Fertility & birth rates in South Sudan and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in South Sudan vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Sudan vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	7.16	2.69
1961	7.18	2.78
1962	7.2	2.86
1963	7.2	2.88
1964	7.22	2.93
1965	7.22	2.86
1966	7.25	2.78
1967	7.26	2.68
1968	7.26	2.6
1969	7.28	2.51
1970	7.29	2.44
1971	7.3	2.41
1972	7.31	2.2
1973	7.31	2.04
1974	7.31	1.92
1975	7.33	1.81
1976	7.33	1.74
1977	7.33	1.69
1978	7.33	1.75
1979	7.32	1.86
1980	7.33	1.9
1981	7.33	1.82
1982	7.34	1.78
1983	7.34	1.77
1984	7.35	1.77
1985	7.36	1.79
1986	7.38	1.78
1987	7.39	1.81
1988	7.38	1.82
1989	7.37	1.79
1990	7.38	1.83
1991	7.38	1.82
1992	7.37	1.79
1993	7.36	1.76
1994	7.35	1.74
1995	7.34	1.71
1996	7.32	1.73
1997	7.2	1.72
1998	7.08	1.71
1999	6.94	1.68
2000	6.8	1.64
2001	6.65	1.63
2002	6.52	1.63
2003	6.35	1.7
2004	6.19	1.75
2005	6.02	1.76
2006	5.85	1.82
2007	5.7	1.86
2008	5.57	1.91
2009	5.45	1.89
2010	5.32	1.92
2011	5.19	1.91
2012	5.06	1.92
2013	4.94	1.83
2014	4.82	1.81
2015	4.7	1.8
2016	4.58	1.79
2017	4.48	1.74
2018	4.37	1.68
2019	4.26	1.63
2020	4.16	1.57
2021	4.05	1.58
2022	3.96	1.56
2023	3.86	1.56
2024	3.79	1.55
2025	3.71	1.54
2026	3.63	1.53
2027	3.56	1.53
2028	3.49	1.53
2029	3.43	1.52
2030	3.37	1.52
2031	3.31	1.52
2032	3.26	1.53
2033	3.2	1.53
2034	3.15	1.53
2035	3.1	1.53
2036	3.06	1.53
2037	3.01	1.53
2038	2.96	1.53
2039	2.92	1.53
2040	2.88	1.53
2041	2.84	1.54
2042	2.8	1.54
2043	2.76	1.54
2044	2.73	1.54
2045	2.69	1.54
2046	2.66	1.54
2047	2.63	1.54
2048	2.6	1.54
2049	2.58	1.55
2050	2.55	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Sudan	United Kingdom
1960	42.5%	23.3%
1961	42.6%	23.3%
1962	42.6%	23.2%
1963	42.8%	23.2%
1964	43%	23.3%
1965	43.3%	23.4%
1966	43.5%	23.5%
1967	43.8%	23.7%
1968	44%	23.9%
1969	44.3%	24%
1970	44.5%	24.1%
1971	44.7%	24.1%
1972	44.8%	24%
1973	45%	23.9%
1974	45.1%	23.6%
1975	45.2%	23.3%
1976	45.3%	22.9%
1977	45.4%	22.4%
1978	45.5%	21.9%
1979	45.7%	21.4%
1980	45.8%	21%
1981	46%	20.6%
1982	46.2%	20.2%
1983	46.3%	19.8%
1984	46.5%	19.5%
1985	46.6%	19.3%
1986	46.7%	19.1%
1987	46.9%	18.9%
1988	46.2%	18.9%
1989	45.4%	19.1%
1990	45.4%	19.1%
1991	45.5%	19.3%
1992	45.6%	19.4%
1993	45.7%	19.5%
1994	45.8%	19.6%
1995	45.8%	19.5%
1996	46%	19.4%
1997	46%	19.3%
1998	45.8%	19.3%
1999	45.6%	19.2%
2000	45.5%	18.9%
2001	45.5%	18.7%
2002	45.7%	18.5%
2003	45.9%	18.4%
2004	45.8%	18.3%
2005	45.3%	18.2%
2006	44.8%	18%
2007	44.3%	17.9%
2008	43.8%	17.8%
2009	43.4%	17.8%
2010	42.8%	17.8%
2011	42.2%	17.7%
2012	41.9%	17.8%
2013	41.9%	17.8%
2014	42.5%	17.8%
2015	43.1%	17.9%
2016	43.7%	18%
2017	45%	18%
2018	44.9%	18.1%
2019	43.6%	18%
2020	42.4%	18%
2021	41.6%	17.8%
2022	40.9%	17.6%
2023	39.9%	17.4%
2024	38.9%	17.2%
2025	38%	17%
2026	37.1%	16.7%
2027	36.2%	16.5%
2028	35.5%	16.2%
2029	35%	16%
2030	34.7%	15.7%
2031	34.5%	15.5%
2032	34.4%	15.3%
2033	34.3%	15.2%
2034	34.3%	15.1%
2035	34.2%	15%
2036	34.1%	14.9%
2037	34%	14.9%
2038	33.8%	14.8%
2039	33.7%	14.8%
2040	33.4%	14.8%
2041	33.2%	14.8%
2042	32.9%	14.8%
2043	32.5%	14.9%
2044	32.2%	14.9%
2045	31.8%	14.9%
2046	31.4%	15%
2047	31%	15%
2048	30.5%	15%
2049	30.1%	15%
2050	29.7%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.9% of the population in South Sudan and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Sudan and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in South Sudan vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in South Sudan and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	42,945	314,400
1961	45,186	311,519
1962	47,406	340,800
1963	46,333	337,995
1964	64,786	405,000
1965	51,682	364,132
1966	38,523	333,356
1967	41,357	346,145
1968	44,213	292,622
1969	42,015	260,577
1970	44,776	244,918
1971	72,308	257,123
1972	74,803	162,650
1973	94,765	112,389
1974	97,181	67,476
1975	99,882	33,735
1976	102,346	-5,621
1977	104,886	0
1978	107,352	16,859
1979	109,540	61,872
1980	112,307	95,734
1981	115,163	73,234
1982	118,641	56,314
1983	104,107	61,966
1984	90,970	84,633
1985	95,342	79,170
1986	99,502	90,690
1987	5,756	136,325
1988	-125,447	136,628
1989	83,735	119,861
1990	82,900	154,569
1991	87,873	143,562
1992	28,874	149,709
1993	32,779	103,893
1994	165,407	127,304
1995	110,417	87,028
1996	116,728	98,884
1997	121,454	99,138
1998	-12,157	87,730
1999	180,721	64,551
2000	196,055	70,671
2001	204,108	65,032
2002	212,014	65,308
2003	225,822	89,471
2004	231,877	131,974
2005	239,272	144,963
2006	246,706	176,455
2007	256,546	196,232
2008	268,268	216,325
2009	278,859	230,422
2010	287,409	251,066
2011	303,181	259,361
2012	312,974	248,473
2013	315,983	198,830
2014	227,611	206,784
2015	148,542	175,738
2016	110,553	177,139
2017	72,193	145,125
2018	168,497	119,321
2019	209,708	108,342
2020	212,332	-4,272
2021	213,567	30,612
2022	211,166	39,751
2023	217,966	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: South Sudan vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.87% in South Sudan and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	35.5%	2.66%
1961	35.2%	2.61%
1962	34.9%	2.56%
1963	34.6%	2.49%
1964	34.3%	2.42%
1965	34%	2.34%
1966	33.6%	2.28%
1967	33.3%	2.22%
1968	32.9%	2.18%
1969	32.6%	2.14%
1970	32.3%	2.1%
1971	31.9%	2.06%
1972	31.6%	2%
1973	31.3%	1.94%
1974	30.9%	1.87%
1975	30.6%	1.8%
1976	30.2%	1.72%
1977	29.9%	1.64%
1978	29.5%	1.57%
1979	29.2%	1.49%
1980	28.9%	1.41%
1981	28.5%	1.34%
1982	28.2%	1.27%
1983	27.8%	1.22%
1984	27.5%	1.17%
1985	27.1%	1.14%
1986	26.7%	1.11%
1987	36%	1.08%
1988	76.7%	1.04%
1989	30.7%	0.99%
1990	30.3%	0.93%
1991	29.7%	0.87%
1992	33.8%	0.82%
1993	33.1%	0.77%
1994	23%	0.74%
1995	27%	0.72%
1996	26.1%	0.7%
1997	25.2%	0.69%
1998	42.6%	0.68%
1999	19.2%	0.67%
2000	18.3%	0.65%
2001	17.4%	0.64%
2002	16.5%	0.63%
2003	15.7%	0.63%
2004	14.8%	0.61%
2005	14.1%	0.6%
2006	13.4%	0.59%
2007	12.7%	0.58%
2008	12.1%	0.56%
2009	11.5%	0.54%
2010	10.9%	0.52%
2011	10.5%	0.5%
2012	10.1%	0.48%
2013	9.92%	0.46%
2014	18.2%	0.45%
2015	23.7%	0.45%
2016	26.4%	0.44%
2017	27.8%	0.44%
2018	13.2%	0.44%
2019	9.87%	0.44%
2020	9.87%	0.44%
2021	9.87%	0.44%
2022	9.87%	0.45%
2023	9.87%	0.45%