South Africa Life Expectancy Trend
Life Expectancy
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| 1950 | 43.1 | 1976 | 58 | 2002 | 55.6 |
| 1951 | 44.1 | 1977 | 58.5 | 2003 | 54.2 |
| 1952 | 45 | 1978 | 59 | 2004 | 54 |
| 1953 | 46.1 | 1979 | 59.5 | 2005 | 53.9 |
| 1954 | 47.1 | 1980 | 60 | 2006 | 54.2 |
| 1955 | 48.2 | 1981 | 60.4 | 2007 | 54.9 |
| 1956 | 49.2 | 1982 | 60.9 | 2008 | 56 |
| 1957 | 50.2 | 1983 | 61.4 | 2009 | 57.4 |
| 1958 | 51.1 | 1984 | 61.8 | 2010 | 58.9 |
| 1959 | 51.9 | 1985 | 62.2 | 2011 | 60.6 |
| 1960 | 52.6 | 1986 | 62.4 | 2012 | 61.7 |
| 1961 | 53.1 | 1987 | 62.7 | 2013 | 62.4 |
| 1962 | 53.6 | 1988 | 62.9 | 2014 | 63.2 |
| 1963 | 53.9 | 1989 | 63 | 2015 | 64.1 |
| 1964 | 54.2 | 1990 | 62.9 | 2016 | 64.7 |
| 1965 | 54.4 | 1991 | 63 | 2017 | 65.4 |
| 1966 | 54.7 | 1992 | 62.8 | 2018 | 65.7 |
| 1967 | 55 | 1993 | 62.6 | 2019 | 66.1 |
| 1968 | 55.2 | 1994 | 62.1 | 2020 | 65.2 |
| 1969 | 55.4 | 1995 | 61.6 | 2021 | 62 |
| 1970 | 55.7 | 1996 | 61.1 | 2022 | 65.5 |
| 1971 | 56 | 1997 | 60.5 | 2023 | 66.1 |
| 1972 | 56.4 | 1998 | 59.9 | 2024 | 66.3 |
| 1973 | 56.7 | 1999 | 59.2 | 2025 | 66.5 |
| 1974 | 57.1 | 2000 | 58.4 | 2026 | 66.7 |
| 1975 | 57.6 | 2001 | 57.2 |
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