Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

South Sudan

1954

Life expectancy: 31.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1954 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 31.7 years in 1954: 34.1 for women and 29.6 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 87,775 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 55.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

31.7

Women

34.1

Men

29.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

224.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

375.1

Deaths

87,775

Deaths per 1,000 people

33.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

590

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

466

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	245.74	281.92	34.1	29.6
1-4	55.20	55.27	42.2	37.7
5-9	13.37	16.70	48.0	42.5
10-14	7.15	8.34	46.1	41.0
15-19	7.38	9.05	42.7	37.6
20-24	8.45	12.78	39.2	34.2
25-29	9.90	13.58	35.8	31.3
30-34	11.53	14.53	32.5	28.4
35-39	13.22	16.60	29.3	25.3
40-44	14.43	20.05	26.1	22.3
45-49	15.63	24.03	22.9	19.4
50-54	19.03	29.26	19.5	16.5
55-59	25.91	38.18	16.2	13.7
60-64	37.67	52.17	13.1	11.1
65-69	56.93	74.61	10.3	8.7
70-74	87.98	115.85	7.9	6.5
75-79	131.83	174.67	6.0	4.8
80-84	198.54	263.64	4.4	3.5
85-89	281.76	397.65	3.3	2.4
90-94	401.51	539.52	2.4	1.8
95-99	523.17	678.67	1.9	1.5
100+	647.08	817.33	1.6	1.2

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1954

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