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

South Sudan

1998

Life expectancy: 19.0

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

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-5 -1 1998 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 19.0 years in 1998: 20.7 for women and 17.6 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 299,928 people died; 6.0% of them were 65 or older and 40.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

19.0

Women

20.7

Men

17.6

Life expectancy at 65

8.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

210.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

401.1

Deaths

299,928

Deaths per 1,000 people

53.4

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

891

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

813

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	235.59	253.32	20.7	17.6
1-4	70.07	71.86	24.9	21.4
5-9	32.41	35.96	28.2	23.8
10-14	25.84	29.70	27.8	23.0
15-19	24.86	30.51	26.3	21.3
20-24	26.24	40.32	24.4	19.4
25-29	30.56	45.89	22.5	18.1
30-34	33.70	47.78	20.8	17.2
35-39	37.81	52.52	19.2	16.2
40-44	39.54	50.97	17.7	15.3
45-49	41.81	52.98	16.0	14.0
50-54	46.57	57.23	14.2	12.6
55-59	53.93	64.76	12.2	11.0
60-64	66.24	77.84	10.3	9.2
65-69	87.36	101.73	8.4	7.5
70-74	120.65	140.82	6.6	5.9
75-79	152.27	179.23	5.2	4.6
80-84	244.71	290.85	3.6	3.2
85-89	389.52	473.51	2.5	2.1
90-94	596.94	655.10	1.7	1.5
95-99	673.77	648.92	1.5	1.5
100+	714.95	691.42	1.4	1.5

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 1998

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