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

South Sudan

1994

Life expectancy: 44.9

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 44.9 years in 1994: 46.5 for women and 43.1 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 101,870 people died; 8.7% of them were 65 or older and 57.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

44.9

Women

46.5

Men

43.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

133.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

227.6

Deaths

101,870

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.1

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

439

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

360

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	137.87	155.76	46.5	43.1
1-4	29.12	28.77	52.2	49.1
5-9	8.67	9.60	54.4	50.8
10-14	4.67	4.94	51.7	48.2
15-19	5.03	5.80	47.9	44.4
20-24	5.87	8.25	44.0	40.6
25-29	6.87	8.73	40.3	37.2
30-34	7.91	9.31	36.6	33.8
35-39	9.04	10.50	33.0	30.3
40-44	10.17	12.68	29.4	26.7
45-49	11.20	15.24	25.8	23.3
50-54	14.09	19.40	22.1	20.0
55-59	19.07	25.37	18.5	16.8
60-64	28.11	35.69	15.1	13.7
65-69	43.15	51.96	12.0	10.9
70-74	67.46	80.12	9.3	8.3
75-79	103.12	121.87	7.1	6.3
80-84	158.75	186.22	5.2	4.6
85-89	232.02	278.02	3.9	3.3
90-94	340.94	414.07	2.8	2.4
95-99	458.06	553.87	2.1	1.8
100+	590.53	692.43	1.7	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1994

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