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

South Sudan

1996

Life expectancy: 32.1

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

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-5 -1 1996 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 32.1 years in 1996: 34.5 for women and 29.9 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 165,254 people died; 6.9% of them were 65 or older and 41.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

32.1

Women

34.5

Men

29.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

250.2

Deaths

165,254

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.8

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

724

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

624

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	139.66	156.40	34.5	29.9
1-4	35.24	37.06	38.5	33.8
5-9	16.88	19.21	40.0	34.8
10-14	13.28	15.34	38.3	33.1
15-19	14.06	17.26	35.8	30.5
20-24	15.20	23.55	33.2	28.1
25-29	17.85	26.48	30.6	26.3
30-34	19.81	27.37	28.2	24.6
35-39	22.19	29.90	25.9	22.9
40-44	23.18	29.43	23.7	21.2
45-49	24.21	30.66	21.3	19.2
50-54	27.01	33.66	18.7	16.9
55-59	31.71	38.80	16.1	14.6
60-64	40.09	48.18	13.4	12.2
65-69	55.16	64.87	10.8	9.8
70-74	80.60	94.14	8.5	7.6
75-79	114.77	133.52	6.5	5.8
80-84	179.79	209.72	4.7	4.1
85-89	272.73	326.31	3.4	2.9
90-94	412.22	486.54	2.4	2.0
95-99	532.03	589.69	1.9	1.7
100+	643.75	694.20	1.6	1.4

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1996

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