Mortality from 1950 to 2100

Mortality in South Africa, 2026

South Africa
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2026
Life expectancy: 66.7
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa is projected at 66.7 years in 2026: 70.2 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 609,623 people are projected to die; 40.5% of them would be 65 or older and 5.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2026
Life expectancy at birth
66.7
Women
70.2
Men
63.1
Life expectancy at 65
15.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
21.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
29.9
Deaths
609,623
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
348
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
229
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Death rate by age, 2026
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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
019.6824.9570.263.1
1-41.802.2970.563.7
5-90.390.5867.060.3
10-140.440.6462.255.4
15-190.991.5157.350.6
20-241.692.9252.646.0
25-292.804.3948.041.6
30-343.995.8243.637.5
35-395.167.4539.533.5
40-446.539.6035.429.7
45-497.8312.8631.526.0
50-549.7717.3727.722.6
55-5913.2423.5923.919.4
60-6417.8431.7220.416.5
65-6925.7943.3917.113.9
70-7436.5556.5714.111.7
75-7953.4975.9711.49.7
80-8473.7094.039.18.0
85-89107.36127.047.16.5
90-94154.01166.865.55.2
95-99219.10218.184.24.1
100+286.98318.963.53.1