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South Sudan - Life Expectancy 1972

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

31.3 +0.3 from 1971 Global rank: 214th

South Sudan's life expectancy was 31.3 in 1972, increased +0.3 from 31.0 in 1971. This was the 214th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.2	0.1%
2nd	Andorra	74.9	0.3%
3rd	Sweden	74.7	0.1%
4th	San Marino	74.6	0.3%
5th	Iceland	74.5	1.2%
6th	Norway	74.3	0.2%
7th	Netherlands	73.7	-0.1%
8th	Switzerland	73.6	0.7%
9th	Denmark	73.4	0.0%
10th	Liechtenstein	73.4	0.4%
11th	Monaco	73.4	0.0%
12th	Japan	73.2	0.5%
13th	Canada	72.9	-0.1%
14th	Spain	72.8	1.7%
15th	Greece	72.7	-0.3%
16th	Gibraltar	72.4	0.4%
17th	United Kingdom	72.1	-0.2%
18th	France	72.1	0.3%
19th	Italy	72.1	0.4%
20th	Channel Islands	72.0	0.0%
21st	New Zealand	71.8	0.1%
22nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.7	0.6%
23rd	St. Martin (French part)	71.6	0.4%
24th	Australia	71.5	0.5%
25th	Hong Kong SAR, China	71.5	0.0%
26th	Belgium	71.4	0.5%
27th	European Union	71.3	0.5%
28th	United States	71.2	0.1%
29th	Israel	71.1	-0.9%
30th	Montenegro	71.0	0.6%
31st	Lithuania	71.0	-1.0%
32nd	Ireland	71.0	-0.9%
33rd	Ukraine	71.0	0.1%
34th	Germany	70.9	0.3%
35th	Bulgaria	70.9	0.0%
36th	Belarus	70.8	-0.2%
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.8	-0.4%
38th	Finland	70.7	1.0%
39th	Poland	70.7	1.5%
40th	Malta	70.6	0.7%
41st	Austria	70.5	0.5%
42nd	Luxembourg	70.4	1.7%
43rd	Antigua and Barbuda	70.3	0.6%
44th	Slovak Republic	70.3	0.6%
45th	Czechia	70.2	0.7%
46th	Estonia	69.9	-0.3%
47th	Latvia	69.9	-0.4%
48th	Serbia	69.9	0.4%
49th	Macao SAR, China	69.7	0.8%
50th	Hungary	69.7	0.9%
51st	Bermuda	69.6	1.0%
52nd	Croatia	69.6	0.4%
53rd	Uruguay	69.2	0.4%
54th	Singapore	69.2	0.2%
55th	Barbados	69.1	0.5%
56th	Kuwait	69.1	0.6%
57th	Slovenia	69.1	0.3%
58th	Cuba	68.9	0.8%
59th	Curaçao	68.8	0.4%
60th	Cyprus	68.6	0.4%
61st	Romania	68.5	0.0%
62nd	Aruba	68.3	0.8%
63rd	Portugal	68.3	2.3%
64th	Russian Federation	68.3	-0.1%
65th	Costa Rica	68.0	0.9%
66th	Dominica	67.5	1.1%
67th	Jamaica	67.3	0.5%
68th	American Samoa	67.2	0.6%
69th	Grenada	67.2	0.4%
70th	British Virgin Islands	66.9	0.4%
71st	Bahamas, The	66.8	0.4%
72nd	Albania	66.5	1.0%
73rd	Guam	66.5	0.6%
74th	Lebanon	66.2	0.1%
75th	Bahrain	66.1	1.3%
76th	Qatar	66.1	0.9%
77th	Isle of Man	66.0	0.2%
78th	Argentina	66.0	0.5%
79th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.7	0.8%
80th	North Macedonia	65.6	0.7%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	65.6	-2.3%
82nd	Northern Mariana Islands	65.6	0.6%
83rd	Georgia	65.5	0.5%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	65.4	0.7%
85th	Seychelles	65.4	1.1%
86th	Cayman Islands	65.4	0.8%
87th	Panama	65.2	0.8%
88th	Trinidad and Tobago	65.2	0.4%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.8	0.5%
90th	St. Lucia	64.6	0.2%
91st	Sri Lanka	64.6	0.6%
92nd	Malaysia	64.2	0.7%
93rd	Tonga	64.1	0.7%
94th	Belize	64.0	0.8%
95th	Mauritius	63.9	0.0%
96th	Turks and Caicos Islands	63.8	0.8%
97th	Chile	63.7	1.0%
98th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	63.3	0.9%
99th	Armenia	63.1	0.4%
100th	French Polynesia	63.1	0.5%
101st	Korea	63.0	0.6%
102nd	Moldova	62.9	0.4%
103rd	Paraguay	62.9	0.3%
104th	Greenland	62.8	-0.4%
105th	United Arab Emirates	62.7	1.5%
106th	Colombia	62.5	0.8%
107th	Jordan	62.5	1.1%
108th	St. Kitts and Nevis	62.1	0.6%
109th	Syrian Arab Republic	62.0	1.0%
110th	Iraq	61.8	0.8%
111th	Fiji	61.6	-0.2%
112th	New Caledonia	61.4	1.0%
113th	Samoa	61.4	0.8%
114th	Philippines	60.9	-0.3%
115th	Uzbekistan	60.8	0.6%
116th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.6	0.7%
117th	Kazakhstan	60.5	0.4%
118th	Guyana	60.1	0.1%
119th	Mexico	60.1	1.1%
120th	Ecuador	59.8	0.8%
121st	Suriname	59.7	0.2%
122nd	Dominican Republic	59.7	1.0%
123rd	Marshall Islands	59.5	0.6%
124th	Libya	58.7	1.9%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.6	0.6%
126th	China	58.6	1.5%
127th	Palau	58.6	0.8%
128th	Nauru	58.4	0.0%
129th	Brazil	58.3	0.8%
130th	Zimbabwe	58.2	0.3%
131st	Türkiye	58.0	1.3%
132nd	Solomon Islands	57.9	1.6%
133rd	Thailand	57.7	1.1%
134th	Botswana	57.7	1.1%
135th	Azerbaijan	57.5	0.8%
136th	Cabo Verde	57.5	0.8%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	57.4	0.8%
138th	Tajikistan	57.2	0.5%
139th	Peru	57.0	0.9%
140th	Turkmenistan	56.6	0.5%
141st	South Africa	56.4	0.6%
142nd	Vanuatu	56.4	0.9%
143rd	Tunisia	56.1	2.2%
144th	Namibia	55.8	1.0%
145th	Honduras	55.7	1.2%
146th	Kiribati	55.3	0.7%
147th	Kosovo	55.1	0.0%
148th	Kenya	55.0	0.9%
149th	Saudi Arabia	54.7	1.9%
150th	Tuvalu	54.7	-2.3%
151st	Zambia	54.4	0.9%
152nd	Indonesia	54.4	1.0%
153rd	Congo, Republic of	54.4	0.7%
154th	Pakistan	53.8	9.8%
155th	Gabon	53.8	1.0%
156th	Papua New Guinea	53.3	1.2%
157th	Mongolia	53.1	1.1%
158th	Sudan	52.8	0.5%
159th	Eswatini	52.4	1.1%
160th	Lesotho	52.3	0.8%
161st	El Salvador	52.0	0.6%
162nd	Viet Nam	51.9	-6.6%
163rd	Guatemala	51.8	3.1%
164th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.7	1.2%
165th	Myanmar	51.4	0.7%
166th	Mauritania	51.0	0.6%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.9	0.9%
168th	Morocco	49.7	1.1%
169th	Bangladesh	49.6	87.2%
170th	India	49.2	0.6%
171st	Cameroon	49.1	1.1%
172nd	Oman	48.7	1.8%
173rd	Djibouti	48.5	2.7%
174th	Madagascar	48.5	0.6%
175th	Ghana	48.3	0.7%
176th	Nicaragua	48.0	-11.5%
177th	Haiti	47.9	0.6%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.8	0.7%
179th	Togo	47.7	1.0%
180th	Tanzania	47.4	1.0%
181st	Uganda	47.2	0.0%
182nd	Comoros	46.5	1.3%
183rd	Maldives	46.4	2.1%
184th	Rwanda	46.3	-0.9%
185th	Central African Republic	46.3	1.2%
186th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.0	0.4%
187th	Côte d'Ivoire	45.6	1.8%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	44.4	19.4%
189th	Lao PDR	44.4	0.7%
190th	Algeria	44.4	1.4%
191st	Nepal	44.1	1.0%
192nd	Benin	43.9	1.2%
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.9	0.7%
194th	Yemen, Republic of	42.7	2.2%
195th	Mozambique	42.5	-0.1%
196th	Bhutan	42.5	1.6%
197th	Chad	41.9	2.6%
198th	Senegal	41.8	1.3%
199th	Nigeria	41.3	1.6%
200th	Liberia	41.2	1.2%
201st	Eritrea	40.7	-1.9%
202nd	Gambia, The	40.5	1.3%
203rd	Angola	40.5	1.0%
204th	Burkina Faso	40.4	1.4%
205th	Guinea	39.7	0.8%
206th	Sierra Leone	39.5	1.0%
207th	Cambodia	38.9	0.5%
208th	Timor-Leste	38.4	1.4%
209th	Afghanistan	38.4	1.3%
210th	Guinea-Bissau	37.8	0.8%
211th	Malawi	37.6	1.4%
212th	Niger	35.8	1.5%
213th	Mali	34.5	2.1%
214th	South Sudan	31.3	1.0%
215th	Burundi	25.8	-40.3%

FAQ

What was South Sudan's life expectancy in 1972?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy in 1972 was 31.3. This ranked 214th globally.

How did South Sudan's life expectancy change in 1972?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy increased by 1.0% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1972?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1972 at 75.2.

What is the life expectancy of South Sudan in 1972?▾

The life expectancy of South Sudan in 1972 was 31.3. This ranked 214th globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for South Sudan's life expectancy?▾

South Sudan's life expectancy went from 31.0 in 1971 to 31.3 in 1972, a 1.0% increase.

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