Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Qatar vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	South Sudan
1960	6.53	7.16
1961	6.53	7.18
1962	6.53	7.2
1963	6.53	7.2
1964	6.53	7.22
1965	6.53	7.22
1966	6.52	7.25
1967	6.46	7.26
1968	6.39	7.26
1969	6.31	7.28
1970	6.23	7.29
1971	6.15	7.3
1972	6.07	7.31
1973	6.01	7.31
1974	5.94	7.31
1975	5.86	7.33
1976	5.78	7.33
1977	5.69	7.33
1978	5.58	7.33
1979	5.46	7.32
1980	5.33	7.33
1981	5.2	7.33
1982	5.04	7.34
1983	4.9	7.34
1984	4.76	7.35
1985	4.64	7.36
1986	4.57	7.38
1987	4.54	7.39
1988	4.51	7.38
1989	4.41	7.37
1990	4.23	7.38
1991	3.99	7.38
1992	3.85	7.37
1993	3.77	7.36
1994	3.67	7.35
1995	3.56	7.34
1996	3.44	7.32
1997	3.33	7.2
1998	3.21	7.08
1999	3.12	6.94
2000	3.07	6.8
2001	3.08	6.65
2002	3.01	6.52
2003	2.93	6.35
2004	2.79	6.19
2005	2.64	6.02
2006	2.51	5.85
2007	2.44	5.7
2008	2.37	5.57
2009	2.25	5.45
2010	2.14	5.32
2011	2.07	5.19
2012	2.04	5.06
2013	2.03	4.94
2014	2.03	4.82
2015	1.98	4.7
2016	1.86	4.58
2017	1.83	4.48
2018	1.76	4.37
2019	1.73	4.26
2020	1.68	4.16
2021	1.61	4.05
2022	1.74	3.96
2023	1.73	3.86
2024	1.72	3.79
2025	1.7	3.71
2026	1.69	3.63
2027	1.68	3.56
2028	1.67	3.49
2029	1.66	3.43
2030	1.66	3.37
2031	1.65	3.31
2032	1.64	3.26
2033	1.64	3.2
2034	1.64	3.15
2035	1.63	3.1
2036	1.63	3.06
2037	1.63	3.01
2038	1.63	2.96
2039	1.63	2.92
2040	1.63	2.88
2041	1.63	2.84
2042	1.63	2.8
2043	1.63	2.76
2044	1.63	2.73
2045	1.63	2.69
2046	1.63	2.66
2047	1.63	2.63
2048	1.63	2.6
2049	1.62	2.58
2050	1.62	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	South Sudan
1960	44.2%	42.5%
1961	42.5%	42.6%
1962	40.5%	42.6%
1963	38.7%	42.8%
1964	37.2%	43%
1965	36.2%	43.3%
1966	35.3%	43.5%
1967	34.7%	43.8%
1968	34.2%	44%
1969	33.9%	44.3%
1970	35.1%	44.5%
1971	36.9%	44.7%
1972	37.5%	44.8%
1973	37.4%	45%
1974	36.7%	45.1%
1975	35.7%	45.2%
1976	34.6%	45.3%
1977	33.3%	45.4%
1978	32.1%	45.5%
1979	31%	45.7%
1980	30%	45.8%
1981	29.2%	46%
1982	28.6%	46.2%
1983	28.1%	46.3%
1984	27.6%	46.5%
1985	27.2%	46.6%
1986	27%	46.7%
1987	27.2%	46.9%
1988	27.2%	46.2%
1989	27.1%	45.4%
1990	27%	45.4%
1991	26.8%	45.5%
1992	26.6%	45.6%
1993	26.4%	45.7%
1994	26.2%	45.8%
1995	26.1%	45.8%
1996	25.9%	46%
1997	25.5%	46%
1998	24.8%	45.8%
1999	24.1%	45.6%
2000	23.5%	45.5%
2001	23%	45.5%
2002	22.5%	45.7%
2003	22.2%	45.9%
2004	22.2%	45.8%
2005	22.5%	45.3%
2006	20.2%	44.8%
2007	16.4%	44.3%
2008	14.6%	43.8%
2009	14%	43.4%
2010	13.9%	42.8%
2011	14.2%	42.2%
2012	14.5%	41.9%
2013	14.6%	41.9%
2014	14.4%	42.5%
2015	13.9%	43.1%
2016	13.7%	43.7%
2017	13.7%	45%
2018	14%	44.9%
2019	14.6%	43.6%
2020	15.4%	42.4%
2021	15.5%	41.6%
2022	15.2%	40.9%
2023	15.2%	39.9%
2024	15.1%	38.9%
2025	15%	38%
2026	15%	37.1%
2027	15%	36.2%
2028	15.1%	35.5%
2029	15.2%	35%
2030	15.3%	34.7%
2031	15.4%	34.5%
2032	15.5%	34.4%
2033	15.6%	34.3%
2034	15.7%	34.3%
2035	15.9%	34.2%
2036	16.1%	34.1%
2037	16.2%	34%
2038	16.4%	33.8%
2039	16.5%	33.7%
2040	16.7%	33.4%
2041	16.8%	33.2%
2042	17%	32.9%
2043	17.1%	32.5%
2044	17.3%	32.2%
2045	17.4%	31.8%
2046	17.5%	31.4%
2047	17.6%	31%
2048	17.7%	30.5%
2049	17.7%	30.1%
2050	17.8%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 27% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	South Sudan
1960	1,220	42,945
1961	1,357	45,186
1962	1,589	47,406
1963	1,854	46,333
1964	2,150	64,786
1965	2,472	51,682
1966	2,811	38,523
1967	3,167	41,357
1968	3,547	44,213
1969	3,941	42,015
1970	4,346	44,776
1971	4,433	72,308
1972	4,581	74,803
1973	4,780	94,765
1974	5,015	97,181
1975	5,289	99,882
1976	5,598	102,346
1977	5,925	104,886
1978	6,246	107,352
1979	6,579	109,540
1980	6,894	112,307
1981	7,202	115,163
1982	7,489	118,641
1983	7,765	104,107
1984	7,997	90,970
1985	8,212	95,342
1986	8,439	99,502
1987	8,806	5,756
1988	9,198	-125,447
1989	9,407	83,735
1990	9,388	82,900
1991	9,182	87,873
1992	9,189	28,874
1993	9,250	32,779
1994	9,257	165,407
1995	9,186	110,417
1996	9,049	116,728
1997	8,846	121,454
1998	9,055	-12,157
1999	9,431	180,721
2000	9,974	196,055
2001	10,683	204,108
2002	11,062	212,014
2003	11,291	225,822
2004	11,242	231,877
2005	11,392	239,272
2006	10,225	246,706
2007	11,351	256,546
2008	14,062	268,268
2009	15,595	278,859
2010	16,225	287,409
2011	16,543	303,181
2012	17,681	312,974
2013	19,669	315,983
2014	21,699	227,611
2015	22,568	148,542
2016	22,416	110,553
2017	23,244	72,193
2018	23,340	168,497
2019	24,112	209,708
2020	25,128	212,332
2021	21,297	213,567
2022	24,360	211,166
2023	23,845	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	South Sudan
1985	17	3,845
1986	16	3,720
1987	15	8,045
1988	15	5,535
1989	14	5,103
1990	13	4,877
1991	13	4,764
1992	13	7,597
1993	13	7,537
1994	13	1,666
1995	13	4,430
1996	13	4,357
1997	13	4,172
1998	12	7,514
1999	12	2,048
2000	11	1,658
2001	12	1,580
2002	11	1,521
2003	11	1,199
2004	11	1,150
2005	11	1,074
2006	10	1,005
2007	9	933
2008	9	858
2009	8	823
2010	8	776
2011	7	770
2012	7	755
2013	6	771
2014	6	1,216
2015	6	1,436
2016	5	1,629
2017	5	1,662
2018	5	913
2019	5	745
2020	6	729
2021	7	749
2022	8	704
2023	4	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	7.07%	32.6%
1970	6.6%	32.3%
1971	6.16%	31.9%
1972	5.77%	31.6%
1973	5.4%	31.3%
1974	5.06%	30.9%
1975	4.75%	30.6%
1976	4.48%	30.2%
1977	4.24%	29.9%
1978	4.02%	29.5%
1979	3.81%	29.2%
1980	3.62%	28.9%
1981	3.45%	28.5%
1982	3.29%	28.2%
1983	3.13%	27.8%
1984	2.98%	27.5%
1985	2.82%	27.1%
1986	2.68%	26.7%
1987	2.52%	36%
1988	2.37%	76.7%
1989	2.23%	30.7%
1990	2.08%	30.3%
1991	1.94%	29.7%
1992	1.82%	33.8%
1993	1.71%	33.1%
1994	1.61%	23%
1995	1.53%	27%
1996	1.46%	26.1%
1997	1.4%	25.2%
1998	1.34%	42.6%
1999	1.29%	19.2%
2000	1.25%	18.3%
2001	1.2%	17.4%
2002	1.16%	16.5%
2003	1.12%	15.7%
2004	1.08%	14.8%
2005	1.04%	14.1%
2006	1.01%	13.4%
2007	0.98%	12.7%
2008	0.96%	12.1%
2009	0.93%	11.5%
2010	0.91%	10.9%
2011	0.89%	10.5%
2012	0.87%	10.1%
2013	0.84%	9.92%
2014	0.82%	18.2%
2015	0.79%	23.7%
2016	0.75%	26.4%
2017	0.72%	27.8%
2018	0.69%	13.2%
2019	0.67%	9.87%
2020	0.64%	9.87%
2021	0.63%	9.87%
2022	0.61%	9.87%
2023	0.6%	9.87%