Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Guyana vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 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 Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Sudan
1960	6.33	7.16
1961	6.34	7.18
1962	6.33	7.2
1963	6.31	7.2
1964	6.23	7.22
1965	6.14	7.22
1966	6.02	7.25
1967	5.89	7.26
1968	5.75	7.26
1969	5.58	7.28
1970	5.41	7.29
1971	5.26	7.3
1972	5.08	7.31
1973	4.87	7.31
1974	4.64	7.31
1975	4.45	7.33
1976	4.28	7.33
1977	4.12	7.33
1978	3.97	7.33
1979	3.86	7.32
1980	3.77	7.33
1981	3.72	7.33
1982	3.68	7.34
1983	3.64	7.34
1984	3.54	7.35
1985	3.47	7.36
1986	3.38	7.38
1987	3.31	7.39
1988	3.23	7.38
1989	3.19	7.37
1990	3.18	7.38
1991	3.18	7.38
1992	3.19	7.37
1993	3.2	7.36
1994	3.23	7.35
1995	3.24	7.34
1996	3.23	7.32
1997	3.22	7.2
1998	3.18	7.08
1999	3.13	6.94
2000	3.06	6.8
2001	2.96	6.65
2002	2.84	6.52
2003	2.75	6.35
2004	2.68	6.19
2005	2.65	6.02
2006	2.66	5.85
2007	2.68	5.7
2008	2.7	5.57
2009	2.69	5.45
2010	2.68	5.32
2011	2.69	5.19
2012	2.7	5.06
2013	2.71	4.94
2014	2.7	4.82
2015	2.67	4.7
2016	2.63	4.58
2017	2.59	4.48
2018	2.55	4.37
2019	2.52	4.26
2020	2.49	4.16
2021	2.46	4.05
2022	2.44	3.96
2023	2.41	3.86
2024	2.39	3.79
2025	2.37	3.71
2026	2.35	3.63
2027	2.32	3.56
2028	2.3	3.49
2029	2.28	3.43
2030	2.26	3.37
2031	2.23	3.31
2032	2.21	3.26
2033	2.2	3.2
2034	2.18	3.15
2035	2.16	3.1
2036	2.15	3.06
2037	2.13	3.01
2038	2.12	2.96
2039	2.11	2.92
2040	2.1	2.88
2041	2.09	2.84
2042	2.07	2.8
2043	2.06	2.76
2044	2.05	2.73
2045	2.03	2.69
2046	2.02	2.66
2047	2.01	2.63
2048	2	2.6
2049	1.98	2.58
2050	1.98	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	South Sudan
1960	46.8%	42.5%
1961	47%	42.6%
1962	47.4%	42.6%
1963	47.6%	42.8%
1964	47.7%	43%
1965	47.8%	43.3%
1966	47.7%	43.5%
1967	47.5%	43.8%
1968	47.3%	44%
1969	46.9%	44.3%
1970	46.6%	44.5%
1971	46.3%	44.7%
1972	46%	44.8%
1973	45.7%	45%
1974	45.3%	45.1%
1975	44.9%	45.2%
1976	44.4%	45.3%
1977	43.9%	45.4%
1978	43.4%	45.5%
1979	42.9%	45.7%
1980	42.5%	45.8%
1981	41.9%	46%
1982	41.2%	46.2%
1983	40.5%	46.3%
1984	39.9%	46.5%
1985	39.2%	46.6%
1986	38.6%	46.7%
1987	38%	46.9%
1988	37.5%	46.2%
1989	37.2%	45.4%
1990	36.9%	45.4%
1991	36.7%	45.5%
1992	36.5%	45.6%
1993	36.4%	45.7%
1994	36.4%	45.8%
1995	36.4%	45.8%
1996	36.4%	46%
1997	36.5%	46%
1998	36.6%	45.8%
1999	36.6%	45.6%
2000	36.6%	45.5%
2001	36.5%	45.5%
2002	36.4%	45.7%
2003	36.1%	45.9%
2004	35.8%	45.8%
2005	35.3%	45.3%
2006	34.7%	44.8%
2007	34.1%	44.3%
2008	33.5%	43.8%
2009	32.9%	43.4%
2010	32.2%	42.8%
2011	31.6%	42.2%
2012	31.1%	41.9%
2013	30.8%	41.9%
2014	30.5%	42.5%
2015	30.3%	43.1%
2016	30.1%	43.7%
2017	30%	45%
2018	29.5%	44.9%
2019	29.3%	43.6%
2020	29.5%	42.4%
2021	29.4%	41.6%
2022	29.4%	40.9%
2023	29.3%	39.9%
2024	29.2%	38.9%
2025	28.9%	38%
2026	28.7%	37.1%
2027	28.4%	36.2%
2028	28.1%	35.5%
2029	27.8%	35%
2030	27.4%	34.7%
2031	27%	34.5%
2032	26.7%	34.4%
2033	26.3%	34.3%
2034	26%	34.3%
2035	25.6%	34.2%
2036	25.2%	34.1%
2037	24.9%	34%
2038	24.6%	33.8%
2039	24.3%	33.7%
2040	24.1%	33.4%
2041	23.9%	33.2%
2042	23.6%	32.9%
2043	23.4%	32.5%
2044	23.3%	32.2%
2045	23.1%	31.8%
2046	22.9%	31.4%
2047	22.7%	31%
2048	22.6%	30.5%
2049	22.4%	30.1%
2050	22.2%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Guyana vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Sudan
1960	17,867	42,945
1961	18,092	45,186
1962	18,344	47,406
1963	18,606	46,333
1964	18,729	64,786
1965	18,791	51,682
1966	18,862	38,523
1967	18,933	41,357
1968	19,035	44,213
1969	19,133	42,015
1970	19,233	44,776
1971	19,273	72,308
1972	19,219	74,803
1973	18,991	94,765
1974	18,589	97,181
1975	18,317	99,882
1976	18,083	102,346
1977	17,805	104,886
1978	17,539	107,352
1979	17,402	109,540
1980	17,298	112,307
1981	17,471	115,163
1982	17,644	118,641
1983	17,753	104,107
1984	17,466	90,970
1985	17,292	95,342
1986	16,940	99,502
1987	16,600	5,756
1988	16,189	-125,447
1989	15,947	83,735
1990	15,917	82,900
1991	15,896	87,873
1992	15,990	28,874
1993	16,099	32,779
1994	16,185	165,407
1995	15,991	110,417
1996	15,768	116,728
1997	15,568	121,454
1998	15,292	-12,157
1999	14,763	180,721
2000	14,128	196,055
2001	13,307	204,108
2002	12,218	212,014
2003	11,344	225,822
2004	10,767	231,877
2005	10,455	239,272
2006	10,525	246,706
2007	10,741	256,546
2008	10,792	268,268
2009	10,758	278,859
2010	10,652	287,409
2011	10,713	303,181
2012	10,633	312,974
2013	10,887	315,983
2014	11,143	227,611
2015	11,199	148,542
2016	11,168	110,553
2017	11,108	72,193
2018	10,946	168,497
2019	11,665	209,708
2020	10,307	212,332
2021	8,125	213,567
2022	11,042	211,166
2023	10,716	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Guyana vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guyana, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	South Sudan
1985	241	3,845
1986	238	3,720
1987	234	8,045
1988	230	5,535
1989	227	5,103
1990	224	4,877
1991	219	4,764
1992	208	7,597
1993	205	7,537
1994	204	1,666
1995	207	4,430
1996	202	4,357
1997	195	4,172
1998	184	7,514
1999	178	2,048
2000	171	1,658
2001	163	1,580
2002	164	1,521
2003	164	1,199
2004	162	1,150
2005	166	1,074
2006	167	1,005
2007	158	933
2008	153	858
2009	146	823
2010	141	776
2011	135	770
2012	133	755
2013	128	771
2014	121	1,216
2015	117	1,436
2016	114	1,629
2017	110	1,662
2018	105	913
2019	107	745
2020	109	729
2021	189	749
2022	83	704
2023	75	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Sudan
1960	9.19%	35.5%
1961	8.81%	35.2%
1962	8.49%	34.9%
1963	8.21%	34.6%
1964	7.99%	34.3%
1965	7.8%	34%
1966	7.66%	33.6%
1967	7.56%	33.3%
1968	7.48%	32.9%
1969	7.43%	32.6%
1970	7.39%	32.3%
1971	7.37%	31.9%
1972	7.35%	31.6%
1973	7.33%	31.3%
1974	7.31%	30.9%
1975	7.27%	30.6%
1976	7.24%	30.2%
1977	7.19%	29.9%
1978	7.14%	29.5%
1979	7.08%	29.2%
1980	7.02%	28.9%
1981	6.96%	28.5%
1982	6.89%	28.2%
1983	6.82%	27.8%
1984	6.74%	27.5%
1985	6.66%	27.1%
1986	6.57%	26.7%
1987	6.47%	36%
1988	6.35%	76.7%
1989	6.22%	30.7%
1990	6.08%	30.3%
1991	5.92%	29.7%
1992	5.77%	33.8%
1993	5.6%	33.1%
1994	5.45%	23%
1995	5.3%	27%
1996	5.16%	26.1%
1997	5.02%	25.2%
1998	4.89%	42.6%
1999	4.77%	19.2%
2000	4.65%	18.3%
2001	4.53%	17.4%
2002	4.42%	16.5%
2003	4.32%	15.7%
2004	4.23%	14.8%
2005	4.14%	14.1%
2006	4.05%	13.4%
2007	3.97%	12.7%
2008	3.89%	12.1%
2009	3.81%	11.5%
2010	3.73%	10.9%
2011	3.65%	10.5%
2012	3.58%	10.1%
2013	3.49%	9.92%
2014	3.4%	18.2%
2015	3.31%	23.7%
2016	3.21%	26.4%
2017	3.11%	27.8%
2018	3.02%	13.2%
2019	2.93%	9.87%
2020	2.84%	9.87%
2021	2.75%	9.87%
2022	2.66%	9.87%
2023	2.57%	9.87%