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

South Africa

2031

Life expectancy: 67.5

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 67.5 years in 2031: 71.0 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 656,227 people are projected to die; 44.1% of them would be 65 or older and 4.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2031

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

71.0

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.0

Deaths

656,227

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

336

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

217

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2031

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	17.41	22.76	71.0	63.9
1-4	1.60	2.09	71.3	64.4
5-9	0.35	0.53	67.7	60.9
10-14	0.40	0.58	62.8	56.1
15-19	0.88	1.39	58.0	51.2
20-24	1.51	2.68	53.2	46.5
25-29	2.52	4.06	48.6	42.1
30-34	3.63	5.41	44.2	37.9
35-39	4.75	6.99	39.9	33.9
40-44	6.10	9.11	35.8	30.0
45-49	7.40	12.32	31.9	26.3
50-54	9.33	16.77	28.0	22.8
55-59	12.76	22.92	24.2	19.6
60-64	17.31	30.97	20.6	16.7
65-69	25.14	42.50	17.2	14.0
70-74	35.75	55.58	14.2	11.8
75-79	52.50	74.82	11.5	9.8
80-84	72.58	92.84	9.2	8.1
85-89	106.07	125.73	7.1	6.5
90-94	152.62	165.50	5.5	5.2
95-99	217.80	216.91	4.2	4.1
100+	285.95	318.07	3.5	3.1

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 2031

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