Fertility & birth rates in South Sudan and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in South Sudan vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Sudan vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	7.16	5.15
1961	7.18	5.09
1962	7.2	5
1963	7.2	4.91
1964	7.22	4.83
1965	7.22	4.73
1966	7.25	4.64
1967	7.26	4.49
1968	7.26	4.36
1969	7.28	4.23
1970	7.29	4.08
1971	7.3	3.94
1972	7.31	3.81
1973	7.31	3.71
1974	7.31	3.63
1975	7.33	3.58
1976	7.33	3.55
1977	7.33	3.56
1978	7.33	3.59
1979	7.32	3.65
1980	7.33	3.73
1981	7.33	3.8
1982	7.34	3.88
1983	7.34	3.91
1984	7.35	3.95
1985	7.36	3.97
1986	7.38	3.97
1987	7.39	3.94
1988	7.38	3.88
1989	7.37	3.8
1990	7.38	3.75
1991	7.38	3.79
1992	7.37	3.86
1993	7.36	3.92
1994	7.35	3.92
1995	7.34	3.96
1996	7.32	3.95
1997	7.2	3.95
1998	7.08	3.95
1999	6.94	3.92
2000	6.8	3.84
2001	6.65	3.75
2002	6.52	3.64
2003	6.35	3.58
2004	6.19	3.55
2005	6.02	3.55
2006	5.85	3.53
2007	5.7	3.45
2008	5.57	3.42
2009	5.45	3.43
2010	5.32	3.44
2011	5.19	3.46
2012	5.06	3.47
2013	4.94	3.39
2014	4.82	3.33
2015	4.7	3.31
2016	4.58	3.3
2017	4.48	3.3
2018	4.37	3.33
2019	4.26	3.33
2020	4.16	3.31
2021	4.05	3.28
2022	3.96	3.24
2023	3.86	3.21
2024	3.79	3.17
2025	3.71	3.14
2026	3.63	3.1
2027	3.56	3.06
2028	3.49	3.03
2029	3.43	3
2030	3.37	2.97
2031	3.31	2.94
2032	3.26	2.91
2033	3.2	2.88
2034	3.15	2.84
2035	3.1	2.82
2036	3.06	2.79
2037	3.01	2.77
2038	2.96	2.74
2039	2.92	2.72
2040	2.88	2.69
2041	2.84	2.67
2042	2.8	2.65
2043	2.76	2.63
2044	2.73	2.61
2045	2.69	2.58
2046	2.66	2.57
2047	2.63	2.54
2048	2.6	2.52
2049	2.58	2.5
2050	2.55	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Sudan	Tuvalu
1960	42.5%	41%
1961	42.6%	42.1%
1962	42.6%	43.1%
1963	42.8%	43.9%
1964	43%	44.1%
1965	43.3%	43.9%
1966	43.5%	43.9%
1967	43.8%	44.1%
1968	44%	44.3%
1969	44.3%	43.9%
1970	44.5%	43.2%
1971	44.7%	42.3%
1972	44.8%	41.3%
1973	45%	40.2%
1974	45.1%	39.4%
1975	45.2%	38.9%
1976	45.3%	38.1%
1977	45.4%	37%
1978	45.5%	35.5%
1979	45.7%	34.5%
1980	45.8%	34%
1981	46%	33.4%
1982	46.2%	32.8%
1983	46.3%	32.1%
1984	46.5%	31.6%
1985	46.6%	31.7%
1986	46.7%	32.3%
1987	46.9%	32.9%
1988	46.2%	33.5%
1989	45.4%	34.1%
1990	45.4%	34.5%
1991	45.5%	35%
1992	45.6%	35.4%
1993	45.7%	35.9%
1994	45.8%	36.1%
1995	45.8%	36.2%
1996	46%	36.3%
1997	46%	36.3%
1998	45.8%	36.3%
1999	45.6%	36.2%
2000	45.5%	36.3%
2001	45.5%	36.3%
2002	45.7%	36.3%
2003	45.9%	36%
2004	45.8%	35.5%
2005	45.3%	35%
2006	44.8%	34.5%
2007	44.3%	34%
2008	43.8%	33.5%
2009	43.4%	33.1%
2010	42.8%	32.8%
2011	42.2%	32.6%
2012	41.9%	32.5%
2013	41.9%	32.4%
2014	42.5%	32.1%
2015	43.1%	31.9%
2016	43.7%	31.8%
2017	45%	31.6%
2018	44.9%	31.6%
2019	43.6%	31.7%
2020	42.4%	31.7%
2021	41.6%	31.6%
2022	40.9%	32%
2023	39.9%	32.6%
2024	38.9%	32.9%
2025	38%	33%
2026	37.1%	32.9%
2027	36.2%	32.7%
2028	35.5%	32.3%
2029	35%	31.8%
2030	34.7%	31.2%
2031	34.5%	30.6%
2032	34.4%	29.9%
2033	34.3%	29.3%
2034	34.3%	28.7%
2035	34.2%	28.2%
2036	34.1%	27.8%
2037	34%	27.5%
2038	33.8%	27.1%
2039	33.7%	26.9%
2040	33.4%	26.9%
2041	33.2%	26.9%
2042	32.9%	26.9%
2043	32.5%	27%
2044	32.2%	27.1%
2045	31.8%	27.3%
2046	31.4%	27.4%
2047	31%	27.6%
2048	30.5%	27.7%
2049	30.1%	27.8%
2050	29.7%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.9% of the population in South Sudan and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Sudan and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in South Sudan vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in South Sudan and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	42,945	126
1961	45,186	120
1962	47,406	113
1963	46,333	106
1964	64,786	98
1965	51,682	93
1966	38,523	91
1967	41,357	92
1968	44,213	97
1969	42,015	102
1970	44,776	102
1971	72,308	101
1972	74,803	94
1973	94,765	101
1974	97,181	102
1975	99,882	108
1976	102,346	117
1977	104,886	128
1978	107,352	141
1979	109,540	158
1980	112,307	173
1981	115,163	186
1982	118,641	198
1983	104,107	206
1984	90,970	212
1985	95,342	215
1986	99,502	219
1987	5,756	219
1988	-125,447	215
1989	83,735	208
1990	82,900	204
1991	87,873	203
1992	28,874	196
1993	32,779	202
1994	165,407	195
1995	110,417	191
1996	116,728	182
1997	121,454	177
1998	-12,157	172
1999	180,721	166
2000	196,055	159
2001	204,108	151
2002	212,014	141
2003	225,822	136
2004	231,877	132
2005	239,272	131
2006	246,706	129
2007	256,546	125
2008	268,268	125
2009	278,859	130
2010	287,409	136
2011	303,181	142
2012	312,974	148
2013	315,983	148
2014	227,611	149
2015	148,542	153
2016	110,553	157
2017	72,193	163
2018	168,497	169
2019	209,708	166
2020	212,332	161
2021	213,567	151
2022	211,166	150
2023	217,966	137

Maternal mortality chart: South Sudan vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Sudan	Tuvalu
1985	3,845	230
1986	3,720	226
1987	8,045	252
1988	5,535	300
1989	5,103	296
1990	4,877	291
1991	4,764	289
1992	7,597	312
1993	7,537	286
1994	1,666	284
1995	4,430	281
1996	4,357	277
1997	4,172	249
1998	7,514	245
1999	2,048	242
2000	1,658	237
2001	1,580	235
2002	1,521	234
2003	1,199	210
2004	1,150	209
2005	1,074	230
2006	1,005	226
2007	933	222
2008	858	219
2009	823	215
2010	776	213
2011	770	169
2012	755	168
2013	771	168
2014	1,216	168
2015	1,436	169
2016	1,629	170
2017	1,662	171
2018	913	153
2019	745	155
2020	729	206
2021	749	157
2022	704	220
2023	692	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.87% in South Sudan and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	35.5%	17.7%
1961	35.2%	17%
1962	34.9%	16.3%
1963	34.6%	15.6%
1964	34.3%	14.9%
1965	34%	14.2%
1966	33.6%	13.6%
1967	33.3%	12.9%
1968	32.9%	12.3%
1969	32.6%	11.7%
1970	32.3%	11.1%
1971	31.9%	10.5%
1972	31.6%	9.93%
1973	31.3%	9.37%
1974	30.9%	8.81%
1975	30.6%	8.31%
1976	30.2%	7.84%
1977	29.9%	7.43%
1978	29.5%	7.08%
1979	29.2%	6.76%
1980	28.9%	6.49%
1981	28.5%	6.26%
1982	28.2%	6.06%
1983	27.8%	5.9%
1984	27.5%	5.76%
1985	27.1%	5.66%
1986	26.7%	5.59%
1987	36%	5.53%
1988	76.7%	5.47%
1989	30.7%	5.42%
1990	30.3%	5.37%
1991	29.7%	5.31%
1992	33.8%	5.24%
1993	33.1%	5.15%
1994	23%	5.05%
1995	27%	4.94%
1996	26.1%	4.81%
1997	25.2%	4.67%
1998	42.6%	4.52%
1999	19.2%	4.39%
2000	18.3%	4.26%
2001	17.4%	4.16%
2002	16.5%	4.07%
2003	15.7%	3.98%
2004	14.8%	3.89%
2005	14.1%	3.8%
2006	13.4%	3.68%
2007	12.7%	3.56%
2008	12.1%	3.42%
2009	11.5%	3.28%
2010	10.9%	3.14%
2011	10.5%	3.02%
2012	10.1%	2.91%
2013	9.92%	2.8%
2014	18.2%	2.71%
2015	23.7%	2.61%
2016	26.4%	2.52%
2017	27.8%	2.43%
2018	13.2%	2.35%
2019	9.87%	2.27%
2020	9.87%	2.19%
2021	9.87%	2.12%
2022	9.87%	2.05%
2023	9.87%	1.99%