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

South Sudan

2049

Life expectancy: 60.7

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

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-5 -1 2049 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Sudan is projected at 60.7 years in 2049: 63.7 for women and 57.7 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 185,460 people are projected to die; 37.7% of them would be 65 or older and 17.2% 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, 2049

Life expectancy at birth

60.7

Women

63.7

Men

57.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.3

Deaths

185,460

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.2

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

317

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

217

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2049's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2049

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	49.54	62.12	63.7	57.7
1-4	7.05	7.88	65.9	60.3
5-9	2.81	4.19	63.7	58.2
10-14	1.71	2.49	59.6	54.3
15-19	2.16	3.40	55.1	50.0
20-24	2.72	5.02	50.7	45.8
25-29	3.21	5.31	46.3	41.9
30-34	3.69	5.72	42.0	38.0
35-39	4.32	6.52	37.8	34.0
40-44	5.34	8.03	33.5	30.0
45-49	6.40	10.05	29.4	26.2
50-54	8.82	13.71	25.3	22.4
55-59	12.22	18.53	21.3	18.8
60-64	18.94	27.33	17.5	15.4
65-69	30.43	41.13	13.9	12.2
70-74	49.88	64.23	10.8	9.5
75-79	80.52	100.33	8.1	7.1
80-84	130.49	156.67	6.0	5.2
85-89	199.56	240.76	4.4	3.7
90-94	292.74	367.09	3.2	2.6
95-99	426.42	517.59	2.3	1.9
100+	565.74	630.84	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South Sudan by year

Mortality in South Sudan, 2049

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