Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Argentina vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs South Sudan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	South Sudan
1960	3.14	7.16
1961	3.12	7.18
1962	3.13	7.2
1963	3.11	7.2
1964	3.08	7.22
1965	3.01	7.22
1966	2.97	7.25
1967	2.98	7.26
1968	3.01	7.26
1969	3.05	7.28
1970	3.09	7.29
1971	3.11	7.3
1972	3.14	7.31
1973	3.17	7.31
1974	3.22	7.31
1975	3.27	7.33
1976	3.32	7.33
1977	3.36	7.33
1978	3.36	7.33
1979	3.34	7.32
1980	3.3	7.33
1981	3.25	7.33
1982	3.2	7.34
1983	3.15	7.34
1984	3.12	7.35
1985	3.07	7.36
1986	3.05	7.38
1987	3.04	7.39
1988	3.05	7.38
1989	3.02	7.37
1990	3.03	7.38
1991	3.01	7.38
1992	2.99	7.37
1993	2.97	7.36
1994	2.94	7.35
1995	2.86	7.34
1996	2.78	7.32
1997	2.71	7.2
1998	2.66	7.08
1999	2.64	6.94
2000	2.59	6.8
2001	2.53	6.65
2002	2.49	6.52
2003	2.45	6.35
2004	2.43	6.19
2005	2.43	6.02
2006	2.4	5.85
2007	2.37	5.7
2008	2.43	5.57
2009	2.4	5.45
2010	2.41	5.32
2011	2.39	5.19
2012	2.3	5.06
2013	2.34	4.94
2014	2.39	4.82
2015	2.35	4.7
2016	2.24	4.58
2017	2.17	4.48
2018	2.07	4.37
2019	1.88	4.26
2020	1.6	4.16
2021	1.59	4.05
2022	1.48	3.96
2023	1.5	3.86
2024	1.5	3.79
2025	1.5	3.71
2026	1.51	3.63
2027	1.51	3.56
2028	1.51	3.49
2029	1.51	3.43
2030	1.51	3.37
2031	1.51	3.31
2032	1.52	3.26
2033	1.52	3.2
2034	1.52	3.15
2035	1.52	3.1
2036	1.52	3.06
2037	1.52	3.01
2038	1.52	2.96
2039	1.52	2.92
2040	1.52	2.88
2041	1.52	2.84
2042	1.52	2.8
2043	1.53	2.76
2044	1.53	2.73
2045	1.53	2.69
2046	1.53	2.66
2047	1.53	2.63
2048	1.53	2.6
2049	1.53	2.58
2050	1.54	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	South Sudan
1960	31.2%	42.5%
1961	31.1%	42.6%
1962	31%	42.6%
1963	30.8%	42.8%
1964	30.6%	43%
1965	30.5%	43.3%
1966	30.2%	43.5%
1967	30%	43.8%
1968	29.8%	44%
1969	29.7%	44.3%
1970	29.6%	44.5%
1971	29.5%	44.7%
1972	29.5%	44.8%
1973	29.5%	45%
1974	29.6%	45.1%
1975	29.7%	45.2%
1976	29.8%	45.3%
1977	29.9%	45.4%
1978	30.1%	45.5%
1979	30.3%	45.7%
1980	30.5%	45.8%
1981	30.6%	46%
1982	30.8%	46.2%
1983	30.9%	46.3%
1984	31%	46.5%
1985	31%	46.6%
1986	30.9%	46.7%
1987	30.9%	46.9%
1988	30.7%	46.2%
1989	30.6%	45.4%
1990	30.4%	45.4%
1991	30.3%	45.5%
1992	30%	45.6%
1993	29.8%	45.7%
1994	29.6%	45.8%
1995	29.3%	45.8%
1996	29.1%	46%
1997	28.8%	46%
1998	28.6%	45.8%
1999	28.4%	45.6%
2000	28.2%	45.5%
2001	27.9%	45.5%
2002	27.7%	45.7%
2003	27.5%	45.9%
2004	27.2%	45.8%
2005	26.9%	45.3%
2006	26.7%	44.8%
2007	26.4%	44.3%
2008	26.1%	43.8%
2009	25.9%	43.4%
2010	25.7%	42.8%
2011	25.5%	42.2%
2012	25.3%	41.9%
2013	25.2%	41.9%
2014	25%	42.5%
2015	24.9%	43.1%
2016	24.7%	43.7%
2017	24.6%	45%
2018	24.4%	44.9%
2019	24.1%	43.6%
2020	23.7%	42.4%
2021	23.2%	41.6%
2022	22.8%	40.9%
2023	22.2%	39.9%
2024	21.6%	38.9%
2025	21%	38%
2026	20.4%	37.1%
2027	19.9%	36.2%
2028	19.3%	35.5%
2029	18.7%	35%
2030	18.1%	34.7%
2031	17.6%	34.5%
2032	17.1%	34.4%
2033	16.7%	34.3%
2034	16.4%	34.3%
2035	16.2%	34.2%
2036	16.2%	34.1%
2037	16.1%	34%
2038	16.2%	33.8%
2039	16.2%	33.7%
2040	16.2%	33.4%
2041	16.1%	33.2%
2042	16.1%	32.9%
2043	16.1%	32.5%
2044	16%	32.2%
2045	16%	31.8%
2046	15.9%	31.4%
2047	15.8%	31%
2048	15.7%	30.5%
2049	15.6%	30.1%
2050	15.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +1.65% in South Sudan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Argentina	South Sudan
1960	315,943	42,945
1961	317,816	45,186
1962	316,952	47,406
1963	317,041	46,333
1964	311,020	64,786
1965	304,734	51,682
1966	303,981	38,523
1967	308,904	41,357
1968	312,440	44,213
1969	319,108	42,015
1970	339,096	44,776
1971	344,889	72,308
1972	357,835	74,803
1973	370,856	94,765
1974	388,107	97,181
1975	409,561	99,882
1976	422,330	102,346
1977	441,647	104,886
1978	448,413	107,352
1979	449,952	109,540
1980	443,732	112,307
1981	442,501	115,163
1982	431,926	118,641
1983	426,145	104,107
1984	423,279	90,970
1985	428,866	95,342
1986	436,760	99,502
1987	443,404	5,756
1988	455,701	-125,447
1989	460,991	83,735
1990	466,640	82,900
1991	474,960	87,873
1992	473,226	28,874
1993	474,791	32,779
1994	481,958	165,407
1995	469,658	110,417
1996	458,199	116,728
1997	450,930	121,454
1998	440,184	-12,157
1999	444,038	180,721
2000	437,562	196,055
2001	430,579	204,108
2002	424,825	212,014
2003	410,141	225,822
2004	417,970	231,877
2005	428,247	239,272
2006	424,591	246,706
2007	402,889	256,546
2008	442,442	268,268
2009	439,271	278,859
2010	441,335	287,409
2011	448,730	303,181
2012	411,540	312,974
2013	421,694	315,983
2014	450,462	227,611
2015	444,161	148,542
2016	391,767	110,553
2017	375,260	72,193
2018	346,031	168,497
2019	280,005	209,708
2020	151,347	212,332
2021	88,677	213,567
2022	96,673	211,166
2023	154,648	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	South Sudan
1985	80	3,845
1986	76	3,720
1987	73	8,045
1988	70	5,535
1989	68	5,103
1990	68	4,877
1991	67	4,764
1992	65	7,597
1993	62	7,537
1994	62	1,666
1995	60	4,430
1996	59	4,357
1997	60	4,172
1998	57	7,514
1999	57	2,048
2000	58	1,658
2001	60	1,580
2002	59	1,521
2003	61	1,199
2004	58	1,150
2005	57	1,074
2006	60	1,005
2007	62	933
2008	59	858
2009	62	823
2010	55	776
2011	48	770
2012	49	755
2013	47	771
2014	43	1,216
2015	39	1,436
2016	40	1,629
2017	38	1,662
2018	38	913
2019	36	745
2020	40	729
2021	76	749
2022	39	704
2023	33	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 9.87% in South Sudan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Argentina	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	7.25%	32.6%
1970	7.17%	32.3%
1971	7.08%	31.9%
1972	6.97%	31.6%
1973	6.82%	31.3%
1974	6.61%	30.9%
1975	6.33%	30.6%
1976	5.98%	30.2%
1977	5.56%	29.9%
1978	5.12%	29.5%
1979	4.68%	29.2%
1980	4.28%	28.9%
1981	3.94%	28.5%
1982	3.65%	28.2%
1983	3.41%	27.8%
1984	3.21%	27.5%
1985	3.06%	27.1%
1986	2.96%	26.7%
1987	2.91%	36%
1988	2.9%	76.7%
1989	2.89%	30.7%
1990	2.88%	30.3%
1991	2.84%	29.7%
1992	2.76%	33.8%
1993	2.66%	33.1%
1994	2.54%	23%
1995	2.42%	27%
1996	2.31%	26.1%
1997	2.19%	25.2%
1998	2.09%	42.6%
1999	2.01%	19.2%
2000	1.94%	18.3%
2001	1.88%	17.4%
2002	1.83%	16.5%
2003	1.78%	15.7%
2004	1.73%	14.8%
2005	1.67%	14.1%
2006	1.62%	13.4%
2007	1.58%	12.7%
2008	1.54%	12.1%
2009	1.49%	11.5%
2010	1.44%	10.9%
2011	1.39%	10.5%
2012	1.33%	10.1%
2013	1.27%	9.92%
2014	1.22%	18.2%
2015	1.17%	23.7%
2016	1.14%	26.4%
2017	1.1%	27.8%
2018	1.07%	13.2%
2019	1.05%	9.87%
2020	1.03%	9.87%
2021	1%	9.87%
2022	0.98%	9.87%
2023	0.96%	9.87%