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

South Sudan

2012

Life expectancy: 58.2

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

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-5 -1 2012 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 58.2 years in 2012: 59.5 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 108,038 people died; 17.0% of them were 65 or older and 39.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

58.2

Women

59.5

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

105.0

Deaths

108,038

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

305

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

260

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	65.82	75.73	59.5	57.0
1-4	10.29	10.44	62.5	60.3
5-9	4.36	4.29	61.0	58.8
10-14	2.51	2.45	57.3	55.0
15-19	3.00	3.49	53.0	50.7
20-24	3.68	5.11	48.8	46.5
25-29	4.30	5.35	44.6	42.7
30-34	4.88	5.68	40.5	38.8
35-39	5.62	6.31	36.5	34.8
40-44	6.74	7.63	32.4	30.8
45-49	7.72	9.38	28.5	26.9
50-54	10.27	12.87	24.5	23.1
55-59	13.86	16.98	20.6	19.5
60-64	21.02	25.11	16.9	16.0
65-69	33.20	37.89	13.5	12.8
70-74	53.41	59.10	10.5	9.9
75-79	84.54	92.75	7.9	7.5
80-84	134.84	145.60	5.9	5.5
85-89	203.40	225.63	4.3	3.9
90-94	295.18	348.67	3.2	2.7
95-99	427.49	484.67	2.3	2.0
100+	566.35	633.91	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2012

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