Fertility & birth rates in South Sudan and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in South Sudan vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Sudan vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	7.16	6.78
1961	7.18	6.73
1962	7.2	6.67
1963	7.2	6.62
1964	7.22	6.57
1965	7.22	6.52
1966	7.25	6.51
1967	7.26	6.51
1968	7.26	6.46
1969	7.28	6.41
1970	7.29	6.35
1971	7.3	6.29
1972	7.31	6.23
1973	7.31	6.15
1974	7.31	6.06
1975	7.33	5.98
1976	7.33	5.89
1977	7.33	5.81
1978	7.33	5.77
1979	7.32	5.73
1980	7.33	5.69
1981	7.33	5.65
1982	7.34	5.6
1983	7.34	5.55
1984	7.35	5.49
1985	7.36	5.43
1986	7.38	5.38
1987	7.39	5.33
1988	7.38	5.27
1989	7.37	5.21
1990	7.38	5.17
1991	7.38	5.13
1992	7.37	5.09
1993	7.36	5.02
1994	7.35	4.94
1995	7.34	4.85
1996	7.32	4.75
1997	7.2	4.66
1998	7.08	4.6
1999	6.94	4.56
2000	6.8	4.54
2001	6.65	4.5
2002	6.52	4.38
2003	6.35	4.29
2004	6.19	4.21
2005	6.02	4.13
2006	5.85	4.1
2007	5.7	4.12
2008	5.57	4.16
2009	5.45	4.16
2010	5.32	4.13
2011	5.19	4.09
2012	5.06	4.06
2013	4.94	4.04
2014	4.82	4
2015	4.7	3.95
2016	4.58	3.92
2017	4.48	3.88
2018	4.37	3.83
2019	4.26	3.79
2020	4.16	3.74
2021	4.05	3.7
2022	3.96	3.65
2023	3.86	3.6
2024	3.79	3.57
2025	3.71	3.53
2026	3.63	3.5
2027	3.56	3.46
2028	3.49	3.42
2029	3.43	3.39
2030	3.37	3.35
2031	3.31	3.32
2032	3.26	3.28
2033	3.2	3.25
2034	3.15	3.21
2035	3.1	3.18
2036	3.06	3.15
2037	3.01	3.13
2038	2.96	3.1
2039	2.92	3.08
2040	2.88	3.05
2041	2.84	3.03
2042	2.8	3
2043	2.76	2.97
2044	2.73	2.94
2045	2.69	2.92
2046	2.66	2.9
2047	2.63	2.88
2048	2.6	2.85
2049	2.58	2.83
2050	2.55	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Sudan	Vanuatu
1960	42.5%	44.6%
1961	42.6%	44.8%
1962	42.6%	45.1%
1963	42.8%	45.2%
1964	43%	45.4%
1965	43.3%	45.5%
1966	43.5%	45.7%
1967	43.8%	45.8%
1968	44%	45.8%
1969	44.3%	45.8%
1970	44.5%	45.7%
1971	44.7%	45.7%
1972	44.8%	45.6%
1973	45%	45.5%
1974	45.1%	45.5%
1975	45.2%	45.4%
1976	45.3%	45.2%
1977	45.4%	45.1%
1978	45.5%	45%
1979	45.7%	44.5%
1980	45.8%	44%
1981	46%	43.9%
1982	46.2%	44%
1983	46.3%	44%
1984	46.5%	44.1%
1985	46.6%	44.2%
1986	46.7%	44.2%
1987	46.9%	44.1%
1988	46.2%	44.1%
1989	45.4%	44%
1990	45.4%	43.9%
1991	45.5%	43.9%
1992	45.6%	44.1%
1993	45.7%	44.8%
1994	45.8%	45.2%
1995	45.8%	45%
1996	46%	44.8%
1997	46%	44.4%
1998	45.8%	44%
1999	45.6%	43.5%
2000	45.5%	42.9%
2001	45.5%	42.4%
2002	45.7%	41.8%
2003	45.9%	41.3%
2004	45.8%	40.7%
2005	45.3%	40.2%
2006	44.8%	39.6%
2007	44.3%	39.2%
2008	43.8%	38.8%
2009	43.4%	38.5%
2010	42.8%	38.2%
2011	42.2%	38.1%
2012	41.9%	38.2%
2013	41.9%	38.2%
2014	42.5%	38.4%
2015	43.1%	38.5%
2016	43.7%	38.7%
2017	45%	38.8%
2018	44.9%	38.9%
2019	43.6%	39%
2020	42.4%	39%
2021	41.6%	39%
2022	40.9%	38.8%
2023	39.9%	38.6%
2024	38.9%	38.3%
2025	38%	38%
2026	37.1%	37.6%
2027	36.2%	37.1%
2028	35.5%	36.7%
2029	35%	36.2%
2030	34.7%	35.8%
2031	34.5%	35.3%
2032	34.4%	34.9%
2033	34.3%	34.5%
2034	34.3%	34.1%
2035	34.2%	33.7%
2036	34.1%	33.4%
2037	34%	33.2%
2038	33.8%	32.9%
2039	33.7%	32.7%
2040	33.4%	32.5%
2041	33.2%	32.3%
2042	32.9%	32.2%
2043	32.5%	32%
2044	32.2%	31.8%
2045	31.8%	31.6%
2046	31.4%	31.5%
2047	31%	31.3%
2048	30.5%	31.1%
2049	30.1%	30.9%
2050	29.7%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.9% of the population in South Sudan and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Sudan and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in South Sudan vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in South Sudan and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	42,945	1,796
1961	45,186	1,872
1962	47,406	1,947
1963	46,333	2,025
1964	64,786	2,098
1965	51,682	2,180
1966	38,523	2,278
1967	41,357	2,384
1968	44,213	2,470
1969	42,015	2,529
1970	44,776	2,597
1971	72,308	2,685
1972	74,803	2,775
1973	94,765	2,876
1974	97,181	2,968
1975	99,882	3,074
1976	102,346	3,174
1977	104,886	3,285
1978	107,352	3,428
1979	109,540	3,590
1980	112,307	3,383
1981	115,163	3,592
1982	118,641	3,778
1983	104,107	3,944
1984	90,970	4,088
1985	95,342	4,219
1986	99,502	4,360
1987	5,756	4,427
1988	-125,447	4,577
1989	83,735	4,656
1990	82,900	4,762
1991	87,873	4,859
1992	28,874	4,941
1993	32,779	4,973
1994	165,407	4,973
1995	110,417	4,945
1996	116,728	4,897
1997	121,454	4,854
1998	-12,157	4,866
1999	180,721	4,871
2000	196,055	5,026
2001	204,108	5,144
2002	212,014	5,181
2003	225,822	5,258
2004	231,877	5,353
2005	239,272	5,454
2006	246,706	5,606
2007	256,546	5,842
2008	268,268	6,138
2009	278,859	6,362
2010	287,409	6,548
2011	303,181	6,715
2012	312,974	6,877
2013	315,983	7,036
2014	227,611	7,143
2015	148,542	7,220
2016	110,553	7,315
2017	72,193	7,371
2018	168,497	7,379
2019	209,708	7,364
2020	212,332	7,233
2021	213,567	7,199
2022	211,166	7,358
2023	217,966	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: South Sudan vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Sudan	Vanuatu
1985	3,845	211
1986	3,720	194
1987	8,045	200
1988	5,535	172
1989	5,103	162
1990	4,877	151
1991	4,764	140
1992	7,597	140
1993	7,537	133
1994	1,666	131
1995	4,430	131
1996	4,357	129
1997	4,172	131
1998	7,514	134
1999	2,048	146
2000	1,658	133
2001	1,580	132
2002	1,521	128
2003	1,199	131
2004	1,150	131
2005	1,074	127
2006	1,005	123
2007	933	120
2008	858	117
2009	823	114
2010	776	114
2011	770	112
2012	755	109
2013	771	110
2014	1,216	110
2015	1,436	109
2016	1,629	107
2017	1,662	107
2018	913	108
2019	745	105
2020	729	107
2021	749	124
2022	704	105
2023	692	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.87% in South Sudan and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	35.5%	15.2%
1961	35.2%	14.7%
1962	34.9%	14.3%
1963	34.6%	13.8%
1964	34.3%	13.4%
1965	34%	12.9%
1966	33.6%	12.4%
1967	33.3%	12%
1968	32.9%	11.5%
1969	32.6%	11%
1970	32.3%	10.6%
1971	31.9%	10.2%
1972	31.6%	9.73%
1973	31.3%	9.34%
1974	30.9%	8.95%
1975	30.6%	8.58%
1976	30.2%	8.21%
1977	29.9%	7.84%
1978	29.5%	7.45%
1979	29.2%	7.07%
1980	28.9%	6.67%
1981	28.5%	6.27%
1982	28.2%	5.87%
1983	27.8%	5.48%
1984	27.5%	5.12%
1985	27.1%	4.78%
1986	26.7%	4.47%
1987	36%	4.2%
1988	76.7%	3.96%
1989	30.7%	3.76%
1990	30.3%	3.58%
1991	29.7%	3.43%
1992	33.8%	3.29%
1993	33.1%	3.18%
1994	23%	3.08%
1995	27%	3%
1996	26.1%	2.92%
1997	25.2%	2.86%
1998	42.6%	2.79%
1999	19.2%	2.74%
2000	18.3%	2.68%
2001	17.4%	2.63%
2002	16.5%	2.58%
2003	15.7%	2.54%
2004	14.8%	2.5%
2005	14.1%	2.45%
2006	13.4%	2.4%
2007	12.7%	2.34%
2008	12.1%	2.27%
2009	11.5%	2.2%
2010	10.9%	2.12%
2011	10.5%	2.05%
2012	10.1%	1.99%
2013	9.92%	1.94%
2014	18.2%	1.9%
2015	23.7%	1.87%
2016	26.4%	1.84%
2017	27.8%	1.82%
2018	13.2%	1.8%
2019	9.87%	1.78%
2020	9.87%	1.77%
2021	9.87%	1.74%
2022	9.87%	1.71%
2023	9.87%	1.68%