Fertility & birth rates in Mali and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Mali vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mali was 5.61 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 Mali 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
	Mali	South Sudan
1960	7.02	7.16
1961	7.03	7.18
1962	7.04	7.2
1963	7.05	7.2
1964	7.06	7.22
1965	7.08	7.22
1966	7.11	7.25
1967	7.14	7.26
1968	7.16	7.26
1969	7.18	7.28
1970	7.18	7.29
1971	7.2	7.3
1972	7.22	7.31
1973	7.22	7.31
1974	7.23	7.31
1975	7.25	7.33
1976	7.27	7.33
1977	7.3	7.33
1978	7.32	7.33
1979	7.35	7.32
1980	7.37	7.33
1981	7.37	7.33
1982	7.32	7.34
1983	7.28	7.34
1984	7.26	7.35
1985	7.26	7.36
1986	7.31	7.38
1987	7.31	7.39
1988	7.32	7.38
1989	7.33	7.37
1990	7.31	7.38
1991	7.28	7.38
1992	7.24	7.37
1993	7.18	7.36
1994	7.12	7.35
1995	7.05	7.34
1996	7.01	7.32
1997	6.97	7.2
1998	6.94	7.08
1999	6.91	6.94
2000	6.89	6.8
2001	6.85	6.65
2002	6.82	6.52
2003	6.78	6.35
2004	6.74	6.19
2005	6.71	6.02
2006	6.68	5.85
2007	6.65	5.7
2008	6.62	5.57
2009	6.59	5.45
2010	6.58	5.32
2011	6.55	5.19
2012	6.52	5.06
2013	6.49	4.94
2014	6.44	4.82
2015	6.39	4.7
2016	6.32	4.58
2017	6.25	4.48
2018	6.12	4.37
2019	5.89	4.26
2020	5.85	4.16
2021	5.78	4.05
2022	5.69	3.96
2023	5.61	3.86
2024	5.51	3.79
2025	5.42	3.71
2026	5.33	3.63
2027	5.24	3.56
2028	5.15	3.49
2029	5.07	3.43
2030	4.96	3.37
2031	4.88	3.31
2032	4.78	3.26
2033	4.7	3.2
2034	4.6	3.15
2035	4.49	3.1
2036	4.41	3.06
2037	4.32	3.01
2038	4.24	2.96
2039	4.14	2.92
2040	4.05	2.88
2041	3.97	2.84
2042	3.89	2.8
2043	3.82	2.76
2044	3.75	2.73
2045	3.69	2.69
2046	3.62	2.66
2047	3.55	2.63
2048	3.49	2.6
2049	3.42	2.58
2050	3.37	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mali	South Sudan
1960	40.3%	42.5%
1961	40.4%	42.6%
1962	40.4%	42.6%
1963	40.5%	42.8%
1964	40.6%	43%
1965	40.7%	43.3%
1966	40.8%	43.5%
1967	40.9%	43.8%
1968	41%	44%
1969	41.2%	44.3%
1970	41.3%	44.5%
1971	41.5%	44.7%
1972	41.7%	44.8%
1973	41.9%	45%
1974	42.1%	45.1%
1975	42.4%	45.2%
1976	42.7%	45.3%
1977	43%	45.4%
1978	43.2%	45.5%
1979	43.6%	45.7%
1980	43.9%	45.8%
1981	44.2%	46%
1982	44.5%	46.2%
1983	44.7%	46.3%
1984	45%	46.5%
1985	45.3%	46.6%
1986	45.7%	46.7%
1987	46%	46.9%
1988	46.4%	46.2%
1989	46.7%	45.4%
1990	46.8%	45.4%
1991	47%	45.5%
1992	47.1%	45.6%
1993	47.1%	45.7%
1994	47.1%	45.8%
1995	47.1%	45.8%
1996	47%	46%
1997	47%	46%
1998	46.8%	45.8%
1999	46.7%	45.6%
2000	46.6%	45.5%
2001	46.5%	45.5%
2002	46.4%	45.7%
2003	46.4%	45.9%
2004	46.4%	45.8%
2005	46.4%	45.3%
2006	46.5%	44.8%
2007	46.6%	44.3%
2008	46.8%	43.8%
2009	46.9%	43.4%
2010	47.1%	42.8%
2011	47.3%	42.2%
2012	47.6%	41.9%
2013	47.9%	41.9%
2014	48%	42.5%
2015	48%	43.1%
2016	48%	43.7%
2017	47.9%	45%
2018	47.8%	44.9%
2019	47.6%	43.6%
2020	47.3%	42.4%
2021	47%	41.6%
2022	46.8%	40.9%
2023	46.5%	39.9%
2024	46.1%	38.9%
2025	45.8%	38%
2026	45.4%	37.1%
2027	45.1%	36.2%
2028	44.7%	35.5%
2029	44.4%	35%
2030	44%	34.7%
2031	43.7%	34.5%
2032	43.4%	34.4%
2033	43%	34.3%
2034	42.7%	34.3%
2035	42.4%	34.2%
2036	42.1%	34.1%
2037	41.8%	34%
2038	41.5%	33.8%
2039	41.1%	33.7%
2040	40.8%	33.4%
2041	40.4%	33.2%
2042	40%	32.9%
2043	39.6%	32.5%
2044	39.2%	32.2%
2045	38.8%	31.8%
2046	38.4%	31.4%
2047	38%	31%
2048	37.6%	30.5%
2049	37.1%	30.1%
2050	36.7%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.1% of the population in Mali and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 46.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mali and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Mali vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.25% in Mali 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
	Mali	South Sudan
1960	88,802	42,945
1961	91,115	45,186
1962	93,101	47,406
1963	95,055	46,333
1964	97,166	64,786
1965	100,451	51,682
1966	103,684	38,523
1967	107,650	41,357
1968	111,403	44,213
1969	114,361	42,015
1970	118,952	44,776
1971	123,591	72,308
1972	129,687	74,803
1973	135,801	94,765
1974	142,448	97,181
1975	150,222	99,882
1976	157,778	102,346
1977	165,071	104,886
1978	172,652	107,352
1979	182,449	109,540
1980	190,560	112,307
1981	198,227	115,163
1982	204,892	118,641
1983	211,795	104,107
1984	218,078	90,970
1985	224,734	95,342
1986	233,799	99,502
1987	238,871	5,756
1988	245,682	-125,447
1989	249,929	83,735
1990	252,308	82,900
1991	261,656	87,873
1992	267,605	28,874
1993	274,480	32,779
1994	282,356	165,407
1995	285,598	110,417
1996	293,953	116,728
1997	308,429	121,454
1998	323,940	-12,157
1999	343,705	180,721
2000	359,159	196,055
2001	376,472	204,108
2002	396,732	212,014
2003	417,766	225,822
2004	439,717	231,877
2005	460,964	239,272
2006	477,665	246,706
2007	495,800	256,546
2008	514,665	268,268
2009	533,730	278,859
2010	554,447	287,409
2011	570,899	303,181
2012	588,748	312,974
2013	597,887	315,983
2014	614,419	227,611
2015	630,006	148,542
2016	645,652	110,553
2017	661,973	72,193
2018	670,723	168,497
2019	667,110	209,708
2020	683,053	212,332
2021	703,674	213,567
2022	726,465	211,166
2023	746,398	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Mali vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 367 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mali, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mali	South Sudan
1985	1,217	3,845
1986	1,184	3,720
1987	1,142	8,045
1988	1,128	5,535
1989	1,106	5,103
1990	1,087	4,877
1991	1,063	4,764
1992	1,024	7,597
1993	988	7,537
1994	935	1,666
1995	895	4,430
1996	875	4,357
1997	820	4,172
1998	781	7,514
1999	749	2,048
2000	741	1,658
2001	694	1,580
2002	649	1,521
2003	616	1,199
2004	592	1,150
2005	577	1,074
2006	568	1,005
2007	574	933
2008	573	858
2009	565	823
2010	558	776
2011	553	770
2012	549	755
2013	525	771
2014	507	1,216
2015	490	1,436
2016	472	1,629
2017	453	1,662
2018	434	913
2019	416	745
2020	405	729
2021	415	749
2022	381	704
2023	367	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.13% in Mali 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
	Mali	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	42.6%	34.6%
1964	41.9%	34.3%
1965	41.2%	34%
1966	40.5%	33.6%
1967	39.8%	33.3%
1968	39.2%	32.9%
1969	38.6%	32.6%
1970	38%	32.3%
1971	37.3%	31.9%
1972	36.7%	31.6%
1973	36%	31.3%
1974	35.2%	30.9%
1975	34.4%	30.6%
1976	33.6%	30.2%
1977	32.7%	29.9%
1978	31.8%	29.5%
1979	31%	29.2%
1980	30.2%	28.9%
1981	29.3%	28.5%
1982	28.5%	28.2%
1983	27.7%	27.8%
1984	26.9%	27.5%
1985	26.1%	27.1%
1986	25.4%	26.7%
1987	24.8%	36%
1988	24.2%	76.7%
1989	23.6%	30.7%
1990	23.1%	30.3%
1991	22.7%	29.7%
1992	22.3%	33.8%
1993	21.9%	33.1%
1994	21.5%	23%
1995	21.2%	27%
1996	20.8%	26.1%
1997	20.4%	25.2%
1998	19.9%	42.6%
1999	19.4%	19.2%
2000	18.8%	18.3%
2001	18.2%	17.4%
2002	17.5%	16.5%
2003	16.9%	15.7%
2004	16.3%	14.8%
2005	15.7%	14.1%
2006	15.2%	13.4%
2007	14.7%	12.7%
2008	14.3%	12.1%
2009	13.8%	11.5%
2010	13.4%	10.9%
2011	13%	10.5%
2012	12.6%	10.1%
2013	12.2%	9.92%
2014	11.9%	18.2%
2015	11.6%	23.7%
2016	11.2%	26.4%
2017	10.9%	27.8%
2018	10.6%	13.2%
2019	10.3%	9.87%
2020	10%	9.87%
2021	9.69%	9.87%
2022	9.4%	9.87%
2023	9.13%	9.87%