South Africa - Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in South Africa was 67.93 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.93 in 2020 and a minimum value of 51.16 in 1960.
Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 51.16 |
| 1961 | 51.51 |
| 1962 | 51.86 |
| 1963 | 52.21 |
| 1964 | 52.57 |
| 1965 | 52.94 |
| 1966 | 53.34 |
| 1967 | 53.76 |
| 1968 | 54.21 |
| 1969 | 54.68 |
| 1970 | 55.17 |
| 1971 | 55.69 |
| 1972 | 56.23 |
| 1973 | 56.78 |
| 1974 | 57.34 |
| 1975 | 57.89 |
| 1976 | 58.44 |
| 1977 | 58.97 |
| 1978 | 59.48 |
| 1979 | 59.98 |
| 1980 | 60.48 |
| 1981 | 60.99 |
| 1982 | 61.54 |
| 1983 | 62.11 |
| 1984 | 62.71 |
| 1985 | 63.33 |
| 1986 | 63.99 |
| 1987 | 64.66 |
| 1988 | 65.31 |
| 1989 | 65.89 |
| 1990 | 66.34 |
| 1991 | 66.60 |
| 1992 | 66.64 |
| 1993 | 66.43 |
| 1994 | 65.97 |
| 1995 | 65.25 |
| 1996 | 64.27 |
| 1997 | 63.09 |
| 1998 | 61.79 |
| 1999 | 60.46 |
| 2000 | 59.19 |
| 2001 | 58.04 |
| 2002 | 57.09 |
| 2003 | 56.38 |
| 2004 | 55.97 |
| 2005 | 55.93 |
| 2006 | 56.28 |
| 2007 | 56.99 |
| 2008 | 58.00 |
| 2009 | 59.22 |
| 2010 | 60.57 |
| 2011 | 61.94 |
| 2012 | 63.24 |
| 2013 | 64.39 |
| 2014 | 65.36 |
| 2015 | 66.11 |
| 2016 | 66.65 |
| 2017 | 67.06 |
| 2018 | 67.40 |
| 2019 | 67.68 |
| 2020 | 67.93 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in South Africa was 64.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.38 in 2020 and a minimum value of 48.41 in 1960.
Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 48.41 |
| 1961 | 48.78 |
| 1962 | 49.14 |
| 1963 | 49.51 |
| 1964 | 49.89 |
| 1965 | 50.28 |
| 1966 | 50.71 |
| 1967 | 51.15 |
| 1968 | 51.62 |
| 1969 | 52.11 |
| 1970 | 52.62 |
| 1971 | 53.16 |
| 1972 | 53.71 |
| 1973 | 54.28 |
| 1974 | 54.86 |
| 1975 | 55.43 |
| 1976 | 55.99 |
| 1977 | 56.54 |
| 1978 | 57.07 |
| 1979 | 57.59 |
| 1980 | 58.11 |
| 1981 | 58.64 |
| 1982 | 59.19 |
| 1983 | 59.77 |
| 1984 | 60.35 |
| 1985 | 60.95 |
| 1986 | 61.54 |
| 1987 | 62.11 |
| 1988 | 62.62 |
| 1989 | 63.04 |
| 1990 | 63.31 |
| 1991 | 63.38 |
| 1992 | 63.25 |
| 1993 | 62.89 |
| 1994 | 62.33 |
| 1995 | 61.56 |
| 1996 | 60.60 |
| 1997 | 59.49 |
| 1998 | 58.32 |
| 1999 | 57.14 |
| 2000 | 56.05 |
| 2001 | 55.09 |
| 2002 | 54.31 |
| 2003 | 53.75 |
| 2004 | 53.44 |
| 2005 | 53.45 |
| 2006 | 53.80 |
| 2007 | 54.45 |
| 2008 | 55.36 |
| 2009 | 56.46 |
| 2010 | 57.67 |
| 2011 | 58.90 |
| 2012 | 60.06 |
| 2013 | 61.10 |
| 2014 | 61.97 |
| 2015 | 62.65 |
| 2016 | 63.15 |
| 2017 | 63.54 |
| 2018 | 63.86 |
| 2019 | 64.13 |
| 2020 | 64.38 |
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in South Africa was 60.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.97 in 2020 and a minimum value of 45.88 in 1960.
Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 45.88 |
| 1961 | 46.26 |
| 1962 | 46.63 |
| 1963 | 47.01 |
| 1964 | 47.41 |
| 1965 | 47.82 |
| 1966 | 48.25 |
| 1967 | 48.71 |
| 1968 | 49.20 |
| 1969 | 49.70 |
| 1970 | 50.23 |
| 1971 | 50.79 |
| 1972 | 51.36 |
| 1973 | 51.95 |
| 1974 | 52.54 |
| 1975 | 53.13 |
| 1976 | 53.70 |
| 1977 | 54.27 |
| 1978 | 54.82 |
| 1979 | 55.35 |
| 1980 | 55.87 |
| 1981 | 56.41 |
| 1982 | 56.97 |
| 1983 | 57.54 |
| 1984 | 58.12 |
| 1985 | 58.68 |
| 1986 | 59.21 |
| 1987 | 59.69 |
| 1988 | 60.08 |
| 1989 | 60.36 |
| 1990 | 60.47 |
| 1991 | 60.39 |
| 1992 | 60.11 |
| 1993 | 59.63 |
| 1994 | 58.98 |
| 1995 | 58.17 |
| 1996 | 57.22 |
| 1997 | 56.18 |
| 1998 | 55.11 |
| 1999 | 54.08 |
| 2000 | 53.14 |
| 2001 | 52.34 |
| 2002 | 51.72 |
| 2003 | 51.28 |
| 2004 | 51.06 |
| 2005 | 51.10 |
| 2006 | 51.44 |
| 2007 | 52.04 |
| 2008 | 52.85 |
| 2009 | 53.83 |
| 2010 | 54.91 |
| 2011 | 55.99 |
| 2012 | 57.03 |
| 2013 | 57.95 |
| 2014 | 58.73 |
| 2015 | 59.34 |
| 2016 | 59.80 |
| 2017 | 60.16 |
| 2018 | 60.46 |
| 2019 | 60.73 |
| 2020 | 60.97 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
