Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 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 Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	South Sudan
1960	6.41	7.16
1961	6.37	7.18
1962	6.3	7.2
1963	6.19	7.2
1964	6.03	7.22
1965	5.84	7.22
1966	5.64	7.25
1967	5.43	7.26
1968	5.29	7.26
1969	5.16	7.28
1970	5.04	7.29
1971	4.92	7.3
1972	4.82	7.31
1973	4.73	7.31
1974	4.62	7.31
1975	4.5	7.33
1976	4.4	7.33
1977	4.28	7.33
1978	4.18	7.33
1979	4.09	7.32
1980	4.04	7.33
1981	4	7.33
1982	3.97	7.34
1983	3.93	7.34
1984	3.89	7.35
1985	3.8	7.36
1986	3.7	7.38
1987	3.57	7.39
1988	3.5	7.38
1989	3.31	7.37
1990	3.3	7.38
1991	3.34	7.38
1992	3.37	7.37
1993	3.36	7.36
1994	3.35	7.35
1995	3.32	7.34
1996	3.3	7.32
1997	3.23	7.2
1998	3.12	7.08
1999	3.07	6.94
2000	2.94	6.8
2001	2.81	6.65
2002	2.66	6.52
2003	2.6	6.35
2004	2.49	6.19
2005	2.39	6.02
2006	2.31	5.85
2007	2.25	5.7
2008	2.26	5.57
2009	2.22	5.45
2010	2.14	5.32
2011	2.15	5.19
2012	2.12	5.06
2013	2.07	4.94
2014	2.06	4.82
2015	2.01	4.7
2016	1.94	4.58
2017	1.89	4.48
2018	1.84	4.37
2019	1.78	4.26
2020	1.68	4.16
2021	1.56	4.05
2022	1.55	3.96
2023	1.55	3.86
2024	1.54	3.79
2025	1.53	3.71
2026	1.52	3.63
2027	1.51	3.56
2028	1.51	3.49
2029	1.51	3.43
2030	1.51	3.37
2031	1.5	3.31
2032	1.5	3.26
2033	1.5	3.2
2034	1.5	3.15
2035	1.5	3.1
2036	1.51	3.06
2037	1.51	3.01
2038	1.51	2.96
2039	1.51	2.92
2040	1.51	2.88
2041	1.51	2.84
2042	1.51	2.8
2043	1.52	2.76
2044	1.52	2.73
2045	1.52	2.69
2046	1.52	2.66
2047	1.52	2.63
2048	1.53	2.6
2049	1.53	2.58
2050	1.53	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	South Sudan
1960	45.4%	42.5%
1961	45.9%	42.6%
1962	46.3%	42.6%
1963	46.5%	42.8%
1964	46.6%	43%
1965	46.5%	43.3%
1966	46.2%	43.5%
1967	45.9%	43.8%
1968	45.5%	44%
1969	45%	44.3%
1970	44.5%	44.5%
1971	44%	44.7%
1972	43.4%	44.8%
1973	42.8%	45%
1974	42.2%	45.1%
1975	41.7%	45.2%
1976	41.1%	45.3%
1977	40.6%	45.4%
1978	40.1%	45.5%
1979	39.6%	45.7%
1980	39.2%	45.8%
1981	38.8%	46%
1982	38.6%	46.2%
1983	38.4%	46.3%
1984	38.2%	46.5%
1985	38.1%	46.6%
1986	38%	46.7%
1987	37.9%	46.9%
1988	37.7%	46.2%
1989	37.5%	45.4%
1990	37.2%	45.4%
1991	36.9%	45.5%
1992	36.6%	45.6%
1993	36.3%	45.7%
1994	36%	45.8%
1995	35.7%	45.8%
1996	35.5%	46%
1997	35.3%	46%
1998	35%	45.8%
1999	34.6%	45.6%
2000	34.2%	45.5%
2001	33.7%	45.5%
2002	33.2%	45.7%
2003	32.6%	45.9%
2004	32%	45.8%
2005	31.4%	45.3%
2006	30.7%	44.8%
2007	30%	44.3%
2008	29.4%	43.8%
2009	28.6%	43.4%
2010	27.9%	42.8%
2011	27.4%	42.2%
2012	27%	41.9%
2013	26.6%	41.9%
2014	26.2%	42.5%
2015	25.8%	43.1%
2016	25.5%	43.7%
2017	25.2%	45%
2018	24.9%	44.9%
2019	24.5%	43.6%
2020	24%	42.4%
2021	23.4%	41.6%
2022	22.8%	40.9%
2023	22.3%	39.9%
2024	21.8%	38.9%
2025	21.3%	38%
2026	20.8%	37.1%
2027	20.4%	36.2%
2028	19.9%	35.5%
2029	19.4%	35%
2030	19%	34.7%
2031	18.5%	34.5%
2032	18.1%	34.4%
2033	17.8%	34.3%
2034	17.6%	34.3%
2035	17.4%	34.2%
2036	17.3%	34.1%
2037	17.3%	34%
2038	17.2%	33.8%
2039	17.1%	33.7%
2040	17%	33.4%
2041	17%	33.2%
2042	16.9%	32.9%
2043	16.8%	32.5%
2044	16.7%	32.2%
2045	16.7%	31.8%
2046	16.6%	31.4%
2047	16.5%	31%
2048	16.4%	30.5%
2049	16.3%	30.1%
2050	16.2%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	South Sudan
1960	251,090	42,945
1961	257,270	45,186
1962	262,140	47,406
1963	265,815	46,333
1964	266,406	64,786
1965	264,836	51,682
1966	262,162	38,523
1967	258,764	41,357
1968	260,705	44,213
1969	264,327	42,015
1970	269,341	44,776
1971	272,323	72,308
1972	276,263	74,803
1973	284,611	94,765
1974	289,880	97,181
1975	294,541	99,882
1976	300,615	102,346
1977	305,515	104,886
1978	311,027	107,352
1979	317,439	109,540
1980	326,947	112,307
1981	339,991	115,163
1982	353,138	118,641
1983	365,290	104,107
1984	376,797	90,970
1985	383,243	95,342
1986	385,799	99,502
1987	381,999	5,756
1988	386,507	-125,447
1989	373,277	83,735
1990	384,518	82,900
1991	401,938	87,873
1992	418,900	28,874
1993	429,910	32,779
1994	437,873	165,407
1995	443,349	110,417
1996	450,174	116,728
1997	447,768	121,454
1998	436,316	-12,157
1999	432,355	180,721
2000	417,371	196,055
2001	400,939	204,108
2002	381,084	212,014
2003	377,425	225,822
2004	365,138	231,877
2005	355,324	239,272
2006	349,509	246,706
2007	348,711	256,546
2008	362,380	268,268
2009	366,157	278,859
2010	360,260	287,409
2011	372,836	303,181
2012	371,497	312,974
2013	366,738	315,983
2014	367,587	227,611
2015	358,302	148,542
2016	345,681	110,553
2017	336,434	72,193
2018	324,568	168,497
2019	309,426	209,708
2020	283,282	212,332
2021	212,002	213,567
2022	237,560	211,166
2023	254,806	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	South Sudan
1985	63	3,845
1986	59	3,720
1987	56	8,045
1988	55	5,535
1989	52	5,103
1990	51	4,877
1991	49	4,764
1992	48	7,597
1993	46	7,537
1994	44	1,666
1995	43	4,430
1996	42	4,357
1997	40	4,172
1998	39	7,514
1999	38	2,048
2000	37	1,658
2001	36	1,580
2002	34	1,521
2003	34	1,199
2004	33	1,150
2005	31	1,074
2006	30	1,005
2007	30	933
2008	29	858
2009	29	823
2010	29	776
2011	29	770
2012	29	755
2013	29	771
2014	30	1,216
2015	30	1,436
2016	30	1,629
2017	29	1,662
2018	29	913
2019	28	745
2020	29	729
2021	52	749
2022	38	704
2023	26	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	South Sudan
1960	9.46%	35.5%
1961	8.83%	35.2%
1962	8.25%	34.9%
1963	7.74%	34.6%
1964	7.28%	34.3%
1965	6.89%	34%
1966	6.56%	33.6%
1967	6.27%	33.3%
1968	6.02%	32.9%
1969	5.79%	32.6%
1970	5.56%	32.3%
1971	5.32%	31.9%
1972	5.06%	31.6%
1973	4.79%	31.3%
1974	4.5%	30.9%
1975	4.23%	30.6%
1976	3.97%	30.2%
1977	3.71%	29.9%
1978	3.48%	29.5%
1979	3.25%	29.2%
1980	3.04%	28.9%
1981	2.84%	28.5%
1982	2.65%	28.2%
1983	2.47%	27.8%
1984	2.32%	27.5%
1985	2.18%	27.1%
1986	2.05%	26.7%
1987	1.93%	36%
1988	1.83%	76.7%
1989	1.74%	30.7%
1990	1.66%	30.3%
1991	1.58%	29.7%
1992	1.51%	33.8%
1993	1.45%	33.1%
1994	1.39%	23%
1995	1.34%	27%
1996	1.29%	26.1%
1997	1.23%	25.2%
1998	1.15%	42.6%
1999	1.07%	19.2%
2000	1%	18.3%
2001	0.93%	17.4%
2002	0.88%	16.5%
2003	0.85%	15.7%
2004	0.84%	14.8%
2005	0.83%	14.1%
2006	0.83%	13.4%
2007	0.82%	12.7%
2008	0.82%	12.1%
2009	0.82%	11.5%
2010	0.81%	10.9%
2011	0.81%	10.5%
2012	0.8%	10.1%
2013	0.81%	9.92%
2014	0.81%	18.2%
2015	0.81%	23.7%
2016	0.82%	26.4%
2017	0.82%	27.8%
2018	0.82%	13.2%
2019	0.82%	9.87%
2020	0.81%	9.87%
2021	0.81%	9.87%
2022	0.81%	9.87%
2023	0.81%	9.87%