The required minimum distribution table (rmd table) for those who reach age 70 and the rmd table for beneficiaries are printed below. If you want to download this RMD table for an Excel spreadsheet, just highlight and copy the table and then in your spreadsheet select “paste special” and unicode text.

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This required minimum distribution table below is used by people who own IRAs.

Note that the RMD table starts a age 70 since there are no required minimum distributions prior to that age. How to use  this required minimum distribution table.

RMD Table III
(Uniform Lifetime)
(For Use by: Unmarried Owners, Married Owners Whose Spouses Are Not More Than 10 Years Younger, and Married Owners Whose Spouses Are Not the Sole Beneficiaries of their IRAs)
Age	Distribution Period	Age	Distribution Period
70	27.4	93	9.6
71	26.5	94	9.1
72	25.6	95	8.6
73	24.7	96	8.1
74	23.8	97	7.6
75	22.9	98	7.1
76	22.0	99	6.7
77	21.2	100	6.3
78	20.3	101	5.9
79	19.5	102	5.5
80	18.7	103	5.2
81	17.9	104	4.9
82	17.1	105	4.5
83	16.3	106	4.2
84	15.5	107	3.9
85	14.8	108	3.7
86	14.1	109	3.4
87	13.4	110	3.1
88	12.7	111	2.9
89	12.0	112	2.6
90	11.4	113	2.4
91	10.8	114	2.1
92	10.2	115 and over	1.9

There is another table for IRA account holders with spouses 10 or more years younger where the spouse is name as the sole beneficiary. This table provides more favorable (i.e. slower) withdrawal factors.  The table is very lengthy as it has every combination of ages for 10 spouses 10-years apart in age.  You can find that table in the appendix here.

This next RMD table is used for people who inherit IRAs or qualified plan balances.

Since  beneficiary of such a retirement plan could be an infant, this required minimum distribution table starts at age 0. Use of the RMD beneficiary table.

Single Life Expectancy RMD Table (for Inherited IRAs) (For calculating post-death required distributions to beneficiaries) (From IRS Publication 590)
Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectancy (in years)	Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectancy (in years)	Age of IRA or Plan Beneficiary	Life Expectancy (in years)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	82.4 81.6 80.6 79.7 78.7 77.7 76.7 75.8 74.8 73.8 72.8	41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50	42.7 41.7 40.7 39.8 38.8 37.9 37.0 36.0 35.1 34.2	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90	9.7 9.1 8.6 8.1 7.6 7.1 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.5
11 12 13 14 15	71.8 70.8 69.9 68.9 67.9	51 52 53 54 55	33.3 32.3 31.4 30.5 29.6	91 92 93 94 95	5.2 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.1
16 17 18 19 20	66.9 66.0 65.0 64.0 63.0	56 57 58 59 60	28.7 27.9 27.0 26.1 25.2	96 97 98 99 100	3.8 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9
21 22 23 24 25	62.1 61.1 60.1 59.1 58.2	61 62 63 64 65	24.4 23.5 22.7 21.8 21.0	101 102 103 104 105	2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9