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Life Expectancy in South Sudan vs United Kingdom (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 57.9 years in South Sudan vs 81.6 in the United Kingdom. South Sudan is ranked 195/197 by life expectancy, and the United Kingdom is 35/197. In South Sudan, the life expectancy is 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females. In the United Kingdom, it's 79.7 years for males and 83.4 years for females.

South Sudan vs United Kingdom life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Sudan
Male

Female
United Kingdom
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Sudan United Kingdom
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 30.2 28.1 32.7 68.6 66.2 70.9
1951 30.6 28.5 33.2 68.2 65.7 70.7
1952 31 28.9 33.4 69.5 66.8 72.1
1953 31.4 29.3 33.8 69.8 67.1 72.4
1954 31.7 29.6 34.1 70.2 67.4 72.8
1955 32 30 34.3 70.1 67.4 72.8
1956 31.6 29.5 34.1 70.4 67.6 73.1
1957 30.9 28.8 33.3 70.5 67.6 73.3
1958 27.6 25.5 30 70.7 67.8 73.5
1959 27.8 25.8 30.2 70.8 67.9 73.6
1960 28.1 26 30.4 71 68 73.9
1961 28.3 26.2 30.6 70.8 67.8 73.7
1962 28.5 26.5 30.7 70.9 67.8 73.8
1963 28.2 25.4 31.8 70.8 67.7 73.7
1964 32.5 30.3 34.8 71.5 68.4 74.6
1965 28.8 25.9 32.2 71.5 68.4 74.6
1966 25.6 22.5 29.7 71.4 68.3 74.5
1967 25.9 22.7 29.9 72.1 68.9 75.1
1968 26.1 22.9 30.1 71.7 68.6 74.7
1969 25.4 22.1 29.5 71.7 68.5 74.8
1970 25.6 22.3 29.7 71.9 68.7 75
1971 31 28.3 33.9 72.2 69 75.3
1972 31.3 28.6 34.1 72 68.8 75.1
1973 36.3 35.1 37.4 72.2 69 75.3
1974 36.6 35.5 37.6 72.4 69.2 75.5
1975 36.9 35.9 37.8 72.7 69.5 75.7
1976 37.1 36.2 37.9 72.6 69.5 75.7
1977 37.4 36.5 38.3 73.1 70 76.1
1978 37.6 36.8 38.3 73 69.9 76.1
1979 37.8 37.1 38.4 73.2 70.1 76.2
1980 38 37.5 38.5 73.6 70.5 76.6
1981 38.3 37.8 38.8 73.9 70.9 76.9
1982 38.7 38.2 39.1 74 71 76.9
1983 34.7 33.7 35.8 74.3 71.3 77.2
1984 31.8 30.3 33.2 74.7 71.7 77.6
1985 32.4 30.8 33.9 74.5 71.6 77.4
1986 32.8 31.2 34.5 74.8 71.8 77.7
1987 20.7 18.9 22.9 75.1 72.2 78
1988 11 10.6 11.3 75.3 72.3 78.1
1989 28.2 26.1 30.5 75.4 72.6 78.1
1990 28.6 26.4 31 75.7 72.8 78.5
1991 29.2 26.9 31.7 75.9 73.1 78.6
1992 21.9 19.9 24.3 76.3 73.5 79
1993 22.3 20.1 24.8 76.2 73.4 78.8
1994 44.9 43.1 46.5 76.7 74 79.3
1995 31.5 29.2 34 76.6 73.9 79.2
1996 32.1 29.9 34.5 76.9 74.2 79.4
1997 33.1 30.9 35.3 77.1 74.6 79.6
1998 19 17.6 20.7 77.3 74.7 79.7
1999 44.5 43.2 45.8 77.4 74.9 79.8
2000 47.6 46.5 48.5 77.8 75.4 80.2
2001 48.6 47.5 49.5 78.1 75.7 80.4
2002 49.4 48.4 50.3 78.2 75.8 80.5
2003 52.3 51.8 52.8 78.3 76.1 80.5
2004 53.1 52.5 53.5 78.9 76.6 81.1
2005 54 53.4 54.5 79.1 76.9 81.2
2006 54.7 53.9 55.3 79.3 77.1 81.5
2007 55.4 54.6 56.2 79.5 77.3 81.6
2008 56.3 55.3 57.2 79.7 77.5 81.7
2009 56.8 55.8 57.8 80.2 78 82.2
2010 57.5 56.4 58.5 80.4 78.3 82.3
2011 57.7 56.3 59 80.8 78.8 82.7
2012 58.2 56.9 59.5 80.9 79 82.7
2013 58.3 56.8 59.7 80.9 79 82.8
2014 45.6 42.7 48.8 81.2 79.2 83
2015 39.8 36.9 42.9 80.9 79 82.7
2016 36.7 33.8 40 81.1 79.2 82.9
2017 35.4 32.4 38.7 81.2 79.3 83
2018 51.9 49.2 54.7 81.1 79.2 82.9
2019 58.1 55.7 60.5 81.4 79.6 83.3
2020 57.6 54.8 60.5 80.4 78.4 82.4
2021 57 54.4 59.7 80.7 78.7 82.7
2022 57.2 54.3 60.1 81.1 79.1 83
2023 57.6 54.6 60.6 81.3 79.4 83.2
2024 57.7 54.8 60.7 81.4 79.5 83.3
2025 57.9 54.9 60.9 81.6 79.7 83.4

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 50.5 years in South Sudan and 68.6 in the United Kingdom. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11 healthy years in South Sudan and 17.5 in the United Kingdom.

South Sudan vs United Kingdom 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 and the United Kingdom, 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 vs 52.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.1 vs 82.3 years

Median expected age of death:
72.0 vs 84.9 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Sudan United Kingdom
Male Female Male Female
40 92.9% 95.3% 99.0% 99.4%
50 83.8% 89.0% 96.9% 98.1%
60 70.4% 79.4% 92.4% 95.2%
65 61.0% 71.7% 88.4% 92.4%
70 49.2% 61.1% 82.4% 88.3%
75 35.3% 47.1% 73.7% 82.0%
80 20.9% 31.0% 60.7% 71.8%
85 9.2% 15.8% 43.0% 55.9%
90 2.6% 5.6% 23.0% 34.4%
95 0.3% 1.2% 7.3% 13.8%
100 0.0% 0.1% 1.1% 2.8%

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 South Sudan vs the United Kingdom: 69.1 years vs 82.3 at 30, 78 vs 85.2 at 65, 85.6 vs 89.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 57.9 vs 81.6 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 and the United Kingdom.

South Sudan
Male

Female
United Kingdom
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Sudan United Kingdom
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 57.9 54.9 60.9 81.6 79.7 83.4
1 61.7 58.8 64.6 81.9 80 83.7
2 62.4 59.4 65.4 81.9 80.1 83.7
3 63 60 66 81.9 80.1 83.7
4 63.5 60.5 66.5 81.9 80.1 83.7
5 64 61 66.9 81.9 80.1 83.8
6 64.3 61.4 67.3 81.9 80.1 83.8
7 64.7 61.7 67.5 81.9 80.1 83.8
8 64.9 62 67.8 82 80.1 83.8
9 65.1 62.3 67.9 82 80.1 83.8
10 65.3 62.5 68.1 82 80.1 83.8
11 65.5 62.7 68.2 82 80.1 83.8
12 65.6 62.9 68.4 82 80.1 83.8
13 65.8 63 68.5 82 80.1 83.8
14 65.9 63.2 68.6 82 80.1 83.8
15 66.1 63.3 68.7 82 80.1 83.8
16 66.2 63.5 68.9 82 80.1 83.8
17 66.4 63.7 69 82 80.2 83.8
18 66.5 63.9 69.1 82 80.2 83.8
19 66.7 64.1 69.3 82 80.2 83.8
20 66.9 64.3 69.4 82.1 80.2 83.9
21 67.1 64.6 69.6 82.1 80.3 83.9
22 67.3 64.8 69.8 82.1 80.3 83.9
23 67.6 65.1 69.9 82.1 80.3 83.9
24 67.8 65.4 70.1 82.1 80.3 83.9
25 68 65.6 70.2 82.2 80.4 83.9
26 68.2 65.9 70.4 82.2 80.4 83.9
27 68.4 66.2 70.6 82.2 80.4 83.9
28 68.7 66.4 70.7 82.2 80.5 84
29 68.9 66.7 70.9 82.3 80.5 84
30 69.1 66.9 71.1 82.3 80.5 84
31 69.3 67.2 71.3 82.3 80.6 84
32 69.5 67.4 71.4 82.3 80.6 84
33 69.7 67.7 71.6 82.4 80.6 84.1
34 69.9 67.9 71.8 82.4 80.7 84.1
35 70.1 68.1 72 82.4 80.7 84.1
36 70.4 68.4 72.2 82.5 80.8 84.1
37 70.6 68.6 72.3 82.5 80.8 84.2
38 70.8 68.9 72.5 82.6 80.9 84.2
39 71 69.1 72.7 82.6 80.9 84.2
40 71.2 69.3 72.9 82.7 81 84.3
41 71.4 69.6 73.1 82.7 81.1 84.3
42 71.6 69.9 73.3 82.8 81.1 84.3
43 71.9 70.1 73.5 82.8 81.2 84.4
44 72.1 70.4 73.7 82.9 81.3 84.4
45 72.3 70.6 73.8 82.9 81.3 84.5
46 72.6 70.9 74 83 81.4 84.5
47 72.8 71.2 74.2 83.1 81.5 84.6
48 73 71.4 74.4 83.2 81.6 84.7
49 73.3 71.7 74.6 83.2 81.7 84.7
50 73.5 72 74.8 83.3 81.8 84.8
51 73.7 72.3 75 83.4 81.9 84.9
52 74 72.6 75.2 83.5 82 84.9
53 74.3 72.9 75.5 83.6 82.1 85
54 74.5 73.2 75.7 83.7 82.2 85.1
55 74.8 73.5 75.9 83.8 82.3 85.2
56 75.1 73.8 76.2 83.9 82.4 85.3
57 75.4 74.1 76.4 84 82.6 85.4
58 75.7 74.5 76.7 84.1 82.7 85.5
59 76 74.8 76.9 84.3 82.9 85.6
60 76.3 75.1 77.2 84.4 83 85.7
61 76.6 75.5 77.5 84.5 83.2 85.8
62 76.9 75.9 77.8 84.7 83.4 85.9
63 77.3 76.3 78.1 84.9 83.6 86.1
64 77.6 76.7 78.4 85 83.8 86.2
65 78 77.1 78.7 85.2 84 86.4
66 78.4 77.5 79.1 85.4 84.2 86.5
67 78.8 77.9 79.5 85.6 84.4 86.7
68 79.2 78.4 79.8 85.8 84.6 86.9
69 79.6 78.9 80.2 86 84.9 87.1
70 80.1 79.3 80.7 86.2 85.1 87.2
71 80.6 79.8 81.1 86.5 85.4 87.4
72 81.1 80.4 81.6 86.7 85.7 87.7
73 81.6 80.9 82 87 86 87.9
74 82.1 81.5 82.5 87.3 86.3 88.1
75 82.6 82 83.1 87.6 86.6 88.4
76 83.2 82.6 83.6 87.9 87 88.6
77 83.8 83.2 84.2 88.2 87.3 88.9
78 84.4 83.8 84.7 88.5 87.7 89.2
79 85 84.5 85.3 88.9 88.1 89.6
80 85.6 85.1 85.9 89.3 88.5 89.9
81 86.3 85.8 86.6 89.7 89 90.3
82 87 86.5 87.2 90.1 89.4 90.6
83 87.7 87.2 87.9 90.6 89.9 91
84 88.4 87.9 88.6 91 90.4 91.5
85 89.1 88.7 89.4 91.5 91 91.9
86 89.9 89.4 90.1 92.1 91.5 92.4
87 90.6 90.2 90.8 92.6 92.1 92.9
88 91.4 91 91.6 93.2 92.7 93.5
89 92.2 91.8 92.4 93.8 93.3 94.1
90 93 92.6 93.2 94.4 94 94.7
91 93.8 93.4 94 95.1 94.7 95.3
92 94.7 94.2 94.8 95.8 95.4 96
93 95.5 95.1 95.6 96.5 96.2 96.7
94 96.3 96 96.4 97.2 96.9 97.4
95 97.2 96.9 97.3 98 97.7 98.1
96 98 97.8 98.1 98.8 98.5 98.9
97 98.9 98.7 99 99.6 99.3 99.7
98 99.8 99.6 99.9 100.4 100.2 100.5
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 101.2 101 101.3
100 101.7 101.6 101.8 102.1 101.9 102.1

Odds of living to age in South Sudan vs United Kingdom

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 61% in South Sudan and 92.9% in the United Kingdom are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 45% and 84.6% will live to 70 years or older, 21.3% and 65.6% to 80+ years, and 3.36% and 28.5% 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.

South Sudan
Male

Female
United Kingdom
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Sudan United Kingdom
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.7% 93.3% 94.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
2 92.6% 92.3% 93% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
3 91.7% 91.3% 92.1% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
4 90.9% 90.5% 91.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
5 90.3% 89.8% 90.8% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
6 89.7% 89.1% 90.3% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
7 89.2% 88.6% 89.9% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
8 88.8% 88.1% 89.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
9 88.5% 87.7% 89.3% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
10 88.2% 87.3% 89% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
11 87.9% 87% 88.8% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
12 87.7% 86.7% 88.6% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
13 87.4% 86.4% 88.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
14 87.2% 86.2% 88.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
15 87% 85.9% 88% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
16 86.7% 85.6% 87.8% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
17 86.4% 85.3% 87.6% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
18 86.1% 84.9% 87.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
19 85.8% 84.5% 87.1% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
20 85.4% 84.1% 86.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
21 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
22 84.7% 83.1% 86.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
23 84.2% 82.6% 86% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
24 83.8% 82% 85.7% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
25 83.4% 81.5% 85.4% 99.2% 99.1% 99.4%
26 83% 81% 85.1% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
27 82.5% 80.4% 84.7% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
28 82.1% 79.9% 84.4% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
29 81.7% 79.4% 84% 99.1% 98.8% 99.3%
30 81.2% 78.9% 83.7% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
31 80.8% 78.3% 83.3% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
32 80.3% 77.8% 83% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
33 79.9% 77.3% 82.6% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
34 79.4% 76.7% 82.2% 98.8% 98.4% 99.1%
35 78.9% 76.2% 81.8% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
36 78.5% 75.6% 81.4% 98.6% 98.3% 99%
37 78% 75% 81% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
38 77.5% 74.5% 80.6% 98.4% 98% 98.8%
39 77% 73.9% 80.2% 98.3% 97.9% 98.8%
40 76.5% 73.3% 79.7% 98.2% 97.8% 98.7%
41 75.9% 72.6% 79.3% 98.1% 97.6% 98.6%
42 75.3% 72% 78.8% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
43 74.8% 71.3% 78.3% 97.8% 97.3% 98.4%
44 74.2% 70.6% 77.8% 97.7% 97.1% 98.3%
45 73.6% 69.9% 77.3% 97.5% 96.9% 98.2%
46 72.9% 69.2% 76.7% 97.4% 96.7% 98%
47 72.3% 68.5% 76.2% 97.2% 96.5% 97.9%
48 71.7% 67.7% 75.7% 97% 96.2% 97.7%
49 71% 66.9% 75.1% 96.8% 96% 97.6%
50 70.3% 66.1% 74.5% 96.5% 95.7% 97.4%
51 69.5% 65.2% 73.9% 96.3% 95.4% 97.2%
52 68.7% 64.3% 73.2% 96% 95% 97%
53 67.9% 63.3% 72.5% 95.7% 94.7% 96.7%
54 67% 62.3% 71.7% 95.4% 94.3% 96.5%
55 66.1% 61.3% 70.9% 95.1% 93.9% 96.2%
56 65.2% 60.2% 70.1% 94.7% 93.5% 95.9%
57 64.2% 59.1% 69.3% 94.3% 93% 95.6%
58 63.2% 58% 68.4% 93.9% 92.5% 95.2%
59 62.1% 56.8% 67.4% 93.4% 91.9% 94.9%
60 61% 55.5% 66.4% 92.9% 91.3% 94.4%
61 59.7% 54.2% 65.3% 92.3% 90.6% 94%
62 58.5% 52.8% 64.1% 91.7% 89.9% 93.5%
63 57.1% 51.3% 62.9% 91% 89.1% 92.9%
64 55.6% 49.7% 61.5% 90.3% 88.2% 92.4%
65 54.1% 48.1% 60% 89.5% 87.3% 91.7%
66 52.4% 46.4% 58.5% 88.7% 86.3% 91%
67 50.7% 44.6% 56.8% 87.8% 85.2% 90.3%
68 48.9% 42.8% 55% 86.8% 84% 89.5%
69 47% 40.8% 53.1% 85.7% 82.8% 88.6%
70 45% 38.8% 51.1% 84.6% 81.4% 87.7%
71 42.9% 36.7% 49% 83.3% 80% 86.6%
72 40.7% 34.6% 46.8% 82% 78.4% 85.5%
73 38.4% 32.4% 44.4% 80.5% 76.7% 84.3%
74 36% 30.1% 41.9% 78.9% 74.8% 82.9%
75 33.6% 27.8% 39.4% 77.1% 72.8% 81.4%
76 31.2% 25.5% 36.8% 75.2% 70.5% 79.7%
77 28.7% 23.2% 34.1% 73% 68.1% 77.8%
78 26.2% 20.9% 31.4% 70.8% 65.6% 75.8%
79 23.7% 18.7% 28.7% 68.3% 62.9% 73.6%
80 21.3% 16.5% 26% 65.6% 59.9% 71.2%
81 18.9% 14.4% 23.2% 62.7% 56.8% 68.6%
82 16.5% 12.4% 20.6% 59.7% 53.5% 65.7%
83 14.3% 10.6% 18% 56.4% 50% 62.6%
84 12.2% 8.84% 15.5% 52.8% 46.3% 59.2%
85 10.3% 7.28% 13.2% 49.1% 42.5% 55.5%
86 8.5% 5.9% 11.1% 45.1% 38.6% 51.6%
87 6.93% 4.68% 9.14% 41.1% 34.6% 47.5%
88 5.55% 3.63% 7.43% 36.9% 30.6% 43.1%
89 4.36% 2.75% 5.95% 32.7% 26.6% 38.7%
90 3.36% 2.02% 4.68% 28.5% 22.7% 34.2%
91 2.53% 1.45% 3.6% 24.4% 19% 29.6%
92 1.87% 1% 2.72% 20.4% 15.5% 25.2%
93 1.34% 0.67% 2% 16.8% 12.3% 21%
94 0.94% 0.43% 1.43% 13.4% 9.58% 17.2%
95 0.64% 0.27% 0.99% 10.5% 7.23% 13.7%
96 0.43% 0.16% 0.67% 7.99% 5.29% 10.6%
97 0.28% 0.09% 0.43% 5.9% 3.75% 7.93%
98 0.17% 0.05% 0.27% 4.22% 2.58% 5.77%
99 0.1% 0.03% 0.17% 2.92% 1.71% 4.06%
100 0.05% 0.02% 0.1% 1.96% 1.09% 2.76%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.27% in the birth year in South Sudan and 0.35% in the United Kingdom, 0.55% vs 0.05% at age 30, 1.98% vs 0.6% at 60, and 11.3% vs 4.37% at 80.

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

South Sudan
Male

Female
United Kingdom
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Sudan United Kingdom
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.27% 6.72% 5.81% 0.35% 0.39% 0.31%
1 1.17% 1.11% 1.23% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
2 1% 1% 0.99% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
3 0.86% 0.9% 0.8% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
4 0.73% 0.81% 0.65% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
5 0.63% 0.72% 0.53% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
6 0.54% 0.63% 0.44% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
7 0.46% 0.55% 0.37% 0.007% 0.007% 0.006%
8 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
9 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
10 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.006% 0.007% 0.006%
11 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
12 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.008% 0.009% 0.006%
13 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
14 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
15 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
16 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
17 0.35% 0.42% 0.27% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
18 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
19 0.42% 0.52% 0.31% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
20 0.45% 0.57% 0.32% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
21 0.47% 0.61% 0.33% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
22 0.49% 0.64% 0.34% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
23 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
24 0.51% 0.66% 0.36% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
25 0.51% 0.66% 0.37% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
26 0.52% 0.65% 0.38% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
27 0.53% 0.65% 0.4% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
28 0.53% 0.66% 0.41% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
29 0.54% 0.66% 0.42% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
30 0.55% 0.67% 0.43% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
31 0.56% 0.68% 0.44% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
32 0.57% 0.69% 0.45% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
33 0.58% 0.71% 0.46% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
34 0.59% 0.72% 0.47% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
35 0.6% 0.73% 0.48% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
36 0.61% 0.75% 0.5% 0.09% 0.11% 0.06%
37 0.63% 0.77% 0.51% 0.09% 0.12% 0.07%
38 0.66% 0.79% 0.54% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
39 0.69% 0.82% 0.56% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
40 0.72% 0.86% 0.59% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
41 0.75% 0.89% 0.61% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
42 0.77% 0.93% 0.63% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
43 0.8% 0.96% 0.65% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
44 0.82% 0.99% 0.66% 0.16% 0.21% 0.13%
45 0.84% 1.03% 0.67% 0.18% 0.22% 0.14%
46 0.87% 1.07% 0.69% 0.19% 0.24% 0.15%
47 0.9% 1.11% 0.71% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
48 0.95% 1.17% 0.75% 0.22% 0.28% 0.17%
49 1.01% 1.25% 0.8% 0.24% 0.3% 0.19%
50 1.07% 1.33% 0.85% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
51 1.14% 1.41% 0.91% 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
52 1.22% 1.5% 0.97% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
53 1.29% 1.58% 1.03% 0.32% 0.39% 0.26%
54 1.35% 1.66% 1.09% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
55 1.42% 1.74% 1.15% 0.38% 0.47% 0.31%
56 1.5% 1.83% 1.22% 0.42% 0.51% 0.34%
57 1.59% 1.93% 1.29% 0.46% 0.56% 0.37%
58 1.7% 2.06% 1.39% 0.5% 0.61% 0.4%
59 1.83% 2.22% 1.51% 0.55% 0.67% 0.44%
60 1.98% 2.4% 1.64% 0.6% 0.74% 0.48%
61 2.16% 2.6% 1.8% 0.66% 0.81% 0.53%
62 2.36% 2.81% 1.98% 0.73% 0.89% 0.58%
63 2.56% 3.05% 2.17% 0.8% 0.97% 0.64%
64 2.79% 3.29% 2.38% 0.87% 1.06% 0.69%
65 3.02% 3.55% 2.6% 0.94% 1.16% 0.75%
66 3.28% 3.83% 2.85% 1.03% 1.26% 0.81%
67 3.57% 4.15% 3.12% 1.12% 1.37% 0.89%
68 3.9% 4.51% 3.43% 1.22% 1.5% 0.97%
69 4.27% 4.92% 3.78% 1.34% 1.63% 1.07%
70 4.68% 5.37% 4.17% 1.47% 1.79% 1.18%
71 5.14% 5.87% 4.59% 1.62% 1.97% 1.31%
72 5.62% 6.42% 5.04% 1.8% 2.18% 1.46%
73 6.14% 7% 5.53% 2.01% 2.43% 1.64%
74 6.69% 7.62% 6.06% 2.26% 2.73% 1.83%
75 7.3% 8.28% 6.62% 2.53% 3.06% 2.05%
76 7.95% 9.01% 7.24% 2.81% 3.38% 2.31%
77 8.67% 9.8% 7.93% 3.14% 3.74% 2.59%
78 9.47% 10.7% 8.7% 3.5% 4.17% 2.91%
79 10.4% 11.7% 9.55% 3.91% 4.65% 3.28%
80 11.3% 12.7% 10.5% 4.37% 5.21% 3.7%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.5% 4.92% 5.83% 4.19%
82 13.5% 15% 12.6% 5.53% 6.52% 4.76%
83 14.7% 16.3% 13.7% 6.26% 7.35% 5.43%
84 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 7.1% 8.27% 6.2%
85 17.2% 19% 16.1% 8.02% 9.28% 7.06%
86 18.5% 20.6% 17.4% 9.02% 10.4% 8.02%
87 19.9% 22.4% 18.6% 10.2% 11.6% 9.12%
88 21.4% 24.3% 20% 11.4% 13% 10.3%
89 23% 26.4% 21.4% 12.9% 14.6% 11.7%
90 24.6% 28.6% 22.9% 14.5% 16.4% 13.2%
91 26.3% 30.8% 24.6% 16.2% 18.3% 14.9%
92 28% 33% 26.4% 18% 20.3% 16.6%
93 29.8% 35.2% 28.4% 19.8% 22.4% 18.4%
94 31.7% 37.5% 30.6% 21.8% 24.5% 20.4%
95 33.5% 39.8% 32.8% 24% 26.8% 22.6%
96 35.7% 41.9% 35% 26.2% 29.1% 24.9%
97 38.7% 43.8% 37.1% 28.4% 31.4% 27.2%
98 42.1% 45.5% 39.1% 30.7% 33.8% 29.6%
99 44.2% 47.1% 41% 33.1% 36.2% 32.1%
100 47.2% 49.1% 43.1% 35.3% 38.5% 34.4%

Death rate by age in South Sudan compared to the United Kingdom

In South Sudan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 88 in the United Kingdom. The median age of death is 67.4 in South Sudan and 84.8 in the United Kingdom — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Sudan
Male

Female
United Kingdom
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Sudan United Kingdom
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,268 6,715 5,811 354 390 315
1 1,094 1,033 1,158 30.3 32.1 28.5
2 924 923 924 10.8 11.4 10
3 784 826 741 8.94 9.71 8.14
4 667 735 598 8.15 8.9 7.37
5 568 647 485 7.4 8.02 6.73
6 482 564 397 7.01 7.56 6.42
7 409 485 330 6.53 6.98 6.06
8 348 415 278.6 5.74 6.05 5.42
9 299.8 356 241.3 5.48 5.82 5.13
10 264.5 312 215.6 6.23 6.93 5.49
11 241.6 281.4 199.9 6.97 8.22 5.65
12 229.7 264.9 192.9 7.7 9.26 6.05
13 228.5 262 193.4 8.96 10.3 7.58
14 236.7 271.8 200.1 10.9 12 9.75
15 253 292.7 211.5 13.4 15.4 11.3
16 275.3 323 225.8 17.1 21.1 12.9
17 301 359 240.8 22.5 28.9 15.8
18 329 400 254.9 28.4 37.5 18.8
19 356 442 266.8 31.6 43.3 19.3
20 381 480 276.5 33.1 46.5 19
21 400 511 284.6 34.5 48.4 19.9
22 414 530 292 35 48.8 20.4
23 422 538 299.8 35.6 49.8 20.7
24 426 538 308 37.8 52.9 21.7
25 429 535 317 40.4 56.4 23.3
26 431 529 327 42.1 57.8 25.3
27 434 526 336 44 59.5 27.6
28 438 524 345 47.4 63.9 29.9
29 442 526 353 51.2 69.1 32.3
30 447 529 361 54.4 72.7 35.1
31 452 535 367 58.4 77.1 38.9
32 457 540 373 64.1 83.9 43.6
33 462 546 379 68.3 88.5 47.4
34 467 551 385 72.4 92.9 51.2
35 474 557 393 79.1 100.8 56.9
36 482 565 403 86.7 110 63.4
37 494 576 417 92.1 116.3 68.5
38 510 591 433 97.6 122.2 73.2
39 528 609 451 105.4 131.7 79.2
40 547 629 469 115 144.2 86.2
41 566 650 485 125.4 158 93.2
42 582 669 498 136.2 171.9 100.8
43 595 686 507 148 186.2 110.5
44 606 702 514 161 199.8 122.9
45 618 718 520 174.7 213.6 136.1
46 632 738 529 188.6 229.6 147.5
47 653 763 545 202.5 247.5 157.4
48 680 795 567 217.2 266.7 167.9
49 715 833 598 233.8 286.9 180.7
50 754 876 634 253.4 308 198.1
51 796 920 673 274.4 330 217.5
52 836 961 713 292.6 348 234.6
53 873 999 749 310 370 251.7
54 907 1,033 784 333 400 271.7
55 940 1,066 817 366 439 296
56 976 1,102 853 400 481 323
57 1,019 1,144 897 433 521 352
58 1,071 1,196 950 470 562 383
59 1,135 1,259 1,015 512 613 417
60 1,210 1,330 1,092 561 671 455
61 1,292 1,407 1,178 614 734 501
62 1,377 1,486 1,270 669 798 547
63 1,463 1,563 1,366 727 868 591
64 1,549 1,636 1,464 785 939 634
65 1,635 1,707 1,564 845 1,010 685
66 1,722 1,778 1,667 913 1,089 742
67 1,812 1,851 1,775 984 1,171 803
68 1,908 1,928 1,890 1,062 1,258 872
69 2,007 2,008 2,009 1,146 1,351 948
70 2,107 2,086 2,130 1,240 1,455 1,033
71 2,202 2,158 2,248 1,349 1,575 1,133
72 2,287 2,219 2,359 1,473 1,709 1,249
73 2,357 2,264 2,457 1,618 1,866 1,382
74 2,412 2,292 2,540 1,780 2,044 1,519
75 2,452 2,303 2,609 1,949 2,224 1,669
76 2,478 2,297 2,665 2,115 2,382 1,837
77 2,486 2,275 2,706 2,292 2,551 2,018
78 2,480 2,237 2,734 2,475 2,732 2,206
79 2,456 2,179 2,741 2,668 2,926 2,412
80 2,409 2,099 2,724 2,870 3,123 2,636
81 2,334 1,995 2,675 3,085 3,311 2,876
82 2,229 1,866 2,590 3,299 3,490 3,126
83 2,095 1,717 2,468 3,527 3,675 3,398
84 1,936 1,555 2,311 3,749 3,835 3,667
85 1,760 1,386 2,126 3,936 3,943 3,919
86 1,572 1,215 1,920 4,073 3,993 4,136
87 1,379 1,047 1,704 4,172 4,008 4,327
88 1,187 883 1,485 4,218 3,981 4,455
89 1,001 726 1,272 4,203 3,891 4,514
90 826 579 1,071 4,117 3,725 4,512
91 666 446 886 3,944 3,477 4,415
92 523 330 718 3,665 3,143 4,188
93 401 236 568 3,321 2,762 3,879
94 298.6 162.8 438 2,931 2,353 3,510
95 216 107.8 326 2,515 1,938 3,090
96 153 68.4 233.8 2,089 1,538 2,630
97 106.6 41.5 161.3 1,676 1,178 2,161
98 71.1 24.3 106.9 1,298 871 1,710
99 43.2 13.7 68.3 968 617 1,302
100 0 0 0 543 235.9 830

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 South Sudan and the United Kingdom 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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