Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	South Sudan
1960	6.27	7.16
1961	6.26	7.18
1962	6.25	7.2
1963	6.23	7.2
1964	6.21	7.22
1965	6.18	7.22
1966	6.16	7.25
1967	6.13	7.26
1968	6.1	7.26
1969	6.06	7.28
1970	6	7.29
1971	5.95	7.3
1972	5.89	7.31
1973	5.85	7.31
1974	5.8	7.31
1975	5.75	7.33
1976	5.74	7.33
1977	5.67	7.33
1978	5.61	7.33
1979	5.54	7.32
1980	5.47	7.33
1981	5.41	7.33
1982	5.35	7.34
1983	5.29	7.34
1984	5.24	7.35
1985	5.15	7.36
1986	5.12	7.38
1987	5.06	7.39
1988	5.03	7.38
1989	4.97	7.37
1990	4.9	7.38
1991	4.85	7.38
1992	4.71	7.37
1993	4.59	7.36
1994	4.49	7.35
1995	4.41	7.34
1996	4.34	7.32
1997	4.22	7.2
1998	4.15	7.08
1999	4.09	6.94
2000	3.99	6.8
2001	3.89	6.65
2002	3.8	6.52
2003	3.72	6.35
2004	3.63	6.19
2005	3.56	6.02
2006	3.53	5.85
2007	3.45	5.7
2008	3.36	5.57
2009	3.29	5.45
2010	3.21	5.32
2011	3.14	5.19
2012	3.08	5.06
2013	3.01	4.94
2014	2.95	4.82
2015	2.89	4.7
2016	2.83	4.58
2017	2.78	4.48
2018	2.73	4.37
2019	2.69	4.26
2020	2.65	4.16
2021	2.62	4.05
2022	2.58	3.96
2023	2.55	3.86
2024	2.52	3.79
2025	2.5	3.71
2026	2.47	3.63
2027	2.45	3.56
2028	2.42	3.49
2029	2.4	3.43
2030	2.38	3.37
2031	2.36	3.31
2032	2.34	3.26
2033	2.32	3.2
2034	2.3	3.15
2035	2.28	3.1
2036	2.26	3.06
2037	2.24	3.01
2038	2.23	2.96
2039	2.21	2.92
2040	2.19	2.88
2041	2.18	2.84
2042	2.16	2.8
2043	2.15	2.76
2044	2.13	2.73
2045	2.12	2.69
2046	2.11	2.66
2047	2.09	2.63
2048	2.08	2.6
2049	2.07	2.58
2050	2.06	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	South Sudan
1960	40.6%	42.5%
1961	40.5%	42.6%
1962	40.5%	42.6%
1963	40.5%	42.8%
1964	40.6%	43%
1965	40.8%	43.3%
1966	40.9%	43.5%
1967	41%	43.8%
1968	41.1%	44%
1969	41.2%	44.3%
1970	41.2%	44.5%
1971	41.3%	44.7%
1972	41.3%	44.8%
1973	41.3%	45%
1974	41.3%	45.1%
1975	41.3%	45.2%
1976	41.3%	45.3%
1977	41.3%	45.4%
1978	41.2%	45.5%
1979	41.2%	45.7%
1980	41.1%	45.8%
1981	41.1%	46%
1982	41%	46.2%
1983	40.9%	46.3%
1984	40.9%	46.5%
1985	40.8%	46.6%
1986	40.7%	46.7%
1987	40.6%	46.9%
1988	40.5%	46.2%
1989	40.4%	45.4%
1990	40.3%	45.4%
1991	40.2%	45.5%
1992	40%	45.6%
1993	39.8%	45.7%
1994	39.6%	45.8%
1995	39.3%	45.8%
1996	39.1%	46%
1997	38.8%	46%
1998	38.6%	45.8%
1999	38.3%	45.6%
2000	38%	45.5%
2001	37.7%	45.5%
2002	37.4%	45.7%
2003	37.1%	45.9%
2004	36.7%	45.8%
2005	36.3%	45.3%
2006	36%	44.8%
2007	35.6%	44.3%
2008	35.2%	43.8%
2009	34.8%	43.4%
2010	34.4%	42.8%
2011	34.1%	42.2%
2012	33.7%	41.9%
2013	33.3%	41.9%
2014	33%	42.5%
2015	32.6%	43.1%
2016	32.3%	43.7%
2017	31.9%	45%
2018	31.6%	44.9%
2019	31.3%	43.6%
2020	31%	42.4%
2021	30.8%	41.6%
2022	30.5%	40.9%
2023	30.1%	39.9%
2024	29.8%	38.9%
2025	29.4%	38%
2026	29.1%	37.1%
2027	28.8%	36.2%
2028	28.5%	35.5%
2029	28.1%	35%
2030	27.8%	34.7%
2031	27.6%	34.5%
2032	27.3%	34.4%
2033	27%	34.3%
2034	26.7%	34.3%
2035	26.5%	34.2%
2036	26.2%	34.1%
2037	26%	34%
2038	25.7%	33.8%
2039	25.4%	33.7%
2040	25.2%	33.4%
2041	24.9%	33.2%
2042	24.7%	32.9%
2043	24.4%	32.5%
2044	24.2%	32.2%
2045	24%	31.8%
2046	23.7%	31.4%
2047	23.5%	31%
2048	23.3%	30.5%
2049	23%	30.1%
2050	22.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	South Sudan
1960	78,501	42,945
1961	81,106	45,186
1962	84,090	47,406
1963	87,010	46,333
1964	89,745	64,786
1965	92,655	51,682
1966	95,800	38,523
1967	99,339	41,357
1968	102,671	44,213
1969	105,361	42,015
1970	107,897	44,776
1971	110,749	72,308
1972	112,799	74,803
1973	116,323	94,765
1974	119,560	97,181
1975	122,864	99,882
1976	128,552	102,346
1977	131,569	104,886
1978	134,504	107,352
1979	137,331	109,540
1980	140,460	112,307
1981	143,199	115,163
1982	144,825	118,641
1983	147,129	104,107
1984	150,545	90,970
1985	152,288	95,342
1986	156,146	99,502
1987	160,458	5,756
1988	164,763	-125,447
1989	168,044	83,735
1990	171,351	82,900
1991	174,836	87,873
1992	174,242	28,874
1993	175,344	32,779
1994	175,387	165,407
1995	175,141	110,417
1996	175,861	116,728
1997	173,731	121,454
1998	174,207	-12,157
1999	175,051	180,721
2000	172,996	196,055
2001	171,177	204,108
2002	170,656	212,014
2003	171,846	225,822
2004	172,350	231,877
2005	173,567	239,272
2006	177,999	246,706
2007	178,309	256,546
2008	178,576	268,268
2009	178,741	278,859
2010	179,036	287,409
2011	178,840	303,181
2012	178,716	312,974
2013	177,929	315,983
2014	176,967	227,611
2015	176,169	148,542
2016	175,057	110,553
2017	173,799	72,193
2018	172,775	168,497
2019	171,593	209,708
2020	131,870	212,332
2021	119,576	213,567
2022	167,691	211,166
2023	172,336	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	South Sudan
1985	518	3,845
1986	503	3,720
1987	478	8,045
1988	457	5,535
1989	430	5,103
1990	407	4,877
1991	391	4,764
1992	375	7,597
1993	354	7,537
1994	336	1,666
1995	322	4,430
1996	314	4,357
1997	306	4,172
1998	298	7,514
1999	292	2,048
2000	287	1,658
2001	276	1,580
2002	262	1,521
2003	256	1,199
2004	251	1,150
2005	242	1,074
2006	236	1,005
2007	224	933
2008	214	858
2009	205	823
2010	196	776
2011	187	770
2012	180	755
2013	175	771
2014	171	1,216
2015	166	1,436
2016	162	1,629
2017	160	1,662
2018	157	913
2019	156	745
2020	218	729
2021	270	749
2022	164	704
2023	146	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	South Sudan
1960	29%	35.5%
1961	28.4%	35.2%
1962	27.8%	34.9%
1963	27.2%	34.6%
1964	26.6%	34.3%
1965	26%	34%
1966	25.4%	33.6%
1967	24.8%	33.3%
1968	24.2%	32.9%
1969	23.6%	32.6%
1970	22.9%	32.3%
1971	22.3%	31.9%
1972	21.7%	31.6%
1973	21%	31.3%
1974	20.4%	30.9%
1975	19.8%	30.6%
1976	19.1%	30.2%
1977	18.5%	29.9%
1978	17.9%	29.5%
1979	17.4%	29.2%
1980	16.9%	28.9%
1981	16.5%	28.5%
1982	16%	28.2%
1983	15.6%	27.8%
1984	15.1%	27.5%
1985	14.6%	27.1%
1986	14.2%	26.7%
1987	13.7%	36%
1988	13.2%	76.7%
1989	12.7%	30.7%
1990	12.2%	30.3%
1991	11.7%	29.7%
1992	11.2%	33.8%
1993	10.8%	33.1%
1994	10.3%	23%
1995	9.84%	27%
1996	9.38%	26.1%
1997	8.93%	25.2%
1998	8.47%	42.6%
1999	8.02%	19.2%
2000	7.57%	18.3%
2001	7.14%	17.4%
2002	6.74%	16.5%
2003	6.35%	15.7%
2004	5.99%	14.8%
2005	5.64%	14.1%
2006	5.31%	13.4%
2007	5%	12.7%
2008	4.72%	12.1%
2009	4.45%	11.5%
2010	4.2%	10.9%
2011	3.97%	10.5%
2012	3.75%	10.1%
2013	3.54%	9.92%
2014	3.35%	18.2%
2015	3.18%	23.7%
2016	3.03%	26.4%
2017	2.9%	27.8%
2018	2.78%	13.2%
2019	2.67%	9.87%
2020	2.57%	9.87%
2021	2.48%	9.87%
2022	2.39%	9.87%
2023	2.31%	9.87%