in South Africa compared to Venezuela at any given age.

South Africa
Male

Female
Venezuela
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Africa Venezuela
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.24% 2.49% 1.98% 1.44% 1.55% 1.33%
1 0.36% 0.39% 0.32% 0.1% 0.1% 0.11%
2 0.23% 0.26% 0.2% 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%
3 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
4 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
5 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
6 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
7 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
8 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
9 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
10 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
11 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
14 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
15 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.09% 0.12% 0.05%
16 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.12% 0.18% 0.06%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.1% 0.17% 0.27% 0.07%
18 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.22% 0.36% 0.08%
19 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.27% 0.45% 0.08%
20 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.3% 0.5% 0.09%
21 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.32% 0.53% 0.09%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.32% 0.53% 0.09%
23 0.26% 0.33% 0.19% 0.32% 0.53% 0.09%
24 0.28% 0.36% 0.21% 0.31% 0.51% 0.1%
25 0.31% 0.39% 0.23% 0.31% 0.5% 0.1%
26 0.34% 0.42% 0.26% 0.3% 0.48% 0.1%
27 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.29% 0.47% 0.1%
28 0.39% 0.48% 0.31% 0.28% 0.45% 0.11%
29 0.42% 0.5% 0.34% 0.28% 0.43% 0.11%
30 0.45% 0.53% 0.36% 0.27% 0.42% 0.12%
31 0.47% 0.56% 0.39% 0.27% 0.41% 0.12%
32 0.5% 0.59% 0.41% 0.26% 0.39% 0.13%
33 0.52% 0.62% 0.43% 0.26% 0.39% 0.14%
34 0.55% 0.65% 0.45% 0.27% 0.38% 0.15%
35 0.58% 0.68% 0.47% 0.27% 0.38% 0.16%
36 0.6% 0.72% 0.5% 0.27% 0.38% 0.17%
37 0.64% 0.75% 0.52% 0.28% 0.38% 0.18%
38 0.67% 0.79% 0.55% 0.28% 0.38% 0.18%
39 0.7% 0.83% 0.58% 0.28% 0.38% 0.19%
40 0.74% 0.87% 0.61% 0.29% 0.38% 0.2%
41 0.77% 0.91% 0.63% 0.29% 0.39% 0.2%
42 0.81% 0.96% 0.66% 0.3% 0.4% 0.21%
43 0.85% 1.02% 0.69% 0.31% 0.41% 0.22%
44 0.89% 1.08% 0.71% 0.33% 0.42% 0.24%
45 0.94% 1.14% 0.74% 0.34% 0.44% 0.25%
46 0.99% 1.21% 0.76% 0.37% 0.47% 0.27%
47 1.03% 1.29% 0.79% 0.39% 0.49% 0.3%
48 1.08% 1.36% 0.81% 0.42% 0.53% 0.32%
49 1.14% 1.45% 0.84% 0.45% 0.57% 0.34%
50 1.2% 1.53% 0.88% 0.49% 0.61% 0.37%
51 1.26% 1.63% 0.92% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
52 1.33% 1.73% 0.97% 0.57% 0.72% 0.43%
53 1.41% 1.84% 1.03% 0.62% 0.79% 0.47%
54 1.5% 1.96% 1.1% 0.68% 0.86% 0.51%
55 1.59% 2.08% 1.17% 0.74% 0.94% 0.56%
56 1.69% 2.21% 1.25% 0.81% 1.03% 0.61%
57 1.79% 2.35% 1.33% 0.88% 1.12% 0.66%
58 1.88% 2.48% 1.4% 0.96% 1.22% 0.72%
59 1.99% 2.63% 1.48% 1.04% 1.32% 0.78%
60 2.1% 2.78% 1.56% 1.13% 1.44% 0.84%
61 2.22% 2.94% 1.66% 1.23% 1.57% 0.91%
62 2.36% 3.13% 1.76% 1.34% 1.73% 1%
63 2.52% 3.33% 1.89% 1.48% 1.91% 1.09%
64 2.7% 3.56% 2.04% 1.62% 2.11% 1.2%
65 2.89% 3.81% 2.21% 1.78% 2.32% 1.31%
66 3.1% 4.05% 2.38% 1.94% 2.54% 1.43%
67 3.3% 4.29% 2.57% 2.1% 2.75% 1.55%
68 3.5% 4.52% 2.75% 2.24% 2.93% 1.66%
69 3.69% 4.74% 2.94% 2.37% 3.1% 1.76%
70 3.89% 4.96% 3.13% 2.48% 3.25% 1.86%
71 4.11% 5.21% 3.34% 2.63% 3.43% 1.99%
72 4.36% 5.51% 3.59% 2.79% 3.63% 2.13%
73 4.66% 5.85% 3.87% 2.97% 3.87% 2.27%
74 5% 6.24% 4.19% 3.25% 4.22% 2.51%
75 5.36% 6.66% 4.55% 3.69% 4.75% 2.9%
76 5.72% 7.07% 4.92% 4.21% 5.36% 3.36%
77 6.07% 7.44% 5.28% 4.8% 6.05% 3.9%
78 6.39% 7.75% 5.63% 5.47% 6.83% 4.53%
79 6.68% 8.02% 5.97% 6.24% 7.69% 5.24%
80 6.98% 8.28% 6.31% 7.1% 8.66% 6.07%
81 7.32% 8.59% 6.69% 8.11% 9.77% 7.04%
82 7.73% 8.99% 7.13% 9.24% 11% 8.14%
83 8.22% 9.48% 7.64% 10.5% 12.3% 9.37%
84 8.79% 10.1% 8.24% 12% 13.9% 10.9%
85 9.44% 10.7% 8.91% 13.7% 15.6% 12.6%
86 10.1% 11.4% 9.62% 15.4% 17.3% 14.3%
87 10.9% 12.2% 10.4% 16.9% 18.9% 15.9%
88 11.6% 12.8% 11.1% 18.3% 20.3% 17.3%
89 12.3% 13.5% 11.9% 19.7% 21.8% 18.8%
90 13.1% 14.1% 12.7% 21.4% 23.4% 20.4%
91 13.9% 14.8% 13.5% 23% 25.1% 22.1%
92 14.8% 15.6% 14.5% 24.7% 26.9% 23.8%
93 15.9% 16.5% 15.7% 26.5% 28.7% 25.7%
94 17% 17.4% 16.8% 28.4% 30.5% 27.6%
95 18% 18.3% 17.9% 30.3% 32.3% 29.7%
96 19.1% 19.1% 19% 32.2% 34.2% 31.7%
97 20.2% 20% 20.2% 34.1% 36.1% 33.7%
98 21.4% 21% 21.5% 35.9% 37.9% 35.7%
99 22.6% 22% 22.8% 37.8% 39.8% 37.7%
100 23.7% 22.9% 24% 39.7% 41.7% 39.7%

Death rate by age in South Africa compared to Venezuela

In South Africa, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 85 in Venezuela. The median age of death is 70.6 in South Africa and 78.9 in Venezuela — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Africa
Male

Female
Venezuela
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Africa Venezuela
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,237 2,486 1,980 1,445 1,550 1,333
1 350 381 318 102.7 100.4 105
2 223.1 248.2 197 80.3 81 79.5
3 144.6 164.2 124.6 63.6 66.1 61
4 97.1 112.3 81.9 51.2 54.4 47.7
5 68.6 80.4 56.7 41.8 45.1 38.3
6 52.2 61.7 42.6 35 38 31.8
7 43 51.1 34.9 30.5 32.9 27.9
8 38.7 46 31.3 28 29.8 26
9 37.7 44.7 30.6 27.2 28.6 25.6
10 39.5 46.6 32.3 27.7 29.1 26.3
11 43.8 51.4 36.1 30.3 32.3 28.2
12 50.6 59.1 42.1 35.6 39.4 31.5
13 60.1 69.9 50.1 44.5 52.4 36.2
14 72.1 83.9 60.1 59.7 76.1 42.4
15 86.6 101.1 71.8 83.9 116 50
16 103.3 121.6 84.7 119.3 177 58.6
17 121.8 145 98.1 166.1 260 67.3
18 141.2 170.5 111.2 217.4 352 75.1
19 161.1 197.4 123.8 262.8 433 81.4
20 181.2 225.1 136 293.2 486 85.8
21 201.9 253.1 148.7 307 509 88.8
22 223.3 281.1 163 310 510 90.9
23 245.8 309 179.6 306 500 92.5
24 269.3 336 199.1 299.3 484 94.2
25 293.9 364 221.6 292.3 469 96.1
26 319 390 246.3 284.7 452 98.3
27 345 416 271.9 276.7 435 100.8
28 369 440 296.8 268.4 417 103.7
29 392 464 320 260.6 400 107.1
30 414 487 342 253.7 384 111.4
31 436 510 361 248.9 370 116.9
32 457 534 380 246.4 359 123.7
33 478 558 398 245.9 352 132
34 500 582 417 247.3 347 141.5
35 522 607 436 249.9 344 151.5
36 545 633 456 253.2 342 161.2
37 569 659 477 256.5 340 169.8
38 594 687 499 259.2 339 176.8
39 620 715 522 261.4 339 182.3
40 646 744 545 263.8 339 187.2
41 674 776 567 267.6 341 192.7
42 702 811 588 273.6 346 200
43 731 849 607 282.5 354 209.8
44 762 890 625 294.8 366 222.7
45 793 934 642 311 382 238.6
46 824 980 658 330 401 257.1
47 855 1,027 674 351 424 277.4
48 888 1,076 692 376 451 299
49 922 1,125 712 402 482 322
50 958 1,175 736 432 517 346
51 997 1,228 765 465 557 372
52 1,041 1,283 800 502 602 400
53 1,088 1,340 840 543 652 433
54 1,139 1,400 885 589 706 469
55 1,192 1,462 934 638 765 508
56 1,243 1,521 983 690 827 551
57 1,292 1,577 1,030 745 891 595
58 1,340 1,630 1,076 802 958 641
59 1,386 1,680 1,120 861 1,029 689
60 1,433 1,730 1,165 926 1,106 740
61 1,484 1,782 1,214 997 1,192 797
62 1,543 1,838 1,271 1,078 1,289 861
63 1,609 1,899 1,340 1,169 1,398 934
64 1,680 1,963 1,417 1,267 1,515 1,013
65 1,754 2,022 1,502 1,369 1,634 1,098
66 1,823 2,071 1,587 1,466 1,745 1,180
67 1,882 2,104 1,668 1,551 1,838 1,257
68 1,929 2,119 1,741 1,621 1,910 1,327
69 1,964 2,122 1,808 1,675 1,958 1,388
70 1,993 2,118 1,871 1,716 1,989 1,439
71 2,025 2,115 1,935 1,770 2,031 1,508
72 2,063 2,116 2,006 1,830 2,080 1,581
73 2,107 2,124 2,087 1,893 2,135 1,654
74 2,153 2,133 2,173 2,010 2,239 1,784
75 2,193 2,135 2,258 2,208 2,412 2,007
76 2,217 2,116 2,330 2,426 2,594 2,263
77 2,218 2,070 2,380 2,649 2,769 2,537
78 2,191 1,995 2,403 2,879 2,935 2,830
79 2,146 1,904 2,403 3,102 3,082 3,131
80 2,092 1,808 2,390 3,311 3,202 3,432
81 2,041 1,721 2,374 3,513 3,299 3,742
82 1,997 1,646 2,361 3,676 3,349 4,022
83 1,960 1,580 2,352 3,785 3,341 4,252
84 1,925 1,519 2,341 3,875 3,304 4,472
85 1,885 1,457 2,322 3,889 3,199 4,608
86 1,833 1,386 2,285 3,776 2,998 4,584
87 1,763 1,304 2,224 3,517 2,701 4,362
88 1,675 1,210 2,135 3,153 2,349 3,985
89 1,575 1,108 2,030 2,787 2,014 3,586
90 1,466 1,005 1,909 2,419 1,694 3,167
91 1,353 904 1,779 2,048 1,390 2,727
92 1,247 811 1,656 1,694 1,113 2,293
93 1,138 722 1,526 1,368 869 1,882
94 1,022 636 1,380 1,077 659 1,506
95 901 552 1,223 824 486 1,169
96 781 473 1,066 611 348 878
97 670 401 918 438 241.5 638
98 566 336 778 305 162.3 448
99 470 277.7 647 205.4 105.7 304
100 354 202.1 494 13.7 0 39.9

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about South Africa and Venezuela demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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