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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58 years in South Sudan vs 81.7 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 55 years for males and 61 years for females. In the United Kingdom, it's 79.9 years for males and 83.6 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
2026 58 55 61 81.7 79.9 83.6

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 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
39.1 vs 52.4 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.1 vs 82.4 years

Median expected age of death:
72.1 vs 85.0 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 83.9% 89.1% 96.9% 98.1%
60 70.5% 79.4% 92.5% 95.2%
65 61.1% 71.8% 88.6% 92.5%
70 49.3% 61.2% 82.7% 88.5%
75 35.3% 47.2% 74.1% 82.2%
80 21.0% 31.1% 61.3% 72.1%
85 9.3% 15.8% 43.7% 56.4%
90 2.6% 5.6% 23.5% 34.9%
95 0.3% 1.2% 7.6% 14.0%
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 82.4 at 30, 78 vs 85.3 at 65, 85.6 vs 89.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 58 vs 81.7 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 58 55 61 81.7 79.9 83.6
1 61.8 58.9 64.7 82 80.2 83.8
2 62.5 59.5 65.5 82.1 80.2 83.9
3 63.1 60.1 66.1 82.1 80.2 83.9
4 63.6 60.6 66.6 82.1 80.2 83.9
5 64 61.1 67 82.1 80.2 83.9
6 64.4 61.5 67.3 82.1 80.2 83.9
7 64.7 61.8 67.6 82.1 80.3 83.9
8 65 62.1 67.8 82.1 80.3 83.9
9 65.2 62.4 68 82.1 80.3 83.9
10 65.4 62.6 68.2 82.1 80.3 83.9
11 65.5 62.8 68.3 82.1 80.3 83.9
12 65.7 62.9 68.4 82.1 80.3 83.9
13 65.8 63.1 68.5 82.1 80.3 83.9
14 66 63.2 68.7 82.1 80.3 83.9
15 66.1 63.4 68.8 82.1 80.3 83.9
16 66.3 63.5 68.9 82.1 80.3 83.9
17 66.4 63.7 69 82.1 80.3 83.9
18 66.6 63.9 69.2 82.2 80.3 83.9
19 66.8 64.1 69.3 82.2 80.4 84
20 67 64.4 69.5 82.2 80.4 84
21 67.2 64.6 69.6 82.2 80.4 84
22 67.4 64.9 69.8 82.2 80.4 84
23 67.6 65.1 70 82.3 80.5 84
24 67.8 65.4 70.1 82.3 80.5 84
25 68 65.7 70.3 82.3 80.5 84
26 68.3 65.9 70.4 82.3 80.6 84
27 68.5 66.2 70.6 82.3 80.6 84.1
28 68.7 66.5 70.8 82.4 80.6 84.1
29 68.9 66.7 71 82.4 80.7 84.1
30 69.1 67 71.1 82.4 80.7 84.1
31 69.3 67.2 71.3 82.5 80.7 84.1
32 69.5 67.4 71.5 82.5 80.8 84.1
33 69.8 67.7 71.7 82.5 80.8 84.2
34 70 67.9 71.8 82.6 80.8 84.2
35 70.2 68.2 72 82.6 80.9 84.2
36 70.4 68.4 72.2 82.6 80.9 84.2
37 70.6 68.6 72.4 82.7 81 84.3
38 70.8 68.9 72.5 82.7 81 84.3
39 71 69.1 72.7 82.7 81.1 84.3
40 71.2 69.4 72.9 82.8 81.1 84.4
41 71.5 69.6 73.1 82.8 81.2 84.4
42 71.7 69.9 73.3 82.9 81.3 84.5
43 71.9 70.1 73.5 83 81.3 84.5
44 72.1 70.4 73.7 83 81.4 84.5
45 72.4 70.6 73.9 83.1 81.5 84.6
46 72.6 70.9 74.1 83.1 81.6 84.6
47 72.8 71.2 74.3 83.2 81.6 84.7
48 73 71.4 74.4 83.3 81.7 84.8
49 73.3 71.7 74.6 83.4 81.8 84.8
50 73.5 72 74.8 83.4 81.9 84.9
51 73.8 72.3 75.1 83.5 82 85
52 74 72.6 75.3 83.6 82.1 85
53 74.3 72.9 75.5 83.7 82.2 85.1
54 74.5 73.2 75.7 83.8 82.3 85.2
55 74.8 73.5 76 83.9 82.5 85.3
56 75.1 73.8 76.2 84 82.6 85.4
57 75.4 74.1 76.4 84.1 82.7 85.5
58 75.7 74.5 76.7 84.3 82.9 85.6
59 76 74.8 76.9 84.4 83 85.7
60 76.3 75.1 77.2 84.5 83.2 85.8
61 76.6 75.5 77.5 84.7 83.3 85.9
62 76.9 75.9 77.8 84.8 83.5 86
63 77.3 76.3 78.1 85 83.7 86.2
64 77.6 76.7 78.4 85.1 83.9 86.3
65 78 77.1 78.7 85.3 84.1 86.5
66 78.4 77.5 79.1 85.5 84.3 86.6
67 78.8 77.9 79.5 85.7 84.5 86.8
68 79.2 78.4 79.8 85.9 84.7 87
69 79.7 78.9 80.2 86.1 85 87.1
70 80.1 79.3 80.7 86.3 85.2 87.3
71 80.6 79.8 81.1 86.6 85.5 87.5
72 81.1 80.4 81.6 86.8 85.8 87.7
73 81.6 80.9 82.1 87.1 86.1 87.9
74 82.1 81.5 82.6 87.3 86.4 88.2
75 82.6 82 83.1 87.6 86.7 88.4
76 83.2 82.6 83.6 87.9 87 88.7
77 83.8 83.2 84.2 88.3 87.4 89
78 84.4 83.8 84.7 88.6 87.8 89.3
79 85 84.5 85.3 89 88.2 89.6
80 85.6 85.1 85.9 89.3 88.6 89.9
81 86.3 85.8 86.6 89.7 89 90.3
82 87 86.5 87.2 90.2 89.5 90.7
83 87.7 87.2 87.9 90.6 90 91.1
84 88.4 87.9 88.6 91.1 90.5 91.5
85 89.1 88.7 89.4 91.6 91 92
86 89.9 89.4 90.1 92.1 91.6 92.5
87 90.6 90.2 90.8 92.6 92.1 93
88 91.4 91 91.6 93.2 92.7 93.5
89 92.2 91.8 92.4 93.8 93.4 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 98.1 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, 61.1% in South Sudan and 93% in the United Kingdom are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 45.1% and 84.8% will live to 70 years or older, 21.3% and 66.1% to 80+ years, and 3.37% and 29% 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 93.8% 93.3% 94.2% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
2 92.7% 92.3% 93.1% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
3 91.8% 91.4% 92.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
4 91% 90.6% 91.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
5 90.3% 89.8% 90.9% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
6 89.8% 89.2% 90.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
7 89.3% 88.6% 90% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
8 88.9% 88.2% 89.7% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
9 88.6% 87.8% 89.4% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
10 88.3% 87.4% 89.1% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
11 88% 87.1% 88.9% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
12 87.8% 86.8% 88.7% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
13 87.5% 86.6% 88.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
14 87.3% 86.3% 88.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
15 87.1% 86% 88.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
16 86.8% 85.7% 87.9% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
17 86.5% 85.4% 87.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
18 86.2% 85.1% 87.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
19 85.9% 84.7% 87.2% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
20 85.6% 84.2% 87% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
21 85.2% 83.7% 86.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
22 84.8% 83.2% 86.4% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
23 84.4% 82.7% 86.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
24 84% 82.2% 85.8% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
25 83.5% 81.6% 85.5% 99.2% 99.1% 99.4%
26 83.1% 81.1% 85.2% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
27 82.7% 80.6% 84.9% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
28 82.2% 80.1% 84.5% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
29 81.8% 79.5% 84.2% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
30 81.4% 79% 83.8% 99% 98.8% 99.3%
31 80.9% 78.5% 83.5% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
32 80.5% 77.9% 83.1% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
33 80% 77.4% 82.7% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
34 79.6% 76.9% 82.4% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
35 79.1% 76.3% 82% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
36 78.6% 75.8% 81.6% 98.6% 98.3% 99%
37 78.1% 75.2% 81.2% 98.5% 98.2% 98.9%
38 77.6% 74.6% 80.8% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
39 77.1% 74% 80.3% 98.4% 97.9% 98.8%
40 76.6% 73.4% 79.9% 98.3% 97.8% 98.7%
41 76.1% 72.8% 79.4% 98.1% 97.7% 98.6%
42 75.5% 72.1% 78.9% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
43 74.9% 71.5% 78.4% 97.9% 97.3% 98.4%
44 74.3% 70.8% 77.9% 97.7% 97.2% 98.3%
45 73.7% 70.1% 77.4% 97.6% 97% 98.2%
46 73.1% 69.4% 76.9% 97.4% 96.7% 98.1%
47 72.5% 68.6% 76.4% 97.2% 96.5% 97.9%
48 71.8% 67.9% 75.8% 97% 96.3% 97.8%
49 71.1% 67.1% 75.3% 96.8% 96% 97.6%
50 70.4% 66.3% 74.7% 96.6% 95.7% 97.4%
51 69.7% 65.4% 74% 96.3% 95.4% 97.2%
52 68.9% 64.5% 73.4% 96% 95.1% 97%
53 68% 63.5% 72.7% 95.8% 94.8% 96.8%
54 67.2% 62.5% 71.9% 95.5% 94.4% 96.5%
55 66.3% 61.5% 71.1% 95.1% 94% 96.3%
56 65.3% 60.4% 70.3% 94.8% 93.6% 96%
57 64.4% 59.3% 69.5% 94.4% 93.1% 95.7%
58 63.3% 58.2% 68.6% 93.9% 92.6% 95.3%
59 62.3% 57% 67.6% 93.5% 92% 94.9%
60 61.1% 55.7% 66.6% 93% 91.4% 94.5%
61 59.9% 54.4% 65.5% 92.4% 90.8% 94.1%
62 58.6% 53% 64.3% 91.8% 90.1% 93.6%
63 57.3% 51.5% 63.1% 91.2% 89.3% 93%
64 55.8% 49.9% 61.7% 90.5% 88.4% 92.5%
65 54.2% 48.3% 60.2% 89.7% 87.5% 91.8%
66 52.6% 46.6% 58.7% 88.8% 86.5% 91.2%
67 50.9% 44.8% 57% 88% 85.4% 90.4%
68 49.1% 42.9% 55.2% 87% 84.3% 89.6%
69 47.1% 41% 53.3% 85.9% 83% 88.8%
70 45.1% 39% 51.3% 84.8% 81.7% 87.8%
71 43% 36.9% 49.2% 83.6% 80.3% 86.8%
72 40.8% 34.7% 46.9% 82.3% 78.7% 85.7%
73 38.5% 32.5% 44.6% 80.8% 77% 84.5%
74 36.2% 30.2% 42.1% 79.2% 75.2% 83.1%
75 33.7% 27.9% 39.6% 77.5% 73.2% 81.6%
76 31.3% 25.6% 36.9% 75.5% 71% 80%
77 28.8% 23.3% 34.3% 73.5% 68.6% 78.1%
78 26.3% 21% 31.6% 71.2% 66.1% 76.1%
79 23.8% 18.8% 28.8% 68.7% 63.4% 74%
80 21.3% 16.6% 26.1% 66.1% 60.5% 71.6%
81 18.9% 14.5% 23.3% 63.2% 57.4% 69%
82 16.6% 12.5% 20.6% 60.2% 54.1% 66.1%
83 14.4% 10.6% 18% 56.9% 50.7% 63%
84 12.3% 8.88% 15.6% 53.4% 47% 59.6%
85 10.3% 7.31% 13.2% 49.6% 43.2% 56%
86 8.54% 5.92% 11.1% 45.7% 39.2% 52.1%
87 6.96% 4.7% 9.18% 41.6% 35.2% 47.9%
88 5.58% 3.65% 7.47% 37.5% 31.2% 43.6%
89 4.38% 2.76% 5.98% 33.2% 27.1% 39.1%
90 3.37% 2.03% 4.7% 29% 23.2% 34.6%
91 2.54% 1.45% 3.62% 24.8% 19.4% 30.1%
92 1.87% 1% 2.73% 20.8% 15.9% 25.6%
93 1.35% 0.67% 2.01% 17.1% 12.7% 21.4%
94 0.94% 0.44% 1.44% 13.7% 9.88% 17.5%
95 0.64% 0.27% 1% 10.8% 7.47% 13.9%
96 0.43% 0.16% 0.67% 8.18% 5.48% 10.8%
97 0.27% 0.1% 0.44% 6.05% 3.89% 8.1%
98 0.17% 0.05% 0.28% 4.34% 2.67% 5.9%
99 0.1% 0.03% 0.17% 3.01% 1.77% 4.16%
100 0.06% 0.02% 0.1% 2.01% 1.13% 2.83%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 6.22% in the birth year in South Sudan and 0.34% in the United Kingdom, 0.55% vs 0.05% at age 30, 1.98% vs 0.59% at 60, and 11.3% vs 4.32% 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 6.22% 6.67% 5.75% 0.34% 0.38% 0.31%
1 1.16% 1.1% 1.22% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
2 0.99% 0.99% 0.98% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
3 0.85% 0.9% 0.8% 0.009% 0.009% 0.008%
4 0.73% 0.8% 0.65% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
5 0.62% 0.71% 0.53% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
6 0.53% 0.63% 0.43% 0.007% 0.007% 0.006%
7 0.45% 0.54% 0.36% 0.006% 0.007% 0.006%
8 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
9 0.34% 0.4% 0.27% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
10 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.006% 0.007% 0.005%
11 0.27% 0.32% 0.22% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
12 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.008% 0.009% 0.006%
13 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.009% 0.01% 0.007%
14 0.27% 0.31% 0.22% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
15 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
16 0.32% 0.37% 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 0.41% 0.52% 0.3% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
20 0.44% 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% 0.63% 0.34% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
23 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
24 0.51% 0.65% 0.36% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
25 0.51% 0.65% 0.37% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
26 0.52% 0.65% 0.38% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
27 0.52% 0.65% 0.39% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
28 0.53% 0.65% 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% 0.08% 0.04%
33 0.58% 0.7% 0.46% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
34 0.59% 0.71% 0.47% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
35 0.6% 0.73% 0.48% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
36 0.61% 0.74% 0.49% 0.09% 0.11% 0.06%
37 0.63% 0.76% 0.51% 0.09% 0.12% 0.07%
38 0.65% 0.79% 0.53% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
39 0.68% 0.82% 0.56% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
40 0.71% 0.85% 0.58% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
41 0.74% 0.89% 0.61% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
42 0.77% 0.92% 0.63% 0.14% 0.17% 0.1%
43 0.79% 0.96% 0.64% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
44 0.81% 0.99% 0.66% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
45 0.84% 1.02% 0.67% 0.18% 0.22% 0.14%
46 0.86% 1.06% 0.69% 0.19% 0.23% 0.15%
47 0.9% 1.11% 0.71% 0.21% 0.25% 0.16%
48 0.95% 1.17% 0.75% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
49 1% 1.24% 0.79% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
50 1.07% 1.32% 0.85% 0.26% 0.32% 0.2%
51 1.14% 1.41% 0.91% 0.28% 0.34% 0.22%
52 1.21% 1.49% 0.97% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
53 1.28% 1.57% 1.03% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
54 1.35% 1.65% 1.09% 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
55 1.42% 1.73% 1.15% 0.38% 0.46% 0.3%
56 1.49% 1.82% 1.21% 0.42% 0.51% 0.33%
57 1.58% 1.93% 1.29% 0.45% 0.55% 0.36%
58 1.69% 2.06% 1.39% 0.49% 0.6% 0.4%
59 1.82% 2.21% 1.5% 0.54% 0.65% 0.43%
60 1.98% 2.39% 1.64% 0.59% 0.72% 0.48%
61 2.16% 2.59% 1.8% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
62 2.35% 2.81% 1.97% 0.72% 0.87% 0.58%
63 2.56% 3.04% 2.17% 0.78% 0.96% 0.63%
64 2.78% 3.28% 2.37% 0.85% 1.04% 0.68%
65 3.02% 3.54% 2.6% 0.93% 1.13% 0.73%
66 3.28% 3.83% 2.84% 1.01% 1.24% 0.8%
67 3.57% 4.14% 3.12% 1.1% 1.35% 0.87%
68 3.9% 4.5% 3.43% 1.2% 1.47% 0.96%
69 4.26% 4.91% 3.77% 1.31% 1.6% 1.05%
70 4.68% 5.37% 4.16% 1.44% 1.75% 1.16%
71 5.13% 5.87% 4.58% 1.59% 1.93% 1.29%
72 5.62% 6.41% 5.03% 1.76% 2.14% 1.44%
73 6.14% 6.99% 5.52% 1.97% 2.39% 1.61%
74 6.69% 7.61% 6.05% 2.21% 2.68% 1.8%
75 7.29% 8.28% 6.61% 2.48% 3% 2.02%
76 7.94% 9% 7.23% 2.76% 3.31% 2.27%
77 8.67% 9.8% 7.92% 3.08% 3.68% 2.55%
78 9.47% 10.7% 8.69% 3.44% 4.09% 2.87%
79 10.4% 11.7% 9.54% 3.86% 4.57% 3.23%
80 11.3% 12.7% 10.5% 4.32% 5.12% 3.65%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.5% 4.85% 5.73% 4.14%
82 13.5% 15% 12.6% 5.45% 6.42% 4.7%
83 14.6% 16.3% 13.7% 6.18% 7.24% 5.36%
84 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 6.99% 8.16% 6.12%
85 17.1% 19% 16.1% 7.91% 9.15% 6.98%
86 18.5% 20.6% 17.4% 8.91% 10.2% 7.93%
87 19.9% 22.4% 18.6% 10.1% 11.5% 9.03%
88 21.4% 24.3% 20% 11.3% 12.9% 10.2%
89 23% 26.4% 21.4% 12.7% 14.5% 11.6%
90 24.6% 28.6% 22.9% 14.4% 16.3% 13.1%
91 26.3% 30.8% 24.6% 16.1% 18.2% 14.8%
92 28.1% 33% 26.4% 17.8% 20.1% 16.5%
93 30% 35.2% 28.4% 19.7% 22.2% 18.3%
94 31.9% 37.5% 30.6% 21.7% 24.4% 20.4%
95 33.8% 39.8% 32.8% 23.9% 26.7% 22.5%
96 35.6% 41.9% 35% 26.1% 28.9% 24.8%
97 37.7% 43.8% 37.1% 28.3% 31.3% 27.2%
98 40.5% 45.5% 39.1% 30.7% 33.7% 29.6%
99 43.7% 47.1% 41% 33% 36.1% 32%
100 45.7% 49.1% 43.1% 35.3% 38.4% 34.3%

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 67.5 in South Sudan and 84.9 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 6,215 6,667 5,754 344 379 307
1 1,086 1,027 1,147 29.6 31.3 27.9
2 915 916 915 10.4 11 9.76
3 776 818 733 8.67 9.38 7.92
4 660 727 591 7.92 8.61 7.18
5 561 641 479 7.18 7.77 6.56
6 477 558 393 6.82 7.33 6.27
7 404 480 326 6.36 6.78 5.92
8 344 411 275.7 5.59 5.87 5.29
9 296.8 353 238.8 5.33 5.64 5
10 262 309 213.5 6.07 6.74 5.36
11 239.4 279 198.2 6.8 8.01 5.53
12 227.9 262.8 191.3 7.51 9.02 5.93
13 226.8 260.1 192 8.76 10 7.44
14 235.1 270 198.7 10.7 11.7 9.58
15 251.3 290.8 210.1 13.1 15.1 11.1
16 273.6 321 224.4 16.7 20.6 12.6
17 299.3 357 239.3 22.1 28.3 15.5
18 327 397 253.5 27.9 36.8 18.5
19 354 439 265.4 31.1 42.6 19
20 379 478 275.1 32.5 45.7 18.8
21 398 508 283.3 33.9 47.5 19.7
22 412 527 290.7 34.5 48 20.2
23 420 535 298.4 35.1 49 20.5
24 424 536 307 37.2 52.1 21.4
25 427 532 316 39.8 55.5 23.1
26 429 527 325 41.5 57 25
27 432 523 335 43.5 58.7 27.3
28 436 522 344 46.8 63.1 29.6
29 440 523 352 50.6 68.2 32
30 446 527 359 53.8 71.8 34.8
31 451 533 366 57.9 76.2 38.6
32 456 538 372 63.6 83 43.2
33 461 544 377 67.6 87.6 47
34 466 549 384 71.6 91.8 50.7
35 473 555 392 78.5 99.8 56.4
36 481 563 402 86.2 108.9 62.9
37 493 575 415 91.4 115.1 67.9
38 508 590 431 96.4 120.8 72.5
39 526 608 449 104.2 130.2 78.5
40 545 628 467 113.9 142.6 85.4
41 564 648 483 124 156.1 92.3
42 580 667 496 134.6 169.8 99.7
43 593 685 506 146.5 183.9 109.4
44 604 700 512 159.1 197.3 121.7
45 616 717 519 172.4 210.8 134.7
46 631 737 528 186 226.5 145.9
47 651 762 543 199.8 244 155.6
48 679 794 566 214.4 262.9 165.9
49 713 832 596 230.5 282.6 178.5
50 753 875 633 249.6 304 195.6
51 795 919 672 269.9 325 214.8
52 835 961 711 287.9 343 231.5
53 872 999 748 307 364 248.3
54 906 1,033 782 329 393 267.9
55 939 1,066 816 359 432 292
56 976 1,102 853 394 473 318
57 1,018 1,145 896 427 512 347
58 1,072 1,197 950 462 553 377
59 1,136 1,260 1,015 504 603 411
60 1,210 1,332 1,092 551 660 449
61 1,292 1,409 1,178 605 722 494
62 1,378 1,488 1,270 658 785 539
63 1,465 1,565 1,366 713 853 582
64 1,551 1,639 1,464 771 923 625
65 1,636 1,710 1,565 832 993 675
66 1,724 1,782 1,668 899 1,070 731
67 1,815 1,855 1,777 968 1,151 791
68 1,911 1,933 1,891 1,045 1,237 859
69 2,011 2,013 2,011 1,127 1,328 934
70 2,111 2,091 2,133 1,221 1,431 1,018
71 2,207 2,164 2,252 1,329 1,551 1,117
72 2,292 2,226 2,363 1,451 1,682 1,232
73 2,364 2,272 2,461 1,594 1,838 1,363
74 2,419 2,300 2,546 1,750 2,016 1,499
75 2,459 2,311 2,615 1,919 2,195 1,648
76 2,485 2,305 2,672 2,086 2,353 1,816
77 2,497 2,284 2,714 2,265 2,523 1,996
78 2,490 2,246 2,742 2,451 2,705 2,183
79 2,465 2,188 2,750 2,650 2,900 2,388
80 2,417 2,108 2,734 2,855 3,100 2,613
81 2,342 2,003 2,685 3,064 3,293 2,855
82 2,237 1,874 2,600 3,281 3,474 3,106
83 2,103 1,725 2,478 3,514 3,666 3,380
84 1,944 1,562 2,321 3,732 3,832 3,652
85 1,767 1,392 2,135 3,927 3,949 3,909
86 1,579 1,221 1,929 4,074 4,007 4,131
87 1,386 1,052 1,712 4,188 4,032 4,328
88 1,193 887 1,492 4,245 4,016 4,465
89 1,007 729 1,279 4,234 3,934 4,532
90 831 582 1,077 4,159 3,777 4,538
91 670 447 890 3,993 3,536 4,450
92 527 331 722 3,716 3,204 4,227
93 404 237 571 3,374 2,822 3,922
94 301 163.5 440 2,986 2,410 3,555
95 217.2 108.2 328 2,567 1,991 3,136
96 151.7 68.7 235 2,134 1,584 2,674
97 103.4 41.7 162.1 1,715 1,217 2,201
98 69.1 24.4 107.5 1,331 901 1,745
99 44.4 13.7 68.6 993 640 1,330
100 0 0 0 563 251.1 855

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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