Fertility & birth rates in Samoa and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Samoa vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Samoa was 3.83 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 Samoa 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
	Samoa	South Sudan
1960	7.78	7.16
1961	7.77	7.18
1962	7.76	7.2
1963	7.73	7.2
1964	7.7	7.22
1965	7.65	7.22
1966	7.6	7.25
1967	7.55	7.26
1968	7.5	7.26
1969	7.43	7.28
1970	7.34	7.29
1971	7.22	7.3
1972	7.07	7.31
1973	6.91	7.31
1974	6.75	7.31
1975	6.61	7.33
1976	6.47	7.33
1977	6.31	7.33
1978	6.15	7.33
1979	5.99	7.32
1980	5.86	7.33
1981	5.75	7.33
1982	5.68	7.34
1983	5.62	7.34
1984	5.55	7.35
1985	5.49	7.36
1986	5.42	7.38
1987	5.32	7.39
1988	5.21	7.38
1989	5.11	7.37
1990	5.01	7.38
1991	4.91	7.38
1992	4.87	7.37
1993	4.83	7.36
1994	4.79	7.35
1995	4.77	7.34
1996	4.74	7.32
1997	4.7	7.2
1998	4.64	7.08
1999	4.57	6.94
2000	4.52	6.8
2001	4.48	6.65
2002	4.44	6.52
2003	4.39	6.35
2004	4.34	6.19
2005	4.32	6.02
2006	4.32	5.85
2007	4.36	5.7
2008	4.42	5.57
2009	4.47	5.45
2010	4.52	5.32
2011	4.56	5.19
2012	4.55	5.06
2013	4.49	4.94
2014	4.42	4.82
2015	4.34	4.7
2016	4.26	4.58
2017	4.2	4.48
2018	4.14	4.37
2019	4.06	4.26
2020	4	4.16
2021	3.94	4.05
2022	3.88	3.96
2023	3.83	3.86
2024	3.8	3.79
2025	3.75	3.71
2026	3.7	3.63
2027	3.66	3.56
2028	3.62	3.49
2029	3.58	3.43
2030	3.54	3.37
2031	3.5	3.31
2032	3.46	3.26
2033	3.42	3.2
2034	3.39	3.15
2035	3.35	3.1
2036	3.31	3.06
2037	3.27	3.01
2038	3.24	2.96
2039	3.21	2.92
2040	3.17	2.88
2041	3.13	2.84
2042	3.1	2.8
2043	3.06	2.76
2044	3.04	2.73
2045	3.01	2.69
2046	2.98	2.66
2047	2.95	2.63
2048	2.92	2.6
2049	2.89	2.58
2050	2.86	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Samoa	South Sudan
1960	50.1%	42.5%
1961	50.2%	42.6%
1962	50.6%	42.6%
1963	50.9%	42.8%
1964	51.2%	43%
1965	51.3%	43.3%
1966	51.3%	43.5%
1967	51.4%	43.8%
1968	51.4%	44%
1969	51.4%	44.3%
1970	51.2%	44.5%
1971	51%	44.7%
1972	50.8%	44.8%
1973	50.4%	45%
1974	49.9%	45.1%
1975	49.3%	45.2%
1976	48.6%	45.3%
1977	48%	45.4%
1978	47.4%	45.5%
1979	46.9%	45.7%
1980	46.4%	45.8%
1981	45.9%	46%
1982	45.2%	46.2%
1983	44.4%	46.3%
1984	43.7%	46.5%
1985	43.1%	46.6%
1986	42.6%	46.7%
1987	42.2%	46.9%
1988	42%	46.2%
1989	41.8%	45.4%
1990	41.5%	45.4%
1991	41.2%	45.5%
1992	40.8%	45.6%
1993	40.3%	45.7%
1994	40%	45.8%
1995	39.9%	45.8%
1996	39.9%	46%
1997	40.1%	46%
1998	40.2%	45.8%
1999	40.3%	45.6%
2000	40.5%	45.5%
2001	40.7%	45.5%
2002	40.5%	45.7%
2003	40.2%	45.9%
2004	39.9%	45.8%
2005	39.6%	45.3%
2006	39.4%	44.8%
2007	39%	44.3%
2008	38.7%	43.8%
2009	38.5%	43.4%
2010	38.4%	42.8%
2011	38.4%	42.2%
2012	38.3%	41.9%
2013	38.1%	41.9%
2014	38.1%	42.5%
2015	38.1%	43.1%
2016	38.1%	43.7%
2017	38.2%	45%
2018	38.3%	44.9%
2019	38.5%	43.6%
2020	38.6%	42.4%
2021	38.7%	41.6%
2022	38.8%	40.9%
2023	38.7%	39.9%
2024	38.5%	38.9%
2025	38.1%	38%
2026	37.5%	37.1%
2027	36.9%	36.2%
2028	36.3%	35.5%
2029	35.8%	35%
2030	35.2%	34.7%
2031	34.7%	34.5%
2032	34.2%	34.4%
2033	33.7%	34.3%
2034	33.3%	34.3%
2035	33%	34.2%
2036	32.7%	34.1%
2037	32.6%	34%
2038	32.6%	33.8%
2039	32.7%	33.7%
2040	32.7%	33.4%
2041	32.8%	33.2%
2042	32.9%	32.9%
2043	33%	32.5%
2044	33.1%	32.2%
2045	33.1%	31.8%
2046	33.1%	31.4%
2047	33%	31%
2048	32.9%	30.5%
2049	32.7%	30.1%
2050	32.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.5% of the population in Samoa and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Samoa and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Samoa vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.18% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	South Sudan
1960	4,298	42,945
1961	4,399	45,186
1962	4,498	47,406
1963	4,544	46,333
1964	4,326	64,786
1965	4,605	51,682
1966	4,593	38,523
1967	4,621	41,357
1968	4,605	44,213
1969	4,592	42,015
1970	4,567	44,776
1971	4,534	72,308
1972	4,487	74,803
1973	4,446	94,765
1974	4,411	97,181
1975	4,465	99,882
1976	4,519	102,346
1977	4,555	104,886
1978	4,587	107,352
1979	4,624	109,540
1980	4,672	112,307
1981	4,720	115,163
1982	4,808	118,641
1983	4,914	104,107
1984	4,979	90,970
1985	4,998	95,342
1986	4,983	99,502
1987	4,909	5,756
1988	4,889	-125,447
1989	4,845	83,735
1990	4,759	82,900
1991	4,655	87,873
1992	4,652	28,874
1993	4,769	32,779
1994	4,880	165,407
1995	4,976	110,417
1996	5,038	116,728
1997	5,053	121,454
1998	5,022	-12,157
1999	4,937	180,721
2000	4,855	196,055
2001	4,759	204,108
2002	4,672	212,014
2003	4,622	225,822
2004	4,554	231,877
2005	4,503	239,272
2006	4,473	246,706
2007	4,480	256,546
2008	4,581	268,268
2009	4,525	278,859
2010	4,779	287,409
2011	4,860	303,181
2012	4,863	312,974
2013	4,875	315,983
2014	4,849	227,611
2015	4,795	148,542
2016	4,720	110,553
2017	4,661	72,193
2018	4,637	168,497
2019	4,495	209,708
2020	4,442	212,332
2021	4,379	213,567
2022	4,288	211,166
2023	4,170	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Samoa vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 101 deaths per 100,000 live births in Samoa, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Samoa	South Sudan
1985	160	3,845
1986	153	3,720
1987	147	8,045
1988	143	5,535
1989	136	5,103
1990	135	4,877
1991	131	4,764
1992	124	7,597
1993	117	7,537
1994	112	1,666
1995	105	4,430
1996	103	4,357
1997	98	4,172
1998	96	7,514
1999	94	2,048
2000	93	1,658
2001	93	1,580
2002	89	1,521
2003	87	1,199
2004	86	1,150
2005	87	1,074
2006	86	1,005
2007	85	933
2008	87	858
2009	94	823
2010	92	776
2011	93	770
2012	101	755
2013	100	771
2014	106	1,216
2015	108	1,436
2016	108	1,629
2017	111	1,662
2018	110	913
2019	111	745
2020	114	729
2021	115	749
2022	110	704
2023	101	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.57% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	South Sudan
1960	10.7%	35.5%
1961	10.3%	35.2%
1962	9.93%	34.9%
1963	9.56%	34.6%
1964	11.1%	34.3%
1965	8.9%	34%
1966	8.57%	33.6%
1967	8.23%	33.3%
1968	7.89%	32.9%
1969	7.53%	32.6%
1970	7.19%	32.3%
1971	6.85%	31.9%
1972	6.52%	31.6%
1973	6.2%	31.3%
1974	5.9%	30.9%
1975	5.62%	30.6%
1976	5.34%	30.2%
1977	5.07%	29.9%
1978	4.82%	29.5%
1979	4.59%	29.2%
1980	4.38%	28.9%
1981	4.19%	28.5%
1982	4.01%	28.2%
1983	3.85%	27.8%
1984	3.7%	27.5%
1985	3.56%	27.1%
1986	3.42%	26.7%
1987	3.3%	36%
1988	3.18%	76.7%
1989	3.08%	30.7%
1990	2.98%	30.3%
1991	2.89%	29.7%
1992	2.8%	33.8%
1993	2.7%	33.1%
1994	2.61%	23%
1995	2.52%	27%
1996	2.44%	26.1%
1997	2.35%	25.2%
1998	2.27%	42.6%
1999	2.19%	19.2%
2000	2.12%	18.3%
2001	2.06%	17.4%
2002	2%	16.5%
2003	1.97%	15.7%
2004	1.94%	14.8%
2005	1.93%	14.1%
2006	1.93%	13.4%
2007	1.93%	12.7%
2008	1.93%	12.1%
2009	2.54%	11.5%
2010	1.93%	10.9%
2011	1.92%	10.5%
2012	1.91%	10.1%
2013	1.89%	9.92%
2014	1.87%	18.2%
2015	1.85%	23.7%
2016	1.83%	26.4%
2017	1.81%	27.8%
2018	1.78%	13.2%
2019	2.02%	9.87%
2020	1.7%	9.87%
2021	1.66%	9.87%
2022	1.62%	9.87%
2023	1.57%	9.87%