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

South Sudan

1989

Life expectancy: 28.2

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 28.2 years in 1989: 30.5 for women and 26.1 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 166,589 people died; 6.4% of them were 65 or older and 38.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

28.2

Women

30.5

Men

26.1

Life expectancy at 65

9.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

159.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

294.3

Deaths

166,589

Deaths per 1,000 people

35.3

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

772

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

673

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	168.80	189.21	30.5	26.1
1-4	42.99	45.17	34.9	30.3
5-9	19.87	22.61	37.0	31.9
10-14	15.39	17.78	35.7	30.5
15-19	16.20	19.80	33.3	28.1
20-24	17.44	27.02	30.9	25.7
25-29	20.51	30.38	28.5	24.1
30-34	22.82	31.40	26.3	22.7
35-39	25.58	34.36	24.2	21.1
40-44	26.59	33.88	22.2	19.6
45-49	27.68	35.34	20.0	17.8
50-54	30.66	38.53	17.6	15.7
55-59	36.07	44.46	15.1	13.5
60-64	45.40	54.73	12.5	11.3
65-69	61.98	73.09	10.1	9.1
70-74	90.11	106.15	7.9	7.0
75-79	127.41	150.18	6.0	5.3
80-84	197.67	232.69	4.4	3.8
85-89	296.05	357.91	3.1	2.7
90-94	449.14	554.22	2.2	1.8
95-99	636.35	815.75	1.6	1.2
100+	709.07	868.51	1.4	1.2

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1989

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