Fertility & birth rates in France and South Sudan

Fertility rate in France vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	South Sudan
1960	2.85	7.16
1961	2.87	7.18
1962	2.89	7.2
1963	2.89	7.2
1964	2.87	7.22
1965	2.84	7.22
1966	2.8	7.25
1967	2.75	7.26
1968	2.69	7.26
1969	2.62	7.28
1970	2.55	7.29
1971	2.47	7.3
1972	2.38	7.31
1973	2.28	7.31
1974	2.18	7.31
1975	2.09	7.33
1976	2.01	7.33
1977	1.94	7.33
1978	1.89	7.33
1979	1.87	7.32
1980	1.85	7.33
1981	1.85	7.33
1982	1.86	7.34
1983	1.86	7.34
1984	1.86	7.35
1985	1.86	7.36
1986	1.85	7.38
1987	1.83	7.39
1988	1.81	7.38
1989	1.79	7.37
1990	1.77	7.38
1991	1.75	7.38
1992	1.74	7.37
1993	1.73	7.36
1994	1.73	7.35
1995	1.74	7.34
1996	1.75	7.32
1997	1.77	7.2
1998	1.78	7.08
1999	1.81	6.94
2000	1.89	6.8
2001	1.9	6.65
2002	1.88	6.52
2003	1.89	6.35
2004	1.92	6.19
2005	1.94	6.02
2006	2	5.85
2007	1.98	5.7
2008	2.01	5.57
2009	2	5.45
2010	2.03	5.32
2011	2.01	5.19
2012	2.01	5.06
2013	1.99	4.94
2014	2	4.82
2015	1.96	4.7
2016	1.92	4.58
2017	1.89	4.48
2018	1.87	4.37
2019	1.86	4.26
2020	1.83	4.16
2021	1.84	4.05
2022	1.79	3.96
2023	1.66	3.86
2024	1.66	3.79
2025	1.66	3.71
2026	1.66	3.63
2027	1.66	3.56
2028	1.66	3.49
2029	1.66	3.43
2030	1.66	3.37
2031	1.66	3.31
2032	1.66	3.26
2033	1.66	3.2
2034	1.66	3.15
2035	1.66	3.1
2036	1.66	3.06
2037	1.67	3.01
2038	1.66	2.96
2039	1.66	2.92
2040	1.66	2.88
2041	1.67	2.84
2042	1.67	2.8
2043	1.67	2.76
2044	1.67	2.73
2045	1.67	2.69
2046	1.67	2.66
2047	1.67	2.63
2048	1.67	2.6
2049	1.67	2.58
2050	1.67	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	South Sudan
1960	26.5%	42.5%
1961	26.5%	42.6%
1962	26.2%	42.6%
1963	26%	42.8%
1964	25.8%	43%
1965	25.6%	43.3%
1966	25.4%	43.5%
1967	25.3%	43.8%
1968	25.1%	44%
1969	25%	44.3%
1970	24.8%	44.5%
1971	24.7%	44.7%
1972	24.6%	44.8%
1973	24.4%	45%
1974	24.2%	45.1%
1975	23.9%	45.2%
1976	23.6%	45.3%
1977	23.3%	45.4%
1978	23%	45.5%
1979	22.7%	45.7%
1980	22.4%	45.8%
1981	22.1%	46%
1982	21.9%	46.2%
1983	21.7%	46.3%
1984	21.5%	46.5%
1985	21.3%	46.6%
1986	21%	46.7%
1987	20.7%	46.9%
1988	20.5%	46.2%
1989	20.3%	45.4%
1990	20.1%	45.4%
1991	20.1%	45.5%
1992	20%	45.6%
1993	19.9%	45.7%
1994	19.7%	45.8%
1995	19.5%	45.8%
1996	19.3%	46%
1997	19.1%	46%
1998	19%	45.8%
1999	19%	45.6%
2000	18.9%	45.5%
2001	18.9%	45.5%
2002	18.8%	45.7%
2003	18.7%	45.9%
2004	18.6%	45.8%
2005	18.5%	45.3%
2006	18.5%	44.8%
2007	18.4%	44.3%
2008	18.5%	43.8%
2009	18.5%	43.4%
2010	18.5%	42.8%
2011	18.5%	42.2%
2012	18.5%	41.9%
2013	18.4%	41.9%
2014	18.3%	42.5%
2015	18.2%	43.1%
2016	18.1%	43.7%
2017	17.9%	45%
2018	17.8%	44.9%
2019	17.6%	43.6%
2020	17.4%	42.4%
2021	17.2%	41.6%
2022	17%	40.9%
2023	16.8%	39.9%
2024	16.5%	38.9%
2025	16.2%	38%
2026	16%	37.1%
2027	15.7%	36.2%
2028	15.5%	35.5%
2029	15.3%	35%
2030	15.1%	34.7%
2031	15%	34.5%
2032	14.8%	34.4%
2033	14.8%	34.3%
2034	14.7%	34.3%
2035	14.7%	34.2%
2036	14.7%	34.1%
2037	14.7%	34%
2038	14.7%	33.8%
2039	14.8%	33.7%
2040	14.9%	33.4%
2041	15%	33.2%
2042	15.1%	32.9%
2043	15.2%	32.5%
2044	15.3%	32.2%
2045	15.4%	31.8%
2046	15.5%	31.4%
2047	15.5%	31%
2048	15.5%	30.5%
2049	15.6%	30.1%
2050	15.6%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in France vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	South Sudan
1960	346,115	42,945
1961	354,504	45,186
1962	358,082	47,406
1963	361,694	46,333
1964	360,631	64,786
1965	354,132	51,682
1966	352,181	38,523
1967	339,843	41,357
1968	337,346	44,213
1969	329,831	42,015
1970	322,444	44,776
1971	309,747	72,308
1972	296,589	74,803
1973	282,979	94,765
1974	268,733	97,181
1975	248,413	99,882
1976	227,776	102,346
1977	217,946	104,886
1978	213,462	107,352
1979	208,923	109,540
1980	210,042	112,307
1981	222,414	115,163
1982	234,389	118,641
1983	235,655	104,107
1984	248,086	90,970
1985	249,328	95,342
1986	250,606	99,502
1987	251,971	5,756
1988	247,672	-125,447
1989	243,361	83,735
1990	238,870	82,900
1991	234,216	87,873
1992	229,502	28,874
1993	224,592	32,779
1994	201,704	165,407
1995	220,303	110,417
1996	221,092	116,728
1997	215,885	121,454
1998	222,705	-12,157
1999	229,907	180,721
2000	268,042	196,055
2001	263,867	204,108
2002	253,430	212,014
2003	230,325	225,822
2004	282,185	231,877
2005	271,677	239,272
2006	305,387	246,706
2007	288,076	256,546
2008	283,250	268,268
2009	278,238	278,859
2010	286,116	287,409
2011	280,966	303,181
2012	256,065	312,974
2013	244,192	315,983
2014	265,248	227,611
2015	206,300	148,542
2016	193,500	110,553
2017	160,604	72,193
2018	147,749	168,497
2019	141,503	209,708
2020	67,602	212,332
2021	74,627	213,567
2022	54,452	211,166
2023	47,802	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: France vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	South Sudan
1985	20	3,845
1986	20	3,720
1987	19	8,045
1988	19	5,535
1989	19	5,103
1990	18	4,877
1991	18	4,764
1992	17	7,597
1993	16	7,537
1994	15	1,666
1995	15	4,430
1996	13	4,357
1997	11	4,172
1998	10	7,514
1999	10	2,048
2000	9	1,658
2001	9	1,580
2002	9	1,521
2003	9	1,199
2004	9	1,150
2005	9	1,074
2006	9	1,005
2007	9	933
2008	10	858
2009	10	823
2010	9	776
2011	9	770
2012	9	755
2013	9	771
2014	9	1,216
2015	9	1,436
2016	9	1,629
2017	8	1,662
2018	9	913
2019	8	745
2020	9	729
2021	9	749
2022	9	704
2023	7	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	South Sudan
1960	2.85%	35.5%
1961	2.7%	35.2%
1962	2.57%	34.9%
1963	2.45%	34.6%
1964	2.34%	34.3%
1965	2.24%	34%
1966	2.14%	33.6%
1967	2.06%	33.3%
1968	1.99%	32.9%
1969	1.91%	32.6%
1970	1.82%	32.3%
1971	1.74%	31.9%
1972	1.66%	31.6%
1973	1.6%	31.3%
1974	1.54%	30.9%
1975	1.49%	30.6%
1976	1.44%	30.2%
1977	1.39%	29.9%
1978	1.34%	29.5%
1979	1.28%	29.2%
1980	1.24%	28.9%
1981	1.19%	28.5%
1982	1.15%	28.2%
1983	1.11%	27.8%
1984	1.07%	27.5%
1985	1.04%	27.1%
1986	1.01%	26.7%
1987	0.98%	36%
1988	0.96%	76.7%
1989	0.93%	30.7%
1990	0.9%	30.3%
1991	0.86%	29.7%
1992	0.81%	33.8%
1993	0.75%	33.1%
1994	0.7%	23%
1995	0.65%	27%
1996	0.61%	26.1%
1997	0.58%	25.2%
1998	0.57%	42.6%
1999	0.55%	19.2%
2000	0.54%	18.3%
2001	0.52%	17.4%
2002	0.51%	16.5%
2003	0.49%	15.7%
2004	0.48%	14.8%
2005	0.46%	14.1%
2006	0.45%	13.4%
2007	0.44%	12.7%
2008	0.44%	12.1%
2009	0.43%	11.5%
2010	0.42%	10.9%
2011	0.42%	10.5%
2012	0.41%	10.1%
2013	0.41%	9.92%
2014	0.41%	18.2%
2015	0.42%	23.7%
2016	0.42%	26.4%
2017	0.42%	27.8%
2018	0.42%	13.2%
2019	0.42%	9.87%
2020	0.42%	9.87%
2021	0.43%	9.87%
2022	0.43%	9.87%
2023	0.43%	9.87%