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

Southern Africa

2042

Life expectancy: 69.1

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

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-5 -1 2042 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa is projected at 69.1 years in 2042: 72.7 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 854,558 people are projected to die; 49.0% of them would be 65 or older and 3.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2042

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

72.7

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.8

Deaths

854,558

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

306

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

191

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2042's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2042

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	14.10	19.95	72.7	65.5
1-4	1.28	1.76	72.7	65.8
5-9	0.31	0.48	69.1	62.2
10-14	0.33	0.50	64.2	57.4
15-19	0.70	1.17	59.3	52.5
20-24	1.18	2.22	54.5	47.8
25-29	1.96	3.34	49.8	43.3
30-34	2.87	4.53	45.3	39.0
35-39	3.86	6.00	40.9	34.8
40-44	5.09	7.99	36.6	30.8
45-49	6.43	11.04	32.5	27.0
50-54	8.43	15.36	28.5	23.4
55-59	11.77	21.32	24.6	20.0
60-64	16.31	29.26	20.9	17.0
65-69	23.90	40.53	17.5	14.3
70-74	34.29	53.78	14.4	11.9
75-79	50.69	73.27	11.6	9.8
80-84	71.03	92.71	9.3	8.1
85-89	104.92	126.24	7.2	6.5
90-94	151.91	166.24	5.5	5.2
95-99	217.27	217.25	4.3	4.1
100+	284.46	316.86	3.5	3.2

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2042

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