Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Comoros vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	South Sudan
1960	6.79	7.16
1961	6.85	7.18
1962	6.9	7.2
1963	6.92	7.2
1964	6.94	7.22
1965	6.97	7.22
1966	7	7.25
1967	7.02	7.26
1968	7.05	7.26
1969	7.07	7.28
1970	7.1	7.29
1971	7.12	7.3
1972	7.14	7.31
1973	7.17	7.31
1974	7.16	7.31
1975	7.16	7.33
1976	7.16	7.33
1977	7.15	7.33
1978	7.16	7.33
1979	7.16	7.32
1980	7.15	7.33
1981	7.14	7.33
1982	7.13	7.34
1983	7.11	7.34
1984	7.07	7.35
1985	7.02	7.36
1986	6.95	7.38
1987	6.87	7.39
1988	6.76	7.38
1989	6.65	7.37
1990	6.51	7.38
1991	6.35	7.38
1992	6.19	7.37
1993	6.02	7.36
1994	5.86	7.35
1995	5.73	7.34
1996	5.63	7.32
1997	5.51	7.2
1998	5.39	7.08
1999	5.28	6.94
2000	5.23	6.8
2001	5.2	6.65
2002	5.16	6.52
2003	5.12	6.35
2004	5.07	6.19
2005	5.01	6.02
2006	4.93	5.85
2007	4.86	5.7
2008	4.81	5.57
2009	4.78	5.45
2010	4.76	5.32
2011	4.72	5.19
2012	4.65	5.06
2013	4.57	4.94
2014	4.49	4.82
2015	4.42	4.7
2016	4.35	4.58
2017	4.28	4.48
2018	4.21	4.37
2019	4.14	4.26
2020	4.07	4.16
2021	4	4.05
2022	3.94	3.96
2023	3.88	3.86
2024	3.82	3.79
2025	3.76	3.71
2026	3.71	3.63
2027	3.65	3.56
2028	3.6	3.49
2029	3.55	3.43
2030	3.5	3.37
2031	3.44	3.31
2032	3.4	3.26
2033	3.36	3.2
2034	3.31	3.15
2035	3.27	3.1
2036	3.23	3.06
2037	3.19	3.01
2038	3.15	2.96
2039	3.11	2.92
2040	3.07	2.88
2041	3.04	2.84
2042	3	2.8
2043	2.97	2.76
2044	2.93	2.73
2045	2.9	2.69
2046	2.87	2.66
2047	2.84	2.63
2048	2.81	2.6
2049	2.78	2.58
2050	2.76	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	South Sudan
1960	41.6%	42.5%
1961	42%	42.6%
1962	42.5%	42.6%
1963	43.1%	42.8%
1964	43.7%	43%
1965	44.1%	43.3%
1966	44.5%	43.5%
1967	44.9%	43.8%
1968	45.3%	44%
1969	45.6%	44.3%
1970	45.8%	44.5%
1971	45.9%	44.7%
1972	46%	44.8%
1973	46.2%	45%
1974	46.3%	45.1%
1975	46.4%	45.2%
1976	46.6%	45.3%
1977	46.7%	45.4%
1978	46.8%	45.5%
1979	46.9%	45.7%
1980	46.9%	45.8%
1981	46.9%	46%
1982	46.9%	46.2%
1983	46.9%	46.3%
1984	46.8%	46.5%
1985	46.9%	46.6%
1986	46.9%	46.7%
1987	46.9%	46.9%
1988	46.9%	46.2%
1989	47%	45.4%
1990	47%	45.4%
1991	46.9%	45.5%
1992	47.1%	45.6%
1993	47.5%	45.7%
1994	47.7%	45.8%
1995	47.9%	45.8%
1996	47.9%	46%
1997	47.9%	46%
1998	47.7%	45.8%
1999	47.4%	45.6%
2000	47%	45.5%
2001	46.7%	45.5%
2002	46.6%	45.7%
2003	46.3%	45.9%
2004	45.7%	45.8%
2005	45%	45.3%
2006	44.3%	44.8%
2007	43.6%	44.3%
2008	42.9%	43.8%
2009	42.2%	43.4%
2010	41.6%	42.8%
2011	41%	42.2%
2012	40.5%	41.9%
2013	40.2%	41.9%
2014	40%	42.5%
2015	39.8%	43.1%
2016	39.6%	43.7%
2017	39.3%	45%
2018	38.9%	44.9%
2019	38.6%	43.6%
2020	38.3%	42.4%
2021	38%	41.6%
2022	37.7%	40.9%
2023	37.4%	39.9%
2024	37.1%	38.9%
2025	36.9%	38%
2026	36.6%	37.1%
2027	36.3%	36.2%
2028	36%	35.5%
2029	35.7%	35%
2030	35.3%	34.7%
2031	35%	34.5%
2032	34.7%	34.4%
2033	34.4%	34.3%
2034	34%	34.3%
2035	33.7%	34.2%
2036	33.4%	34.1%
2037	33.1%	34%
2038	32.8%	33.8%
2039	32.5%	33.7%
2040	32.2%	33.4%
2041	32%	33.2%
2042	31.7%	32.9%
2043	31.5%	32.5%
2044	31.2%	32.2%
2045	31%	31.8%
2046	30.8%	31.4%
2047	30.6%	31%
2048	30.3%	30.5%
2049	30.1%	30.1%
2050	29.9%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 47% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	South Sudan
1960	4,886	42,945
1961	5,027	45,186
1962	5,157	47,406
1963	5,249	46,333
1964	5,359	64,786
1965	5,465	51,682
1966	5,601	38,523
1967	5,741	41,357
1968	5,960	44,213
1969	6,189	42,015
1970	6,456	44,776
1971	6,722	72,308
1972	7,019	74,803
1973	7,328	94,765
1974	7,654	97,181
1975	7,752	99,882
1976	8,371	102,346
1977	8,750	104,886
1978	9,189	107,352
1979	9,637	109,540
1980	10,095	112,307
1981	10,569	115,163
1982	11,002	118,641
1983	11,367	104,107
1984	11,830	90,970
1985	12,202	95,342
1986	12,566	99,502
1987	12,869	5,756
1988	13,144	-125,447
1989	13,374	83,735
1990	13,610	82,900
1991	13,783	87,873
1992	13,867	28,874
1993	13,667	32,779
1994	13,465	165,407
1995	13,403	110,417
1996	13,390	116,728
1997	13,254	121,454
1998	13,099	-12,157
1999	13,161	180,721
2000	13,270	196,055
2001	13,598	204,108
2002	13,760	212,014
2003	14,031	225,822
2004	14,349	231,877
2005	14,810	239,272
2006	15,124	246,706
2007	15,393	256,546
2008	15,804	268,268
2009	16,315	278,859
2010	16,849	287,409
2011	17,313	303,181
2012	17,565	312,974
2013	17,776	315,983
2014	17,876	227,611
2015	17,961	148,542
2016	17,913	110,553
2017	17,798	72,193
2018	17,883	168,497
2019	17,936	209,708
2020	17,906	212,332
2021	17,645	213,567
2022	18,154	211,166
2023	18,247	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	South Sudan
1985	850	3,845
1986	825	3,720
1987	811	8,045
1988	791	5,535
1989	768	5,103
1990	737	4,877
1991	704	4,764
1992	675	7,597
1993	642	7,537
1994	602	1,666
1995	571	4,430
1996	545	4,357
1997	520	4,172
1998	515	7,514
1999	486	2,048
2000	476	1,658
2001	440	1,580
2002	428	1,521
2003	400	1,199
2004	385	1,150
2005	373	1,074
2006	360	1,005
2007	352	933
2008	334	858
2009	320	823
2010	305	776
2011	291	770
2012	274	755
2013	260	771
2014	247	1,216
2015	237	1,436
2016	225	1,629
2017	219	1,662
2018	209	913
2019	202	745
2020	198	729
2021	215	749
2022	186	704
2023	179	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	-	32.6%
1970	23.2%	32.3%
1971	22.5%	31.9%
1972	22%	31.6%
1973	21.4%	31.3%
1974	20.8%	30.9%
1975	20.3%	30.6%
1976	19.7%	30.2%
1977	19.1%	29.9%
1978	18.6%	29.5%
1979	18%	29.2%
1980	17.4%	28.9%
1981	16.8%	28.5%
1982	16.2%	28.2%
1983	15.7%	27.8%
1984	15.1%	27.5%
1985	14.6%	27.1%
1986	14%	26.7%
1987	13.5%	36%
1988	13%	76.7%
1989	12.6%	30.7%
1990	12.1%	30.3%
1991	11.6%	29.7%
1992	11.1%	33.8%
1993	10.7%	33.1%
1994	10.2%	23%
1995	9.78%	27%
1996	9.37%	26.1%
1997	9%	25.2%
1998	8.63%	42.6%
1999	8.28%	19.2%
2000	7.96%	18.3%
2001	7.65%	17.4%
2002	7.36%	16.5%
2003	7.07%	15.7%
2004	6.8%	14.8%
2005	6.55%	14.1%
2006	6.31%	13.4%
2007	6.08%	12.7%
2008	5.88%	12.1%
2009	5.69%	11.5%
2010	5.51%	10.9%
2011	5.36%	10.5%
2012	5.21%	10.1%
2013	5.08%	9.92%
2014	4.97%	18.2%
2015	4.87%	23.7%
2016	4.76%	26.4%
2017	4.66%	27.8%
2018	4.56%	13.2%
2019	4.46%	9.87%
2020	4.35%	9.87%
2021	4.24%	9.87%
2022	4.11%	9.87%
2023	3.98%	9.87%