Fertility & birth rates in Palau and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Palau vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palau was 1.91 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 Palau 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
	Palau	South Sudan
1960	7.19	7.16
1961	7.17	7.18
1962	7.15	7.2
1963	7.12	7.2
1964	7.08	7.22
1965	7.01	7.22
1966	6.93	7.25
1967	6.84	7.26
1968	6.71	7.26
1969	6.58	7.28
1970	6.39	7.29
1971	6.16	7.3
1972	5.9	7.31
1973	5.59	7.31
1974	5.26	7.31
1975	4.9	7.33
1976	4.53	7.33
1977	4.09	7.33
1978	3.74	7.33
1979	3.49	7.32
1980	3.35	7.33
1981	3.28	7.33
1982	3.22	7.34
1983	3.14	7.34
1984	3.08	7.35
1985	3.01	7.36
1986	2.98	7.38
1987	2.93	7.39
1988	2.91	7.38
1989	2.92	7.37
1990	2.88	7.38
1991	2.74	7.38
1992	2.71	7.37
1993	2.73	7.36
1994	2.66	7.35
1995	2.55	7.34
1996	2.39	7.32
1997	2.19	7.2
1998	2.01	7.08
1999	1.91	6.94
2000	1.82	6.8
2001	1.87	6.65
2002	1.92	6.52
2003	1.96	6.35
2004	1.99	6.19
2005	2.02	6.02
2006	2	5.85
2007	1.97	5.7
2008	1.95	5.57
2009	1.94	5.45
2010	1.94	5.32
2011	1.97	5.19
2012	2.01	5.06
2013	2.05	4.94
2014	2.03	4.82
2015	2	4.7
2016	2.06	4.58
2017	2.02	4.48
2018	1.97	4.37
2019	1.98	4.26
2020	1.97	4.16
2021	1.95	4.05
2022	1.93	3.96
2023	1.91	3.86
2024	1.88	3.79
2025	1.86	3.71
2026	1.84	3.63
2027	1.82	3.56
2028	1.81	3.49
2029	1.8	3.43
2030	1.79	3.37
2031	1.78	3.31
2032	1.77	3.26
2033	1.76	3.2
2034	1.76	3.15
2035	1.75	3.1
2036	1.75	3.06
2037	1.75	3.01
2038	1.74	2.96
2039	1.74	2.92
2040	1.74	2.88
2041	1.74	2.84
2042	1.73	2.8
2043	1.73	2.76
2044	1.73	2.73
2045	1.73	2.69
2046	1.73	2.66
2047	1.72	2.63
2048	1.72	2.6
2049	1.72	2.58
2050	1.72	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palau	South Sudan
1960	47%	42.5%
1961	48.2%	42.6%
1962	49.1%	42.6%
1963	49.8%	42.8%
1964	50.1%	43%
1965	50.3%	43.3%
1966	50.2%	43.5%
1967	49.6%	43.8%
1968	48.4%	44%
1969	47.2%	44.3%
1970	46.5%	44.5%
1971	46.2%	44.7%
1972	46%	44.8%
1973	45.6%	45%
1974	44.9%	45.1%
1975	44.2%	45.2%
1976	43.4%	45.3%
1977	42.7%	45.4%
1978	41.9%	45.5%
1979	41.1%	45.7%
1980	40.1%	45.8%
1981	38.9%	46%
1982	37.7%	46.2%
1983	36.7%	46.3%
1984	36%	46.5%
1985	35.4%	46.6%
1986	34.5%	46.7%
1987	33.2%	46.9%
1988	32%	46.2%
1989	31%	45.4%
1990	30.2%	45.4%
1991	29.4%	45.5%
1992	28.8%	45.6%
1993	28.5%	45.7%
1994	28.2%	45.8%
1995	28%	45.8%
1996	27.5%	46%
1997	26.7%	46%
1998	25.8%	45.8%
1999	24.8%	45.6%
2000	24.1%	45.5%
2001	24%	45.5%
2002	24.1%	45.7%
2003	24.2%	45.9%
2004	24.2%	45.8%
2005	23.9%	45.3%
2006	23.2%	44.8%
2007	22.5%	44.3%
2008	21.9%	43.8%
2009	21.4%	43.4%
2010	21%	42.8%
2011	20.6%	42.2%
2012	20.3%	41.9%
2013	20.2%	41.9%
2014	20.3%	42.5%
2015	20.3%	43.1%
2016	20.1%	43.7%
2017	19.9%	45%
2018	19.7%	44.9%
2019	19.5%	43.6%
2020	19.2%	42.4%
2021	19.1%	41.6%
2022	18.8%	40.9%
2023	18.5%	39.9%
2024	18.2%	38.9%
2025	17.9%	38%
2026	17.6%	37.1%
2027	17.3%	36.2%
2028	17%	35.5%
2029	16.7%	35%
2030	16.5%	34.7%
2031	16.3%	34.5%
2032	16.1%	34.4%
2033	16%	34.3%
2034	16%	34.3%
2035	15.9%	34.2%
2036	15.9%	34.1%
2037	15.9%	34%
2038	15.9%	33.8%
2039	15.9%	33.7%
2040	16%	33.4%
2041	16%	33.2%
2042	16.1%	32.9%
2043	16.2%	32.5%
2044	16.2%	32.2%
2045	16.3%	31.8%
2046	16.3%	31.4%
2047	16.3%	31%
2048	16.4%	30.5%
2049	16.4%	30.1%
2050	16.3%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Palau and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 30.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palau and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Palau vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Palau 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
	Palau	South Sudan
1960	296	42,945
1961	298	45,186
1962	296	47,406
1963	291	46,333
1964	284	64,786
1965	275	51,682
1966	268	38,523
1967	266	41,357
1968	275	44,213
1969	283	42,015
1970	286	44,776
1971	287	72,308
1972	280	74,803
1973	268	94,765
1974	256	97,181
1975	249	99,882
1976	236	102,346
1977	213	104,886
1978	193	107,352
1979	176	109,540
1980	165	112,307
1981	161	115,163
1982	170	118,641
1983	176	104,107
1984	181	90,970
1985	181	95,342
1986	182	99,502
1987	182	5,756
1988	183	-125,447
1989	185	83,735
1990	181	82,900
1991	175	87,873
1992	183	28,874
1993	196	32,779
1994	195	165,407
1995	186	110,417
1996	166	116,728
1997	140	121,454
1998	116	-12,157
1999	100	180,721
2000	85	196,055
2001	88	204,108
2002	88	212,014
2003	86	225,822
2004	83	231,877
2005	80	239,272
2006	79	246,706
2007	80	256,546
2008	79	268,268
2009	81	278,859
2010	81	287,409
2011	83	303,181
2012	86	312,974
2013	88	315,983
2014	73	227,611
2015	55	148,542
2016	53	110,553
2017	43	72,193
2018	29	168,497
2019	23	209,708
2020	8	212,332
2021	-3	213,567
2022	-7	211,166
2023	-10	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Palau vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 89 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palau, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palau	South Sudan
1985	95	3,845
1986	92	3,720
1987	88	8,045
1988	96	5,535
1989	93	5,103
1990	100	4,877
1991	106	4,764
1992	113	7,597
1993	109	7,537
1994	116	1,666
1995	111	4,430
1996	123	4,357
1997	125	4,172
1998	119	7,514
1999	115	2,048
2000	119	1,658
2001	118	1,580
2002	117	1,521
2003	108	1,199
2004	106	1,150
2005	105	1,074
2006	105	1,005
2007	98	933
2008	99	858
2009	94	823
2010	96	776
2011	83	770
2012	84	755
2013	85	771
2014	78	1,216
2015	79	1,436
2016	80	1,629
2017	80	1,662
2018	82	913
2019	84	745
2020	117	729
2021	109	749
2022	121	704
2023	89	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.23% in Palau 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
	Palau	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	9.58%	34%
1966	9.27%	33.6%
1967	8.97%	33.3%
1968	8.65%	32.9%
1969	8.34%	32.6%
1970	8%	32.3%
1971	7.62%	31.9%
1972	7.24%	31.6%
1973	6.85%	31.3%
1974	6.46%	30.9%
1975	6.06%	30.6%
1976	5.7%	30.2%
1977	5.37%	29.9%
1978	5.09%	29.5%
1979	4.84%	29.2%
1980	4.63%	28.9%
1981	4.44%	28.5%
1982	4.27%	28.2%
1983	4.13%	27.8%
1984	4.01%	27.5%
1985	3.9%	27.1%
1986	3.81%	26.7%
1987	3.73%	36%
1988	3.66%	76.7%
1989	3.6%	30.7%
1990	3.53%	30.3%
1991	3.47%	29.7%
1992	3.4%	33.8%
1993	3.32%	33.1%
1994	3.23%	23%
1995	3.14%	27%
1996	3.04%	26.1%
1997	2.94%	25.2%
1998	2.84%	42.6%
1999	2.74%	19.2%
2000	2.65%	18.3%
2001	2.55%	17.4%
2002	2.46%	16.5%
2003	2.38%	15.7%
2004	2.29%	14.8%
2005	2.21%	14.1%
2006	2.14%	13.4%
2007	2.07%	12.7%
2008	2.02%	12.1%
2009	1.98%	11.5%
2010	1.97%	10.9%
2011	1.97%	10.5%
2012	1.99%	10.1%
2013	2.03%	9.92%
2014	2.08%	18.2%
2015	2.14%	23.7%
2016	2.21%	26.4%
2017	2.28%	27.8%
2018	2.32%	13.2%
2019	2.34%	9.87%
2020	2.33%	9.87%
2021	2.3%	9.87%
2022	2.27%	9.87%
2023	2.23%	9.87%