Fertility & birth rates in Jamaica and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Jamaica vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jamaica was 1.36 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 Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Sudan
1960	5.54	7.16
1961	5.6	7.18
1962	5.64	7.2
1963	5.73	7.2
1964	5.79	7.22
1965	5.72	7.22
1966	5.69	7.25
1967	5.67	7.26
1968	5.58	7.26
1969	5.47	7.28
1970	5.35	7.29
1971	5.21	7.3
1972	5.06	7.31
1973	5	7.31
1974	4.67	7.31
1975	4.44	7.33
1976	4.21	7.33
1977	4	7.33
1978	3.84	7.33
1979	3.72	7.32
1980	3.59	7.33
1981	3.51	7.33
1982	3.46	7.34
1983	3.41	7.34
1984	3.32	7.35
1985	3.21	7.36
1986	3.11	7.38
1987	3.02	7.39
1988	2.98	7.38
1989	2.93	7.37
1990	2.96	7.38
1991	3	7.38
1992	3.03	7.37
1993	2.99	7.36
1994	2.93	7.35
1995	2.85	7.34
1996	2.77	7.32
1997	2.68	7.2
1998	2.57	7.08
1999	2.47	6.94
2000	2.35	6.8
2001	2.3	6.65
2002	2.27	6.52
2003	2.24	6.35
2004	2.2	6.19
2005	2.15	6.02
2006	2.09	5.85
2007	2.02	5.7
2008	1.95	5.57
2009	1.88	5.45
2010	1.8	5.32
2011	1.72	5.19
2012	1.65	5.06
2013	1.59	4.94
2014	1.54	4.82
2015	1.51	4.7
2016	1.46	4.58
2017	1.43	4.48
2018	1.4	4.37
2019	1.39	4.26
2020	1.38	4.16
2021	1.38	4.05
2022	1.37	3.96
2023	1.36	3.86
2024	1.35	3.79
2025	1.34	3.71
2026	1.33	3.63
2027	1.33	3.56
2028	1.33	3.49
2029	1.33	3.43
2030	1.33	3.37
2031	1.33	3.31
2032	1.34	3.26
2033	1.34	3.2
2034	1.34	3.15
2035	1.35	3.1
2036	1.35	3.06
2037	1.36	3.01
2038	1.36	2.96
2039	1.37	2.92
2040	1.37	2.88
2041	1.37	2.84
2042	1.37	2.8
2043	1.38	2.76
2044	1.38	2.73
2045	1.39	2.69
2046	1.39	2.66
2047	1.39	2.63
2048	1.4	2.6
2049	1.4	2.58
2050	1.41	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jamaica	South Sudan
1960	41.2%	42.5%
1961	41.7%	42.6%
1962	42.2%	42.6%
1963	42.7%	42.8%
1964	43.3%	43%
1965	43.9%	43.3%
1966	44.3%	43.5%
1967	44.6%	43.8%
1968	44.9%	44%
1969	45%	44.3%
1970	45%	44.5%
1971	44.8%	44.7%
1972	44.4%	44.8%
1973	44%	45%
1974	43.5%	45.1%
1975	42.9%	45.2%
1976	42.3%	45.3%
1977	41.7%	45.4%
1978	41%	45.5%
1979	40.4%	45.7%
1980	39.8%	45.8%
1981	39.2%	46%
1982	38.7%	46.2%
1983	38.2%	46.3%
1984	37.9%	46.5%
1985	37.5%	46.6%
1986	37.2%	46.7%
1987	36.8%	46.9%
1988	36.5%	46.2%
1989	36.1%	45.4%
1990	35.8%	45.4%
1991	35.5%	45.5%
1992	35.4%	45.6%
1993	35.3%	45.7%
1994	35.2%	45.8%
1995	35.1%	45.8%
1996	34.9%	46%
1997	34.6%	46%
1998	34.2%	45.8%
1999	33.8%	45.6%
2000	33.2%	45.5%
2001	32.7%	45.5%
2002	32.2%	45.7%
2003	31.7%	45.9%
2004	31.2%	45.8%
2005	30.6%	45.3%
2006	30%	44.8%
2007	29.3%	44.3%
2008	28.5%	43.8%
2009	27.7%	43.4%
2010	26.9%	42.8%
2011	26.2%	42.2%
2012	25.4%	41.9%
2013	24.7%	41.9%
2014	24%	42.5%
2015	23.4%	43.1%
2016	22.8%	43.7%
2017	22.3%	45%
2018	21.7%	44.9%
2019	21.1%	43.6%
2020	20.6%	42.4%
2021	20%	41.6%
2022	19.6%	40.9%
2023	19.1%	39.9%
2024	18.7%	38.9%
2025	18.3%	38%
2026	17.9%	37.1%
2027	17.6%	36.2%
2028	17.2%	35.5%
2029	16.9%	35%
2030	16.7%	34.7%
2031	16.4%	34.5%
2032	16.2%	34.4%
2033	15.9%	34.3%
2034	15.7%	34.3%
2035	15.5%	34.2%
2036	15.3%	34.1%
2037	15.1%	34%
2038	14.8%	33.8%
2039	14.6%	33.7%
2040	14.4%	33.4%
2041	14.2%	33.2%
2042	14%	32.9%
2043	13.8%	32.5%
2044	13.6%	32.2%
2045	13.4%	31.8%
2046	13.2%	31.4%
2047	13%	31%
2048	12.8%	30.5%
2049	12.6%	30.1%
2050	12.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Jamaica and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jamaica and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Jamaica vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.49% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Sudan
1960	51,944	42,945
1961	51,931	45,186
1962	51,758	47,406
1963	52,277	46,333
1964	52,501	64,786
1965	51,423	51,682
1966	50,808	38,523
1967	50,187	41,357
1968	49,189	44,213
1969	48,258	42,015
1970	47,547	44,776
1971	47,206	72,308
1972	46,676	74,803
1973	47,438	94,765
1974	45,526	97,181
1975	44,736	99,882
1976	43,878	102,346
1977	42,999	104,886
1978	42,475	107,352
1979	42,449	109,540
1980	42,316	112,307
1981	42,898	115,163
1982	43,816	118,641
1983	45,095	104,107
1984	45,644	90,970
1985	45,122	95,342
1986	44,520	99,502
1987	44,155	5,756
1988	43,978	-125,447
1989	43,591	83,735
1990	44,465	82,900
1991	45,617	87,873
1992	46,494	28,874
1993	46,090	32,779
1994	45,210	165,407
1995	43,705	110,417
1996	42,297	116,728
1997	40,521	121,454
1998	38,628	-12,157
1999	36,649	180,721
2000	34,452	196,055
2001	33,666	204,108
2002	33,572	212,014
2003	33,340	225,822
2004	32,500	231,877
2005	31,506	239,272
2006	30,213	246,706
2007	28,886	256,546
2008	27,553	268,268
2009	26,311	278,859
2010	25,031	287,409
2011	23,627	303,181
2012	22,320	312,974
2013	21,037	315,983
2014	19,751	227,611
2015	18,489	148,542
2016	16,944	110,553
2017	15,419	72,193
2018	13,929	168,497
2019	13,094	209,708
2020	12,170	212,332
2021	6,382	213,567
2022	11,215	211,166
2023	10,072	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Jamaica vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 130 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jamaica, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jamaica	South Sudan
1985	45	3,845
1986	45	3,720
1987	46	8,045
1988	48	5,535
1989	50	5,103
1990	54	4,877
1991	58	4,764
1992	62	7,597
1993	67	7,537
1994	71	1,666
1995	74	4,430
1996	77	4,357
1997	79	4,172
1998	80	7,514
1999	81	2,048
2000	82	1,658
2001	82	1,580
2002	81	1,521
2003	79	1,199
2004	77	1,150
2005	81	1,074
2006	89	1,005
2007	89	933
2008	91	858
2009	93	823
2010	94	776
2011	89	770
2012	89	755
2013	94	771
2014	100	1,216
2015	100	1,436
2016	102	1,629
2017	106	1,662
2018	112	913
2019	120	745
2020	126	729
2021	186	749
2022	138	704
2023	130	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.93% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Sudan
1960	8.17%	35.5%
1961	7.79%	35.2%
1962	7.45%	34.9%
1963	7.17%	34.6%
1964	6.91%	34.3%
1965	6.69%	34%
1966	6.49%	33.6%
1967	6.28%	33.3%
1968	6.08%	32.9%
1969	5.87%	32.6%
1970	5.64%	32.3%
1971	5.41%	31.9%
1972	5.18%	31.6%
1973	4.95%	31.3%
1974	4.74%	30.9%
1975	4.55%	30.6%
1976	4.37%	30.2%
1977	4.21%	29.9%
1978	4.06%	29.5%
1979	3.92%	29.2%
1980	3.78%	28.9%
1981	3.66%	28.5%
1982	3.54%	28.2%
1983	3.43%	27.8%
1984	3.32%	27.5%
1985	3.22%	27.1%
1986	3.13%	26.7%
1987	3.04%	36%
1988	2.96%	76.7%
1989	2.88%	30.7%
1990	2.8%	30.3%
1991	2.73%	29.7%
1992	2.66%	33.8%
1993	2.58%	33.1%
1994	2.51%	23%
1995	2.43%	27%
1996	2.35%	26.1%
1997	2.27%	25.2%
1998	2.19%	42.6%
1999	2.12%	19.2%
2000	2.06%	18.3%
2001	2%	17.4%
2002	1.97%	16.5%
2003	1.94%	15.7%
2004	1.92%	14.8%
2005	1.92%	14.1%
2006	1.91%	13.4%
2007	1.92%	12.7%
2008	1.92%	12.1%
2009	1.91%	11.5%
2010	1.91%	10.9%
2011	1.9%	10.5%
2012	1.89%	10.1%
2013	1.88%	9.92%
2014	1.87%	18.2%
2015	1.87%	23.7%
2016	1.86%	26.4%
2017	1.86%	27.8%
2018	1.87%	13.2%
2019	1.88%	9.87%
2020	1.9%	9.87%
2021	1.91%	9.87%
2022	1.93%	9.87%
2023	1.93%	9.87%