Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

South Africa

1952

Life expectancy: 45.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1952 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 45.0 years in 1952: 46.2 for women and 44.0 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 269,518 people died; 17.4% of them were 65 or older and 43.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

45.0

Women

46.2

Men

44.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

130.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

213.6

Deaths

269,518

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.8

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

477

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

415

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	135.66	151.54	46.2	44.0
1-4	25.64	25.17	51.7	49.9
5-9	6.21	6.23	53.1	51.0
10-14	4.04	3.92	49.7	47.5
15-19	4.89	5.07	45.7	43.4
20-24	6.68	7.59	41.7	39.5
25-29	8.33	9.08	38.1	35.9
30-34	9.62	10.70	34.6	32.4
35-39	11.02	12.89	31.1	29.1
40-44	12.37	15.15	27.8	25.9
45-49	13.94	18.02	24.4	22.7
50-54	17.59	22.54	21.0	19.6
55-59	22.82	28.23	17.7	16.6
60-64	33.41	39.30	14.5	13.8
65-69	49.23	56.10	11.7	11.2
70-74	71.19	78.92	9.2	9.1
75-79	100.88	102.52	7.1	7.3
80-84	156.31	147.38	5.2	5.6
85-89	234.97	204.59	3.8	4.3
90-94	358.43	294.49	2.7	3.2
95-99	527.48	419.67	1.9	2.3
100+	686.01	554.63	1.5	1.8

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 1952

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