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

Southern Africa

1962

Life expectancy: 53.1

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

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 53.1 years in 1962: 55.2 for women and 51.2 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 274,068 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 41.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

53.1

Women

55.2

Men

51.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

147.8

Deaths

274,068

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

398

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

308

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	98.57	113.07	55.2	51.2
1-4	13.90	14.36	59.8	56.2
5-9	3.60	3.77	59.1	55.4
10-14	2.44	2.53	55.2	51.4
15-19	3.11	3.55	50.8	47.0
20-24	4.15	5.31	46.6	42.8
25-29	5.07	6.33	42.5	38.9
30-34	5.93	7.58	38.5	35.1
35-39	7.03	9.40	34.6	31.3
40-44	8.27	11.54	30.8	27.7
45-49	9.82	14.41	27.0	24.2
50-54	12.86	18.78	23.2	20.8
55-59	17.20	24.40	19.6	17.6
60-64	25.71	34.68	16.1	14.6
65-69	39.44	50.41	12.9	11.8
70-74	60.07	72.40	10.2	9.5
75-79	86.44	96.12	7.9	7.6
80-84	133.08	138.28	5.9	5.9
85-89	199.31	191.28	4.3	4.5
90-94	302.26	272.03	3.1	3.4
95-99	444.29	386.14	2.2	2.5
100+	586.48	515.97	1.7	1.9

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1962

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