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 52.78 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.35 in 1990 and a minimum value of 50.83 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, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 50.83 |
| 1961 | 51.33 |
| 1962 | 51.82 |
| 1963 | 52.31 |
| 1964 | 52.80 |
| 1965 | 53.29 |
| 1966 | 53.78 |
| 1967 | 54.25 |
| 1968 | 54.71 |
| 1969 | 55.15 |
| 1970 | 55.57 |
| 1971 | 55.98 |
| 1972 | 56.39 |
| 1973 | 56.79 |
| 1974 | 57.20 |
| 1975 | 57.64 |
| 1976 | 58.11 |
| 1977 | 58.62 |
| 1978 | 59.17 |
| 1979 | 59.75 |
| 1980 | 60.37 |
| 1981 | 61.02 |
| 1982 | 61.68 |
| 1983 | 62.34 |
| 1984 | 62.97 |
| 1985 | 63.56 |
| 1986 | 64.09 |
| 1987 | 64.56 |
| 1988 | 64.94 |
| 1989 | 65.22 |
| 1990 | 65.35 |
| 1991 | 65.31 |
| 1992 | 65.10 |
| 1993 | 64.71 |
| 1994 | 64.14 |
| 1995 | 63.38 |
| 1996 | 62.41 |
| 1997 | 61.28 |
| 1998 | 60.02 |
| 1999 | 58.68 |
| 2000 | 57.35 |
| 2001 | 56.07 |
| 2002 | 54.90 |
| 2003 | 53.89 |
| 2004 | 53.07 |
| 2005 | 52.50 |
| 2006 | 52.18 |
| 2007 | 52.09 |
| 2008 | 52.18 |
| 2009 | 52.42 |
| 2010 | 52.78 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in South Africa was 52.08 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.55 in 1990 and a minimum value of 49.04 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: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 49.04 |
| 1961 | 49.43 |
| 1962 | 49.81 |
| 1963 | 50.20 |
| 1964 | 50.58 |
| 1965 | 50.97 |
| 1966 | 51.36 |
| 1967 | 51.75 |
| 1968 | 52.13 |
| 1969 | 52.49 |
| 1970 | 52.85 |
| 1971 | 53.20 |
| 1972 | 53.53 |
| 1973 | 53.87 |
| 1974 | 54.22 |
| 1975 | 54.58 |
| 1976 | 54.98 |
| 1977 | 55.41 |
| 1978 | 55.90 |
| 1979 | 56.41 |
| 1980 | 56.97 |
| 1981 | 57.56 |
| 1982 | 58.17 |
| 1983 | 58.77 |
| 1984 | 59.35 |
| 1985 | 59.89 |
| 1986 | 60.38 |
| 1987 | 60.81 |
| 1988 | 61.16 |
| 1989 | 61.42 |
| 1990 | 61.55 |
| 1991 | 61.53 |
| 1992 | 61.36 |
| 1993 | 61.02 |
| 1994 | 60.54 |
| 1995 | 59.89 |
| 1996 | 59.06 |
| 1997 | 58.09 |
| 1998 | 57.02 |
| 1999 | 55.89 |
| 2000 | 54.78 |
| 2001 | 53.73 |
| 2002 | 52.79 |
| 2003 | 52.01 |
| 2004 | 51.43 |
| 2005 | 51.06 |
| 2006 | 50.93 |
| 2007 | 51.00 |
| 2008 | 51.24 |
| 2009 | 51.61 |
| 2010 | 52.08 |
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in South Africa was 51.42 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.93 in 1990 and a minimum value of 47.33 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, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 47.33 |
| 1961 | 47.62 |
| 1962 | 47.91 |
| 1963 | 48.19 |
| 1964 | 48.47 |
| 1965 | 48.77 |
| 1966 | 49.06 |
| 1967 | 49.37 |
| 1968 | 49.67 |
| 1969 | 49.96 |
| 1970 | 50.26 |
| 1971 | 50.54 |
| 1972 | 50.82 |
| 1973 | 51.09 |
| 1974 | 51.37 |
| 1975 | 51.67 |
| 1976 | 52.00 |
| 1977 | 52.36 |
| 1978 | 52.78 |
| 1979 | 53.23 |
| 1980 | 53.73 |
| 1981 | 54.26 |
| 1982 | 54.82 |
| 1983 | 55.37 |
| 1984 | 55.89 |
| 1985 | 56.39 |
| 1986 | 56.84 |
| 1987 | 57.23 |
| 1988 | 57.56 |
| 1989 | 57.80 |
| 1990 | 57.93 |
| 1991 | 57.93 |
| 1992 | 57.79 |
| 1993 | 57.52 |
| 1994 | 57.11 |
| 1995 | 56.56 |
| 1996 | 55.87 |
| 1997 | 55.06 |
| 1998 | 54.16 |
| 1999 | 53.23 |
| 2000 | 52.33 |
| 2001 | 51.50 |
| 2002 | 50.79 |
| 2003 | 50.23 |
| 2004 | 49.86 |
| 2005 | 49.69 |
| 2006 | 49.74 |
| 2007 | 49.97 |
| 2008 | 50.35 |
| 2009 | 50.84 |
| 2010 | 51.42 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
