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

South Sudan

1962

Life expectancy: 28.5

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

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 28.5 years in 1962: 30.7 for women and 26.5 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 111,393 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 50.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

28.5

Women

30.7

Men

26.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

213.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

366.4

Deaths

111,393

Deaths per 1,000 people

36.8

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

692

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

579

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	232.94	266.25	30.7	26.5
1-4	54.75	55.22	37.4	33.2
5-9	17.15	19.97	42.0	36.8
10-14	10.94	12.46	40.6	35.4
15-19	11.37	13.86	37.7	32.6
20-24	12.58	19.40	34.8	29.7
25-29	14.76	21.25	31.8	27.5
30-34	16.80	22.16	29.1	25.3
35-39	19.05	24.66	26.4	23.0
40-44	20.24	26.71	23.8	20.7
45-49	21.48	29.90	21.1	18.3
50-54	24.87	34.49	18.2	15.8
55-59	31.68	42.68	15.3	13.3
60-64	43.26	55.67	12.5	10.9
65-69	62.68	77.25	9.9	8.6
70-74	94.46	116.83	7.6	6.5
75-79	138.19	172.28	5.8	4.9
80-84	207.94	259.51	4.2	3.5
85-89	296.15	393.50	3.2	2.5
90-94	425.57	539.95	2.3	1.8
95-99	566.92	712.80	1.8	1.4
100+	674.40	809.19	1.5	1.2

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1962

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