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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Eritrea vs 58 in South Sudan. Eritrea is ranked 142/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67.2 years for males and 71.5 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

Eritrea vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year

Eritrea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 69.4 67.2 71.5 58 55 61
2025 69.2 67 71.2 57.9 54.9 60.9
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 57.7 54.8 60.7
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 57.6 54.6 60.6
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 57.2 54.3 60.1
2021 66.9 64.8 69 57 54.4 59.7
2020 67 64.6 69.3 57.6 54.8 60.5
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 58.1 55.7 60.5
2018 67 64.8 69 51.9 49.2 54.7
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 35.4 32.4 38.7
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 36.7 33.8 40
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 39.8 36.9 42.9
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 45.6 42.7 48.8
2013 65 63 67 58.3 56.8 59.7
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 58.2 56.9 59.5
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 57.7 56.3 59
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 57.5 56.4 58.5
2009 63.2 61.4 65 56.8 55.8 57.8
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 56.3 55.3 57.2
2007 62 60.2 63.7 55.4 54.6 56.2
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 54.7 53.9 55.3
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 54 53.4 54.5
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 53.1 52.5 53.5
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 52.3 51.8 52.8
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 49.4 48.4 50.3
2001 58.4 56.7 60 48.6 47.5 49.5
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 47.6 46.5 48.5
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 44.5 43.2 45.8
1998 50 43.8 57.6 19 17.6 20.7
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 33.1 30.9 35.3
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 32.1 29.9 34.5
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 31.5 29.2 34
1994 54 52.6 55.4 44.9 43.1 46.5
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 22.3 20.1 24.8
1992 52.4 51 53.9 21.9 19.9 24.3
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 29.2 26.9 31.7
1990 49.7 47.5 52 28.6 26.4 31
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 28.2 26.1 30.5
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 11 10.6 11.3
1987 47.4 44.8 50 20.7 18.9 22.9
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 32.8 31.2 34.5
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 32.4 30.8 33.9
1984 37.7 35.4 40 31.8 30.3 33.2
1983 37.2 35 39.5 34.7 33.7 35.8
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 38.7 38.2 39.1
1981 45 42.5 47.5 38.3 37.8 38.8
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 38 37.5 38.5
1979 43.8 41 46.7 37.8 37.1 38.4
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 37.6 36.8 38.3
1977 43 40.1 46.1 37.4 36.5 38.3
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 37.1 36.2 37.9
1975 39 36.4 41.8 36.9 35.9 37.8
1974 39 36.8 41.4 36.6 35.5 37.6
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 36.3 35.1 37.4
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 31.3 28.6 34.1
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 31 28.3 33.9
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 25.6 22.3 29.7
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 25.4 22.1 29.5
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 26.1 22.9 30.1
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 25.9 22.7 29.9
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 25.6 22.5 29.7
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 28.8 25.9 32.2
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 32.5 30.3 34.8
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 28.2 25.4 31.8
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 28.5 26.5 30.7
1961 37.9 35.9 40 28.3 26.2 30.6
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 28.1 26 30.4
1959 37 34.9 39.1 27.8 25.8 30.2
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 27.6 25.5 30
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 30.9 28.8 33.3
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 31.6 29.5 34.1
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 32 30 34.3
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 31.7 29.6 34.1
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 31.4 29.3 33.8
1952 34 32 36 31 28.9 33.4
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 30.6 28.5 33.2
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 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 55.4 years in Eritrea and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 11 in South Sudan.

Eritrea 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 Eritrea 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:
44.0 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.0 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
76.7 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 92.9% 95.3%
50 91.5% 93.9% 83.9% 89.1%
60 82.3% 87.0% 70.5% 79.4%
65 74.9% 81.1% 61.1% 71.8%
70 64.5% 72.2% 49.3% 61.2%
75 50.8% 59.4% 35.3% 47.2%
80 34.5% 42.7% 21.0% 31.1%
85 18.3% 24.4% 9.3% 15.8%
90 6.6% 10.0% 2.6% 5.6%
95 1.3% 2.5% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%

Life expectancy by current age

Eritrea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.7 101.6 101.8
99 101 100.8 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
98 100 99.9 100.1 99.8 99.6 99.9
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 98.9 98.7 99
96 98.3 98 98.3 98.1 97.8 98.1
95 97.4 97.2 97.5 97.2 96.9 97.3
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.3 96 96.4
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 95.5 95.1 95.6
92 94.9 94.7 95 94.7 94.2 94.8
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 93.8 93.4 94
90 93.4 93.1 93.5 93 92.6 93.2
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 92.2 91.8 92.4
88 91.8 91.6 92 91.4 91 91.6
87 91.1 90.8 91.3 90.6 90.2 90.8
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 89.9 89.4 90.1
85 89.7 89.4 89.8 89.1 88.7 89.4
84 89 88.7 89.2 88.4 87.9 88.6
83 88.3 88 88.5 87.7 87.2 87.9
82 87.7 87.4 87.9 87 86.5 87.2
81 87 86.7 87.3 86.3 85.8 86.6
80 86.5 86.1 86.7 85.6 85.1 85.9
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 85 84.5 85.3
78 85.3 85 85.6 84.4 83.8 84.7
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 83.8 83.2 84.2
76 84.3 83.9 84.6 83.2 82.6 83.6
75 83.8 83.4 84.1 82.6 82 83.1
74 83.3 82.9 83.7 82.1 81.5 82.6
73 82.9 82.4 83.2 81.6 80.9 82.1
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 81.1 80.4 81.6
71 82 81.5 82.4 80.6 79.8 81.1
70 81.6 81.1 82.1 80.1 79.3 80.7
69 81.3 80.7 81.7 79.7 78.9 80.2
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 79.2 78.4 79.8
67 80.6 79.9 81.1 78.8 77.9 79.5
66 80.2 79.6 80.8 78.4 77.5 79.1
65 79.9 79.2 80.5 78 77.1 78.7
64 79.6 78.9 80.2 77.6 76.7 78.4
63 79.3 78.6 80 77.3 76.3 78.1
62 79.1 78.3 79.7 76.9 75.9 77.8
61 78.8 78 79.5 76.6 75.5 77.5
60 78.6 77.7 79.3 76.3 75.1 77.2
59 78.4 77.5 79.1 76 74.8 76.9
58 78.1 77.2 78.9 75.7 74.5 76.7
57 77.9 77 78.7 75.4 74.1 76.4
56 77.7 76.8 78.5 75.1 73.8 76.2
55 77.5 76.5 78.4 74.8 73.5 76
54 77.3 76.3 78.2 74.5 73.2 75.7
53 77.1 76.1 78 74.3 72.9 75.5
52 77 75.9 77.9 74 72.6 75.3
51 76.8 75.7 77.7 73.8 72.3 75.1
50 76.6 75.5 77.6 73.5 72 74.8
49 76.4 75.3 77.4 73.3 71.7 74.6
48 76.3 75.1 77.3 73 71.4 74.4
47 76.1 75 77.2 72.8 71.2 74.3
46 76 74.8 77 72.6 70.9 74.1
45 75.9 74.7 76.9 72.4 70.6 73.9
44 75.7 74.5 76.8 72.1 70.4 73.7
43 75.6 74.4 76.7 71.9 70.1 73.5
42 75.5 74.2 76.5 71.7 69.9 73.3
41 75.3 74.1 76.4 71.5 69.6 73.1
40 75.2 73.9 76.3 71.2 69.4 72.9
39 75.1 73.8 76.2 71 69.1 72.7
38 75 73.6 76.1 70.8 68.9 72.5
37 74.8 73.5 76 70.6 68.6 72.4
36 74.7 73.4 75.9 70.4 68.4 72.2
35 74.6 73.2 75.8 70.2 68.2 72
34 74.5 73.1 75.7 70 67.9 71.8
33 74.4 73 75.6 69.8 67.7 71.7
32 74.3 72.8 75.5 69.5 67.4 71.5
31 74.2 72.7 75.4 69.3 67.2 71.3
30 74 72.6 75.3 69.1 67 71.1
29 73.9 72.4 75.2 68.9 66.7 71
28 73.8 72.3 75.2 68.7 66.5 70.8
27 73.7 72.2 75.1 68.5 66.2 70.6
26 73.6 72 75 68.3 65.9 70.4
25 73.5 71.9 74.9 68 65.7 70.3
24 73.3 71.7 74.8 67.8 65.4 70.1
23 73.2 71.6 74.7 67.6 65.1 70
22 73.1 71.5 74.6 67.4 64.9 69.8
21 73 71.3 74.5 67.2 64.6 69.6
20 72.9 71.2 74.4 67 64.4 69.5
19 72.8 71 74.4 66.8 64.1 69.3
18 72.7 70.9 74.3 66.6 63.9 69.2
17 72.6 70.8 74.2 66.4 63.7 69
16 72.5 70.7 74.1 66.3 63.5 68.9
15 72.4 70.6 74.1 66.1 63.4 68.8
14 72.4 70.6 74 66 63.2 68.7
13 72.3 70.5 74 65.8 63.1 68.5
12 72.2 70.4 73.9 65.7 62.9 68.4
11 72.2 70.4 73.9 65.5 62.8 68.3
10 72.1 70.3 73.8 65.4 62.6 68.2
9 72 70.2 73.8 65.2 62.4 68
8 72 70.1 73.7 65 62.1 67.8
7 71.9 70 73.6 64.7 61.8 67.6
6 71.7 69.9 73.5 64.4 61.5 67.3
5 71.6 69.7 73.4 64 61.1 67
4 71.5 69.6 73.3 63.6 60.6 66.6
3 71.4 69.4 73.2 63.1 60.1 66.1
2 71.2 69.3 73.1 62.5 59.5 65.5
1 71.1 69.1 73 61.8 58.9 64.7
0 69.4 67.2 71.5 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 Eritrea can expect to live to 74 years compared to 69.1 in South Sudan, rising to 79.9 and 78 at 65, and to 86.5 and 85.6 at 80 — higher than the 69.4 and 58 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Eritrea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Eritrea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.21% 0.11% 0.28% 0.06% 0.02% 0.1%
99 0.34% 0.18% 0.46% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
98 0.54% 0.31% 0.72% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
97 0.83% 0.51% 1.11% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
96 1.25% 0.81% 1.64% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
95 1.82% 1.22% 2.36% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
94 2.57% 1.79% 3.28% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
93 3.52% 2.52% 4.43% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
92 4.7% 3.46% 5.82% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
91 6.11% 4.61% 7.48% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
90 7.77% 6% 9.4% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
89 9.7% 7.64% 11.6% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
88 11.9% 9.54% 14.1% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
87 14.4% 11.7% 16.8% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
86 17% 14.1% 19.8% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
85 19.9% 16.7% 22.9% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
84 23% 19.5% 26.3% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
83 26.2% 22.4% 29.7% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
82 29.4% 25.3% 33.2% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
81 32.7% 28.4% 36.7% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
80 36% 31.5% 40.1% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
79 39.2% 34.5% 43.5% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
78 42.4% 37.6% 46.8% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
77 45.5% 40.6% 49.9% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
76 48.4% 43.5% 52.9% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
75 51.3% 46.4% 55.8% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
74 54% 49.1% 58.5% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
73 56.6% 51.7% 61.1% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
72 59.1% 54.2% 63.5% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
71 61.4% 56.6% 65.8% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
70 63.5% 58.8% 67.9% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
69 65.5% 61% 69.8% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
68 67.4% 62.9% 71.6% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
67 69.2% 64.8% 73.3% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
66 70.8% 66.6% 74.8% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
65 72.4% 68.3% 76.3% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
64 73.8% 69.9% 77.6% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
63 75.1% 71.4% 78.8% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
62 76.4% 72.7% 79.9% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
61 77.5% 74% 80.9% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
60 78.5% 75.1% 81.8% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
59 79.4% 76.2% 82.6% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
58 80.3% 77.2% 83.4% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
57 81.1% 78.1% 84.1% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
56 81.9% 79% 84.8% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
55 82.7% 79.8% 85.5% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
54 83.4% 80.6% 86.1% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
53 84.1% 81.4% 86.7% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
52 84.7% 82.2% 87.3% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
51 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
50 85.9% 83.5% 88.3% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
49 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
48 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
47 87.3% 85.1% 89.5% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
46 87.7% 85.6% 89.8% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
45 88.1% 86% 90.2% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
44 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
43 88.9% 86.9% 90.9% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
42 89.2% 87.3% 91.2% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
41 89.6% 87.7% 91.5% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
40 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
39 90.2% 88.4% 92.1% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
38 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
37 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
36 91.1% 89.4% 92.8% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
35 91.3% 89.7% 93% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
34 91.6% 90% 93.2% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
33 91.8% 90.3% 93.4% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
32 92.1% 90.6% 93.6% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
31 92.3% 90.9% 93.8% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
30 92.6% 91.2% 94% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
29 92.8% 91.5% 94.2% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
28 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
27 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
26 93.5% 92.4% 94.8% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
25 93.8% 92.6% 94.9% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
24 94% 92.9% 95.1% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
23 94.2% 93.2% 95.3% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
22 94.4% 93.5% 95.4% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
21 94.7% 93.7% 95.6% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
20 94.9% 94% 95.7% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
19 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
18 95.2% 94.5% 96% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
17 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
16 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
15 95.6% 95% 96.3% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
14 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.5% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
12 95.9% 95.3% 96.6% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
11 96% 95.4% 96.6% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
10 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
8 96.4% 95.8% 96.9% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
7 96.5% 96% 97.1% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
6 96.7% 96.2% 97.2% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
5 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
4 97% 96.6% 97.5% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
3 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
2 97.4% 97% 97.8% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
1 97.6% 97.2% 98% 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. 78.5% of newborns in Eritrea and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to live past 60, 63.5% and 45.1% past 70, 36% and 21.3% past 80, and only 7.77% 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

Eritrea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 40.7% 45.3% 40.8% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%
99 38.8% 42.9% 38.6% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
98 37.1% 41% 36.7% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
97 35.4% 38.8% 34.7% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
96 33.5% 36.5% 32.5% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
95 31.4% 34.1% 30.3% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
94 29.2% 31.6% 28.1% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
93 27% 29.2% 26% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
92 25% 27% 23.9% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
91 23.1% 25% 22.1% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
90 21.4% 23.2% 20.4% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
89 19.9% 21.5% 18.9% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
88 18.5% 19.9% 17.6% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
87 17.1% 18.4% 16.3% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
86 15.8% 17% 15% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
85 14.5% 15.6% 13.8% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
84 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
83 12.1% 13% 11.6% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
82 11% 11.8% 10.5% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
81 10% 10.7% 9.52% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
80 9.09% 9.77% 8.59% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
79 8.24% 8.91% 7.75% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
78 7.47% 8.12% 6.99% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
77 6.77% 7.4% 6.31% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
76 6.14% 6.75% 5.7% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
75 5.57% 6.14% 5.16% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
74 5.05% 5.58% 4.68% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
73 4.58% 5.07% 4.23% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
72 4.15% 4.6% 3.82% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
71 3.75% 4.18% 3.44% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
70 3.4% 3.8% 3.09% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
69 3.08% 3.47% 2.78% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
68 2.8% 3.17% 2.51% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
67 2.55% 2.91% 2.27% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
66 2.33% 2.68% 2.06% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
65 2.13% 2.46% 1.87% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
64 1.94% 2.26% 1.69% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
63 1.77% 2.06% 1.53% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
62 1.6% 1.87% 1.38% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
61 1.44% 1.69% 1.24% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
60 1.3% 1.53% 1.11% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
59 1.18% 1.39% 1.01% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
58 1.08% 1.27% 0.92% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
57 1.01% 1.19% 0.86% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
56 0.95% 1.12% 0.81% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
55 0.91% 1.07% 0.77% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
54 0.86% 1.02% 0.73% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
53 0.82% 0.96% 0.69% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
52 0.76% 0.9% 0.64% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
51 0.7% 0.83% 0.59% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
50 0.64% 0.76% 0.54% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
49 0.59% 0.69% 0.49% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
48 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
47 0.5% 0.58% 0.43% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
46 0.47% 0.55% 0.41% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
45 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
44 0.44% 0.5% 0.38% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.37% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
42 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
41 0.39% 0.45% 0.33% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
40 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
39 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
38 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
37 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
35 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
33 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
32 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
31 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
30 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
29 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
28 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
27 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
26 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
25 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
24 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
23 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
21 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
19 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
18 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
17 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
16 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
15 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
10 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
8 0.14% 0.16% 0.11% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
7 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
6 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
5 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
3 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
2 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
1 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
0 2.4% 2.77% 2.02% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%

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

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

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Eritrea compared to South Sudan, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.4% in the birth year in Eritrea and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.27% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.3% vs 1.98% at 60, and 9.09% vs 11.3% at 80.

Death rate by age in Eritrea vs South Sudan

Eritrea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Eritrea South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 11.5 0 0 0
99 131.1 79.3 176.8 44.4 13.7 68.6
98 198.9 128.1 265.5 69.1 24.4 107.5
97 294.6 198.5 384 103.4 41.7 162.1
96 419 294 535 151.7 68.7 235
95 572 416 715 217.2 108.2 328
94 750 565 922 301 163.5 440
93 952 738 1,150 404 237 571
92 1,173 933 1,394 527 331 722
91 1,411 1,151 1,652 670 447 890
90 1,665 1,388 1,921 831 582 1,077
89 1,930 1,641 2,195 1,007 729 1,279
88 2,197 1,902 2,468 1,193 887 1,492
87 2,455 2,157 2,729 1,386 1,052 1,712
86 2,693 2,393 2,967 1,579 1,221 1,929
85 2,898 2,599 3,170 1,767 1,392 2,135
84 3,061 2,767 3,329 1,944 1,562 2,321
83 3,179 2,896 3,435 2,103 1,725 2,478
82 3,250 2,987 3,488 2,237 1,874 2,600
81 3,279 3,045 3,490 2,342 2,003 2,685
80 3,271 3,074 3,446 2,417 2,108 2,734
79 3,231 3,076 3,368 2,465 2,188 2,750
78 3,166 3,053 3,266 2,490 2,246 2,742
77 3,079 3,006 3,147 2,497 2,284 2,714
76 2,973 2,936 3,018 2,485 2,305 2,672
75 2,854 2,847 2,881 2,459 2,311 2,615
74 2,729 2,741 2,737 2,419 2,300 2,546
73 2,593 2,623 2,584 2,364 2,272 2,461
72 2,450 2,496 2,425 2,292 2,226 2,363
71 2,303 2,366 2,262 2,207 2,164 2,252
70 2,157 2,237 2,100 2,111 2,091 2,133
69 2,016 2,113 1,944 2,011 2,013 2,011
68 1,885 1,996 1,798 1,911 1,933 1,891
67 1,763 1,887 1,663 1,815 1,855 1,777
66 1,650 1,784 1,540 1,724 1,782 1,668
65 1,542 1,683 1,424 1,636 1,710 1,565
64 1,435 1,580 1,313 1,551 1,639 1,464
63 1,328 1,473 1,205 1,465 1,565 1,366
62 1,221 1,362 1,100 1,378 1,488 1,270
61 1,117 1,252 1,000 1,292 1,409 1,178
60 1,021 1,148 910 1,210 1,332 1,092
59 937 1,057 832 1,136 1,260 1,015
58 869 983 769 1,072 1,197 950
57 817 926 721 1,018 1,145 896
56 778 884 685 976 1,102 853
55 748 852 656 939 1,066 816
54 719 821 629 906 1,033 782
53 687 786 599 872 999 748
52 647 742 562 835 961 711
51 601 690 521 795 919 672
50 553 635 479 753 875 633
49 506 581 439 713 832 596
48 467 535 406 679 794 566
47 437 498 382 651 762 543
46 416 470 365 631 737 528
45 401 450 354 616 717 519
44 390 435 346 604 700 512
43 378 422 336 593 685 506
42 365 407 323 580 667 496
41 349 391 307 564 648 483
40 330 374 287 545 628 467
39 312 357 266.7 526 608 449
38 295.1 341 248.3 508 590 431
37 281.6 329 233.3 493 575 415
36 271.6 320 222 481 563 402
35 265 314 214.5 473 555 392
34 260.7 310 209.7 466 549 384
33 257.6 306 206.9 461 544 377
32 254.8 303 204.9 456 538 372
31 251.6 298.4 202.9 451 533 366
30 247.8 293.4 200.3 446 527 359
29 243.5 288.3 196.8 440 523 352
28 239 284 192.2 436 522 344
27 234.7 281 186.6 432 523 335
26 230.8 279.5 180.4 429 527 325
25 227.6 279.4 174 427 532 316
24 224.9 280 168 424 536 307
23 222.4 280.2 162.8 420 535 298.4
22 219.1 278.4 158.1 412 527 290.7
21 214.1 272.8 153.7 398 508 283.3
20 205.9 261.7 148.4 379 478 275.1
19 193.2 243.8 141.2 354 439 265.4
18 176.3 219.8 131.4 327 397 253.5
17 156.1 191.9 119.4 299.3 357 239.3
16 135.7 164.1 106.5 273.6 321 224.4
15 117.4 139.8 94.4 251.3 290.8 210.1
14 103.4 121.5 84.7 235.1 270 198.7
13 94.8 110.4 78.7 226.8 260.1 192
12 91.7 106.4 76.7 227.9 262.8 191.3
11 94.4 109.5 78.8 239.4 279 198.2
10 102.4 119.2 85 262 309 213.5
9 115.2 134.8 94.9 296.8 353 238.8
8 131.5 154.6 107.6 344 411 275.7
7 148.6 175 121.5 404 480 326
6 164.2 192.7 134.8 477 558 393
5 175.6 204.6 145.8 561 641 479
4 182.4 209.9 154 660 727 591
3 185.3 210.1 159.8 776 818 733
2 185.9 207 164.1 915 916 915
1 185.4 202.6 167.7 1,086 1,027 1,147
0 2,403 2,771 2,024 6,215 6,667 5,754

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/eritrea/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 Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 75.5 in Eritrea 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 Eritrea 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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