Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Sudan

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Nicaragua vs 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
	Nicaragua	Sudan
1960	7.16	6.66
1961	7.11	6.66
1962	7.1	6.7
1963	7.08	6.76
1964	7.06	6.8
1965	7.03	6.84
1966	6.99	6.88
1967	6.94	6.91
1968	6.89	6.95
1969	6.83	6.97
1970	6.77	6.99
1971	6.71	7.02
1972	6.65	6.98
1973	6.59	6.94
1974	6.52	6.91
1975	6.45	6.87
1976	6.37	6.82
1977	6.28	6.78
1978	6.16	6.72
1979	6.07	6.65
1980	5.96	6.59
1981	5.84	6.53
1982	5.74	6.47
1983	5.61	6.41
1984	5.49	6.34
1985	5.36	6.28
1986	5.22	6.23
1987	5.07	6.18
1988	4.93	6.13
1989	4.76	6.11
1990	4.6	6.07
1991	4.43	6.05
1992	4.27	6.02
1993	4.1	5.97
1994	3.94	5.91
1995	3.78	5.86
1996	3.62	5.79
1997	3.47	5.72
1998	3.34	5.65
1999	3.22	5.62
2000	3.12	5.6
2001	3	5.56
2002	2.89	5.53
2003	2.83	5.49
2004	2.78	5.46
2005	2.77	5.4
2006	2.73	5.33
2007	2.7	5.27
2008	2.66	5.21
2009	2.63	5.17
2010	2.6	5.14
2011	2.56	5.09
2012	2.53	5.03
2013	2.49	4.97
2014	2.46	4.91
2015	2.43	4.9
2016	2.41	4.83
2017	2.38	4.76
2018	2.35	4.68
2019	2.32	4.62
2020	2.3	4.54
2021	2.27	4.46
2022	2.24	4.38
2023	2.22	4.32
2024	2.21	4.26
2025	2.18	4.19
2026	2.16	4.13
2027	2.14	4.06
2028	2.11	4
2029	2.09	3.95
2030	2.07	3.88
2031	2.05	3.82
2032	2.04	3.77
2033	2.02	3.7
2034	2.01	3.66
2035	2	3.6
2036	1.98	3.54
2037	1.97	3.49
2038	1.96	3.45
2039	1.95	3.4
2040	1.94	3.36
2041	1.93	3.32
2042	1.92	3.28
2043	1.91	3.24
2044	1.9	3.2
2045	1.89	3.17
2046	1.89	3.13
2047	1.88	3.1
2048	1.87	3.07
2049	1.87	3.03
2050	1.86	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Sudan
1960	47.6%	46.5%
1961	47.8%	46.6%
1962	48%	46.6%
1963	48.2%	46.7%
1964	48.2%	46.9%
1965	48.1%	47%
1966	47.9%	47.1%
1967	47.8%	47.2%
1968	47.7%	47.3%
1969	47.6%	47.4%
1970	47.5%	47.5%
1971	47.5%	47.6%
1972	47.4%	47.7%
1973	47.4%	47.9%
1974	47.3%	48.1%
1975	47.3%	48%
1976	47.3%	47.8%
1977	47.2%	47.7%
1978	47.3%	47.4%
1979	47.3%	47.1%
1980	47.3%	46.8%
1981	47.3%	46.6%
1982	47.3%	46.4%
1983	47.2%	46.3%
1984	47.2%	46.2%
1985	47.1%	46.1%
1986	47%	46.1%
1987	46.9%	46%
1988	46.7%	46%
1989	46.4%	46.1%
1990	46.1%	46.1%
1991	45.7%	46.2%
1992	45.2%	46.3%
1993	44.8%	46.3%
1994	44.3%	46.3%
1995	43.7%	46.3%
1996	43.1%	46.2%
1997	42.4%	46.2%
1998	41.7%	46.1%
1999	41%	45.9%
2000	40.3%	45.8%
2001	39.6%	45.7%
2002	38.9%	45.6%
2003	38.2%	45.6%
2004	37.5%	45.5%
2005	36.8%	45.4%
2006	36.2%	45.3%
2007	35.7%	45.1%
2008	35.2%	44.9%
2009	34.7%	44.7%
2010	34.2%	44.6%
2011	33.8%	44.6%
2012	33.3%	44.5%
2013	32.9%	44.4%
2014	32.6%	44%
2015	32.2%	43.6%
2016	31.8%	43.1%
2017	31.5%	42.6%
2018	31.1%	42%
2019	30.8%	41.7%
2020	30.4%	41.4%
2021	30.1%	41.2%
2022	29.6%	40.9%
2023	29.2%	40.6%
2024	28.8%	40.5%
2025	28.3%	40.2%
2026	27.9%	39.8%
2027	27.4%	39.5%
2028	27%	39.3%
2029	26.6%	39.1%
2030	26.2%	38.9%
2031	25.8%	38.6%
2032	25.4%	38.3%
2033	25%	37.9%
2034	24.7%	37.5%
2035	24.4%	37.1%
2036	24%	36.7%
2037	23.7%	36.3%
2038	23.4%	35.9%
2039	23.1%	35.5%
2040	22.8%	35.1%
2041	22.5%	34.7%
2042	22.2%	34.3%
2043	22%	33.9%
2044	21.7%	33.6%
2045	21.4%	33.2%
2046	21.2%	32.8%
2047	20.9%	32.5%
2048	20.7%	32.2%
2049	20.5%	31.9%
2050	20.2%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua and +2.79% in 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
	Nicaragua	Sudan
1960	55,664	262,235
1961	57,499	272,562
1962	59,547	287,317
1963	61,738	302,132
1964	64,227	315,166
1965	67,056	327,799
1966	69,883	342,118
1967	72,722	356,599
1968	75,458	370,917
1969	78,237	385,712
1970	81,127	401,013
1971	84,139	417,641
1972	76,906	428,340
1973	89,662	439,201
1974	92,505	444,456
1975	95,230	454,813
1976	98,100	470,019
1977	100,498	483,089
1978	98,419	497,987
1979	96,429	524,942
1980	108,604	552,930
1981	110,421	585,087
1982	112,468	606,362
1983	110,618	570,198
1984	110,133	577,405
1985	110,949	583,382
1986	113,054	649,649
1987	112,885	658,416
1988	117,299	672,604
1989	120,128	683,743
1990	120,677	699,953
1991	121,787	714,612
1992	121,204	731,177
1993	120,469	743,249
1994	119,565	764,645
1995	118,325	780,700
1996	116,849	792,926
1997	114,415	802,245
1998	108,862	814,752
1999	110,217	835,840
2000	109,192	858,536
2001	107,109	880,284
2002	105,805	897,965
2003	106,142	898,226
2004	106,904	889,382
2005	108,984	907,017
2006	110,073	963,740
2007	110,341	992,819
2008	110,395	1,001,826
2009	110,213	1,041,810
2010	110,475	1,068,381
2011	110,026	1,070,888
2012	110,065	1,073,062
2013	109,032	1,078,446
2014	108,420	1,097,962
2015	107,344	1,145,259
2016	106,585	1,174,422
2017	105,468	1,208,046
2018	104,814	1,257,387
2019	102,817	1,291,747
2020	90,515	1,295,781
2021	89,213	1,293,817
2022	100,987	1,333,992
2023	100,921	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Sudan
1985	319	980
1986	313	938
1987	316	914
1988	301	877
1989	286	881
1990	281	840
1991	273	873
1992	272	863
1993	265	839
1994	256	775
1995	251	730
1996	244	712
1997	236	681
1998	239	669
1999	228	662
2000	213	645
2001	194	616
2002	170	588
2003	154	593
2004	140	536
2005	124	506
2006	113	485
2007	106	445
2008	101	426
2009	99	382
2010	96	370
2011	93	357
2012	88	340
2013	86	327
2014	83	309
2015	81	298
2016	77	288
2017	72	277
2018	67	268
2019	69	262
2020	87	273
2021	124	305
2022	61	263
2023	60	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua and 5.01% in 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
	Nicaragua	Sudan
1960	19.8%	17.8%
1961	19.6%	17.5%
1962	19.4%	17.2%
1963	19.2%	17%
1964	19%	16.7%
1965	18.7%	16.5%
1966	18.4%	16.3%
1967	18.1%	16.2%
1968	17.8%	16%
1969	17.4%	15.9%
1970	17.1%	15.8%
1971	16.6%	15.7%
1972	18.7%	15.6%
1973	15.6%	15.5%
1974	15%	15.4%
1975	14.4%	15.3%
1976	13.7%	15.2%
1977	12.9%	15.1%
1978	12.2%	15%
1979	11.5%	14.9%
1980	10.8%	14.8%
1981	10.2%	14.6%
1982	9.58%	14.5%
1983	9.07%	18.2%
1984	8.62%	18%
1985	8.21%	17.8%
1986	7.85%	14%
1987	7.53%	13.8%
1988	7.22%	13.6%
1989	6.92%	13.4%
1990	6.62%	13.2%
1991	6.31%	13%
1992	6%	12.7%
1993	5.69%	12.5%
1994	5.39%	12.2%
1995	5.09%	11.9%
1996	4.81%	11.6%
1997	4.54%	11.3%
1998	5.01%	11%
1999	4.04%	10.7%
2000	3.82%	10.3%
2001	3.62%	9.99%
2002	3.43%	9.65%
2003	3.26%	9.31%
2004	3.1%	10.3%
2005	2.95%	10%
2006	2.81%	8.4%
2007	2.68%	8.13%
2008	2.55%	7.88%
2009	2.44%	7.64%
2010	2.33%	7.42%
2011	2.22%	7.22%
2012	2.13%	7.02%
2013	2.03%	6.83%
2014	1.94%	6.64%
2015	1.86%	6.45%
2016	1.78%	6.26%
2017	1.71%	6.07%
2018	1.64%	5.89%
2019	1.57%	5.71%
2020	1.51%	5.53%
2021	1.45%	5.36%
2022	1.39%	5.18%
2023	1.34%	5.01%