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

Southern Africa

2046

Life expectancy: 69.7

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

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-5 -1 2046 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa is projected at 69.7 years in 2046: 73.3 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 901,830 people are projected to die; 51.5% of them would be 65 or older and 3.1% 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).

Key indicators, 2046

Life expectancy at birth

69.7

Women

73.3

Men

66.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.5

Deaths

901,830

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

297

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2046's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2046

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	12.40	18.12	73.4	66.1
1-4	1.13	1.61	73.3	66.3
5-9	0.28	0.44	69.6	62.7
10-14	0.30	0.47	64.7	57.8
15-19	0.64	1.09	59.8	53.0
20-24	1.08	2.08	55.0	48.2
25-29	1.81	3.14	50.2	43.7
30-34	2.66	4.28	45.7	39.4
35-39	3.63	5.72	41.2	35.2
40-44	4.84	7.68	37.0	31.1
45-49	6.15	10.67	32.8	27.2
50-54	8.10	14.89	28.7	23.6
55-59	11.41	20.81	24.8	20.2
60-64	15.91	28.71	21.1	17.1
65-69	23.40	39.88	17.7	14.4
70-74	33.61	52.99	14.5	12.0
75-79	49.80	72.35	11.7	9.9
80-84	69.93	91.79	9.4	8.2
85-89	103.46	124.98	7.3	6.5
90-94	149.74	164.45	5.6	5.3
95-99	214.81	215.19	4.3	4.2
100+	282.61	315.28	3.5	3.2

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2046

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