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

South Sudan

1995

Life expectancy: 31.5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 31.5 years in 1995: 34.0 for women and 29.2 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 165,033 people died; 6.8% of them were 65 or older and 41.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

31.5

Women

34.0

Men

29.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

138.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

256.9

Deaths

165,033

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.6

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

733

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

629

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	143.96	161.22	34.0	29.2
1-4	36.39	38.26	38.1	33.1
5-9	17.17	19.86	39.7	34.3
10-14	13.51	15.78	38.0	32.6
15-19	14.29	17.70	35.5	30.1
20-24	15.42	24.17	33.0	27.6
25-29	18.12	27.16	30.4	25.8
30-34	20.12	28.07	28.1	24.2
35-39	22.54	30.68	25.8	22.5
40-44	23.53	30.23	23.5	20.9
45-49	24.55	31.52	21.2	18.9
50-54	27.36	34.58	18.6	16.7
55-59	32.12	39.91	16.0	14.3
60-64	40.55	49.48	13.3	12.0
65-69	55.69	66.54	10.8	9.6
70-74	81.27	96.75	8.4	7.5
75-79	115.56	137.31	6.5	5.7
80-84	180.92	215.32	4.7	4.1
85-89	274.45	333.81	3.3	2.8
90-94	416.01	498.56	2.3	2.0
95-99	536.63	599.29	1.9	1.7
100+	648.21	701.66	1.5	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1995

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