Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Namibia vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Sudan
1960	6.24	7.16
1961	6.29	7.18
1962	6.35	7.2
1963	6.41	7.2
1964	6.43	7.22
1965	6.45	7.22
1966	6.47	7.25
1967	6.49	7.26
1968	6.5	7.26
1969	6.51	7.28
1970	6.52	7.29
1971	6.52	7.3
1972	6.53	7.31
1973	6.54	7.31
1974	6.55	7.31
1975	6.53	7.33
1976	6.49	7.33
1977	6.44	7.33
1978	6.38	7.33
1979	6.31	7.32
1980	6.24	7.33
1981	6.16	7.33
1982	6.08	7.34
1983	6	7.34
1984	5.94	7.35
1985	5.88	7.36
1986	5.79	7.38
1987	5.7	7.39
1988	5.61	7.38
1989	5.52	7.37
1990	5.4	7.38
1991	5.29	7.38
1992	5.11	7.37
1993	4.91	7.36
1994	4.68	7.35
1995	4.42	7.34
1996	4.2	7.32
1997	4.17	7.2
1998	4.18	7.08
1999	4.14	6.94
2000	3.99	6.8
2001	3.83	6.65
2002	3.69	6.52
2003	3.58	6.35
2004	3.55	6.19
2005	3.57	6.02
2006	3.6	5.85
2007	3.61	5.7
2008	3.62	5.57
2009	3.63	5.45
2010	3.66	5.32
2011	3.66	5.19
2012	3.68	5.06
2013	3.65	4.94
2014	3.64	4.82
2015	3.6	4.7
2016	3.57	4.58
2017	3.51	4.48
2018	3.46	4.37
2019	3.4	4.26
2020	3.35	4.16
2021	3.3	4.05
2022	3.25	3.96
2023	3.21	3.86
2024	3.21	3.79
2025	3.17	3.71
2026	3.13	3.63
2027	3.09	3.56
2028	3.06	3.49
2029	3.02	3.43
2030	2.98	3.37
2031	2.94	3.31
2032	2.91	3.26
2033	2.88	3.2
2034	2.84	3.15
2035	2.81	3.1
2036	2.78	3.06
2037	2.75	3.01
2038	2.72	2.96
2039	2.68	2.92
2040	2.66	2.88
2041	2.63	2.84
2042	2.6	2.8
2043	2.58	2.76
2044	2.56	2.73
2045	2.53	2.69
2046	2.51	2.66
2047	2.49	2.63
2048	2.47	2.6
2049	2.45	2.58
2050	2.43	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	South Sudan
1960	42.2%	42.5%
1961	42.4%	42.6%
1962	42.6%	42.6%
1963	42.7%	42.8%
1964	42.9%	43%
1965	43%	43.3%
1966	43.2%	43.5%
1967	43.3%	43.8%
1968	43.5%	44%
1969	43.6%	44.3%
1970	43.8%	44.5%
1971	43.9%	44.7%
1972	44.1%	44.8%
1973	44.3%	45%
1974	44.6%	45.1%
1975	44.8%	45.2%
1976	45%	45.3%
1977	45.3%	45.4%
1978	45.9%	45.5%
1979	46.3%	45.7%
1980	46.6%	45.8%
1981	47.1%	46%
1982	47.2%	46.2%
1983	46.9%	46.3%
1984	46.6%	46.5%
1985	46.2%	46.6%
1986	45.8%	46.7%
1987	45.3%	46.9%
1988	44.8%	46.2%
1989	43.4%	45.4%
1990	42.3%	45.4%
1991	42.2%	45.5%
1992	42.2%	45.6%
1993	42.2%	45.7%
1994	42.2%	45.8%
1995	42.1%	45.8%
1996	42%	46%
1997	41.9%	46%
1998	41.8%	45.8%
1999	41.7%	45.6%
2000	41.5%	45.5%
2001	41.3%	45.5%
2002	41%	45.7%
2003	40.5%	45.9%
2004	40%	45.8%
2005	39.4%	45.3%
2006	38.7%	44.8%
2007	38.1%	44.3%
2008	37.5%	43.8%
2009	37.1%	43.4%
2010	36.8%	42.8%
2011	36.7%	42.2%
2012	36.6%	41.9%
2013	36.6%	41.9%
2014	36.5%	42.5%
2015	36.5%	43.1%
2016	36.5%	43.7%
2017	36.7%	45%
2018	36.8%	44.9%
2019	37%	43.6%
2020	37.1%	42.4%
2021	37.4%	41.6%
2022	37.5%	40.9%
2023	37.3%	39.9%
2024	37%	38.9%
2025	36.7%	38%
2026	36.3%	37.1%
2027	35.9%	36.2%
2028	35.5%	35.5%
2029	35.1%	35%
2030	34.6%	34.7%
2031	34%	34.5%
2032	33.5%	34.4%
2033	32.9%	34.3%
2034	32.4%	34.3%
2035	31.8%	34.2%
2036	31.1%	34.1%
2037	30.6%	34%
2038	30.3%	33.8%
2039	30%	33.7%
2040	29.7%	33.4%
2041	29.5%	33.2%
2042	29.2%	32.9%
2043	29%	32.5%
2044	28.8%	32.2%
2045	28.5%	31.8%
2046	28.3%	31.4%
2047	28.1%	31%
2048	27.9%	30.5%
2049	27.7%	30.1%
2050	27.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Sudan
1960	14,307	42,945
1961	14,936	45,186
1962	15,656	47,406
1963	16,430	46,333
1964	17,134	64,786
1965	17,902	51,682
1966	18,635	38,523
1967	19,498	41,357
1968	20,470	44,213
1969	21,387	42,015
1970	22,414	44,776
1971	23,467	72,308
1972	24,606	74,803
1973	25,754	94,765
1974	26,844	97,181
1975	27,882	99,882
1976	28,785	102,346
1977	29,241	104,886
1978	29,821	107,352
1979	28,930	109,540
1980	28,142	112,307
1981	27,938	115,163
1982	27,474	118,641
1983	28,307	104,107
1984	29,395	90,970
1985	30,575	95,342
1986	31,764	99,502
1987	33,340	5,756
1988	34,798	-125,447
1989	37,715	83,735
1990	43,956	82,900
1991	44,523	87,873
1992	43,945	28,874
1993	42,861	32,779
1994	41,316	165,407
1995	39,119	110,417
1996	37,177	116,728
1997	37,256	121,454
1998	37,500	-12,157
1999	37,233	180,721
2000	35,280	196,055
2001	32,942	204,108
2002	31,947	212,014
2003	31,115	225,822
2004	31,478	231,877
2005	32,909	239,272
2006	34,690	246,706
2007	36,430	256,546
2008	38,147	268,268
2009	39,942	278,859
2010	42,046	287,409
2011	43,557	303,181
2012	46,204	312,974
2013	47,801	315,983
2014	49,581	227,611
2015	50,846	148,542
2016	52,228	110,553
2017	52,975	72,193
2018	53,970	168,497
2019	54,769	209,708
2020	55,034	212,332
2021	50,160	213,567
2022	54,534	211,166
2023	58,435	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	South Sudan
1985	354	3,845
1986	348	3,720
1987	336	8,045
1988	342	5,535
1989	306	5,103
1990	325	4,877
1991	337	4,764
1992	346	7,597
1993	354	7,537
1994	367	1,666
1995	369	4,430
1996	387	4,357
1997	383	4,172
1998	396	7,514
1999	371	2,048
2000	384	1,658
2001	376	1,580
2002	313	1,521
2003	290	1,199
2004	282	1,150
2005	344	1,074
2006	408	1,005
2007	489	933
2008	537	858
2009	547	823
2010	531	776
2011	498	770
2012	439	755
2013	402	771
2014	369	1,216
2015	307	1,436
2016	250	1,629
2017	213	1,662
2018	198	913
2019	175	745
2020	143	729
2021	254	749
2022	127	704
2023	139	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	9.66%	33.3%
1968	9.64%	32.9%
1969	9.65%	32.6%
1970	9.65%	32.3%
1971	9.67%	31.9%
1972	9.68%	31.6%
1973	9.73%	31.3%
1974	9.79%	30.9%
1975	9.89%	30.6%
1976	10%	30.2%
1977	10.2%	29.9%
1978	10.3%	29.5%
1979	10.3%	29.2%
1980	10.3%	28.9%
1981	10.2%	28.5%
1982	9.93%	28.2%
1983	9.61%	27.8%
1984	9.22%	27.5%
1985	8.81%	27.1%
1986	8.43%	26.7%
1987	8.09%	36%
1988	7.81%	76.7%
1989	7.57%	30.7%
1990	7.39%	30.3%
1991	7.24%	29.7%
1992	7.14%	33.8%
1993	7.1%	33.1%
1994	7.13%	23%
1995	7.24%	27%
1996	7.39%	26.1%
1997	7.56%	25.2%
1998	7.7%	42.6%
1999	7.79%	19.2%
2000	7.79%	18.3%
2001	7.71%	17.4%
2002	7.61%	16.5%
2003	7.51%	15.7%
2004	7.41%	14.8%
2005	7.05%	14.1%
2006	6.49%	13.4%
2007	6.06%	12.7%
2008	5.64%	12.1%
2009	5.29%	11.5%
2010	5.08%	10.9%
2011	5.16%	10.5%
2012	5.51%	10.1%
2013	5.4%	9.92%
2014	5.31%	18.2%
2015	5.5%	23.7%
2016	5.42%	26.4%
2017	5.19%	27.8%
2018	5.01%	13.2%
2019	4.78%	9.87%
2020	4.57%	9.87%
2021	4.38%	9.87%
2022	4.2%	9.87%
2023	4.07%	9.87%