South Sudan Mortality 2019: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South Sudan

2019

Life expectancy: 58.1

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan was 58.1 years in 2019: 60.5 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 96,958 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 31.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2019

Life expectancy at birth

58.1

Women

60.5

Men

55.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

99.4

Deaths

96,958

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

336

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

250

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2019's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2019

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	62.31	71.99	60.5	55.7
1-4	9.54	9.83	63.3	58.8
5-9	4.00	4.94	61.7	57.1
10-14	2.33	2.84	57.9	53.5
15-19	2.81	3.99	53.5	49.2
20-24	3.47	5.95	49.2	45.1
25-29	4.06	6.22	45.1	41.4
30-34	4.60	6.54	40.9	37.6
35-39	5.30	7.23	36.8	33.8
40-44	6.43	8.65	32.7	30.0
45-49	7.41	10.52	28.7	26.2
50-54	9.93	14.14	24.7	22.4
55-59	13.38	18.57	20.8	18.9
60-64	20.36	27.10	17.1	15.5
65-69	32.29	40.53	13.7	12.4
70-74	52.11	62.90	10.6	9.6
75-79	82.75	97.82	8.0	7.2
80-84	132.64	152.89	5.9	5.3
85-89	201.22	238.05	4.3	3.7
90-94	296.49	388.60	3.1	2.5
95-99	448.70	526.34	2.2	1.9
100+	585.55	662.60	1.7	1.5

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2019

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