Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Palestine vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	South Sudan
1960	-	7.16
1961	-	7.18
1962	-	7.2
1963	-	7.2
1964	-	7.22
1965	-	7.22
1966	-	7.25
1967	-	7.26
1968	-	7.26
1969	-	7.28
1970	-	7.29
1971	-	7.3
1972	-	7.31
1973	-	7.31
1974	-	7.31
1975	-	7.33
1976	-	7.33
1977	-	7.33
1978	-	7.33
1979	-	7.32
1980	-	7.33
1981	-	7.33
1982	-	7.34
1983	-	7.34
1984	-	7.35
1985	-	7.36
1986	-	7.38
1987	-	7.39
1988	-	7.38
1989	-	7.37
1990	6.81	7.38
1991	6.75	7.38
1992	6.65	7.37
1993	6.5	7.36
1994	6.33	7.35
1995	6.16	7.34
1996	5.99	7.32
1997	5.82	7.2
1998	5.69	7.08
1999	5.58	6.94
2000	5.46	6.8
2001	5.34	6.65
2002	5.22	6.52
2003	5.06	6.35
2004	4.97	6.19
2005	4.87	6.02
2006	4.74	5.85
2007	4.63	5.7
2008	4.51	5.57
2009	4.44	5.45
2010	4.43	5.32
2011	4.31	5.19
2012	4.15	5.06
2013	4.05	4.94
2014	4	4.82
2015	3.98	4.7
2016	3.89	4.58
2017	3.77	4.48
2018	3.67	4.37
2019	3.59	4.26
2020	3.51	4.16
2021	3.44	4.05
2022	3.38	3.96
2023	3.31	3.86
2024	3.25	3.79
2025	3.19	3.71
2026	3.13	3.63
2027	3.07	3.56
2028	3.02	3.49
2029	2.97	3.43
2030	2.93	3.37
2031	2.89	3.31
2032	2.85	3.26
2033	2.81	3.2
2034	2.78	3.15
2035	2.75	3.1
2036	2.71	3.06
2037	2.68	3.01
2038	2.65	2.96
2039	2.62	2.92
2040	2.59	2.88
2041	2.56	2.84
2042	2.53	2.8
2043	2.51	2.76
2044	2.48	2.73
2045	2.45	2.69
2046	2.43	2.66
2047	2.41	2.63
2048	2.38	2.6
2049	2.36	2.58
2050	2.34	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	South Sudan
1960	-	42.5%
1961	-	42.6%
1962	-	42.6%
1963	-	42.8%
1964	-	43%
1965	-	43.3%
1966	-	43.5%
1967	-	43.8%
1968	-	44%
1969	-	44.3%
1970	-	44.5%
1971	-	44.7%
1972	-	44.8%
1973	-	45%
1974	-	45.1%
1975	-	45.2%
1976	-	45.3%
1977	-	45.4%
1978	-	45.5%
1979	-	45.7%
1980	-	45.8%
1981	-	46%
1982	-	46.2%
1983	-	46.3%
1984	-	46.5%
1985	-	46.6%
1986	-	46.7%
1987	-	46.9%
1988	-	46.2%
1989	-	45.4%
1990	49.1%	45.4%
1991	49.1%	45.5%
1992	49%	45.6%
1993	49%	45.7%
1994	48.9%	45.8%
1995	48.8%	45.8%
1996	48.6%	46%
1997	48.4%	46%
1998	48.1%	45.8%
1999	47.8%	45.6%
2000	47.4%	45.5%
2001	47.1%	45.5%
2002	46.6%	45.7%
2003	46.1%	45.9%
2004	45.6%	45.8%
2005	45%	45.3%
2006	44.3%	44.8%
2007	43.7%	44.3%
2008	43%	43.8%
2009	42.4%	43.4%
2010	41.9%	42.8%
2011	41.5%	42.2%
2012	41.1%	41.9%
2013	40.7%	41.9%
2014	40.4%	42.5%
2015	40.1%	43.1%
2016	39.9%	43.7%
2017	39.7%	45%
2018	39.6%	44.9%
2019	39.5%	43.6%
2020	39.3%	42.4%
2021	39%	41.6%
2022	38.7%	40.9%
2023	38.4%	39.9%
2024	38%	38.9%
2025	37.6%	38%
2026	37%	37.1%
2027	36.5%	36.2%
2028	35.9%	35.5%
2029	35.3%	35%
2030	34.7%	34.7%
2031	34%	34.5%
2032	33.4%	34.4%
2033	32.8%	34.3%
2034	32.3%	34.3%
2035	31.8%	34.2%
2036	31.4%	34.1%
2037	31%	34%
2038	30.6%	33.8%
2039	30.3%	33.7%
2040	30%	33.4%
2041	29.7%	33.2%
2042	29.4%	32.9%
2043	29.2%	32.5%
2044	28.9%	32.2%
2045	28.6%	31.8%
2046	28.4%	31.4%
2047	28.1%	31%
2048	27.8%	30.5%
2049	27.5%	30.1%
2050	27.2%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	South Sudan
1960	-	42,945
1961	-	45,186
1962	-	47,406
1963	-	46,333
1964	-	64,786
1965	-	51,682
1966	-	38,523
1967	-	41,357
1968	-	44,213
1969	-	42,015
1970	-	44,776
1971	-	72,308
1972	-	74,803
1973	-	94,765
1974	-	97,181
1975	-	99,882
1976	-	102,346
1977	-	104,886
1978	-	107,352
1979	-	109,540
1980	-	112,307
1981	-	115,163
1982	-	118,641
1983	-	104,107
1984	-	90,970
1985	-	95,342
1986	-	99,502
1987	-	5,756
1988	-	-125,447
1989	-	83,735
1990	76,163	82,900
1991	79,444	87,873
1992	82,865	28,874
1993	86,434	32,779
1994	90,156	165,407
1995	94,037	110,417
1996	98,085	116,728
1997	102,307	121,454
1998	103,566	-12,157
1999	104,823	180,721
2000	106,367	196,055
2001	107,320	204,108
2002	108,560	212,014
2003	109,162	225,822
2004	110,045	231,877
2005	110,569	239,272
2006	111,728	246,706
2007	112,453	256,546
2008	108,395	268,268
2009	111,724	278,859
2010	117,674	287,409
2011	119,021	303,181
2012	119,185	312,974
2013	120,503	315,983
2014	120,724	227,611
2015	126,189	148,542
2016	126,698	110,553
2017	125,688	72,193
2018	124,791	168,497
2019	124,508	209,708
2020	122,416	212,332
2021	120,396	213,567
2022	123,987	211,166
2023	102,613	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	South Sudan
1985	102	3,845
1986	96	3,720
1987	87	8,045
1988	85	5,535
1989	82	5,103
1990	78	4,877
1991	75	4,764
1992	73	7,597
1993	69	7,537
1994	66	1,666
1995	64	4,430
1996	61	4,357
1997	60	4,172
1998	59	7,514
1999	58	2,048
2000	59	1,658
2001	60	1,580
2002	58	1,521
2003	56	1,199
2004	55	1,150
2005	52	1,074
2006	51	1,005
2007	49	933
2008	49	858
2009	48	823
2010	42	776
2011	39	770
2012	36	755
2013	32	771
2014	29	1,216
2015	26	1,436
2016	23	1,629
2017	21	1,662
2018	19	913
2019	18	745
2020	20	729
2021	29	749
2022	17	704
2023	16	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	South Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	-	32.6%
1970	-	32.3%
1971	-	31.9%
1972	-	31.6%
1973	-	31.3%
1974	-	30.9%
1975	10.8%	30.6%
1976	10.2%	30.2%
1977	9.55%	29.9%
1978	8.98%	29.5%
1979	8.45%	29.2%
1980	7.95%	28.9%
1981	7.48%	28.5%
1982	7.04%	28.2%
1983	6.63%	27.8%
1984	6.25%	27.5%
1985	5.89%	27.1%
1986	5.56%	26.7%
1987	5.25%	36%
1988	4.97%	76.7%
1989	4.72%	30.7%
1990	4.49%	30.3%
1991	4.28%	29.7%
1992	4.09%	33.8%
1993	3.92%	33.1%
1994	3.77%	23%
1995	3.62%	27%
1996	3.49%	26.1%
1997	3.36%	25.2%
1998	3.24%	42.6%
1999	3.13%	19.2%
2000	3.03%	18.3%
2001	2.94%	17.4%
2002	2.85%	16.5%
2003	2.77%	15.7%
2004	2.68%	14.8%
2005	2.6%	14.1%
2006	2.52%	13.4%
2007	2.43%	12.7%
2008	2.35%	12.1%
2009	2.28%	11.5%
2010	2.2%	10.9%
2011	2.12%	10.5%
2012	2.04%	10.1%
2013	1.97%	9.92%
2014	2.2%	18.2%
2015	1.83%	23.7%
2016	1.76%	26.4%
2017	1.69%	27.8%
2018	1.63%	13.2%
2019	1.57%	9.87%
2020	1.52%	9.87%
2021	1.47%	9.87%
2022	1.42%	9.87%
2023	2.63%	9.87%