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

South Sudan

1966

Life expectancy: 25.6

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

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-5 -1 1966 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 25.6 years in 1966: 29.7 for women and 22.5 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 134,554 people died; 8.2% of them were 65 or older and 49.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

25.6

Women

29.7

Men

22.5

Life expectancy at 65

8.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

225.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

392.7

Deaths

134,554

Deaths per 1,000 people

41.6

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

813

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

570

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	247.61	282.67	29.7	22.5
1-4	62.86	61.82	36.7	28.4
5-9	18.79	19.46	42.4	31.7
10-14	9.29	10.58	41.4	29.7
15-19	9.34	18.77	38.2	26.2
20-24	10.90	33.45	34.9	23.5
25-29	12.80	34.82	31.7	22.3
30-34	14.56	32.58	28.7	21.1
35-39	16.77	33.70	25.7	19.4
40-44	19.41	35.96	22.7	17.5
45-49	22.19	40.27	19.7	15.5
50-54	26.79	46.61	16.8	13.4
55-59	35.85	58.15	13.8	11.3
60-64	52.19	74.60	11.0	9.3
65-69	79.04	101.28	8.6	7.4
70-74	119.21	145.16	6.6	5.7
75-79	165.62	199.08	5.0	4.3
80-84	248.62	299.04	3.7	3.1
85-89	354.41	457.58	2.7	2.1
90-94	505.04	633.97	2.0	1.6
95-99	684.34	838.24	1.5	1.2
100+	746.71	878.35	1.3	1.1

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1966

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