Child Mortality (under 5) in Sudan: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Behind every statistic lies the quiet weight of human experience, measuring the fragile threshold of early life. For Sudan, this page tracks a profound transition across generations, tracing the changing odds of survival before a child reaches their fifth birthday. Every value recorded here reflects a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, capturing the enduring reality of families enduring loss and bearing witness to change across three centuries of history.

The historical arc reveals a long, slow descent from the distant past into the present day. In the 1800s estimate, child mortality stood at 450 per 1,000 births, easing incrementally through decades like the 1840s estimate at 442 and the 1890s estimate at 432 before reaching 430 in 1900s estimate. Progress accelerated through the middle of the twentieth century, moving from 320 in the 1950s down to 180 in the 1980s and 150 in the 2000s. In the 2020s, child mortality stands at 75 per 1,000 births, placing Sudan at #151 of 157 countries, with future projections anticipating a continued decline toward 60 in the 2030s projection and 12.58 in the 2100s projection.

If you were born in Sudan during different eras, the baseline of your earliest years changed dramatically beneath your feet. A child entering the world during the 1910s estimate faced an environment where 408 per 1,000 births ended before age five, compared to 226.67 in the 1970s or 112.5 in the 2010s. Today, that same early journey takes place against the backdrop of the 2020s rate of 75 per 1,000 births, looking toward a future where subsequent decades project even wider margins of survival.

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