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

South Sudan

1982

Life expectancy: 38.7

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

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-5 -1 1982 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 38.7 years in 1982: 39.1 for women and 38.2 for men, a gap of 1.0 years. 115,618 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 56.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

38.7

Women

39.1

Men

38.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

168.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

284.6

Deaths

115,618

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.4

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

481

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

455

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	178.12	200.29	39.1	38.2
1-4	38.13	38.33	45.5	45.3
5-9	12.94	11.50	48.6	48.4
10-14	6.73	5.81	46.7	46.2
15-19	7.11	6.61	43.3	42.4
20-24	8.16	9.36	39.7	38.8
25-29	9.55	9.92	36.3	35.5
30-34	11.12	10.60	32.9	32.2
35-39	12.75	12.02	29.7	28.8
40-44	13.95	14.53	26.5	25.4
45-49	15.12	17.45	23.2	22.2
50-54	18.46	21.91	19.8	19.0
55-59	25.11	28.63	16.5	15.9
60-64	36.55	39.88	13.3	12.9
65-69	55.29	57.69	10.5	10.2
70-74	85.51	88.97	8.1	7.8
75-79	128.31	134.75	6.1	5.8
80-84	193.57	204.66	4.5	4.3
85-89	275.36	302.15	3.4	3.1
90-94	393.44	444.86	2.5	2.2
95-99	513.99	587.63	1.9	1.7
100+	638.41	723.54	1.6	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1982

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