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

South Sudan

1979

Life expectancy: 37.8

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-5 -1 1979 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 37.8 years in 1979: 38.4 for women and 37.1 for men, a gap of 1.3 years. 111,704 people died; 7.9% of them were 65 or older and 57.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

37.8

Women

38.4

Men

37.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

174.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

295.1

Deaths

111,704

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.4

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

494

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

459

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	185.64	208.53	38.4	37.1
1-4	40.14	40.15	45.0	44.4
5-9	13.08	12.06	48.4	47.7
10-14	6.82	6.08	46.6	45.5
15-19	7.19	6.88	43.1	41.9
20-24	8.24	9.73	39.6	38.2
25-29	9.65	10.32	36.1	35.0
30-34	11.23	11.03	32.8	31.7
35-39	12.88	12.52	29.6	28.4
40-44	14.09	15.12	26.4	25.1
45-49	15.27	18.16	23.1	21.8
50-54	18.62	22.72	19.7	18.7
55-59	25.34	29.67	16.4	15.6
60-64	36.88	41.22	13.3	12.7
65-69	55.77	59.51	10.5	10.0
70-74	86.25	91.83	8.0	7.6
75-79	129.36	138.75	6.1	5.7
80-84	195.07	210.53	4.5	4.1
85-89	277.35	325.81	3.3	2.9
90-94	396.01	455.08	2.5	2.2
95-99	517.09	597.85	1.9	1.7
100+	641.56	736.16	1.6	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1979

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