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

Southern Africa

1995

Life expectancy: 60.9

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

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-5 -1 1995 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 60.9 years in 1995: 64.4 for women and 57.7 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 461,945 people died; 30.5% of them were 65 or older and 18.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

64.4

Men

57.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

64.8

Deaths

461,945

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

400

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

255

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	45.88	55.13	64.4	57.7
1-4	4.16	4.47	66.4	59.9
5-9	1.23	1.43	63.4	56.9
10-14	0.98	1.21	58.8	52.3
15-19	1.59	2.27	54.1	47.6
20-24	2.30	3.75	49.5	43.1
25-29	3.07	5.12	45.1	38.9
30-34	3.95	6.87	40.7	34.9
35-39	5.15	9.27	36.5	31.0
40-44	6.62	12.04	32.4	27.3
45-49	8.61	15.61	28.4	23.9
50-54	11.67	20.46	24.5	20.6
55-59	15.94	26.64	20.8	17.5
60-64	23.47	37.02	17.3	14.7
65-69	34.86	50.70	14.2	12.2
70-74	50.58	68.15	11.4	10.0
75-79	71.61	89.14	8.9	8.0
80-84	110.45	128.69	6.7	6.2
85-89	166.56	178.74	5.0	4.8
90-94	255.47	256.87	3.6	3.6
95-99	382.26	366.37	2.5	2.6
100+	525.38	493.90	1.9	2.0

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1995

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