Fertility & birth rates in South Sudan and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in South Sudan vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Sudan vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	7.16	6.61
1961	7.18	6.75
1962	7.2	6.88
1963	7.2	6.81
1964	7.22	6.82
1965	7.22	6.81
1966	7.25	6.66
1967	7.26	6.57
1968	7.26	6.39
1969	7.28	6.34
1970	7.29	6.31
1971	7.3	6.28
1972	7.31	6.25
1973	7.31	6.16
1974	7.31	6.05
1975	7.33	5.92
1976	7.33	5.75
1977	7.33	5.54
1978	7.33	5.28
1979	7.32	5.16
1980	7.33	5.04
1981	7.33	4.91
1982	7.34	4.82
1983	7.34	4.71
1984	7.35	4.73
1985	7.36	4.69
1986	7.38	4.68
1987	7.39	4.53
1988	7.38	4.26
1989	7.37	4.1
1990	7.38	4.12
1991	7.38	4.19
1992	7.37	4.06
1993	7.36	3.86
1994	7.35	3.66
1995	7.34	3.57
1996	7.32	3.39
1997	7.2	3.19
1998	7.08	2.99
1999	6.94	2.83
2000	6.8	2.7
2001	6.65	2.61
2002	6.52	2.58
2003	6.35	2.5
2004	6.19	2.5
2005	6.02	2.44
2006	5.85	2.46
2007	5.7	2.57
2008	5.57	2.64
2009	5.45	2.56
2010	5.32	2.44
2011	5.19	2.35
2012	5.06	2.34
2013	4.94	2.44
2014	4.82	2.55
2015	4.7	2.58
2016	4.58	2.56
2017	4.48	2.57
2018	4.37	2.71
2019	4.26	2.87
2020	4.16	3.06
2021	4.05	3.27
2022	3.96	3.4
2023	3.86	3.5
2024	3.79	3.49
2025	3.71	3.45
2026	3.63	3.4
2027	3.56	3.36
2028	3.49	3.31
2029	3.43	3.27
2030	3.37	3.22
2031	3.31	3.18
2032	3.26	3.13
2033	3.2	3.09
2034	3.15	3.05
2035	3.1	3.01
2036	3.06	2.98
2037	3.01	2.94
2038	2.96	2.91
2039	2.92	2.87
2040	2.88	2.84
2041	2.84	2.81
2042	2.8	2.78
2043	2.76	2.75
2044	2.73	2.72
2045	2.69	2.69
2046	2.66	2.66
2047	2.63	2.63
2048	2.6	2.6
2049	2.58	2.58
2050	2.55	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Sudan	Uzbekistan
1960	42.5%	39.8%
1961	42.6%	41.2%
1962	42.6%	42.4%
1963	42.8%	43.4%
1964	43%	44.2%
1965	43.3%	44.7%
1966	43.5%	44.8%
1967	43.8%	44.9%
1968	44%	44.8%
1969	44.3%	44.7%
1970	44.5%	44.6%
1971	44.7%	44.4%
1972	44.8%	44.3%
1973	45%	44%
1974	45.1%	43.7%
1975	45.2%	43.3%
1976	45.3%	42.8%
1977	45.4%	42.3%
1978	45.5%	41.7%
1979	45.7%	41.2%
1980	45.8%	40.8%
1981	46%	40.5%
1982	46.2%	40.3%
1983	46.3%	40.1%
1984	46.5%	40.1%
1985	46.6%	40.1%
1986	46.7%	40.1%
1987	46.9%	40.1%
1988	46.2%	40%
1989	45.4%	39.9%
1990	45.4%	39.9%
1991	45.5%	39.9%
1992	45.6%	39.8%
1993	45.7%	39.8%
1994	45.8%	39.7%
1995	45.8%	39.4%
1996	46%	39.2%
1997	46%	38.8%
1998	45.8%	38.2%
1999	45.6%	37.5%
2000	45.5%	36.7%
2001	45.5%	35.8%
2002	45.7%	34.9%
2003	45.9%	34%
2004	45.8%	33.1%
2005	45.3%	32.3%
2006	44.8%	31.4%
2007	44.3%	30.6%
2008	43.8%	29.9%
2009	43.4%	29.4%
2010	42.8%	28.9%
2011	42.2%	28.5%
2012	41.9%	28.2%
2013	41.9%	28.1%
2014	42.5%	28.1%
2015	43.1%	28.3%
2016	43.7%	28.5%
2017	45%	28.8%
2018	44.9%	29%
2019	43.6%	29.3%
2020	42.4%	29.7%
2021	41.6%	30.2%
2022	40.9%	30.6%
2023	39.9%	30.9%
2024	38.9%	31.1%
2025	38%	31.3%
2026	37.1%	31.5%
2027	36.2%	31.6%
2028	35.5%	31.6%
2029	35%	31.6%
2030	34.7%	31.4%
2031	34.5%	31.3%
2032	34.4%	31.1%
2033	34.3%	30.9%
2034	34.3%	30.6%
2035	34.2%	30.3%
2036	34.1%	29.8%
2037	34%	29.3%
2038	33.8%	28.8%
2039	33.7%	28.3%
2040	33.4%	28%
2041	33.2%	27.6%
2042	32.9%	27.4%
2043	32.5%	27.2%
2044	32.2%	27%
2045	31.8%	26.9%
2046	31.4%	26.8%
2047	31%	26.8%
2048	30.5%	26.7%
2049	30.1%	26.7%
2050	29.7%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.9% of the population in South Sudan and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Sudan and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in South Sudan vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in South Sudan and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	42,945	267,165
1961	45,186	279,841
1962	47,406	292,788
1963	46,333	293,432
1964	64,786	298,790
1965	51,682	302,264
1966	38,523	297,844
1967	41,357	298,350
1968	44,213	295,651
1969	42,015	302,833
1970	44,776	313,216
1971	72,308	323,171
1972	74,803	333,230
1973	94,765	341,807
1974	97,181	350,422
1975	99,882	357,382
1976	102,346	363,110
1977	104,886	369,572
1978	107,352	372,068
1979	109,540	387,754
1980	112,307	401,557
1981	115,163	413,897
1982	118,641	431,389
1983	104,107	454,464
1984	90,970	485,617
1985	95,342	508,893
1986	99,502	533,234
1987	5,756	537,292
1988	-125,447	525,126
1989	83,735	522,323
1990	82,900	540,581
1991	87,873	557,886
1992	28,874	548,793
1993	32,779	527,557
1994	165,407	502,279
1995	110,417	493,966
1996	116,728	471,010
1997	121,454	441,631
1998	-12,157	408,532
1999	180,721	385,448
2000	196,055	365,138
2001	204,108	356,483
2002	212,014	359,231
2003	225,822	355,098
2004	231,877	363,994
2005	239,272	363,462
2006	246,706	383,265
2007	256,546	426,880
2008	268,268	461,665
2009	278,859	471,839
2010	287,409	461,293
2011	303,181	454,858
2012	312,974	463,333
2013	315,983	501,742
2014	227,611	536,881
2015	148,542	552,781
2016	110,553	549,045
2017	72,193	548,372
2018	168,497	585,119
2019	209,708	618,154
2020	212,332	643,750
2021	213,567	689,325
2022	211,166	715,410
2023	217,966	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: South Sudan vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Sudan	Uzbekistan
1985	3,845	72
1986	3,720	69
1987	8,045	63
1988	5,535	58
1989	5,103	53
1990	4,877	50
1991	4,764	47
1992	7,597	46
1993	7,537	47
1994	1,666	49
1995	4,430	46
1996	4,357	44
1997	4,172	42
1998	7,514	42
1999	2,048	43
2000	1,658	42
2001	1,580	42
2002	1,521	41
2003	1,199	40
2004	1,150	39
2005	1,074	39
2006	1,005	38
2007	933	37
2008	858	35
2009	823	34
2010	776	34
2011	770	33
2012	755	33
2013	771	32
2014	1,216	32
2015	1,436	31
2016	1,629	31
2017	1,662	30
2018	913	29
2019	745	29
2020	729	29
2021	749	28
2022	704	27
2023	692	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.87% in South Sudan and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	35.5%	-
1961	35.2%	-
1962	34.9%	-
1963	34.6%	-
1964	34.3%	-
1965	34%	-
1966	33.6%	-
1967	33.3%	-
1968	32.9%	-
1969	32.6%	-
1970	32.3%	-
1971	31.9%	-
1972	31.6%	-
1973	31.3%	-
1974	30.9%	-
1975	30.6%	-
1976	30.2%	-
1977	29.9%	-
1978	29.5%	-
1979	29.2%	12.5%
1980	28.9%	11.7%
1981	28.5%	10.9%
1982	28.2%	10.2%
1983	27.8%	9.5%
1984	27.5%	8.91%
1985	27.1%	8.4%
1986	26.7%	7.96%
1987	36%	7.59%
1988	76.7%	7.31%
1989	30.7%	7.13%
1990	30.3%	7.04%
1991	29.7%	7.01%
1992	33.8%	7.01%
1993	33.1%	6.99%
1994	23%	6.95%
1995	27%	6.91%
1996	26.1%	6.83%
1997	25.2%	6.72%
1998	42.6%	6.57%
1999	19.2%	6.38%
2000	18.3%	6.15%
2001	17.4%	5.88%
2002	16.5%	5.57%
2003	15.7%	5.25%
2004	14.8%	4.92%
2005	14.1%	4.57%
2006	13.4%	4.24%
2007	12.7%	3.9%
2008	12.1%	3.59%
2009	11.5%	3.29%
2010	10.9%	3.01%
2011	10.5%	2.75%
2012	10.1%	2.52%
2013	9.92%	2.32%
2014	18.2%	2.14%
2015	23.7%	1.98%
2016	26.4%	1.85%
2017	27.8%	1.73%
2018	13.2%	1.64%
2019	9.87%	1.56%
2020	9.87%	1.5%
2021	9.87%	1.44%
2022	9.87%	1.38%
2023	9.87%	1.33%