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

Mortality in South Sudan, 1957

South Sudan
1957
Life expectancy: 30.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 30.9 years in 1957: 33.3 for women and 28.8 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 95,089 people died; 9.6% of them were 65 or older and 54.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
30.9
Women
33.3
Men
28.8
Life expectancy at 65
9.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
219.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
370.2
Deaths
95,089
Deaths per 1,000 people
33.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
623
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
498
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0240.14275.0333.328.8
1-454.6854.7140.936.4
5-914.3017.4346.340.7
10-148.119.4044.639.2
15-198.3910.4541.436.0
20-249.5014.8838.032.8
25-2911.1315.9634.730.1
30-3412.8516.8131.627.4
35-3914.6818.9528.524.6
40-4415.9121.9625.521.8
45-4917.1525.7022.419.1
50-5420.5530.7519.216.3
55-5927.3839.4416.013.6
60-6439.0853.1013.011.1
65-6958.3775.1910.28.7
70-7489.51115.617.86.5
75-79132.90172.875.94.8
80-84200.33260.434.43.5
85-89285.94393.663.32.5
90-94410.50535.812.41.9
95-99534.06672.101.91.5
100+661.42794.411.51.3