South Africa

2005

Life expectancy: 53.9

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

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-5 -1 2005 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 53.9 years in 2005: 55.5 for women and 52.1 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 659,851 people died; 22.0% of them were 65 or older and 12.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

53.9

Women

55.5

Men

52.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.2

Deaths

659,851

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.3

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

544

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

461

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	51.70	56.42	55.5	52.1
1-4	6.72	7.40	57.4	54.1
5-9	1.71	1.97	54.9	51.6
10-14	0.89	1.02	50.3	47.1
15-19	1.94	2.07	45.5	42.3
20-24	6.73	4.81	41.0	37.8
25-29	14.55	10.45	37.3	33.6
30-34	18.53	17.56	34.9	30.3
35-39	17.21	21.00	33.0	27.8
40-44	15.57	22.22	30.8	25.6
45-49	15.09	23.17	28.1	23.3
50-54	16.17	25.32	25.1	20.9
55-59	17.73	30.26	22.0	18.4
60-64	23.35	36.97	18.8	16.0
65-69	29.40	44.00	15.8	13.7
70-74	39.75	53.76	12.9	11.5
75-79	57.17	71.09	10.2	9.3
80-84	89.96	104.43	7.7	7.3
85-89	135.54	144.92	5.8	5.6
90-94	210.41	210.59	4.2	4.2
95-99	320.71	304.43	3.0	3.1
100+	459.43	423.51	2.2	2.4

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 2005

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