Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 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 Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	South Sudan
1960	6.5	7.16
1961	6.49	7.18
1962	6.47	7.2
1963	6.45	7.2
1964	6.42	7.22
1965	6.35	7.22
1966	6.23	7.25
1967	6.1	7.26
1968	5.97	7.26
1969	5.84	7.28
1970	5.72	7.29
1971	5.59	7.3
1972	5.46	7.31
1973	5.35	7.31
1974	5.27	7.31
1975	5.18	7.33
1976	5.12	7.33
1977	5.08	7.33
1978	5.04	7.33
1979	5.06	7.32
1980	5.1	7.33
1981	5.15	7.33
1982	5.13	7.34
1983	5.09	7.34
1984	5.04	7.35
1985	4.97	7.36
1986	4.93	7.38
1987	4.85	7.39
1988	4.77	7.38
1989	4.68	7.37
1990	4.57	7.38
1991	4.48	7.38
1992	4.4	7.37
1993	4.28	7.36
1994	4.2	7.35
1995	4.11	7.34
1996	4.01	7.32
1997	3.91	7.2
1998	3.8	7.08
1999	3.67	6.94
2000	3.51	6.8
2001	3.36	6.65
2002	3.23	6.52
2003	3.12	6.35
2004	3.05	6.19
2005	2.97	6.02
2006	2.89	5.85
2007	2.82	5.7
2008	2.79	5.57
2009	2.76	5.45
2010	2.7	5.32
2011	2.67	5.19
2012	2.66	5.06
2013	2.64	4.94
2014	2.65	4.82
2015	2.65	4.7
2016	2.62	4.58
2017	2.59	4.48
2018	2.56	4.37
2019	2.53	4.26
2020	2.5	4.16
2021	2.47	4.05
2022	2.44	3.96
2023	2.42	3.86
2024	2.42	3.79
2025	2.39	3.71
2026	2.37	3.63
2027	2.35	3.56
2028	2.33	3.49
2029	2.31	3.43
2030	2.29	3.37
2031	2.27	3.31
2032	2.26	3.26
2033	2.24	3.2
2034	2.22	3.15
2035	2.21	3.1
2036	2.19	3.06
2037	2.17	3.01
2038	2.16	2.96
2039	2.14	2.92
2040	2.13	2.88
2041	2.12	2.84
2042	2.11	2.8
2043	2.09	2.76
2044	2.08	2.73
2045	2.07	2.69
2046	2.06	2.66
2047	2.05	2.63
2048	2.04	2.6
2049	2.03	2.58
2050	2.02	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	South Sudan
1960	46.3%	42.5%
1961	46.2%	42.6%
1962	46.1%	42.6%
1963	46%	42.8%
1964	46%	43%
1965	46%	43.3%
1966	46%	43.5%
1967	45.9%	43.8%
1968	45.8%	44%
1969	45.7%	44.3%
1970	45.5%	44.5%
1971	45.2%	44.7%
1972	45%	44.8%
1973	44.6%	45%
1974	44.2%	45.1%
1975	43.7%	45.2%
1976	43.3%	45.3%
1977	42.8%	45.4%
1978	42.4%	45.5%
1979	42%	45.7%
1980	41.6%	45.8%
1981	41.4%	46%
1982	41.2%	46.2%
1983	41.2%	46.3%
1984	41.2%	46.5%
1985	41.2%	46.6%
1986	41.3%	46.7%
1987	41.3%	46.9%
1988	41.4%	46.2%
1989	41.5%	45.4%
1990	41.5%	45.4%
1991	41.5%	45.5%
1992	41.5%	45.6%
1993	41.4%	45.7%
1994	41.3%	45.8%
1995	41.1%	45.8%
1996	40.8%	46%
1997	40.4%	46%
1998	40%	45.8%
1999	39.5%	45.6%
2000	39%	45.5%
2001	38.4%	45.5%
2002	37.9%	45.7%
2003	37.3%	45.9%
2004	36.6%	45.8%
2005	35.8%	45.3%
2006	35.1%	44.8%
2007	34.4%	44.3%
2008	33.8%	43.8%
2009	33.2%	43.4%
2010	32.5%	42.8%
2011	32%	42.2%
2012	31.4%	41.9%
2013	30.9%	41.9%
2014	30.5%	42.5%
2015	30.2%	43.1%
2016	29.9%	43.7%
2017	29.7%	45%
2018	29.5%	44.9%
2019	29.3%	43.6%
2020	29.1%	42.4%
2021	29%	41.6%
2022	28.9%	40.9%
2023	28.8%	39.9%
2024	28.6%	38.9%
2025	28.4%	38%
2026	28.1%	37.1%
2027	27.9%	36.2%
2028	27.6%	35.5%
2029	27.3%	35%
2030	26.9%	34.7%
2031	26.5%	34.5%
2032	26.1%	34.4%
2033	25.8%	34.3%
2034	25.4%	34.3%
2035	25%	34.2%
2036	24.7%	34.1%
2037	24.4%	34%
2038	24.1%	33.8%
2039	23.8%	33.7%
2040	23.5%	33.4%
2041	23.2%	33.2%
2042	23%	32.9%
2043	22.7%	32.5%
2044	22.5%	32.2%
2045	22.3%	31.8%
2046	22.1%	31.4%
2047	22%	31%
2048	21.8%	30.5%
2049	21.6%	30.1%
2050	21.4%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	South Sudan
1960	60,009	42,945
1961	61,536	45,186
1962	63,079	47,406
1963	64,741	46,333
1964	65,681	64,786
1965	66,063	51,682
1966	66,002	38,523
1967	65,695	41,357
1968	65,575	44,213
1969	65,616	42,015
1970	65,905	44,776
1971	66,142	72,308
1972	66,625	74,803
1973	67,803	94,765
1974	69,059	97,181
1975	70,285	99,882
1976	71,973	102,346
1977	74,359	104,886
1978	76,691	107,352
1979	80,345	109,540
1980	84,568	112,307
1981	89,456	115,163
1982	92,917	118,641
1983	96,406	104,107
1984	99,937	90,970
1985	102,859	95,342
1986	105,776	99,502
1987	107,962	5,756
1988	110,348	-125,447
1989	111,727	83,735
1990	112,864	82,900
1991	114,472	87,873
1992	115,442	28,874
1993	115,211	32,779
1994	115,662	165,407
1995	115,777	110,417
1996	115,623	116,728
1997	115,095	121,454
1998	114,122	-12,157
1999	112,726	180,721
2000	109,979	196,055
2001	107,225	204,108
2002	104,658	212,014
2003	102,427	225,822
2004	101,896	231,877
2005	101,035	239,272
2006	99,808	246,706
2007	99,141	256,546
2008	99,821	268,268
2009	100,296	278,859
2010	99,456	287,409
2011	100,442	303,181
2012	102,508	312,974
2013	103,383	315,983
2014	105,585	227,611
2015	106,817	148,542
2016	106,804	110,553
2017	105,634	72,193
2018	104,908	168,497
2019	103,179	209,708
2020	98,667	212,332
2021	78,667	213,567
2022	94,627	211,166
2023	97,748	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	South Sudan
1985	237	3,845
1986	230	3,720
1987	225	8,045
1988	220	5,535
1989	209	5,103
1990	198	4,877
1991	192	4,764
1992	195	7,597
1993	197	7,537
1994	201	1,666
1995	202	4,430
1996	203	4,357
1997	205	4,172
1998	207	7,514
1999	207	2,048
2000	207	1,658
2001	207	1,580
2002	206	1,521
2003	203	1,199
2004	199	1,150
2005	194	1,074
2006	186	1,005
2007	177	933
2008	166	858
2009	152	823
2010	136	776
2011	120	770
2012	100	755
2013	84	771
2014	70	1,216
2015	64	1,436
2016	60	1,629
2017	58	1,662
2018	58	913
2019	58	745
2020	69	729
2021	140	749
2022	78	704
2023	58	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	South Sudan
1960	8.18%	35.5%
1961	8.11%	35.2%
1962	8.06%	34.9%
1963	8.02%	34.6%
1964	7.99%	34.3%
1965	7.96%	34%
1966	7.94%	33.6%
1967	7.91%	33.3%
1968	7.88%	32.9%
1969	7.84%	32.6%
1970	7.79%	32.3%
1971	7.73%	31.9%
1972	7.66%	31.6%
1973	7.57%	31.3%
1974	7.46%	30.9%
1975	7.34%	30.6%
1976	7.21%	30.2%
1977	7.06%	29.9%
1978	6.91%	29.5%
1979	6.74%	29.2%
1980	6.55%	28.9%
1981	6.35%	28.5%
1982	6.14%	28.2%
1983	5.92%	27.8%
1984	5.71%	27.5%
1985	5.5%	27.1%
1986	5.3%	26.7%
1987	5.1%	36%
1988	4.92%	76.7%
1989	4.73%	30.7%
1990	4.55%	30.3%
1991	4.38%	29.7%
1992	4.23%	33.8%
1993	4.08%	33.1%
1994	3.95%	23%
1995	3.83%	27%
1996	3.72%	26.1%
1997	3.62%	25.2%
1998	3.53%	42.6%
1999	3.45%	19.2%
2000	3.36%	18.3%
2001	3.29%	17.4%
2002	3.22%	16.5%
2003	3.14%	15.7%
2004	3.07%	14.8%
2005	2.99%	14.1%
2006	2.91%	13.4%
2007	2.83%	12.7%
2008	2.75%	12.1%
2009	2.67%	11.5%
2010	2.59%	10.9%
2011	2.51%	10.5%
2012	2.44%	10.1%
2013	2.37%	9.92%
2014	2.3%	18.2%
2015	2.22%	23.7%
2016	2.15%	26.4%
2017	2.08%	27.8%
2018	2.01%	13.2%
2019	1.94%	9.87%
2020	1.88%	9.87%
2021	1.82%	9.87%
2022	1.76%	9.87%
2023	1.7%	9.87%