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

South Sudan

2003

Life expectancy: 52.3

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

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-5 -1 2003 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 52.3 years in 2003: 52.8 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 1.0 years. 97,039 people died; 12.1% of them were 65 or older and 50.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

52.3

Women

52.8

Men

51.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

95.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

156.1

Deaths

97,039

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

342

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

321

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	95.24	108.46	52.8	51.8
1-4	17.45	17.51	57.0	56.6
5-9	6.82	5.74	56.9	56.5
10-14	3.75	3.12	53.8	53.1
15-19	4.22	4.07	49.8	48.9
20-24	5.02	5.81	45.8	44.9
25-29	5.84	6.11	41.9	41.1
30-34	6.70	6.54	38.1	37.3
35-39	7.67	7.35	34.3	33.4
40-44	8.79	8.92	30.5	29.6
45-49	9.77	10.90	26.8	25.8
50-54	12.54	14.63	23.0	22.1
55-59	16.90	19.24	19.3	18.6
60-64	25.17	28.03	15.8	15.3
65-69	39.05	41.86	12.6	12.2
70-74	61.67	65.04	9.8	9.4
75-79	95.57	101.07	7.4	7.1
80-84	148.88	157.14	5.5	5.2
85-89	220.25	240.59	4.0	3.7
90-94	327.32	367.60	2.9	2.6
95-99	445.09	505.89	2.2	2.0
100+	580.35	652.95	1.7	1.5

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2003

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