Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	South Sudan
1960	7.26	7.16
1961	7.23	7.18
1962	7.19	7.2
1963	7.14	7.2
1964	7.09	7.22
1965	7.03	7.22
1966	6.94	7.25
1967	6.84	7.26
1968	6.71	7.26
1969	6.57	7.28
1970	6.43	7.29
1971	6.28	7.3
1972	6.14	7.31
1973	5.97	7.31
1974	5.79	7.31
1975	5.62	7.33
1976	5.45	7.33
1977	5.29	7.33
1978	5.12	7.33
1979	4.94	7.32
1980	4.76	7.33
1981	4.6	7.33
1982	4.51	7.34
1983	4.41	7.34
1984	4.3	7.35
1985	4.28	7.36
1986	4.25	7.38
1987	4.13	7.39
1988	4.04	7.38
1989	3.96	7.37
1990	3.82	7.38
1991	3.63	7.38
1992	3.55	7.37
1993	3.46	7.36
1994	3.29	7.35
1995	3.13	7.34
1996	2.99	7.32
1997	2.92	7.2
1998	2.89	7.08
1999	2.9	6.94
2000	2.8	6.8
2001	2.65	6.65
2002	2.7	6.52
2003	2.78	6.35
2004	2.77	6.19
2005	2.67	6.02
2006	2.46	5.85
2007	2.28	5.7
2008	2.15	5.57
2009	2.05	5.45
2010	1.99	5.32
2011	2.03	5.19
2012	2.11	5.06
2013	2.17	4.94
2014	2.15	4.82
2015	2.11	4.7
2016	2.04	4.58
2017	1.98	4.48
2018	1.91	4.37
2019	1.84	4.26
2020	1.86	4.16
2021	1.85	4.05
2022	1.84	3.96
2023	1.82	3.86
2024	1.8	3.79
2025	1.78	3.71
2026	1.77	3.63
2027	1.75	3.56
2028	1.74	3.49
2029	1.74	3.43
2030	1.73	3.37
2031	1.72	3.31
2032	1.72	3.26
2033	1.71	3.2
2034	1.71	3.15
2035	1.7	3.1
2036	1.7	3.06
2037	1.69	3.01
2038	1.69	2.96
2039	1.69	2.92
2040	1.68	2.88
2041	1.68	2.84
2042	1.68	2.8
2043	1.68	2.76
2044	1.68	2.73
2045	1.67	2.69
2046	1.67	2.66
2047	1.67	2.63
2048	1.67	2.6
2049	1.66	2.58
2050	1.66	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	South Sudan
1960	42.7%	42.5%
1961	42.9%	42.6%
1962	43.2%	42.6%
1963	43.6%	42.8%
1964	44.1%	43%
1965	44.7%	43.3%
1966	45.3%	43.5%
1967	45.9%	43.8%
1968	46.1%	44%
1969	45.8%	44.3%
1970	45.3%	44.5%
1971	44.4%	44.7%
1972	43.4%	44.8%
1973	42.2%	45%
1974	41%	45.1%
1975	39.8%	45.2%
1976	38.7%	45.3%
1977	37.7%	45.4%
1978	36.8%	45.5%
1979	36%	45.7%
1980	35.3%	45.8%
1981	34.8%	46%
1982	34.4%	46.2%
1983	34%	46.3%
1984	33.7%	46.5%
1985	33.4%	46.6%
1986	33.3%	46.7%
1987	33.3%	46.9%
1988	33.3%	46.2%
1989	33.4%	45.4%
1990	33.6%	45.4%
1991	33.6%	45.5%
1992	33.5%	45.6%
1993	33.1%	45.7%
1994	32.6%	45.8%
1995	32.2%	45.8%
1996	31.7%	46%
1997	31.2%	46%
1998	30.7%	45.8%
1999	30.2%	45.6%
2000	29.8%	45.5%
2001	28.9%	45.5%
2002	27.6%	45.7%
2003	26.2%	45.9%
2004	24.9%	45.8%
2005	23.7%	45.3%
2006	22.8%	44.8%
2007	22%	44.3%
2008	21.3%	43.8%
2009	20.6%	43.4%
2010	20.4%	42.8%
2011	20.4%	42.2%
2012	19.9%	41.9%
2013	19.8%	41.9%
2014	20.3%	42.5%
2015	20.5%	43.1%
2016	20.1%	43.7%
2017	19.8%	45%
2018	19.8%	44.9%
2019	20.1%	43.6%
2020	19.9%	42.4%
2021	19.3%	41.6%
2022	19.1%	40.9%
2023	19%	39.9%
2024	18.7%	38.9%
2025	18.4%	38%
2026	18.2%	37.1%
2027	17.9%	36.2%
2028	17.7%	35.5%
2029	17.6%	35%
2030	17.4%	34.7%
2031	17.3%	34.5%
2032	17.2%	34.4%
2033	17.1%	34.3%
2034	17.1%	34.3%
2035	17.1%	34.2%
2036	17.2%	34.1%
2037	17.3%	34%
2038	17.3%	33.8%
2039	17.3%	33.7%
2040	17.3%	33.4%
2041	17.3%	33.2%
2042	17.3%	32.9%
2043	17.3%	32.5%
2044	17.3%	32.2%
2045	17.3%	31.8%
2046	17.3%	31.4%
2047	17.3%	31%
2048	17.2%	30.5%
2049	17.2%	30.1%
2050	17.1%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	South Sudan
1960	5,513	42,945
1961	5,882	45,186
1962	6,232	47,406
1963	6,557	46,333
1964	6,873	64,786
1965	7,148	51,682
1966	7,342	38,523
1967	7,492	41,357
1968	7,584	44,213
1969	7,277	42,015
1970	6,973	44,776
1971	6,650	72,308
1972	6,763	74,803
1973	7,012	94,765
1974	7,265	97,181
1975	7,535	99,882
1976	7,818	102,346
1977	8,093	104,886
1978	8,358	107,352
1979	8,587	109,540
1980	8,802	112,307
1981	9,020	115,163
1982	9,396	118,641
1983	9,821	104,107
1984	10,269	90,970
1985	10,924	95,342
1986	11,455	99,502
1987	11,709	5,756
1988	11,995	-125,447
1989	12,293	83,735
1990	12,337	82,900
1991	11,491	87,873
1992	11,577	28,874
1993	11,521	32,779
1994	11,133	165,407
1995	10,824	110,417
1996	10,607	116,728
1997	10,739	121,454
1998	10,970	-12,157
1999	11,397	180,721
2000	11,339	196,055
2001	10,948	204,108
2002	11,875	212,014
2003	13,243	225,822
2004	14,454	231,877
2005	15,196	239,272
2006	15,248	246,706
2007	15,393	256,546
2008	15,541	268,268
2009	15,795	278,859
2010	16,474	287,409
2011	15,990	303,181
2012	16,219	312,974
2013	17,044	315,983
2014	17,826	227,611
2015	18,193	148,542
2016	17,996	110,553
2017	18,140	72,193
2018	17,445	168,497
2019	16,639	209,708
2020	15,056	212,332
2021	15,401	213,567
2022	17,058	211,166
2023	16,356	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	South Sudan
1985	37	3,845
1986	37	3,720
1987	36	8,045
1988	36	5,535
1989	35	5,103
1990	35	4,877
1991	34	4,764
1992	34	7,597
1993	33	7,537
1994	33	1,666
1995	31	4,430
1996	30	4,357
1997	28	4,172
1998	27	7,514
1999	26	2,048
2000	25	1,658
2001	24	1,580
2002	23	1,521
2003	22	1,199
2004	21	1,150
2005	20	1,074
2006	20	1,005
2007	19	933
2008	19	858
2009	18	823
2010	18	776
2011	18	770
2012	17	755
2013	17	771
2014	16	1,216
2015	16	1,436
2016	17	1,629
2017	17	1,662
2018	16	913
2019	17	745
2020	7	729
2021	10	749
2022	5	704
2023	17	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	South Sudan
1960	19.8%	35.5%
1961	18.2%	35.2%
1962	16.6%	34.9%
1963	15.2%	34.6%
1964	13.9%	34.3%
1965	12.7%	34%
1966	11.5%	33.6%
1967	10.5%	33.3%
1968	9.5%	32.9%
1969	8.6%	32.6%
1970	7.79%	32.3%
1971	7.05%	31.9%
1972	6.38%	31.6%
1973	5.8%	31.3%
1974	5.29%	30.9%
1975	4.84%	30.6%
1976	4.45%	30.2%
1977	4.11%	29.9%
1978	3.81%	29.5%
1979	3.54%	29.2%
1980	3.3%	28.9%
1981	3.09%	28.5%
1982	2.91%	28.2%
1983	2.76%	27.8%
1984	2.63%	27.5%
1985	2.52%	27.1%
1986	2.44%	26.7%
1987	2.38%	36%
1988	2.34%	76.7%
1989	2.32%	30.7%
1990	2.31%	30.3%
1991	2.27%	29.7%
1992	2.21%	33.8%
1993	2.1%	33.1%
1994	1.97%	23%
1995	1.82%	27%
1996	1.66%	26.1%
1997	1.52%	25.2%
1998	1.41%	42.6%
1999	1.32%	19.2%
2000	1.25%	18.3%
2001	1.2%	17.4%
2002	1.16%	16.5%
2003	1.13%	15.7%
2004	1.1%	14.8%
2005	1.06%	14.1%
2006	1.03%	13.4%
2007	0.98%	12.7%
2008	0.94%	12.1%
2009	0.9%	11.5%
2010	0.86%	10.9%
2011	0.83%	10.5%
2012	0.81%	10.1%
2013	0.79%	9.92%
2014	0.78%	18.2%
2015	0.77%	23.7%
2016	0.76%	26.4%
2017	0.77%	27.8%
2018	0.77%	13.2%
2019	0.78%	9.87%
2020	0.8%	9.87%
2021	0.82%	9.87%
2022	0.84%	9.87%
2023	0.86%	9.87%