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

Southern Africa

2074

Life expectancy: 73.7

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

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-5 -1 2074 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa is projected at 73.7 years in 2074: 77.1 for women and 70.1 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 1,172,201 people are projected to die; 67.8% of them would be 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

77.1

Men

70.1

Life expectancy at 65

17.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

7.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

9.7

Deaths

1,172,201

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

238

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2074's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2074

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	5.32	8.78	77.1	70.1
1-4	0.52	0.82	76.6	69.7
5-9	0.14	0.25	72.7	66.0
10-14	0.16	0.29	67.8	61.0
15-19	0.38	0.71	62.8	56.1
20-24	0.67	1.40	57.9	51.3
25-29	1.17	2.17	53.1	46.7
30-34	1.78	3.03	48.4	42.1
35-39	2.51	4.16	43.8	37.7
40-44	3.48	5.77	39.3	33.5
45-49	4.60	8.28	35.0	29.4
50-54	6.25	11.87	30.7	25.5
55-59	9.00	16.92	26.6	21.9
60-64	12.83	23.77	22.7	18.6
65-69	19.20	33.50	19.1	15.6
70-74	28.09	45.28	15.7	13.0
75-79	42.27	62.84	12.7	10.7
80-84	60.76	81.71	10.1	8.8
85-89	91.48	112.80	7.8	7.0
90-94	134.63	149.96	6.0	5.6
95-99	197.33	199.59	4.6	4.4
100+	264.63	298.05	3.8	3.4

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2074

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