Fertility & birth rates in Peru and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Peru vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Peru was 1.98 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 Peru 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
	Peru	South Sudan
1960	6.94	7.16
1961	6.92	7.18
1962	6.9	7.2
1963	6.86	7.2
1964	6.81	7.22
1965	6.75	7.22
1966	6.68	7.25
1967	6.6	7.26
1968	6.51	7.26
1969	6.42	7.28
1970	6.32	7.29
1971	6.21	7.3
1972	6.09	7.31
1973	5.97	7.31
1974	5.84	7.31
1975	5.71	7.33
1976	5.58	7.33
1977	5.44	7.33
1978	5.31	7.33
1979	5.17	7.32
1980	5.04	7.33
1981	4.92	7.33
1982	4.8	7.34
1983	4.68	7.34
1984	4.57	7.35
1985	4.46	7.36
1986	4.35	7.38
1987	4.25	7.39
1988	4.14	7.38
1989	4.03	7.37
1990	3.91	7.38
1991	3.79	7.38
1992	3.67	7.37
1993	3.55	7.36
1994	3.43	7.35
1995	3.32	7.34
1996	3.2	7.32
1997	3.1	7.2
1998	3	7.08
1999	2.92	6.94
2000	2.85	6.8
2001	2.74	6.65
2002	2.69	6.52
2003	2.66	6.35
2004	2.67	6.19
2005	2.64	6.02
2006	2.62	5.85
2007	2.58	5.7
2008	2.53	5.57
2009	2.48	5.45
2010	2.42	5.32
2011	2.41	5.19
2012	2.36	5.06
2013	2.32	4.94
2014	2.27	4.82
2015	2.23	4.7
2016	2.19	4.58
2017	2.15	4.48
2018	2.12	4.37
2019	2.09	4.26
2020	2.06	4.16
2021	2.03	4.05
2022	2	3.96
2023	1.98	3.86
2024	1.96	3.79
2025	1.94	3.71
2026	1.92	3.63
2027	1.91	3.56
2028	1.9	3.49
2029	1.88	3.43
2030	1.87	3.37
2031	1.86	3.31
2032	1.85	3.26
2033	1.84	3.2
2034	1.83	3.15
2035	1.83	3.1
2036	1.82	3.06
2037	1.81	3.01
2038	1.81	2.96
2039	1.8	2.92
2040	1.79	2.88
2041	1.79	2.84
2042	1.78	2.8
2043	1.78	2.76
2044	1.77	2.73
2045	1.77	2.69
2046	1.76	2.66
2047	1.75	2.63
2048	1.75	2.6
2049	1.75	2.58
2050	1.74	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Peru	South Sudan
1960	44%	42.5%
1961	44.2%	42.6%
1962	44.3%	42.6%
1963	44.3%	42.8%
1964	44.3%	43%
1965	44.3%	43.3%
1966	44.2%	43.5%
1967	44.2%	43.8%
1968	44.2%	44%
1969	44.1%	44.3%
1970	44%	44.5%
1971	43.9%	44.7%
1972	43.8%	44.8%
1973	43.7%	45%
1974	43.6%	45.1%
1975	43.5%	45.2%
1976	43.4%	45.3%
1977	43.2%	45.4%
1978	43%	45.5%
1979	42.8%	45.7%
1980	42.6%	45.8%
1981	42.4%	46%
1982	42.1%	46.2%
1983	41.8%	46.3%
1984	41.5%	46.5%
1985	41.2%	46.6%
1986	40.8%	46.7%
1987	40.5%	46.9%
1988	40.2%	46.2%
1989	39.8%	45.4%
1990	39.4%	45.4%
1991	39.1%	45.5%
1992	38.7%	45.6%
1993	38.3%	45.7%
1994	37.9%	45.8%
1995	37.4%	45.8%
1996	36.9%	46%
1997	36.4%	46%
1998	35.8%	45.8%
1999	35.3%	45.6%
2000	34.7%	45.5%
2001	34.1%	45.5%
2002	33.5%	45.7%
2003	32.9%	45.9%
2004	32.3%	45.8%
2005	31.7%	45.3%
2006	31.2%	44.8%
2007	30.7%	44.3%
2008	30.2%	43.8%
2009	29.7%	43.4%
2010	29.3%	42.8%
2011	28.9%	42.2%
2012	28.5%	41.9%
2013	28.2%	41.9%
2014	27.8%	42.5%
2015	27.5%	43.1%
2016	27.2%	43.7%
2017	26.8%	45%
2018	26.4%	44.9%
2019	25.9%	43.6%
2020	25.5%	42.4%
2021	25.1%	41.6%
2022	24.8%	40.9%
2023	24.4%	39.9%
2024	24%	38.9%
2025	23.6%	38%
2026	23.3%	37.1%
2027	22.9%	36.2%
2028	22.6%	35.5%
2029	22.3%	35%
2030	22.1%	34.7%
2031	21.8%	34.5%
2032	21.6%	34.4%
2033	21.3%	34.3%
2034	21%	34.3%
2035	20.8%	34.2%
2036	20.5%	34.1%
2037	20.3%	34%
2038	20.1%	33.8%
2039	19.8%	33.7%
2040	19.6%	33.4%
2041	19.4%	33.2%
2042	19.1%	32.9%
2043	18.9%	32.5%
2044	18.7%	32.2%
2045	18.5%	31.8%
2046	18.3%	31.4%
2047	18.1%	31%
2048	17.9%	30.5%
2049	17.8%	30.1%
2050	17.6%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Peru and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 39.4% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Peru and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Peru vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Peru 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
	Peru	South Sudan
1960	302,924	42,945
1961	313,385	45,186
1962	321,716	47,406
1963	332,352	46,333
1964	341,570	64,786
1965	349,245	51,682
1966	356,819	38,523
1967	365,224	41,357
1968	372,379	44,213
1969	379,347	42,015
1970	318,022	44,776
1971	391,506	72,308
1972	396,960	74,803
1973	400,752	94,765
1974	408,299	97,181
1975	414,400	99,882
1976	420,284	102,346
1977	425,428	104,886
1978	432,127	107,352
1979	439,110	109,540
1980	445,100	112,307
1981	453,158	115,163
1982	461,107	118,641
1983	469,781	104,107
1984	477,968	90,970
1985	488,887	95,342
1986	496,712	99,502
1987	502,229	5,756
1988	508,429	-125,447
1989	512,152	83,735
1990	515,233	82,900
1991	513,867	87,873
1992	514,618	28,874
1993	513,769	32,779
1994	512,735	165,407
1995	507,894	110,417
1996	501,855	116,728
1997	495,348	121,454
1998	489,436	-12,157
1999	487,095	180,721
2000	484,222	196,055
2001	470,154	204,108
2002	463,709	212,014
2003	459,243	225,822
2004	459,617	231,877
2005	454,199	239,272
2006	445,884	246,706
2007	435,122	256,546
2008	413,640	268,268
2009	396,522	278,859
2010	382,510	287,409
2011	383,268	303,181
2012	376,501	312,974
2013	372,694	315,983
2014	368,708	227,611
2015	362,781	148,542
2016	355,859	110,553
2017	349,333	72,193
2018	343,123	168,497
2019	346,981	209,708
2020	301,950	212,332
2021	235,440	213,567
2022	327,859	211,166
2023	353,788	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Peru vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 51 deaths per 100,000 live births in Peru, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Peru	South Sudan
1985	198	3,845
1986	193	3,720
1987	192	8,045
1988	190	5,535
1989	190	5,103
1990	191	4,877
1991	201	4,764
1992	195	7,597
1993	192	7,537
1994	188	1,666
1995	179	4,430
1996	166	4,357
1997	152	4,172
1998	139	7,514
1999	124	2,048
2000	115	1,658
2001	109	1,580
2002	106	1,521
2003	104	1,199
2004	107	1,150
2005	103	1,074
2006	99	1,005
2007	94	933
2008	91	858
2009	89	823
2010	86	776
2011	83	770
2012	79	755
2013	75	771
2014	73	1,216
2015	71	1,436
2016	69	1,629
2017	67	1,662
2018	66	913
2019	60	745
2020	75	729
2021	141	749
2022	81	704
2023	51	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.58% in Peru 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
	Peru	South Sudan
1960	22.9%	35.5%
1961	22.2%	35.2%
1962	21.6%	34.9%
1963	20.9%	34.6%
1964	20.2%	34.3%
1965	19.4%	34%
1966	18.7%	33.6%
1967	18.1%	33.3%
1968	17.5%	32.9%
1969	17%	32.6%
1970	19.7%	32.3%
1971	16.1%	31.9%
1972	15.6%	31.6%
1973	15.1%	31.3%
1974	14.7%	30.9%
1975	14.2%	30.6%
1976	13.8%	30.2%
1977	13.5%	29.9%
1978	13.2%	29.5%
1979	12.9%	29.2%
1980	12.7%	28.9%
1981	12.4%	28.5%
1982	12%	28.2%
1983	11.6%	27.8%
1984	11.1%	27.5%
1985	10.5%	27.1%
1986	9.97%	26.7%
1987	9.43%	36%
1988	8.92%	76.7%
1989	8.46%	30.7%
1990	8.04%	30.3%
1991	7.63%	29.7%
1992	7.2%	33.8%
1993	6.75%	33.1%
1994	6.29%	23%
1995	5.82%	27%
1996	5.36%	26.1%
1997	4.92%	25.2%
1998	4.51%	42.6%
1999	4.13%	19.2%
2000	3.79%	18.3%
2001	3.49%	17.4%
2002	3.24%	16.5%
2003	3.01%	15.7%
2004	2.82%	14.8%
2005	2.65%	14.1%
2006	2.5%	13.4%
2007	2.37%	12.7%
2008	2.25%	12.1%
2009	2.14%	11.5%
2010	2.04%	10.9%
2011	1.96%	10.5%
2012	1.89%	10.1%
2013	1.84%	9.92%
2014	1.79%	18.2%
2015	1.76%	23.7%
2016	1.73%	26.4%
2017	1.71%	27.8%
2018	1.69%	13.2%
2019	1.68%	9.87%
2020	1.66%	9.87%
2021	1.64%	9.87%
2022	1.61%	9.87%
2023	1.58%	9.87%