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Life expectancy increases in South Africa

In 1990 the life expectancy in South Africa increased to 63.38 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 66.71 years and for men 59.93 years.

South Africa’s position worsened with respect to the 191 countries we publish said data, dropping from the 115th in 1989 to 118th in 1990.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in South Africa over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 1989, when it was 63.31 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 1980, when it was 59.81 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in South Africa. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about South Africa in South African economy.

South Africa - Life expectancy at birth
DateLife expectancy - WomenLife expectancy - MenLife expectancy
199066.7159.9363.38
198966.3660.1463.31
198866.4860.1263.35
198765.9760.0163.04
198665.9459.8062.91
198565.4159.4562.38
198465.0159.0261.91
198364.7758.5261.47
198264.3058.0160.93
198163.8357.4160.36
198063.2256.8959.81
197962.8156.4659.40
197862.3756.0658.98
197761.7955.6258.49
197661.2155.2258.01
197560.6554.7757.51
197460.1654.4457.12
197359.6754.1256.72
197259.1853.7056.27
197158.7753.4555.96
197058.3253.1555.58
196957.8952.8155.19
196857.5152.5654.88
196757.2252.3554.63
196656.8652.2254.39
196556.5652.1254.19
196456.2251.8953.91
196355.9151.6653.63
196255.6051.4553.38
196155.2551.2153.09
196054.7550.8852.67
South Africa - Life expectancy at birth
South Africa - Life expectancy at birth