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Life Expectancy in South Sudan vs Yemen (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 57.9 years in South Sudan vs 69.6 in Yemen. South Sudan is ranked 195/197 by life expectancy, and Yemen is 138/197. In South Sudan, the life expectancy is 54.9 years for males and 60.9 years for females. In Yemen, it's 67.5 years for males and 71.7 years for females.

South Sudan vs Yemen life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Sudan
Male

Female
Yemen
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Sudan Yemen
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 30.2 28.1 32.7 28.9 26.6 31.6
1951 30.6 28.5 33.2 29.3 26.9 32
1952 31 28.9 33.4 29.6 27.3 32.3
1953 31.4 29.3 33.8 30 27.7 32.6
1954 31.7 29.6 34.1 30.4 28.1 33
1955 32 30 34.3 30.8 28.4 33.5
1956 31.6 29.5 34.1 31.3 28.9 33.9
1957 30.9 28.8 33.3 31.8 29.4 34.4
1958 27.6 25.5 30 32.4 30 34.9
1959 27.8 25.8 30.2 32.9 30.5 35.5
1960 28.1 26 30.4 33.5 31.1 36
1961 28.3 26.2 30.6 34.1 31.7 36.6
1962 28.5 26.5 30.7 33.7 31 36.7
1963 28.2 25.4 31.8 33.4 30.6 36.7
1964 32.5 30.3 34.8 34.9 32.3 37.8
1965 28.8 25.9 32.2 35.6 32.9 38.5
1966 25.6 22.5 29.7 36.3 33.6 39.2
1967 25.9 22.7 29.9 37.1 34.4 40
1968 26.1 22.9 30.1 38 35.3 40.9
1969 25.4 22.1 29.5 39.6 37.1 42.3
1970 25.6 22.3 29.7 40.6 38.2 43.1
1971 31 28.3 33.9 41.8 39.5 44.1
1972 31.3 28.6 34.1 42.7 40.5 45
1973 36.3 35.1 37.4 43.6 41.4 45.9
1974 36.6 35.5 37.6 44.5 42.4 46.8
1975 36.9 35.9 37.8 45.5 43.3 47.7
1976 37.1 36.2 37.9 46.4 44.4 48.6
1977 37.4 36.5 38.3 47.4 45.4 49.6
1978 37.6 36.8 38.3 48.5 46.4 50.6
1979 37.8 37.1 38.4 49.5 47.5 51.6
1980 38 37.5 38.5 50.6 48.6 52.7
1981 38.3 37.8 38.8 51.7 49.7 53.7
1982 38.7 38.2 39.1 52.4 50.5 54.3
1983 34.7 33.7 35.8 53.6 51.7 55.5
1984 31.8 30.3 33.2 54.6 52.7 56.5
1985 32.4 30.8 33.9 55.4 53.6 57.3
1986 32.8 31.2 34.5 54 50.5 57.8
1987 20.7 18.9 22.9 56.8 55 58.7
1988 11 10.6 11.3 57.4 55.6 59.2
1989 28.2 26.1 30.5 58 56.2 59.8
1990 28.6 26.4 31 58.5 56.7 60.3
1991 29.2 26.9 31.7 58.8 56.8 60.8
1992 21.9 19.9 24.3 59.3 57.3 61.2
1993 22.3 20.1 24.8 59.7 57.7 61.6
1994 44.9 43.1 46.5 59.8 57.7 62
1995 31.5 29.2 34 60.5 58.6 62.5
1996 32.1 29.9 34.5 60.9 58.9 62.8
1997 33.1 30.9 35.3 61.3 59.4 63.3
1998 19 17.6 20.7 61.8 59.9 63.7
1999 44.5 43.2 45.8 62.3 60.4 64.2
2000 47.6 46.5 48.5 62.8 60.9 64.6
2001 48.6 47.5 49.5 63.3 61.5 65.1
2002 49.4 48.4 50.3 63.8 61.9 65.7
2003 52.3 51.8 52.8 64.4 62.5 66.3
2004 53.1 52.5 53.5 64.9 63 66.7
2005 54 53.4 54.5 65.4 63.5 67.2
2006 54.7 53.9 55.3 65.8 63.9 67.7
2007 55.4 54.6 56.2 66.2 64.3 68.1
2008 56.3 55.3 57.2 66.6 64.7 68.5
2009 56.8 55.8 57.8 66.9 65 68.8
2010 57.5 56.4 58.5 67.2 65.3 69.1
2011 57.7 56.3 59 67.4 65.4 69.4
2012 58.2 56.9 59.5 67.6 65.6 69.6
2013 58.3 56.8 59.7 68 66 69.9
2014 45.6 42.7 48.8 68 66 70
2015 39.8 36.9 42.9 66.8 64 69.7
2016 36.7 33.8 40 67.1 64.4 70
2017 35.4 32.4 38.7 67.1 64.3 70.1
2018 51.9 49.2 54.7 65.9 62.3 69.9
2019 58.1 55.7 60.5 66.6 63.3 70.1
2020 57.6 54.8 60.5 66.4 63.3 69.8
2021 57 54.4 59.7 66 63.1 69.2
2022 57.2 54.3 60.1 68 65.7 70.3
2023 57.6 54.6 60.6 69.3 67.2 71.4
2024 57.7 54.8 60.7 69.4 67.4 71.5
2025 57.9 54.9 60.9 69.6 67.5 71.7

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 56.5 in Yemen. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11 healthy years in South Sudan and 12.6 in Yemen.

South Sudan vs Yemen 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 Yemen, 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 43.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
69.1 vs 73.6 years

Median expected age of death:
72.0 vs 75.8 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Sudan Yemen
Male Female Male Female
40 92.9% 95.3% 97.7% 98.4%
50 83.8% 89.0% 93.3% 95.2%
60 70.4% 79.4% 83.1% 88.2%
65 61.0% 71.7% 74.3% 82.0%
70 49.2% 61.1% 62.2% 72.4%
75 35.3% 47.1% 46.9% 58.5%
80 20.9% 31.0% 29.8% 40.4%
85 9.2% 15.8% 14.2% 21.3%
90 2.6% 5.6% 4.3% 7.6%
95 0.3% 1.2% 0.6% 1.5%
100 0.0% 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.

The life expectancy from current ages in South Sudan vs Yemen: 69.1 years vs 73.6 at 30, 78 vs 79 at 65, 85.6 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 57.9 vs 69.6 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 Yemen.

South Sudan
Male

Female
Yemen
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Sudan Yemen
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 57.9 54.9 60.9 69.6 67.5 71.7
1 61.7 58.8 64.6 71.8 69.9 73.7
2 62.4 59.4 65.4 72 70 73.9
3 63 60 66 72.1 70.2 74.1
4 63.5 60.5 66.5 72.2 70.3 74.2
5 64 61 66.9 72.3 70.4 74.2
6 64.3 61.4 67.3 72.4 70.4 74.3
7 64.7 61.7 67.5 72.4 70.5 74.3
8 64.9 62 67.8 72.4 70.5 74.3
9 65.1 62.3 67.9 72.5 70.6 74.4
10 65.3 62.5 68.1 72.5 70.6 74.4
11 65.5 62.7 68.2 72.5 70.7 74.4
12 65.6 62.9 68.4 72.6 70.7 74.4
13 65.8 63 68.5 72.6 70.7 74.5
14 65.9 63.2 68.6 72.6 70.8 74.5
15 66.1 63.3 68.7 72.7 70.8 74.5
16 66.2 63.5 68.9 72.7 70.9 74.6
17 66.4 63.7 69 72.7 70.9 74.6
18 66.5 63.9 69.1 72.8 71 74.6
19 66.7 64.1 69.3 72.9 71.1 74.7
20 66.9 64.3 69.4 72.9 71.1 74.7
21 67.1 64.6 69.6 73 71.2 74.8
22 67.3 64.8 69.8 73.1 71.3 74.8
23 67.6 65.1 69.9 73.1 71.4 74.8
24 67.8 65.4 70.1 73.2 71.5 74.9
25 68 65.6 70.2 73.3 71.6 75
26 68.2 65.9 70.4 73.4 71.7 75
27 68.4 66.2 70.6 73.4 71.8 75.1
28 68.7 66.4 70.7 73.5 71.9 75.1
29 68.9 66.7 70.9 73.6 71.9 75.2
30 69.1 66.9 71.1 73.6 72 75.2
31 69.3 67.2 71.3 73.7 72.1 75.3
32 69.5 67.4 71.4 73.8 72.2 75.3
33 69.7 67.7 71.6 73.8 72.3 75.4
34 69.9 67.9 71.8 73.9 72.4 75.5
35 70.1 68.1 72 74 72.4 75.5
36 70.4 68.4 72.2 74.1 72.5 75.6
37 70.6 68.6 72.3 74.2 72.6 75.7
38 70.8 68.9 72.5 74.2 72.7 75.7
39 71 69.1 72.7 74.3 72.8 75.8
40 71.2 69.3 72.9 74.4 72.9 75.9
41 71.4 69.6 73.1 74.5 73 76
42 71.6 69.9 73.3 74.6 73.1 76
43 71.9 70.1 73.5 74.7 73.2 76.1
44 72.1 70.4 73.7 74.8 73.3 76.2
45 72.3 70.6 73.8 74.9 73.4 76.3
46 72.6 70.9 74 75 73.6 76.4
47 72.8 71.2 74.2 75.1 73.7 76.5
48 73 71.4 74.4 75.3 73.9 76.6
49 73.3 71.7 74.6 75.4 74 76.8
50 73.5 72 74.8 75.6 74.2 76.9
51 73.7 72.3 75 75.7 74.4 77
52 74 72.6 75.2 75.9 74.5 77.2
53 74.3 72.9 75.5 76.1 74.7 77.3
54 74.5 73.2 75.7 76.2 74.9 77.5
55 74.8 73.5 75.9 76.4 75.2 77.6
56 75.1 73.8 76.2 76.6 75.4 77.8
57 75.4 74.1 76.4 76.9 75.6 78
58 75.7 74.5 76.7 77.1 75.9 78.2
59 76 74.8 76.9 77.3 76.2 78.4
60 76.3 75.1 77.2 77.6 76.5 78.6
61 76.6 75.5 77.5 77.8 76.8 78.8
62 76.9 75.9 77.8 78.1 77.1 79
63 77.3 76.3 78.1 78.4 77.4 79.3
64 77.6 76.7 78.4 78.7 77.7 79.5
65 78 77.1 78.7 79 78.1 79.8
66 78.4 77.5 79.1 79.3 78.5 80.1
67 78.8 77.9 79.5 79.7 78.9 80.4
68 79.2 78.4 79.8 80 79.3 80.7
69 79.6 78.9 80.2 80.4 79.7 81
70 80.1 79.3 80.7 80.8 80.1 81.4
71 80.6 79.8 81.1 81.2 80.6 81.8
72 81.1 80.4 81.6 81.7 81.1 82.1
73 81.6 80.9 82 82.1 81.5 82.6
74 82.1 81.5 82.5 82.6 82.1 83
75 82.6 82 83.1 83.1 82.6 83.5
76 83.2 82.6 83.6 83.6 83.1 83.9
77 83.8 83.2 84.2 84.1 83.7 84.4
78 84.4 83.8 84.7 84.7 84.3 85
79 85 84.5 85.3 85.3 84.9 85.5
80 85.6 85.1 85.9 85.9 85.5 86.1
81 86.3 85.8 86.6 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87 86.5 87.2 87.1 86.8 87.3
83 87.7 87.2 87.9 87.8 87.5 88
84 88.4 87.9 88.6 88.5 88.2 88.7
85 89.1 88.7 89.4 89.2 88.9 89.3
86 89.9 89.4 90.1 89.9 89.6 90.1
87 90.6 90.2 90.8 90.6 90.4 90.8
88 91.4 91 91.6 91.4 91.1 91.6
89 92.2 91.8 92.4 92.2 91.9 92.3
90 93 92.6 93.2 93 92.7 93.1
91 93.8 93.4 94 93.8 93.5 93.9
92 94.7 94.2 94.8 94.6 94.4 94.7
93 95.5 95.1 95.6 95.4 95.2 95.5
94 96.3 96 96.4 96.3 96.1 96.3
95 97.2 96.9 97.3 97.1 97 97.2
96 98 97.8 98.1 98 97.9 98
97 98.9 98.7 99 98.9 98.8 98.9
98 99.8 99.6 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.8
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 100.7 100.6 100.7
100 101.7 101.6 101.8 101.7 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in South Sudan vs Yemen

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 61% in South Sudan and 80.3% in Yemen are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 45% and 63.2% will live to 70 years or older, 21.3% and 33% to 80+ years, and 3.36% and 5.66% 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
Yemen
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Sudan Yemen
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 93.7% 93.3% 94.2% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
2 92.6% 92.3% 93% 96.7% 96.3% 97%
3 91.7% 91.3% 92.1% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
4 90.9% 90.5% 91.4% 96.3% 96% 96.7%
5 90.3% 89.8% 90.8% 96.2% 95.9% 96.6%
6 89.7% 89.1% 90.3% 96.1% 95.8% 96.5%
7 89.2% 88.6% 89.9% 96.1% 95.7% 96.5%
8 88.8% 88.1% 89.6% 96% 95.6% 96.4%
9 88.5% 87.7% 89.3% 96% 95.5% 96.4%
10 88.2% 87.3% 89% 95.9% 95.5% 96.3%
11 87.9% 87% 88.8% 95.9% 95.4% 96.3%
12 87.7% 86.7% 88.6% 95.8% 95.4% 96.3%
13 87.4% 86.4% 88.4% 95.8% 95.3% 96.2%
14 87.2% 86.2% 88.2% 95.7% 95.3% 96.2%
15 87% 85.9% 88% 95.7% 95.2% 96.1%
16 86.7% 85.6% 87.8% 95.6% 95.1% 96.1%
17 86.4% 85.3% 87.6% 95.5% 95% 96%
18 86.1% 84.9% 87.4% 95.4% 94.9% 96%
19 85.8% 84.5% 87.1% 95.3% 94.8% 95.9%
20 85.4% 84.1% 86.8% 95.2% 94.6% 95.8%
21 85.1% 83.6% 86.6% 95.1% 94.4% 95.7%
22 84.7% 83.1% 86.3% 94.9% 94.3% 95.7%
23 84.2% 82.6% 86% 94.8% 94.1% 95.6%
24 83.8% 82% 85.7% 94.7% 93.9% 95.5%
25 83.4% 81.5% 85.4% 94.5% 93.7% 95.4%
26 83% 81% 85.1% 94.4% 93.5% 95.3%
27 82.5% 80.4% 84.7% 94.2% 93.4% 95.2%
28 82.1% 79.9% 84.4% 94.1% 93.2% 95.1%
29 81.7% 79.4% 84% 93.9% 93% 95%
30 81.2% 78.9% 83.7% 93.8% 92.8% 94.8%
31 80.8% 78.3% 83.3% 93.6% 92.6% 94.7%
32 80.3% 77.8% 83% 93.5% 92.5% 94.6%
33 79.9% 77.3% 82.6% 93.3% 92.3% 94.5%
34 79.4% 76.7% 82.2% 93.2% 92.1% 94.3%
35 78.9% 76.2% 81.8% 93% 91.9% 94.2%
36 78.5% 75.6% 81.4% 92.8% 91.6% 94%
37 78% 75% 81% 92.6% 91.4% 93.9%
38 77.5% 74.5% 80.6% 92.4% 91.2% 93.7%
39 77% 73.9% 80.2% 92.2% 90.9% 93.5%
40 76.5% 73.3% 79.7% 92% 90.7% 93.3%
41 75.9% 72.6% 79.3% 91.7% 90.4% 93.1%
42 75.3% 72% 78.8% 91.4% 90.1% 92.9%
43 74.8% 71.3% 78.3% 91.2% 89.8% 92.6%
44 74.2% 70.6% 77.8% 90.9% 89.4% 92.4%
45 73.6% 69.9% 77.3% 90.5% 89% 92.1%
46 72.9% 69.2% 76.7% 90.2% 88.6% 91.8%
47 72.3% 68.5% 76.2% 89.8% 88.2% 91.4%
48 71.7% 67.7% 75.7% 89.3% 87.7% 91.1%
49 71% 66.9% 75.1% 88.9% 87.1% 90.7%
50 70.3% 66.1% 74.5% 88.4% 86.6% 90.3%
51 69.5% 65.2% 73.9% 87.8% 85.9% 89.8%
52 68.7% 64.3% 73.2% 87.2% 85.2% 89.3%
53 67.9% 63.3% 72.5% 86.6% 84.5% 88.8%
54 67% 62.3% 71.7% 85.9% 83.7% 88.2%
55 66.1% 61.3% 70.9% 85.1% 82.8% 87.6%
56 65.2% 60.2% 70.1% 84.3% 81.8% 86.9%
57 64.2% 59.1% 69.3% 83.4% 80.8% 86.2%
58 63.2% 58% 68.4% 82.5% 79.7% 85.4%
59 62.1% 56.8% 67.4% 81.4% 78.4% 84.6%
60 61% 55.5% 66.4% 80.3% 77.1% 83.7%
61 59.7% 54.2% 65.3% 79.1% 75.7% 82.7%
62 58.5% 52.8% 64.1% 77.8% 74.2% 81.6%
63 57.1% 51.3% 62.9% 76.4% 72.5% 80.4%
64 55.6% 49.7% 61.5% 74.9% 70.8% 79.2%
65 54.1% 48.1% 60% 73.3% 68.9% 77.8%
66 52.4% 46.4% 58.5% 71.5% 67% 76.3%
67 50.7% 44.6% 56.8% 69.7% 64.9% 74.6%
68 48.9% 42.8% 55% 67.6% 62.6% 72.8%
69 47% 40.8% 53.1% 65.5% 60.3% 70.8%
70 45% 38.8% 51.1% 63.2% 57.8% 68.7%
71 42.9% 36.7% 49% 60.7% 55.1% 66.4%
72 40.7% 34.6% 46.8% 58.1% 52.4% 63.9%
73 38.4% 32.4% 44.4% 55.4% 49.5% 61.3%
74 36% 30.1% 41.9% 52.5% 46.6% 58.4%
75 33.6% 27.8% 39.4% 49.5% 43.5% 55.4%
76 31.2% 25.5% 36.8% 46.4% 40.4% 52.3%
77 28.7% 23.2% 34.1% 43.1% 37.2% 49%
78 26.2% 20.9% 31.4% 39.8% 34% 45.6%
79 23.7% 18.7% 28.7% 36.4% 30.8% 42%
80 21.3% 16.5% 26% 33% 27.6% 38.3%
81 18.9% 14.4% 23.2% 29.6% 24.5% 34.6%
82 16.5% 12.4% 20.6% 26.2% 21.4% 30.9%
83 14.3% 10.6% 18% 22.9% 18.5% 27.2%
84 12.2% 8.84% 15.5% 19.7% 15.8% 23.6%
85 10.3% 7.28% 13.2% 16.8% 13.2% 20.2%
86 8.5% 5.9% 11.1% 14% 10.9% 17%
87 6.93% 4.68% 9.14% 11.5% 8.81% 14.1%
88 5.55% 3.63% 7.43% 9.27% 6.97% 11.5%
89 4.36% 2.75% 5.95% 7.32% 5.38% 9.22%
90 3.36% 2.02% 4.68% 5.66% 4.03% 7.23%
91 2.53% 1.45% 3.6% 4.26% 2.94% 5.55%
92 1.87% 1% 2.72% 3.13% 2.07% 4.15%
93 1.34% 0.67% 2% 2.24% 1.42% 3.02%
94 0.94% 0.43% 1.43% 1.55% 0.94% 2.13%
95 0.64% 0.27% 0.99% 1.04% 0.6% 1.45%
96 0.43% 0.16% 0.67% 0.67% 0.38% 0.96%
97 0.28% 0.09% 0.43% 0.42% 0.23% 0.6%
98 0.17% 0.05% 0.27% 0.25% 0.13% 0.37%
99 0.1% 0.03% 0.17% 0.15% 0.07% 0.22%
100 0.05% 0.02% 0.1% 0.08% 0.04% 0.12%

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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 3.07% in Yemen, 0.55% vs 0.16% at age 30, 1.98% vs 1.5% at 60, and 11.3% vs 10.4% at 80.

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

South Sudan
Male

Female
Yemen
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Sudan Yemen
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 6.27% 6.72% 5.81% 3.07% 3.41% 2.71%
1 1.17% 1.11% 1.23% 0.28% 0.27% 0.29%
2 1% 1% 0.99% 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
3 0.86% 0.9% 0.8% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
4 0.73% 0.81% 0.65% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
5 0.63% 0.72% 0.53% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
6 0.54% 0.63% 0.44% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
7 0.46% 0.55% 0.37% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
8 0.39% 0.47% 0.31% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
9 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
10 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
11 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
12 0.26% 0.31% 0.22% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
14 0.27% 0.32% 0.23% 0.06% 0.08% 0.05%
15 0.29% 0.34% 0.24% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
16 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.08% 0.11% 0.06%
17 0.35% 0.42% 0.27% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
18 0.38% 0.47% 0.29% 0.11% 0.14% 0.07%
19 0.42% 0.52% 0.31% 0.12% 0.16% 0.08%
20 0.45% 0.57% 0.32% 0.13% 0.18% 0.08%
21 0.47% 0.61% 0.33% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
22 0.49% 0.64% 0.34% 0.14% 0.19% 0.09%
23 0.5% 0.65% 0.35% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
24 0.51% 0.66% 0.36% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
25 0.51% 0.66% 0.37% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
26 0.52% 0.65% 0.38% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
27 0.53% 0.65% 0.4% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
28 0.53% 0.66% 0.41% 0.15% 0.19% 0.12%
29 0.54% 0.66% 0.42% 0.16% 0.19% 0.12%
30 0.55% 0.67% 0.43% 0.16% 0.2% 0.13%
31 0.56% 0.68% 0.44% 0.17% 0.2% 0.13%
32 0.57% 0.69% 0.45% 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
33 0.58% 0.71% 0.46% 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
34 0.59% 0.72% 0.47% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
35 0.6% 0.73% 0.48% 0.2% 0.23% 0.16%
36 0.61% 0.75% 0.5% 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
37 0.63% 0.77% 0.51% 0.22% 0.25% 0.19%
38 0.66% 0.79% 0.54% 0.23% 0.27% 0.2%
39 0.69% 0.82% 0.56% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
40 0.72% 0.86% 0.59% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
41 0.75% 0.89% 0.61% 0.29% 0.33% 0.24%
42 0.77% 0.93% 0.63% 0.31% 0.36% 0.26%
43 0.8% 0.96% 0.65% 0.34% 0.39% 0.28%
44 0.82% 0.99% 0.66% 0.37% 0.43% 0.31%
45 0.84% 1.03% 0.67% 0.4% 0.47% 0.33%
46 0.87% 1.07% 0.69% 0.44% 0.51% 0.36%
47 0.9% 1.11% 0.71% 0.48% 0.56% 0.39%
48 0.95% 1.17% 0.75% 0.52% 0.61% 0.43%
49 1.01% 1.25% 0.8% 0.57% 0.67% 0.47%
50 1.07% 1.33% 0.85% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
51 1.14% 1.41% 0.91% 0.67% 0.8% 0.55%
52 1.22% 1.5% 0.97% 0.73% 0.88% 0.59%
53 1.29% 1.58% 1.03% 0.8% 0.96% 0.64%
54 1.35% 1.66% 1.09% 0.88% 1.06% 0.7%
55 1.42% 1.74% 1.15% 0.96% 1.16% 0.76%
56 1.5% 1.83% 1.22% 1.05% 1.28% 0.83%
57 1.59% 1.93% 1.29% 1.15% 1.41% 0.9%
58 1.7% 2.06% 1.39% 1.26% 1.54% 0.99%
59 1.83% 2.22% 1.51% 1.38% 1.69% 1.08%
60 1.98% 2.4% 1.64% 1.5% 1.84% 1.18%
61 2.16% 2.6% 1.8% 1.64% 2.01% 1.3%
62 2.36% 2.81% 1.98% 1.8% 2.2% 1.44%
63 2.56% 3.05% 2.17% 1.97% 2.4% 1.59%
64 2.79% 3.29% 2.38% 2.17% 2.62% 1.76%
65 3.02% 3.55% 2.6% 2.38% 2.87% 1.95%
66 3.28% 3.83% 2.85% 2.62% 3.14% 2.17%
67 3.57% 4.15% 3.12% 2.89% 3.44% 2.42%
68 3.9% 4.51% 3.43% 3.19% 3.77% 2.7%
69 4.27% 4.92% 3.78% 3.52% 4.14% 3.01%
70 4.68% 5.37% 4.17% 3.89% 4.54% 3.35%
71 5.14% 5.87% 4.59% 4.29% 4.98% 3.73%
72 5.62% 6.42% 5.04% 4.73% 5.45% 4.15%
73 6.14% 7% 5.53% 5.21% 5.97% 4.61%
74 6.69% 7.62% 6.06% 5.73% 6.54% 5.12%
75 7.3% 8.28% 6.62% 6.32% 7.16% 5.69%
76 7.95% 9.01% 7.24% 6.97% 7.85% 6.32%
77 8.67% 9.8% 7.93% 7.69% 8.61% 7.02%
78 9.47% 10.7% 8.7% 8.5% 9.45% 7.82%
79 10.4% 11.7% 9.55% 9.4% 10.4% 8.71%
80 11.3% 12.7% 10.5% 10.4% 11.4% 9.69%
81 12.4% 13.8% 11.5% 11.5% 12.5% 10.8%
82 13.5% 15% 12.6% 12.6% 13.6% 11.9%
83 14.7% 16.3% 13.7% 13.8% 14.8% 13.1%
84 15.9% 17.6% 14.9% 15.1% 16.1% 14.4%
85 17.2% 19% 16.1% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 18.5% 20.6% 17.4% 17.9% 19.1% 17.1%
87 19.9% 22.4% 18.6% 19.4% 20.9% 18.5%
88 21.4% 24.3% 20% 21% 22.8% 20%
89 23% 26.4% 21.4% 22.8% 25% 21.6%
90 24.6% 28.6% 22.9% 24.6% 27.2% 23.3%
91 26.3% 30.8% 24.6% 26.5% 29.4% 25.1%
92 28% 33% 26.4% 28.6% 31.6% 27.2%
93 29.8% 35.2% 28.4% 30.7% 33.7% 29.4%
94 31.7% 37.5% 30.6% 32.9% 35.8% 31.8%
95 33.5% 39.8% 32.8% 35.2% 37.7% 34.3%
96 35.7% 41.9% 35% 37.4% 39.7% 36.7%
97 38.7% 43.8% 37.1% 39.6% 41.6% 39%
98 42.1% 45.5% 39.1% 41.6% 43.7% 41.1%
99 44.2% 47.1% 41% 43.5% 45.8% 43.2%
100 47.2% 49.1% 43.1% 45.7% 47.7% 45.5%

Death rate by age in South Sudan compared to Yemen

In South Sudan, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 80 in Yemen. The median age of death is 67.4 in South Sudan and 74.8 in Yemen — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Sudan
Male

Female
Yemen
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Sudan Yemen
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 6,268 6,715 5,811 3,067 3,406 2,709
1 1,094 1,033 1,158 269.7 256.1 284.1
2 924 923 924 195.2 197.7 192.6
3 784 826 741 144.4 155 133.1
4 667 735 598 109.2 123.1 94.6
5 568 647 485 85 99.3 69.8
6 482 564 397 68.5 82 54.1
7 409 485 330 57.5 69.8 44.5
8 348 415 278.6 50.5 61.5 38.9
9 299.8 356 241.3 46.5 56.3 36.1
10 264.5 312 215.6 44.9 53.9 35.3
11 241.6 281.4 199.9 45.4 54.1 36.1
12 229.7 264.9 192.9 47.9 56.9 38.4
13 228.5 262 193.4 52.7 62.9 41.9
14 236.7 271.8 200.1 59.9 72.6 46.4
15 253 292.7 211.5 69.1 85.6 51.7
16 275.3 323 225.8 79.9 101.1 57.5
17 301 359 240.8 91.4 117.7 63.6
18 329 400 254.9 103.3 135.2 69.7
19 356 442 266.8 114.9 152.3 75.5
20 381 480 276.5 124.9 166.7 80.8
21 400 511 284.6 132.5 176.9 85.6
22 414 530 292 137 181.5 90
23 422 538 299.8 139.2 182.1 93.9
24 426 538 308 140.5 181.1 97.6
25 429 535 317 141.3 179.5 101.3
26 431 529 327 142.3 178 104.8
27 434 526 336 143.7 177.4 108.5
28 438 524 345 145.8 177.8 112.4
29 442 526 353 148.6 179.2 116.6
30 447 529 361 152.2 181.9 121.2
31 452 535 367 156.8 185.9 126.4
32 457 540 373 162.3 191 132.3
33 462 546 379 168.7 197.3 138.9
34 467 551 385 176 204.4 146.4
35 474 557 393 184.3 212.6 154.7
36 482 565 403 193.6 222.1 163.8
37 494 576 417 204.1 233.1 173.8
38 510 591 433 216 246 184.6
39 528 609 451 229.7 261.2 196.6
40 547 629 469 245.3 279 209.9
41 566 650 485 263.3 299.7 224.8
42 582 669 498 283.9 324 241.6
43 595 686 507 307 351 260.7
44 606 702 514 334 382 282.3
45 618 718 520 363 416 306
46 632 738 529 395 454 333
47 653 763 545 429 494 361
48 680 795 567 466 537 391
49 715 833 598 505 583 423
50 754 876 634 547 633 456
51 796 920 673 592 687 492
52 836 961 713 641 747 530
53 873 999 749 695 813 571
54 907 1,033 784 754 885 616
55 940 1,066 817 818 965 665
56 976 1,102 853 887 1,049 719
57 1,019 1,144 897 960 1,138 778
58 1,071 1,196 950 1,038 1,229 842
59 1,135 1,259 1,015 1,120 1,324 913
60 1,210 1,330 1,092 1,208 1,422 991
61 1,292 1,407 1,178 1,301 1,523 1,077
62 1,377 1,486 1,270 1,400 1,628 1,172
63 1,463 1,563 1,366 1,507 1,739 1,277
64 1,549 1,636 1,464 1,622 1,855 1,392
65 1,635 1,707 1,564 1,745 1,976 1,518
66 1,722 1,778 1,667 1,876 2,103 1,656
67 1,812 1,851 1,775 2,014 2,232 1,804
68 1,908 1,928 1,890 2,158 2,363 1,963
69 2,007 2,008 2,009 2,306 2,495 2,130
70 2,107 2,086 2,130 2,456 2,623 2,303
71 2,202 2,158 2,248 2,603 2,745 2,479
72 2,287 2,219 2,359 2,747 2,857 2,655
73 2,357 2,264 2,457 2,882 2,958 2,827
74 2,412 2,292 2,540 3,008 3,045 2,993
75 2,452 2,303 2,609 3,126 3,117 3,153
76 2,478 2,297 2,665 3,230 3,171 3,303
77 2,486 2,275 2,706 3,316 3,206 3,440
78 2,480 2,237 2,734 3,383 3,218 3,561
79 2,456 2,179 2,741 3,423 3,199 3,656
80 2,409 2,099 2,724 3,427 3,146 3,715
81 2,334 1,995 2,675 3,387 3,052 3,726
82 2,229 1,866 2,590 3,298 2,917 3,681
83 2,095 1,717 2,468 3,160 2,746 3,574
84 1,936 1,555 2,311 2,976 2,544 3,406
85 1,760 1,386 2,126 2,753 2,322 3,183
86 1,572 1,215 1,920 2,502 2,085 2,915
87 1,379 1,047 1,704 2,231 1,841 2,617
88 1,187 883 1,485 1,949 1,592 2,303
89 1,001 726 1,272 1,666 1,342 1,987
90 826 579 1,071 1,391 1,096 1,682
91 666 446 886 1,132 864 1,394
92 523 330 718 895 656 1,130
93 401 236 568 687 479 890
94 298.6 162.8 438 510 336 679
95 216 107.8 326 366 227.7 498
96 153 68.4 233.8 252.1 149.1 351
97 106.6 41.5 161.3 166.9 94.3 235.9
98 71.1 24.3 106.9 106 57.7 151.8
99 43.2 13.7 68.3 64.7 34.1 93.7
100 0 0 0 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 South Sudan and Yemen 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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