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Life Expectancy in Papua New Guinea vs South Sudan (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 66.5 years in Papua New Guinea vs 58 in South Sudan. Papua New Guinea is ranked 166/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Papua New Guinea, the life expectancy is 64 years for males and 69.5 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

Papua New Guinea vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 39.4 37.4 42.2 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 35.5 34.3 37.2 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 40.7 38.7 43.4 31 28.9 33.4
1953 41.3 39.4 44 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 42 40.1 44.5 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 42.6 40.8 45.2 32 30 34.3
1956 43.3 41.4 45.8 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 43.9 42.1 46.4 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 44.6 42.8 46.9 27.6 25.5 30
1959 45.1 43.4 47.5 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 45.8 44.1 48.1 28.1 26 30.4
1961 46.4 44.7 48.7 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 46.7 45 49 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 47.7 45.9 50 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 48.3 46.5 50.7 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 48.9 47.1 51.3 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 49.6 47.8 52 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 50.2 48.4 52.7 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 50.9 49 53.4 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 51.5 49.7 54 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 52.1 50.3 54.7 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 52.6 50.7 55.2 31 28.3 33.9
1972 53.3 51.4 55.8 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 53.9 52 56.4 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 54.4 52.6 57 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 55 53.1 57.5 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 55.5 53.7 58 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 56 54.1 58.6 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 56.5 54.6 59.1 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 57 55 59.6 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 57.4 55.4 60 38 37.5 38.5
1981 57.8 55.8 60.4 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 58.1 56 60.7 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 58.3 56.3 60.9 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 58.6 56.5 61.3 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 58.8 56.7 61.5 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 59 56.9 61.7 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 59.2 57.1 62 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 59.4 57.3 62.1 11 10.6 11.3
1989 59.6 57.5 62.3 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 59.8 57.7 62.5 28.6 26.4 31
1991 59.9 57.9 62.5 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 60.3 58.2 62.8 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 60.5 58.5 63 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 60.7 58.7 63.2 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 60.9 59 63.4 31.5 29.2 34
1996 61.1 59.1 63.5 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 61.3 59.4 63.6 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 60.4 58.7 62.5 19 17.6 20.7
1999 61.5 59.7 63.7 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 61.6 59.8 63.8 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 61.6 59.8 63.9 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 61.6 59.9 63.8 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 61.7 60 63.9 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 61.8 60 64 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 61.9 60.1 64 54 53.4 54.5
2006 62 60.3 64.2 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 62.2 60.5 64.3 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 62.5 60.8 64.7 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 62.8 61 65.1 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 63.1 61.2 65.5 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 63.4 61.4 65.9 57.7 56.3 59
2012 63.6 61.5 66.3 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 63.9 61.7 66.8 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 64.2 61.9 67.1 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 64.5 62.1 67.5 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 64.7 62.3 67.8 36.7 33.8 40
2017 64.9 62.5 68 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 65.1 62.7 68.2 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 65.3 62.9 68.4 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 65.1 62.6 68.4 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 64.4 61.9 67.4 57 54.4 59.7
2022 65.3 62.9 68.3 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 66.1 63.7 69.1 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 66.3 63.8 69.2 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 66.4 63.9 69.3 57.9 54.9 60.9
2026 66.5 64 69.5 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 57.5 years in Papua New Guinea and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 12 healthy years in Papua New Guinea and 11 in South Sudan.

Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea 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:
41.0 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
71.0 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
73.0 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 92.9% 95.3%
50 89.9% 93.2% 83.9% 89.1%
60 76.4% 84.6% 70.5% 79.4%
65 65.5% 77.5% 61.1% 71.8%
70 52.0% 67.2% 49.3% 61.2%
75 36.5% 53.0% 35.3% 47.2%
80 21.3% 35.5% 21.0% 31.1%
85 9.4% 18.5% 9.3% 15.8%
90 2.8% 6.7% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.5% 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.0% 0.2% 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 Papua New Guinea vs South Sudan: 71 years vs 69.1 at 30, 77.9 vs 78 at 65, 85.7 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.5 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 Papua New Guinea and South Sudan.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 66.5 64 69.5 58 55 61
1 68.6 66.3 71.4 61.8 58.9 64.7
2 68.8 66.4 71.6 62.5 59.5 65.5
3 68.9 66.6 71.7 63.1 60.1 66.1
4 69 66.7 71.9 63.6 60.6 66.6
5 69.1 66.8 71.9 64 61.1 67
6 69.2 66.8 72 64.4 61.5 67.3
7 69.2 66.9 72.1 64.7 61.8 67.6
8 69.3 67 72.1 65 62.1 67.8
9 69.3 67 72.2 65.2 62.4 68
10 69.4 67 72.2 65.4 62.6 68.2
11 69.4 67.1 72.2 65.5 62.8 68.3
12 69.5 67.1 72.3 65.7 62.9 68.4
13 69.5 67.2 72.3 65.8 63.1 68.5
14 69.5 67.2 72.3 66 63.2 68.7
15 69.6 67.3 72.4 66.1 63.4 68.8
16 69.6 67.3 72.4 66.3 63.5 68.9
17 69.7 67.4 72.5 66.4 63.7 69
18 69.8 67.5 72.6 66.6 63.9 69.2
19 69.9 67.6 72.6 66.8 64.1 69.3
20 70 67.7 72.7 67 64.4 69.5
21 70.1 67.8 72.8 67.2 64.6 69.6
22 70.2 68 72.9 67.4 64.9 69.8
23 70.3 68.1 72.9 67.6 65.1 70
24 70.4 68.2 73 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 70.5 68.3 73.1 68 65.7 70.3
26 70.6 68.4 73.2 68.3 65.9 70.4
27 70.7 68.5 73.2 68.5 66.2 70.6
28 70.8 68.6 73.3 68.7 66.5 70.8
29 70.9 68.8 73.4 68.9 66.7 71
30 71 68.9 73.5 69.1 67 71.1
31 71.1 69 73.6 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 71.2 69.1 73.6 69.5 67.4 71.5
33 71.3 69.2 73.7 69.8 67.7 71.7
34 71.4 69.3 73.8 70 67.9 71.8
35 71.5 69.4 73.9 70.2 68.2 72
36 71.6 69.5 74 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 71.7 69.7 74.1 70.6 68.6 72.4
38 71.8 69.8 74.2 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 71.9 69.9 74.3 71 69.1 72.7
40 72 70.1 74.4 71.2 69.4 72.9
41 72.2 70.2 74.5 71.5 69.6 73.1
42 72.3 70.4 74.6 71.7 69.9 73.3
43 72.4 70.5 74.8 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 72.6 70.7 74.9 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 72.7 70.9 75 72.4 70.6 73.9
46 72.9 71 75.2 72.6 70.9 74.1
47 73.1 71.2 75.3 72.8 71.2 74.3
48 73.3 71.4 75.5 73 71.4 74.4
49 73.4 71.6 75.6 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 73.6 71.9 75.8 73.5 72 74.8
51 73.8 72.1 76 73.8 72.3 75.1
52 74.1 72.3 76.1 74 72.6 75.3
53 74.3 72.6 76.3 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 74.5 72.9 76.5 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 74.7 73.2 76.7 74.8 73.5 76
56 75 73.4 76.9 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 75.3 73.8 77.1 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 75.5 74.1 77.4 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 75.8 74.4 77.6 76 74.8 76.9
60 76.1 74.8 77.8 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 76.5 75.1 78.1 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 76.8 75.5 78.4 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 77.1 75.9 78.6 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 77.5 76.3 78.9 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 77.9 76.8 79.2 78 77.1 78.7
66 78.3 77.2 79.6 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 78.7 77.7 79.9 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 79.1 78.2 80.2 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 79.6 78.7 80.6 79.7 78.9 80.2
70 80 79.2 81 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 80.5 79.7 81.4 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81 80.3 81.8 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 81.5 80.8 82.3 81.6 80.9 82.1
74 82.1 81.4 82.8 82.1 81.5 82.6
75 82.6 82 83.3 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.2 82.6 83.8 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 83.8 83.2 84.3 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.4 83.9 84.9 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85 84.6 85.5 85 84.5 85.3
80 85.7 85.3 86.1 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.3 85.9 86.7 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87 86.7 87.3 87 86.5 87.2
83 87.7 87.4 88 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.4 88.1 88.7 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.2 88.9 89.4 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 89.9 89.7 90.1 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.7 90.5 90.9 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.5 91.3 91.7 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.3 92.1 92.4 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.1 92.9 93.2 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.9 93.8 94 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.8 94.6 94.9 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.6 95.5 95.7 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.5 96.3 96.5 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.3 97.2 97.4 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.2 98.1 98.3 98.1 97.8 98.1
97 99.1 99 99.2 98.9 98.7 99
98 100 99.9 100.1 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.9 100.8 101 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.8 101.7 101.9 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Papua New Guinea vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 74.5% in Papua New Guinea and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 54.6% and 45.1% will live to 70 years or older, 25.4% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 4.07% 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.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%
2 96.7% 96.4% 97% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
3 96.5% 96.2% 96.8% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
4 96.3% 96% 96.7% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
5 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
6 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
7 96% 95.7% 96.3% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
8 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
9 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
10 95.8% 95.4% 96.2% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
11 95.7% 95.4% 96.1% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
12 95.7% 95.3% 96% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
13 95.6% 95.2% 96% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
14 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
15 95.4% 95.1% 95.8% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
16 95.3% 94.9% 95.7% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
17 95.2% 94.8% 95.6% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
18 95.1% 94.6% 95.5% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
19 94.9% 94.4% 95.4% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
20 94.7% 94.2% 95.3% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
21 94.5% 94% 95.1% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
22 94.3% 93.7% 95% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
23 94.1% 93.5% 94.9% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
24 93.9% 93.2% 94.7% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
25 93.7% 93% 94.6% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
26 93.5% 92.7% 94.4% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
27 93.3% 92.5% 94.3% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
28 93.1% 92.2% 94.1% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
29 92.9% 92% 93.9% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
30 92.7% 91.7% 93.8% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
31 92.5% 91.5% 93.6% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
32 92.2% 91.2% 93.4% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 92% 90.9% 93.2% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 91.8% 90.6% 93% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 91.5% 90.3% 92.8% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
36 91.2% 90% 92.6% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
37 90.9% 89.7% 92.3% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
38 90.6% 89.3% 92.1% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
39 90.3% 88.9% 91.8% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
40 90% 88.5% 91.5% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
41 89.6% 88.1% 91.2% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
42 89.2% 87.6% 90.9% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
43 88.8% 87.1% 90.5% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
44 88.3% 86.6% 90.2% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
45 87.8% 86% 89.8% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
46 87.3% 85.4% 89.4% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
47 86.8% 84.8% 88.9% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
48 86.2% 84.1% 88.4% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
49 85.5% 83.3% 87.9% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
50 84.8% 82.5% 87.4% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
51 84.1% 81.6% 86.8% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
52 83.3% 80.6% 86.1% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
53 82.5% 79.6% 85.5% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
54 81.5% 78.5% 84.8% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
55 80.6% 77.3% 84% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
56 79.5% 76% 83.2% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
57 78.4% 74.7% 82.3% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
58 77.2% 73.2% 81.4% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
59 75.9% 71.7% 80.4% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
60 74.5% 70% 79.3% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
61 73% 68.3% 78.2% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
62 71.4% 66.4% 76.9% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
63 69.7% 64.4% 75.6% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
64 67.9% 62.3% 74.2% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
65 66% 60.1% 72.6% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
66 63.9% 57.8% 71% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
67 61.8% 55.4% 69.2% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
68 59.5% 52.9% 67.3% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
69 57.1% 50.3% 65.3% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
70 54.6% 47.6% 63.1% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
71 52% 44.9% 60.7% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
72 49.3% 42.1% 58.2% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
73 46.5% 39.2% 55.5% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
74 43.6% 36.3% 52.7% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
75 40.6% 33.4% 49.7% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
76 37.6% 30.5% 46.6% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
77 34.5% 27.7% 43.3% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
78 31.4% 24.8% 40% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
79 28.4% 22.1% 36.7% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
80 25.4% 19.5% 33.3% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
81 22.5% 17% 29.9% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
82 19.7% 14.7% 26.6% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
83 17.1% 12.5% 23.4% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
84 14.6% 10.5% 20.3% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
85 12.3% 8.66% 17.3% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
86 10.2% 7.04% 14.6% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
87 8.31% 5.63% 12.1% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
88 6.67% 4.43% 9.89% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
89 5.25% 3.41% 7.93% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
90 4.07% 2.58% 6.24% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
91 3.09% 1.92% 4.82% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
92 2.29% 1.39% 3.65% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
93 1.67% 0.99% 2.7% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
94 1.18% 0.69% 1.95% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
95 0.82% 0.46% 1.37% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
96 0.55% 0.31% 0.94% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.36% 0.2% 0.63% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
98 0.23% 0.12% 0.41% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
99 0.14% 0.07% 0.26% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.09% 0.04% 0.16% 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 3.08% in the birth year in Papua New Guinea and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.24% vs 0.55% at age 30, 2% vs 1.98% at 60, and 11.4% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 3.08% 3.36% 2.77% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%
1 0.25% 0.26% 0.24% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
2 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
3 0.17% 0.18% 0.16% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.14% 0.15% 0.13% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
5 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
6 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
7 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
8 0.07% 0.08% 0.07% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
10 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
11 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
12 0.07% 0.07% 0.06% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
13 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
15 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.13% 0.15% 0.11% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
17 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
20 0.2% 0.25% 0.14% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.21% 0.26% 0.14% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
23 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.21% 0.27% 0.15% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
25 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
26 0.22% 0.27% 0.16% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
28 0.23% 0.27% 0.18% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
29 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.24% 0.28% 0.19% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.25% 0.29% 0.2% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.26% 0.3% 0.21% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
35 0.3% 0.35% 0.25% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
37 0.34% 0.4% 0.28% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
38 0.36% 0.42% 0.3% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
39 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.41% 0.49% 0.33% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
41 0.44% 0.52% 0.36% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.47% 0.56% 0.38% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
43 0.5% 0.61% 0.4% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
44 0.54% 0.66% 0.43% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.59% 0.71% 0.47% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
46 0.63% 0.77% 0.5% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
47 0.69% 0.84% 0.54% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.74% 0.91% 0.58% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.81% 0.99% 0.63% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
50 0.87% 1.08% 0.67% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
51 0.95% 1.18% 0.72% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.02% 1.28% 0.77% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
53 1.11% 1.39% 0.83% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
54 1.2% 1.51% 0.9% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
55 1.3% 1.64% 0.97% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
56 1.41% 1.78% 1.04% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
57 1.54% 1.94% 1.13% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.67% 2.11% 1.23% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.83% 2.3% 1.33% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
60 2% 2.51% 1.45% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
61 2.18% 2.74% 1.58% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
62 2.38% 2.99% 1.73% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
63 2.6% 3.25% 1.89% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
64 2.84% 3.54% 2.07% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
65 3.09% 3.84% 2.27% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
66 3.37% 4.16% 2.5% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
67 3.68% 4.51% 2.76% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
68 4.01% 4.89% 3.05% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
69 4.38% 5.3% 3.37% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
70 4.79% 5.76% 3.74% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
71 5.23% 6.25% 4.15% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
72 5.72% 6.79% 4.61% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
73 6.26% 7.37% 5.12% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
74 6.84% 8.01% 5.67% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
75 7.46% 8.68% 6.28% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
76 8.14% 9.41% 6.93% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
77 8.9% 10.2% 7.64% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
78 9.71% 11% 8.4% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
79 10.5% 11.9% 9.23% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
80 11.4% 12.8% 10.1% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.1% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 13.4% 14.9% 12.1% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 14.6% 16.1% 13.2% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
84 15.8% 17.3% 14.4% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 17% 18.6% 15.7% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
86 18.4% 20% 17% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 19.8% 21.4% 18.4% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 21.2% 22.9% 19.8% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 22.6% 24.3% 21.3% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 24.1% 25.8% 22.8% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 25.7% 27.4% 24.4% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 27.3% 29% 26% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
93 29% 30.6% 27.7% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
94 30.7% 32.3% 29.5% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
95 32.6% 34.1% 31.4% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
96 34.4% 35.8% 33.2% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
97 36.2% 37.5% 35.1% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 37.9% 39.2% 36.9% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
99 39.7% 40.9% 38.7% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
100 41.5% 42.6% 40.5% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Papua New Guinea compared to South Sudan

In Papua New Guinea, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 71.7 in Papua New Guinea and 67.5 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Papua New Guinea South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 3,076 3,364 2,770 6,215 6,667 5,754
1 240.4 247.3 233 1,086 1,027 1,147
2 196.3 204.7 187.3 915 916 915
3 160.8 169.8 151.2 776 818 733
4 132.5 141.3 123 660 727 591
5 110.1 118.2 101.4 561 641 479
6 92.7 99.9 85 477 558 393
7 79.6 85.6 73.1 404 480 326
8 70.2 75.1 64.8 344 411 275.7
9 64.1 68.3 59.6 296.8 353 238.8
10 61.3 64.9 57.3 262 309 213.5
11 61.7 65.4 57.8 239.4 279 198.2
12 65.8 70 61.1 227.9 262.8 191.3
13 73.8 79.6 67.5 226.8 260.1 192
14 86.3 94.9 76.8 235.1 270 198.7
15 103.3 116.4 88.8 251.3 290.8 210.1
16 123.8 143.4 102.1 273.6 321 224.4
17 145.5 173.1 114.8 299.3 357 239.3
18 165.4 201.6 125.1 327 397 253.5
19 180.6 224.3 131.8 354 439 265.4
20 190.3 239.4 135.2 379 478 275.1
21 195.2 247.2 136.8 398 508 283.3
22 196.9 249.5 137.9 412 527 290.7
23 197.5 249 139.8 420 535 298.4
24 198.2 247.5 143 424 536 307
25 199.6 246.2 147.7 427 532 316
26 202.1 245.8 153.5 429 527 325
27 205.6 246.8 159.7 432 523 335
28 209.9 249.4 166.2 436 522 344
29 215.2 253.7 172.7 440 523 352
30 221.5 259.8 179.4 446 527 359
31 229.1 267.8 186.7 451 533 366
32 238.2 277.8 195.1 456 538 372
33 249 289.8 204.9 461 544 377
34 261.5 304 216.2 466 549 384
35 275.7 320 228.9 473 555 392
36 291.4 338 242.8 481 563 402
37 309 358 257.6 493 575 415
38 327 379 273.1 508 590 431
39 347 404 289.1 526 608 449
40 368 430 306 545 628 467
41 392 460 324 564 648 483
42 418 492 344 580 667 496
43 447 528 366 593 685 506
44 480 568 391 604 700 512
45 515 612 419 616 717 519
46 554 660 448 631 737 528
47 597 712 480 651 762 543
48 642 768 514 679 794 566
49 690 828 550 713 832 596
50 742 892 587 753 875 633
51 796 959 626 795 919 672
52 853 1,030 668 835 961 711
53 914 1,104 712 872 999 748
54 979 1,183 760 906 1,033 782
55 1,048 1,265 812 939 1,066 816
56 1,123 1,353 868 976 1,102 853
57 1,204 1,446 930 1,018 1,145 896
58 1,292 1,546 997 1,072 1,197 950
59 1,387 1,651 1,071 1,136 1,260 1,015
60 1,488 1,761 1,151 1,210 1,332 1,092
61 1,593 1,873 1,237 1,292 1,409 1,178
62 1,703 1,985 1,330 1,378 1,488 1,270
63 1,815 2,096 1,430 1,465 1,565 1,366
64 1,928 2,204 1,537 1,551 1,639 1,464
65 2,042 2,307 1,651 1,636 1,710 1,565
66 2,157 2,405 1,775 1,724 1,782 1,668
67 2,272 2,499 1,907 1,815 1,855 1,777
68 2,387 2,587 2,050 1,911 1,933 1,891
69 2,503 2,668 2,201 2,011 2,013 2,011
70 2,615 2,742 2,359 2,111 2,091 2,133
71 2,722 2,806 2,521 2,207 2,164 2,252
72 2,821 2,858 2,683 2,292 2,226 2,363
73 2,907 2,893 2,840 2,364 2,272 2,461
74 2,978 2,910 2,987 2,419 2,300 2,546
75 3,029 2,904 3,117 2,459 2,311 2,615
76 3,058 2,873 3,227 2,485 2,305 2,672
77 3,071 2,815 3,310 2,497 2,284 2,714
78 3,051 2,731 3,363 2,490 2,246 2,742
79 2,989 2,623 3,382 2,465 2,188 2,750
80 2,899 2,493 3,367 2,417 2,108 2,734
81 2,784 2,345 3,314 2,342 2,003 2,685
82 2,645 2,181 3,224 2,237 1,874 2,600
83 2,482 2,003 3,095 2,103 1,725 2,478
84 2,298 1,813 2,929 1,944 1,562 2,321
85 2,093 1,614 2,726 1,767 1,392 2,135
86 1,872 1,410 2,491 1,579 1,221 1,929
87 1,643 1,208 2,233 1,386 1,052 1,712
88 1,412 1,012 1,961 1,193 887 1,492
89 1,189 831 1,688 1,007 729 1,279
90 981 667 1,422 831 582 1,077
91 792 524 1,174 670 447 890
92 626 403 948 527 331 722
93 483 303 748 404 237 571
94 364 221.6 576 301 163.5 440
95 266.9 158 431 217.2 108.2 328
96 190.1 109.5 313 151.7 68.7 235
97 131.3 73.6 220.8 103.4 41.7 162.1
98 87.9 48.1 150.7 69.1 24.4 107.5
99 57 30.4 99.7 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 Papua New Guinea 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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