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

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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

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 66.8 65.2 68.3 58 55 61
2025 66.5 64.9 68.1 57.9 54.9 60.9
2024 66.3 64.7 67.8 57.7 54.8 60.7
2023 66 64.5 67.5 57.6 54.6 60.6
2022 65.6 63.9 67.2 57.2 54.3 60.1
2021 60.4 57.1 64.1 57 54.4 59.7
2020 61.5 58.5 64.7 57.6 54.8 60.5
2019 62.9 59.9 66.1 58.1 55.7 60.5
2018 62.4 59.2 65.9 51.9 49.2 54.7
2017 62.4 59.4 65.6 35.4 32.4 38.7
2016 62.6 60.7 64.6 36.7 33.8 40
2015 62.3 60.4 64.2 39.8 36.9 42.9
2014 62.3 60.5 64 45.6 42.7 48.8
2013 62.2 60.5 63.8 58.3 56.8 59.7
2012 61.7 60.1 63.3 58.2 56.9 59.5
2011 61.3 59.6 62.9 57.7 56.3 59
2010 60.7 59.1 62.3 57.5 56.4 58.5
2009 60.2 58.7 61.8 56.8 55.8 57.8
2008 59.7 58 61.4 56.3 55.3 57.2
2007 59 57.1 60.8 55.4 54.6 56.2
2006 58.6 57 60.1 54.7 53.9 55.3
2005 58.2 56.9 59.6 54 53.4 54.5
2004 57.8 56.5 59.1 53.1 52.5 53.5
2003 57.2 55.8 58.5 52.3 51.8 52.8
2002 56.2 55 57.4 49.4 48.4 50.3
2001 55.5 53.9 57.1 48.6 47.5 49.5
2000 55 53.5 56.6 47.6 46.5 48.5
1999 54.5 53.1 56 44.5 43.2 45.8
1998 52.5 50.6 54.4 19 17.6 20.7
1997 53.2 51.7 54.7 33.1 30.9 35.3
1996 52.8 51.3 54.4 32.1 29.9 34.5
1995 52.1 50.5 53.7 31.5 29.2 34
1994 51 48.9 53.1 44.9 43.1 46.5
1993 51 49.8 52.3 22.3 20.1 24.8
1992 46.6 43.8 49.6 21.9 19.9 24.3
1991 45.5 43 48.3 29.2 26.9 31.7
1990 45.1 42.7 47.7 28.6 26.4 31
1989 44.5 42.1 47 28.2 26.1 30.5
1988 43.2 40.7 46 11 10.6 11.3
1987 38.8 35.6 42.6 20.7 18.9 22.9
1986 38.4 35.3 42.1 32.8 31.2 34.5
1985 32.1 28.4 37.1 32.4 30.8 33.9
1984 31.5 27.8 36.4 31.8 30.3 33.2
1983 36.5 33.6 40.1 34.7 33.7 35.8
1982 36.1 33.3 39.5 38.7 38.2 39.1
1981 39.4 37.4 41.7 38.3 37.8 38.8
1980 39.3 37.4 41.4 38 37.5 38.5
1979 38.8 37.1 40.9 37.8 37.1 38.4
1978 40.1 38.9 41.5 37.6 36.8 38.3
1977 41.1 40.4 41.9 37.4 36.5 38.3
1976 40.5 39.8 41.3 37.1 36.2 37.9
1975 40 39.3 40.8 36.9 35.9 37.8
1974 39.5 38.7 40.3 36.6 35.5 37.6
1973 39 38.2 39.8 36.3 35.1 37.4
1972 38.4 37.7 39.3 31.3 28.6 34.1
1971 37.9 37.2 38.8 31 28.3 33.9
1970 37.5 36.7 38.3 25.6 22.3 29.7
1969 37 36.3 37.8 25.4 22.1 29.5
1968 36.5 35.8 37.3 26.1 22.9 30.1
1967 36 35.3 36.9 25.9 22.7 29.9
1966 35.6 34.9 36.4 25.6 22.5 29.7
1965 35.1 34.4 35.9 28.8 25.9 32.2
1964 34.7 34 35.4 32.5 30.3 34.8
1963 34.2 33.5 34.9 28.2 25.4 31.8
1962 33.8 33.1 34.5 28.5 26.5 30.7
1961 33.3 32.6 34 28.3 26.2 30.6
1960 32.8 32.1 33.5 28.1 26 30.4
1959 32.3 31.7 33.1 27.8 25.8 30.2
1958 31.8 31.2 32.6 27.6 25.5 30
1957 31.3 30.7 32.1 30.9 28.8 33.3
1956 30.8 30.2 31.6 31.6 29.5 34.1
1955 30.4 29.7 31.1 32 30 34.3
1954 29.7 29.1 30.4 31.7 29.6 34.1
1953 29.5 28.8 30.2 31.4 29.3 33.8
1952 29 28.4 29.7 31 28.9 33.4
1951 28.6 28 29.3 30.6 28.5 33.2
1950 28.2 27.5 28.8 30.2 28.1 32.7

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Afghanistan and South Sudan, along with 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%

Life expectancy by current age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

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

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Afghanistan can expect to live to 72.2 years compared to 69.1 in South Sudan, rising to 78.4 and 78 at 65, and to 85.7 and 85.6 at 80 — higher than the 66.8 and 58 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Afghanistan and South Sudan.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

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

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 75.8% of newborns in Afghanistan and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to live past 60, 57.8% and 45.1% past 70, 28.5% and 21.3% past 80, and only 4.47% and 3.37% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

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

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/south-sudan | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Afghanistan compared to South Sudan, as 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.

Death rate by age in Afghanistan vs South Sudan

Afghanistan
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

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

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/afghanistan/south-sudan | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

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, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Afghanistan and South Sudan more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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