Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Latvia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Latvia 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 Latvia 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
	Latvia	South Sudan
1960	1.94	7.16
1961	1.94	7.18
1962	1.91	7.2
1963	1.85	7.2
1964	1.79	7.22
1965	1.74	7.22
1966	1.76	7.25
1967	1.8	7.26
1968	1.83	7.26
1969	1.88	7.28
1970	1.96	7.29
1971	2	7.3
1972	2	7.31
1973	1.98	7.31
1974	1.97	7.31
1975	1.96	7.33
1976	1.93	7.33
1977	1.89	7.33
1978	1.87	7.33
1979	1.87	7.32
1980	1.86	7.33
1981	1.88	7.33
1982	1.97	7.34
1983	2.07	7.34
1984	2.09	7.35
1985	2.08	7.36
1986	2.12	7.38
1987	2.15	7.39
1988	2.11	7.38
1989	2.05	7.37
1990	2.02	7.38
1991	1.86	7.38
1992	1.73	7.37
1993	1.51	7.36
1994	1.39	7.35
1995	1.25	7.34
1996	1.16	7.32
1997	1.11	7.2
1998	1.09	7.08
1999	1.16	6.94
2000	1.25	6.8
2001	1.22	6.65
2002	1.26	6.52
2003	1.32	6.35
2004	1.29	6.19
2005	1.39	6.02
2006	1.46	5.85
2007	1.54	5.7
2008	1.58	5.57
2009	1.46	5.45
2010	1.36	5.32
2011	1.33	5.19
2012	1.44	5.06
2013	1.52	4.94
2014	1.65	4.82
2015	1.7	4.7
2016	1.74	4.58
2017	1.69	4.48
2018	1.6	4.37
2019	1.61	4.26
2020	1.55	4.16
2021	1.57	4.05
2022	1.47	3.96
2023	1.36	3.86
2024	1.36	3.79
2025	1.37	3.71
2026	1.38	3.63
2027	1.38	3.56
2028	1.39	3.49
2029	1.39	3.43
2030	1.4	3.37
2031	1.4	3.31
2032	1.41	3.26
2033	1.41	3.2
2034	1.41	3.15
2035	1.42	3.1
2036	1.42	3.06
2037	1.42	3.01
2038	1.43	2.96
2039	1.43	2.92
2040	1.43	2.88
2041	1.44	2.84
2042	1.44	2.8
2043	1.44	2.76
2044	1.45	2.73
2045	1.45	2.69
2046	1.45	2.66
2047	1.46	2.63
2048	1.46	2.6
2049	1.46	2.58
2050	1.47	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	South Sudan
1960	22.2%	42.5%
1961	22.4%	42.6%
1962	22.6%	42.6%
1963	22.5%	42.8%
1964	22.4%	43%
1965	22.2%	43.3%
1966	22%	43.5%
1967	21.8%	43.8%
1968	21.7%	44%
1969	21.6%	44.3%
1970	21.6%	44.5%
1971	21.5%	44.7%
1972	21.5%	44.8%
1973	21.3%	45%
1974	21.2%	45.1%
1975	21%	45.2%
1976	20.8%	45.3%
1977	20.6%	45.4%
1978	20.5%	45.5%
1979	20.4%	45.7%
1980	20.5%	45.8%
1981	20.6%	46%
1982	20.8%	46.2%
1983	20.9%	46.3%
1984	21.1%	46.5%
1985	21.2%	46.6%
1986	21.3%	46.7%
1987	21.3%	46.9%
1988	21.4%	46.2%
1989	21.4%	45.4%
1990	21.5%	45.4%
1991	21.5%	45.5%
1992	21.4%	45.6%
1993	21.2%	45.7%
1994	21%	45.8%
1995	20.7%	45.8%
1996	20.2%	46%
1997	19.7%	46%
1998	19%	45.8%
1999	18.3%	45.6%
2000	17.7%	45.5%
2001	17%	45.5%
2002	16.4%	45.7%
2003	15.8%	45.9%
2004	15.2%	45.8%
2005	14.7%	45.3%
2006	14.4%	44.8%
2007	14.1%	44.3%
2008	14%	43.8%
2009	14.1%	43.4%
2010	14.2%	42.8%
2011	14.2%	42.2%
2012	14.4%	41.9%
2013	14.6%	41.9%
2014	14.8%	42.5%
2015	15.1%	43.1%
2016	15.4%	43.7%
2017	15.7%	45%
2018	15.8%	44.9%
2019	15.9%	43.6%
2020	16%	42.4%
2021	16%	41.6%
2022	15.9%	40.9%
2023	15.7%	39.9%
2024	15.4%	38.9%
2025	15.2%	38%
2026	15%	37.1%
2027	14.8%	36.2%
2028	14.5%	35.5%
2029	14.1%	35%
2030	13.7%	34.7%
2031	13.2%	34.5%
2032	12.8%	34.4%
2033	12.4%	34.3%
2034	12.2%	34.3%
2035	11.9%	34.2%
2036	11.7%	34.1%
2037	11.6%	34%
2038	11.6%	33.8%
2039	11.6%	33.7%
2040	11.7%	33.4%
2041	11.7%	33.2%
2042	11.8%	32.9%
2043	12%	32.5%
2044	12.1%	32.2%
2045	12.2%	31.8%
2046	12.4%	31.4%
2047	12.5%	31%
2048	12.6%	30.5%
2049	12.7%	30.1%
2050	12.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	South Sudan
1960	14,211	42,945
1961	14,207	45,186
1962	11,562	47,406
1963	11,055	46,333
1964	12,100	64,786
1965	8,384	51,682
1966	8,677	38,523
1967	7,825	41,357
1968	7,668	44,213
1969	6,561	42,015
1970	7,785	44,776
1971	8,793	72,308
1972	7,666	74,803
1973	6,040	94,765
1974	6,824	97,181
1975	4,913	99,882
1976	4,200	102,346
1977	3,480	104,886
1978	2,997	107,352
1979	2,506	109,540
1980	3,265	112,307
1981	3,779	115,163
1982	6,327	118,641
1983	8,147	104,107
1984	7,430	90,970
1985	5,673	95,342
1986	10,660	99,502
1987	9,981	5,756
1988	9,022	-125,447
1989	6,401	83,735
1990	2,929	82,900
1991	0	87,873
1992	-3,660	28,874
1993	-12,560	32,779
1994	-17,645	165,407
1995	-17,396	110,417
1996	-14,498	116,728
1997	-14,841	121,454
1998	-15,906	-12,157
1999	-13,387	180,721
2000	-11,838	196,055
2001	-13,322	204,108
2002	-12,475	212,014
2003	-11,439	225,822
2004	-11,542	231,877
2005	-10,746	239,272
2006	-10,204	246,706
2007	-9,021	256,546
2008	-6,531	268,268
2009	-7,924	278,859
2010	-10,278	287,409
2011	-9,886	303,181
2012	-9,154	312,974
2013	-8,252	315,983
2014	-6,779	227,611
2015	-6,526	148,542
2016	-6,663	110,553
2017	-7,963	72,193
2018	-9,636	168,497
2019	-8,995	209,708
2020	-11,402	212,332
2021	-17,337	213,567
2022	-14,847	211,166
2023	-13,517	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Latvia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	South Sudan
1985	51	3,845
1986	43	3,720
1987	44	8,045
1988	42	5,535
1989	46	5,103
1990	47	4,877
1991	46	4,764
1992	48	7,597
1993	57	7,537
1994	65	1,666
1995	59	4,430
1996	45	4,357
1997	41	4,172
1998	40	7,514
1999	40	2,048
2000	34	1,658
2001	32	1,580
2002	29	1,521
2003	30	1,199
2004	28	1,150
2005	27	1,074
2006	28	1,005
2007	27	933
2008	25	858
2009	24	823
2010	22	776
2011	22	770
2012	20	755
2013	24	771
2014	22	1,216
2015	22	1,436
2016	23	1,629
2017	23	1,662
2018	23	913
2019	22	745
2020	21	729
2021	42	749
2022	29	704
2023	19	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	-	32.6%
1970	-	32.3%
1971	-	31.9%
1972	-	31.6%
1973	-	31.3%
1974	-	30.9%
1975	-	30.6%
1976	-	30.2%
1977	-	29.9%
1978	-	29.5%
1979	2.08%	29.2%
1980	2.07%	28.9%
1981	2.06%	28.5%
1982	2.03%	28.2%
1983	1.96%	27.8%
1984	1.87%	27.5%
1985	1.75%	27.1%
1986	1.64%	26.7%
1987	1.55%	36%
1988	1.53%	76.7%
1989	1.58%	30.7%
1990	1.7%	30.3%
1991	1.83%	29.7%
1992	1.93%	33.8%
1993	1.99%	33.1%
1994	2%	23%
1995	1.98%	27%
1996	1.9%	26.1%
1997	1.79%	25.2%
1998	1.67%	42.6%
1999	1.54%	19.2%
2000	1.42%	18.3%
2001	1.33%	17.4%
2002	1.26%	16.5%
2003	1.19%	15.7%
2004	1.12%	14.8%
2005	1.05%	14.1%
2006	0.99%	13.4%
2007	0.93%	12.7%
2008	0.88%	12.1%
2009	0.83%	11.5%
2010	0.78%	10.9%
2011	0.72%	10.5%
2012	0.66%	10.1%
2013	0.6%	9.92%
2014	0.55%	18.2%
2015	0.51%	23.7%
2016	0.47%	26.4%
2017	0.45%	27.8%
2018	0.42%	13.2%
2019	0.4%	9.87%
2020	0.37%	9.87%
2021	0.35%	9.87%
2022	0.32%	9.87%
2023	0.3%	9.87%