Fertility & birth rates in Israel and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Israel vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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 Israel 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
	Israel	South Sudan
1960	3.87	7.16
1961	3.86	7.18
1962	3.85	7.2
1963	3.84	7.2
1964	3.83	7.22
1965	3.81	7.22
1966	3.8	7.25
1967	3.79	7.26
1968	3.79	7.26
1969	3.78	7.28
1970	3.78	7.29
1971	3.77	7.3
1972	3.77	7.31
1973	3.7	7.31
1974	3.63	7.31
1975	3.55	7.33
1976	3.48	7.33
1977	3.41	7.33
1978	3.35	7.33
1979	3.3	7.32
1980	3.24	7.33
1981	3.19	7.33
1982	3.13	7.34
1983	3.11	7.34
1984	3.08	7.35
1985	3.06	7.36
1986	3.03	7.38
1987	3.01	7.39
1988	2.95	7.38
1989	2.89	7.37
1990	2.82	7.38
1991	2.76	7.38
1992	2.7	7.37
1993	2.8	7.36
1994	2.9	7.35
1995	2.9	7.34
1996	2.9	7.32
1997	2.94	7.2
1998	2.98	7.08
1999	2.97	6.94
2000	2.95	6.8
2001	2.92	6.65
2002	2.89	6.52
2003	2.95	6.35
2004	2.9	6.19
2005	2.84	6.02
2006	2.88	5.85
2007	2.9	5.7
2008	2.96	5.57
2009	2.96	5.45
2010	3.03	5.32
2011	2.98	5.19
2012	3.05	5.06
2013	3.03	4.94
2014	3.08	4.82
2015	3.09	4.7
2016	3.11	4.58
2017	3.11	4.48
2018	3.09	4.37
2019	3.01	4.26
2020	2.9	4.16
2021	3	4.05
2022	2.89	3.96
2023	2.85	3.86
2024	2.8	3.79
2025	2.77	3.71
2026	2.75	3.63
2027	2.72	3.56
2028	2.7	3.49
2029	2.67	3.43
2030	2.66	3.37
2031	2.64	3.31
2032	2.63	3.26
2033	2.6	3.2
2034	2.58	3.15
2035	2.56	3.1
2036	2.55	3.06
2037	2.53	3.01
2038	2.51	2.96
2039	2.49	2.92
2040	2.47	2.88
2041	2.46	2.84
2042	2.44	2.8
2043	2.42	2.76
2044	2.41	2.73
2045	2.39	2.69
2046	2.38	2.66
2047	2.36	2.63
2048	2.35	2.6
2049	2.34	2.58
2050	2.33	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	South Sudan
1960	35.2%	42.5%
1961	34.9%	42.6%
1962	34.8%	42.6%
1963	34.9%	42.8%
1964	34.8%	43%
1965	34.6%	43.3%
1966	34.4%	43.5%
1967	34.1%	43.8%
1968	33.8%	44%
1969	33.5%	44.3%
1970	33.2%	44.5%
1971	32.9%	44.7%
1972	32.7%	44.8%
1973	32.6%	45%
1974	32.7%	45.1%
1975	32.7%	45.2%
1976	32.8%	45.3%
1977	32.9%	45.4%
1978	33%	45.5%
1979	33%	45.7%
1980	32.9%	45.8%
1981	32.8%	46%
1982	32.7%	46.2%
1983	32.7%	46.3%
1984	32.6%	46.5%
1985	32.5%	46.6%
1986	32.3%	46.7%
1987	32.1%	46.9%
1988	31.9%	46.2%
1989	31.7%	45.4%
1990	31.3%	45.4%
1991	30.7%	45.5%
1992	30.3%	45.6%
1993	30%	45.7%
1994	29.8%	45.8%
1995	29.6%	45.8%
1996	29.3%	46%
1997	29%	46%
1998	28.8%	45.8%
1999	28.5%	45.6%
2000	28.3%	45.5%
2001	28.1%	45.5%
2002	28%	45.7%
2003	27.9%	45.9%
2004	27.9%	45.8%
2005	27.9%	45.3%
2006	27.8%	44.8%
2007	27.8%	44.3%
2008	27.8%	43.8%
2009	27.9%	43.4%
2010	28%	42.8%
2011	28.1%	42.2%
2012	28.1%	41.9%
2013	28.2%	41.9%
2014	28.2%	42.5%
2015	28.2%	43.1%
2016	28.3%	43.7%
2017	28.2%	45%
2018	28.2%	44.9%
2019	28.1%	43.6%
2020	28%	42.4%
2021	27.9%	41.6%
2022	27.8%	40.9%
2023	27.6%	39.9%
2024	27.4%	38.9%
2025	27.2%	38%
2026	26.9%	37.1%
2027	26.6%	36.2%
2028	26.4%	35.5%
2029	26.1%	35%
2030	25.8%	34.7%
2031	25.5%	34.5%
2032	25.2%	34.4%
2033	25%	34.3%
2034	24.7%	34.3%
2035	24.6%	34.2%
2036	24.4%	34.1%
2037	24.2%	34%
2038	24.1%	33.8%
2039	24%	33.7%
2040	24%	33.4%
2041	23.9%	33.2%
2042	23.9%	32.9%
2043	23.8%	32.5%
2044	23.8%	32.2%
2045	23.8%	31.8%
2046	23.8%	31.4%
2047	23.7%	31%
2048	23.7%	30.5%
2049	23.6%	30.1%
2050	23.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Sudan
1960	44,818	42,945
1961	42,170	45,186
1962	43,337	47,406
1963	44,964	46,333
1964	48,015	64,786
1965	49,979	51,682
1966	50,477	38,523
1967	47,488	41,357
1968	51,014	44,213
1969	53,800	42,015
1970	56,506	44,776
1971	64,449	72,308
1972	62,960	74,803
1973	65,560	94,765
1974	68,891	97,181
1975	70,828	99,882
1976	74,899	102,346
1977	70,092	104,886
1978	67,158	107,352
1979	68,148	109,540
1980	68,253	112,307
1981	67,647	115,163
1982	68,931	118,641
1983	70,196	104,107
1984	70,703	90,970
1985	71,538	95,342
1986	70,073	99,502
1987	69,904	5,756
1988	71,072	-125,447
1989	68,674	83,735
1990	71,764	82,900
1991	73,740	87,873
1992	77,357	28,874
1993	77,337	32,779
1994	79,365	165,407
1995	82,066	110,417
1996	86,518	116,728
1997	88,707	121,454
1998	93,744	-12,157
1999	94,325	180,721
2000	98,737	196,055
2001	99,160	204,108
2002	101,178	212,014
2003	106,366	225,822
2004	106,901	231,877
2005	105,338	239,272
2006	109,332	246,706
2007	111,292	256,546
2008	117,672	268,268
2009	122,015	278,859
2010	126,552	287,409
2011	125,030	303,181
2012	128,941	312,974
2013	129,758	315,983
2014	133,916	227,611
2015	134,082	148,542
2016	136,736	110,553
2017	138,541	72,193
2018	140,348	168,497
2019	135,810	209,708
2020	128,089	212,332
2021	134,011	213,567
2022	129,982	211,166
2023	131,977	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	South Sudan
1985	36	3,845
1986	36	3,720
1987	30	8,045
1988	31	5,535
1989	30	5,103
1990	29	4,877
1991	28	4,764
1992	27	7,597
1993	25	7,537
1994	24	1,666
1995	22	4,430
1996	20	4,357
1997	17	4,172
1998	14	7,514
1999	11	2,048
2000	9	1,658
2001	7	1,580
2002	7	1,521
2003	5	1,199
2004	5	1,150
2005	4	1,074
2006	4	1,005
2007	4	933
2008	4	858
2009	4	823
2010	3	776
2011	3	770
2012	3	755
2013	3	771
2014	3	1,216
2015	3	1,436
2016	3	1,629
2017	3	1,662
2018	3	913
2019	3	745
2020	3	729
2021	3	749
2022	3	704
2023	2	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Sudan
1960	4.71%	35.5%
1961	4.48%	35.2%
1962	4.26%	34.9%
1963	4.06%	34.6%
1964	3.86%	34.3%
1965	3.68%	34%
1966	3.52%	33.6%
1967	3.36%	33.3%
1968	3.23%	32.9%
1969	3.11%	32.6%
1970	3.01%	32.3%
1971	2.91%	31.9%
1972	2.82%	31.6%
1973	2.72%	31.3%
1974	2.61%	30.9%
1975	2.48%	30.6%
1976	2.33%	30.2%
1977	2.19%	29.9%
1978	2.05%	29.5%
1979	1.93%	29.2%
1980	1.82%	28.9%
1981	1.74%	28.5%
1982	1.66%	28.2%
1983	1.59%	27.8%
1984	1.51%	27.5%
1985	1.44%	27.1%
1986	1.37%	26.7%
1987	1.31%	36%
1988	1.26%	76.7%
1989	1.21%	30.7%
1990	1.15%	30.3%
1991	1.1%	29.7%
1992	1.04%	33.8%
1993	0.98%	33.1%
1994	0.92%	23%
1995	0.87%	27%
1996	0.82%	26.1%
1997	0.78%	25.2%
1998	0.75%	42.6%
1999	0.72%	19.2%
2000	0.69%	18.3%
2001	0.66%	17.4%
2002	0.63%	16.5%
2003	0.61%	15.7%
2004	0.58%	14.8%
2005	0.56%	14.1%
2006	0.53%	13.4%
2007	0.51%	12.7%
2008	0.49%	12.1%
2009	0.47%	11.5%
2010	0.46%	10.9%
2011	0.44%	10.5%
2012	0.43%	10.1%
2013	0.41%	9.92%
2014	0.4%	18.2%
2015	0.39%	23.7%
2016	0.38%	26.4%
2017	0.37%	27.8%
2018	0.37%	13.2%
2019	0.36%	9.87%
2020	0.35%	9.87%
2021	0.35%	9.87%
2022	0.34%	9.87%
2023	0.34%	9.87%