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Mortality in South Africa, 2049

South Africa
2049
Life expectancy: 70.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa is projected at 70.2 years in 2049: 73.9 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 7.4 years. 839,200 people are projected to die; 54.6% of them would be 65 or older and 2.4% 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).

Life expectancy at birth
70.2
Women
73.9
Men
66.5
Life expectancy at 65
16.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
12.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
17.5
Deaths
839,200
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
296
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
181
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2049's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
010.3515.3273.966.5
1-40.981.4573.666.5
5-90.220.3769.962.9
10-140.260.4265.058.0
15-190.591.0260.153.1
20-241.032.0255.248.4
25-291.783.1150.543.9
30-342.654.2645.939.5
35-393.615.6841.535.3
40-444.847.6537.231.2
45-496.1110.6733.127.4
50-547.9814.9129.023.7
55-5911.2020.7925.120.4
60-6415.4928.4921.417.3
65-6922.8039.5017.914.6
70-7432.7552.0414.812.2
75-7948.5370.5311.910.1
80-8467.7388.149.58.4
85-8999.96120.267.46.7
90-94145.27159.495.75.4
95-99209.78210.934.44.2
100+278.15312.563.63.2