Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	South Sudan
1960	8.08	7.16
1961	8.12	7.18
1962	8.12	7.2
1963	8.12	7.2
1964	8.14	7.22
1965	8.16	7.22
1966	8.2	7.25
1967	8.17	7.26
1968	8.14	7.26
1969	8.11	7.28
1970	8.07	7.29
1971	8.04	7.3
1972	8	7.31
1973	7.95	7.31
1974	7.9	7.31
1975	7.83	7.33
1976	7.76	7.33
1977	7.67	7.33
1978	7.58	7.33
1979	7.47	7.32
1980	7.37	7.33
1981	7.27	7.33
1982	7.18	7.34
1983	7.08	7.34
1984	6.99	7.35
1985	6.87	7.36
1986	6.73	7.38
1987	6.57	7.39
1988	6.38	7.38
1989	6.18	7.37
1990	5.97	7.38
1991	5.76	7.38
1992	5.55	7.37
1993	5.38	7.36
1994	5.23	7.35
1995	5.09	7.34
1996	5.02	7.32
1997	4.96	7.2
1998	4.87	7.08
1999	4.78	6.94
2000	4.7	6.8
2001	4.58	6.65
2002	4.49	6.52
2003	4.42	6.35
2004	4.34	6.19
2005	4.28	6.02
2006	4.2	5.85
2007	4.09	5.7
2008	3.97	5.57
2009	3.83	5.45
2010	3.67	5.32
2011	3.53	5.19
2012	3.38	5.06
2013	3.25	4.94
2014	3.18	4.82
2015	3.13	4.7
2016	3.09	4.58
2017	3.06	4.48
2018	3.04	4.37
2019	3.01	4.26
2020	2.99	4.16
2021	2.96	4.05
2022	2.94	3.96
2023	2.92	3.86
2024	2.86	3.79
2025	2.82	3.71
2026	2.77	3.63
2027	2.73	3.56
2028	2.69	3.49
2029	2.65	3.43
2030	2.6	3.37
2031	2.57	3.31
2032	2.53	3.26
2033	2.5	3.2
2034	2.47	3.15
2035	2.44	3.1
2036	2.41	3.06
2037	2.38	3.01
2038	2.36	2.96
2039	2.34	2.92
2040	2.31	2.88
2041	2.29	2.84
2042	2.26	2.8
2043	2.24	2.76
2044	2.23	2.73
2045	2.21	2.69
2046	2.19	2.66
2047	2.17	2.63
2048	2.15	2.6
2049	2.13	2.58
2050	2.11	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	South Sudan
1960	46.1%	42.5%
1961	46.7%	42.6%
1962	47.1%	42.6%
1963	47.4%	42.8%
1964	47.5%	43%
1965	47.5%	43.3%
1966	47.2%	43.5%
1967	46.7%	43.8%
1968	46.1%	44%
1969	45.3%	44.3%
1970	45%	44.5%
1971	45.6%	44.7%
1972	46.6%	44.8%
1973	47.3%	45%
1974	47.8%	45.1%
1975	48.2%	45.2%
1976	48.5%	45.3%
1977	49%	45.4%
1978	49.4%	45.5%
1979	49.8%	45.7%
1980	50.1%	45.8%
1981	50.3%	46%
1982	50.3%	46.2%
1983	50.4%	46.3%
1984	50.4%	46.5%
1985	50.6%	46.6%
1986	50.7%	46.7%
1987	50.8%	46.9%
1988	50.8%	46.2%
1989	50.6%	45.4%
1990	50.2%	45.4%
1991	49.7%	45.5%
1992	49.1%	45.6%
1993	48.4%	45.7%
1994	47.5%	45.8%
1995	46.6%	45.8%
1996	45.6%	46%
1997	44.7%	46%
1998	43.7%	45.8%
1999	42.8%	45.6%
2000	42%	45.5%
2001	41.3%	45.5%
2002	40.6%	45.7%
2003	39.9%	45.9%
2004	39.4%	45.8%
2005	39.1%	45.3%
2006	38.9%	44.8%
2007	39%	44.3%
2008	39.2%	43.8%
2009	39.4%	43.4%
2010	39.7%	42.8%
2011	39.7%	42.2%
2012	39.4%	41.9%
2013	38.8%	41.9%
2014	38.2%	42.5%
2015	37.5%	43.1%
2016	36.8%	43.7%
2017	36.2%	45%
2018	35.7%	44.9%
2019	35.1%	43.6%
2020	34.5%	42.4%
2021	34.4%	41.6%
2022	34.6%	40.9%
2023	34.7%	39.9%
2024	34.5%	38.9%
2025	33.9%	38%
2026	33.2%	37.1%
2027	32.6%	36.2%
2028	32%	35.5%
2029	31.4%	35%
2030	30.9%	34.7%
2031	30.3%	34.5%
2032	29.7%	34.4%
2033	29.2%	34.3%
2034	28.6%	34.3%
2035	28.1%	34.2%
2036	27.6%	34.1%
2037	27.3%	34%
2038	27.3%	33.8%
2039	27.4%	33.7%
2040	27.7%	33.4%
2041	28%	33.2%
2042	28.3%	32.9%
2043	28.6%	32.5%
2044	28.8%	32.2%
2045	29%	31.8%
2046	29.1%	31.4%
2047	29.1%	31%
2048	29%	30.5%
2049	28.8%	30.1%
2050	28.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	South Sudan
1960	452	42,945
1961	469	45,186
1962	488	47,406
1963	509	46,333
1964	536	64,786
1965	566	51,682
1966	603	38,523
1967	636	41,357
1968	685	44,213
1969	747	42,015
1970	819	44,776
1971	877	72,308
1972	913	74,803
1973	954	94,765
1974	1,000	97,181
1975	1,055	99,882
1976	1,109	102,346
1977	1,160	104,886
1978	1,207	107,352
1979	1,250	109,540
1980	1,287	112,307
1981	1,328	115,163
1982	1,375	118,641
1983	1,422	104,107
1984	1,470	90,970
1985	1,511	95,342
1986	1,544	99,502
1987	1,566	5,756
1988	1,575	-125,447
1989	1,574	83,735
1990	1,556	82,900
1991	1,540	87,873
1992	1,525	28,874
1993	1,524	32,779
1994	1,524	165,407
1995	1,522	110,417
1996	1,542	116,728
1997	1,564	121,454
1998	1,576	-12,157
1999	1,590	180,721
2000	1,592	196,055
2001	1,596	204,108
2002	1,594	212,014
2003	1,600	225,822
2004	1,595	231,877
2005	1,586	239,272
2006	1,556	246,706
2007	1,507	256,546
2008	1,443	268,268
2009	1,365	278,859
2010	1,273	287,409
2011	1,185	303,181
2012	1,097	312,974
2013	1,014	315,983
2014	959	227,611
2015	912	148,542
2016	866	110,553
2017	826	72,193
2018	785	168,497
2019	746	209,708
2020	689	212,332
2021	653	213,567
2022	606	211,166
2023	550	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	South Sudan
1985	254	3,845
1986	274	3,720
1987	282	8,045
1988	276	5,535
1989	299	5,103
1990	311	4,877
1991	297	4,764
1992	322	7,597
1993	320	7,537
1994	303	1,666
1995	303	4,430
1996	292	4,357
1997	274	4,172
1998	259	7,514
1999	250	2,048
2000	251	1,658
2001	231	1,580
2002	223	1,521
2003	221	1,199
2004	238	1,150
2005	234	1,074
2006	233	1,005
2007	229	933
2008	226	858
2009	224	823
2010	212	776
2011	209	770
2012	207	755
2013	201	771
2014	199	1,216
2015	184	1,436
2016	183	1,629
2017	179	1,662
2018	167	913
2019	168	745
2020	178	729
2021	206	749
2022	174	704
2023	155	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	South Sudan
1960	12.2%	35.5%
1961	11.6%	35.2%
1962	11%	34.9%
1963	10.5%	34.6%
1964	10.1%	34.3%
1965	9.64%	34%
1966	9.25%	33.6%
1967	8.88%	33.3%
1968	8.53%	32.9%
1969	8.19%	32.6%
1970	7.87%	32.3%
1971	7.58%	31.9%
1972	7.33%	31.6%
1973	7.13%	31.3%
1974	6.97%	30.9%
1975	6.86%	30.6%
1976	6.77%	30.2%
1977	6.69%	29.9%
1978	6.61%	29.5%
1979	6.52%	29.2%
1980	6.42%	28.9%
1981	6.29%	28.5%
1982	6.15%	28.2%
1983	6%	27.8%
1984	5.83%	27.5%
1985	5.66%	27.1%
1986	5.49%	26.7%
1987	5.31%	36%
1988	5.13%	76.7%
1989	4.95%	30.7%
1990	4.76%	30.3%
1991	4.59%	29.7%
1992	4.43%	33.8%
1993	4.29%	33.1%
1994	4.2%	23%
1995	4.15%	27%
1996	4.14%	26.1%
1997	4.15%	25.2%
1998	4.19%	42.6%
1999	4.23%	19.2%
2000	4.25%	18.3%
2001	4.25%	17.4%
2002	4.24%	16.5%
2003	4.21%	15.7%
2004	4.18%	14.8%
2005	4.14%	14.1%
2006	4.1%	13.4%
2007	4.06%	12.7%
2008	4.02%	12.1%
2009	3.97%	11.5%
2010	3.94%	10.9%
2011	3.89%	10.5%
2012	3.82%	10.1%
2013	3.75%	9.92%
2014	3.66%	18.2%
2015	3.57%	23.7%
2016	3.48%	26.4%
2017	3.38%	27.8%
2018	3.29%	13.2%
2019	3.19%	9.87%
2020	3.1%	9.87%
2021	3%	9.87%
2022	2.91%	9.87%
2023	2.82%	9.87%