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

South Sudan

1991

Life expectancy: 29.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 29.2 years in 1991: 31.7 for women and 26.9 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 165,647 people died; 6.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

29.2

Women

31.7

Men

26.9

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

153.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

283.1

Deaths

165,647

Deaths per 1,000 people

34.2

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

763

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

657

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	161.25	180.91	31.7	26.9
1-4	40.83	43.16	36.0	31.0
5-9	18.77	21.97	38.0	32.5
10-14	14.69	17.28	36.6	31.0
15-19	15.48	19.27	34.2	28.5
20-24	16.67	26.31	31.7	26.2
25-29	19.60	29.57	29.2	24.5
30-34	21.78	30.56	27.0	23.0
35-39	24.41	33.44	24.8	21.4
40-44	25.40	33.01	22.7	19.9
45-49	26.45	34.46	20.5	18.0
50-54	29.33	37.64	18.0	15.9
55-59	34.42	43.49	15.5	13.7
60-64	43.27	53.65	12.9	11.4
65-69	59.09	71.78	10.4	9.2
70-74	85.95	104.31	8.1	7.1
75-79	121.60	147.70	6.2	5.4
80-84	189.70	229.79	4.5	3.9
85-89	286.34	353.41	3.2	2.7
90-94	435.03	532.74	2.3	1.9
95-99	563.43	644.85	1.8	1.5
100+	678.20	739.92	1.5	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1991

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