Kiribati vs Sudan: Life expectancy

Kiribati
66.47 years
in 2023
Sudan
66.33 years
in 2023
Kiribati rank
198th
Sudan rank
200th

Life expectancy over time

  • Kiribati
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 66.47 years against 66.33 years in Sudan, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.

Kiribati ranks 198th and Sudan ranks 200th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 6 and Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Sudan Difference Ahead
1950s 46.37 years 47.51 years 1.14 years Sudan
1960s 50.76 years 50.92 years 0.1604 years Sudan
1970s 55.95 years 53.06 years 2.89 years Kiribati
1980s 58.7 years 53.14 years 5.56 years Kiribati
1990s 62.86 years 57.02 years 5.84 years Kiribati
2000s 65.38 years 59.56 years 5.82 years Kiribati
2010s 65.85 years 64.25 years 1.6 years Kiribati
2020s 65.52 years 65.4 years 0.1211 years Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Kiribati or Sudan?
Kiribati, at 66.47 years against 66.33 years in Sudan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Kiribati and Sudan?
0.14 years, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Sudan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kiribati and Sudan rank globally for life expectancy?
Kiribati ranks 198th and Sudan ranks 200th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.