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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 68.5 years in Rwanda vs 58 in South Sudan. Rwanda is ranked 148/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Rwanda, the life expectancy is 66.1 years for males and 70.6 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

Rwanda vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year chart

Rwanda
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Rwanda South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 43.2 42.7 43.7 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 43.5 42.9 44 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 43.8 43.3 44.3 31 28.9 33.4
1953 44.1 43.6 44.6 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 44.4 43.9 44.9 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 44.8 44.3 45.3 32 30 34.3
1956 45.2 44.7 45.7 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 45.6 45.1 46.1 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 46.1 45.5 46.6 27.6 25.5 30
1959 46.5 46 47.1 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 47 46.5 47.5 28.1 26 30.4
1961 47.5 46.9 48 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 47.8 47.2 48.3 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 44 42.9 45.1 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 48.1 47.5 48.7 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 48.2 47.6 48.7 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 48.1 47.5 48.6 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 48 47.4 48.5 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 47.7 47.2 48.3 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 47.4 46.9 48 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 47.1 46.6 47.6 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 46.8 46.3 47.2 31 28.3 33.9
1972 46.3 45.9 46.8 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 45.9 45.6 46.3 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 45.6 45.2 45.9 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 45.3 45 45.6 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 45.3 44.9 45.7 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 45.6 45.1 46.1 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 46.2 45.5 46.8 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 47.1 46.3 47.9 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 48.1 47.2 49.1 38 37.5 38.5
1981 49.2 48.1 50.3 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 50.2 49 51.4 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 50.9 49.6 52.3 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 51.4 50 52.9 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 51.7 50.2 53.2 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 51.7 50.2 53.3 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 51.5 50 53 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 50.9 49.5 52.4 11 10.6 11.3
1989 49.5 47.5 51.6 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 47.8 45.4 50.3 28.6 26.4 31
1991 46.2 43.7 49.1 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 44.4 41.8 47.3 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 42.9 40.6 45.5 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 12.2 11.4 13.3 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 41.5 39.2 43.7 31.5 29.2 34
1996 42.5 40.6 44.2 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 42 39.6 44.3 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 43.1 40.7 45.4 19 17.6 20.7
1999 45.7 44.3 47.1 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 47.8 46.5 49 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 49.5 48 50.9 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 51.3 49.9 52.5 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 53.5 52.3 54.7 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 55.5 54.1 56.8 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 57 55.3 58.4 54 53.4 54.5
2006 58.3 56.5 60 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 59.5 57.5 61.3 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 60.6 58.5 62.6 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 61.8 59.7 63.7 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 62.8 60.9 64.5 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 63.5 61.5 65.3 57.7 56.3 59
2012 64.2 62.2 65.9 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 64.7 62.6 66.5 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 65.1 62.9 67 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 65.4 63.2 67.4 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 65.7 63.5 67.8 36.7 33.8 40
2017 66.1 63.8 68.2 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 66.4 64.1 68.4 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 66.7 64.4 68.8 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 67 64.6 69.1 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 66.8 64.6 68.9 57 54.4 59.7
2022 67.5 65.2 69.6 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 67.8 65.5 69.9 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 68 65.7 70.1 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 68.2 65.9 70.4 57.9 54.9 60.9
2026 68.5 66.1 70.6 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 58.7 years in Rwanda and 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Rwanda and 11 in South Sudan.

Rwanda 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 Rwanda 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:
42.3 vs 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
72.3 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
74.6 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Rwanda South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 96.4% 97.7% 92.9% 95.3%
50 89.9% 93.4% 83.9% 89.1%
60 77.9% 84.9% 70.5% 79.4%
65 68.7% 77.9% 61.1% 71.8%
70 56.9% 68.0% 49.3% 61.2%
75 42.6% 54.4% 35.3% 47.2%
80 27.4% 37.7% 21.0% 31.1%
85 13.9% 20.9% 9.3% 15.8%
90 5.0% 8.2% 2.6% 5.6%
95 1.1% 2.0% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.3% 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 Rwanda vs South Sudan: 72.3 years vs 69.1 at 30, 79.1 vs 78 at 65, 86.3 vs 85.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 68.5 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 Rwanda and South Sudan.

Rwanda
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Rwanda South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 68.5 66.1 70.6 58 55 61
1 70.2 68 72.2 61.8 58.9 64.7
2 70.4 68.2 72.4 62.5 59.5 65.5
3 70.6 68.4 72.6 63.1 60.1 66.1
4 70.7 68.5 72.7 63.6 60.6 66.6
5 70.8 68.6 72.8 64 61.1 67
6 70.8 68.6 72.8 64.4 61.5 67.3
7 70.9 68.7 72.9 64.7 61.8 67.6
8 70.9 68.7 72.9 65 62.1 67.8
9 71 68.8 73 65.2 62.4 68
10 71 68.8 73 65.4 62.6 68.2
11 71 68.9 73 65.5 62.8 68.3
12 71.1 68.9 73 65.7 62.9 68.4
13 71.1 68.9 73.1 65.8 63.1 68.5
14 71.1 69 73.1 66 63.2 68.7
15 71.2 69 73.1 66.1 63.4 68.8
16 71.2 69.1 73.2 66.3 63.5 68.9
17 71.3 69.1 73.2 66.4 63.7 69
18 71.3 69.2 73.3 66.6 63.9 69.2
19 71.4 69.3 73.3 66.8 64.1 69.3
20 71.5 69.3 73.4 67 64.4 69.5
21 71.5 69.4 73.4 67.2 64.6 69.6
22 71.6 69.5 73.5 67.4 64.9 69.8
23 71.7 69.6 73.5 67.6 65.1 70
24 71.8 69.7 73.6 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 71.9 69.8 73.7 68 65.7 70.3
26 71.9 69.9 73.7 68.3 65.9 70.4
27 72 70 73.8 68.5 66.2 70.6
28 72.1 70.1 73.9 68.7 66.5 70.8
29 72.2 70.2 73.9 68.9 66.7 71
30 72.3 70.3 74 69.1 67 71.1
31 72.4 70.5 74.1 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 72.5 70.6 74.2 69.5 67.4 71.5
33 72.6 70.7 74.2 69.8 67.7 71.7
34 72.7 70.8 74.3 70 67.9 71.8
35 72.8 70.9 74.4 70.2 68.2 72
36 72.9 71.1 74.5 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 73 71.2 74.6 70.6 68.6 72.4
38 73.1 71.3 74.7 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 73.3 71.5 74.8 71 69.1 72.7
40 73.4 71.6 74.9 71.2 69.4 72.9
41 73.5 71.8 75 71.5 69.6 73.1
42 73.7 72 75.1 71.7 69.9 73.3
43 73.8 72.1 75.3 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 74 72.3 75.4 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 74.1 72.5 75.5 72.4 70.6 73.9
46 74.3 72.7 75.7 72.6 70.9 74.1
47 74.5 72.9 75.8 72.8 71.2 74.3
48 74.6 73.1 75.9 73 71.4 74.4
49 74.8 73.3 76.1 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 75 73.5 76.3 73.5 72 74.8
51 75.2 73.8 76.4 73.8 72.3 75.1
52 75.4 74 76.6 74 72.6 75.3
53 75.7 74.3 76.8 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 75.9 74.5 77 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 76.1 74.8 77.2 74.8 73.5 76
56 76.4 75.1 77.4 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 76.6 75.4 77.6 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 76.9 75.7 77.9 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 77.2 76 78.1 76 74.8 76.9
60 77.4 76.3 78.3 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 77.7 76.6 78.6 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 78.1 77 78.9 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 78.4 77.4 79.1 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 78.7 77.8 79.4 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 79.1 78.1 79.7 78 77.1 78.7
66 79.4 78.6 80.1 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 79.8 79 80.4 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 80.2 79.4 80.8 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 80.6 79.9 81.1 79.7 78.9 80.2
70 81 80.3 81.5 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 81.5 80.8 81.9 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.9 81.3 82.3 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 82.4 81.8 82.8 81.6 80.9 82.1
74 82.9 82.4 83.3 82.1 81.5 82.6
75 83.4 82.9 83.7 82.6 82 83.1
76 84 83.5 84.3 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 84.5 84.1 84.8 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 85.1 84.7 85.3 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85.7 85.3 85.9 85 84.5 85.3
80 86.3 86 86.5 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.9 86.6 87.1 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87.6 87.3 87.7 87 86.5 87.2
83 88.2 88 88.4 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.9 88.7 89 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.6 89.4 89.7 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 90.3 90.2 90.4 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 91.1 90.9 91.2 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.9 91.7 91.9 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.6 92.5 92.7 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93.4 93.3 93.5 93 92.6 93.2
91 94.2 94.1 94.3 93.8 93.4 94
92 95 95 95.1 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.9 95.8 95.9 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.7 96.7 96.7 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.6 97.5 97.6 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.1 97.8 98.1
97 99.3 99.3 99.3 98.9 98.7 99
98 100.2 100.2 100.2 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 101.1 101 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.9 102 101.7 101.6 101.8

Odds of living to age in Rwanda vs South Sudan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 76.6% in Rwanda and 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 59% and 45.1% will live to 70 years or older, 30.9% and 21.3% to 80+ years, and 6.34% 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.

Rwanda
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Rwanda South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%
2 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
3 97% 96.7% 97.3% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
4 96.8% 96.5% 97.1% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
5 96.7% 96.4% 97% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
6 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
7 96.5% 96.2% 96.9% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
8 96.5% 96.1% 96.8% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
9 96.4% 96.1% 96.8% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
10 96.4% 96% 96.7% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
11 96.3% 95.9% 96.7% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
12 96.2% 95.9% 96.6% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
13 96.2% 95.8% 96.6% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
14 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
15 96.1% 95.7% 96.5% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
16 96% 95.6% 96.4% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
17 95.9% 95.5% 96.3% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
18 95.8% 95.4% 96.3% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
19 95.7% 95.2% 96.2% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
20 95.6% 95.1% 96.1% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
21 95.4% 94.9% 96% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
22 95.3% 94.7% 95.9% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
23 95.1% 94.5% 95.8% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
24 95% 94.3% 95.6% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
25 94.8% 94.1% 95.5% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
26 94.6% 93.9% 95.4% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
27 94.5% 93.7% 95.3% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
28 94.3% 93.4% 95.1% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
29 94.1% 93.2% 95% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
30 93.9% 93% 94.8% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
31 93.7% 92.7% 94.6% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
32 93.5% 92.4% 94.5% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
33 93.2% 92.1% 94.3% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
34 93% 91.8% 94.1% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
35 92.7% 91.5% 93.9% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
36 92.4% 91.2% 93.7% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
37 92.1% 90.8% 93.4% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
38 91.8% 90.5% 93.2% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
39 91.5% 90.1% 92.9% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
40 91.1% 89.6% 92.6% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
41 90.8% 89.2% 92.3% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
42 90.4% 88.7% 92% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
43 89.9% 88.2% 91.7% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
44 89.5% 87.7% 91.3% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
45 89% 87.1% 90.9% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
46 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
47 88% 85.8% 90.1% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
48 87.4% 85.1% 89.6% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
49 86.8% 84.4% 89.1% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
50 86.1% 83.6% 88.5% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
51 85.4% 82.8% 87.9% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
52 84.6% 81.9% 87.3% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
53 83.8% 80.9% 86.6% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
54 83% 79.9% 85.9% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
55 82.1% 78.8% 85.2% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
56 81.1% 77.7% 84.4% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
57 80.1% 76.5% 83.5% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
58 79% 75.2% 82.6% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
59 77.9% 73.8% 81.6% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
60 76.6% 72.4% 80.5% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
61 75.3% 70.9% 79.4% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
62 73.9% 69.3% 78.2% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
63 72.4% 67.6% 76.8% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
64 70.8% 65.7% 75.4% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
65 69.1% 63.8% 73.9% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
66 67.3% 61.8% 72.2% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
67 65.3% 59.7% 70.5% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
68 63.3% 57.6% 68.6% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
69 61.2% 55.3% 66.6% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
70 59% 52.9% 64.5% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
71 56.6% 50.4% 62.1% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
72 54.1% 47.8% 59.7% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
73 51.4% 45.2% 57.1% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
74 48.7% 42.4% 54.4% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
75 45.9% 39.6% 51.5% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
76 43% 36.8% 48.5% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
77 40% 34% 45.4% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
78 37% 31.1% 42.3% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
79 33.9% 28.3% 39% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
80 30.9% 25.5% 35.8% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
81 27.9% 22.7% 32.5% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
82 24.9% 20.1% 29.2% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
83 22% 17.5% 26% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
84 19.3% 15.1% 22.8% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
85 16.6% 12.9% 19.8% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
86 14.1% 10.8% 16.9% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
87 11.8% 8.96% 14.3% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
88 9.77% 7.31% 11.9% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
89 7.93% 5.87% 9.69% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
90 6.34% 4.63% 7.79% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
91 4.96% 3.59% 6.13% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
92 3.82% 2.73% 4.75% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
93 2.88% 2.04% 3.6% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
94 2.12% 1.49% 2.67% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
95 1.53% 1.06% 1.93% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
96 1.07% 0.74% 1.36% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.74% 0.5% 0.94% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
98 0.49% 0.34% 0.63% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
99 0.32% 0.22% 0.41% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.2% 0.14% 0.26% 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 2.46% in the birth year in Rwanda and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.23% vs 0.55% at age 30, 1.74% vs 1.98% at 60, and 9.83% vs 11.3% at 80.

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

Rwanda
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Rwanda South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.46% 2.74% 2.18% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%
1 0.36% 0.38% 0.35% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
2 0.23% 0.24% 0.21% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
3 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.08% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
17 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
23 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
25 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
26 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.19% 0.24% 0.15% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
28 0.2% 0.25% 0.16% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
29 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.23% 0.28% 0.17% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.25% 0.31% 0.19% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
35 0.3% 0.37% 0.24% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.32% 0.39% 0.25% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
37 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
38 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
39 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.41% 0.5% 0.33% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
41 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.47% 0.57% 0.38% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
43 0.5% 0.61% 0.4% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
44 0.53% 0.65% 0.42% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.57% 0.7% 0.46% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
46 0.61% 0.75% 0.49% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
47 0.66% 0.81% 0.52% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.71% 0.87% 0.57% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 0.76% 0.94% 0.61% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
50 0.83% 1.02% 0.67% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
51 0.87% 1.08% 0.71% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 0.95% 1.17% 0.77% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
53 1.02% 1.26% 0.82% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
54 1.09% 1.35% 0.89% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
55 1.17% 1.44% 0.95% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
56 1.26% 1.55% 1.02% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
57 1.35% 1.66% 1.1% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.47% 1.79% 1.2% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.58% 1.94% 1.3% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
60 1.74% 2.12% 1.44% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
61 1.86% 2.27% 1.54% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
62 2.05% 2.48% 1.7% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
63 2.22% 2.68% 1.86% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
64 2.41% 2.9% 2.03% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
65 2.62% 3.14% 2.23% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
66 2.83% 3.38% 2.42% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
67 3.08% 3.66% 2.65% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
68 3.37% 3.97% 2.93% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
69 3.67% 4.3% 3.2% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
70 4.07% 4.72% 3.59% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
71 4.38% 5.07% 3.89% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
72 4.86% 5.58% 4.35% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
73 5.3% 6.05% 4.78% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
74 5.8% 6.58% 5.27% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
75 6.35% 7.15% 5.81% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
76 6.92% 7.76% 6.37% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
77 7.51% 8.39% 6.95% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
78 8.25% 9.16% 7.69% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
79 8.93% 9.89% 8.37% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
80 9.83% 10.8% 9.28% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 10.5% 11.6% 9.99% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 11.6% 12.7% 11.1% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 12.6% 13.7% 12.1% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
84 13.8% 14.9% 13.3% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 14.9% 16% 14.4% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
86 16.2% 17.2% 15.7% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 17.4% 18.4% 16.9% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 18.8% 19.7% 18.3% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 20.1% 21% 19.6% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 21.7% 22.6% 21.3% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 22.9% 23.8% 22.5% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 24.7% 25.5% 24.3% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
93 26.3% 27% 25.9% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
94 28% 28.6% 27.6% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
95 29.8% 30.3% 29.5% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
96 31.4% 31.8% 31.2% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
97 33% 33.3% 32.9% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 34.6% 34.7% 34.5% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
99 36.5% 36.5% 36.5% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
100 38.1% 38% 38.1% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in Rwanda compared to South Sudan

In Rwanda, the most common age of death is 78, compared to 0 in South Sudan. The median age of death is 73.5 in Rwanda and 67.5 in South Sudan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Rwanda
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Rwanda South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,463 2,740 2,181 6,215 6,667 5,754
1 354 368 339 1,086 1,027 1,147
2 220.4 233.4 207 915 916 915
3 154.2 164.8 143.3 776 818 733
4 113.9 122.1 105.6 660 727 591
5 88.5 95.1 81.7 561 641 479
6 74.8 81.5 68 477 558 393
7 65.9 72.7 58.9 404 480 326
8 58.9 65.5 52.2 344 411 275.7
9 54.5 60.8 48.1 296.8 353 238.8
10 52.4 58.7 46.1 262 309 213.5
11 52.4 59.2 45.6 239.4 279 198.2
12 54.4 61.5 47.2 227.9 262.8 191.3
13 58.8 66.6 51 226.8 260.1 192
14 66.1 75.7 56.4 235.1 270 198.7
15 76.4 88.5 64.1 251.3 290.8 210.1
16 89 105.5 72.3 273.6 321 224.4
17 102.2 124.4 79.9 299.3 357 239.3
18 116.4 144.9 87.7 327 397 253.5
19 126.7 159.1 94.2 354 439 265.4
20 135.9 171.6 100.2 379 478 275.1
21 143.4 182.4 104.5 398 508 283.3
22 150.7 191.9 110 412 527 290.7
23 157.2 199.7 115.5 420 535 298.4
24 163.3 206.4 121.4 424 536 307
25 169.3 213.2 127 427 532 316
26 175.9 219.8 133.7 429 527 325
27 183.4 227.7 140.7 432 523 335
28 191.7 236.6 148 436 522 344
29 200.8 246.4 155.9 440 523 352
30 211.9 258.9 165.2 446 527 359
31 220.2 268.9 171.6 451 533 366
32 234.1 284.5 183.7 456 538 372
33 246.8 299.3 194.5 461 544 377
34 261.2 317 206.4 466 549 384
35 277.9 336 220.8 473 555 392
36 294.1 355 234.7 481 563 402
37 312 376 248.8 493 575 415
38 333 400 267 508 590 431
39 353 423 283.7 526 608 449
40 378 453 305 545 628 467
41 397 475 320 564 648 483
42 426 508 345 580 667 496
43 450 538 365 593 685 506
44 478 571 388 604 700 512
45 512 612 416 616 717 519
46 542 648 441 631 737 528
47 578 692 472 651 762 543
48 619 741 508 679 794 566
49 660 791 544 713 832 596
50 711 852 591 753 875 633
51 747 897 622 795 919 672
52 804 961 675 835 961 711
53 851 1,016 714 872 999 748
54 906 1,077 762 906 1,033 782
55 961 1,137 809 939 1,066 816
56 1,022 1,202 864 976 1,102 853
57 1,084 1,269 919 1,018 1,145 896
58 1,160 1,350 989 1,072 1,197 950
59 1,233 1,430 1,057 1,136 1,260 1,015
60 1,335 1,536 1,156 1,210 1,332 1,092
61 1,403 1,609 1,221 1,292 1,409 1,178
62 1,512 1,719 1,331 1,378 1,488 1,270
63 1,605 1,812 1,426 1,465 1,565 1,366
64 1,704 1,907 1,531 1,551 1,639 1,464
65 1,812 2,007 1,646 1,636 1,710 1,565
66 1,903 2,088 1,745 1,724 1,782 1,668
67 2,015 2,187 1,870 1,815 1,855 1,777
68 2,136 2,287 2,008 1,911 1,933 1,891
69 2,245 2,379 2,133 2,011 2,013 2,011
70 2,398 2,496 2,317 2,111 2,091 2,133
71 2,479 2,557 2,416 2,207 2,164 2,252
72 2,628 2,667 2,600 2,292 2,226 2,363
73 2,727 2,734 2,729 2,364 2,272 2,461
74 2,827 2,792 2,868 2,419 2,300 2,546
75 2,914 2,836 2,993 2,459 2,311 2,615
76 2,973 2,855 3,091 2,485 2,305 2,672
77 3,005 2,850 3,159 2,497 2,284 2,714
78 3,051 2,848 3,251 2,490 2,246 2,742
79 3,033 2,795 3,268 2,465 2,188 2,750
80 3,039 2,752 3,321 2,417 2,108 2,734
81 2,940 2,633 3,242 2,342 2,003 2,685
82 2,899 2,545 3,239 2,237 1,874 2,600
83 2,787 2,403 3,147 2,103 1,725 2,478
84 2,659 2,248 3,033 1,944 1,562 2,321
85 2,479 2,057 2,856 1,767 1,392 2,135
86 2,286 1,861 2,659 1,579 1,221 1,929
87 2,061 1,651 2,417 1,386 1,052 1,712
88 1,832 1,442 2,167 1,193 887 1,492
89 1,594 1,235 1,901 1,007 729 1,279
90 1,376 1,045 1,657 831 582 1,077
91 1,139 855 1,379 670 447 890
92 943 696 1,153 527 331 722
93 757 551 932 404 237 571
94 594 426 737 301 163.5 440
95 455 321 569 217.2 108.2 328
96 338 235.5 425 151.7 68.7 235
97 243.4 168 308 103.4 41.7 162.1
98 170.6 116.8 216.8 69.1 24.4 107.5
99 117.8 80.2 150.3 44.4 13.7 68.6
100 12.4 4.19 20.1 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 Rwanda 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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