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

South Sudan

1974

Life expectancy: 36.6

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-5 -1 1974 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 36.6 years in 1974: 37.6 for women and 35.5 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 103,641 people died; 7.4% of them were 65 or older and 58.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

36.6

Women

37.6

Men

35.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

185.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

312.2

Deaths

103,641

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.8

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

512

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

458

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	198.01	224.12	37.6	35.5
1-4	43.23	42.95	44.5	43.1
5-9	13.04	12.89	48.5	46.7
10-14	6.85	6.48	46.6	44.7
15-19	7.18	7.26	43.1	41.1
20-24	8.23	10.26	39.6	37.5
25-29	9.64	10.89	36.2	34.3
30-34	11.22	11.63	32.8	31.1
35-39	12.86	13.23	29.6	27.8
40-44	14.07	15.98	26.4	24.5
45-49	15.25	19.18	23.1	21.4
50-54	18.61	23.83	19.7	18.3
55-59	25.32	31.12	16.4	15.3
60-64	36.84	43.05	13.3	12.4
65-69	55.72	61.98	10.5	9.8
70-74	86.16	95.72	8.0	7.4
75-79	129.25	144.36	6.1	5.5
80-84	194.91	218.87	4.5	4.0
85-89	277.14	336.56	3.3	2.8
90-94	395.75	467.55	2.5	2.1
95-99	516.80	609.29	1.9	1.6
100+	641.31	742.89	1.6	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1974

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