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.

Life expectancy in Sudan

Name: Life expectancy in Sudan
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

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

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Sudan, 1950–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Sudan stood at 66.33 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it 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.

Sudan ranks 200th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	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

197 Comoros 66.78 years compare
198 Kiribati 66.47 years compare
199 Zambia 66.35 years compare
201 South Africa 66.14 years compare
202 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years compare
203 Afghanistan 66.03 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Sudan

Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 587,578 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 29.14 million (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 577,291 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 599,258 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 55.4% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 14.19 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 57.4% (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.75 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 14.94 million (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 3.4% (2025)

All data for Sudan →

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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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: 06 August 2026

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.