Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	South Sudan
1960	2.29	7.16
1961	-	7.18
1962	2.37	7.2
1963	-	7.2
1964	2.34	7.22
1965	2.42	7.22
1966	2.34	7.25
1967	2.24	7.26
1968	2.12	7.26
1969	2.02	7.28
1970	1.97	7.29
1971	1.95	7.3
1972	1.75	7.31
1973	1.58	7.31
1974	1.58	7.31
1975	1.55	7.33
1976	1.48	7.33
1977	1.5	7.33
1978	1.48	7.33
1979	1.48	7.32
1980	1.5	7.33
1981	1.55	7.33
1982	1.49	7.34
1983	1.43	7.34
1984	1.42	7.35
1985	1.38	7.36
1986	1.43	7.38
1987	1.4	7.39
1988	1.51	7.38
1989	1.52	7.37
1990	1.6	7.38
1991	1.6	7.38
1992	1.64	7.37
1993	1.7	7.36
1994	1.72	7.35
1995	1.7	7.34
1996	1.77	7.32
1997	1.71	7.2
1998	1.68	7.08
1999	1.74	6.94
2000	1.76	6.8
2001	1.66	6.65
2002	1.63	6.52
2003	1.62	6.35
2004	1.66	6.19
2005	1.63	6.02
2006	1.65	5.85
2007	1.61	5.7
2008	1.61	5.57
2009	1.59	5.45
2010	1.63	5.32
2011	1.52	5.19
2012	1.57	5.06
2013	1.55	4.94
2014	1.5	4.82
2015	1.47	4.7
2016	1.41	4.58
2017	1.39	4.48
2018	1.38	4.37
2019	1.34	4.26
2020	1.36	4.16
2021	1.38	4.05
2022	1.31	3.96
2023	1.25	3.86
2024	1.25	3.79
2025	1.26	3.71
2026	1.26	3.63
2027	1.27	3.56
2028	1.27	3.49
2029	1.28	3.43
2030	1.28	3.37
2031	1.29	3.31
2032	1.29	3.26
2033	1.29	3.2
2034	1.29	3.15
2035	1.3	3.1
2036	1.3	3.06
2037	1.3	3.01
2038	1.3	2.96
2039	1.3	2.92
2040	1.31	2.88
2041	1.31	2.84
2042	1.31	2.8
2043	1.31	2.76
2044	1.32	2.73
2045	1.32	2.69
2046	1.32	2.66
2047	1.32	2.63
2048	1.32	2.6
2049	1.33	2.58
2050	1.33	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	South Sudan
1960	21.2%	42.5%
1961	21.5%	42.6%
1962	21.7%	42.6%
1963	21.9%	42.8%
1964	22.1%	43%
1965	22.3%	43.3%
1966	22.5%	43.5%
1967	22.6%	43.8%
1968	22.5%	44%
1969	22.4%	44.3%
1970	22.2%	44.5%
1971	22%	44.7%
1972	21.6%	44.8%
1973	21.2%	45%
1974	20.9%	45.1%
1975	20.5%	45.2%
1976	20.2%	45.3%
1977	19.9%	45.4%
1978	19.5%	45.5%
1979	19.2%	45.7%
1980	18.8%	45.8%
1981	18.4%	46%
1982	18.1%	46.2%
1983	17.8%	46.3%
1984	17.5%	46.5%
1985	17.2%	46.6%
1986	17%	46.7%
1987	16.9%	46.9%
1988	17%	46.2%
1989	17.2%	45.4%
1990	17.4%	45.4%
1991	17.6%	45.5%
1992	17.8%	45.6%
1993	18%	45.7%
1994	18.3%	45.8%
1995	18.4%	45.8%
1996	18.6%	46%
1997	18.7%	46%
1998	18.8%	45.8%
1999	18.9%	45.6%
2000	18.9%	45.5%
2001	18.9%	45.5%
2002	18.9%	45.7%
2003	18.8%	45.9%
2004	18.7%	45.8%
2005	18.5%	45.3%
2006	18.4%	44.8%
2007	18.2%	44.3%
2008	18%	43.8%
2009	17.8%	43.4%
2010	17.7%	42.8%
2011	17.4%	42.2%
2012	17.1%	41.9%
2013	16.9%	41.9%
2014	16.7%	42.5%
2015	16.6%	43.1%
2016	16.4%	43.7%
2017	16.2%	45%
2018	16.1%	44.9%
2019	16%	43.6%
2020	16%	42.4%
2021	15.9%	41.6%
2022	15.9%	40.9%
2023	15.8%	39.9%
2024	15.8%	38.9%
2025	15.7%	38%
2026	15.7%	37.1%
2027	15.7%	36.2%
2028	15.6%	35.5%
2029	15.5%	35%
2030	15.4%	34.7%
2031	15.3%	34.5%
2032	15.2%	34.4%
2033	15.1%	34.3%
2034	15%	34.3%
2035	14.9%	34.2%
2036	14.7%	34.1%
2037	14.6%	34%
2038	14.5%	33.8%
2039	14.3%	33.7%
2040	14.2%	33.4%
2041	14%	33.2%
2042	13.9%	32.9%
2043	13.8%	32.5%
2044	13.7%	32.2%
2045	13.6%	31.8%
2046	13.5%	31.4%
2047	13.5%	31%
2048	13.5%	30.5%
2049	13.5%	30.1%
2050	13.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	South Sudan
1960	1,319	42,945
1961	1,489	45,186
1962	1,091	47,406
1963	1,199	46,333
1964	1,377	64,786
1965	1,260	51,682
1966	1,168	38,523
1967	837	41,357
1968	604	44,213
1969	303	42,015
1970	272	44,776
1971	69	72,308
1972	-35	74,803
1973	-421	94,765
1974	-390	97,181
1975	-395	99,882
1976	-578	102,346
1977	-36	104,886
1978	-145	107,352
1979	72	109,540
1980	37	112,307
1981	329	115,163
1982	183	118,641
1983	37	104,107
1984	146	90,970
1985	74	95,342
1986	331	99,502
1987	222	5,756
1988	747	-125,447
1989	679	83,735
1990	1,145	82,900
1991	1,239	87,873
1992	1,098	28,874
1993	1,470	32,779
1994	1,652	165,407
1995	1,634	110,417
1996	1,781	116,728
1997	1,552	121,454
1998	1,486	-12,157
1999	1,808	180,721
2000	1,963	196,055
2001	1,766	204,108
2002	1,607	212,014
2003	1,220	225,822
2004	1,878	231,877
2005	1,721	239,272
2006	1,748	246,706
2007	1,584	256,546
2008	2,003	268,268
2009	1,991	278,859
2010	2,129	287,409
2011	1,814	303,181
2012	2,124	312,974
2013	2,336	315,983
2014	2,225	227,611
2015	2,107	148,542
2016	2,095	110,553
2017	1,968	72,193
2018	1,945	168,497
2019	1,922	209,708
2020	1,828	212,332
2021	2,240	213,567
2022	2,024	211,166
2023	1,933	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	South Sudan
1985	24	3,845
1986	24	3,720
1987	23	8,045
1988	24	5,535
1989	21	5,103
1990	24	4,877
1991	25	4,764
1992	26	7,597
1993	20	7,537
1994	20	1,666
1995	22	4,430
1996	23	4,357
1997	22	4,172
1998	18	7,514
1999	21	2,048
2000	18	1,658
2001	19	1,580
2002	17	1,521
2003	15	1,199
2004	17	1,150
2005	17	1,074
2006	16	1,005
2007	14	933
2008	13	858
2009	15	823
2010	17	776
2011	13	770
2012	13	755
2013	15	771
2014	13	1,216
2015	13	1,436
2016	13	1,629
2017	15	1,662
2018	9	913
2019	12	745
2020	6	729
2021	6	749
2022	6	704
2023	11	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	South Sudan
1960	3.72%	35.5%
1961	3.54%	35.2%
1962	3.36%	34.9%
1963	3.2%	34.6%
1964	3.04%	34.3%
1965	2.89%	34%
1966	2.75%	33.6%
1967	2.61%	33.3%
1968	2.48%	32.9%
1969	2.36%	32.6%
1970	2.24%	32.3%
1971	2.11%	31.9%
1972	1.99%	31.6%
1973	1.88%	31.3%
1974	1.77%	30.9%
1975	1.67%	30.6%
1976	1.58%	30.2%
1977	1.51%	29.9%
1978	1.44%	29.5%
1979	1.39%	29.2%
1980	1.34%	28.9%
1981	1.29%	28.5%
1982	1.25%	28.2%
1983	1.21%	27.8%
1984	1.16%	27.5%
1985	1.12%	27.1%
1986	1.07%	26.7%
1987	1.02%	36%
1988	0.97%	76.7%
1989	0.93%	30.7%
1990	0.88%	30.3%
1991	0.83%	29.7%
1992	0.78%	33.8%
1993	0.73%	33.1%
1994	0.68%	23%
1995	0.64%	27%
1996	0.6%	26.1%
1997	0.56%	25.2%
1998	0.53%	42.6%
1999	0.5%	19.2%
2000	0.47%	18.3%
2001	0.44%	17.4%
2002	0.42%	16.5%
2003	0.39%	15.7%
2004	0.37%	14.8%
2005	0.35%	14.1%
2006	0.33%	13.4%
2007	0.31%	12.7%
2008	0.3%	12.1%
2009	0.29%	11.5%
2010	0.28%	10.9%
2011	0.27%	10.5%
2012	0.27%	10.1%
2013	0.26%	9.92%
2014	0.26%	18.2%
2015	0.26%	23.7%
2016	0.25%	26.4%
2017	0.25%	27.8%
2018	0.25%	13.2%
2019	0.25%	9.87%
2020	0.25%	9.87%
2021	0.24%	9.87%
2022	0.24%	9.87%
2023	0.23%	9.87%