Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Ireland vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	South Sudan
1960	3.78	7.16
1961	3.78	7.18
1962	3.92	7.2
1963	4.01	7.2
1964	4.07	7.22
1965	4.04	7.22
1966	3.94	7.25
1967	3.84	7.26
1968	3.77	7.26
1969	3.83	7.28
1970	3.85	7.29
1971	3.93	7.3
1972	3.84	7.31
1973	3.71	7.31
1974	3.59	7.31
1975	3.37	7.33
1976	3.29	7.33
1977	3.24	7.33
1978	3.21	7.33
1979	3.21	7.32
1980	3.21	7.33
1981	3.05	7.33
1982	2.94	7.34
1983	2.74	7.34
1984	2.58	7.35
1985	2.48	7.36
1986	2.44	7.38
1987	2.32	7.39
1988	2.17	7.38
1989	2.08	7.37
1990	2.11	7.38
1991	2.08	7.38
1992	1.99	7.37
1993	1.9	7.36
1994	1.85	7.35
1995	1.84	7.34
1996	1.88	7.32
1997	1.93	7.2
1998	1.94	7.08
1999	1.9	6.94
2000	1.89	6.8
2001	1.94	6.65
2002	1.97	6.52
2003	1.96	6.35
2004	1.93	6.19
2005	1.86	6.02
2006	1.91	5.85
2007	2.01	5.7
2008	2.06	5.57
2009	2.06	5.45
2010	2.05	5.32
2011	2.03	5.19
2012	1.98	5.06
2013	1.93	4.94
2014	1.89	4.82
2015	1.85	4.7
2016	1.81	4.58
2017	1.77	4.48
2018	1.75	4.37
2019	1.71	4.26
2020	1.63	4.16
2021	1.78	4.05
2022	1.54	3.96
2023	1.5	3.86
2024	1.5	3.79
2025	1.5	3.71
2026	1.5	3.63
2027	1.5	3.56
2028	1.5	3.49
2029	1.5	3.43
2030	1.5	3.37
2031	1.5	3.31
2032	1.5	3.26
2033	1.5	3.2
2034	1.5	3.15
2035	1.5	3.1
2036	1.5	3.06
2037	1.5	3.01
2038	1.5	2.96
2039	1.51	2.92
2040	1.51	2.88
2041	1.5	2.84
2042	1.5	2.8
2043	1.5	2.76
2044	1.51	2.73
2045	1.51	2.69
2046	1.5	2.66
2047	1.5	2.63
2048	1.5	2.6
2049	1.5	2.58
2050	1.5	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	South Sudan
1960	30.9%	42.5%
1961	31%	42.6%
1962	30.9%	42.6%
1963	30.9%	42.8%
1964	30.9%	43%
1965	31.1%	43.3%
1966	31.1%	43.5%
1967	31.1%	43.8%
1968	31.1%	44%
1969	31.1%	44.3%
1970	31.1%	44.5%
1971	31.2%	44.7%
1972	31.2%	44.8%
1973	31.2%	45%
1974	31.2%	45.1%
1975	31.1%	45.2%
1976	31%	45.3%
1977	30.9%	45.4%
1978	30.7%	45.5%
1979	30.5%	45.7%
1980	30.4%	45.8%
1981	30.3%	46%
1982	30.1%	46.2%
1983	29.9%	46.3%
1984	29.6%	46.5%
1985	29.3%	46.6%
1986	28.9%	46.7%
1987	28.5%	46.9%
1988	28.1%	46.2%
1989	27.6%	45.4%
1990	27.1%	45.4%
1991	26.6%	45.5%
1992	26%	45.6%
1993	25.5%	45.7%
1994	24.9%	45.8%
1995	24.2%	45.8%
1996	23.6%	46%
1997	23%	46%
1998	22.5%	45.8%
1999	22.1%	45.6%
2000	21.8%	45.5%
2001	21.4%	45.5%
2002	21.1%	45.7%
2003	21%	45.9%
2004	20.8%	45.8%
2005	20.6%	45.3%
2006	20.4%	44.8%
2007	20.3%	44.3%
2008	20.5%	43.8%
2009	20.7%	43.4%
2010	21.1%	42.8%
2011	21.4%	42.2%
2012	21.5%	41.9%
2013	21.5%	41.9%
2014	21.4%	42.5%
2015	21.3%	43.1%
2016	21.2%	43.7%
2017	20.9%	45%
2018	20.7%	44.9%
2019	20.4%	43.6%
2020	20.1%	42.4%
2021	19.8%	41.6%
2022	19.5%	40.9%
2023	19%	39.9%
2024	18.6%	38.9%
2025	18.1%	38%
2026	17.6%	37.1%
2027	17.2%	36.2%
2028	16.9%	35.5%
2029	16.6%	35%
2030	16.3%	34.7%
2031	16%	34.5%
2032	15.8%	34.4%
2033	15.6%	34.3%
2034	15.4%	34.3%
2035	15.3%	34.2%
2036	15.2%	34.1%
2037	15.1%	34%
2038	15.1%	33.8%
2039	15.2%	33.7%
2040	15.2%	33.4%
2041	15.3%	33.2%
2042	15.4%	32.9%
2043	15.4%	32.5%
2044	15.5%	32.2%
2045	15.6%	31.8%
2046	15.6%	31.4%
2047	15.7%	31%
2048	15.7%	30.5%
2049	15.7%	30.1%
2050	15.6%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	South Sudan
1960	28,286	42,945
1961	25,137	45,186
1962	28,077	47,406
1963	29,667	46,333
1964	31,532	64,786
1965	30,500	51,682
1966	26,866	38,523
1967	29,895	41,357
1968	27,697	44,213
1969	29,326	42,015
1970	30,756	44,776
1971	35,606	72,308
1972	34,316	74,803
1973	34,562	94,765
1974	34,199	97,181
1975	34,128	99,882
1976	33,676	102,346
1977	35,448	104,886
1978	36,288	107,352
1979	38,798	109,540
1980	40,612	112,307
1981	39,364	115,163
1982	38,344	118,641
1983	34,053	104,107
1984	31,791	90,970
1985	29,013	95,342
1986	27,963	99,502
1987	26,904	5,756
1988	22,912	-125,447
1989	20,012	83,735
1990	21,787	82,900
1991	21,206	87,873
1992	20,283	28,874
1993	17,166	32,779
1994	17,234	165,407
1995	16,601	110,417
1996	18,915	116,728
1997	21,311	121,454
1998	22,277	-12,157
1999	21,402	180,721
2000	23,592	196,055
2001	27,837	204,108
2002	31,062	212,014
2003	32,372	225,822
2004	33,376	231,877
2005	33,279	239,272
2006	36,752	246,706
2007	43,109	256,546
2008	46,691	268,268
2009	47,168	278,859
2010	47,426	287,409
2011	45,801	303,181
2012	42,775	312,974
2013	39,302	315,983
2014	37,728	227,611
2015	35,265	148,542
2016	33,339	110,553
2017	31,379	72,193
2018	29,878	168,497
2019	28,365	209,708
2020	23,687	212,332
2021	26,064	213,567
2022	19,287	211,166
2023	19,638	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland 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 Ireland, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	South Sudan
1960	3.53%	35.5%
1961	3.38%	35.2%
1962	3.25%	34.9%
1963	3.13%	34.6%
1964	3.01%	34.3%
1965	2.87%	34%
1966	2.71%	33.6%
1967	2.55%	33.3%
1968	2.41%	32.9%
1969	2.3%	32.6%
1970	2.22%	32.3%
1971	2.17%	31.9%
1972	2.14%	31.6%
1973	2.11%	31.3%
1974	2.06%	30.9%
1975	2%	30.6%
1976	1.91%	30.2%
1977	1.81%	29.9%
1978	1.69%	29.5%
1979	1.56%	29.2%
1980	1.43%	28.9%
1981	1.32%	28.5%
1982	1.23%	28.2%
1983	1.17%	27.8%
1984	1.11%	27.5%
1985	1.07%	27.1%
1986	1.04%	26.7%
1987	1.02%	36%
1988	0.99%	76.7%
1989	0.96%	30.7%
1990	0.92%	30.3%
1991	0.87%	29.7%
1992	0.81%	33.8%
1993	0.77%	33.1%
1994	0.74%	23%
1995	0.73%	27%
1996	0.73%	26.1%
1997	0.73%	25.2%
1998	0.73%	42.6%
1999	0.73%	19.2%
2000	0.72%	18.3%
2001	0.69%	17.4%
2002	0.65%	16.5%
2003	0.6%	15.7%
2004	0.56%	14.8%
2005	0.52%	14.1%
2006	0.49%	13.4%
2007	0.46%	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	0.39%	9.92%
2014	0.38%	18.2%
2015	0.37%	23.7%
2016	0.36%	26.4%
2017	0.35%	27.8%
2018	0.34%	13.2%
2019	0.34%	9.87%
2020	0.35%	9.87%
2021	0.36%	9.87%
2022	0.37%	9.87%
2023	0.38%	9.87%