Fertility & birth rates in Liberia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Liberia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Liberia was 3.95 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 Liberia 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
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	6.39	7.16
1961	6.45	7.18
1962	6.5	7.2
1963	6.56	7.2
1964	6.59	7.22
1965	6.62	7.22
1966	6.63	7.25
1967	6.65	7.26
1968	6.66	7.26
1969	6.64	7.28
1970	6.58	7.29
1971	6.54	7.3
1972	6.6	7.31
1973	6.65	7.31
1974	6.69	7.31
1975	6.74	7.33
1976	6.79	7.33
1977	6.84	7.33
1978	6.88	7.33
1979	6.92	7.32
1980	6.87	7.33
1981	6.83	7.33
1982	6.79	7.34
1983	6.76	7.34
1984	6.73	7.35
1985	6.69	7.36
1986	6.64	7.38
1987	6.57	7.39
1988	6.51	7.38
1989	6.43	7.37
1990	6.37	7.38
1991	6.32	7.38
1992	6.28	7.37
1993	6.25	7.36
1994	6.21	7.35
1995	6.17	7.34
1996	6.13	7.32
1997	6.08	7.2
1998	6.02	7.08
1999	5.95	6.94
2000	5.88	6.8
2001	5.77	6.65
2002	5.65	6.52
2003	5.55	6.35
2004	5.51	6.19
2005	5.52	6.02
2006	5.53	5.85
2007	5.46	5.7
2008	5.33	5.57
2009	5.17	5.45
2010	5.06	5.32
2011	4.97	5.19
2012	4.88	5.06
2013	4.75	4.94
2014	4.62	4.82
2015	4.52	4.7
2016	4.46	4.58
2017	4.4	4.48
2018	4.34	4.37
2019	4.26	4.26
2020	4.17	4.16
2021	4.09	4.05
2022	4.02	3.96
2023	3.95	3.86
2024	3.86	3.79
2025	3.79	3.71
2026	3.71	3.63
2027	3.64	3.56
2028	3.57	3.49
2029	3.51	3.43
2030	3.43	3.37
2031	3.38	3.31
2032	3.31	3.26
2033	3.25	3.2
2034	3.2	3.15
2035	3.15	3.1
2036	3.11	3.06
2037	3.06	3.01
2038	3.02	2.96
2039	2.98	2.92
2040	2.94	2.88
2041	2.91	2.84
2042	2.87	2.8
2043	2.83	2.76
2044	2.8	2.73
2045	2.77	2.69
2046	2.73	2.66
2047	2.7	2.63
2048	2.68	2.6
2049	2.65	2.58
2050	2.62	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	41.1%	42.5%
1961	41.1%	42.6%
1962	41.2%	42.6%
1963	41.4%	42.8%
1964	41.7%	43%
1965	42%	43.3%
1966	42.2%	43.5%
1967	42.4%	43.8%
1968	42.6%	44%
1969	42.8%	44.3%
1970	42.9%	44.5%
1971	43%	44.7%
1972	43.2%	44.8%
1973	43.3%	45%
1974	43.4%	45.1%
1975	43.5%	45.2%
1976	43.6%	45.3%
1977	43.7%	45.4%
1978	43.8%	45.5%
1979	43.9%	45.7%
1980	44%	45.8%
1981	44.1%	46%
1982	44.2%	46.2%
1983	44.2%	46.3%
1984	44.2%	46.5%
1985	44.2%	46.6%
1986	44.3%	46.7%
1987	44.3%	46.9%
1988	44.2%	46.2%
1989	44.1%	45.4%
1990	44.1%	45.4%
1991	44.2%	45.5%
1992	44.1%	45.6%
1993	43.9%	45.7%
1994	43.8%	45.8%
1995	43.6%	45.8%
1996	43.4%	46%
1997	43.3%	46%
1998	43.2%	45.8%
1999	43.1%	45.6%
2000	43%	45.5%
2001	43%	45.5%
2002	42.9%	45.7%
2003	42.9%	45.9%
2004	42.9%	45.8%
2005	43%	45.3%
2006	43.1%	44.8%
2007	43.2%	44.3%
2008	43.2%	43.8%
2009	43.1%	43.4%
2010	43.1%	42.8%
2011	42.7%	42.2%
2012	42.4%	41.9%
2013	42.5%	41.9%
2014	42.5%	42.5%
2015	42.4%	43.1%
2016	42.3%	43.7%
2017	42.1%	45%
2018	42%	44.9%
2019	41.7%	43.6%
2020	41.4%	42.4%
2021	41%	41.6%
2022	40.5%	40.9%
2023	40%	39.9%
2024	39.5%	38.9%
2025	39.1%	38%
2026	38.6%	37.1%
2027	38.1%	36.2%
2028	37.7%	35.5%
2029	37.2%	35%
2030	36.9%	34.7%
2031	36.5%	34.5%
2032	36.2%	34.4%
2033	35.8%	34.3%
2034	35.5%	34.3%
2035	35.2%	34.2%
2036	34.9%	34.1%
2037	34.5%	34%
2038	34.2%	33.8%
2039	33.9%	33.7%
2040	33.6%	33.4%
2041	33.2%	33.2%
2042	32.9%	32.9%
2043	32.6%	32.5%
2044	32.3%	32.2%
2045	32%	31.8%
2046	31.6%	31.4%
2047	31.3%	31%
2048	31%	30.5%
2049	30.7%	30.1%
2050	30.4%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.5% of the population in Liberia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Liberia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Liberia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.41% in Liberia 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
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	25,713	42,945
1961	26,670	45,186
1962	27,679	47,406
1963	28,708	46,333
1964	29,592	64,786
1965	30,618	51,682
1966	31,454	38,523
1967	32,519	41,357
1968	33,536	44,213
1969	34,677	42,015
1970	35,196	44,776
1971	36,015	72,308
1972	37,860	74,803
1973	39,694	94,765
1974	41,499	97,181
1975	43,478	99,882
1976	45,528	102,346
1977	47,582	104,886
1978	49,813	107,352
1979	52,125	109,540
1980	53,452	112,307
1981	55,003	115,163
1982	56,127	118,641
1983	57,562	104,107
1984	59,460	90,970
1985	59,988	95,342
1986	61,924	99,502
1987	62,147	5,756
1988	62,703	-125,447
1989	63,238	83,735
1990	52,770	82,900
1991	47,426	87,873
1992	50,204	28,874
1993	51,609	32,779
1994	52,101	165,407
1995	53,407	110,417
1996	56,392	116,728
1997	61,444	121,454
1998	72,146	-12,157
1999	78,130	180,721
2000	83,143	196,055
2001	86,217	204,108
2002	88,643	212,014
2003	87,534	225,822
2004	91,755	231,877
2005	96,478	239,272
2006	104,099	246,706
2007	109,165	256,546
2008	112,032	268,268
2009	113,429	278,859
2010	114,249	287,409
2011	115,496	303,181
2012	121,973	312,974
2013	120,138	315,983
2014	116,667	227,611
2015	115,479	148,542
2016	118,852	110,553
2017	119,376	72,193
2018	120,231	168,497
2019	120,635	209,708
2020	120,632	212,332
2021	121,038	213,567
2022	123,747	211,166
2023	125,730	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Liberia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 628 deaths per 100,000 live births in Liberia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Liberia	South Sudan
1985	1,749	3,845
1986	1,678	3,720
1987	1,655	8,045
1988	1,647	5,535
1989	1,633	5,103
1990	2,146	4,877
1991	1,627	4,764
1992	1,643	7,597
1993	1,709	7,537
1994	1,811	1,666
1995	1,530	4,430
1996	1,438	4,357
1997	1,043	4,172
1998	962	7,514
1999	852	2,048
2000	786	1,658
2001	720	1,580
2002	700	1,521
2003	759	1,199
2004	645	1,150
2005	619	1,074
2006	647	1,005
2007	659	933
2008	663	858
2009	674	823
2010	712	776
2011	726	770
2012	728	755
2013	725	771
2014	801	1,216
2015	784	1,436
2016	690	1,629
2017	703	1,662
2018	707	913
2019	689	745
2020	664	729
2021	667	749
2022	634	704
2023	628	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.29% in Liberia 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
	Liberia	South Sudan
1960	31.3%	35.5%
1961	31.3%	35.2%
1962	31.3%	34.9%
1963	31.2%	34.6%
1964	31.1%	34.3%
1965	30.8%	34%
1966	30.6%	33.6%
1967	30.2%	33.3%
1968	29.8%	32.9%
1969	29.3%	32.6%
1970	28.8%	32.3%
1971	28.3%	31.9%
1972	27.8%	31.6%
1973	27.4%	31.3%
1974	26.9%	30.9%
1975	26.5%	30.6%
1976	26%	30.2%
1977	25.6%	29.9%
1978	25.3%	29.5%
1979	24.9%	29.2%
1980	24.6%	28.9%
1981	24.3%	28.5%
1982	24.1%	28.2%
1983	24%	27.8%
1984	24.1%	27.5%
1985	24.3%	27.1%
1986	24.7%	26.7%
1987	25.2%	36%
1988	25.8%	76.7%
1989	26.4%	30.7%
1990	26.8%	30.3%
1991	27%	29.7%
1992	26.9%	33.8%
1993	26.6%	33.1%
1994	25.9%	23%
1995	25.1%	27%
1996	24.1%	26.1%
1997	23%	25.2%
1998	21.8%	42.6%
1999	20.5%	19.2%
2000	19.2%	18.3%
2001	17.9%	17.4%
2002	16.7%	16.5%
2003	15.4%	15.7%
2004	14.3%	14.8%
2005	13.3%	14.1%
2006	12.5%	13.4%
2007	11.8%	12.7%
2008	11.3%	12.1%
2009	10.8%	11.5%
2010	10.4%	10.9%
2011	10.1%	10.5%
2012	9.82%	10.1%
2013	9.54%	9.92%
2014	9.5%	18.2%
2015	9.08%	23.7%
2016	8.83%	26.4%
2017	8.6%	27.8%
2018	8.4%	13.2%
2019	8.19%	9.87%
2020	7.97%	9.87%
2021	7.74%	9.87%
2022	7.51%	9.87%
2023	7.29%	9.87%