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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Africa			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	103.4	103.1	103.5	101.9	101.8	102
99	102.5	102.3	102.6	101	100.9	101
98	101.7	101.5	101.7	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	100.8	100.7	100.9	99.2	99	99.2
96	100	99.9	100	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	99.2	99.1	99.2	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	98.4	98.3	98.4	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	97.6	97.5	97.7	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	96.9	96.7	96.9	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	96.1	96	96.2	93.9	93.7	94
90	95.4	95.2	95.5	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	94.7	94.4	94.8	92.2	92	92.4
88	94	93.7	94.1	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	93.3	92.9	93.4	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	92.6	92.2	92.7	89.8	89.5	90
85	91.9	91.5	92.1	89	88.7	89.2
84	91.3	90.8	91.5	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	90.6	90.1	90.9	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	90	89.4	90.3	86.8	86.3	87
81	89.4	88.7	89.7	86	85.6	86.3
80	88.8	88	89.1	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	88.1	87.4	88.5	84.7	84.1	85
78	87.5	86.7	88	84	83.5	84.3
77	86.9	86	87.4	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	86.3	85.3	86.9	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	85.7	84.7	86.4	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	85.2	84	85.9	81.7	81	82.1
73	84.6	83.4	85.4	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	84.1	82.8	84.9	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	83.6	82.2	84.5	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	83.1	81.7	84.1	79.7	79	80.3
69	82.6	81.1	83.6	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	82.1	80.5	83.2	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	81.6	80	82.8	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	81.2	79.4	82.4	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	80.7	78.9	82.1	77.9	77	78.6
64	80.3	78.4	81.7	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	79.9	77.9	81.4	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	79.4	77.4	81	77	76	77.8
61	79	76.9	80.7	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	78.7	76.5	80.4	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	78.3	76	80.1	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	77.9	75.6	79.8	76	74.9	76.9
57	77.5	75.2	79.5	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	77.2	74.8	79.2	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	76.9	74.4	78.9	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	76.5	74	78.7	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	76.2	73.6	78.4	74.9	73.6	76
52	75.9	73.3	78.2	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	75.6	72.9	77.9	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	75.3	72.6	77.7	74.4	73	75.6
49	75	72.2	77.4	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	74.7	71.9	77.2	74	72.6	75.3
47	74.4	71.6	77	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	74.2	71.3	76.7	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	73.9	71	76.5	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	73.6	70.7	76.3	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	73.4	70.4	76.1	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	73.1	70.2	75.8	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	72.9	69.9	75.6	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	72.6	69.7	75.4	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	72.4	69.4	75.2	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	72.2	69.2	75	72.7	71	74.2
37	72	68.9	74.8	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	71.8	68.7	74.6	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	71.6	68.5	74.5	72.4	70.7	74
34	71.4	68.3	74.3	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	71.2	68.1	74.1	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	71	67.9	73.9	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	70.8	67.7	73.8	72	70.2	73.7
30	70.6	67.5	73.6	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	70.4	67.3	73.5	71.9	70	73.6
28	70.3	67.1	73.3	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	70.1	66.9	73.2	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	70	66.8	73.1	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	69.9	66.6	73	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	69.7	66.5	72.9	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	69.6	66.3	72.8	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	69.5	66.2	72.7	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	69.4	66.1	72.6	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	69.3	66	72.6	71.1	69.1	73
19	69.2	65.9	72.5	71	69	73
18	69.2	65.8	72.4	71	68.9	72.9
17	69.1	65.7	72.4	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	69	65.7	72.3	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	69	65.6	72.3	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	68.9	65.6	72.3	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	68.9	65.5	72.2	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	68.9	65.5	72.2	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	68.9	65.5	72.2	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	68.8	65.4	72.2	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	68.8	65.4	72.1	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	68.8	65.4	72.1	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	68.8	65.4	72.1	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	68.7	65.3	72.1	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	68.7	65.3	72	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	68.6	65.2	72	70.1	68	72.2
3	68.5	65.1	71.9	70	67.8	72.1
2	68.4	64.9	71.8	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	68.1	64.7	71.5	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	66.7	63.1	70.2	66.9	64.4	69.3

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 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 80.7 and 77.9 at 65, and to 88.8 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 66.7 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Africa			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	1.63%	1%	2.22%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	18.2%	12.2%	24%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	24%	16.8%	31%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	26%	18.5%	33.4%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	30.2%	22%	38.2%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	34.6%	25.9%	43%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	36.8%	28%	45.4%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	39%	30.1%	47.7%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	41.2%	32.3%	50%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	51.6%	42.9%	60%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	70%	64.3%	75.9%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	72.7%	67.5%	78%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	73.9%	69%	78.9%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	81.2%	78%	84.6%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	83%	80.1%	85.9%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	84.6%	82%	87.2%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	86%	83.7%	88.4%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	86.7%	84.5%	89%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	88.1%	86%	90.1%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	90.4%	88.7%	92%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	92.3%	91%	93.6%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	92.7%	91.5%	94%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	94.8%	94%	95.7%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	95.3%	94.6%	96%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	96.4%	96%	96.9%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	96.5%	96.1%	97%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	96.6%	96.2%	97%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	97%	96.7%	97.4%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 68.7% of newborns in South Africa and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 51.6% and 59% past 70, 30.2% and 26.3% past 80, and only 11.3% and 3.69% 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

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Africa			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	22.5%	22%	22.8%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	21.3%	21%	21.5%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	20.2%	20%	20.2%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	19%	19.1%	19%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	18%	18.2%	17.9%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	13%	14.1%	12.6%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	8.78%	10%	8.21%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	6.67%	8%	5.94%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.19% in the birth year in South Africa and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.44% vs 0.21% at age 30, 2.08% vs 1.62% at 60, and 6.96% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Africa vs Zambia

Chart Table

South Africa

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Africa			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	359	204.6	501	0	0	0
99	475	280.8	655	52.1	25	76.3
98	572	340	787	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	677	406	928	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	789	478	1,077	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	909	558	1,236	237.3	133.6	329
94	1,031	642	1,393	323	188.7	442
93	1,148	729	1,540	431	261.6	581
92	1,257	818	1,670	565	355	750
91	1,363	912	1,794	715	468	933
90	1,476	1,014	1,924	917	619	1,180
89	1,585	1,118	2,045	1,113	782	1,403
88	1,686	1,220	2,150	1,353	982	1,679
87	1,775	1,315	2,238	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	1,845	1,397	2,299	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	1,897	1,467	2,335	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	1,937	1,530	2,353	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	1,972	1,591	2,363	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	2,008	1,656	2,371	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	2,052	1,732	2,383	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	2,102	1,819	2,399	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	2,156	1,914	2,411	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	2,202	2,006	2,410	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	2,228	2,080	2,386	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	2,228	2,126	2,335	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	2,204	2,144	2,262	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	2,161	2,141	2,176	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	2,112	2,132	2,089	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	2,066	2,123	2,008	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	2,028	2,121	1,936	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	1,997	2,124	1,871	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	1,966	2,128	1,807	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	1,929	2,124	1,740	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	1,882	2,108	1,667	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	1,822	2,074	1,585	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	1,752	2,025	1,500	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	1,679	1,965	1,415	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	1,606	1,901	1,337	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	1,540	1,839	1,269	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	1,482	1,782	1,211	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	1,431	1,730	1,162	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	1,384	1,679	1,116	1,137	1,304	978
58	1,339	1,629	1,072	1,064	1,225	909
57	1,292	1,575	1,026	989	1,145	835
56	1,242	1,519	978	932	1,083	782
55	1,190	1,459	929	874	1,020	728
54	1,137	1,397	881	824	966	682
53	1,085	1,337	835	773	909	635
52	1,037	1,279	795	729	858	597
51	994	1,223	760	672	796	543
50	954	1,171	731	639	756	516
49	918	1,120	707	587	699	470
48	883	1,071	686	548	654	437
47	850	1,022	668	509	609	403
46	818	974	652	476	570	377
45	786	928	635	450	540	355
44	755	884	619	421	505	331
43	724	842	601	396	476	312
42	695	804	581	376	452	295.7
41	667	770	560	348	421	271.8
40	639	738	538	334	404	260
39	613	708	515	311	378	240.8
38	587	680	492	294.2	359	227
37	562	653	470	275.8	339	211.1
36	538	626	449	261.5	322	199.7
35	515	600	429	248	306	188.3
34	493	575	410	234.4	290	177.5
33	471	551	392	223	276.8	168.3
32	450	527	374	212.8	265	159.9
31	429	504	355	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	408	481	335	195.5	244.5	146
29	386	458	314	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	363	434	291.3	180.9	228	133.4
27	339	410	266.7	175.1	221.9	128
26	314	384	241.5	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	289.1	358	217.1	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	264.7	331	195.1	163.1	209.9	116
23	241.4	304	176	159	205.5	112.3
22	219.2	276.6	159.6	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	198.1	249	145.6	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	177.8	221.4	133.1	141.8	181.3	102
19	158	194.2	121.2	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	138.5	167.7	108.8	124	154.6	93.1
17	119.5	142.6	96	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	101.4	119.6	82.9	100.4	120	80.7
15	85	99.4	70.2	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	70.7	82.4	58.8	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	58.9	68.7	49	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	49.7	58.1	41.1	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	43	50.5	35.3	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	38.7	45.8	31.6	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	37	43.9	30	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	37.9	45.2	30.6	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	42.2	50.2	34.1	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	51.2	60.6	41.7	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	67.2	79	55.4	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	95.3	110.3	80	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	141.9	161.3	121.7	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	218.6	243.8	192.5	337	387	285.6
1	343	375	310	555	635	473
0	2,192	2,441	1,934	3,575	4,001	3,149

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 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 70.8 in South Africa and 73.1 in Zambia, 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 Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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