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

South Sudan

2028

Life expectancy: 58.2

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

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-5 -1 2028 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan is projected at 58.2 years in 2028: 61.2 for women and 55.2 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 129,007 people are projected to die; 21.4% of them would be 65 or older and 27.5% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

58.2

Women

61.2

Men

55.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

95.1

Deaths

129,007

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

349

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

242

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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	59.22	69.51	61.2	55.2
1-4	8.97	9.39	63.9	58.1
5-9	3.72	5.39	62.2	56.3
10-14	2.19	3.12	58.3	52.7
15-19	2.67	4.16	53.9	48.5
20-24	3.31	6.11	49.6	44.5
25-29	3.88	6.43	45.4	40.8
30-34	4.41	6.82	41.2	37.1
35-39	5.09	7.61	37.1	33.3
40-44	6.18	9.16	33.0	29.4
45-49	7.16	11.15	28.9	25.7
50-54	9.64	14.85	24.9	22.0
55-59	13.06	19.56	21.0	18.5
60-64	19.95	28.40	17.2	15.2
65-69	31.72	42.33	13.8	12.1
70-74	51.39	65.71	10.7	9.4
75-79	81.98	101.93	8.1	7.0
80-84	131.74	158.55	5.9	5.2
85-89	200.12	242.92	4.4	3.7
90-94	292.48	372.58	3.2	2.6
95-99	428.63	527.25	2.3	1.9
100+	568.12	635.85	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2028

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