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

South Sudan

1997

Life expectancy: 33.1

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

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-5 -1 1997 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 33.1 years in 1997: 35.3 for women and 30.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 163,038 people died; 7.1% of them were 65 or older and 40.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

33.1

Women

35.3

Men

30.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

130.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

240.8

Deaths

163,038

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.6

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

710

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

614

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	134.07	150.57	35.3	30.9
1-4	33.54	35.15	39.2	34.7
5-9	16.34	18.21	40.6	35.7
10-14	12.88	14.70	38.8	33.9
15-19	13.66	16.61	36.2	31.3
20-24	14.77	22.68	33.6	28.7
25-29	17.35	25.49	31.0	26.9
30-34	19.26	26.32	28.6	25.2
35-39	21.58	28.75	26.2	23.4
40-44	22.57	28.23	24.0	21.7
45-49	23.58	29.39	21.5	19.6
50-54	26.36	32.34	18.9	17.3
55-59	30.98	37.25	16.2	14.9
60-64	39.28	46.34	13.5	12.4
65-69	54.16	62.54	10.9	10.0
70-74	79.31	90.97	8.5	7.8
75-79	113.30	129.47	6.5	5.9
80-84	177.62	203.88	4.7	4.2
85-89	269.17	317.94	3.4	3.0
90-94	404.71	470.42	2.4	2.1
95-99	519.22	570.70	1.9	1.7
100+	632.11	680.74	1.6	1.5

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1997

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