Fertility & birth rates in Panama and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Panama vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	South Sudan
1960	5.83	7.16
1961	5.87	7.18
1962	5.87	7.2
1963	5.87	7.2
1964	5.81	7.22
1965	5.73	7.22
1966	5.65	7.25
1967	5.53	7.26
1968	5.41	7.26
1969	5.29	7.28
1970	5.18	7.29
1971	5.05	7.3
1972	4.91	7.31
1973	4.74	7.31
1974	4.58	7.31
1975	4.41	7.33
1976	4.26	7.33
1977	4.12	7.33
1978	3.98	7.33
1979	3.88	7.32
1980	3.8	7.33
1981	3.72	7.33
1982	3.66	7.34
1983	3.6	7.34
1984	3.52	7.35
1985	3.43	7.36
1986	3.34	7.38
1987	3.25	7.39
1988	3.17	7.38
1989	3.12	7.37
1990	3.07	7.38
1991	3	7.38
1992	2.95	7.37
1993	2.91	7.36
1994	2.88	7.35
1995	2.85	7.34
1996	2.83	7.32
1997	2.81	7.2
1998	2.79	7.08
1999	2.77	6.94
2000	2.74	6.8
2001	2.72	6.65
2002	2.7	6.52
2003	2.68	6.35
2004	2.68	6.19
2005	2.64	6.02
2006	2.62	5.85
2007	2.61	5.7
2008	2.61	5.57
2009	2.59	5.45
2010	2.59	5.32
2011	2.6	5.19
2012	2.59	5.06
2013	2.57	4.94
2014	2.55	4.82
2015	2.53	4.7
2016	2.5	4.58
2017	2.46	4.48
2018	2.4	4.37
2019	2.29	4.26
2020	2.18	4.16
2021	2.15	4.05
2022	2.14	3.96
2023	2.12	3.86
2024	2.11	3.79
2025	2.09	3.71
2026	2.07	3.63
2027	2.06	3.56
2028	2.04	3.49
2029	2.02	3.43
2030	2.01	3.37
2031	2	3.31
2032	1.99	3.26
2033	1.97	3.2
2034	1.96	3.15
2035	1.95	3.1
2036	1.95	3.06
2037	1.94	3.01
2038	1.93	2.96
2039	1.92	2.92
2040	1.91	2.88
2041	1.91	2.84
2042	1.9	2.8
2043	1.89	2.76
2044	1.89	2.73
2045	1.88	2.69
2046	1.88	2.66
2047	1.87	2.63
2048	1.87	2.6
2049	1.86	2.58
2050	1.86	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	South Sudan
1960	44.2%	42.5%
1961	44.3%	42.6%
1962	44.5%	42.6%
1963	44.6%	42.8%
1964	44.7%	43%
1965	44.8%	43.3%
1966	44.8%	43.5%
1967	44.8%	43.8%
1968	44.7%	44%
1969	44.6%	44.3%
1970	44.5%	44.5%
1971	44.3%	44.7%
1972	44.1%	44.8%
1973	43.9%	45%
1974	43.6%	45.1%
1975	43.3%	45.2%
1976	42.9%	45.3%
1977	42.4%	45.4%
1978	41.9%	45.5%
1979	41.4%	45.7%
1980	40.8%	45.8%
1981	40.3%	46%
1982	39.8%	46.2%
1983	39.3%	46.3%
1984	38.8%	46.5%
1985	38.3%	46.6%
1986	37.8%	46.7%
1987	37.4%	46.9%
1988	36.9%	46.2%
1989	36.5%	45.4%
1990	36.1%	45.4%
1991	35.7%	45.5%
1992	35.3%	45.6%
1993	34.9%	45.7%
1994	34.6%	45.8%
1995	34.2%	45.8%
1996	33.9%	46%
1997	33.5%	46%
1998	33.1%	45.8%
1999	32.8%	45.6%
2000	32.4%	45.5%
2001	32%	45.5%
2002	31.6%	45.7%
2003	31.3%	45.9%
2004	31%	45.8%
2005	30.6%	45.3%
2006	30.3%	44.8%
2007	30%	44.3%
2008	29.7%	43.8%
2009	29.5%	43.4%
2010	29.2%	42.8%
2011	28.9%	42.2%
2012	28.7%	41.9%
2013	28.4%	41.9%
2014	28.2%	42.5%
2015	27.9%	43.1%
2016	27.6%	43.7%
2017	27.4%	45%
2018	27.1%	44.9%
2019	26.7%	43.6%
2020	26.4%	42.4%
2021	26%	41.6%
2022	25.7%	40.9%
2023	25.3%	39.9%
2024	24.9%	38.9%
2025	24.5%	38%
2026	24.1%	37.1%
2027	23.8%	36.2%
2028	23.4%	35.5%
2029	23%	35%
2030	22.6%	34.7%
2031	22.2%	34.5%
2032	21.9%	34.4%
2033	21.6%	34.3%
2034	21.3%	34.3%
2035	21%	34.2%
2036	20.9%	34.1%
2037	20.7%	34%
2038	20.5%	33.8%
2039	20.3%	33.7%
2040	20.1%	33.4%
2041	20%	33.2%
2042	19.8%	32.9%
2043	19.6%	32.5%
2044	19.4%	32.2%
2045	19.3%	31.8%
2046	19.1%	31.4%
2047	18.9%	31%
2048	18.8%	30.5%
2049	18.6%	30.1%
2050	18.4%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	South Sudan
1960	35,431	42,945
1961	37,100	45,186
1962	38,537	47,406
1963	39,872	46,333
1964	40,806	64,786
1965	41,604	51,682
1966	42,457	38,523
1967	43,054	41,357
1968	43,641	44,213
1969	44,278	42,015
1970	45,075	44,776
1971	45,867	72,308
1972	46,311	74,803
1973	46,540	94,765
1974	46,932	97,181
1975	47,149	99,882
1976	47,307	102,346
1977	47,438	104,886
1978	47,694	107,352
1979	48,362	109,540
1980	49,077	112,307
1981	50,018	115,163
1982	50,858	118,641
1983	51,880	104,107
1984	52,436	90,970
1985	52,573	95,342
1986	52,681	99,502
1987	52,690	5,756
1988	52,767	-125,447
1989	52,295	83,735
1990	53,451	82,900
1991	53,079	87,873
1992	53,186	28,874
1993	53,591	32,779
1994	53,845	165,407
1995	54,069	110,417
1996	54,512	116,728
1997	55,060	121,454
1998	55,482	-12,157
1999	55,911	180,721
2000	56,236	196,055
2001	56,654	204,108
2002	57,011	212,014
2003	57,458	225,822
2004	58,281	231,877
2005	58,014	239,272
2006	58,067	246,706
2007	58,454	256,546
2008	58,961	268,268
2009	59,168	278,859
2010	59,418	287,409
2011	60,411	303,181
2012	60,471	312,974
2013	60,295	315,983
2014	60,227	227,611
2015	59,896	148,542
2016	59,454	110,553
2017	58,607	72,193
2018	57,508	168,497
2019	54,420	209,708
2020	46,599	212,332
2021	46,747	213,567
2022	50,556	211,166
2023	50,197	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	South Sudan
1985	95	3,845
1986	94	3,720
1987	93	8,045
1988	93	5,535
1989	96	5,103
1990	89	4,877
1991	87	4,764
1992	85	7,597
1993	81	7,537
1994	78	1,666
1995	77	4,430
1996	73	4,357
1997	70	4,172
1998	68	7,514
1999	65	2,048
2000	64	1,658
2001	62	1,580
2002	59	1,521
2003	58	1,199
2004	57	1,150
2005	57	1,074
2006	56	1,005
2007	55	933
2008	55	858
2009	55	823
2010	56	776
2011	55	770
2012	53	755
2013	52	771
2014	49	1,216
2015	48	1,436
2016	47	1,629
2017	47	1,662
2018	43	913
2019	41	745
2020	74	729
2021	59	749
2022	40	704
2023	37	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	South Sudan
1960	9.31%	35.5%
1961	9.04%	35.2%
1962	8.78%	34.9%
1963	8.52%	34.6%
1964	8.28%	34.3%
1965	8.05%	34%
1966	7.83%	33.6%
1967	7.62%	33.3%
1968	7.38%	32.9%
1969	7.1%	32.6%
1970	6.78%	32.3%
1971	6.43%	31.9%
1972	6.07%	31.6%
1973	5.72%	31.3%
1974	5.41%	30.9%
1975	5.15%	30.6%
1976	4.93%	30.2%
1977	4.76%	29.9%
1978	4.61%	29.5%
1979	4.47%	29.2%
1980	4.34%	28.9%
1981	4.19%	28.5%
1982	4.05%	28.2%
1983	3.9%	27.8%
1984	3.75%	27.5%
1985	3.61%	27.1%
1986	3.47%	26.7%
1987	3.35%	36%
1988	3.24%	76.7%
1989	3.14%	30.7%
1990	3.05%	30.3%
1991	2.97%	29.7%
1992	2.91%	33.8%
1993	2.87%	33.1%
1994	2.83%	23%
1995	2.8%	27%
1996	2.77%	26.1%
1997	2.73%	25.2%
1998	2.68%	42.6%
1999	2.63%	19.2%
2000	2.56%	18.3%
2001	2.49%	17.4%
2002	2.41%	16.5%
2003	2.33%	15.7%
2004	2.25%	14.8%
2005	2.17%	14.1%
2006	2.1%	13.4%
2007	2.03%	12.7%
2008	1.97%	12.1%
2009	1.91%	11.5%
2010	1.86%	10.9%
2011	1.81%	10.5%
2012	1.77%	10.1%
2013	1.75%	9.92%
2014	1.73%	18.2%
2015	1.72%	23.7%
2016	1.7%	26.4%
2017	1.68%	27.8%
2018	1.65%	13.2%
2019	1.59%	9.87%
2020	1.52%	9.87%
2021	1.45%	9.87%
2022	1.39%	9.87%
2023	1.33%	9.87%