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

Southern Africa

2014

Life expectancy: 62.4

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

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-5 -1 2014 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 62.4 years in 2014: 65.3 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 620,907 people died; 32.4% of them were 65 or older and 10.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

62.4

Women

65.3

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.9

Deaths

620,907

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

415

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

297

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	30.00	35.18	65.3	59.2
1-4	3.20	3.63	66.3	60.3
5-9	0.70	0.89	63.1	57.1
10-14	0.71	0.87	58.3	52.4
15-19	1.48	1.87	53.5	47.6
20-24	2.67	3.55	48.9	43.0
25-29	4.67	5.37	44.5	38.7
30-34	6.65	7.97	40.5	34.7
35-39	7.88	10.57	36.8	31.0
40-44	9.08	13.25	33.2	27.6
45-49	10.19	16.51	29.6	24.3
50-54	12.30	21.35	26.0	21.2
55-59	15.61	26.57	22.5	18.3
60-64	20.79	35.90	19.1	15.5
65-69	28.40	46.36	15.9	13.1
70-74	41.64	61.96	13.0	10.8
75-79	52.72	74.24	10.4	8.9
80-84	88.59	113.86	7.8	6.8
85-89	132.76	156.82	5.8	5.3
90-94	207.55	225.61	4.2	4.0
95-99	316.76	322.01	3.0	3.0
100+	454.86	441.66	2.2	2.3

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2014

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