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

South Sudan

2036

Life expectancy: 59.1

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

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-5 -1 2036 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan is projected at 59.1 years in 2036: 62.2 for women and 56.2 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 151,860 people are projected to die; 26.4% of them would be 65 or older and 24.1% 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, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

59.1

Women

62.2

Men

56.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

58.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

89.9

Deaths

151,860

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

337

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

233

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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	55.51	66.68	62.2	56.2
1-4	8.24	8.81	64.6	58.9
5-9	3.36	4.91	62.8	57.0
10-14	2.01	2.87	58.8	53.4
15-19	2.47	3.86	54.3	49.1
20-24	3.09	5.68	50.0	45.0
25-29	3.63	5.99	45.7	41.2
30-34	4.14	6.39	41.5	37.4
35-39	4.80	7.19	37.3	33.5
40-44	5.87	8.73	33.2	29.7
45-49	6.88	10.74	29.1	25.9
50-54	9.34	14.43	25.0	22.2
55-59	12.75	19.19	21.1	18.6
60-64	19.59	28.02	17.3	15.2
65-69	31.26	41.92	13.8	12.1
70-74	50.85	65.23	10.7	9.4
75-79	81.47	101.45	8.1	7.1
80-84	131.30	158.02	6.0	5.2
85-89	199.91	242.35	4.4	3.7
90-94	292.52	370.83	3.2	2.6
95-99	427.62	524.01	2.3	1.9
100+	566.96	634.44	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2036

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