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Life expectancy in Sudan

Sudan: Life expectancy was 66.33 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
66.33 years
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
200th
of 236 countries
All-time high
66.33 years
in 2023
All-time low
45.81 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Sudan, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Sudan is 66.33 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Sudan peaked at 66.33 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45.81 years, in 1950.

That places Sudan 200th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy in Sudan, year by year

Year years Change
1950 45.81 years —
1951 46.23 years +0.9%
1952 46.48 years +0.5%
1953 46.91 years +0.9%
1954 47.32 years +0.9%
1955 47.72 years +0.9%
1956 48.09 years +0.8%
1957 48.48 years +0.8%
1958 48.86 years +0.8%
1959 49.19 years +0.7%
1960 49.57 years +0.8%
1961 49.96 years +0.8%
1962 50.42 years +0.9%
1963 50.82 years +0.8%
1964 50.88 years +0.1%
1965 51.03 years +0.3%
1966 51.25 years +0.4%
1967 51.49 years +0.5%
1968 51.76 years +0.5%
1969 52.04 years +0.5%
1970 52.29 years +0.5%
1971 52.54 years +0.5%
1972 52.8 years +0.5%
1973 52.99 years +0.4%
1974 53.16 years +0.3%
1975 53.31 years +0.3%
1976 53.34 years +0.1%
1977 53.52 years +0.3%
1978 53.29 years -0.4%
1979 53.37 years +0.2%
1980 54.07 years +1.3%
1981 54.37 years +0.5%
1982 54.38 years +0.0%
1983 49.56 years -8.9%
1984 49.81 years +0.5%
1985 50.01 years +0.4%
1986 54.56 years +9.1%
1987 54.75 years +0.3%
1988 54.98 years +0.4%
1989 54.88 years -0.2%
1990 55.5 years +1.1%
1991 55.55 years +0.1%
1992 55.95 years +0.7%
1993 56.1 years +0.3%
1994 57.02 years +1.6%
1995 57.45 years +0.7%
1996 57.64 years +0.3%
1997 58.06 years +0.7%
1998 58.31 years +0.4%
1999 58.61 years +0.5%
2000 58.95 years +0.6%
2001 59.26 years +0.5%
2002 59.31 years +0.1%
2003 58.32 years -1.7%
2004 56.77 years -2.7%
2005 57.23 years +0.8%
2006 60.4 years +5.5%
2007 61.44 years +1.7%
2008 61.26 years -0.3%
2009 62.68 years +2.3%
2010 62.98 years +0.5%
2011 63.18 years +0.3%
2012 63.43 years +0.4%
2013 63.44 years +0.0%
2014 63.99 years +0.9%
2015 64.37 years +0.6%
2016 64.68 years +0.5%
2017 65.15 years +0.7%
2018 65.5 years +0.5%
2019 65.8 years +0.5%
2020 65.12 years -1.0%
2021 64.46 years -1.0%
2022 65.69 years +1.9%
2023 66.33 years +1.0%

Sudan compared with similar countries

  • Sudan's 66.33 years is above the median for low income countries, which is 63.65 years, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Sudan's 66.33 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.1 years, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 47.51 years 45.81 years 49.19 years 10
1960s 50.92 years 49.57 years 52.04 years 10
1970s 53.06 years 52.29 years 53.52 years 10
1980s 53.14 years 49.56 years 54.98 years 10
1990s 57.02 years 55.5 years 58.61 years 10
2000s 59.56 years 56.77 years 62.68 years 10
2010s 64.25 years 62.98 years 65.8 years 10
2020s 65.4 years 64.46 years 66.33 years 4

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 197 Comoros 66.78 years compare
  2. 198 Kiribati 66.47 years compare
  3. 199 Zambia 66.35 years compare
  4. 201 South Africa 66.14 years compare
  5. 202 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years compare
  6. 203 Afghanistan 66.03 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Sudan?
Life expectancy in Sudan was 66.33 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 66.33 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 45.81 years in 1950.
How does Sudan rank for life expectancy?
Sudan ranks 200th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.