Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and South Africa

Fertility rate in Jordan vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jordan vs South Africa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jordan	South Africa
1960	7.6	6.11
1961	7.7	6.08
1962	7.79	6.05
1963	7.85	6.01
1964	7.91	5.96
1965	7.93	5.89
1966	7.99	5.91
1967	8.06	5.85
1968	8.14	5.78
1969	8.19	5.72
1970	8.18	5.63
1971	8.15	5.57
1972	8.12	5.49
1973	8.06	5.41
1974	8	5.3
1975	7.93	5.19
1976	7.83	5.07
1977	7.72	4.94
1978	7.59	4.85
1979	7.45	4.82
1980	7.29	4.78
1981	7.12	4.71
1982	6.96	4.7
1983	6.81	4.63
1984	6.67	4.57
1985	6.53	4.5
1986	6.39	4.41
1987	6.2	4.35
1988	6.01	4.18
1989	5.8	3.98
1990	5.54	3.72
1991	5.33	3.62
1992	5.14	3.48
1993	4.97	3.37
1994	4.82	3.26
1995	4.68	3.17
1996	4.51	2.99
1997	4.32	2.73
1998	4.11	2.63
1999	3.97	2.56
2000	3.86	2.41
2001	3.8	2.37
2002	3.81	2.32
2003	3.82	2.36
2004	3.73	2.44
2005	3.65	2.51
2006	3.71	2.55
2007	3.8	2.55
2008	3.88	2.68
2009	3.84	2.5
2010	3.78	2.44
2011	3.69	2.44
2012	3.57	2.45
2013	3.45	2.43
2014	3.3	2.42
2015	3.14	2.36
2016	3.07	2.26
2017	2.99	2.28
2018	2.92	2.27
2019	2.86	2.26
2020	2.79	2.26
2021	2.74	2.25
2022	2.68	2.23
2023	2.64	2.22
2024	2.6	2.21
2025	2.57	2.19
2026	2.54	2.17
2027	2.51	2.15
2028	2.48	2.13
2029	2.44	2.12
2030	2.42	2.1
2031	2.39	2.09
2032	2.36	2.07
2033	2.33	2.06
2034	2.3	2.05
2035	2.27	2.04
2036	2.25	2.03
2037	2.23	2.02
2038	2.21	2
2039	2.19	1.99
2040	2.16	1.98
2041	2.14	1.98
2042	2.12	1.97
2043	2.1	1.96
2044	2.08	1.95
2045	2.07	1.94
2046	2.05	1.93
2047	2.04	1.92
2048	2.02	1.91
2049	2.01	1.9
2050	1.99	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	South Africa
1960	46.1%	42.1%
1961	46.6%	42.1%
1962	47.2%	42.1%
1963	47.7%	42.1%
1964	48.2%	42.1%
1965	48.7%	42.1%
1966	49.1%	42.1%
1967	49.4%	42.2%
1968	49.8%	42.2%
1969	50%	42.2%
1970	50.3%	42.3%
1971	50.4%	42.2%
1972	50.6%	42.2%
1973	50.6%	42.1%
1974	50.6%	42%
1975	50.6%	41.9%
1976	50.5%	41.8%
1977	50.4%	41.7%
1978	50.2%	41.5%
1979	50%	41.3%
1980	49.7%	40.9%
1981	49.5%	40.5%
1982	49.2%	40.1%
1983	48.9%	39.8%
1984	48.6%	39.5%
1985	48.2%	39.2%
1986	47.9%	38.9%
1987	47.6%	38.7%
1988	47.2%	38.4%
1989	46.8%	38.1%
1990	45%	37.7%
1991	43.1%	37.5%
1992	42.2%	37.6%
1993	41.5%	37.3%
1994	40.9%	37.2%
1995	40.5%	37.5%
1996	40.4%	37.5%
1997	40.4%	37.2%
1998	40.3%	36.5%
1999	40.2%	35.7%
2000	40.1%	34.9%
2001	39.8%	34%
2002	39.5%	33.2%
2003	39.2%	32.3%
2004	38.8%	31.6%
2005	38.4%	31.1%
2006	38%	30.6%
2007	37.5%	30.2%
2008	37%	29.9%
2009	36.5%	29.7%
2010	36%	29.4%
2011	35.5%	29.1%
2012	35.1%	28.9%
2013	34.9%	28.7%
2014	34.9%	28.5%
2015	34.8%	28.3%
2016	34.5%	28.3%
2017	34.1%	28.3%
2018	33.7%	27.9%
2019	33.3%	27.4%
2020	32.8%	27%
2021	32.4%	26.6%
2022	31.9%	26.3%
2023	31.2%	26.1%
2024	30.7%	25.9%
2025	30.2%	25.7%
2026	29.6%	25.6%
2027	29%	25.4%
2028	28.4%	25.3%
2029	27.8%	25.2%
2030	27.3%	25.2%
2031	26.9%	25.1%
2032	26.6%	25%
2033	26.2%	24.8%
2034	25.9%	24.5%
2035	25.7%	24.3%
2036	25.4%	23.9%
2037	25.2%	23.6%
2038	25%	23.4%
2039	24.9%	23.1%
2040	24.7%	22.9%
2041	24.6%	22.7%
2042	24.4%	22.5%
2043	24.3%	22.4%
2044	24.1%	22.2%
2045	23.9%	22.1%
2046	23.7%	21.9%
2047	23.5%	21.8%
2048	23.3%	21.7%
2049	23.1%	21.6%
2050	22.8%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 45% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan and +1.05% in South Africa. 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
	Jordan	South Africa
1960	29,491	421,263
1961	32,143	437,851
1962	34,598	455,634
1963	36,858	473,821
1964	39,205	490,606
1965	41,635	506,632
1966	44,580	534,862
1967	48,791	553,741
1968	53,336	571,841
1969	57,431	590,794
1970	60,321	605,102
1971	64,763	624,761
1972	67,707	638,754
1973	70,058	651,596
1974	72,212	658,438
1975	74,392	667,862
1976	75,981	675,011
1977	78,101	680,929
1978	79,908	694,341
1979	82,076	716,541
1980	84,508	738,415
1981	86,751	767,833
1982	89,473	807,550
1983	92,863	837,013
1984	96,092	869,011
1985	99,801	893,889
1986	103,551	903,644
1987	106,536	922,330
1988	109,754	909,221
1989	112,608	884,629
1990	114,912	835,421
1991	129,642	827,296
1992	134,241	794,415
1993	139,467	789,220
1994	144,199	698,609
1995	147,652	743,488
1996	147,852	710,868
1997	145,358	667,969
1998	140,696	627,027
1999	138,201	594,643
2000	136,414	526,963
2001	136,450	484,801
2002	139,250	430,926
2003	142,443	415,018
2004	141,752	442,540
2005	141,816	464,464
2006	147,643	487,584
2007	167,574	503,567
2008	175,048	595,332
2009	177,651	554,115
2010	177,748	566,834
2011	177,076	601,708
2012	175,437	643,723
2013	170,473	652,427
2014	184,169	674,754
2015	195,495	668,771
2016	205,891	641,365
2017	205,903	645,975
2018	205,333	648,319
2019	204,933	652,130
2020	198,138	595,873
2021	190,795	456,411
2022	199,900	603,636
2023	200,895	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	South Africa
1985	100	208
1986	93	200
1987	87	192
1988	82	184
1989	79	177
1990	72	170
1991	74	162
1992	72	152
1993	71	145
1994	70	133
1995	70	125
1996	69	150
1997	67	152
1998	65	152
1999	63	151
2000	61	175
2001	60	192
2002	58	225
2003	56	245
2004	54	259
2005	53	279
2006	49	283
2007	50	272
2008	50	272
2009	49	241
2010	48	226
2011	47	202
2012	47	194
2013	44	180
2014	43	162
2015	41	150
2016	40	141
2017	38	134
2018	36	128
2019	35	119
2020	41	118
2021	79	191
2022	35	129
2023	31	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan and 3.47% in South Africa. 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
	Jordan	South Africa
1960	15.5%	-
1961	14.6%	-
1962	13.8%	-
1963	13%	-
1964	12.3%	-
1965	11.6%	-
1966	11%	-
1967	10.4%	-
1968	9.87%	-
1969	9.38%	-
1970	8.91%	-
1971	8.48%	-
1972	8.06%	-
1973	7.67%	-
1974	7.31%	13.2%
1975	6.96%	12.5%
1976	6.63%	11.8%
1977	6.31%	11.1%
1978	6.02%	10.5%
1979	5.74%	9.88%
1980	5.48%	9.35%
1981	5.22%	8.84%
1982	4.99%	8.39%
1983	4.76%	7.98%
1984	4.55%	7.6%
1985	4.34%	7.24%
1986	4.16%	6.89%
1987	3.98%	6.56%
1988	3.82%	6.26%
1989	3.68%	6.01%
1990	3.54%	5.82%
1991	3.42%	5.7%
1992	3.31%	5.66%
1993	3.2%	5.7%
1994	3.1%	5.82%
1995	3.01%	5.95%
1996	2.91%	6.11%
1997	2.83%	6.29%
1998	2.74%	6.56%
1999	2.66%	6.85%
2000	2.58%	7.11%
2001	2.5%	7.43%
2002	2.42%	7.69%
2003	2.35%	7.93%
2004	2.27%	8.1%
2005	2.2%	8.03%
2006	2.13%	7.75%
2007	2.07%	7.19%
2008	2%	6.42%
2009	1.94%	5.7%
2010	1.89%	5%
2011	1.83%	4.5%
2012	1.78%	4.25%
2013	1.74%	4.1%
2014	1.69%	3.96%
2015	1.65%	3.82%
2016	1.6%	3.68%
2017	1.56%	3.58%
2018	1.52%	3.49%
2019	1.48%	3.45%
2020	1.44%	3.41%
2021	1.4%	3.41%
2022	1.36%	3.44%
2023	1.32%	3.47%