Fertility & birth rates in Canada and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Canada vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	South Sudan
1960	3.81	7.16
1961	3.75	7.18
1962	3.68	7.2
1963	3.61	7.2
1964	3.46	7.22
1965	3.12	7.22
1966	2.75	7.25
1967	2.53	7.26
1968	2.39	7.26
1969	2.33	7.28
1970	2.26	7.29
1971	2.14	7.3
1972	1.98	7.31
1973	1.89	7.31
1974	1.84	7.31
1975	1.82	7.33
1976	1.8	7.33
1977	1.78	7.33
1978	1.77	7.33
1979	1.75	7.32
1980	1.74	7.33
1981	1.7	7.33
1982	1.69	7.34
1983	1.68	7.34
1984	1.65	7.35
1985	1.67	7.36
1986	1.68	7.38
1987	1.68	7.39
1988	1.68	7.38
1989	1.77	7.37
1990	1.83	7.38
1991	1.72	7.38
1992	1.71	7.37
1993	1.69	7.36
1994	1.69	7.35
1995	1.67	7.34
1996	1.63	7.32
1997	1.57	7.2
1998	1.56	7.08
1999	1.55	6.94
2000	1.51	6.8
2001	1.54	6.65
2002	1.52	6.52
2003	1.55	6.35
2004	1.56	6.19
2005	1.58	6.02
2006	1.63	5.85
2007	1.67	5.7
2008	1.7	5.57
2009	1.69	5.45
2010	1.65	5.32
2011	1.63	5.19
2012	1.63	5.06
2013	1.61	4.94
2014	1.61	4.82
2015	1.6	4.7
2016	1.59	4.58
2017	1.55	4.48
2018	1.51	4.37
2019	1.47	4.26
2020	1.41	4.16
2021	1.44	4.05
2022	1.33	3.96
2023	1.26	3.86
2024	1.25	3.79
2025	1.24	3.71
2026	1.24	3.63
2027	1.23	3.56
2028	1.24	3.49
2029	1.23	3.43
2030	1.24	3.37
2031	1.24	3.31
2032	1.24	3.26
2033	1.25	3.2
2034	1.25	3.15
2035	1.25	3.1
2036	1.26	3.06
2037	1.26	3.01
2038	1.26	2.96
2039	1.27	2.92
2040	1.27	2.88
2041	1.27	2.84
2042	1.28	2.8
2043	1.28	2.76
2044	1.28	2.73
2045	1.28	2.69
2046	1.29	2.66
2047	1.29	2.63
2048	1.29	2.6
2049	1.3	2.58
2050	1.3	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	South Sudan
1960	33.8%	42.5%
1961	33.9%	42.6%
1962	33.9%	42.6%
1963	33.9%	42.8%
1964	33.7%	43%
1965	33.3%	43.3%
1966	32.9%	43.5%
1967	32.3%	43.8%
1968	31.6%	44%
1969	31%	44.3%
1970	30.2%	44.5%
1971	29.3%	44.7%
1972	28.6%	44.8%
1973	27.8%	45%
1974	27%	45.1%
1975	26.2%	45.2%
1976	25.5%	45.3%
1977	24.7%	45.4%
1978	24%	45.5%
1979	23.4%	45.7%
1980	22.8%	45.8%
1981	22.3%	46%
1982	22%	46.2%
1983	21.8%	46.3%
1984	21.6%	46.5%
1985	21.3%	46.6%
1986	21.1%	46.7%
1987	20.9%	46.9%
1988	20.8%	46.2%
1989	20.8%	45.4%
1990	20.7%	45.4%
1991	20.7%	45.5%
1992	20.7%	45.6%
1993	20.7%	45.7%
1994	20.6%	45.8%
1995	20.4%	45.8%
1996	20.2%	46%
1997	20%	46%
1998	19.8%	45.8%
1999	19.5%	45.6%
2000	19.2%	45.5%
2001	18.9%	45.5%
2002	18.6%	45.7%
2003	18.3%	45.9%
2004	18%	45.8%
2005	17.7%	45.3%
2006	17.4%	44.8%
2007	17.1%	44.3%
2008	16.9%	43.8%
2009	16.7%	43.4%
2010	16.6%	42.8%
2011	16.4%	42.2%
2012	16.3%	41.9%
2013	16.3%	41.9%
2014	16.2%	42.5%
2015	16.2%	43.1%
2016	16.2%	43.7%
2017	16.2%	45%
2018	16.1%	44.9%
2019	16%	43.6%
2020	15.9%	42.4%
2021	15.7%	41.6%
2022	15.5%	40.9%
2023	15.3%	39.9%
2024	15.1%	38.9%
2025	15%	38%
2026	14.9%	37.1%
2027	14.7%	36.2%
2028	14.6%	35.5%
2029	14.5%	35%
2030	14.4%	34.7%
2031	14.3%	34.5%
2032	14.2%	34.4%
2033	14.1%	34.3%
2034	14%	34.3%
2035	13.9%	34.2%
2036	13.9%	34.1%
2037	13.8%	34%
2038	13.8%	33.8%
2039	13.7%	33.7%
2040	13.7%	33.4%
2041	13.6%	33.2%
2042	13.6%	32.9%
2043	13.6%	32.5%
2044	13.5%	32.2%
2045	13.5%	31.8%
2046	13.5%	31.4%
2047	13.5%	31%
2048	13.5%	30.5%
2049	13.5%	30.1%
2050	13.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	South Sudan
1960	338,487	42,945
1961	334,360	45,186
1962	325,745	47,406
1963	318,595	46,333
1964	307,268	64,786
1965	269,589	51,682
1966	236,566	38,523
1967	220,450	41,357
1968	211,589	44,213
1969	216,588	42,015
1970	215,372	44,776
1971	208,640	72,308
1972	188,857	74,803
1973	184,432	94,765
1974	182,464	97,181
1975	196,718	99,882
1976	196,979	102,346
1977	199,297	104,886
1978	194,102	107,352
1979	203,293	109,540
1980	203,480	112,307
1981	206,005	115,163
1982	200,935	118,641
1983	202,931	104,107
1984	204,856	90,970
1985	204,153	95,342
1986	190,532	99,502
1987	190,416	5,756
1988	192,901	-125,447
1989	207,304	83,735
1990	213,222	82,900
1991	207,477	87,873
1992	204,273	28,874
1993	186,451	32,779
1994	179,804	165,407
1995	167,023	110,417
1996	153,973	116,728
1997	134,577	121,454
1998	126,651	-12,157
1999	118,565	180,721
2000	110,469	196,055
2001	114,777	204,108
2002	106,621	212,014
2003	110,749	225,822
2004	111,786	231,877
2005	116,074	239,272
2006	130,285	246,706
2007	134,845	256,546
2008	142,963	268,268
2009	144,609	278,859
2010	139,425	287,409
2011	133,923	303,181
2012	135,382	312,974
2013	129,799	315,983
2014	127,563	227,611
2015	117,825	148,542
2016	115,555	110,553
2017	98,672	72,193
2018	88,974	168,497
2019	86,523	209,708
2020	53,241	212,332
2021	57,360	213,567
2022	15,574	211,166
2023	28,058	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	South Sudan
1985	7	3,845
1986	7	3,720
1987	7	8,045
1988	7	5,535
1989	8	5,103
1990	7	4,877
1991	8	4,764
1992	8	7,597
1993	8	7,537
1994	8	1,666
1995	8	4,430
1996	9	4,357
1997	8	4,172
1998	9	7,514
1999	9	2,048
2000	9	1,658
2001	10	1,580
2002	10	1,521
2003	10	1,199
2004	10	1,150
2005	11	1,074
2006	11	1,005
2007	11	933
2008	12	858
2009	12	823
2010	11	776
2011	11	770
2012	11	755
2013	11	771
2014	12	1,216
2015	11	1,436
2016	12	1,629
2017	12	1,662
2018	13	913
2019	12	745
2020	17	729
2021	14	749
2022	15	704
2023	12	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	South Sudan
1960	3.26%	35.5%
1961	3.15%	35.2%
1962	3.05%	34.9%
1963	2.94%	34.6%
1964	2.82%	34.3%
1965	2.71%	34%
1966	2.6%	33.6%
1967	2.5%	33.3%
1968	2.4%	32.9%
1969	2.3%	32.6%
1970	2.19%	32.3%
1971	2.09%	31.9%
1972	1.99%	31.6%
1973	1.89%	31.3%
1974	1.79%	30.9%
1975	1.7%	30.6%
1976	1.6%	30.2%
1977	1.51%	29.9%
1978	1.42%	29.5%
1979	1.33%	29.2%
1980	1.25%	28.9%
1981	1.18%	28.5%
1982	1.12%	28.2%
1983	1.06%	27.8%
1984	1.01%	27.5%
1985	0.98%	27.1%
1986	0.94%	26.7%
1987	0.91%	36%
1988	0.88%	76.7%
1989	0.85%	30.7%
1990	0.82%	30.3%
1991	0.8%	29.7%
1992	0.77%	33.8%
1993	0.74%	33.1%
1994	0.72%	23%
1995	0.69%	27%
1996	0.67%	26.1%
1997	0.65%	25.2%
1998	0.64%	42.6%
1999	0.63%	19.2%
2000	0.62%	18.3%
2001	0.62%	17.4%
2002	0.62%	16.5%
2003	0.62%	15.7%
2004	0.61%	14.8%
2005	0.61%	14.1%
2006	0.6%	13.4%
2007	0.6%	12.7%
2008	0.59%	12.1%
2009	0.58%	11.5%
2010	0.57%	10.9%
2011	0.56%	10.5%
2012	0.56%	10.1%
2013	0.55%	9.92%
2014	0.54%	18.2%
2015	0.54%	23.7%
2016	0.53%	26.4%
2017	0.52%	27.8%
2018	0.52%	13.2%
2019	0.51%	9.87%
2020	0.51%	9.87%
2021	0.51%	9.87%
2022	0.51%	9.87%
2023	0.51%	9.87%