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South Africa: Life expectancy at birth (years)
66.31years · 2024+5.0% since 2014
Life expectancy at birth, total. Annual figures for South Africa from 1960 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (years) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 66.312 | |
| 2023 | 66.139 | |
| 2022 | 65.454 | |
| 2021 | 62.01 | |
| 2020 | 65.15 | |
| 2019 | 66.071 | |
| 2018 | 65.726 | |
| 2017 | 65.422 | |
| 2016 | 64.749 | |
| 2015 | 64.053 | |
| 2014 | 63.184 | |
| 2013 | 62.388 | |
| 2012 | 61.737 | |
| 2011 | 60.602 | |
| 2010 | 58.886 | |
| 2009 | 57.413 | |
| 2008 | 55.982 | |
| 2007 | 54.948 | |
| 2006 | 54.22 | |
| 2005 | 53.914 | |
| 2004 | 53.963 | |
| 2003 | 54.245 | |
| 2002 | 55.58 | |
| 2001 | 57.161 | |
| 2000 | 58.368 | |
| 1999 | 59.19 | |
| 1998 | 59.912 | |
| 1997 | 60.538 | |
| 1996 | 61.079 | |
| 1995 | 61.603 | |
| 1994 | 62.069 | |
| 1993 | 62.618 | |
| 1992 | 62.839 | |
| 1991 | 62.983 | |
| 1990 | 62.942 | |
| 1989 | 63.017 | |
| 1988 | 62.902 | |
| 1987 | 62.694 | |
| 1986 | 62.421 | |
| 1985 | 62.195 | |
| 1984 | 61.837 | |
| 1983 | 61.393 | |
| 1982 | 60.936 | |
| 1981 | 60.445 | |
| 1980 | 59.961 | |
| 1979 | 59.472 | |
| 1978 | 58.991 | |
| 1977 | 58.48 | |
| 1976 | 58 | |
| 1975 | 57.591 | |
| 1974 | 57.11 | |
| 1973 | 56.72 | |
| 1972 | 56.377 | |
| 1971 | 56.02 | |
| 1970 | 55.681 | |
| 1969 | 55.44 | |
| 1968 | 55.191 | |
| 1967 | 54.955 | |
| 1966 | 54.731 | |
| 1965 | 54.427 | |
| 1964 | 54.215 | |
| 1963 | 53.895 | |
| 1962 | 53.566 | |
| 1961 | 53.067 | |
| 1960 | 52.575 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). Life expectancy at birth (years). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-life-expectancy (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
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- Chile
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- Colombia
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- Cuba
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- Cyprus
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- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
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- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
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- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
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- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
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- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
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- Palestine, State of
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- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
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- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Spain
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- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
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- Tanzania, United Republic of
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