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South Sudan life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

South Sudan is ranked 195/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 54.9 years for males, 60.9 years for females, and 57.9 years for both genders combined.

South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 30.2 28.1 32.7
1951 30.6 28.5 33.2
1952 31 28.9 33.4
1953 31.4 29.3 33.8
1954 31.7 29.6 34.1
1955 32 30 34.3
1956 31.6 29.5 34.1
1957 30.9 28.8 33.3
1958 27.6 25.5 30
1959 27.8 25.8 30.2
1960 28.1 26 30.4
1961 28.3 26.2 30.6
1962 28.5 26.5 30.7
1963 28.2 25.4 31.8
1964 32.5 30.3 34.8
1965 28.8 25.9 32.2
1966 25.6 22.5 29.7
1967 25.9 22.7 29.9
1968 26.1 22.9 30.1
1969 25.4 22.1 29.5
1970 25.6 22.3 29.7
1971 31 28.3 33.9
1972 31.3 28.6 34.1
1973 36.3 35.1 37.4
1974 36.6 35.5 37.6
1975 36.9 35.9 37.8
1976 37.1 36.2 37.9
1977 37.4 36.5 38.3
1978 37.6 36.8 38.3
1979 37.8 37.1 38.4
1980 38 37.5 38.5
1981 38.3 37.8 38.8
1982 38.7 38.2 39.1
1983 34.7 33.7 35.8
1984 31.8 30.3 33.2
1985 32.4 30.8 33.9
1986 32.8 31.2 34.5
1987 20.7 18.9 22.9
1988 11 10.6 11.3
1989 28.2 26.1 30.5
1990 28.6 26.4 31
1991 29.2 26.9 31.7
1992 21.9 19.9 24.3
1993 22.3 20.1 24.8
1994 44.9 43.1 46.5
1995 31.5 29.2 34
1996 32.1 29.9 34.5
1997 33.1 30.9 35.3
1998 19 17.6 20.7
1999 44.5 43.2 45.8
2000 47.6 46.5 48.5
2001 48.6 47.5 49.5
2002 49.4 48.4 50.3
2003 52.3 51.8 52.8
2004 53.1 52.5 53.5
2005 54 53.4 54.5
2006 54.7 53.9 55.3
2007 55.4 54.6 56.2
2008 56.3 55.3 57.2
2009 56.8 55.8 57.8
2010 57.5 56.4 58.5
2011 57.7 56.3 59
2012 58.2 56.9 59.5
2013 58.3 56.8 59.7
2014 45.6 42.7 48.8
2015 39.8 36.9 42.9
2016 36.7 33.8 40
2017 35.4 32.4 38.7
2018 51.9 49.2 54.7
2019 58.1 55.7 60.5
2020 57.6 54.8 60.5
2021 57 54.4 59.7
2022 57.2 54.3 60.1
2023 57.6 54.6 60.6
2024 57.7 54.8 60.7
2025 57.9 54.9 60.9

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.

In South Sudan, 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 49.6 years for men and 51.4 for women, with a combined average of 50.5 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 11 healthy years, 10.5 for males and 11.5 for females.

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 South Sudan, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy: 39.1 Years

Mean expected age of death: 69.1 Years

Median expected age of death: 72.0 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 94.1% 92.9% 95.3%
50 86.5% 83.8% 89.0%
60 75.0% 70.4% 79.4%
65 66.6% 61.0% 71.7%
70 55.4% 49.2% 61.1%
75 41.4% 35.3% 47.1%
80 26.2% 20.9% 31.0%
85 12.6% 9.2% 15.8%
90 4.1% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.8% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 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.

In South Sudan, total life expectancy is 78 years at age 65, 80.1 at 70, 82.6 at 75, and 85.6 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 57.9 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in South Sudan.

Average
Male
Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Average Male Female
0 57.9 54.9 60.9
1 61.7 58.8 64.6
2 62.4 59.4 65.4
3 63 60 66
4 63.5 60.5 66.5
5 64 61 66.9
6 64.3 61.4 67.3
7 64.7 61.7 67.5
8 64.9 62 67.8
9 65.1 62.3 67.9
10 65.3 62.5 68.1
11 65.5 62.7 68.2
12 65.6 62.9 68.4
13 65.8 63 68.5
14 65.9 63.2 68.6
15 66.1 63.3 68.7
16 66.2 63.5 68.9
17 66.4 63.7 69
18 66.5 63.9 69.1
19 66.7 64.1 69.3
20 66.9 64.3 69.4
21 67.1 64.6 69.6
22 67.3 64.8 69.8
23 67.6 65.1 69.9
24 67.8 65.4 70.1
25 68 65.6 70.2
26 68.2 65.9 70.4
27 68.4 66.2 70.6
28 68.7 66.4 70.7
29 68.9 66.7 70.9
30 69.1 66.9 71.1
31 69.3 67.2 71.3
32 69.5 67.4 71.4
33 69.7 67.7 71.6
34 69.9 67.9 71.8
35 70.1 68.1 72
36 70.4 68.4 72.2
37 70.6 68.6 72.3
38 70.8 68.9 72.5
39 71 69.1 72.7
40 71.2 69.3 72.9
41 71.4 69.6 73.1
42 71.6 69.9 73.3
43 71.9 70.1 73.5
44 72.1 70.4 73.7
45 72.3 70.6 73.8
46 72.6 70.9 74
47 72.8 71.2 74.2
48 73 71.4 74.4
49 73.3 71.7 74.6
50 73.5 72 74.8
51 73.7 72.3 75
52 74 72.6 75.2
53 74.3 72.9 75.5
54 74.5 73.2 75.7
55 74.8 73.5 75.9
56 75.1 73.8 76.2
57 75.4 74.1 76.4
58 75.7 74.5 76.7
59 76 74.8 76.9
60 76.3 75.1 77.2
61 76.6 75.5 77.5
62 76.9 75.9 77.8
63 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 77.6 76.7 78.4
65 78 77.1 78.7
66 78.4 77.5 79.1
67 78.8 77.9 79.5
68 79.2 78.4 79.8
69 79.6 78.9 80.2
70 80.1 79.3 80.7
71 80.6 79.8 81.1
72 81.1 80.4 81.6
73 81.6 80.9 82
74 82.1 81.5 82.5
75 82.6 82 83.1
76 83.2 82.6 83.6
77 83.8 83.2 84.2
78 84.4 83.8 84.7
79 85 84.5 85.3
80 85.6 85.1 85.9
81 86.3 85.8 86.6
82 87 86.5 87.2
83 87.7 87.2 87.9
84 88.4 87.9 88.6
85 89.1 88.7 89.4
86 89.9 89.4 90.1
87 90.6 90.2 90.8
88 91.4 91 91.6
89 92.2 91.8 92.4
90 93 92.6 93.2
91 93.8 93.4 94
92 94.7 94.2 94.8
93 95.5 95.1 95.6
94 96.3 96 96.4
95 97.2 96.9 97.3
96 98 97.8 98.1
97 98.9 98.7 99
98 99.8 99.6 99.9
99 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 101.7 101.6 101.8

Probability of survival to age graph

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth: 61% of the newborn cohort in South Sudan are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 45% will live to 70 years or older, 21.3% to 80+ years, and 3.36% 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.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 93.7% 93.3% 94.2%
2 92.6% 92.3% 93%
3 91.7% 91.3% 92.1%
4 90.9% 90.5% 91.4%
5 90.3% 89.8% 90.8%
6 89.7% 89.1% 90.3%
7 89.2% 88.6% 89.9%
8 88.8% 88.1% 89.6%
9 88.5% 87.7% 89.3%
10 88.2% 87.3% 89%
11 87.9% 87% 88.8%
12 87.7% 86.7% 88.6%
13 87.4% 86.4% 88.4%
14 87.2% 86.2% 88.2%
15 87% 85.9% 88%
16 86.7% 85.6% 87.8%
17 86.4% 85.3% 87.6%
18 86.1% 84.9% 87.4%
19 85.8% 84.5% 87.1%
20 85.4% 84.1% 86.8%
21 85.1% 83.6% 86.6%
22 84.7% 83.1% 86.3%
23 84.2% 82.6% 86%
24 83.8% 82% 85.7%
25 83.4% 81.5% 85.4%
26 83% 81% 85.1%
27 82.5% 80.4% 84.7%
28 82.1% 79.9% 84.4%
29 81.7% 79.4% 84%
30 81.2% 78.9% 83.7%
31 80.8% 78.3% 83.3%
32 80.3% 77.8% 83%
33 79.9% 77.3% 82.6%
34 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
35 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
36 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
37 78% 75% 81%
38 77.5% 74.5% 80.6%
39 77% 73.9% 80.2%
40 76.5% 73.3% 79.7%
41 75.9% 72.6% 79.3%
42 75.3% 72% 78.8%
43 74.8% 71.3% 78.3%
44 74.2% 70.6% 77.8%
45 73.6% 69.9% 77.3%
46 72.9% 69.2% 76.7%
47 72.3% 68.5% 76.2%
48 71.7% 67.7% 75.7%
49 71% 66.9% 75.1%
50 70.3% 66.1% 74.5%
51 69.5% 65.2% 73.9%
52 68.7% 64.3% 73.2%
53 67.9% 63.3% 72.5%
54 67% 62.3% 71.7%
55 66.1% 61.3% 70.9%
56 65.2% 60.2% 70.1%
57 64.2% 59.1% 69.3%
58 63.2% 58% 68.4%
59 62.1% 56.8% 67.4%
60 61% 55.5% 66.4%
61 59.7% 54.2% 65.3%
62 58.5% 52.8% 64.1%
63 57.1% 51.3% 62.9%
64 55.6% 49.7% 61.5%
65 54.1% 48.1% 60%
66 52.4% 46.4% 58.5%
67 50.7% 44.6% 56.8%
68 48.9% 42.8% 55%
69 47% 40.8% 53.1%
70 45% 38.8% 51.1%
71 42.9% 36.7% 49%
72 40.7% 34.6% 46.8%
73 38.4% 32.4% 44.4%
74 36% 30.1% 41.9%
75 33.6% 27.8% 39.4%
76 31.2% 25.5% 36.8%
77 28.7% 23.2% 34.1%
78 26.2% 20.9% 31.4%
79 23.7% 18.7% 28.7%
80 21.3% 16.5% 26%
81 18.9% 14.4% 23.2%
82 16.5% 12.4% 20.6%
83 14.3% 10.6% 18%
84 12.2% 8.84% 15.5%
85 10.3% 7.28% 13.2%
86 8.5% 5.9% 11.1%
87 6.93% 4.68% 9.14%
88 5.55% 3.63% 7.43%
89 4.36% 2.75% 5.95%
90 3.36% 2.02% 4.68%
91 2.53% 1.45% 3.6%
92 1.87% 1% 2.72%
93 1.34% 0.67% 2%
94 0.94% 0.43% 1.43%
95 0.64% 0.27% 0.99%
96 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
97 0.28% 0.09% 0.43%
98 0.17% 0.05% 0.27%
99 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
100 0.05% 0.02% 0.1%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In South Sudan, the risk of dying is lowest at age 13 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 6.27% in the birth year, 0.55% at age 30, 1.98% at 60, and 11.3% at 80.

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

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 6.27% 6.72% 5.81%
1 1.17% 1.11% 1.23%
2 1% 1% 0.99%
3 0.86% 0.9% 0.8%
4 0.73% 0.81% 0.65%
5 0.63% 0.72% 0.53%
6 0.54% 0.63% 0.44%
7 0.46% 0.55% 0.37%
8 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
9 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
10 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
11 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
12 0.26% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
14 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
15 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
16 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
17 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
18 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
19 0.42% 0.52% 0.31%
20 0.45% 0.57% 0.32%
21 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
22 0.49% 0.64% 0.34%
23 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
24 0.51% 0.66% 0.36%
25 0.51% 0.66% 0.37%
26 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
27 0.53% 0.65% 0.4%
28 0.53% 0.66% 0.41%
29 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
30 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
31 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
32 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
33 0.58% 0.71% 0.46%
34 0.59% 0.72% 0.47%
35 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
36 0.61% 0.75% 0.5%
37 0.63% 0.77% 0.51%
38 0.66% 0.79% 0.54%
39 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
40 0.72% 0.86% 0.59%
41 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
42 0.77% 0.93% 0.63%
43 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
44 0.82% 0.99% 0.66%
45 0.84% 1.03% 0.67%
46 0.87% 1.07% 0.69%
47 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
48 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
49 1.01% 1.25% 0.8%
50 1.07% 1.33% 0.85%
51 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
52 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
53 1.29% 1.58% 1.03%
54 1.35% 1.66% 1.09%
55 1.42% 1.74% 1.15%
56 1.5% 1.83% 1.22%
57 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
58 1.7% 2.06% 1.39%
59 1.83% 2.22% 1.51%
60 1.98% 2.4% 1.64%
61 2.16% 2.6% 1.8%
62 2.36% 2.81% 1.98%
63 2.56% 3.05% 2.17%
64 2.79% 3.29% 2.38%
65 3.02% 3.55% 2.6%
66 3.28% 3.83% 2.85%
67 3.57% 4.15% 3.12%
68 3.9% 4.51% 3.43%
69 4.27% 4.92% 3.78%
70 4.68% 5.37% 4.17%
71 5.14% 5.87% 4.59%
72 5.62% 6.42% 5.04%
73 6.14% 7% 5.53%
74 6.69% 7.62% 6.06%
75 7.3% 8.28% 6.62%
76 7.95% 9.01% 7.24%
77 8.67% 9.8% 7.93%
78 9.47% 10.7% 8.7%
79 10.4% 11.7% 9.55%
80 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
82 13.5% 15% 12.6%
83 14.7% 16.3% 13.7%
84 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
85 17.2% 19% 16.1%
86 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
87 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
88 21.4% 24.3% 20%
89 23% 26.4% 21.4%
90 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
91 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
92 28% 33% 26.4%
93 29.8% 35.2% 28.4%
94 31.7% 37.5% 30.6%
95 33.5% 39.8% 32.8%
96 35.7% 41.9% 35%
97 38.7% 43.8% 37.1%
98 42.1% 45.5% 39.1%
99 44.2% 47.1% 41%
100 47.2% 49.1% 43.1%

Death rate by age in South Sudan

The chart below shows the number of deaths in South Sudan by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

In South Sudan, most deaths occur at age 0 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 0 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 63.8 for men, 70.5 for women, and 67.4 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 6,268 6,715 5,811
1 1,094 1,033 1,158
2 924 923 924
3 784 826 741
4 667 735 598
5 568 647 485
6 482 564 397
7 409 485 330
8 348 415 278.6
9 299.8 356 241.3
10 264.5 312 215.6
11 241.6 281.4 199.9
12 229.7 264.9 192.9
13 228.5 262 193.4
14 236.7 271.8 200.1
15 253 292.7 211.5
16 275.3 323 225.8
17 301 359 240.8
18 329 400 254.9
19 356 442 266.8
20 381 480 276.5
21 400 511 284.6
22 414 530 292
23 422 538 299.8
24 426 538 308
25 429 535 317
26 431 529 327
27 434 526 336
28 438 524 345
29 442 526 353
30 447 529 361
31 452 535 367
32 457 540 373
33 462 546 379
34 467 551 385
35 474 557 393
36 482 565 403
37 494 576 417
38 510 591 433
39 528 609 451
40 547 629 469
41 566 650 485
42 582 669 498
43 595 686 507
44 606 702 514
45 618 718 520
46 632 738 529
47 653 763 545
48 680 795 567
49 715 833 598
50 754 876 634
51 796 920 673
52 836 961 713
53 873 999 749
54 907 1,033 784
55 940 1,066 817
56 976 1,102 853
57 1,019 1,144 897
58 1,071 1,196 950
59 1,135 1,259 1,015
60 1,210 1,330 1,092
61 1,292 1,407 1,178
62 1,377 1,486 1,270
63 1,463 1,563 1,366
64 1,549 1,636 1,464
65 1,635 1,707 1,564
66 1,722 1,778 1,667
67 1,812 1,851 1,775
68 1,908 1,928 1,890
69 2,007 2,008 2,009
70 2,107 2,086 2,130
71 2,202 2,158 2,248
72 2,287 2,219 2,359
73 2,357 2,264 2,457
74 2,412 2,292 2,540
75 2,452 2,303 2,609
76 2,478 2,297 2,665
77 2,486 2,275 2,706
78 2,480 2,237 2,734
79 2,456 2,179 2,741
80 2,409 2,099 2,724
81 2,334 1,995 2,675
82 2,229 1,866 2,590
83 2,095 1,717 2,468
84 1,936 1,555 2,311
85 1,760 1,386 2,126
86 1,572 1,215 1,920
87 1,379 1,047 1,704
88 1,187 883 1,485
89 1,001 726 1,272
90 826 579 1,071
91 666 446 886
92 523 330 718
93 401 236 568
94 298.6 162.8 438
95 216 107.8 326
96 153 68.4 233.8
97 106.6 41.5 161.3
98 71.1 24.3 106.9
99 43.2 13.7 68.3
100 0 0 0

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 South Sudan's 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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