Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Grenada vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 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 Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Sudan
1960	6.74	7.16
1961	6.63	7.18
1962	6.44	7.2
1963	6.2	7.2
1964	5.91	7.22
1965	5.6	7.22
1966	5.3	7.25
1967	5.04	7.26
1968	4.84	7.26
1969	4.69	7.28
1970	4.46	7.29
1971	4.31	7.3
1972	4.18	7.31
1973	4.05	7.31
1974	3.92	7.31
1975	3.75	7.33
1976	3.6	7.33
1977	3.46	7.33
1978	3.35	7.33
1979	3.34	7.32
1980	3.3	7.33
1981	2.99	7.33
1982	3.15	7.34
1983	3.31	7.34
1984	3.22	7.35
1985	3.48	7.36
1986	3.58	7.38
1987	3.58	7.39
1988	3.19	7.38
1989	3.23	7.37
1990	3.06	7.38
1991	3.11	7.38
1992	2.97	7.37
1993	2.81	7.36
1994	2.79	7.35
1995	2.82	7.34
1996	2.85	7.32
1997	2.8	7.2
1998	2.49	7.08
1999	2.39	6.94
2000	2.44	6.8
2001	2.42	6.65
2002	2.38	6.52
2003	2.33	6.35
2004	2.29	6.19
2005	2.24	6.02
2006	2.19	5.85
2007	2.15	5.7
2008	2.12	5.57
2009	2.08	5.45
2010	2.04	5.32
2011	2.01	5.19
2012	1.97	5.06
2013	1.91	4.94
2014	1.8	4.82
2015	1.72	4.7
2016	1.62	4.58
2017	1.44	4.48
2018	1.53	4.37
2019	1.54	4.26
2020	1.53	4.16
2021	1.52	4.05
2022	1.5	3.96
2023	1.49	3.86
2024	1.47	3.79
2025	1.46	3.71
2026	1.45	3.63
2027	1.44	3.56
2028	1.44	3.49
2029	1.44	3.43
2030	1.44	3.37
2031	1.44	3.31
2032	1.44	3.26
2033	1.44	3.2
2034	1.44	3.15
2035	1.45	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	1.46	2.8
2043	1.47	2.76
2044	1.47	2.73
2045	1.47	2.69
2046	1.47	2.66
2047	1.47	2.63
2048	1.47	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
	Grenada	South Sudan
1960	47.3%	42.5%
1961	47.2%	42.6%
1962	47.2%	42.6%
1963	47.1%	42.8%
1964	46.9%	43%
1965	47%	43.3%
1966	47.5%	43.5%
1967	47.6%	43.8%
1968	47.5%	44%
1969	47.2%	44.3%
1970	46.8%	44.5%
1971	46.2%	44.7%
1972	45.5%	44.8%
1973	44.7%	45%
1974	43.9%	45.1%
1975	43.1%	45.2%
1976	42.3%	45.3%
1977	41.5%	45.4%
1978	40.8%	45.5%
1979	40%	45.7%
1980	39.4%	45.8%
1981	38.6%	46%
1982	37.5%	46.2%
1983	36.5%	46.3%
1984	35.6%	46.5%
1985	34.8%	46.6%
1986	34.1%	46.7%
1987	33.6%	46.9%
1988	33.2%	46.2%
1989	33%	45.4%
1990	32.8%	45.4%
1991	32.8%	45.5%
1992	32.9%	45.6%
1993	33.1%	45.7%
1994	33.3%	45.8%
1995	33.5%	45.8%
1996	33.6%	46%
1997	33.6%	46%
1998	33.5%	45.8%
1999	33.3%	45.6%
2000	32.9%	45.5%
2001	32.1%	45.5%
2002	31%	45.7%
2003	29.8%	45.9%
2004	28.7%	45.8%
2005	27.7%	45.3%
2006	26.7%	44.8%
2007	25.9%	44.3%
2008	25.2%	43.8%
2009	24.6%	43.4%
2010	24%	42.8%
2011	23.6%	42.2%
2012	23.3%	41.9%
2013	23%	41.9%
2014	22.7%	42.5%
2015	22.4%	43.1%
2016	22.1%	43.7%
2017	21.8%	45%
2018	21.5%	44.9%
2019	21.2%	43.6%
2020	20.9%	42.4%
2021	20.6%	41.6%
2022	20.2%	40.9%
2023	19.8%	39.9%
2024	19.4%	38.9%
2025	19%	38%
2026	18.6%	37.1%
2027	18.1%	36.2%
2028	17.7%	35.5%
2029	17.3%	35%
2030	17%	34.7%
2031	16.7%	34.5%
2032	16.5%	34.4%
2033	16.4%	34.3%
2034	16.2%	34.3%
2035	16%	34.2%
2036	15.8%	34.1%
2037	15.6%	34%
2038	15.4%	33.8%
2039	15.2%	33.7%
2040	15%	33.4%
2041	14.9%	33.2%
2042	14.8%	32.9%
2043	14.6%	32.5%
2044	14.5%	32.2%
2045	14.4%	31.8%
2046	14.3%	31.4%
2047	14.1%	31%
2048	14%	30.5%
2049	13.9%	30.1%
2050	13.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Sudan
1960	3,678	42,945
1961	3,703	45,186
1962	3,674	47,406
1963	3,601	46,333
1964	3,508	64,786
1965	3,399	51,682
1966	3,278	38,523
1967	3,158	41,357
1968	3,040	44,213
1969	2,948	42,015
1970	2,793	44,776
1971	2,705	72,308
1972	2,578	74,803
1973	2,464	94,765
1974	2,360	97,181
1975	2,224	99,882
1976	2,092	102,346
1977	1,974	104,886
1978	1,882	107,352
1979	1,871	109,540
1980	1,840	112,307
1981	1,625	115,163
1982	1,798	118,641
1983	1,817	104,107
1984	1,975	90,970
1985	2,215	95,342
1986	2,324	99,502
1987	2,345	5,756
1988	2,044	-125,447
1989	2,084	83,735
1990	1,931	82,900
1991	1,953	87,873
1992	1,811	28,874
1993	1,641	32,779
1994	1,596	165,407
1995	1,580	110,417
1996	1,559	116,728
1997	1,480	121,454
1998	1,204	-12,157
1999	1,092	180,721
2000	1,105	196,055
2001	1,082	204,108
2002	1,077	212,014
2003	1,074	225,822
2004	1,034	231,877
2005	1,075	239,272
2006	1,068	246,706
2007	1,059	256,546
2008	1,046	268,268
2009	1,024	278,859
2010	989	287,409
2011	954	303,181
2012	925	312,974
2013	878	315,983
2014	772	227,611
2015	684	148,542
2016	579	110,553
2017	402	72,193
2018	470	168,497
2019	462	209,708
2020	433	212,332
2021	343	213,567
2022	371	211,166
2023	334	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	South Sudan
1985	71	3,845
1986	68	3,720
1987	68	8,045
1988	61	5,535
1989	64	5,103
1990	61	4,877
1991	59	4,764
1992	56	7,597
1993	53	7,537
1994	55	1,666
1995	54	4,430
1996	51	4,357
1997	50	4,172
1998	50	7,514
1999	48	2,048
2000	46	1,658
2001	45	1,580
2002	42	1,521
2003	42	1,199
2004	48	1,150
2005	40	1,074
2006	39	1,005
2007	40	933
2008	41	858
2009	41	823
2010	43	776
2011	44	770
2012	44	755
2013	44	771
2014	45	1,216
2015	46	1,436
2016	44	1,629
2017	45	1,662
2018	46	913
2019	48	745
2020	51	729
2021	52	749
2022	50	704
2023	48	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Sudan
1960	9.5%	35.5%
1961	8.83%	35.2%
1962	8.15%	34.9%
1963	7.5%	34.6%
1964	6.91%	34.3%
1965	6.39%	34%
1966	5.95%	33.6%
1967	5.59%	33.3%
1968	5.3%	32.9%
1969	5.06%	32.6%
1970	4.87%	32.3%
1971	4.71%	31.9%
1972	4.58%	31.6%
1973	4.47%	31.3%
1974	4.36%	30.9%
1975	4.25%	30.6%
1976	4.15%	30.2%
1977	4.03%	29.9%
1978	3.9%	29.5%
1979	3.77%	29.2%
1980	3.62%	28.9%
1981	3.46%	28.5%
1982	3.3%	28.2%
1983	3.15%	27.8%
1984	2.99%	27.5%
1985	2.85%	27.1%
1986	2.71%	26.7%
1987	2.58%	36%
1988	2.46%	76.7%
1989	2.35%	30.7%
1990	2.24%	30.3%
1991	2.13%	29.7%
1992	2.04%	33.8%
1993	1.95%	33.1%
1994	1.87%	23%
1995	1.79%	27%
1996	1.73%	26.1%
1997	1.67%	25.2%
1998	1.62%	42.6%
1999	1.58%	19.2%
2000	1.55%	18.3%
2001	1.52%	17.4%
2002	1.5%	16.5%
2003	1.49%	15.7%
2004	1.49%	14.8%
2005	1.48%	14.1%
2006	1.49%	13.4%
2007	1.5%	12.7%
2008	1.51%	12.1%
2009	1.54%	11.5%
2010	1.57%	10.9%
2011	1.6%	10.5%
2012	1.64%	10.1%
2013	1.68%	9.92%
2014	1.72%	18.2%
2015	1.75%	23.7%
2016	1.79%	26.4%
2017	1.81%	27.8%
2018	1.83%	13.2%
2019	1.85%	9.87%
2020	1.87%	9.87%
2021	1.87%	9.87%
2022	1.85%	9.87%
2023	1.83%	9.87%