Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Solomon Islands was 3.56 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 the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	South Sudan
1960	7.07	7.16
1961	7.05	7.18
1962	7.04	7.2
1963	7.03	7.2
1964	7.05	7.22
1965	7.02	7.22
1966	7	7.25
1967	6.97	7.26
1968	6.95	7.26
1969	6.97	7.28
1970	6.98	7.29
1971	6.99	7.3
1972	6.99	7.31
1973	7	7.31
1974	7.01	7.31
1975	6.99	7.33
1976	6.95	7.33
1977	6.92	7.33
1978	6.87	7.33
1979	6.82	7.32
1980	6.77	7.33
1981	6.71	7.33
1982	6.64	7.34
1983	6.57	7.34
1984	6.49	7.35
1985	6.38	7.36
1986	6.26	7.38
1987	6.12	7.39
1988	5.99	7.38
1989	5.87	7.37
1990	5.74	7.38
1991	5.62	7.38
1992	5.51	7.37
1993	5.45	7.36
1994	5.4	7.35
1995	5.34	7.34
1996	5.22	7.32
1997	5.09	7.2
1998	4.98	7.08
1999	4.86	6.94
2000	4.76	6.8
2001	4.67	6.65
2002	4.6	6.52
2003	4.54	6.35
2004	4.47	6.19
2005	4.41	6.02
2006	4.39	5.85
2007	4.37	5.7
2008	4.36	5.57
2009	4.35	5.45
2010	4.34	5.32
2011	4.34	5.19
2012	4.33	5.06
2013	4.33	4.94
2014	4.36	4.82
2015	4.29	4.7
2016	4.2	4.58
2017	4.06	4.48
2018	3.93	4.37
2019	3.8	4.26
2020	3.75	4.16
2021	3.69	4.05
2022	3.62	3.96
2023	3.56	3.86
2024	3.51	3.79
2025	3.47	3.71
2026	3.42	3.63
2027	3.37	3.56
2028	3.32	3.49
2029	3.28	3.43
2030	3.24	3.37
2031	3.2	3.31
2032	3.16	3.26
2033	3.12	3.2
2034	3.08	3.15
2035	3.04	3.1
2036	3	3.06
2037	2.97	3.01
2038	2.94	2.96
2039	2.91	2.92
2040	2.88	2.88
2041	2.84	2.84
2042	2.82	2.8
2043	2.79	2.76
2044	2.76	2.73
2045	2.73	2.69
2046	2.71	2.66
2047	2.68	2.63
2048	2.66	2.6
2049	2.63	2.58
2050	2.61	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	South Sudan
1960	46.3%	42.5%
1961	46.1%	42.6%
1962	46%	42.6%
1963	45.9%	42.8%
1964	45.8%	43%
1965	45.9%	43.3%
1966	46%	43.5%
1967	46.2%	43.8%
1968	46.4%	44%
1969	46.6%	44.3%
1970	46.7%	44.5%
1971	46.8%	44.7%
1972	46.9%	44.8%
1973	47.1%	45%
1974	47.5%	45.1%
1975	47.9%	45.2%
1976	48.2%	45.3%
1977	48.3%	45.4%
1978	48.3%	45.5%
1979	48.3%	45.7%
1980	48.3%	45.8%
1981	48.2%	46%
1982	48.1%	46.2%
1983	47.9%	46.3%
1984	47.8%	46.5%
1985	47.5%	46.6%
1986	47.3%	46.7%
1987	46.9%	46.9%
1988	46.6%	46.2%
1989	46.2%	45.4%
1990	45.8%	45.4%
1991	45.4%	45.5%
1992	45.1%	45.6%
1993	44.8%	45.7%
1994	44.5%	45.8%
1995	44.3%	45.8%
1996	44%	46%
1997	43.8%	46%
1998	43.5%	45.8%
1999	43.2%	45.6%
2000	42.9%	45.5%
2001	42.5%	45.5%
2002	42.2%	45.7%
2003	41.9%	45.9%
2004	41.7%	45.8%
2005	41.5%	45.3%
2006	41.3%	44.8%
2007	41.2%	44.3%
2008	41.2%	43.8%
2009	41.1%	43.4%
2010	41%	42.8%
2011	40.8%	42.2%
2012	40.7%	41.9%
2013	40.4%	41.9%
2014	40.2%	42.5%
2015	40%	43.1%
2016	39.7%	43.7%
2017	39.4%	45%
2018	39%	44.9%
2019	38.7%	43.6%
2020	38.4%	42.4%
2021	38.1%	41.6%
2022	37.7%	40.9%
2023	37.4%	39.9%
2024	37%	38.9%
2025	36.6%	38%
2026	36.1%	37.1%
2027	35.7%	36.2%
2028	35.2%	35.5%
2029	34.7%	35%
2030	34.3%	34.7%
2031	33.9%	34.5%
2032	33.5%	34.4%
2033	33.2%	34.3%
2034	32.9%	34.3%
2035	32.7%	34.2%
2036	32.4%	34.1%
2037	32.2%	34%
2038	31.9%	33.8%
2039	31.7%	33.7%
2040	31.5%	33.4%
2041	31.2%	33.2%
2042	31%	32.9%
2043	30.7%	32.5%
2044	30.4%	32.2%
2045	30.2%	31.8%
2046	29.9%	31.4%
2047	29.6%	31%
2048	29.3%	30.5%
2049	29%	30.1%
2050	28.7%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	South Sudan
1960	4,119	42,945
1961	4,257	45,186
1962	4,408	47,406
1963	4,571	46,333
1964	4,747	64,786
1965	4,885	51,682
1966	5,028	38,523
1967	5,151	41,357
1968	5,285	44,213
1969	5,444	42,015
1970	5,575	44,776
1971	5,814	72,308
1972	6,074	74,803
1973	6,343	94,765
1974	6,612	97,181
1975	6,635	99,882
1976	7,058	102,346
1977	7,290	104,886
1978	7,598	107,352
1979	7,874	109,540
1980	8,156	112,307
1981	8,436	115,163
1982	8,720	118,641
1983	9,011	104,107
1984	9,299	90,970
1985	9,534	95,342
1986	9,656	99,502
1987	9,943	5,756
1988	10,142	-125,447
1989	10,354	83,735
1990	10,561	82,900
1991	10,789	87,873
1992	11,029	28,874
1993	11,396	32,779
1994	11,771	165,407
1995	12,124	110,417
1996	12,328	116,728
1997	12,478	121,454
1998	12,658	-12,157
1999	12,809	180,721
2000	12,938	196,055
2001	13,061	204,108
2002	13,195	212,014
2003	13,344	225,822
2004	13,444	231,877
2005	13,568	239,272
2006	13,799	246,706
2007	13,963	256,546
2008	14,225	268,268
2009	14,381	278,859
2010	14,604	287,409
2011	15,095	303,181
2012	15,585	312,974
2013	16,038	315,983
2014	16,652	227,611
2015	16,909	148,542
2016	17,027	110,553
2017	16,897	72,193
2018	16,790	168,497
2019	16,649	209,708
2020	16,488	212,332
2021	16,626	213,567
2022	17,253	211,166
2023	17,436	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 123 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Solomon Islands, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	South Sudan
1985	209	3,845
1986	226	3,720
1987	200	8,045
1988	193	5,535
1989	188	5,103
1990	184	4,877
1991	178	4,764
1992	174	7,597
1993	173	7,537
1994	170	1,666
1995	168	4,430
1996	166	4,357
1997	164	4,172
1998	165	7,514
1999	164	2,048
2000	166	1,658
2001	167	1,580
2002	168	1,521
2003	167	1,199
2004	164	1,150
2005	161	1,074
2006	159	1,005
2007	163	933
2008	153	858
2009	152	823
2010	148	776
2011	147	770
2012	146	755
2013	147	771
2014	147	1,216
2015	146	1,436
2016	143	1,629
2017	140	1,662
2018	136	913
2019	135	745
2020	131	729
2021	153	749
2022	126	704
2023	123	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	South Sudan
1960	16.7%	35.5%
1961	16%	35.2%
1962	15.4%	34.9%
1963	14.7%	34.6%
1964	14%	34.3%
1965	13.3%	34%
1966	12.7%	33.6%
1967	12%	33.3%
1968	11.3%	32.9%
1969	10.6%	32.6%
1970	9.94%	32.3%
1971	9.29%	31.9%
1972	8.69%	31.6%
1973	8.12%	31.3%
1974	7.6%	30.9%
1975	7.9%	30.6%
1976	6.68%	30.2%
1977	6.29%	29.9%
1978	5.95%	29.5%
1979	5.64%	29.2%
1980	5.38%	28.9%
1981	5.14%	28.5%
1982	4.93%	28.2%
1983	4.74%	27.8%
1984	4.58%	27.5%
1985	4.42%	27.1%
1986	4.28%	26.7%
1987	4.16%	36%
1988	4.04%	76.7%
1989	3.93%	30.7%
1990	3.82%	30.3%
1991	3.72%	29.7%
1992	3.62%	33.8%
1993	3.52%	33.1%
1994	3.43%	23%
1995	3.35%	27%
1996	3.27%	26.1%
1997	3.21%	25.2%
1998	3.16%	42.6%
1999	3.11%	19.2%
2000	3.07%	18.3%
2001	3.03%	17.4%
2002	2.99%	16.5%
2003	2.97%	15.7%
2004	2.94%	14.8%
2005	2.91%	14.1%
2006	2.88%	13.4%
2007	2.85%	12.7%
2008	2.81%	12.1%
2009	2.76%	11.5%
2010	2.72%	10.9%
2011	2.67%	10.5%
2012	2.62%	10.1%
2013	2.58%	9.92%
2014	2.53%	18.2%
2015	2.49%	23.7%
2016	2.45%	26.4%
2017	2.41%	27.8%
2018	2.36%	13.2%
2019	2.3%	9.87%
2020	2.24%	9.87%
2021	2.18%	9.87%
2022	2.12%	9.87%
2023	2.06%	9.87%