Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Singapore vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Singapore was 0.97 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 Singapore 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
	Singapore	South Sudan
1960	5.76	7.16
1961	5.41	7.18
1962	5.21	7.2
1963	5.16	7.2
1964	4.97	7.22
1965	4.66	7.22
1966	4.46	7.25
1967	3.91	7.26
1968	3.53	7.26
1969	3.22	7.28
1970	3.07	7.29
1971	3.02	7.3
1972	3.04	7.31
1973	2.79	7.31
1974	2.35	7.31
1975	2.07	7.33
1976	2.11	7.33
1977	1.82	7.33
1978	1.79	7.33
1979	1.79	7.32
1980	1.82	7.33
1981	1.78	7.33
1982	1.74	7.34
1983	1.61	7.34
1984	1.62	7.35
1985	1.61	7.36
1986	1.43	7.38
1987	1.62	7.39
1988	1.96	7.38
1989	1.75	7.37
1990	1.83	7.38
1991	1.73	7.38
1992	1.72	7.37
1993	1.74	7.36
1994	1.71	7.35
1995	1.67	7.34
1996	1.66	7.32
1997	1.61	7.2
1998	1.48	7.08
1999	1.47	6.94
2000	1.6	6.8
2001	1.41	6.65
2002	1.37	6.52
2003	1.27	6.35
2004	1.26	6.19
2005	1.26	6.02
2006	1.28	5.85
2007	1.29	5.7
2008	1.28	5.57
2009	1.22	5.45
2010	1.15	5.32
2011	1.2	5.19
2012	1.29	5.06
2013	1.19	4.94
2014	1.25	4.82
2015	1.24	4.7
2016	1.2	4.58
2017	1.16	4.48
2018	1.14	4.37
2019	1.14	4.26
2020	1.1	4.16
2021	1.12	4.05
2022	1.04	3.96
2023	0.97	3.86
2024	0.98	3.79
2025	0.99	3.71
2026	1	3.63
2027	1.01	3.56
2028	1.02	3.49
2029	1.03	3.43
2030	1.03	3.37
2031	1.04	3.31
2032	1.05	3.26
2033	1.06	3.2
2034	1.07	3.15
2035	1.07	3.1
2036	1.08	3.06
2037	1.09	3.01
2038	1.1	2.96
2039	1.1	2.92
2040	1.11	2.88
2041	1.12	2.84
2042	1.13	2.8
2043	1.13	2.76
2044	1.14	2.73
2045	1.15	2.69
2046	1.16	2.66
2047	1.17	2.63
2048	1.17	2.6
2049	1.18	2.58
2050	1.19	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	South Sudan
1960	44.7%	42.5%
1961	44.8%	42.6%
1962	44.7%	42.6%
1963	44.4%	42.8%
1964	43.8%	43%
1965	43.2%	43.3%
1966	42.5%	43.5%
1967	41.7%	43.8%
1968	40.8%	44%
1969	39.8%	44.3%
1970	38.7%	44.5%
1971	37.5%	44.7%
1972	36.2%	44.8%
1973	35%	45%
1974	33.7%	45.1%
1975	32.5%	45.2%
1976	31.2%	45.3%
1977	30%	45.4%
1978	28.8%	45.5%
1979	27.6%	45.7%
1980	26.4%	45.8%
1981	25.2%	46%
1982	24.2%	46.2%
1983	23.7%	46.3%
1984	23.3%	46.5%
1985	23.1%	46.6%
1986	22.9%	46.7%
1987	22.4%	46.9%
1988	22%	46.2%
1989	21.7%	45.4%
1990	21.4%	45.4%
1991	21.2%	45.5%
1992	21.1%	45.6%
1993	21%	45.7%
1994	20.7%	45.8%
1995	20.4%	45.8%
1996	20%	46%
1997	19.5%	46%
1998	19.2%	45.8%
1999	19%	45.6%
2000	18.8%	45.5%
2001	18.6%	45.5%
2002	18.4%	45.7%
2003	18.2%	45.9%
2004	17.8%	45.8%
2005	17.2%	45.3%
2006	16.6%	44.8%
2007	15.8%	44.3%
2008	15.1%	43.8%
2009	14.6%	43.4%
2010	14.1%	42.8%
2011	13.7%	42.2%
2012	13.4%	41.9%
2013	13.1%	41.9%
2014	12.9%	42.5%
2015	12.7%	43.1%
2016	12.5%	43.7%
2017	12.4%	45%
2018	12.3%	44.9%
2019	12.2%	43.6%
2020	12.2%	42.4%
2021	12.2%	41.6%
2022	12%	40.9%
2023	11.8%	39.9%
2024	11.7%	38.9%
2025	11.7%	38%
2026	11.7%	37.1%
2027	11.8%	36.2%
2028	11.9%	35.5%
2029	12%	35%
2030	12%	34.7%
2031	12%	34.5%
2032	12.1%	34.4%
2033	12.1%	34.3%
2034	12.1%	34.3%
2035	12.1%	34.2%
2036	12.1%	34.1%
2037	12.1%	34%
2038	12%	33.8%
2039	11.8%	33.7%
2040	11.7%	33.4%
2041	11.5%	33.2%
2042	11.2%	32.9%
2043	11%	32.5%
2044	10.7%	32.2%
2045	10.4%	31.8%
2046	10.1%	31.4%
2047	9.87%	31%
2048	9.6%	30.5%
2049	9.35%	30.1%
2050	9.12%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore 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
	Singapore	South Sudan
1960	51,533	42,945
1961	49,880	45,186
1962	48,830	47,406
1963	49,542	46,333
1964	47,697	64,786
1965	45,474	51,682
1966	44,298	38,523
1967	40,145	41,357
1968	36,216	44,213
1969	34,314	42,015
1970	35,059	44,776
1971	35,708	72,308
1972	38,098	74,803
1973	36,404	94,765
1974	31,664	97,181
1975	28,509	99,882
1976	31,189	102,346
1977	26,508	104,886
1978	27,537	107,352
1979	28,363	109,540
1980	30,657	112,307
1981	32,167	115,163
1982	33,346	118,641
1983	30,296	104,107
1984	31,967	90,970
1985	32,010	95,342
1986	27,880	99,502
1987	33,020	5,756
1988	42,407	-125,447
1989	36,929	83,735
1990	41,136	82,900
1991	39,188	87,873
1992	39,091	28,874
1993	40,425	32,779
1994	39,319	165,407
1995	38,065	110,417
1996	38,542	116,728
1997	37,960	121,454
1998	33,381	-12,157
1999	32,857	180,721
2000	37,057	196,055
2001	31,035	204,108
2002	29,231	212,014
2003	24,689	225,822
2004	24,583	231,877
2005	24,741	239,272
2006	25,968	246,706
2007	26,614	256,546
2008	28,068	268,268
2009	27,930	278,859
2010	24,876	287,409
2011	25,919	303,181
2012	29,750	312,974
2013	25,376	315,983
2014	27,896	227,611
2015	27,121	148,542
2016	25,794	110,553
2017	21,888	72,193
2018	21,427	168,497
2019	21,674	209,708
2020	18,763	212,332
2021	15,270	213,567
2022	9,019	211,166
2023	7,101	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Singapore, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	South Sudan
1985	18	3,845
1986	18	3,720
1987	18	8,045
1988	18	5,535
1989	18	5,103
1990	17	4,877
1991	16	4,764
1992	16	7,597
1993	16	7,537
1994	16	1,666
1995	17	4,430
1996	17	4,357
1997	17	4,172
1998	17	7,514
1999	17	2,048
2000	17	1,658
2001	16	1,580
2002	16	1,521
2003	15	1,199
2004	14	1,150
2005	14	1,074
2006	13	1,005
2007	12	933
2008	11	858
2009	10	823
2010	10	776
2011	10	770
2012	10	755
2013	9	771
2014	9	1,216
2015	8	1,436
2016	8	1,629
2017	8	1,662
2018	8	913
2019	7	745
2020	13	729
2021	20	749
2022	34	704
2023	6	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore 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
	Singapore	South Sudan
1960	4.76%	35.5%
1961	4.37%	35.2%
1962	4.05%	34.9%
1963	3.81%	34.6%
1964	3.64%	34.3%
1965	3.5%	34%
1966	3.34%	33.6%
1967	3.18%	33.3%
1968	3.01%	32.9%
1969	2.86%	32.6%
1970	2.71%	32.3%
1971	2.56%	31.9%
1972	2.39%	31.6%
1973	2.18%	31.3%
1974	1.95%	30.9%
1975	1.75%	30.6%
1976	1.62%	30.2%
1977	1.54%	29.9%
1978	1.51%	29.5%
1979	1.49%	29.2%
1980	1.46%	28.9%
1981	1.4%	28.5%
1982	1.32%	28.2%
1983	1.23%	27.8%
1984	1.16%	27.5%
1985	1.09%	27.1%
1986	1.03%	26.7%
1987	0.97%	36%
1988	0.91%	76.7%
1989	0.84%	30.7%
1990	0.77%	30.3%
1991	0.7%	29.7%
1992	0.63%	33.8%
1993	0.58%	33.1%
1994	0.54%	23%
1995	0.51%	27%
1996	0.48%	26.1%
1997	0.46%	25.2%
1998	0.44%	42.6%
1999	0.41%	19.2%
2000	0.38%	18.3%
2001	0.36%	17.4%
2002	0.34%	16.5%
2003	0.32%	15.7%
2004	0.31%	14.8%
2005	0.3%	14.1%
2006	0.29%	13.4%
2007	0.29%	12.7%
2008	0.28%	12.1%
2009	0.28%	11.5%
2010	0.28%	10.9%
2011	0.28%	10.5%
2012	0.28%	10.1%
2013	0.28%	9.92%
2014	0.27%	18.2%
2015	0.27%	23.7%
2016	0.27%	26.4%
2017	0.26%	27.8%
2018	0.25%	13.2%
2019	0.24%	9.87%
2020	0.23%	9.87%
2021	0.22%	9.87%
2022	0.22%	9.87%
2023	0.21%	9.87%