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

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The average life expectancy at birth is 58 years in South Sudan vs 66.9 in Sudan. South Sudan is ranked 195/197 by life expectancy, and Sudan is 160/197. In South Sudan, the life expectancy is 55 years for males and 61 years for females. In Sudan, it's 63.8 years for males and 70.2 years for females.

South Sudan vs Sudan life expectancy at birth by year

South Sudan
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
South Sudan Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 58 55 61 66.9 63.8 70.2
2025 57.9 54.9 60.9 66.7 63.6 70
2024 57.7 54.8 60.7 66.5 63.4 69.8
2023 57.6 54.6 60.6 66.3 63.3 69.6
2022 57.2 54.3 60.1 65.7 63 68.6
2021 57 54.4 59.7 64.5 61.8 67.4
2020 57.6 54.8 60.5 65.1 62.4 68.2
2019 58.1 55.7 60.5 65.8 63.2 68.6
2018 51.9 49.2 54.7 65.5 62.9 68.4
2017 35.4 32.4 38.7 65.1 62.5 68
2016 36.7 33.8 40 64.7 62 67.7
2015 39.8 36.9 42.9 64.4 61.7 67.3
2014 45.6 42.7 48.8 64 61.3 67
2013 58.3 56.8 59.7 63.4 60.6 66.6
2012 58.2 56.9 59.5 63.4 60.9 66.2
2011 57.7 56.3 59 63.2 60.7 65.9
2010 57.5 56.4 58.5 63 60.6 65.7
2009 56.8 55.8 57.8 62.7 60.3 65.4
2008 56.3 55.3 57.2 61.3 58.6 64.2
2007 55.4 54.6 56.2 61.4 59 64.2
2006 54.7 53.9 55.3 60.4 57.7 63.4
2005 54 53.4 54.5 57.2 53.8 61.1
2004 53.1 52.5 53.5 56.8 53.2 60.8
2003 52.3 51.8 52.8 58.3 55.3 61.7
2002 49.4 48.4 50.3 59.3 56.6 62.3
2001 48.6 47.5 49.5 59.3 56.8 61.9
2000 47.6 46.5 48.5 58.9 56.7 61.4
1999 44.5 43.2 45.8 58.6 56.3 61.1
1998 19 17.6 20.7 58.3 55.7 61.2
1997 33.1 30.9 35.3 58.1 55.5 60.9
1996 32.1 29.9 34.5 57.6 55 60.6
1995 31.5 29.2 34 57.4 54.8 60.3
1994 44.9 43.1 46.5 57 54.6 59.7
1993 22.3 20.1 24.8 56.1 53.7 58.7
1992 21.9 19.9 24.3 56 53.6 58.5
1991 29.2 26.9 31.7 55.6 53 58.3
1990 28.6 26.4 31 55.5 52.6 58.7
1989 28.2 26.1 30.5 54.9 52 58.1
1988 11 10.6 11.3 55 52.1 58.1
1987 20.7 18.9 22.9 54.7 52 57.8
1986 32.8 31.2 34.5 54.6 51.9 57.5
1985 32.4 30.8 33.9 50 47.6 52.7
1984 31.8 30.3 33.2 49.8 47.5 52.4
1983 34.7 33.7 35.8 49.6 47.3 52.1
1982 38.7 38.2 39.1 54.4 52.5 56.4
1981 38.3 37.8 38.8 54.4 52.3 56.7
1980 38 37.5 38.5 54.1 52.1 56.2
1979 37.8 37.1 38.4 53.4 51.7 55.1
1978 37.6 36.8 38.3 53.3 51.8 54.9
1977 37.4 36.5 38.3 53.5 52.1 55
1976 37.1 36.2 37.9 53.3 51.9 54.9
1975 36.9 35.9 37.8 53.3 51.9 54.8
1974 36.6 35.5 37.6 53.2 51.7 54.7
1973 36.3 35.1 37.4 53 51.5 54.5
1972 31.3 28.6 34.1 52.8 51.3 54.3
1971 31 28.3 33.9 52.5 51.1 54
1970 25.6 22.3 29.7 52.3 50.9 53.8
1969 25.4 22.1 29.5 52 50.6 53.5
1968 26.1 22.9 30.1 51.8 50.4 53.2
1967 25.9 22.7 29.9 51.5 50.1 52.9
1966 25.6 22.5 29.7 51.3 49.9 52.6
1965 28.8 25.9 32.2 51 49.8 52.3
1964 32.5 30.3 34.8 50.9 49.7 52.1
1963 28.2 25.4 31.8 50.8 49.7 51.9
1962 28.5 26.5 30.7 50.4 49.6 51.2
1961 28.3 26.2 30.6 50 49.1 50.9
1960 28.1 26 30.4 49.6 48.7 50.5
1959 27.8 25.8 30.2 49.2 48.3 50.1
1958 27.6 25.5 30 48.9 48 49.7
1957 30.9 28.8 33.3 48.5 47.7 49.3
1956 31.6 29.5 34.1 48.1 47.3 48.9
1955 32 30 34.3 47.7 47 48.4
1954 31.7 29.6 34.1 47.3 46.6 48
1953 31.4 29.3 33.8 46.9 46.2 47.6
1952 31 28.9 33.4 46.5 45.8 47.2
1951 30.6 28.5 33.2 46.2 45.5 47
1950 30.2 28.1 32.7 45.8 45.1 46.6

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 50.5 years in South Sudan and 58.5 in Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11 healthy years in South Sudan and 13.3 in Sudan.

South Sudan vs 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 South Sudan and 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:
39.1 vs 43.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.1 vs 73.2 years

Median expected age of death:
72.1 vs 75.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Sudan Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 92.9% 95.3% 95.8% 97.7%
50 83.9% 89.1% 90.0% 93.9%
60 70.5% 79.4% 79.8% 87.0%
65 61.1% 71.8% 71.7% 81.0%
70 49.3% 61.2% 60.9% 71.9%
75 35.3% 47.2% 46.9% 58.9%
80 21.0% 31.1% 30.8% 42.1%
85 9.3% 15.8% 15.7% 23.8%
90 2.6% 5.6% 5.3% 9.6%
95 0.3% 1.2% 0.9% 2.4%
100 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%

Life expectancy by current age

South Sudan
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Sudan Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.7 101.6 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.9
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 100.9 100.7 100.9
98 99.8 99.6 99.9 100 99.8 100
97 98.9 98.7 99 99.1 98.9 99.2
96 98.1 97.8 98.1 98.2 98 98.3
95 97.2 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.1 97.4
94 96.3 96 96.4 96.5 96.2 96.6
93 95.5 95.1 95.6 95.6 95.4 95.8
92 94.7 94.2 94.8 94.8 94.5 95
91 93.8 93.4 94 94 93.7 94.2
90 93 92.6 93.2 93.2 92.9 93.4
89 92.2 91.8 92.4 92.4 92.1 92.7
88 91.4 91 91.6 91.7 91.3 91.9
87 90.6 90.2 90.8 90.9 90.6 91.2
86 89.9 89.4 90.1 90.2 89.9 90.5
85 89.1 88.7 89.4 89.5 89.2 89.8
84 88.4 87.9 88.6 88.8 88.5 89.1
83 87.7 87.2 87.9 88.1 87.8 88.5
82 87 86.5 87.2 87.5 87.1 87.8
81 86.3 85.8 86.6 86.8 86.5 87.2
80 85.6 85.1 85.9 86.2 85.8 86.6
79 85 84.5 85.3 85.6 85.2 86.1
78 84.4 83.8 84.7 85 84.6 85.5
77 83.8 83.2 84.2 84.5 84.1 85
76 83.2 82.6 83.6 84 83.5 84.5
75 82.6 82 83.1 83.5 83 84
74 82.1 81.5 82.6 83 82.5 83.6
73 81.6 80.9 82.1 82.5 82 83.1
72 81.1 80.4 81.6 82.1 81.5 82.7
71 80.6 79.8 81.1 81.6 81 82.3
70 80.1 79.3 80.7 81.2 80.6 82
69 79.7 78.9 80.2 80.8 80.2 81.6
68 79.2 78.4 79.8 80.5 79.8 81.3
67 78.8 77.9 79.5 80.1 79.4 81
66 78.4 77.5 79.1 79.8 79 80.7
65 78 77.1 78.7 79.4 78.6 80.4
64 77.6 76.7 78.4 79.1 78.3 80.1
63 77.3 76.3 78.1 78.8 77.9 79.8
62 76.9 75.9 77.8 78.6 77.6 79.6
61 76.6 75.5 77.5 78.3 77.3 79.4
60 76.3 75.1 77.2 78 77 79.1
59 76 74.8 76.9 77.8 76.8 78.9
58 75.7 74.5 76.7 77.6 76.5 78.8
57 75.4 74.1 76.4 77.4 76.2 78.6
56 75.1 73.8 76.2 77.1 76 78.4
55 74.8 73.5 76 76.9 75.7 78.2
54 74.5 73.2 75.7 76.7 75.5 78
53 74.3 72.9 75.5 76.5 75.2 77.9
52 74 72.6 75.3 76.3 75 77.7
51 73.8 72.3 75.1 76.1 74.8 77.5
50 73.5 72 74.8 76 74.6 77.4
49 73.3 71.7 74.6 75.8 74.4 77.3
48 73 71.4 74.4 75.6 74.2 77.1
47 72.8 71.2 74.3 75.5 74 77
46 72.6 70.9 74.1 75.3 73.8 76.9
45 72.4 70.6 73.9 75.2 73.6 76.8
44 72.1 70.4 73.7 75 73.5 76.6
43 71.9 70.1 73.5 74.9 73.3 76.5
42 71.7 69.9 73.3 74.7 73.1 76.4
41 71.5 69.6 73.1 74.6 73 76.3
40 71.2 69.4 72.9 74.5 72.8 76.2
39 71 69.1 72.7 74.3 72.6 76.1
38 70.8 68.9 72.5 74.2 72.5 76
37 70.6 68.6 72.4 74.1 72.3 75.9
36 70.4 68.4 72.2 73.9 72.2 75.8
35 70.2 68.2 72 73.8 72 75.7
34 70 67.9 71.8 73.7 71.8 75.6
33 69.8 67.7 71.7 73.6 71.7 75.5
32 69.5 67.4 71.5 73.4 71.5 75.4
31 69.3 67.2 71.3 73.3 71.4 75.3
30 69.1 67 71.1 73.2 71.2 75.2
29 68.9 66.7 71 73.1 71.1 75.1
28 68.7 66.5 70.8 72.9 70.9 75
27 68.5 66.2 70.6 72.8 70.7 74.9
26 68.3 65.9 70.4 72.7 70.6 74.8
25 68 65.7 70.3 72.5 70.4 74.8
24 67.8 65.4 70.1 72.4 70.2 74.7
23 67.6 65.1 70 72.3 70.1 74.6
22 67.4 64.9 69.8 72.2 69.9 74.5
21 67.2 64.6 69.6 72 69.7 74.4
20 67 64.4 69.5 71.9 69.6 74.3
19 66.8 64.1 69.3 71.8 69.4 74.3
18 66.6 63.9 69.2 71.7 69.3 74.2
17 66.4 63.7 69 71.6 69.1 74.1
16 66.3 63.5 68.9 71.5 69 74
15 66.1 63.4 68.8 71.4 68.9 74
14 66 63.2 68.7 71.3 68.8 73.9
13 65.8 63.1 68.5 71.3 68.8 73.9
12 65.7 62.9 68.4 71.2 68.7 73.8
11 65.5 62.8 68.3 71.1 68.6 73.8
10 65.4 62.6 68.2 71 68.5 73.7
9 65.2 62.4 68 71 68.4 73.7
8 65 62.1 67.8 70.9 68.3 73.6
7 64.7 61.8 67.6 70.7 68.1 73.5
6 64.4 61.5 67.3 70.6 67.9 73.4
5 64 61.1 67 70.4 67.7 73.3
4 63.6 60.6 66.6 70.2 67.5 73.1
3 63.1 60.1 66.1 70 67.2 72.9
2 62.5 59.5 65.5 69.7 66.9 72.7
1 61.8 58.9 64.7 69.4 66.6 72.4
0 58 55 61 66.9 63.8 70.2

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 South Sudan can expect to live to 69.1 years compared to 73.2 in Sudan, rising to 78 and 79.4 at 65, and to 85.6 and 86.2 at 80 — higher than the 58 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

South Sudan
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
South Sudan Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.06% 0.02% 0.1% 0.15% 0.06% 0.26%
99 0.1% 0.03% 0.17% 0.25% 0.11% 0.42%
98 0.17% 0.05% 0.28% 0.4% 0.19% 0.67%
97 0.27% 0.1% 0.44% 0.63% 0.32% 1.02%
96 0.43% 0.16% 0.67% 0.95% 0.51% 1.52%
95 0.64% 0.27% 1% 1.4% 0.8% 2.2%
94 0.94% 0.44% 1.44% 2% 1.2% 3.07%
93 1.35% 0.67% 2.01% 2.79% 1.76% 4.16%
92 1.87% 1% 2.73% 3.77% 2.5% 5.48%
91 2.54% 1.45% 3.62% 4.99% 3.45% 7.06%
90 3.37% 2.03% 4.7% 6.45% 4.62% 8.9%
89 4.38% 2.76% 5.98% 8.15% 6.02% 11%
88 5.58% 3.65% 7.47% 10.1% 7.64% 13.4%
87 6.96% 4.7% 9.18% 12.3% 9.47% 16%
86 8.54% 5.92% 11.1% 14.7% 11.5% 18.9%
85 10.3% 7.31% 13.2% 17.4% 13.7% 22%
84 12.3% 8.88% 15.6% 20.2% 16.2% 25.3%
83 14.4% 10.6% 18% 23.1% 18.7% 28.6%
82 16.6% 12.5% 20.6% 26.2% 21.4% 32.1%
81 18.9% 14.5% 23.3% 29.3% 24.2% 35.5%
80 21.3% 16.6% 26.1% 32.5% 27.1% 38.9%
79 23.8% 18.8% 28.8% 35.6% 29.9% 42.2%
78 26.3% 21% 31.6% 38.7% 32.8% 45.5%
77 28.8% 23.3% 34.3% 41.8% 35.7% 48.6%
76 31.3% 25.6% 36.9% 44.7% 38.5% 51.6%
75 33.7% 27.9% 39.6% 47.6% 41.2% 54.4%
74 36.2% 30.2% 42.1% 50.3% 43.9% 57.2%
73 38.5% 32.5% 44.6% 52.9% 46.4% 59.7%
72 40.8% 34.7% 46.9% 55.4% 48.9% 62.2%
71 43% 36.9% 49.2% 57.7% 51.2% 64.4%
70 45.1% 39% 51.3% 59.9% 53.5% 66.5%
69 47.1% 41% 53.3% 62% 55.6% 68.5%
68 49.1% 42.9% 55.2% 63.9% 57.6% 70.3%
67 50.9% 44.8% 57% 65.7% 59.5% 71.9%
66 52.6% 46.6% 58.7% 67.4% 61.3% 73.5%
65 54.2% 48.3% 60.2% 69% 63% 74.9%
64 55.8% 49.9% 61.7% 70.4% 64.6% 76.2%
63 57.3% 51.5% 63.1% 71.8% 66.1% 77.4%
62 58.6% 53% 64.3% 73.1% 67.5% 78.5%
61 59.9% 54.4% 65.5% 74.2% 68.8% 79.5%
60 61.1% 55.7% 66.6% 75.3% 70% 80.4%
59 62.3% 57% 67.6% 76.2% 71.2% 81.3%
58 63.3% 58.2% 68.6% 77.1% 72.2% 82%
57 64.4% 59.3% 69.5% 78% 73.2% 82.7%
56 65.3% 60.4% 70.3% 78.8% 74.1% 83.4%
55 66.3% 61.5% 71.1% 79.6% 75% 84.1%
54 67.2% 62.5% 71.9% 80.3% 75.9% 84.7%
53 68% 63.5% 72.7% 81% 76.8% 85.3%
52 68.9% 64.5% 73.4% 81.7% 77.6% 85.9%
51 69.7% 65.4% 74% 82.3% 78.3% 86.4%
50 70.4% 66.3% 74.7% 82.9% 79% 86.8%
49 71.1% 67.1% 75.3% 83.4% 79.6% 87.3%
48 71.8% 67.9% 75.8% 83.9% 80.2% 87.7%
47 72.5% 68.6% 76.4% 84.4% 80.8% 88.1%
46 73.1% 69.4% 76.9% 84.8% 81.3% 88.4%
45 73.7% 70.1% 77.4% 85.3% 81.8% 88.8%
44 74.3% 70.8% 77.9% 85.7% 82.3% 89.1%
43 74.9% 71.5% 78.4% 86.1% 82.8% 89.4%
42 75.5% 72.1% 78.9% 86.5% 83.3% 89.7%
41 76.1% 72.8% 79.4% 86.8% 83.7% 90%
40 76.6% 73.4% 79.9% 87.2% 84.1% 90.3%
39 77.1% 74% 80.3% 87.5% 84.6% 90.6%
38 77.6% 74.6% 80.8% 87.8% 84.9% 90.8%
37 78.1% 75.2% 81.2% 88.1% 85.3% 91.1%
36 78.6% 75.8% 81.6% 88.4% 85.7% 91.3%
35 79.1% 76.3% 82% 88.7% 86.1% 91.5%
34 79.6% 76.9% 82.4% 89% 86.4% 91.7%
33 80% 77.4% 82.7% 89.3% 86.8% 91.9%
32 80.5% 77.9% 83.1% 89.6% 87.1% 92.1%
31 80.9% 78.5% 83.5% 89.8% 87.5% 92.3%
30 81.4% 79% 83.8% 90.1% 87.8% 92.5%
29 81.8% 79.5% 84.2% 90.4% 88.1% 92.7%
28 82.2% 80.1% 84.5% 90.6% 88.5% 92.9%
27 82.7% 80.6% 84.9% 90.9% 88.8% 93%
26 83.1% 81.1% 85.2% 91.1% 89.1% 93.2%
25 83.5% 81.6% 85.5% 91.4% 89.4% 93.4%
24 84% 82.2% 85.8% 91.6% 89.8% 93.5%
23 84.4% 82.7% 86.1% 91.9% 90.1% 93.7%
22 84.8% 83.2% 86.4% 92.1% 90.4% 93.9%
21 85.2% 83.7% 86.7% 92.3% 90.8% 94%
20 85.6% 84.2% 87% 92.6% 91.1% 94.1%
19 85.9% 84.7% 87.2% 92.8% 91.3% 94.3%
18 86.2% 85.1% 87.5% 93% 91.6% 94.4%
17 86.5% 85.4% 87.7% 93.1% 91.8% 94.5%
16 86.8% 85.7% 87.9% 93.3% 92% 94.6%
15 87.1% 86% 88.2% 93.4% 92.2% 94.7%
14 87.3% 86.3% 88.4% 93.5% 92.3% 94.8%
13 87.5% 86.6% 88.5% 93.7% 92.5% 94.9%
12 87.8% 86.8% 88.7% 93.8% 92.6% 95%
11 88% 87.1% 88.9% 93.9% 92.8% 95%
10 88.3% 87.4% 89.1% 94% 92.9% 95.1%
9 88.6% 87.8% 89.4% 94.1% 93.1% 95.2%
8 88.9% 88.2% 89.7% 94.3% 93.3% 95.3%
7 89.3% 88.6% 90% 94.4% 93.5% 95.4%
6 89.8% 89.2% 90.4% 94.7% 93.8% 95.6%
5 90.3% 89.8% 90.9% 94.9% 94.1% 95.7%
4 91% 90.6% 91.5% 95.2% 94.4% 95.9%
3 91.8% 91.4% 92.2% 95.5% 94.8% 96.2%
2 92.7% 92.3% 93.1% 95.9% 95.3% 96.6%
1 93.8% 93.3% 94.2% 96.4% 95.8% 97%

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. 61.1% of newborns in South Sudan and 75.3% in Sudan are expected to live past 60, 45.1% and 59.9% past 70, 21.3% and 32.5% past 80, and only 3.37% and 6.45% 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

South Sudan
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
South Sudan Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 45.7% 49.1% 43.1% 41.9% 45.5% 41%
99 43.7% 47.1% 41% 39.9% 43.5% 38.8%
98 40.5% 45.5% 39.1% 38% 41.5% 36.9%
97 37.7% 43.8% 37.1% 36.1% 39.5% 34.9%
96 35.6% 41.9% 35% 34.1% 37.5% 32.8%
95 33.8% 39.8% 32.8% 32.1% 35.6% 30.6%
94 31.9% 37.5% 30.6% 30.1% 33.6% 28.4%
93 30% 35.2% 28.4% 28.1% 31.7% 26.2%
92 28.1% 33% 26.4% 26.2% 29.6% 24.2%
91 26.3% 30.8% 24.6% 24.4% 27.5% 22.4%
90 24.6% 28.6% 22.9% 22.6% 25.4% 20.7%
89 23% 26.4% 21.4% 20.9% 23.2% 19.2%
88 21.4% 24.3% 20% 19.3% 21.2% 17.8%
87 19.9% 22.4% 18.6% 17.8% 19.4% 16.5%
86 18.5% 20.6% 17.4% 16.5% 17.7% 15.2%
85 17.1% 19% 16.1% 15.2% 16.3% 14%
84 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 13.9% 14.9% 12.9%
83 14.6% 16.3% 13.7% 12.8% 13.7% 11.8%
82 13.5% 15% 12.6% 11.7% 12.6% 10.7%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.5% 10.7% 11.5% 9.68%
80 11.3% 12.7% 10.5% 9.71% 10.5% 8.74%
79 10.4% 11.7% 9.54% 8.82% 9.61% 7.88%
78 9.47% 10.7% 8.69% 8% 8.76% 7.11%
77 8.67% 9.8% 7.92% 7.27% 7.98% 6.42%
76 7.94% 9% 7.23% 6.6% 7.27% 5.81%
75 7.29% 8.28% 6.61% 5.99% 6.64% 5.26%
74 6.69% 7.61% 6.05% 5.44% 6.05% 4.77%
73 6.14% 6.99% 5.52% 4.94% 5.52% 4.31%
72 5.62% 6.41% 5.03% 4.48% 5.03% 3.89%
71 5.13% 5.87% 4.58% 4.05% 4.58% 3.51%
70 4.68% 5.37% 4.16% 3.66% 4.17% 3.16%
69 4.26% 4.91% 3.77% 3.32% 3.81% 2.84%
68 3.9% 4.5% 3.43% 3.01% 3.48% 2.56%
67 3.57% 4.14% 3.12% 2.74% 3.2% 2.31%
66 3.28% 3.83% 2.84% 2.5% 2.94% 2.1%
65 3.02% 3.54% 2.6% 2.29% 2.71% 1.9%
64 2.78% 3.28% 2.37% 2.09% 2.5% 1.72%
63 2.56% 3.04% 2.17% 1.9% 2.29% 1.56%
62 2.35% 2.81% 1.97% 1.72% 2.09% 1.4%
61 2.16% 2.59% 1.8% 1.56% 1.9% 1.26%
60 1.98% 2.39% 1.64% 1.41% 1.72% 1.13%
59 1.82% 2.21% 1.5% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
58 1.69% 2.06% 1.39% 1.17% 1.45% 0.94%
57 1.58% 1.93% 1.29% 1.09% 1.35% 0.87%
56 1.49% 1.82% 1.21% 1.03% 1.27% 0.82%
55 1.42% 1.73% 1.15% 0.98% 1.21% 0.78%
54 1.35% 1.65% 1.09% 0.93% 1.15% 0.74%
53 1.28% 1.57% 1.03% 0.88% 1.1% 0.69%
52 1.21% 1.49% 0.97% 0.82% 1.03% 0.65%
51 1.14% 1.41% 0.91% 0.76% 0.95% 0.6%
50 1.07% 1.32% 0.85% 0.69% 0.88% 0.55%
49 1% 1.24% 0.79% 0.64% 0.81% 0.5%
48 0.95% 1.17% 0.75% 0.59% 0.74% 0.46%
47 0.9% 1.11% 0.71% 0.55% 0.69% 0.43%
46 0.86% 1.06% 0.69% 0.52% 0.65% 0.41%
45 0.84% 1.02% 0.67% 0.5% 0.62% 0.39%
44 0.81% 0.99% 0.66% 0.48% 0.6% 0.38%
43 0.79% 0.96% 0.64% 0.47% 0.58% 0.37%
42 0.77% 0.92% 0.63% 0.45% 0.56% 0.35%
41 0.74% 0.89% 0.61% 0.43% 0.53% 0.33%
40 0.71% 0.85% 0.58% 0.4% 0.51% 0.31%
39 0.68% 0.82% 0.56% 0.38% 0.48% 0.29%
38 0.65% 0.79% 0.53% 0.36% 0.46% 0.27%
37 0.63% 0.76% 0.51% 0.34% 0.44% 0.25%
36 0.61% 0.74% 0.49% 0.33% 0.43% 0.24%
35 0.6% 0.73% 0.48% 0.32% 0.42% 0.23%
34 0.59% 0.71% 0.47% 0.32% 0.41% 0.22%
33 0.58% 0.7% 0.46% 0.31% 0.41% 0.22%
32 0.57% 0.69% 0.45% 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
31 0.56% 0.68% 0.44% 0.3% 0.39% 0.21%
30 0.55% 0.67% 0.43% 0.3% 0.39% 0.21%
29 0.54% 0.66% 0.42% 0.29% 0.38% 0.2%
28 0.53% 0.65% 0.41% 0.29% 0.37% 0.2%
27 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
26 0.52% 0.65% 0.38% 0.28% 0.37% 0.19%
25 0.51% 0.65% 0.37% 0.27% 0.37% 0.18%
24 0.51% 0.65% 0.36% 0.27% 0.37% 0.17%
23 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.27% 0.37% 0.17%
22 0.49% 0.63% 0.34% 0.26% 0.36% 0.16%
21 0.47% 0.61% 0.33% 0.25% 0.35% 0.16%
20 0.44% 0.57% 0.32% 0.24% 0.33% 0.15%
19 0.41% 0.52% 0.3% 0.22% 0.31% 0.14%
18 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.2% 0.28% 0.13%
17 0.35% 0.42% 0.27% 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
16 0.32% 0.37% 0.26% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
15 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
14 0.27% 0.31% 0.22% 0.13% 0.17% 0.09%
13 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
12 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
11 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.12% 0.15% 0.08%
10 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
9 0.34% 0.4% 0.27% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
8 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.16% 0.21% 0.1%
7 0.45% 0.54% 0.36% 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
6 0.53% 0.63% 0.43% 0.22% 0.29% 0.14%
5 0.62% 0.71% 0.53% 0.26% 0.33% 0.18%
4 0.73% 0.8% 0.65% 0.3% 0.38% 0.22%
3 0.85% 0.9% 0.8% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
2 0.99% 0.99% 0.98% 0.42% 0.47% 0.36%
1 1.16% 1.1% 1.22% 0.5% 0.53% 0.47%
0 6.22% 6.67% 5.75% 3.6% 4.2% 2.98%

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

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

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

The annual chance of dying is 6.22% in the birth year in South Sudan and 3.6% in Sudan, 0.55% vs 0.3% at age 30, 1.98% vs 1.41% at 60, and 11.3% vs 9.71% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Sudan vs Sudan

South Sudan
Male

Female
Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
South Sudan Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 0 0 0 6.5
99 44.4 13.7 68.6 99.1 49.5 163.3
98 69.1 24.4 107.5 152.5 80.6 246.2
97 103.4 41.7 162.1 226.5 126.7 358
96 151.7 68.7 235 325 192.5 500
95 217.2 108.2 328 449 283.5 672
94 301 163.5 440 602 404 870
93 404 237 571 783 557 1,090
92 527 331 722 988 741 1,327
91 670 447 890 1,215 949 1,579
90 831 582 1,077 1,457 1,171 1,842
89 1,007 729 1,279 1,706 1,398 2,113
88 1,193 887 1,492 1,954 1,621 2,383
87 1,386 1,052 1,712 2,195 1,836 2,644
86 1,579 1,221 1,929 2,423 2,041 2,883
85 1,767 1,392 2,135 2,630 2,234 3,090
84 1,944 1,562 2,321 2,811 2,412 3,253
83 2,103 1,725 2,478 2,959 2,569 3,365
82 2,237 1,874 2,600 3,065 2,697 3,425
81 2,342 2,003 2,685 3,131 2,793 3,435
80 2,417 2,108 2,734 3,154 2,852 3,399
79 2,465 2,188 2,750 3,141 2,878 3,328
78 2,490 2,246 2,742 3,099 2,874 3,232
77 2,497 2,284 2,714 3,034 2,846 3,120
76 2,485 2,305 2,672 2,950 2,799 2,997
75 2,459 2,311 2,615 2,850 2,734 2,865
74 2,419 2,300 2,546 2,737 2,655 2,725
73 2,364 2,272 2,461 2,613 2,562 2,576
72 2,292 2,226 2,363 2,479 2,458 2,420
71 2,207 2,164 2,252 2,338 2,346 2,259
70 2,111 2,091 2,133 2,196 2,230 2,099
69 2,011 2,013 2,011 2,056 2,115 1,944
68 1,911 1,933 1,891 1,924 2,006 1,798
67 1,815 1,855 1,777 1,801 1,902 1,664
66 1,724 1,782 1,668 1,687 1,804 1,541
65 1,636 1,710 1,565 1,578 1,709 1,425
64 1,551 1,639 1,464 1,471 1,613 1,314
63 1,465 1,565 1,366 1,365 1,513 1,206
62 1,378 1,488 1,270 1,258 1,409 1,101
61 1,292 1,409 1,178 1,155 1,305 1,002
60 1,210 1,332 1,092 1,059 1,206 912
59 1,136 1,260 1,015 974 1,118 833
58 1,072 1,197 950 905 1,045 770
57 1,018 1,145 896 850 987 721
56 976 1,102 853 809 944 683
55 939 1,066 816 776 909 653
54 906 1,033 782 745 877 624
53 872 999 748 710 841 593
52 835 961 711 669 798 556
51 795 919 672 623 747 515
50 753 875 633 575 694 473
49 713 832 596 530 641 434
48 679 794 566 492 596 402
47 651 762 543 462 559 377
46 631 737 528 441 531 360
45 616 717 519 426 510 349
44 604 700 512 414 494 340
43 593 685 506 402 479 330
42 580 667 496 388 464 317
41 564 648 483 371 446 300
40 545 628 467 353 428 281.3
39 526 608 449 334 409 261.7
38 508 590 431 318 393 243.8
37 493 575 415 304 380 229.2
36 481 563 402 293.8 370 218.1
35 473 555 392 286.9 363 210.5
34 466 549 384 282.3 358 205.4
33 461 544 377 278.8 354 201.9
32 456 538 372 275.5 350 199
31 451 533 366 271.7 344 196
30 446 527 359 267.3 339 192.5
29 440 523 352 262.8 334 188.5
28 436 522 344 258.5 330 183.9
27 432 523 335 254.9 327 178.7
26 429 527 325 252.1 327 173.3
25 427 532 316 249.9 328 167.7
24 424 536 307 247.9 330 162.3
23 420 535 298.4 245.2 330 156.9
22 412 527 290.7 240.7 326 151.5
21 398 508 283.3 233.5 317 145.7
20 379 478 275.1 222.6 302 139.3
19 354 439 265.4 208 280.3 132.1
18 327 397 253.5 190.2 253.6 123.8
17 299.3 357 239.3 170.7 224.4 114.5
16 273.6 321 224.4 151.6 196.1 105
15 251.3 290.8 210.1 134.6 171.3 96.1
14 235.1 270 198.7 121.3 152.6 88.5
13 226.8 260.1 192 112.7 141 83
12 227.9 262.8 191.3 109.2 137.1 80
11 239.4 279 198.2 111.1 141 79.7
10 262 309 213.5 118.4 152.6 82.6
9 296.8 353 238.8 131.6 172.2 89
8 344 411 275.7 150.7 199.4 99.7
7 404 480 326 175.6 232.9 115.6
6 477 558 393 206.4 271.3 138.3
5 561 641 479 243 313 170.1
4 660 727 591 286.4 356 213.6
3 776 818 733 338 402 272.2
2 915 916 915 401 450 350
1 1,086 1,027 1,147 480 505 454
0 6,215 6,667 5,754 3,597 4,196 2,975

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/south-sudan/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 South Sudan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Sudan. The median age of death is 67.5 in South Sudan and 74.1 in 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 South Sudan and 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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  2. World Health Organization (WHO) | Global Health Observatory (2021, retrieved 2026-02-08)

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