Fertility & birth rates in Mozambique and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Mozambique vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mozambique was 4.76 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 Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	South Sudan
1960	6.31	7.16
1961	6.37	7.18
1962	6.42	7.2
1963	6.47	7.2
1964	6.51	7.22
1965	6.54	7.22
1966	6.58	7.25
1967	6.61	7.26
1968	6.65	7.26
1969	6.67	7.28
1970	6.7	7.29
1971	6.7	7.3
1972	6.7	7.31
1973	6.7	7.31
1974	6.67	7.31
1975	6.66	7.33
1976	6.64	7.33
1977	6.62	7.33
1978	6.59	7.33
1979	6.56	7.32
1980	6.53	7.33
1981	6.48	7.33
1982	6.43	7.34
1983	6.43	7.34
1984	6.44	7.35
1985	6.43	7.36
1986	6.41	7.38
1987	6.39	7.39
1988	6.37	7.38
1989	6.35	7.37
1990	6.32	7.38
1991	6.28	7.38
1992	6.22	7.37
1993	6.15	7.36
1994	6.08	7.35
1995	6.02	7.34
1996	5.97	7.32
1997	5.93	7.2
1998	5.91	7.08
1999	5.88	6.94
2000	5.83	6.8
2001	5.76	6.65
2002	5.67	6.52
2003	5.6	6.35
2004	5.55	6.19
2005	5.5	6.02
2006	5.45	5.85
2007	5.47	5.7
2008	5.6	5.57
2009	5.68	5.45
2010	5.66	5.32
2011	5.6	5.19
2012	5.52	5.06
2013	5.43	4.94
2014	5.3	4.82
2015	5.25	4.7
2016	5.19	4.58
2017	5.13	4.48
2018	5.07	4.37
2019	5.02	4.26
2020	4.96	4.16
2021	4.91	4.05
2022	4.84	3.96
2023	4.76	3.86
2024	4.69	3.79
2025	4.62	3.71
2026	4.54	3.63
2027	4.46	3.56
2028	4.39	3.49
2029	4.3	3.43
2030	4.23	3.37
2031	4.14	3.31
2032	4.06	3.26
2033	3.97	3.2
2034	3.89	3.15
2035	3.82	3.1
2036	3.75	3.06
2037	3.67	3.01
2038	3.6	2.96
2039	3.53	2.92
2040	3.47	2.88
2041	3.4	2.84
2042	3.34	2.8
2043	3.28	2.76
2044	3.22	2.73
2045	3.16	2.69
2046	3.11	2.66
2047	3.06	2.63
2048	3.01	2.6
2049	2.97	2.58
2050	2.92	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	South Sudan
1960	41%	42.5%
1961	41.2%	42.6%
1962	41.4%	42.6%
1963	41.6%	42.8%
1964	41.9%	43%
1965	42.2%	43.3%
1966	42.5%	43.5%
1967	42.7%	43.8%
1968	42.9%	44%
1969	43.1%	44.3%
1970	43.3%	44.5%
1971	43.4%	44.7%
1972	43.6%	44.8%
1973	43.7%	45%
1974	43.8%	45.1%
1975	44%	45.2%
1976	44.1%	45.3%
1977	44.3%	45.4%
1978	44.6%	45.5%
1979	44.9%	45.7%
1980	45.3%	45.8%
1981	45.6%	46%
1982	45.7%	46.2%
1983	45.8%	46.3%
1984	45.9%	46.5%
1985	45.9%	46.6%
1986	45.9%	46.7%
1987	45.9%	46.9%
1988	45.8%	46.2%
1989	45.7%	45.4%
1990	45.7%	45.4%
1991	45.6%	45.5%
1992	45.5%	45.6%
1993	45.4%	45.7%
1994	45.2%	45.8%
1995	45%	45.8%
1996	44.9%	46%
1997	44.8%	46%
1998	44.9%	45.8%
1999	45%	45.6%
2000	45.1%	45.5%
2001	45.1%	45.5%
2002	45.2%	45.7%
2003	45.3%	45.9%
2004	45.3%	45.8%
2005	45.3%	45.3%
2006	45.4%	44.8%
2007	45.4%	44.3%
2008	45.5%	43.8%
2009	45.6%	43.4%
2010	45.8%	42.8%
2011	45.8%	42.2%
2012	45.9%	41.9%
2013	45.8%	41.9%
2014	45.8%	42.5%
2015	45.7%	43.1%
2016	45.6%	43.7%
2017	45.5%	45%
2018	45.4%	44.9%
2019	45.3%	43.6%
2020	45.2%	42.4%
2021	45.1%	41.6%
2022	45%	40.9%
2023	44.8%	39.9%
2024	44.5%	38.9%
2025	44.2%	38%
2026	43.9%	37.1%
2027	43.5%	36.2%
2028	43.2%	35.5%
2029	42.9%	35%
2030	42.5%	34.7%
2031	42.2%	34.5%
2032	41.9%	34.4%
2033	41.5%	34.3%
2034	41.1%	34.3%
2035	40.7%	34.2%
2036	40.3%	34.1%
2037	39.9%	34%
2038	39.5%	33.8%
2039	39%	33.7%
2040	38.6%	33.4%
2041	38.2%	33.2%
2042	37.7%	32.9%
2043	37.3%	32.5%
2044	36.9%	32.2%
2045	36.4%	31.8%
2046	36%	31.4%
2047	35.6%	31%
2048	35.2%	30.5%
2049	34.8%	30.1%
2050	34.4%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.5% of the population in Mozambique and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mozambique and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Mozambique vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.08% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	South Sudan
1960	165,774	42,945
1961	171,236	45,186
1962	176,297	47,406
1963	180,867	46,333
1964	182,334	64,786
1965	185,931	51,682
1966	189,218	38,523
1967	193,044	41,357
1968	197,623	44,213
1969	202,174	42,015
1970	207,385	44,776
1971	211,137	72,308
1972	215,793	74,803
1973	226,847	94,765
1974	240,665	97,181
1975	257,984	99,882
1976	273,924	102,346
1977	289,193	104,886
1978	310,403	107,352
1979	331,162	109,540
1980	349,586	112,307
1981	322,207	115,163
1982	321,493	118,641
1983	324,158	104,107
1984	304,524	90,970
1985	307,625	95,342
1986	332,609	99,502
1987	334,438	5,756
1988	349,480	-125,447
1989	348,833	83,735
1990	353,290	82,900
1991	357,676	87,873
1992	362,373	28,874
1993	369,518	32,779
1994	384,821	165,407
1995	421,630	110,417
1996	442,559	116,728
1997	461,209	121,454
1998	474,453	-12,157
1999	491,814	180,721
2000	506,162	196,055
2001	519,594	204,108
2002	529,867	212,014
2003	540,992	225,822
2004	554,973	231,877
2005	570,132	239,272
2006	586,009	246,706
2007	610,913	256,546
2008	654,920	268,268
2009	693,673	278,859
2010	719,025	287,409
2011	741,303	303,181
2012	763,088	312,974
2013	784,641	315,983
2014	799,778	227,611
2015	824,435	148,542
2016	850,430	110,553
2017	876,594	72,193
2018	903,176	168,497
2019	927,581	209,708
2020	945,952	212,332
2021	951,234	213,567
2022	1,003,689	211,166
2023	1,025,334	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Mozambique vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 99 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mozambique, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mozambique	South Sudan
1985	1,452	3,845
1986	1,355	3,720
1987	1,348	8,045
1988	1,259	5,535
1989	1,209	5,103
1990	1,150	4,877
1991	1,094	4,764
1992	1,046	7,597
1993	968	7,537
1994	902	1,666
1995	883	4,430
1996	819	4,357
1997	738	4,172
1998	694	7,514
1999	624	2,048
2000	547	1,658
2001	473	1,580
2002	398	1,521
2003	360	1,199
2004	321	1,150
2005	301	1,074
2006	298	1,005
2007	327	933
2008	365	858
2009	352	823
2010	305	776
2011	268	770
2012	218	755
2013	196	771
2014	210	1,216
2015	216	1,436
2016	202	1,629
2017	187	1,662
2018	159	913
2019	134	745
2020	123	729
2021	180	749
2022	104	704
2023	99	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.17% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	26.5%	34.6%
1964	26.7%	34.3%
1965	26.8%	34%
1966	26.8%	33.6%
1967	26.9%	33.3%
1968	26.9%	32.9%
1969	26.9%	32.6%
1970	26.8%	32.3%
1971	26.7%	31.9%
1972	26.6%	31.6%
1973	26.4%	31.3%
1974	26.3%	30.9%
1975	26.1%	30.6%
1976	26%	30.2%
1977	25.8%	29.9%
1978	25.7%	29.5%
1979	25.7%	29.2%
1980	25.6%	28.9%
1981	25.6%	28.5%
1982	25.5%	28.2%
1983	25.3%	27.8%
1984	25.1%	27.5%
1985	24.8%	27.1%
1986	24.5%	26.7%
1987	24.2%	36%
1988	23.9%	76.7%
1989	23.6%	30.7%
1990	23.3%	30.3%
1991	23%	29.7%
1992	22.6%	33.8%
1993	22.1%	33.1%
1994	21.6%	23%
1995	20.9%	27%
1996	20.1%	26.1%
1997	19.2%	25.2%
1998	18.2%	42.6%
1999	17.2%	19.2%
2000	16.3%	18.3%
2001	15.4%	17.4%
2002	14.6%	16.5%
2003	13.9%	15.7%
2004	13.2%	14.8%
2005	12.5%	14.1%
2006	11.8%	13.4%
2007	11%	12.7%
2008	10.4%	12.1%
2009	9.75%	11.5%
2010	9.5%	10.9%
2011	9.05%	10.5%
2012	8.63%	10.1%
2013	8.26%	9.92%
2014	7.92%	18.2%
2015	7.51%	23.7%
2016	7.23%	26.4%
2017	7.09%	27.8%
2018	6.95%	13.2%
2019	6.83%	9.87%
2020	6.73%	9.87%
2021	6.58%	9.87%
2022	6.43%	9.87%
2023	6.17%	9.87%