Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Burundi vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	South Sudan
1960	7	7.16
1961	7.02	7.18
1962	7.04	7.2
1963	7.07	7.2
1964	7.09	7.22
1965	7.11	7.22
1966	7.14	7.25
1967	7.16	7.26
1968	7.18	7.26
1969	7.22	7.28
1970	7.21	7.29
1971	7.21	7.3
1972	7.21	7.31
1973	7.22	7.31
1974	7.22	7.31
1975	7.24	7.33
1976	7.25	7.33
1977	7.25	7.33
1978	7.26	7.33
1979	7.31	7.32
1980	7.35	7.33
1981	7.33	7.33
1982	7.31	7.34
1983	7.3	7.34
1984	7.3	7.35
1985	7.29	7.36
1986	7.32	7.38
1987	7.38	7.39
1988	7.38	7.38
1989	7.39	7.37
1990	7.37	7.38
1991	7.34	7.38
1992	7.3	7.37
1993	7.27	7.36
1994	7.23	7.35
1995	7.18	7.34
1996	7.12	7.32
1997	7.04	7.2
1998	6.96	7.08
1999	6.9	6.94
2000	6.87	6.8
2001	6.85	6.65
2002	6.82	6.52
2003	6.79	6.35
2004	6.75	6.19
2005	6.71	6.02
2006	6.66	5.85
2007	6.59	5.7
2008	6.52	5.57
2009	6.41	5.45
2010	6.26	5.32
2011	6.11	5.19
2012	5.99	5.06
2013	5.89	4.94
2014	5.79	4.82
2015	5.7	4.7
2016	5.59	4.58
2017	5.48	4.48
2018	5.38	4.37
2019	5.27	4.26
2020	5.18	4.16
2021	5.08	4.05
2022	4.98	3.96
2023	4.88	3.86
2024	4.79	3.79
2025	4.68	3.71
2026	4.57	3.63
2027	4.46	3.56
2028	4.37	3.49
2029	4.28	3.43
2030	4.2	3.37
2031	4.11	3.31
2032	4.03	3.26
2033	3.95	3.2
2034	3.85	3.15
2035	3.78	3.1
2036	3.69	3.06
2037	3.62	3.01
2038	3.55	2.96
2039	3.49	2.92
2040	3.43	2.88
2041	3.37	2.84
2042	3.32	2.8
2043	3.27	2.76
2044	3.22	2.73
2045	3.17	2.69
2046	3.13	2.66
2047	3.08	2.63
2048	3.04	2.6
2049	3	2.58
2050	2.96	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	South Sudan
1960	45.1%	42.5%
1961	45.2%	42.6%
1962	45.3%	42.6%
1963	45.5%	42.8%
1964	45.5%	43%
1965	45.4%	43.3%
1966	45.2%	43.5%
1967	45%	43.8%
1968	44.9%	44%
1969	44.9%	44.3%
1970	44.9%	44.5%
1971	44.9%	44.7%
1972	45.5%	44.8%
1973	46%	45%
1974	45.8%	45.1%
1975	45.7%	45.2%
1976	45.8%	45.3%
1977	45.8%	45.4%
1978	45.7%	45.5%
1979	45.8%	45.7%
1980	45.4%	45.8%
1981	45.2%	46%
1982	45.6%	46.2%
1983	45.9%	46.3%
1984	46.3%	46.5%
1985	46.8%	46.6%
1986	47.3%	46.7%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	48%	46.2%
1989	48.4%	45.4%
1990	48.7%	45.4%
1991	48.9%	45.5%
1992	48.9%	45.6%
1993	51%	45.7%
1994	51.1%	45.8%
1995	49.1%	45.8%
1996	49.6%	46%
1997	49.9%	46%
1998	49.4%	45.8%
1999	48.7%	45.6%
2000	48.3%	45.5%
2001	47.7%	45.5%
2002	47.2%	45.7%
2003	46.7%	45.9%
2004	46.2%	45.8%
2005	45.8%	45.3%
2006	45.6%	44.8%
2007	45.4%	44.3%
2008	45.2%	43.8%
2009	45%	43.4%
2010	45.1%	42.8%
2011	45.4%	42.2%
2012	45.7%	41.9%
2013	46.1%	41.9%
2014	46.4%	42.5%
2015	47%	43.1%
2016	47.7%	43.7%
2017	47.9%	45%
2018	47.8%	44.9%
2019	47.3%	43.6%
2020	47%	42.4%
2021	46.5%	41.6%
2022	46%	40.9%
2023	45.4%	39.9%
2024	44.7%	38.9%
2025	44%	38%
2026	43.2%	37.1%
2027	42.5%	36.2%
2028	41.7%	35.5%
2029	41%	35%
2030	40.3%	34.7%
2031	39.7%	34.5%
2032	39.2%	34.4%
2033	38.8%	34.3%
2034	38.5%	34.3%
2035	38.1%	34.2%
2036	37.8%	34.1%
2037	37.5%	34%
2038	37.2%	33.8%
2039	36.9%	33.7%
2040	36.6%	33.4%
2041	36.4%	33.2%
2042	36.1%	32.9%
2043	35.9%	32.5%
2044	35.6%	32.2%
2045	35.4%	31.8%
2046	35.1%	31.4%
2047	34.8%	31%
2048	34.4%	30.5%
2049	34.1%	30.1%
2050	33.7%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	South Sudan
1960	70,032	42,945
1961	71,216	45,186
1962	74,710	47,406
1963	75,962	46,333
1964	77,528	64,786
1965	78,208	51,682
1966	83,651	38,523
1967	86,373	41,357
1968	88,765	44,213
1969	90,852	42,015
1970	92,476	44,776
1971	95,153	72,308
1972	30,532	74,803
1973	74,805	94,765
1974	95,486	97,181
1975	101,172	99,882
1976	104,396	102,346
1977	108,488	104,886
1978	114,884	107,352
1979	123,377	109,540
1980	127,746	112,307
1981	146,231	115,163
1982	147,090	118,641
1983	152,801	104,107
1984	154,366	90,970
1985	156,896	95,342
1986	156,170	99,502
1987	157,481	5,756
1988	145,234	-125,447
1989	157,547	83,735
1990	156,617	82,900
1991	156,148	87,873
1992	156,420	28,874
1993	128,898	32,779
1994	112,968	165,407
1995	160,284	110,417
1996	158,920	116,728
1997	150,404	121,454
1998	154,010	-12,157
1999	166,699	180,721
2000	173,867	196,055
2001	184,541	204,108
2002	201,892	212,014
2003	216,295	225,822
2004	234,891	231,877
2005	253,401	239,272
2006	269,874	246,706
2007	285,323	256,546
2008	300,750	268,268
2009	319,583	278,859
2010	341,808	287,409
2011	348,934	303,181
2012	354,068	312,974
2013	362,224	315,983
2014	367,797	227,611
2015	370,856	148,542
2016	358,393	110,553
2017	353,879	72,193
2018	351,704	168,497
2019	357,672	209,708
2020	361,654	212,332
2021	359,844	213,567
2022	363,786	211,166
2023	368,917	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	South Sudan
1985	1,428	3,845
1986	1,441	3,720
1987	1,446	8,045
1988	1,519	5,535
1989	1,511	5,103
1990	1,515	4,877
1991	1,513	4,764
1992	1,464	7,597
1993	1,801	7,537
1994	1,215	1,666
1995	1,293	4,430
1996	1,236	4,357
1997	1,100	4,172
1998	969	7,514
1999	899	2,048
2000	860	1,658
2001	799	1,580
2002	743	1,521
2003	705	1,199
2004	687	1,150
2005	685	1,074
2006	670	1,005
2007	655	933
2008	635	858
2009	612	823
2010	614	776
2011	597	770
2012	575	755
2013	555	771
2014	533	1,216
2015	525	1,436
2016	501	1,629
2017	482	1,662
2018	464	913
2019	449	745
2020	441	729
2021	447	749
2022	412	704
2023	392	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	24.2%	34.3%
1965	24.4%	34%
1966	24.5%	33.6%
1967	24.7%	33.3%
1968	24.9%	32.9%
1969	25%	32.6%
1970	25.1%	32.3%
1971	25.1%	31.9%
1972	31.9%	31.6%
1973	25.2%	31.3%
1974	25.2%	30.9%
1975	25.1%	30.6%
1976	25%	30.2%
1977	24.6%	29.9%
1978	24.1%	29.5%
1979	23.3%	29.2%
1980	22.4%	28.9%
1981	21.4%	28.5%
1982	20.3%	28.2%
1983	19.3%	27.8%
1984	18.4%	27.5%
1985	17.7%	27.1%
1986	17.2%	26.7%
1987	16.9%	36%
1988	16.8%	76.7%
1989	16.9%	30.7%
1990	17%	30.3%
1991	17.1%	29.7%
1992	17.2%	33.8%
1993	19.5%	33.1%
1994	17.2%	23%
1995	17.1%	27%
1996	17%	26.1%
1997	16.7%	25.2%
1998	16.3%	42.6%
1999	15.9%	19.2%
2000	15.4%	18.3%
2001	14.9%	17.4%
2002	14.3%	16.5%
2003	13.7%	15.7%
2004	13.1%	14.8%
2005	12.4%	14.1%
2006	11.7%	13.4%
2007	11%	12.7%
2008	10.3%	12.1%
2009	9.66%	11.5%
2010	9.08%	10.9%
2011	8.53%	10.5%
2012	8.02%	10.1%
2013	7.55%	9.92%
2014	7.13%	18.2%
2015	6.76%	23.7%
2016	6.44%	26.4%
2017	6.15%	27.8%
2018	5.9%	13.2%
2019	5.67%	9.87%
2020	5.46%	9.87%
2021	5.26%	9.87%
2022	5.08%	9.87%
2023	4.92%	9.87%