Fertility & birth rates in South Sudan and Togo

Fertility rate in South Sudan vs Togo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in South Sudan was 3.86 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Sudan vs Togo population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Sudan	Togo
1960	7.16	6.8
1961	7.18	6.82
1962	7.2	6.86
1963	7.2	6.89
1964	7.22	6.92
1965	7.22	6.94
1966	7.25	6.96
1967	7.26	6.96
1968	7.26	6.97
1969	7.28	7.02
1970	7.29	7.04
1971	7.3	7.06
1972	7.31	7.07
1973	7.31	7.08
1974	7.31	7.09
1975	7.33	7.09
1976	7.33	7.06
1977	7.33	7.03
1978	7.33	6.98
1979	7.32	6.94
1980	7.33	6.88
1981	7.33	6.81
1982	7.34	6.73
1983	7.34	6.63
1984	7.35	6.54
1985	7.36	6.46
1986	7.38	6.38
1987	7.39	6.3
1988	7.38	6.23
1989	7.37	6.15
1990	7.38	6.07
1991	7.38	5.99
1992	7.37	5.89
1993	7.36	5.78
1994	7.35	5.67
1995	7.34	5.57
1996	7.32	5.46
1997	7.2	5.36
1998	7.08	5.29
1999	6.94	5.23
2000	6.8	5.17
2001	6.65	5.13
2002	6.52	5.09
2003	6.35	5.05
2004	6.19	5
2005	6.02	5.04
2006	5.85	5.08
2007	5.7	5.1
2008	5.57	5.1
2009	5.45	5.1
2010	5.32	5.09
2011	5.19	4.98
2012	5.06	4.85
2013	4.94	4.75
2014	4.82	4.7
2015	4.7	4.66
2016	4.58	4.63
2017	4.48	4.58
2018	4.37	4.51
2019	4.26	4.45
2020	4.16	4.39
2021	4.05	4.32
2022	3.96	4.25
2023	3.86	4.19
2024	3.79	4.12
2025	3.71	4.07
2026	3.63	4.01
2027	3.56	3.95
2028	3.49	3.89
2029	3.43	3.84
2030	3.37	3.79
2031	3.31	3.75
2032	3.26	3.7
2033	3.2	3.65
2034	3.15	3.61
2035	3.1	3.56
2036	3.06	3.52
2037	3.01	3.48
2038	2.96	3.44
2039	2.92	3.4
2040	2.88	3.37
2041	2.84	3.33
2042	2.8	3.3
2043	2.76	3.27
2044	2.73	3.23
2045	2.69	3.2
2046	2.66	3.16
2047	2.63	3.13
2048	2.6	3.1
2049	2.58	3.07
2050	2.55	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Sudan	Togo
1960	42.5%	44%
1961	42.6%	44.1%
1962	42.6%	44.2%
1963	42.8%	44.4%
1964	43%	44.5%
1965	43.3%	44.6%
1966	43.5%	44.7%
1967	43.8%	44.8%
1968	44%	44.9%
1969	44.3%	45%
1970	44.5%	45.1%
1971	44.7%	45.2%
1972	44.8%	45.4%
1973	45%	45.5%
1974	45.1%	45.6%
1975	45.2%	45.8%
1976	45.3%	45.9%
1977	45.4%	46%
1978	45.5%	46.1%
1979	45.7%	46.2%
1980	45.8%	46.2%
1981	46%	46.2%
1982	46.2%	46.2%
1983	46.3%	46.1%
1984	46.5%	46%
1985	46.6%	45.9%
1986	46.7%	45.8%
1987	46.9%	45.7%
1988	46.2%	45.5%
1989	45.4%	45.3%
1990	45.4%	45.2%
1991	45.5%	44.9%
1992	45.6%	44.7%
1993	45.7%	44.5%
1994	45.8%	44.2%
1995	45.8%	44%
1996	46%	43.8%
1997	46%	43.5%
1998	45.8%	43.2%
1999	45.6%	42.9%
2000	45.5%	42.6%
2001	45.5%	42.4%
2002	45.7%	42.3%
2003	45.9%	42.2%
2004	45.8%	42%
2005	45.3%	41.9%
2006	44.8%	41.8%
2007	44.3%	41.6%
2008	43.8%	41.6%
2009	43.4%	41.5%
2010	42.8%	41.6%
2011	42.2%	41.6%
2012	41.9%	41.6%
2013	41.9%	41.6%
2014	42.5%	41.5%
2015	43.1%	41.5%
2016	43.7%	41.4%
2017	45%	41.2%
2018	44.9%	41.1%
2019	43.6%	40.9%
2020	42.4%	40.7%
2021	41.6%	40.5%
2022	40.9%	40.2%
2023	39.9%	39.9%
2024	38.9%	39.5%
2025	38%	39.2%
2026	37.1%	38.8%
2027	36.2%	38.4%
2028	35.5%	38.1%
2029	35%	37.8%
2030	34.7%	37.5%
2031	34.5%	37.2%
2032	34.4%	36.9%
2033	34.3%	36.6%
2034	34.3%	36.4%
2035	34.2%	36.1%
2036	34.1%	35.9%
2037	34%	35.6%
2038	33.8%	35.4%
2039	33.7%	35.2%
2040	33.4%	35%
2041	33.2%	34.8%
2042	32.9%	34.6%
2043	32.5%	34.4%
2044	32.2%	34.2%
2045	31.8%	33.9%
2046	31.4%	33.7%
2047	31%	33.5%
2048	30.5%	33.2%
2049	30.1%	33%
2050	29.7%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.9% of the population in South Sudan and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Sudan and Togo compared.

Natural population change in South Sudan vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in South Sudan and +2.46% in Togo. 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
	South Sudan	Togo
1960	42,945	43,307
1961	45,186	44,623
1962	47,406	46,201
1963	46,333	47,869
1964	64,786	49,449
1965	51,682	51,323
1966	38,523	53,640
1967	41,357	56,128
1968	44,213	59,110
1969	42,015	62,589
1970	44,776	65,851
1971	72,308	69,206
1972	74,803	72,008
1973	94,765	74,713
1974	97,181	77,347
1975	99,882	79,831
1976	102,346	82,321
1977	104,886	84,572
1978	107,352	86,950
1979	109,540	89,148
1980	112,307	91,445
1981	115,163	94,318
1982	118,641	97,003
1983	104,107	99,817
1984	90,970	102,425
1985	95,342	104,949
1986	99,502	107,957
1987	5,756	110,739
1988	-125,447	112,915
1989	83,735	114,432
1990	82,900	116,200
1991	87,873	117,409
1992	28,874	118,876
1993	32,779	119,938
1994	165,407	113,074
1995	110,417	116,314
1996	116,728	119,418
1997	121,454	122,109
1998	-12,157	125,392
1999	180,721	129,832
2000	196,055	133,873
2001	204,108	137,808
2002	212,014	141,643
2003	225,822	144,900
2004	231,877	147,574
2005	239,272	154,117
2006	246,706	160,671
2007	256,546	168,144
2008	268,268	173,677
2009	278,859	180,111
2010	287,409	185,294
2011	303,181	186,406
2012	312,974	186,061
2013	315,983	187,309
2014	227,611	190,667
2015	148,542	194,768
2016	110,553	199,364
2017	72,193	202,307
2018	168,497	204,942
2019	209,708	207,608
2020	212,332	208,663
2021	213,567	210,613
2022	211,166	215,090
2023	217,966	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: South Sudan vs Togo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 692 deaths per 100,000 live births in South Sudan, compared to 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Sudan	Togo
1985	3,845	668
1986	3,720	649
1987	8,045	636
1988	5,535	628
1989	5,103	644
1990	4,877	657
1991	4,764	676
1992	7,597	692
1993	7,537	728
1994	1,666	688
1995	4,430	663
1996	4,357	627
1997	4,172	600
1998	7,514	570
1999	2,048	529
2000	1,658	496
2001	1,580	478
2002	1,521	447
2003	1,199	431
2004	1,150	431
2005	1,074	434
2006	1,005	453
2007	933	448
2008	858	457
2009	823	471
2010	776	497
2011	770	501
2012	755	506
2013	771	500
2014	1,216	490
2015	1,436	470
2016	1,629	460
2017	1,662	443
2018	913	435
2019	745	416
2020	729	398
2021	749	397
2022	704	362
2023	692	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.87% in South Sudan and 5.83% in Togo. 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
	South Sudan	Togo
1960	35.5%	26%
1961	35.2%	25.8%
1962	34.9%	25.5%
1963	34.6%	25.2%
1964	34.3%	24.9%
1965	34%	24.6%
1966	33.6%	24.2%
1967	33.3%	23.8%
1968	32.9%	23.4%
1969	32.6%	23%
1970	32.3%	22.5%
1971	31.9%	22.1%
1972	31.6%	21.6%
1973	31.3%	21.1%
1974	30.9%	20.7%
1975	30.6%	20.2%
1976	30.2%	19.7%
1977	29.9%	19.2%
1978	29.5%	18.8%
1979	29.2%	18.3%
1980	28.9%	17.9%
1981	28.5%	17.5%
1982	28.2%	17.1%
1983	27.8%	16.7%
1984	27.5%	16.3%
1985	27.1%	16%
1986	26.7%	15.7%
1987	36%	15.4%
1988	76.7%	15.2%
1989	30.7%	14.9%
1990	30.3%	14.7%
1991	29.7%	14.5%
1992	33.8%	14.3%
1993	33.1%	14.1%
1994	23%	13.9%
1995	27%	13.6%
1996	26.1%	13.3%
1997	25.2%	13%
1998	42.6%	12.7%
1999	19.2%	12.3%
2000	18.3%	12%
2001	17.4%	11.6%
2002	16.5%	11.3%
2003	15.7%	10.9%
2004	14.8%	10.6%
2005	14.1%	10.3%
2006	13.4%	9.97%
2007	12.7%	9.69%
2008	12.1%	9.41%
2009	11.5%	9.14%
2010	10.9%	8.87%
2011	10.5%	8.59%
2012	10.1%	8.33%
2013	9.92%	8.07%
2014	18.2%	7.81%
2015	23.7%	7.56%
2016	26.4%	7.32%
2017	27.8%	7.09%
2018	13.2%	6.86%
2019	9.87%	6.63%
2020	9.87%	6.43%
2021	9.87%	6.22%
2022	9.87%	6.02%
2023	9.87%	5.83%