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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vietnam

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Vietnam
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	102.4	101.8	102.4
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101.5	100.8	101.5
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.6	99.9	100.7
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.8	99	99.9
96	100	99.9	100	99	98.1	99.1
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	98.2	97.2	98.3
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	97.4	96.4	97.6
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	96.6	95.6	96.8
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	95.9	94.8	96.1
91	96.1	96	96.2	95.1	94	95.4
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	94.4	93.2	94.7
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	93.7	92.5	94
88	94	93.7	94.1	93	91.7	93.4
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	92.3	91	92.8
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	91.6	90.3	92.2
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	91	89.6	91.6
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	90.4	88.9	91
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	89.8	88.3	90.5
82	90	89.4	90.3	89.2	87.6	90
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	88.7	87	89.5
80	88.8	88	89.1	88.1	86.4	89
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	87.6	85.9	88.6
78	87.5	86.7	88	87.1	85.3	88.2
77	86.9	86	87.4	86.7	84.8	87.8
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	86.2	84.3	87.4
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	85.8	83.8	87.1
74	85.2	84	85.9	85.4	83.4	86.8
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	85	82.9	86.4
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	84.7	82.5	86.2
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	84.3	82.1	85.9
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	84	81.7	85.6
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	83.7	81.3	85.4
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	83.4	81	85.2
67	81.6	80	82.8	83.1	80.6	85
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	82.8	80.3	84.8
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	82.6	80	84.6
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	82.3	79.6	84.4
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	82.1	79.4	84.3
62	79.4	77.4	81	81.9	79.1	84.1
61	79	76.9	80.7	81.7	78.8	84
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	81.5	78.6	83.8
59	78.3	76	80.1	81.3	78.4	83.7
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	81.1	78.1	83.6
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	81	77.9	83.5
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	80.8	77.7	83.4
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	80.6	77.5	83.3
54	76.5	74	78.7	80.5	77.3	83.2
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	80.3	77.1	83.1
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	80.2	77	83
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	80	76.8	82.9
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	79.9	76.6	82.8
49	75	72.2	77.4	79.8	76.5	82.7
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	79.7	76.3	82.7
47	74.4	71.6	77	79.6	76.2	82.6
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	79.5	76	82.5
45	73.9	71	76.5	79.4	75.9	82.5
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	79.3	75.8	82.4
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	79.2	75.7	82.3
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	79.1	75.5	82.3
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	79	75.4	82.2
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	78.9	75.3	82.2
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	78.8	75.2	82.1
38	72.2	69.2	75	78.7	75.1	82.1
37	72	68.9	74.8	78.6	75	82
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	78.6	74.9	82
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	78.5	74.7	81.9
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	78.4	74.6	81.9
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	78.3	74.5	81.8
32	71	67.9	73.9	78.2	74.4	81.8
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	78.1	74.3	81.7
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	78.1	74.2	81.7
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	78	74.1	81.7
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	77.9	74	81.6
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	77.8	73.9	81.6
26	70	66.8	73.1	77.7	73.7	81.5
25	69.9	66.6	73	77.7	73.6	81.5
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	77.6	73.5	81.4
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	77.5	73.4	81.4
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	77.4	73.3	81.4
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	77.3	73.1	81.3
20	69.3	66	72.6	77.2	73	81.3
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	77.2	72.9	81.2
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	77.1	72.8	81.2
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	77	72.7	81.2
16	69	65.7	72.3	77	72.6	81.1
15	69	65.6	72.3	76.9	72.6	81.1
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	76.9	72.5	81.1
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	76.8	72.5	81.1
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	76.8	72.4	81.1
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	76.8	72.4	81
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	76.7	72.3	81
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	76.7	72.3	81
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	76.6	72.2	81
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	76.6	72.1	80.9
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	76.5	72.1	80.9
5	68.7	65.3	72	76.5	72	80.9
4	68.6	65.2	72	76.4	71.9	80.8
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	76.3	71.8	80.8
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	76.2	71.7	80.7
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	76.1	71.6	80.5
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	75	70.4	79.6

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 78.1 in Vietnam, rising to 80.7 and 82.6 at 65, and to 88.8 and 88.1 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 75 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vietnam

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Vietnam
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	1.28%	0.16%	2.29%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	1.84%	0.28%	3.26%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	2.57%	0.47%	4.48%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	3.49%	0.75%	5.99%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	4.63%	1.17%	7.79%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	6.01%	1.74%	9.91%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	7.65%	2.5%	12.4%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	9.56%	3.48%	15.1%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	11.7%	4.69%	18.2%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	14.2%	6.16%	21.5%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	16.8%	7.9%	25.1%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	19.7%	9.92%	28.8%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	22.8%	12.2%	32.6%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	26%	14.8%	36.5%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	29.4%	17.6%	40.4%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	32.8%	20.6%	44.2%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	36.2%	23.7%	48%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	39.6%	26.9%	51.7%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	43%	30.2%	55.3%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	46.3%	33.5%	58.7%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	49.5%	36.8%	61.8%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	52.6%	40%	64.8%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	55.6%	43.2%	67.5%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	58.3%	46.4%	70%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	61%	49.4%	72.4%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	63.5%	52.2%	74.5%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	65.8%	55%	76.5%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	68%	57.6%	78.3%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	70%	60.1%	80%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	71.9%	62.4%	81.5%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	73.7%	64.5%	82.8%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	75.3%	66.6%	84.1%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	76.8%	68.5%	85.2%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	78.2%	70.3%	86.2%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	79.5%	72%	87.1%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	80.7%	73.6%	88%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	81.8%	75.1%	88.7%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	82.8%	76.5%	89.4%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	83.7%	77.7%	90%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	84.6%	78.9%	90.6%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	85.4%	79.9%	91.1%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	86.1%	80.9%	91.5%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	86.7%	81.8%	91.9%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	87.3%	82.6%	92.3%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	87.9%	83.4%	92.7%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	88.5%	84.1%	93%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	89%	84.9%	93.3%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	89.5%	85.6%	93.7%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	90%	86.2%	94%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	90.5%	86.9%	94.2%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	90.9%	87.4%	94.5%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	91.2%	87.9%	94.7%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	91.5%	88.4%	94.9%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	91.9%	88.8%	95.1%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	92.1%	89.2%	95.3%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	92.4%	89.6%	95.4%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	92.7%	89.9%	95.6%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	92.9%	90.3%	95.8%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	93.2%	90.6%	95.9%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	93.4%	90.9%	96%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	93.6%	91.2%	96.2%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	93.8%	91.5%	96.3%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	94%	91.8%	96.4%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	94.2%	92.1%	96.5%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	94.4%	92.3%	96.6%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	94.6%	92.6%	96.7%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	94.8%	92.8%	96.8%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	94.9%	93.1%	96.9%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	95.1%	93.3%	97%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	95.3%	93.6%	97%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	95.4%	93.8%	97.1%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	95.6%	94.1%	97.2%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	95.7%	94.3%	97.3%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	95.9%	94.5%	97.4%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	96.1%	94.7%	97.4%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	96.2%	95%	97.5%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	96.4%	95.2%	97.6%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	96.5%	95.4%	97.7%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	96.7%	95.7%	97.7%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	96.8%	95.9%	97.8%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	96.9%	96.1%	97.9%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	97.1%	96.3%	97.9%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	97.2%	96.5%	98%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	97.3%	96.6%	98%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	97.4%	96.8%	98.1%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	97.5%	96.9%	98.1%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	97.5%	97%	98.1%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	97.6%	97.1%	98.2%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.6%	97.1%	98.2%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	97.7%	97.2%	98.2%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.7%	97.3%	98.3%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	97.8%	97.4%	98.3%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	97.9%	97.5%	98.3%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	97.9%	97.6%	98.3%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	98%	97.7%	98.4%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	98.1%	97.8%	98.4%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	98.2%	98%	98.5%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	98.3%	98.1%	98.6%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	98.5%	98.2%	98.7%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	98.6%	98.4%	98.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 85.4% in Vietnam are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 73.7% past 70, 30.2% and 49.5% past 80, and only 11.3% and 16.8% 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

Vietnam

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Vietnam
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	32.3%	44.5%	31.5%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	30.6%	42.1%	29.6%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	28.4%	40%	27.3%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	26.4%	37.8%	25.1%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	24.6%	35.4%	23.2%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	23%	33%	21.4%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	21.4%	30.5%	19.8%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	20%	28.1%	18.3%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	18.6%	25.8%	16.9%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	17.2%	23.8%	15.5%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	15.9%	22%	14.1%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	14.6%	20.4%	12.9%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	13.5%	18.8%	11.7%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	12.4%	17.3%	10.6%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	11.4%	15.9%	9.64%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	10.4%	14.5%	8.74%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	9.49%	13.2%	7.92%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	8.65%	12%	7.15%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	7.87%	10.9%	6.42%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	7.15%	9.86%	5.75%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	6.49%	8.95%	5.12%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	5.87%	8.14%	4.56%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	5.28%	7.4%	4.05%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	4.76%	6.72%	3.61%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	4.33%	6.09%	3.22%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	3.93%	5.52%	2.88%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	3.54%	5%	2.58%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	3.21%	4.52%	2.31%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	2.91%	4.09%	2.07%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	2.63%	3.71%	1.85%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	2.37%	3.37%	1.65%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	2.15%	3.07%	1.47%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	1.95%	2.8%	1.32%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	1.77%	2.57%	1.18%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	1.62%	2.36%	1.06%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	1.49%	2.16%	0.95%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	1.36%	1.98%	0.85%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	1.24%	1.8%	0.76%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.12%	1.62%	0.68%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.01%	1.46%	0.61%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	0.9%	1.31%	0.54%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	0.82%	1.18%	0.49%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	0.75%	1.08%	0.45%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	0.7%	1.01%	0.41%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	0.66%	0.95%	0.39%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	0.63%	0.91%	0.37%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	0.61%	0.87%	0.36%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.57%	0.82%	0.34%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.54%	0.76%	0.32%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.49%	0.7%	0.29%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.44%	0.63%	0.26%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.4%	0.57%	0.23%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.36%	0.52%	0.21%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.33%	0.47%	0.2%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.31%	0.44%	0.19%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.3%	0.42%	0.18%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.29%	0.4%	0.17%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.27%	0.39%	0.17%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.26%	0.37%	0.16%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.25%	0.35%	0.15%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.24%	0.34%	0.13%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.22%	0.32%	0.12%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.21%	0.3%	0.11%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.2%	0.29%	0.1%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.19%	0.28%	0.1%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.19%	0.28%	0.09%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.18%	0.27%	0.09%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.18%	0.27%	0.09%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.18%	0.27%	0.09%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.18%	0.26%	0.09%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.17%	0.26%	0.09%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.17%	0.25%	0.09%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.17%	0.25%	0.08%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.16%	0.24%	0.08%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.16%	0.24%	0.08%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.16%	0.24%	0.08%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.16%	0.24%	0.07%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.16%	0.24%	0.07%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.15%	0.24%	0.07%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.15%	0.23%	0.07%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.14%	0.23%	0.06%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.13%	0.21%	0.06%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.12%	0.19%	0.05%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.11%	0.16%	0.05%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.09%	0.14%	0.04%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.09%	0.04%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.08%	0.03%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.06%	0.09%	0.03%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.07%	0.1%	0.03%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.09%	0.12%	0.04%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.1%	0.14%	0.07%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.11%	0.14%	0.09%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.13%	0.14%	0.12%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.15%	0.14%	0.16%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	1.4%	1.63%	1.13%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 1.4% in Vietnam, 0.44% vs 0.17% at age 30, 2.08% vs 0.9% at 60, and 6.96% vs 6.49% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Vietnam

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Vietnam

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Vietnam
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	332	0	656
99	475	280.8	655	561	118.2	966
98	572	340	787	729	187.5	1,223
97	677	406	928	922	284.9	1,504
96	789	478	1,077	1,140	414	1,804
95	909	558	1,236	1,380	574	2,121
94	1,031	642	1,393	1,640	763	2,447
93	1,148	729	1,540	1,909	977	2,768
92	1,257	818	1,670	2,177	1,213	3,069
91	1,363	912	1,794	2,434	1,468	3,333
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	2,673	1,739	3,547
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	2,887	2,019	3,707
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	3,071	2,298	3,814
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	3,222	2,562	3,874
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	3,336	2,794	3,891
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	3,408	2,984	3,867
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	3,437	3,127	3,803
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	3,428	3,224	3,697
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	3,386	3,280	3,551
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,314	3,301	3,370
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,214	3,293	3,166
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	3,088	3,258	2,950
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	2,934	3,198	2,735
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	2,778	3,114	2,528
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	2,641	3,008	2,333
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	2,492	2,884	2,150
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	2,332	2,748	1,977
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	2,182	2,605	1,812
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	2,038	2,458	1,655
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	1,891	2,313	1,506
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	1,749	2,173	1,365
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	1,622	2,042	1,237
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	1,499	1,920	1,121
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	1,387	1,807	1,016
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,291	1,699	923
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,201	1,594	837
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,114	1,486	757
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,027	1,375	683
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	938	1,261	612
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	851	1,149	548
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	770	1,045	492
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	702	956	446
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	649	884	410
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	609	831	383
56	1,242	1,519	978	582	792	364
55	1,190	1,459	929	560	763	349
54	1,137	1,397	881	539	735	334
53	1,085	1,337	835	514	702	317
52	1,037	1,279	795	483	660	296
51	994	1,223	760	444	609	271.3
50	954	1,171	731	402	554	245.4
49	918	1,120	707	364	501	221.5
48	883	1,071	686	331	456	201.8
47	850	1,022	668	306	420	187.1
46	818	974	652	287.6	394	177
45	786	928	635	274.8	375	170.1
44	755	884	619	264.8	361	164.4
43	724	842	601	255.6	349	158.3
42	695	804	581	245.6	336	150.4
41	667	770	560	233.7	322	140.4
40	639	738	538	220.5	307	129.3
39	613	708	515	207.4	291.8	118.2
38	587	680	492	195.8	278.8	108.5
37	562	653	470	186.8	268.5	100.8
36	538	626	449	180.5	261.3	95.3
35	515	600	429	176.4	256.7	91.7
34	493	575	410	173.4	253.6	89.6
33	471	551	392	171.2	251.2	88.3
32	450	527	374	169.3	248.5	87.4
31	429	504	355	166.9	245	86.5
30	408	481	335	164.2	240.8	85.4
29	386	458	314	161.3	236.3	83.9
28	363	434	291.3	158.6	232.3	82.1
27	339	410	266.7	156.3	229.4	80.1
26	314	384	241.5	154.5	227.8	77.9
25	289.1	358	217.1	152.9	227.7	75.6
24	264.7	331	195.1	151.7	228.3	73.1
23	241.4	304	176	150.8	229	70.5
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	149.1	228.5	67.6
21	198.1	249	145.6	145.9	225.1	64.5
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	140	216.8	60.9
19	158	194.2	121.2	130.8	202.1	56.9
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	118.3	181.4	52.6
17	119.5	142.6	96	103.3	156.5	47.9
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	88.3	131.3	43.3
15	85	99.4	70.2	74.9	109.1	38.9
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	64.3	92	35.1
13	58.9	68.7	49	57.1	80.9	32.1
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	53.2	75.4	29.8
11	43	50.5	35.3	52.5	75.1	28.6
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	54.6	79.3	28.3
9	37	43.9	30	59.2	87.3	29.2
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	65.9	98	31.6
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	74.3	109.5	35.7
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	83.3	120.1	42.2
5	67.2	79	55.4	92.2	127.9	52.1
4	95.3	110.3	80	101.3	132.6	66.5
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	112	134.7	86.8
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	125.7	135.1	115.2
1	343	375	310	144.1	134.9	154.2
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	1,396	1,633	1,135

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 Vietnam. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 79.9 in Vietnam, 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 Vietnam more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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