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Life Expectancy in Afghanistan vs South Sudan (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.8 years in Afghanistan vs 58 in South Sudan. Afghanistan is ranked 163/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Afghanistan, the life expectancy is 65.2 years for males and 68.3 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

Afghanistan vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 28.6 28 29.3 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 29 28.4 29.7 31 28.9 33.4
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 32 30 34.3
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 27.6 25.5 30
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 28.1 26 30.4
1961 33.3 32.6 34 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 34.7 34 35.4 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 36 35.3 36.9 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 37 36.3 37.8 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 31 28.3 33.9
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 39 38.2 39.8 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 40 39.3 40.8 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 38 37.5 38.5
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 43.2 40.7 46 11 10.6 11.3
1989 44.5 42.1 47 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 28.6 26.4 31
1991 45.5 43 48.3 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 51 49.8 52.3 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 51 48.9 53.1 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 31.5 29.2 34
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 19 17.6 20.7
1999 54.5 53.1 56 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 55 53.5 56.6 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 56.2 55 57.4 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 54 53.4 54.5
2006 58.6 57 60.1 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 59 57.1 60.8 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 59.7 58 61.4 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 57.7 56.3 59
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 62.3 60.5 64 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 36.7 33.8 40
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 57 54.4 59.7
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 66 64.5 67.5 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 57.9 54.9 60.9
2026 66.8 65.2 68.3 58 55 61

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 50.4 years in Afghanistan and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 9.88 healthy years in Afghanistan and 11 in South Sudan.

Afghanistan vs South Sudan life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and South Sudan, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
42.2 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.2 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.5 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Afghanistan South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 97.2% 97.5% 92.9% 95.3%
50 92.0% 93.3% 83.9% 89.1%
60 80.6% 84.9% 70.5% 79.4%
65 71.2% 77.7% 61.1% 71.8%
70 58.7% 67.2% 49.3% 61.2%
75 43.3% 52.6% 35.3% 47.2%
80 26.7% 35.0% 21.0% 31.1%
85 12.3% 17.6% 9.3% 15.8%
90 3.6% 6.0% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Afghanistan vs South Sudan: 72.2 years vs 69.1 at 30, 78.4 vs 78 at 65, 85.7 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.8 vs 58 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and South Sudan.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Afghanistan South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.8 65.2 68.3 58 55 61
1 69.5 68.1 70.9 61.8 58.9 64.7
2 69.8 68.4 71.2 62.5 59.5 65.5
3 70.1 68.6 71.4 63.1 60.1 66.1
4 70.2 68.8 71.6 63.6 60.6 66.6
5 70.3 68.9 71.7 64 61.1 67
6 70.4 69 71.8 64.4 61.5 67.3
7 70.5 69.1 71.8 64.7 61.8 67.6
8 70.6 69.1 71.9 65 62.1 67.8
9 70.6 69.2 71.9 65.2 62.4 68
10 70.7 69.2 72 65.4 62.6 68.2
11 70.7 69.3 72 65.5 62.8 68.3
12 70.7 69.3 72.1 65.7 62.9 68.4
13 70.8 69.4 72.1 65.8 63.1 68.5
14 70.8 69.4 72.2 66 63.2 68.7
15 70.9 69.5 72.2 66.1 63.4 68.8
16 71 69.6 72.3 66.3 63.5 68.9
17 71 69.6 72.3 66.4 63.7 69
18 71.1 69.7 72.4 66.6 63.9 69.2
19 71.2 69.8 72.5 66.8 64.1 69.3
20 71.3 69.9 72.5 67 64.4 69.5
21 71.3 70 72.6 67.2 64.6 69.6
22 71.4 70.1 72.7 67.4 64.9 69.8
23 71.5 70.2 72.8 67.6 65.1 70
24 71.6 70.3 72.9 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 71.7 70.4 72.9 68 65.7 70.3
26 71.8 70.5 73 68.3 65.9 70.4
27 71.9 70.6 73.1 68.5 66.2 70.6
28 72 70.7 73.2 68.7 66.5 70.8
29 72.1 70.8 73.3 68.9 66.7 71
30 72.2 70.9 73.4 69.1 67 71.1
31 72.3 71 73.5 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 72.4 71.1 73.5 69.5 67.4 71.5
33 72.5 71.2 73.6 69.8 67.7 71.7
34 72.5 71.3 73.7 70 67.9 71.8
35 72.6 71.4 73.8 70.2 68.2 72
36 72.7 71.5 73.9 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 72.8 71.6 74 70.6 68.6 72.4
38 73 71.7 74.1 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 73.1 71.8 74.2 71 69.1 72.7
40 73.2 71.9 74.3 71.2 69.4 72.9
41 73.3 72 74.5 71.5 69.6 73.1
42 73.4 72.1 74.6 71.7 69.9 73.3
43 73.5 72.3 74.7 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 73.7 72.4 74.8 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 73.8 72.6 74.9 72.4 70.6 73.9
46 73.9 72.7 75.1 72.6 70.9 74.1
47 74.1 72.9 75.2 72.8 71.2 74.3
48 74.3 73 75.3 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.4 73.2 75.5 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 74.6 73.4 75.7 73.5 72 74.8
51 74.8 73.6 75.8 73.8 72.3 75.1
52 75 73.8 76 74 72.6 75.3
53 75.2 74 76.2 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 75.4 74.2 76.4 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 75.6 74.5 76.5 74.8 73.5 76
56 75.8 74.7 76.7 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76.1 75 77 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 76.3 75.3 77.2 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 76.6 75.6 77.4 76 74.8 76.9
60 76.8 75.9 77.6 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.1 76.2 77.9 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 77.4 76.6 78.2 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 77.7 76.9 78.4 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.1 77.3 78.7 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 78.4 77.6 79 78 77.1 78.7
66 78.8 78 79.4 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.1 78.5 79.7 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 79.5 78.9 80 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 79.9 79.3 80.4 79.7 78.9 80.2
70 80.4 79.8 80.8 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 80.8 80.3 81.2 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.3 80.8 81.7 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 81.7 81.3 82.1 81.6 80.9 82.1
74 82.2 81.8 82.6 82.1 81.5 82.6
75 82.8 82.3 83.1 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.3 82.9 83.6 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 83.9 83.5 84.1 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.4 84.1 84.7 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85 84.7 85.2 85 84.5 85.3
80 85.7 85.4 85.9 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.3 86 86.5 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87 86.7 87.1 87 86.5 87.2
83 87.6 87.4 87.8 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.3 88.1 88.5 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.1 88.8 89.2 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 89.8 89.6 90 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.6 90.4 90.7 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.4 91.2 91.5 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.2 92 92.3 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93 92.8 93.1 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.8 93.6 93.9 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.6 94.5 94.7 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.3 96.2 96.4 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.2 97.1 97.3 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.1 98 98.2 98.1 97.8 98.1
97 99 98.9 99 98.9 98.7 99
98 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.8 100.7 100.8 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.7 101.7 101.8 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Afghanistan vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 75.8% in Afghanistan and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 57.8% and 45.1% will live to 70 years or older, 28.5% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 4.47% and 3.37% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Afghanistan South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96% 95.6% 96.4% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%
2 95.6% 95.2% 96% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
3 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
4 95.1% 94.7% 95.4% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
5 94.9% 94.5% 95.3% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
6 94.8% 94.4% 95.2% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
7 94.6% 94.2% 95.1% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
8 94.6% 94.2% 95% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
9 94.5% 94.1% 94.9% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
10 94.4% 94% 94.8% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
11 94.3% 93.9% 94.8% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
12 94.3% 93.8% 94.7% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
13 94.2% 93.8% 94.6% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
14 94.1% 93.7% 94.6% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
15 94% 93.6% 94.5% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
16 93.9% 93.5% 94.4% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
17 93.8% 93.3% 94.3% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
18 93.7% 93.2% 94.2% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
19 93.5% 93% 94.1% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
20 93.4% 92.9% 93.9% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
21 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
22 93% 92.5% 93.6% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
23 92.9% 92.3% 93.5% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
24 92.7% 92.1% 93.3% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
25 92.5% 91.9% 93.2% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
26 92.3% 91.7% 93% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
27 92.1% 91.5% 92.8% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
28 91.9% 91.3% 92.7% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
29 91.8% 91.1% 92.5% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
30 91.6% 90.9% 92.3% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
31 91.4% 90.7% 92.1% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
32 91.2% 90.4% 91.9% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 90.7% 90% 91.5% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 90.5% 89.7% 91.3% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
36 90.2% 89.5% 91% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
37 90% 89.2% 90.8% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
38 89.7% 88.9% 90.5% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
39 89.4% 88.6% 90.3% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
40 89.1% 88.3% 90% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
41 88.8% 88% 89.7% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
42 88.5% 87.6% 89.4% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
43 88.1% 87.2% 89.1% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
44 87.7% 86.8% 88.7% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
45 87.3% 86.4% 88.3% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
46 86.9% 85.9% 87.9% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
47 86.4% 85.4% 87.5% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
48 85.9% 84.8% 87.1% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
49 85.4% 84.2% 86.6% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
50 84.8% 83.6% 86.1% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
51 84.1% 82.8% 85.5% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
52 83.5% 82.1% 84.9% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
53 82.7% 81.2% 84.3% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
54 81.9% 80.3% 83.6% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
55 81.1% 79.4% 82.9% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
56 80.2% 78.3% 82.1% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
57 79.2% 77.2% 81.2% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
58 78.1% 76% 80.3% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
59 77% 74.7% 79.4% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
60 75.8% 73.3% 78.3% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
61 74.5% 71.8% 77.2% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
62 73.1% 70.2% 76% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
63 71.6% 68.5% 74.6% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
64 70% 66.6% 73.2% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
65 68.2% 64.7% 71.7% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
66 66.4% 62.7% 70% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
67 64.5% 60.5% 68.2% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
68 62.4% 58.3% 66.3% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
69 60.2% 55.9% 64.2% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
70 57.8% 53.4% 62% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
71 55.3% 50.8% 59.6% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
72 52.7% 48% 57.1% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
73 50% 45.2% 54.4% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
74 47.1% 42.3% 51.6% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
75 44.2% 39.4% 48.6% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
76 41.1% 36.4% 45.5% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
77 38% 33.3% 42.3% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
78 34.9% 30.3% 39% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
79 31.7% 27.2% 35.7% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
80 28.5% 24.3% 32.3% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
81 25.3% 21.4% 28.9% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
82 22.3% 18.6% 25.6% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
83 19.3% 15.9% 22.3% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
84 16.5% 13.5% 19.2% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
85 13.9% 11.2% 16.3% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
86 11.5% 9.14% 13.6% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
87 9.33% 7.32% 11.2% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
88 7.45% 5.74% 9.02% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
89 5.83% 4.41% 7.14% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
90 4.47% 3.31% 5.53% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
91 3.35% 2.42% 4.19% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
92 2.45% 1.73% 3.11% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
93 1.75% 1.21% 2.25% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
94 1.22% 0.82% 1.58% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
95 0.82% 0.54% 1.09% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
96 0.54% 0.35% 0.73% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.35% 0.22% 0.47% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
98 0.22% 0.13% 0.3% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
99 0.13% 0.08% 0.18% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.11% 0.06% 0.02% 0.1%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 4% in the birth year in Afghanistan and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.22% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.73% vs 1.98% at 60, and 11.1% vs 11.3% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Afghanistan compared to South Sudan at any given age.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Afghanistan South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 4% 4.38% 3.61% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%
1 0.43% 0.42% 0.45% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
2 0.32% 0.32% 0.32% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
3 0.24% 0.24% 0.23% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.18% 0.19% 0.17% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
5 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
6 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
7 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
8 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
10 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
11 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
12 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
13 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
17 0.13% 0.15% 0.12% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.15% 0.17% 0.13% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.16% 0.19% 0.14% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
20 0.18% 0.2% 0.15% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
23 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.2% 0.22% 0.17% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
25 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
26 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.2% 0.22% 0.19% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
28 0.21% 0.22% 0.19% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
29 0.21% 0.22% 0.2% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.22% 0.23% 0.21% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.24% 0.25% 0.22% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.25% 0.26% 0.23% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
34 0.26% 0.27% 0.24% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
35 0.27% 0.28% 0.25% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.28% 0.3% 0.27% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
37 0.3% 0.31% 0.28% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
38 0.31% 0.33% 0.29% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
39 0.33% 0.36% 0.31% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.35% 0.38% 0.33% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
41 0.38% 0.41% 0.35% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.4% 0.44% 0.37% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
43 0.43% 0.48% 0.39% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
44 0.47% 0.51% 0.42% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.5% 0.56% 0.45% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
46 0.54% 0.61% 0.48% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
47 0.59% 0.66% 0.52% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.64% 0.72% 0.56% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.69% 0.78% 0.6% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
50 0.75% 0.85% 0.65% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
51 0.81% 0.93% 0.7% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 0.88% 1.01% 0.75% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
53 0.96% 1.1% 0.81% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
54 1.04% 1.21% 0.88% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
55 1.13% 1.32% 0.94% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
56 1.23% 1.44% 1.02% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
57 1.33% 1.58% 1.11% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.45% 1.72% 1.21% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.58% 1.88% 1.32% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
60 1.73% 2.05% 1.45% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
61 1.88% 2.23% 1.59% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
62 2.06% 2.43% 1.74% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
63 2.25% 2.65% 1.91% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
64 2.46% 2.89% 2.1% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
65 2.69% 3.15% 2.32% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
66 2.94% 3.43% 2.55% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
67 3.23% 3.75% 2.82% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
68 3.54% 4.09% 3.12% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
69 3.9% 4.47% 3.46% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
70 4.29% 4.89% 3.84% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
71 4.73% 5.35% 4.26% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
72 5.2% 5.85% 4.72% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
73 5.72% 6.4% 5.21% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
74 6.28% 7% 5.75% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
75 6.9% 7.66% 6.35% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
76 7.57% 8.37% 7% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
77 8.3% 9.15% 7.74% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
78 9.13% 9.99% 8.57% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
79 10.1% 10.9% 9.49% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
80 11.1% 11.9% 10.5% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 12.2% 13% 11.6% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 14.6% 15.5% 13.9% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
84 15.9% 16.9% 15.2% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 17.2% 18.4% 16.5% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
86 18.7% 19.9% 17.9% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 20.2% 21.6% 19.3% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 21.7% 23.2% 20.8% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 23.4% 25% 22.5% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 25.1% 26.7% 24.2% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 26.8% 28.5% 25.9% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 28.6% 30.3% 27.7% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
93 30.4% 32.2% 29.5% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
94 32.2% 34% 31.3% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
95 34% 35.9% 33.1% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
96 35.8% 37.7% 34.9% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
97 37.6% 39.6% 36.7% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 39.4% 41.4% 38.6% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
99 41.2% 43.2% 40.4% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
100 43% 45.1% 42.2% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Afghanistan compared to South Sudan

In Afghanistan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 73 in Afghanistan and 67.5 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Afghanistan South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 4,004 4,381 3,610 6,215 6,667 5,754
1 415 401 430 1,086 1,027 1,147
2 303 302 304 915 916 915
3 224.8 230.2 219.1 776 818 733
4 170.4 178.6 161.8 660 727 591
5 132.8 141.6 123.5 561 641 479
6 107.2 115.6 98.4 477 558 393
7 90.3 97.8 82.3 404 480 326
8 79.4 86.1 72.4 344 411 275.7
9 73.2 79 67.1 296.8 353 238.8
10 70.6 75.8 65.1 262 309 213.5
11 71 75.9 65.8 239.4 279 198.2
12 74.2 79.2 69 227.9 262.8 191.3
13 80.1 85.6 74.4 226.8 260.1 192
14 88.6 95.3 81.6 235.1 270 198.7
15 99.5 108 90.5 251.3 290.8 210.1
16 112.2 123.2 100.5 273.6 321 224.4
17 125.8 139.9 110.9 299.3 357 239.3
18 139.6 157.1 121 327 397 253.5
19 152.5 173.5 130.2 354 439 265.4
20 163.6 187.4 138.2 379 478 275.1
21 172.2 197.7 145 398 508 283.3
22 178.1 203.8 150.9 412 527 290.7
23 181.8 206 156.1 420 535 298.4
24 183.9 205.7 160.9 424 536 307
25 185.2 203.9 165.5 427 532 316
26 186.6 202.1 170.3 429 527 325
27 188.5 201.2 175.2 432 523 335
28 191.3 201.8 180.4 436 522 344
29 195.3 204.3 186.1 440 523 352
30 200.5 208.6 192.2 446 527 359
31 207 214.8 198.9 451 533 366
32 214.5 222.6 206.2 456 538 372
33 223 231.6 214.2 461 544 377
34 232.5 241.9 222.9 466 549 384
35 243 253.3 232.4 473 555 392
36 254.6 266.2 242.7 481 563 402
37 267.4 280.7 253.8 493 575 415
38 281.7 297 266 508 590 431
39 297.5 315 279.2 526 608 449
40 315 336 293.8 545 628 467
41 335 359 310 564 648 483
42 357 385 328 580 667 496
43 382 414 348 593 685 506
44 409 447 370 604 700 512
45 439 482 395 616 717 519
46 472 521 422 631 737 528
47 508 563 452 651 762 543
48 547 609 484 679 794 566
49 589 658 519 713 832 596
50 635 711 557 753 875 633
51 683 768 597 795 919 672
52 735 830 639 835 961 711
53 791 897 684 872 999 748
54 850 970 731 906 1,033 782
55 914 1,048 783 939 1,066 816
56 982 1,131 838 976 1,102 853
57 1,056 1,218 900 1,018 1,145 896
58 1,134 1,309 970 1,072 1,197 950
59 1,219 1,404 1,047 1,136 1,260 1,015
60 1,308 1,502 1,132 1,210 1,332 1,092
61 1,403 1,603 1,224 1,292 1,409 1,178
62 1,503 1,707 1,323 1,378 1,488 1,270
63 1,608 1,814 1,429 1,465 1,565 1,366
64 1,718 1,925 1,541 1,551 1,639 1,464
65 1,833 2,037 1,660 1,636 1,710 1,565
66 1,953 2,152 1,787 1,724 1,782 1,668
67 2,079 2,268 1,923 1,815 1,855 1,777
68 2,211 2,384 2,069 1,911 1,933 1,891
69 2,346 2,499 2,223 2,011 2,013 2,011
70 2,483 2,611 2,382 2,111 2,091 2,133
71 2,616 2,716 2,540 2,207 2,164 2,252
72 2,743 2,812 2,693 2,292 2,226 2,363
73 2,858 2,896 2,836 2,364 2,272 2,461
74 2,959 2,965 2,966 2,419 2,300 2,546
75 3,045 3,015 3,084 2,459 2,311 2,615
76 3,112 3,044 3,187 2,485 2,305 2,672
77 3,155 3,048 3,275 2,497 2,284 2,714
78 3,181 3,025 3,345 2,490 2,246 2,742
79 3,184 2,974 3,387 2,465 2,188 2,750
80 3,152 2,894 3,392 2,417 2,108 2,734
81 3,081 2,783 3,351 2,342 2,003 2,685
82 2,966 2,642 3,257 2,237 1,874 2,600
83 2,809 2,472 3,110 2,103 1,725 2,478
84 2,614 2,276 2,916 1,944 1,562 2,321
85 2,389 2,057 2,685 1,767 1,392 2,135
86 2,142 1,822 2,429 1,579 1,221 1,929
87 1,883 1,578 2,157 1,386 1,052 1,712
88 1,620 1,334 1,880 1,193 887 1,492
89 1,364 1,100 1,604 1,007 729 1,279
90 1,121 884 1,338 831 582 1,077
91 898 691 1,088 670 447 890
92 700 526 861 527 331 722
93 531 388 663 404 237 571
94 391 278.7 495 301 163.5 440
95 280.2 194 360 217.2 108.2 328
96 194.8 130.9 253.9 151.7 68.7 235
97 131.4 85.5 173.8 103.4 41.7 162.1
98 85.9 54 115.4 69.1 24.4 107.5
99 54.4 33 74.3 44.4 13.7 68.6
100 0 0 0 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Afghanistan and South Sudan demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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