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

South Sudan

1993

Life expectancy: 22.3

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

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-5 -1 1993 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 22.3 years in 1993: 24.8 for women and 20.1 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 228,261 people died; 5.7% of them were 65 or older and 34.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

22.3

Women

24.8

Men

20.1

Life expectancy at 65

8.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

155.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

307.2

Deaths

228,261

Deaths per 1,000 people

46.1

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

892

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

801

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	164.48	182.98	24.8	20.1
1-4	47.95	51.96	28.0	23.0
5-9	27.15	32.91	29.5	23.8
10-14	23.60	28.64	28.5	22.7
15-19	24.81	31.72	26.7	20.8
20-24	26.27	42.97	24.9	18.9
25-29	30.92	48.89	23.1	17.9
30-34	34.04	50.23	21.5	17.2
35-39	37.95	54.63	20.1	16.4
40-44	38.80	51.61	18.7	15.8
45-49	39.86	51.84	17.2	14.7
50-54	42.61	53.96	15.5	13.4
55-59	47.36	59.39	13.6	11.8
60-64	55.41	69.00	11.6	10.0
65-69	71.07	88.22	9.5	8.2
70-74	98.76	123.62	7.5	6.4
75-79	132.32	166.59	5.8	4.9
80-84	209.49	263.65	4.1	3.4
85-89	326.10	413.45	2.9	2.3
90-94	508.92	615.44	1.9	1.6
95-99	632.92	680.71	1.6	1.5
100+	720.41	741.18	1.4	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1993

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