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

South Sudan

1985

Life expectancy: 32.4

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

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-5 -1 1985 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 32.4 years in 1985: 33.9 for women and 30.8 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 149,671 people died; 7.4% of them were 65 or older and 47.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

32.4

Women

33.9

Men

30.8

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

166.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

293.1

Deaths

149,671

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.0

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

660

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

584

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	176.23	197.73	33.9	30.8
1-4	41.19	42.38	39.2	36.3
5-9	16.80	17.12	41.9	38.6
10-14	11.22	11.82	40.3	36.8
15-19	11.81	13.37	37.5	33.9
20-24	12.98	18.55	34.7	31.1
25-29	15.24	20.51	31.8	28.8
30-34	17.21	21.30	29.1	26.7
35-39	19.45	23.47	26.5	24.4
40-44	20.57	24.46	24.0	22.1
45-49	21.74	26.66	21.3	19.7
50-54	24.93	30.50	18.5	17.2
55-59	31.10	36.88	15.6	14.6
60-64	41.69	47.66	12.8	12.0
65-69	59.67	65.79	10.2	9.6
70-74	89.28	97.97	7.9	7.4
75-79	129.66	142.82	6.0	5.6
80-84	197.94	219.05	4.4	4.0
85-89	288.58	330.52	3.2	2.9
90-94	423.00	500.08	2.3	2.0
95-99	575.40	702.89	1.7	1.4
100+	672.77	796.12	1.5	1.3

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1985

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