Fertility & birth rates in Belize and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Belize vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belize was 2.01 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 Belize 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
	Belize	South Sudan
1960	6.5	7.16
1961	6.48	7.18
1962	6.46	7.2
1963	6.44	7.2
1964	6.42	7.22
1965	6.4	7.22
1966	6.38	7.25
1967	6.36	7.26
1968	6.34	7.26
1969	6.32	7.28
1970	6.3	7.29
1971	6.29	7.3
1972	6.28	7.31
1973	6.29	7.31
1974	6.29	7.31
1975	6.28	7.33
1976	6.25	7.33
1977	6.2	7.33
1978	6.11	7.33
1979	5.99	7.32
1980	5.85	7.33
1981	5.68	7.33
1982	5.5	7.34
1983	5.31	7.34
1984	5.12	7.35
1985	5	7.36
1986	4.94	7.38
1987	4.88	7.39
1988	4.87	7.38
1989	4.86	7.37
1990	4.8	7.38
1991	4.6	7.38
1992	4.43	7.37
1993	4.21	7.36
1994	3.97	7.35
1995	3.88	7.34
1996	3.76	7.32
1997	3.74	7.2
1998	3.75	7.08
1999	3.73	6.94
2000	3.63	6.8
2001	3.53	6.65
2002	3.43	6.52
2003	3.34	6.35
2004	3.25	6.19
2005	3.17	6.02
2006	3.02	5.85
2007	2.89	5.7
2008	2.78	5.57
2009	2.66	5.45
2010	2.55	5.32
2011	2.53	5.19
2012	2.51	5.06
2013	2.5	4.94
2014	2.47	4.82
2015	2.43	4.7
2016	2.4	4.58
2017	2.37	4.48
2018	2.34	4.37
2019	2.14	4.26
2020	2.04	4.16
2021	1.84	4.05
2022	1.95	3.96
2023	2.01	3.86
2024	2.02	3.79
2025	2.01	3.71
2026	1.99	3.63
2027	1.98	3.56
2028	1.96	3.49
2029	1.94	3.43
2030	1.93	3.37
2031	1.92	3.31
2032	1.91	3.26
2033	1.9	3.2
2034	1.89	3.15
2035	1.88	3.1
2036	1.86	3.06
2037	1.85	3.01
2038	1.85	2.96
2039	1.84	2.92
2040	1.83	2.88
2041	1.82	2.84
2042	1.82	2.8
2043	1.81	2.76
2044	1.81	2.73
2045	1.8	2.69
2046	1.8	2.66
2047	1.79	2.63
2048	1.79	2.6
2049	1.78	2.58
2050	1.78	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	South Sudan
1960	44.9%	42.5%
1961	45.4%	42.6%
1962	46%	42.6%
1963	46.6%	42.8%
1964	47.2%	43%
1965	47.8%	43.3%
1966	48.3%	43.5%
1967	48.8%	43.8%
1968	49.2%	44%
1969	49.4%	44.3%
1970	49.2%	44.5%
1971	48.7%	44.7%
1972	48.2%	44.8%
1973	47.7%	45%
1974	47.2%	45.1%
1975	46.7%	45.2%
1976	46.2%	45.3%
1977	45.7%	45.4%
1978	45.3%	45.5%
1979	44.9%	45.7%
1980	44.6%	45.8%
1981	44.4%	46%
1982	44.4%	46.2%
1983	44.4%	46.3%
1984	44.5%	46.5%
1985	44.7%	46.6%
1986	44.8%	46.7%
1987	44.7%	46.9%
1988	44.6%	46.2%
1989	44.5%	45.4%
1990	44.3%	45.4%
1991	44.1%	45.5%
1992	43.8%	45.6%
1993	43.5%	45.7%
1994	43.2%	45.8%
1995	42.7%	45.8%
1996	42.1%	46%
1997	41.5%	46%
1998	40.9%	45.8%
1999	40.4%	45.6%
2000	39.9%	45.5%
2001	39.5%	45.5%
2002	39.1%	45.7%
2003	38.7%	45.9%
2004	38.3%	45.8%
2005	37.9%	45.3%
2006	37.5%	44.8%
2007	37.1%	44.3%
2008	36.7%	43.8%
2009	36.2%	43.4%
2010	35.5%	42.8%
2011	34.7%	42.2%
2012	34%	41.9%
2013	33.3%	41.9%
2014	32.5%	42.5%
2015	31.8%	43.1%
2016	31.1%	43.7%
2017	30.4%	45%
2018	29.9%	44.9%
2019	29.4%	43.6%
2020	28.9%	42.4%
2021	28.3%	41.6%
2022	27.6%	40.9%
2023	27%	39.9%
2024	26.6%	38.9%
2025	26.3%	38%
2026	26%	37.1%
2027	25.7%	36.2%
2028	25.4%	35.5%
2029	25%	35%
2030	24.6%	34.7%
2031	24.2%	34.5%
2032	23.8%	34.4%
2033	23.4%	34.3%
2034	23%	34.3%
2035	22.7%	34.2%
2036	22.5%	34.1%
2037	22.2%	34%
2038	21.9%	33.8%
2039	21.6%	33.7%
2040	21.2%	33.4%
2041	20.9%	33.2%
2042	20.5%	32.9%
2043	20.2%	32.5%
2044	19.8%	32.2%
2045	19.5%	31.8%
2046	19.2%	31.4%
2047	18.9%	31%
2048	18.7%	30.5%
2049	18.4%	30.1%
2050	18.2%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize 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
	Belize	South Sudan
1960	2,903	42,945
1961	2,657	45,186
1962	2,961	47,406
1963	2,983	46,333
1964	3,010	64,786
1965	3,045	51,682
1966	3,092	38,523
1967	3,158	41,357
1968	3,240	44,213
1969	3,346	42,015
1970	3,486	44,776
1971	3,651	72,308
1972	3,814	74,803
1973	3,974	94,765
1974	4,136	97,181
1975	4,294	99,882
1976	4,484	102,346
1977	4,659	104,886
1978	4,804	107,352
1979	4,929	109,540
1980	5,029	112,307
1981	5,132	115,163
1982	5,155	118,641
1983	5,161	104,107
1984	5,128	90,970
1985	5,155	95,342
1986	5,238	99,502
1987	5,328	5,756
1988	5,465	-125,447
1989	5,629	83,735
1990	5,728	82,900
1991	5,656	87,873
1992	5,562	28,874
1993	5,436	32,779
1994	5,283	165,407
1995	5,339	110,417
1996	5,339	116,728
1997	5,494	121,454
1998	5,733	-12,157
1999	5,914	180,721
2000	5,934	196,055
2001	5,915	204,108
2002	5,967	212,014
2003	5,968	225,822
2004	5,997	231,877
2005	6,030	239,272
2006	5,874	246,706
2007	5,728	256,546
2008	5,643	268,268
2009	5,506	278,859
2010	5,381	287,409
2011	5,509	303,181
2012	5,628	312,974
2013	5,767	315,983
2014	5,864	227,611
2015	5,899	148,542
2016	5,931	110,553
2017	6,042	72,193
2018	6,112	168,497
2019	5,516	209,708
2020	4,993	212,332
2021	4,186	213,567
2022	4,825	211,166
2023	5,386	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belize, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	South Sudan
1985	98	3,845
1986	87	3,720
1987	83	8,045
1988	82	5,535
1989	80	5,103
1990	77	4,877
1991	75	4,764
1992	74	7,597
1993	73	7,537
1994	72	1,666
1995	73	4,430
1996	74	4,357
1997	77	4,172
1998	79	7,514
1999	77	2,048
2000	78	1,658
2001	76	1,580
2002	68	1,521
2003	67	1,199
2004	63	1,150
2005	60	1,074
2006	55	1,005
2007	52	933
2008	48	858
2009	45	823
2010	41	776
2011	39	770
2012	40	755
2013	41	771
2014	44	1,216
2015	47	1,436
2016	51	1,629
2017	56	1,662
2018	60	913
2019	61	745
2020	88	729
2021	157	749
2022	110	704
2023	67	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize 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
	Belize	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	11.3%	33.3%
1968	10.8%	32.9%
1969	10.3%	32.6%
1970	9.89%	32.3%
1971	9.48%	31.9%
1972	9.08%	31.6%
1973	8.69%	31.3%
1974	8.33%	30.9%
1975	8%	30.6%
1976	7.67%	30.2%
1977	7.38%	29.9%
1978	7.09%	29.5%
1979	6.81%	29.2%
1980	6.55%	28.9%
1981	6.3%	28.5%
1982	6.04%	28.2%
1983	5.78%	27.8%
1984	5.52%	27.5%
1985	5.25%	27.1%
1986	4.98%	26.7%
1987	4.71%	36%
1988	4.44%	76.7%
1989	4.18%	30.7%
1990	3.93%	30.3%
1991	3.69%	29.7%
1992	3.48%	33.8%
1993	3.3%	33.1%
1994	3.13%	23%
1995	2.99%	27%
1996	2.86%	26.1%
1997	2.74%	25.2%
1998	2.64%	42.6%
1999	2.54%	19.2%
2000	2.45%	18.3%
2001	2.36%	17.4%
2002	2.28%	16.5%
2003	2.21%	15.7%
2004	2.15%	14.8%
2005	2.1%	14.1%
2006	2.06%	13.4%
2007	2.01%	12.7%
2008	1.97%	12.1%
2009	1.93%	11.5%
2010	1.88%	10.9%
2011	1.83%	10.5%
2012	1.77%	10.1%
2013	1.7%	9.92%
2014	1.63%	18.2%
2015	1.56%	23.7%
2016	1.5%	26.4%
2017	1.44%	27.8%
2018	1.39%	13.2%
2019	1.35%	9.87%
2020	1.32%	9.87%
2021	1.3%	9.87%
2022	1.28%	9.87%
2023	1.27%	9.87%