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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 79 years in China vs 58 in South Sudan. China is ranked 52/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In China, the life expectancy is 76.4 years for males and 81.8 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

The drop in life expectancy in China in 1959–1961 was caused by mass starvation, disease, and social disruption resulting from the Great Leap Forward’s policy failures, poor agricultural management, and adverse weather, leading to 15–30 million excess deaths.

China vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

China
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
China South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.8 42.2 45.7 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 44.6 42.9 46.4 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 45.3 43.7 47.2 31 28.9 33.4
1953 45.9 44.4 47.7 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 46.8 45.1 48.6 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 47.2 45.5 49.2 32 30 34.3
1956 47.8 46 49.8 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 48.4 46.6 50.4 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 48.8 47 50.9 27.6 25.5 30
1959 40.2 38.6 42 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 33.4 32.2 34.9 28.1 26 30.4
1961 40.2 38.6 41.9 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 51 48.9 53.2 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 51.7 49.7 53.9 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 52.3 50.3 54.5 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 53 51 55.2 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 53.7 51.7 55.8 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 54.4 52.4 56.5 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 55.2 53.3 57.2 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 56 54.1 58 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 56.8 54.9 58.8 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 57.7 55.9 59.6 31 28.3 33.9
1972 58.6 56.7 60.5 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 59.5 57.6 61.5 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 60.2 58.2 62.3 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 61 58.9 63.1 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 61.2 59.2 63.3 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 62.5 60.3 64.7 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 63.1 60.9 65.3 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 63.7 61.5 65.9 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 64.2 62.1 66.5 38 37.5 38.5
1981 64.8 62.6 67.1 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 65.2 63 67.6 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 65.7 63.5 68.1 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 66.1 63.9 68.5 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 66.5 64.2 68.9 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 66.9 64.6 69.3 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 67.3 64.9 69.7 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 67.6 65.2 70.1 11 10.6 11.3
1989 67.9 65.6 70.4 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 68.2 65.9 70.6 28.6 26.4 31
1991 68.6 66.3 71 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 69.1 66.8 71.5 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 69.5 67.1 72 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 69.8 67.4 72.4 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 70.4 67.9 73 31.5 29.2 34
1996 70.8 68.3 73.5 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 71.2 68.7 73.9 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 71.6 69.1 74.2 19 17.6 20.7
1999 72 69.5 74.5 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 72.3 69.8 74.9 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 72.7 70.2 75.3 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 73 70.6 75.7 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 73.4 70.9 76 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 73.7 71.3 76.4 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 74.1 71.6 76.8 54 53.4 54.5
2006 74.4 71.9 77.1 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 74.8 72.3 77.4 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 74.8 72.4 77.5 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 75.3 72.8 78 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 75.7 73.2 78.3 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 75.9 73.3 78.6 57.7 56.3 59
2012 76.2 73.6 79 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 76.5 73.9 79.2 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 76.7 74.1 79.5 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 77 74.4 79.8 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 77.2 74.6 80.1 36.7 33.8 40
2017 77.2 74.4 80.3 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 77.7 75 80.6 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 77.9 75.3 80.7 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 78 75.2 81 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 78.1 75.5 80.9 57 54.4 59.7
2022 78.2 75.5 81.1 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 78 75.2 80.9 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 78 75.2 81 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 78.4 75.7 81.2 57.9 54.9 60.9
2026 79 76.4 81.8 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 68.6 years in China and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 16.2 healthy years in China and 11 in South Sudan.

China 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 China 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:
50.2 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
80.2 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
82.5 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
China South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 99.0% 99.4% 92.9% 95.3%
50 96.6% 98.2% 83.9% 89.1%
60 90.8% 95.4% 70.5% 79.4%
65 85.1% 92.5% 61.1% 71.8%
70 76.8% 88.0% 49.3% 61.2%
75 65.1% 80.2% 35.3% 47.2%
80 49.8% 68.1% 21.0% 31.1%
85 30.9% 49.5% 9.3% 15.8%
90 13.6% 27.8% 2.6% 5.6%
95 3.1% 9.5% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.2% 1.5% 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 China vs South Sudan: 80.2 years vs 69.1 at 30, 83.3 vs 78 at 65, 88.1 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 79 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 China and South Sudan.

China
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
China South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 79 76.4 81.8 58 55 61
1 79.5 76.8 82.2 61.8 58.9 64.7
2 79.5 76.9 82.2 62.5 59.5 65.5
3 79.5 76.9 82.2 63.1 60.1 66.1
4 79.5 76.9 82.3 63.6 60.6 66.6
5 79.6 76.9 82.3 64 61.1 67
6 79.6 76.9 82.3 64.4 61.5 67.3
7 79.6 77 82.3 64.7 61.8 67.6
8 79.6 77 82.3 65 62.1 67.8
9 79.6 77 82.4 65.2 62.4 68
10 79.6 77 82.4 65.4 62.6 68.2
11 79.7 77 82.4 65.5 62.8 68.3
12 79.7 77.1 82.4 65.7 62.9 68.4
13 79.7 77.1 82.4 65.8 63.1 68.5
14 79.7 77.1 82.4 66 63.2 68.7
15 79.7 77.1 82.4 66.1 63.4 68.8
16 79.8 77.2 82.5 66.3 63.5 68.9
17 79.8 77.2 82.5 66.4 63.7 69
18 79.8 77.2 82.5 66.6 63.9 69.2
19 79.8 77.2 82.5 66.8 64.1 69.3
20 79.8 77.3 82.5 67 64.4 69.5
21 79.9 77.3 82.6 67.2 64.6 69.6
22 79.9 77.3 82.6 67.4 64.9 69.8
23 79.9 77.4 82.6 67.6 65.1 70
24 80 77.4 82.6 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 80 77.4 82.7 68 65.7 70.3
26 80 77.5 82.7 68.3 65.9 70.4
27 80.1 77.5 82.7 68.5 66.2 70.6
28 80.1 77.6 82.7 68.7 66.5 70.8
29 80.1 77.6 82.8 68.9 66.7 71
30 80.2 77.6 82.8 69.1 67 71.1
31 80.2 77.7 82.8 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 80.2 77.7 82.8 69.5 67.4 71.5
33 80.3 77.8 82.9 69.8 67.7 71.7
34 80.3 77.8 82.9 70 67.9 71.8
35 80.4 77.8 82.9 70.2 68.2 72
36 80.4 77.9 83 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 80.4 77.9 83 70.6 68.6 72.4
38 80.5 78 83 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 80.5 78 83 71 69.1 72.7
40 80.5 78.1 83.1 71.2 69.4 72.9
41 80.6 78.1 83.1 71.5 69.6 73.1
42 80.6 78.2 83.1 71.7 69.9 73.3
43 80.7 78.3 83.2 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 80.8 78.3 83.2 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 80.8 78.4 83.3 72.4 70.6 73.9
46 80.9 78.5 83.3 72.6 70.9 74.1
47 81 78.6 83.4 72.8 71.2 74.3
48 81 78.7 83.4 73 71.4 74.4
49 81.1 78.8 83.5 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 81.2 78.9 83.5 73.5 72 74.8
51 81.3 79 83.6 73.8 72.3 75.1
52 81.4 79.1 83.7 74 72.6 75.3
53 81.5 79.2 83.7 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 81.6 79.4 83.8 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 81.7 79.5 83.9 74.8 73.5 76
56 81.8 79.7 84 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 82 79.8 84.1 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 82.1 80 84.2 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 82.2 80.2 84.2 76 74.8 76.9
60 82.4 80.4 84.3 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 82.5 80.6 84.5 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 82.7 80.8 84.6 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 82.9 81 84.7 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 83.1 81.3 84.9 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 83.3 81.5 85 78 77.1 78.7
66 83.6 81.8 85.2 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 83.8 82.1 85.4 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 84 82.4 85.5 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 84.3 82.7 85.7 79.7 78.9 80.2
70 84.6 83 85.9 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 84.9 83.4 86.1 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 85.2 83.7 86.4 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 85.5 84.1 86.7 81.6 80.9 82.1
74 85.8 84.5 86.9 82.1 81.5 82.6
75 86.2 84.9 87.2 82.6 82 83.1
76 86.5 85.3 87.5 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 86.9 85.8 87.8 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 87.3 86.2 88.2 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 87.7 86.7 88.5 85 84.5 85.3
80 88.1 87.2 88.9 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 88.6 87.7 89.3 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 89.1 88.2 89.8 87 86.5 87.2
83 89.6 88.8 90.2 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 90.2 89.4 90.7 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 90.8 90 91.3 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 91.4 90.6 91.8 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 92 91.3 92.4 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 92.6 91.9 93 91.4 91 91.6
89 93.2 92.6 93.6 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.9 93.3 94.2 93 92.6 93.2
91 94.6 94 94.9 93.8 93.4 94
92 95.3 94.7 95.5 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 96 95.5 96.2 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.8 96.3 97 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.6 97.1 97.8 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.4 97.9 98.6 98.1 97.8 98.1
97 99.3 98.7 99.4 98.9 98.7 99
98 100.1 99.6 100.2 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 101 100.6 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.7 102 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in China vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 91.5% in China and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 80.9% and 45.1% will live to 70 years or older, 57.8% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 20.2% 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.

China
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
China South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%
2 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
3 99.4% 99.3% 99.4% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
4 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
5 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
6 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
7 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
8 99.3% 99.2% 99.3% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
9 99.2% 99.2% 99.3% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
10 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
11 99.2% 99.1% 99.2% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
12 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
13 99.1% 99% 99.2% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
14 99.1% 99% 99.2% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
15 99.1% 99% 99.2% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
16 99% 98.9% 99.1% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
17 99% 98.9% 99.1% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
18 99% 98.9% 99.1% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
19 98.9% 98.8% 99.1% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
20 98.9% 98.8% 99% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
21 98.8% 98.7% 99% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
22 98.8% 98.7% 99% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
23 98.7% 98.6% 98.9% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
24 98.7% 98.5% 98.9% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
25 98.6% 98.4% 98.8% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
26 98.6% 98.4% 98.8% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
27 98.5% 98.3% 98.7% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
28 98.4% 98.2% 98.7% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
29 98.4% 98.1% 98.6% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
30 98.3% 98% 98.6% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
31 98.2% 98% 98.5% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
32 98.2% 97.9% 98.5% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 98% 97.7% 98.4% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 97.9% 97.6% 98.3% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
36 97.9% 97.5% 98.3% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
37 97.8% 97.4% 98.2% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
38 97.7% 97.3% 98.1% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
39 97.6% 97.2% 98.1% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
40 97.5% 97% 98% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
41 97.4% 96.9% 97.9% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
42 97.3% 96.7% 97.8% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
43 97.1% 96.6% 97.7% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
44 97% 96.4% 97.6% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
45 96.8% 96.1% 97.5% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
46 96.6% 95.9% 97.4% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
47 96.4% 95.7% 97.3% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
48 96.2% 95.4% 97.1% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
49 96% 95.1% 97% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
50 95.7% 94.7% 96.8% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
51 95.4% 94.3% 96.6% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
52 95.1% 93.9% 96.4% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
53 94.8% 93.4% 96.2% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
54 94.4% 92.9% 95.9% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
55 94% 92.4% 95.7% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
56 93.5% 91.8% 95.4% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
57 93.1% 91.2% 95.1% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
58 92.6% 90.5% 94.8% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
59 92.1% 89.8% 94.5% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
60 91.5% 89% 94.1% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
61 90.8% 88.1% 93.6% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
62 90.1% 87.1% 93.1% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
63 89.2% 86% 92.6% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
64 88.3% 84.8% 91.9% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
65 87.2% 83.4% 91.2% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
66 86.1% 82% 90.5% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
67 84.9% 80.4% 89.6% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
68 83.7% 78.8% 88.8% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
69 82.4% 77.1% 87.8% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
70 80.9% 75.3% 86.7% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
71 79.3% 73.3% 85.5% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
72 77.5% 71.1% 84% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
73 75.6% 68.9% 82.5% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
74 73.5% 66.4% 80.8% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
75 71.3% 63.9% 79% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
76 69% 61.2% 77% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
77 66.5% 58.3% 74.9% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
78 63.8% 55.3% 72.5% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
79 60.9% 52.2% 70% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
80 57.8% 48.8% 67.1% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
81 54.5% 45.3% 64% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
82 51% 41.7% 60.5% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
83 47.2% 37.9% 56.8% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
84 43.3% 34.1% 52.9% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
85 39.4% 30.3% 48.8% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
86 35.4% 26.6% 44.5% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
87 31.4% 23% 40.2% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
88 27.5% 19.5% 35.8% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
89 23.8% 16.3% 31.6% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
90 20.2% 13.3% 27.4% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
91 16.8% 10.6% 23.3% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
92 13.7% 8.19% 19.4% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
93 10.9% 6.13% 15.8% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
94 8.32% 4.42% 12.3% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
95 6.17% 3.05% 9.37% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
96 4.43% 2% 6.91% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 3.08% 1.24% 4.95% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
98 2.06% 0.72% 3.42% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
99 1.33% 0.38% 2.27% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.82% 0.19% 1.45% 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 0.54% in the birth year in China and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.07% vs 0.55% at age 30, 0.73% vs 1.98% at 60, and 5.75% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

China
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
China South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.54% 0.59% 0.49% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%
1 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
2 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
3 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.02% 0.02% 0.03% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
5 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
6 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
7 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
10 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
15 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
17 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.04% 0.04% 0.03% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
20 0.05% 0.05% 0.03% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
23 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
25 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
26 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
28 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
29 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.07% 0.09% 0.05% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.08% 0.09% 0.05% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
34 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
35 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
37 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
38 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
39 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.12% 0.15% 0.08% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
41 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
43 0.16% 0.21% 0.11% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
44 0.17% 0.22% 0.11% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.18% 0.24% 0.12% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
46 0.2% 0.26% 0.13% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
47 0.22% 0.29% 0.14% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.24% 0.32% 0.15% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.27% 0.36% 0.17% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
50 0.3% 0.41% 0.19% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
51 0.34% 0.46% 0.22% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 0.38% 0.51% 0.24% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
53 0.41% 0.55% 0.26% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
54 0.43% 0.59% 0.27% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
55 0.45% 0.62% 0.29% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
56 0.48% 0.66% 0.31% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
57 0.52% 0.71% 0.33% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
58 0.57% 0.78% 0.36% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
59 0.64% 0.88% 0.41% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
60 0.73% 1% 0.46% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
61 0.83% 1.14% 0.53% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
62 0.95% 1.3% 0.61% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
63 1.06% 1.45% 0.69% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
64 1.17% 1.59% 0.76% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
65 1.26% 1.72% 0.83% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
66 1.37% 1.86% 0.91% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
67 1.48% 2.01% 1% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
68 1.58% 2.14% 1.08% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
69 1.76% 2.36% 1.22% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
70 2.04% 2.7% 1.47% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
71 2.26% 2.96% 1.66% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
72 2.45% 3.19% 1.81% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
73 2.69% 3.5% 2.02% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
74 2.98% 3.86% 2.25% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
75 3.27% 4.23% 2.5% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
76 3.62% 4.65% 2.8% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
77 4.03% 5.14% 3.15% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
78 4.52% 5.71% 3.56% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
79 5.09% 6.39% 4.07% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
80 5.75% 7.17% 4.67% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 6.51% 8.06% 5.36% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 7.35% 9.03% 6.12% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 8.24% 10.1% 6.95% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
84 9.17% 11.2% 7.82% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 10.1% 12.3% 8.73% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
86 11.2% 13.6% 9.72% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 12.4% 15% 10.8% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 13.6% 16.6% 11.9% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 15.1% 18.4% 13.3% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 16.7% 20.4% 14.9% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 18.5% 22.6% 16.6% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 20.8% 25.2% 19% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
93 23.4% 27.9% 21.7% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
94 25.9% 31% 24.1% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
95 28.2% 34.3% 26.2% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
96 30.5% 38.1% 28.4% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
97 33.1% 42.1% 30.9% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 35.7% 46.6% 33.6% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
99 38.1% 51.3% 36.1% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
100 40.6% 55.2% 38.5% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in China compared to South Sudan

In China, the most common age of death is 85, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 82.3 in China and 67.5 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

China
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
China South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 540 585 490 6,215 6,667 5,754
1 45.9 46.8 44.9 1,086 1,027 1,147
2 36.1 35.9 36.3 915 916 915
3 29.6 29.3 29.9 776 818 733
4 24.6 24.2 25 660 727 591
5 22.3 22.3 22.4 561 641 479
6 22.5 23.1 21.8 477 558 393
7 24.2 25.8 22.4 404 480 326
8 26.3 28.8 23.3 344 411 275.7
9 27.6 31.1 23.5 296.8 353 238.8
10 27.6 32 22.6 262 309 213.5
11 27.5 32.7 21.6 239.4 279 198.2
12 28.2 34.1 21.3 227.9 262.8 191.3
13 28.7 35.2 21.2 226.8 260.1 192
14 29.2 35.9 21.3 235.1 270 198.7
15 30 36.9 21.9 251.3 290.8 210.1
16 31.4 38.5 23.1 273.6 321 224.4
17 33.6 40.9 25 299.3 357 239.3
18 36.6 44.2 27.6 327 397 253.5
19 40.4 48.5 30.8 354 439 265.4
20 44.8 53.7 34.3 379 478 275.1
21 49.4 59.1 38.1 398 508 283.3
22 53.9 64.4 41.5 412 527 290.7
23 57.6 69 44.1 420 535 298.4
24 60.3 72.7 45.8 424 536 307
25 62.2 75.4 46.7 427 532 316
26 64.1 78.3 47.4 429 527 325
27 65.8 81 48.1 432 523 335
28 67 82.9 48.7 436 522 344
29 68.3 84.6 49.4 440 523 352
30 70 86.7 50.7 446 527 359
31 71.6 88.7 51.9 451 533 366
32 72.9 90.3 53 456 538 372
33 73.9 91.7 53.8 461 544 377
34 75.4 93.5 55 466 549 384
35 77.6 96.3 56.7 473 555 392
36 81 100.6 59.2 481 563 402
37 86 107.2 62.7 493 575 415
38 93 116.7 67.2 508 590 431
39 102.3 129.3 72.9 526 608 449
40 113.4 144.6 79.7 545 628 467
41 126 161.9 87.5 564 648 483
42 139.1 180 95.4 580 667 496
43 152.2 198 103.3 593 685 506
44 165.2 215.7 111.4 604 700 512
45 178.6 234 119.7 616 717 519
46 192.8 253.9 128.1 631 737 528
47 208.9 276.7 137.2 651 762 543
48 229.6 306 149.2 679 794 566
49 257.4 344 166.1 713 832 596
50 290.9 390 187.2 753 875 633
51 327 438 210 795 919 672
52 360 482 231.3 835 961 711
53 387 518 249.2 872 999 748
54 408 546 263.3 906 1,033 782
55 427 572 276.5 939 1,066 816
56 451 603 292 976 1,102 853
57 482 645 313 1,018 1,145 896
58 527 706 342 1,072 1,197 950
59 590 791 383 1,136 1,260 1,015
60 668 892 436 1,210 1,332 1,092
61 757 1,009 498 1,292 1,409 1,178
62 853 1,133 564 1,378 1,488 1,270
63 946 1,247 635 1,465 1,565 1,366
64 1,030 1,348 703 1,551 1,639 1,464
65 1,103 1,438 761 1,636 1,710 1,565
66 1,179 1,527 825 1,724 1,782 1,668
67 1,260 1,614 898 1,815 1,855 1,777
68 1,325 1,689 956 1,911 1,933 1,891
69 1,448 1,822 1,069 2,011 2,013 2,011
70 1,654 2,034 1,272 2,111 2,091 2,133
71 1,792 2,168 1,415 2,207 2,164 2,252
72 1,895 2,269 1,525 2,292 2,226 2,363
73 2,034 2,410 1,665 2,364 2,272 2,461
74 2,190 2,566 1,823 2,419 2,300 2,546
75 2,336 2,704 1,979 2,459 2,311 2,615
76 2,497 2,846 2,155 2,485 2,305 2,672
77 2,680 2,998 2,356 2,497 2,284 2,714
78 2,884 3,160 2,586 2,490 2,246 2,742
79 3,103 3,332 2,846 2,465 2,188 2,750
80 3,328 3,503 3,132 2,417 2,108 2,734
81 3,550 3,655 3,426 2,342 2,003 2,685
82 3,745 3,764 3,707 2,237 1,874 2,600
83 3,891 3,816 3,953 2,103 1,725 2,478
84 3,972 3,803 4,134 1,944 1,562 2,321
85 3,995 3,731 4,256 1,767 1,392 2,135
86 3,965 3,608 4,325 1,579 1,221 1,929
87 3,880 3,440 4,326 1,386 1,052 1,712
88 3,745 3,232 4,268 1,193 887 1,492
89 3,582 2,988 4,200 1,007 729 1,279
90 3,366 2,708 4,066 831 582 1,077
91 3,108 2,396 3,865 670 447 890
92 2,856 2,061 3,693 527 331 722
93 2,544 1,713 3,413 404 237 571
94 2,153 1,368 2,972 301 163.5 440
95 1,738 1,046 2,458 217.2 108.2 328
96 1,350 762 1,962 151.7 68.7 235
97 1,018 523 1,530 103.4 41.7 162.1
98 735 334 1,147 69.1 24.4 107.5
99 505 196.9 819 44.4 13.7 68.6
100 145 0 355 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 China 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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