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

South Sudan

1972

Life expectancy: 31.3

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

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-5 -1 1972 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 31.3 years in 1972: 34.1 for women and 28.6 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 118,330 people died; 7.2% of them were 65 or older and 54.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

31.3

Women

34.1

Men

28.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

199.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

343.9

Deaths

118,330

Deaths per 1,000 people

33.4

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

683

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

510

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	215.73	244.84	34.1	28.6
1-4	50.76	50.49	41.0	35.2
5-9	15.50	15.53	45.6	38.5
10-14	7.88	8.17	44.1	36.5
15-19	8.11	12.46	40.8	32.9
20-24	9.39	20.97	37.4	29.8
25-29	11.00	21.91	34.1	27.9
30-34	12.66	21.25	30.9	25.8
35-39	14.56	22.51	27.7	23.4
40-44	16.41	24.94	24.6	20.9
45-49	18.28	28.55	21.5	18.4
50-54	22.16	33.88	18.3	15.8
55-59	29.87	42.96	15.2	13.3
60-64	43.44	56.76	12.2	10.8
65-69	65.75	78.98	9.6	8.6
70-74	100.33	116.76	7.3	6.6
75-79	144.71	166.71	5.6	5.0
80-84	218.52	253.02	4.1	3.6
85-89	312.20	392.83	3.0	2.5
90-94	444.76	556.49	2.2	1.8
95-99	583.04	768.05	1.7	1.3
100+	681.71	855.14	1.5	1.2

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1972

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