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

South Sudan

1958

Life expectancy: 27.6

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

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-5 -1 1958 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 27.6 years in 1958: 30.0 for women and 25.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 108,034 people died; 8.8% of them were 65 or older and 50.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

27.6

Women

30.0

Men

25.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

220.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

377.7

Deaths

108,034

Deaths per 1,000 people

37.9

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

708

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

584

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	241.61	276.14	30.0	25.5
1-4	57.05	57.78	36.9	32.2
5-9	17.33	20.92	41.7	35.9
10-14	11.16	13.07	40.3	34.7
15-19	11.58	14.49	37.5	31.8
20-24	12.80	20.29	34.5	29.0
25-29	15.02	22.22	31.7	26.9
30-34	17.07	23.18	28.9	24.7
35-39	19.35	25.79	26.3	22.5
40-44	20.54	27.92	23.7	20.2
45-49	21.79	31.23	21.0	17.9
50-54	25.17	35.91	18.1	15.5
55-59	31.98	44.41	15.2	13.0
60-64	43.54	57.80	12.4	10.6
65-69	62.96	80.09	9.9	8.4
70-74	94.76	121.21	7.6	6.4
75-79	138.35	178.96	5.8	4.7
80-84	208.27	268.56	4.2	3.4
85-89	298.49	405.75	3.1	2.4
90-94	433.59	555.86	2.3	1.8
95-99	562.28	691.06	1.8	1.4
100+	693.91	801.60	1.4	1.3

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1958

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