Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Jordan vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jordan 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
	Jordan	South Sudan
1960	7.6	7.16
1961	7.7	7.18
1962	7.79	7.2
1963	7.85	7.2
1964	7.91	7.22
1965	7.93	7.22
1966	7.99	7.25
1967	8.06	7.26
1968	8.14	7.26
1969	8.19	7.28
1970	8.18	7.29
1971	8.15	7.3
1972	8.12	7.31
1973	8.06	7.31
1974	8	7.31
1975	7.93	7.33
1976	7.83	7.33
1977	7.72	7.33
1978	7.59	7.33
1979	7.45	7.32
1980	7.29	7.33
1981	7.12	7.33
1982	6.96	7.34
1983	6.81	7.34
1984	6.67	7.35
1985	6.53	7.36
1986	6.39	7.38
1987	6.2	7.39
1988	6.01	7.38
1989	5.8	7.37
1990	5.54	7.38
1991	5.33	7.38
1992	5.14	7.37
1993	4.97	7.36
1994	4.82	7.35
1995	4.68	7.34
1996	4.51	7.32
1997	4.32	7.2
1998	4.11	7.08
1999	3.97	6.94
2000	3.86	6.8
2001	3.8	6.65
2002	3.81	6.52
2003	3.82	6.35
2004	3.73	6.19
2005	3.65	6.02
2006	3.71	5.85
2007	3.8	5.7
2008	3.88	5.57
2009	3.84	5.45
2010	3.78	5.32
2011	3.69	5.19
2012	3.57	5.06
2013	3.45	4.94
2014	3.3	4.82
2015	3.14	4.7
2016	3.07	4.58
2017	2.99	4.48
2018	2.92	4.37
2019	2.86	4.26
2020	2.79	4.16
2021	2.74	4.05
2022	2.68	3.96
2023	2.64	3.86
2024	2.6	3.79
2025	2.57	3.71
2026	2.54	3.63
2027	2.51	3.56
2028	2.48	3.49
2029	2.44	3.43
2030	2.42	3.37
2031	2.39	3.31
2032	2.36	3.26
2033	2.33	3.2
2034	2.3	3.15
2035	2.27	3.1
2036	2.25	3.06
2037	2.23	3.01
2038	2.21	2.96
2039	2.19	2.92
2040	2.16	2.88
2041	2.14	2.84
2042	2.12	2.8
2043	2.1	2.76
2044	2.08	2.73
2045	2.07	2.69
2046	2.05	2.66
2047	2.04	2.63
2048	2.02	2.6
2049	2.01	2.58
2050	1.99	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	South Sudan
1960	46.1%	42.5%
1961	46.6%	42.6%
1962	47.2%	42.6%
1963	47.7%	42.8%
1964	48.2%	43%
1965	48.7%	43.3%
1966	49.1%	43.5%
1967	49.4%	43.8%
1968	49.8%	44%
1969	50%	44.3%
1970	50.3%	44.5%
1971	50.4%	44.7%
1972	50.6%	44.8%
1973	50.6%	45%
1974	50.6%	45.1%
1975	50.6%	45.2%
1976	50.5%	45.3%
1977	50.4%	45.4%
1978	50.2%	45.5%
1979	50%	45.7%
1980	49.7%	45.8%
1981	49.5%	46%
1982	49.2%	46.2%
1983	48.9%	46.3%
1984	48.6%	46.5%
1985	48.2%	46.6%
1986	47.9%	46.7%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	47.2%	46.2%
1989	46.8%	45.4%
1990	45%	45.4%
1991	43.1%	45.5%
1992	42.2%	45.6%
1993	41.5%	45.7%
1994	40.9%	45.8%
1995	40.5%	45.8%
1996	40.4%	46%
1997	40.4%	46%
1998	40.3%	45.8%
1999	40.2%	45.6%
2000	40.1%	45.5%
2001	39.8%	45.5%
2002	39.5%	45.7%
2003	39.2%	45.9%
2004	38.8%	45.8%
2005	38.4%	45.3%
2006	38%	44.8%
2007	37.5%	44.3%
2008	37%	43.8%
2009	36.5%	43.4%
2010	36%	42.8%
2011	35.5%	42.2%
2012	35.1%	41.9%
2013	34.9%	41.9%
2014	34.9%	42.5%
2015	34.8%	43.1%
2016	34.5%	43.7%
2017	34.1%	45%
2018	33.7%	44.9%
2019	33.3%	43.6%
2020	32.8%	42.4%
2021	32.4%	41.6%
2022	31.9%	40.9%
2023	31.2%	39.9%
2024	30.7%	38.9%
2025	30.2%	38%
2026	29.6%	37.1%
2027	29%	36.2%
2028	28.4%	35.5%
2029	27.8%	35%
2030	27.3%	34.7%
2031	26.9%	34.5%
2032	26.6%	34.4%
2033	26.2%	34.3%
2034	25.9%	34.3%
2035	25.7%	34.2%
2036	25.4%	34.1%
2037	25.2%	34%
2038	25%	33.8%
2039	24.9%	33.7%
2040	24.7%	33.4%
2041	24.6%	33.2%
2042	24.4%	32.9%
2043	24.3%	32.5%
2044	24.1%	32.2%
2045	23.9%	31.8%
2046	23.7%	31.4%
2047	23.5%	31%
2048	23.3%	30.5%
2049	23.1%	30.1%
2050	22.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 45% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	South Sudan
1960	29,491	42,945
1961	32,143	45,186
1962	34,598	47,406
1963	36,858	46,333
1964	39,205	64,786
1965	41,635	51,682
1966	44,580	38,523
1967	48,791	41,357
1968	53,336	44,213
1969	57,431	42,015
1970	60,321	44,776
1971	64,763	72,308
1972	67,707	74,803
1973	70,058	94,765
1974	72,212	97,181
1975	74,392	99,882
1976	75,981	102,346
1977	78,101	104,886
1978	79,908	107,352
1979	82,076	109,540
1980	84,508	112,307
1981	86,751	115,163
1982	89,473	118,641
1983	92,863	104,107
1984	96,092	90,970
1985	99,801	95,342
1986	103,551	99,502
1987	106,536	5,756
1988	109,754	-125,447
1989	112,608	83,735
1990	114,912	82,900
1991	129,642	87,873
1992	134,241	28,874
1993	139,467	32,779
1994	144,199	165,407
1995	147,652	110,417
1996	147,852	116,728
1997	145,358	121,454
1998	140,696	-12,157
1999	138,201	180,721
2000	136,414	196,055
2001	136,450	204,108
2002	139,250	212,014
2003	142,443	225,822
2004	141,752	231,877
2005	141,816	239,272
2006	147,643	246,706
2007	167,574	256,546
2008	175,048	268,268
2009	177,651	278,859
2010	177,748	287,409
2011	177,076	303,181
2012	175,437	312,974
2013	170,473	315,983
2014	184,169	227,611
2015	195,495	148,542
2016	205,891	110,553
2017	205,903	72,193
2018	205,333	168,497
2019	204,933	209,708
2020	198,138	212,332
2021	190,795	213,567
2022	199,900	211,166
2023	200,895	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	South Sudan
1985	100	3,845
1986	93	3,720
1987	87	8,045
1988	82	5,535
1989	79	5,103
1990	72	4,877
1991	74	4,764
1992	72	7,597
1993	71	7,537
1994	70	1,666
1995	70	4,430
1996	69	4,357
1997	67	4,172
1998	65	7,514
1999	63	2,048
2000	61	1,658
2001	60	1,580
2002	58	1,521
2003	56	1,199
2004	54	1,150
2005	53	1,074
2006	49	1,005
2007	50	933
2008	50	858
2009	49	823
2010	48	776
2011	47	770
2012	47	755
2013	44	771
2014	43	1,216
2015	41	1,436
2016	40	1,629
2017	38	1,662
2018	36	913
2019	35	745
2020	41	729
2021	79	749
2022	35	704
2023	31	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	South Sudan
1960	15.5%	35.5%
1961	14.6%	35.2%
1962	13.8%	34.9%
1963	13%	34.6%
1964	12.3%	34.3%
1965	11.6%	34%
1966	11%	33.6%
1967	10.4%	33.3%
1968	9.87%	32.9%
1969	9.38%	32.6%
1970	8.91%	32.3%
1971	8.48%	31.9%
1972	8.06%	31.6%
1973	7.67%	31.3%
1974	7.31%	30.9%
1975	6.96%	30.6%
1976	6.63%	30.2%
1977	6.31%	29.9%
1978	6.02%	29.5%
1979	5.74%	29.2%
1980	5.48%	28.9%
1981	5.22%	28.5%
1982	4.99%	28.2%
1983	4.76%	27.8%
1984	4.55%	27.5%
1985	4.34%	27.1%
1986	4.16%	26.7%
1987	3.98%	36%
1988	3.82%	76.7%
1989	3.68%	30.7%
1990	3.54%	30.3%
1991	3.42%	29.7%
1992	3.31%	33.8%
1993	3.2%	33.1%
1994	3.1%	23%
1995	3.01%	27%
1996	2.91%	26.1%
1997	2.83%	25.2%
1998	2.74%	42.6%
1999	2.66%	19.2%
2000	2.58%	18.3%
2001	2.5%	17.4%
2002	2.42%	16.5%
2003	2.35%	15.7%
2004	2.27%	14.8%
2005	2.2%	14.1%
2006	2.13%	13.4%
2007	2.07%	12.7%
2008	2%	12.1%
2009	1.94%	11.5%
2010	1.89%	10.9%
2011	1.83%	10.5%
2012	1.78%	10.1%
2013	1.74%	9.92%
2014	1.69%	18.2%
2015	1.65%	23.7%
2016	1.6%	26.4%
2017	1.56%	27.8%
2018	1.52%	13.2%
2019	1.48%	9.87%
2020	1.44%	9.87%
2021	1.4%	9.87%
2022	1.36%	9.87%
2023	1.32%	9.87%