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

South Africa

2044

Life expectancy: 69.5

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 69.5 years in 2044: 73.1 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 788,198 people are projected to die; 50.9% of them would be 65 or older and 2.9% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 60-64. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2044

Life expectancy at birth

69.5

Women

73.1

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

16.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.0

Deaths

788,198

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

306

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

190

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2044's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2044

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	12.14	17.35	73.1	65.8
1-4	1.13	1.62	73.0	66.0
5-9	0.25	0.41	69.3	62.4
10-14	0.29	0.46	64.4	57.5
15-19	0.66	1.11	59.5	52.6
20-24	1.14	2.18	54.7	47.9
25-29	1.95	3.35	50.0	43.4
30-34	2.88	4.55	45.5	39.1
35-39	3.88	6.01	41.1	34.9
40-44	5.14	8.02	36.8	30.9
45-49	6.43	11.09	32.7	27.1
50-54	8.32	15.39	28.7	23.5
55-59	11.60	21.35	24.8	20.1
60-64	15.97	29.16	21.2	17.1
65-69	23.43	40.32	17.7	14.4
70-74	33.58	53.04	14.6	12.1
75-79	49.66	71.77	11.8	10.0
80-84	69.16	89.54	9.4	8.3
85-89	101.82	121.95	7.3	6.7
90-94	147.58	161.39	5.6	5.3
95-99	212.39	212.87	4.3	4.2
100+	280.80	314.53	3.6	3.2

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 2044

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