Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ivory Coast was 4.28 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 Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	South Sudan
1960	7.69	7.16
1961	7.72	7.18
1962	7.75	7.2
1963	7.78	7.2
1964	7.81	7.22
1965	7.84	7.22
1966	7.87	7.25
1967	7.89	7.26
1968	7.91	7.26
1969	7.93	7.28
1970	7.94	7.29
1971	7.94	7.3
1972	7.94	7.31
1973	7.94	7.31
1974	7.93	7.31
1975	7.91	7.33
1976	7.88	7.33
1977	7.83	7.33
1978	7.67	7.33
1979	7.63	7.32
1980	7.59	7.33
1981	7.54	7.33
1982	7.49	7.34
1983	7.42	7.34
1984	7.35	7.35
1985	7.27	7.36
1986	7.19	7.38
1987	7.09	7.39
1988	6.97	7.38
1989	6.85	7.37
1990	6.72	7.38
1991	6.59	7.38
1992	6.43	7.37
1993	6.27	7.36
1994	6.13	7.35
1995	6.04	7.34
1996	5.95	7.32
1997	5.9	7.2
1998	5.85	7.08
1999	5.81	6.94
2000	5.77	6.8
2001	5.7	6.65
2002	5.64	6.52
2003	5.57	6.35
2004	5.53	6.19
2005	5.5	6.02
2006	5.45	5.85
2007	5.4	5.7
2008	5.36	5.57
2009	5.33	5.45
2010	5.29	5.32
2011	5.24	5.19
2012	5.19	5.06
2013	5.14	4.94
2014	5.07	4.82
2015	4.97	4.7
2016	4.87	4.58
2017	4.76	4.48
2018	4.6	4.37
2019	4.52	4.26
2020	4.46	4.16
2021	4.41	4.05
2022	4.35	3.96
2023	4.28	3.86
2024	4.23	3.79
2025	4.17	3.71
2026	4.1	3.63
2027	4.05	3.56
2028	3.99	3.49
2029	3.93	3.43
2030	3.88	3.37
2031	3.83	3.31
2032	3.78	3.26
2033	3.75	3.2
2034	3.69	3.15
2035	3.64	3.1
2036	3.6	3.06
2037	3.56	3.01
2038	3.51	2.96
2039	3.47	2.92
2040	3.43	2.88
2041	3.39	2.84
2042	3.35	2.8
2043	3.31	2.76
2044	3.27	2.73
2045	3.23	2.69
2046	3.2	2.66
2047	3.17	2.63
2048	3.13	2.6
2049	3.1	2.58
2050	3.07	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	South Sudan
1960	43.1%	42.5%
1961	43.2%	42.6%
1962	43.4%	42.6%
1963	43.6%	42.8%
1964	43.9%	43%
1965	44.1%	43.3%
1966	44.3%	43.5%
1967	44.6%	43.8%
1968	44.8%	44%
1969	44.9%	44.3%
1970	45.1%	44.5%
1971	45.1%	44.7%
1972	45.2%	44.8%
1973	45.2%	45%
1974	45.3%	45.1%
1975	45.4%	45.2%
1976	45.7%	45.3%
1977	46.1%	45.4%
1978	46.5%	45.5%
1979	46.8%	45.7%
1980	47.1%	45.8%
1981	47.3%	46%
1982	47.5%	46.2%
1983	47.7%	46.3%
1984	47.8%	46.5%
1985	47.9%	46.6%
1986	48%	46.7%
1987	48.1%	46.9%
1988	48%	46.2%
1989	47.9%	45.4%
1990	47.8%	45.4%
1991	47.6%	45.5%
1992	47.4%	45.6%
1993	47.1%	45.7%
1994	46.9%	45.8%
1995	46.7%	45.8%
1996	46.4%	46%
1997	46.2%	46%
1998	46.1%	45.8%
1999	46%	45.6%
2000	46%	45.5%
2001	46.1%	45.5%
2002	46.2%	45.7%
2003	46.2%	45.9%
2004	46.3%	45.8%
2005	46.3%	45.3%
2006	46.3%	44.8%
2007	46.4%	44.3%
2008	45.8%	43.8%
2009	44.9%	43.4%
2010	44%	42.8%
2011	43.3%	42.2%
2012	42.7%	41.9%
2013	42.2%	41.9%
2014	42%	42.5%
2015	42.2%	43.1%
2016	42.3%	43.7%
2017	42.4%	45%
2018	42.4%	44.9%
2019	42.3%	43.6%
2020	42.2%	42.4%
2021	42%	41.6%
2022	41.7%	40.9%
2023	41.3%	39.9%
2024	40.9%	38.9%
2025	40.5%	38%
2026	40%	37.1%
2027	39.7%	36.2%
2028	39.3%	35.5%
2029	38.8%	35%
2030	38.3%	34.7%
2031	37.8%	34.5%
2032	37.3%	34.4%
2033	37%	34.3%
2034	36.7%	34.3%
2035	36.4%	34.2%
2036	36.2%	34.1%
2037	35.9%	34%
2038	35.7%	33.8%
2039	35.6%	33.7%
2040	35.4%	33.4%
2041	35.3%	33.2%
2042	35.1%	32.9%
2043	35%	32.5%
2044	34.8%	32.2%
2045	34.7%	31.8%
2046	34.5%	31.4%
2047	34.4%	31%
2048	34.2%	30.5%
2049	34%	30.1%
2050	33.7%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	South Sudan
1960	99,681	42,945
1961	105,568	45,186
1962	111,930	47,406
1963	118,526	46,333
1964	124,996	64,786
1965	131,601	51,682
1966	138,438	38,523
1967	145,773	41,357
1968	153,464	44,213
1969	161,541	42,015
1970	170,070	44,776
1971	179,918	72,308
1972	190,842	74,803
1973	203,429	94,765
1974	216,389	97,181
1975	228,883	99,882
1976	241,939	102,346
1977	250,858	104,886
1978	257,222	107,352
1979	268,875	109,540
1980	280,630	112,307
1981	292,755	115,163
1982	305,204	118,641
1983	317,379	104,107
1984	331,910	90,970
1985	344,549	95,342
1986	357,205	99,502
1987	370,654	5,756
1988	378,575	-125,447
1989	390,081	83,735
1990	402,629	82,900
1991	413,354	87,873
1992	423,294	28,874
1993	430,759	32,779
1994	438,274	165,407
1995	453,719	110,417
1996	469,740	116,728
1997	489,984	121,454
1998	509,167	-12,157
1999	527,634	180,721
2000	545,129	196,055
2001	555,220	204,108
2002	563,692	212,014
2003	568,220	225,822
2004	579,424	231,877
2005	593,685	239,272
2006	605,001	246,706
2007	617,247	256,546
2008	630,610	268,268
2009	654,439	278,859
2010	676,554	287,409
2011	694,033	303,181
2012	708,847	312,974
2013	720,228	315,983
2014	728,978	227,611
2015	731,387	148,542
2016	735,630	110,553
2017	734,553	72,193
2018	722,445	168,497
2019	727,774	209,708
2020	727,455	212,332
2021	732,191	213,567
2022	750,270	211,166
2023	758,261	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 359 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ivory Coast, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	South Sudan
1985	766	3,845
1986	735	3,720
1987	697	8,045
1988	671	5,535
1989	645	5,103
1990	619	4,877
1991	584	4,764
1992	546	7,597
1993	503	7,537
1994	463	1,666
1995	421	4,430
1996	381	4,357
1997	364	4,172
1998	380	7,514
1999	381	2,048
2000	378	1,658
2001	405	1,580
2002	427	1,521
2003	451	1,199
2004	456	1,150
2005	492	1,074
2006	544	1,005
2007	567	933
2008	562	858
2009	588	823
2010	592	776
2011	569	770
2012	566	755
2013	544	771
2014	522	1,216
2015	505	1,436
2016	488	1,629
2017	465	1,662
2018	449	913
2019	429	745
2020	447	729
2021	459	749
2022	409	704
2023	359	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	South Sudan
1960	32.1%	35.5%
1961	31.3%	35.2%
1962	30.5%	34.9%
1963	29.7%	34.6%
1964	28.9%	34.3%
1965	28.2%	34%
1966	27.4%	33.6%
1967	26.7%	33.3%
1968	26%	32.9%
1969	25.2%	32.6%
1970	24.5%	32.3%
1971	23.7%	31.9%
1972	22.9%	31.6%
1973	22.1%	31.3%
1974	21.2%	30.9%
1975	20.3%	30.6%
1976	19.5%	30.2%
1977	18.7%	29.9%
1978	18%	29.5%
1979	17.4%	29.2%
1980	16.9%	28.9%
1981	16.4%	28.5%
1982	16.1%	28.2%
1983	15.8%	27.8%
1984	15.5%	27.5%
1985	15.4%	27.1%
1986	15.3%	26.7%
1987	15.2%	36%
1988	15.2%	76.7%
1989	15.3%	30.7%
1990	15.3%	30.3%
1991	15.4%	29.7%
1992	15.4%	33.8%
1993	15.4%	33.1%
1994	15.3%	23%
1995	15.2%	27%
1996	15.1%	26.1%
1997	14.9%	25.2%
1998	14.6%	42.6%
1999	14.4%	19.2%
2000	14.1%	18.3%
2001	13.7%	17.4%
2002	13.3%	16.5%
2003	13%	15.7%
2004	12.6%	14.8%
2005	12.2%	14.1%
2006	11.8%	13.4%
2007	11.4%	12.7%
2008	11%	12.1%
2009	10.6%	11.5%
2010	10.2%	10.9%
2011	9.91%	10.5%
2012	9.6%	10.1%
2013	9.27%	9.92%
2014	8.92%	18.2%
2015	8.61%	23.7%
2016	8.36%	26.4%
2017	8.11%	27.8%
2018	7.85%	13.2%
2019	7.59%	9.87%
2020	7.37%	9.87%
2021	7.14%	9.87%
2022	6.92%	9.87%
2023	6.71%	9.87%