Fertility & birth rates in Germany and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Germany vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 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 Germany 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
	Germany	South Sudan
1960	2.37	7.16
1961	2.45	7.18
1962	2.44	7.2
1963	2.51	7.2
1964	2.54	7.22
1965	2.5	7.22
1966	2.53	7.25
1967	2.48	7.26
1968	2.38	7.26
1969	2.21	7.28
1970	2.03	7.29
1971	1.92	7.3
1972	1.71	7.31
1973	1.54	7.31
1974	1.51	7.31
1975	1.45	7.33
1976	1.45	7.33
1977	1.4	7.33
1978	1.38	7.33
1979	1.38	7.32
1980	1.44	7.33
1981	1.43	7.33
1982	1.41	7.34
1983	1.33	7.34
1984	1.29	7.35
1985	1.37	7.36
1986	1.43	7.38
1987	1.43	7.39
1988	1.46	7.38
1989	1.42	7.37
1990	1.45	7.38
1991	1.33	7.38
1992	1.29	7.37
1993	1.28	7.36
1994	1.24	7.35
1995	1.25	7.34
1996	1.3	7.32
1997	1.35	7.2
1998	1.36	7.08
1999	1.36	6.94
2000	1.38	6.8
2001	1.35	6.65
2002	1.34	6.52
2003	1.34	6.35
2004	1.36	6.19
2005	1.34	6.02
2006	1.33	5.85
2007	1.37	5.7
2008	1.38	5.57
2009	1.36	5.45
2010	1.39	5.32
2011	1.39	5.19
2012	1.41	5.06
2013	1.42	4.94
2014	1.47	4.82
2015	1.5	4.7
2016	1.6	4.58
2017	1.57	4.48
2018	1.57	4.37
2019	1.54	4.26
2020	1.53	4.16
2021	1.58	4.05
2022	1.46	3.96
2023	1.39	3.86
2024	1.4	3.79
2025	1.4	3.71
2026	1.41	3.63
2027	1.41	3.56
2028	1.42	3.49
2029	1.42	3.43
2030	1.42	3.37
2031	1.43	3.31
2032	1.43	3.26
2033	1.44	3.2
2034	1.44	3.15
2035	1.44	3.1
2036	1.45	3.06
2037	1.45	3.01
2038	1.45	2.96
2039	1.46	2.92
2040	1.46	2.88
2041	1.46	2.84
2042	1.47	2.8
2043	1.47	2.76
2044	1.47	2.73
2045	1.47	2.69
2046	1.48	2.66
2047	1.48	2.63
2048	1.48	2.6
2049	1.48	2.58
2050	1.48	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	South Sudan
1960	21.3%	42.5%
1961	21.7%	42.6%
1962	22%	42.6%
1963	22.3%	42.8%
1964	22.6%	43%
1965	22.8%	43.3%
1966	23%	43.5%
1967	23.1%	43.8%
1968	23.3%	44%
1969	23.3%	44.3%
1970	23.2%	44.5%
1971	23%	44.7%
1972	22.8%	44.8%
1973	22.4%	45%
1974	22%	45.1%
1975	21.5%	45.2%
1976	20.9%	45.3%
1977	20.3%	45.4%
1978	19.7%	45.5%
1979	19.1%	45.7%
1980	18.5%	45.8%
1981	17.9%	46%
1982	17.4%	46.2%
1983	16.9%	46.3%
1984	16.4%	46.5%
1985	16%	46.6%
1986	15.8%	46.7%
1987	15.6%	46.9%
1988	15.7%	46.2%
1989	15.9%	45.4%
1990	16.1%	45.4%
1991	16.3%	45.5%
1992	16.3%	45.6%
1993	16.3%	45.7%
1994	16.3%	45.8%
1995	16.3%	45.8%
1996	16.2%	46%
1997	16.1%	46%
1998	15.9%	45.8%
1999	15.8%	45.6%
2000	15.7%	45.5%
2001	15.5%	45.5%
2002	15.3%	45.7%
2003	15%	45.9%
2004	14.8%	45.8%
2005	14.5%	45.3%
2006	14.2%	44.8%
2007	14%	44.3%
2008	13.8%	43.8%
2009	13.8%	43.4%
2010	13.7%	42.8%
2011	13.6%	42.2%
2012	13.4%	41.9%
2013	13.2%	41.9%
2014	13.2%	42.5%
2015	13.2%	43.1%
2016	13.3%	43.7%
2017	13.5%	45%
2018	13.6%	44.9%
2019	13.7%	43.6%
2020	13.8%	42.4%
2021	13.9%	41.6%
2022	13.9%	40.9%
2023	13.9%	39.9%
2024	13.9%	38.9%
2025	13.9%	38%
2026	13.9%	37.1%
2027	13.8%	36.2%
2028	13.8%	35.5%
2029	13.7%	35%
2030	13.6%	34.7%
2031	13.5%	34.5%
2032	13.4%	34.4%
2033	13.2%	34.3%
2034	13.1%	34.3%
2035	12.9%	34.2%
2036	12.8%	34.1%
2037	12.7%	34%
2038	12.6%	33.8%
2039	12.6%	33.7%
2040	12.6%	33.4%
2041	12.5%	33.2%
2042	12.5%	32.9%
2043	12.6%	32.5%
2044	12.6%	32.2%
2045	12.7%	31.8%
2046	12.7%	31.4%
2047	12.8%	31%
2048	12.9%	30.5%
2049	13%	30.1%
2050	13.1%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany 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
	Germany	South Sudan
1960	385,919	42,945
1961	462,279	45,186
1962	436,752	47,406
1963	455,757	46,333
1964	482,038	64,786
1965	410,204	51,682
1966	405,982	38,523
1967	353,977	41,357
1968	239,612	44,213
1969	155,820	42,015
1970	70,352	44,776
1971	46,988	72,308
1972	-62,950	74,803
1973	-149,980	94,765
1974	-150,038	97,181
1975	-212,418	99,882
1976	-164,508	102,346
1977	-125,055	104,886
1978	-140,566	107,352
1979	-125,002	109,540
1980	-86,117	112,307
1981	-94,090	115,163
1982	-78,333	118,641
1983	-109,380	104,107
1984	-109,002	90,970
1985	-116,527	95,342
1986	-77,721	99,502
1987	-31,136	5,756
1988	-7,815	-125,447
1989	-23,625	83,735
1990	-15,887	82,900
1991	-80,014	87,873
1992	-80,625	28,874
1993	-105,503	32,779
1994	-114,013	165,407
1995	-114,349	110,417
1996	-90,107	116,728
1997	-49,221	121,454
1998	-65,637	-12,157
1999	-73,890	180,721
2000	-73,990	196,055
2001	-98,820	204,108
2002	-123,733	212,014
2003	-140,309	225,822
2004	-107,271	231,877
2005	-148,445	239,272
2006	-148,278	246,706
2007	-148,080	256,546
2008	-164,220	268,268
2009	-188,375	278,859
2010	-179,909	287,409
2011	-184,632	303,181
2012	-193,022	312,974
2013	-209,679	315,983
2014	-153,866	227,611
2015	-187,879	148,542
2016	-123,523	110,553
2017	-148,783	72,193
2018	-165,812	168,497
2019	-157,877	209,708
2020	-216,218	212,332
2021	-224,629	213,567
2022	-326,812	211,166
2023	-335,608	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Germany, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	South Sudan
1985	14	3,845
1986	14	3,720
1987	13	8,045
1988	13	5,535
1989	12	5,103
1990	12	4,877
1991	11	4,764
1992	10	7,597
1993	9	7,537
1994	9	1,666
1995	8	4,430
1996	8	4,357
1997	8	4,172
1998	7	7,514
1999	7	2,048
2000	7	1,658
2001	6	1,580
2002	6	1,521
2003	6	1,199
2004	6	1,150
2005	6	1,074
2006	6	1,005
2007	5	933
2008	6	858
2009	6	823
2010	5	776
2011	5	770
2012	5	755
2013	5	771
2014	5	1,216
2015	5	1,436
2016	4	1,629
2017	4	1,662
2018	4	913
2019	4	745
2020	4	729
2021	4	749
2022	4	704
2023	4	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany 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
	Germany	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	2.71%	32.9%
1969	2.64%	32.6%
1970	2.57%	32.3%
1971	2.49%	31.9%
1972	2.4%	31.6%
1973	2.31%	31.3%
1974	2.2%	30.9%
1975	2.08%	30.6%
1976	1.95%	30.2%
1977	1.83%	29.9%
1978	1.71%	29.5%
1979	1.6%	29.2%
1980	1.5%	28.9%
1981	1.41%	28.5%
1982	1.32%	28.2%
1983	1.25%	27.8%
1984	1.18%	27.5%
1985	1.11%	27.1%
1986	1.06%	26.7%
1987	1.01%	36%
1988	0.95%	76.7%
1989	0.9%	30.7%
1990	0.85%	30.3%
1991	0.8%	29.7%
1992	0.76%	33.8%
1993	0.72%	33.1%
1994	0.68%	23%
1995	0.65%	27%
1996	0.62%	26.1%
1997	0.59%	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	0.5%	15.7%
2004	0.48%	14.8%
2005	0.47%	14.1%
2006	0.46%	13.4%
2007	0.45%	12.7%
2008	0.44%	12.1%
2009	0.43%	11.5%
2010	0.42%	10.9%
2011	0.41%	10.5%
2012	0.4%	10.1%
2013	0.4%	9.92%
2014	0.4%	18.2%
2015	0.39%	23.7%
2016	0.39%	26.4%
2017	0.38%	27.8%
2018	0.38%	13.2%
2019	0.37%	9.87%
2020	0.37%	9.87%
2021	0.37%	9.87%
2022	0.37%	9.87%
2023	0.37%	9.87%