Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Georgia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 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 Georgia 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
	Georgia	South Sudan
1960	2.94	7.16
1961	2.94	7.18
1962	2.94	7.2
1963	2.95	7.2
1964	2.89	7.22
1965	2.77	7.22
1966	2.73	7.25
1967	2.74	7.26
1968	2.69	7.26
1969	2.69	7.28
1970	2.7	7.29
1971	2.71	7.3
1972	2.67	7.31
1973	2.62	7.31
1974	2.57	7.31
1975	2.55	7.33
1976	2.51	7.33
1977	2.44	7.33
1978	2.42	7.33
1979	2.38	7.32
1980	2.35	7.33
1981	2.33	7.33
1982	2.31	7.34
1983	2.34	7.34
1984	2.38	7.35
1985	2.4	7.36
1986	2.38	7.38
1987	2.32	7.39
1988	2.32	7.38
1989	2.32	7.37
1990	2.31	7.38
1991	2.21	7.38
1992	2.05	7.37
1993	1.91	7.36
1994	1.84	7.35
1995	1.81	7.34
1996	1.76	7.32
1997	1.73	7.2
1998	1.7	7.08
1999	1.64	6.94
2000	1.61	6.8
2001	1.58	6.65
2002	1.57	6.52
2003	1.55	6.35
2004	1.57	6.19
2005	1.58	6.02
2006	1.62	5.85
2007	1.7	5.7
2008	1.83	5.57
2009	1.99	5.45
2010	1.97	5.32
2011	1.92	5.19
2012	1.93	5.06
2013	1.99	4.94
2014	2.18	4.82
2015	2.21	4.7
2016	2.23	4.58
2017	2.14	4.48
2018	2.09	4.37
2019	2.02	4.26
2020	1.98	4.16
2021	1.98	4.05
2022	1.82	3.96
2023	1.81	3.86
2024	1.8	3.79
2025	1.79	3.71
2026	1.78	3.63
2027	1.77	3.56
2028	1.76	3.49
2029	1.75	3.43
2030	1.75	3.37
2031	1.75	3.31
2032	1.74	3.26
2033	1.74	3.2
2034	1.73	3.15
2035	1.73	3.1
2036	1.73	3.06
2037	1.73	3.01
2038	1.72	2.96
2039	1.72	2.92
2040	1.72	2.88
2041	1.72	2.84
2042	1.72	2.8
2043	1.72	2.76
2044	1.72	2.73
2045	1.71	2.69
2046	1.71	2.66
2047	1.71	2.63
2048	1.71	2.6
2049	1.71	2.58
2050	1.71	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	South Sudan
1960	28.7%	42.5%
1961	29.3%	42.6%
1962	29.7%	42.6%
1963	29.9%	42.8%
1964	30%	43%
1965	30%	43.3%
1966	30.2%	43.5%
1967	30.5%	43.8%
1968	30.7%	44%
1969	30.8%	44.3%
1970	30.5%	44.5%
1971	30%	44.7%
1972	29.5%	44.8%
1973	29%	45%
1974	28.4%	45.1%
1975	27.8%	45.2%
1976	27.3%	45.3%
1977	26.7%	45.4%
1978	26.2%	45.5%
1979	25.7%	45.7%
1980	25.4%	45.8%
1981	25.2%	46%
1982	25.1%	46.2%
1983	25.1%	46.3%
1984	25.1%	46.5%
1985	25.2%	46.6%
1986	25.4%	46.7%
1987	25.5%	46.9%
1988	25.5%	46.2%
1989	25.5%	45.4%
1990	25.5%	45.4%
1991	25.6%	45.5%
1992	25.5%	45.6%
1993	25.4%	45.7%
1994	25.2%	45.8%
1995	24.9%	45.8%
1996	24.6%	46%
1997	24.1%	46%
1998	23.6%	45.8%
1999	23%	45.6%
2000	22.4%	45.5%
2001	21.7%	45.5%
2002	21%	45.7%
2003	20.5%	45.9%
2004	19.9%	45.8%
2005	19.3%	45.3%
2006	18.8%	44.8%
2007	18.5%	44.3%
2008	18.3%	43.8%
2009	18.4%	43.4%
2010	18.6%	42.8%
2011	18.6%	42.2%
2012	18.7%	41.9%
2013	18.8%	41.9%
2014	19%	42.5%
2015	19.4%	43.1%
2016	19.8%	43.7%
2017	20.2%	45%
2018	20.5%	44.9%
2019	20.8%	43.6%
2020	21%	42.4%
2021	21.2%	41.6%
2022	21.2%	40.9%
2023	21%	39.9%
2024	20.8%	38.9%
2025	20.5%	38%
2026	20.2%	37.1%
2027	19.9%	36.2%
2028	19.5%	35.5%
2029	19%	35%
2030	18.5%	34.7%
2031	18%	34.5%
2032	17.6%	34.4%
2033	17.2%	34.3%
2034	16.9%	34.3%
2035	16.6%	34.2%
2036	16.4%	34.1%
2037	16.2%	34%
2038	16.2%	33.8%
2039	16.1%	33.7%
2040	16.1%	33.4%
2041	16.2%	33.2%
2042	16.2%	32.9%
2043	16.3%	32.5%
2044	16.4%	32.2%
2045	16.4%	31.8%
2046	16.5%	31.4%
2047	16.6%	31%
2048	16.7%	30.5%
2049	16.8%	30.1%
2050	16.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	South Sudan
1960	51,640	42,945
1961	52,284	45,186
1962	51,903	47,406
1963	51,456	46,333
1964	48,429	64,786
1965	43,463	51,682
1966	40,905	38,523
1967	40,070	41,357
1968	37,840	44,213
1969	37,764	42,015
1970	38,731	44,776
1971	38,953	72,308
1972	38,832	74,803
1973	38,259	94,765
1974	38,071	97,181
1975	39,331	99,882
1976	39,964	102,346
1977	40,023	104,886
1978	41,616	107,352
1979	42,863	109,540
1980	44,114	112,307
1981	46,185	115,163
1982	47,363	118,641
1983	48,496	104,107
1984	48,523	90,970
1985	49,786	95,342
1986	48,960	99,502
1987	45,561	5,756
1988	42,810	-125,447
1989	41,510	83,735
1990	40,169	82,900
1991	32,932	87,873
1992	24,226	28,874
1993	18,303	32,779
1994	17,279	165,407
1995	17,644	110,417
1996	18,304	116,728
1997	11,862	121,454
1998	9,823	-12,157
1999	6,901	180,721
2000	4,681	196,055
2001	3,445	204,108
2002	2,228	212,014
2003	2,482	225,822
2004	283	231,877
2005	1,604	239,272
2006	2,146	246,706
2007	3,551	256,546
2008	7,974	268,268
2009	12,210	278,859
2010	10,501	287,409
2011	8,989	303,181
2012	8,584	312,974
2013	10,145	315,983
2014	13,089	227,611
2015	13,105	148,542
2016	11,346	110,553
2017	8,391	72,193
2018	8,407	168,497
2019	5,606	209,708
2020	335	212,332
2021	-9,127	213,567
2022	-2,224	211,166
2023	-1,282	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	South Sudan
1985	34	3,845
1986	34	3,720
1987	32	8,045
1988	33	5,535
1989	36	5,103
1990	34	4,877
1991	36	4,764
1992	38	7,597
1993	40	7,537
1994	40	1,666
1995	41	4,430
1996	35	4,357
1997	45	4,172
1998	43	7,514
1999	41	2,048
2000	43	1,658
2001	45	1,580
2002	46	1,521
2003	42	1,199
2004	43	1,150
2005	53	1,074
2006	45	1,005
2007	52	933
2008	54	858
2009	56	823
2010	41	776
2011	37	770
2012	35	755
2013	34	771
2014	32	1,216
2015	30	1,436
2016	28	1,629
2017	27	1,662
2018	24	913
2019	22	745
2020	30	729
2021	60	749
2022	22	704
2023	20	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	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	-	32.3%
1971	-	31.9%
1972	-	31.6%
1973	-	31.3%
1974	-	30.9%
1975	7.12%	30.6%
1976	6.86%	30.2%
1977	6.61%	29.9%
1978	6.36%	29.5%
1979	6.13%	29.2%
1980	5.9%	28.9%
1981	5.69%	28.5%
1982	5.49%	28.2%
1983	5.31%	27.8%
1984	5.16%	27.5%
1985	5.04%	27.1%
1986	4.94%	26.7%
1987	4.87%	36%
1988	4.82%	76.7%
1989	4.78%	30.7%
1990	4.75%	30.3%
1991	4.72%	29.7%
1992	4.68%	33.8%
1993	4.63%	33.1%
1994	4.56%	23%
1995	4.47%	27%
1996	4.36%	26.1%
1997	4.22%	25.2%
1998	4.05%	42.6%
1999	3.85%	19.2%
2000	3.63%	18.3%
2001	3.39%	17.4%
2002	3.13%	16.5%
2003	2.87%	15.7%
2004	2.6%	14.8%
2005	2.35%	14.1%
2006	2.12%	13.4%
2007	1.9%	12.7%
2008	1.72%	12.1%
2009	1.55%	11.5%
2010	1.41%	10.9%
2011	1.3%	10.5%
2012	1.21%	10.1%
2013	1.14%	9.92%
2014	1.09%	18.2%
2015	1.05%	23.7%
2016	1.02%	26.4%
2017	1%	27.8%
2018	0.98%	13.2%
2019	0.97%	9.87%
2020	0.96%	9.87%
2021	0.95%	9.87%
2022	0.93%	9.87%
2023	0.92%	9.87%