Fertility & birth rates in Sudan and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Sudan vs Turkmenistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Sudan was 4.32 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sudan	Turkmenistan
1960	6.66	6.59
1961	6.66	6.69
1962	6.7	6.76
1963	6.76	6.79
1964	6.8	6.79
1965	6.84	6.76
1966	6.88	6.7
1967	6.91	6.64
1968	6.95	6.56
1969	6.97	6.48
1970	6.99	6.4
1971	7.02	6.32
1972	6.98	6.2
1973	6.94	6.15
1974	6.91	6.09
1975	6.87	6
1976	6.82	5.9
1977	6.78	5.77
1978	6.72	5.61
1979	6.65	5.46
1980	6.59	5.3
1981	6.53	5.16
1982	6.47	5.04
1983	6.41	4.97
1984	6.34	4.96
1985	6.28	4.97
1986	6.23	4.94
1987	6.18	4.84
1988	6.13	4.68
1989	6.11	4.46
1990	6.07	4.29
1991	6.05	4.14
1992	6.02	3.96
1993	5.97	3.78
1994	5.91	3.62
1995	5.86	3.49
1996	5.79	3.29
1997	5.72	3.18
1998	5.65	3.08
1999	5.62	2.98
2000	5.6	2.9
2001	5.56	2.81
2002	5.53	2.71
2003	5.49	2.67
2004	5.46	2.67
2005	5.4	2.71
2006	5.33	2.72
2007	5.27	2.73
2008	5.21	2.75
2009	5.17	2.79
2010	5.14	2.85
2011	5.09	2.9
2012	5.03	2.96
2013	4.97	3.01
2014	4.91	3.02
2015	4.9	3.03
2016	4.83	2.99
2017	4.76	2.93
2018	4.68	2.88
2019	4.62	2.83
2020	4.54	2.79
2021	4.46	2.75
2022	4.38	2.73
2023	4.32	2.69
2024	4.26	2.66
2025	4.19	2.63
2026	4.13	2.6
2027	4.06	2.57
2028	4	2.54
2029	3.95	2.51
2030	3.88	2.49
2031	3.82	2.46
2032	3.77	2.43
2033	3.7	2.41
2034	3.66	2.39
2035	3.6	2.37
2036	3.54	2.35
2037	3.49	2.33
2038	3.45	2.31
2039	3.4	2.29
2040	3.36	2.27
2041	3.32	2.26
2042	3.28	2.24
2043	3.24	2.22
2044	3.2	2.21
2045	3.17	2.19
2046	3.13	2.18
2047	3.1	2.16
2048	3.07	2.15
2049	3.03	2.14
2050	3	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sudan	Turkmenistan
1960	46.5%	40.4%
1961	46.6%	41.7%
1962	46.6%	42.8%
1963	46.7%	43.8%
1964	46.9%	44.5%
1965	47%	44.9%
1966	47.1%	45.2%
1967	47.2%	45.4%
1968	47.3%	45.6%
1969	47.4%	45.5%
1970	47.5%	45.4%
1971	47.6%	45.1%
1972	47.7%	44.8%
1973	47.9%	44.4%
1974	48.1%	43.9%
1975	48%	43.4%
1976	47.8%	43%
1977	47.7%	42.5%
1978	47.4%	42.1%
1979	47.1%	41.6%
1980	46.8%	41.3%
1981	46.6%	41%
1982	46.4%	40.8%
1983	46.3%	40.7%
1984	46.2%	40.7%
1985	46.1%	40.7%
1986	46.1%	40.8%
1987	46%	41%
1988	46%	41.1%
1989	46.1%	41.2%
1990	46.1%	41.2%
1991	46.2%	41.2%
1992	46.3%	41.1%
1993	46.3%	41%
1994	46.3%	40.8%
1995	46.3%	40.5%
1996	46.2%	40.2%
1997	46.2%	39.6%
1998	46.1%	38.9%
1999	45.9%	38.1%
2000	45.8%	37.3%
2001	45.7%	36.4%
2002	45.6%	35.6%
2003	45.6%	34.8%
2004	45.5%	34%
2005	45.4%	33.3%
2006	45.3%	32.6%
2007	45.1%	31.9%
2008	44.9%	31.3%
2009	44.7%	30.8%
2010	44.6%	30.3%
2011	44.6%	30%
2012	44.5%	29.7%
2013	44.4%	29.6%
2014	44%	29.6%
2015	43.6%	29.7%
2016	43.1%	29.9%
2017	42.6%	30.2%
2018	42%	30.5%
2019	41.7%	30.9%
2020	41.4%	31.2%
2021	41.2%	31.5%
2022	40.9%	31.7%
2023	40.6%	31.7%
2024	40.5%	31.5%
2025	40.2%	31.2%
2026	39.8%	30.8%
2027	39.5%	30.3%
2028	39.3%	29.7%
2029	39.1%	29.1%
2030	38.9%	28.4%
2031	38.6%	27.7%
2032	38.3%	27%
2033	37.9%	26.4%
2034	37.5%	25.8%
2035	37.1%	25.3%
2036	36.7%	24.8%
2037	36.3%	24.4%
2038	35.9%	24%
2039	35.5%	23.7%
2040	35.1%	23.4%
2041	34.7%	23.3%
2042	34.3%	23.1%
2043	33.9%	23.1%
2044	33.6%	23%
2045	33.2%	23%
2046	32.8%	23%
2047	32.5%	23%
2048	32.2%	23%
2049	31.9%	23%
2050	31.6%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.5% of the population in Sudan and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sudan and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Sudan vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.79% in Sudan and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Sudan	Turkmenistan
1960	262,235	49,436
1961	272,562	51,659
1962	287,317	53,248
1963	302,132	54,203
1964	315,166	54,574
1965	327,799	54,558
1966	342,118	54,353
1967	356,599	54,209
1968	370,917	54,324
1969	385,712	54,791
1970	401,013	55,617
1971	417,641	56,666
1972	428,340	57,326
1973	439,201	59,169
1974	444,456	60,925
1975	454,813	62,681
1976	470,019	64,513
1977	483,089	66,318
1978	497,987	68,437
1979	524,942	71,135
1980	552,930	74,394
1981	585,087	77,829
1982	606,362	80,989
1983	570,198	85,183
1984	577,405	90,591
1985	583,382	95,890
1986	649,649	100,930
1987	658,416	103,885
1988	672,604	104,802
1989	683,743	103,553
1990	699,953	101,099
1991	714,612	99,297
1992	731,177	96,668
1993	743,249	92,596
1994	764,645	89,319
1995	780,700	86,289
1996	792,926	80,996
1997	802,245	79,045
1998	814,752	77,342
1999	835,840	76,362
2000	858,536	76,875
2001	880,284	76,682
2002	897,965	75,639
2003	898,226	76,737
2004	889,382	79,850
2005	907,017	83,968
2006	963,740	87,840
2007	992,819	92,038
2008	1,001,826	96,815
2009	1,041,810	102,931
2010	1,068,381	109,318
2011	1,070,888	115,197
2012	1,073,062	120,957
2013	1,078,446	126,217
2014	1,097,962	129,677
2015	1,145,259	132,663
2016	1,174,422	132,581
2017	1,208,046	131,417
2018	1,257,387	129,537
2019	1,291,747	128,275
2020	1,295,781	124,014
2021	1,293,817	122,721
2022	1,333,992	121,814
2023	1,361,564	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Sudan vs Turkmenistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 256 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sudan, compared to 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sudan	Turkmenistan
1985	980	77
1986	938	75
1987	914	72
1988	877	69
1989	881	65
1990	840	62
1991	873	60
1992	863	58
1993	839	56
1994	775	54
1995	730	50
1996	712	46
1997	681	40
1998	669	34
1999	662	29
2000	645	25
2001	616	22
2002	588	20
2003	593	18
2004	536	17
2005	506	15
2006	485	14
2007	445	13
2008	426	11
2009	382	10
2010	370	9
2011	357	8
2012	340	7
2013	327	7
2014	309	6
2015	298	6
2016	288	6
2017	277	5
2018	268	5
2019	262	5
2020	273	5
2021	305	6
2022	263	5
2023	256	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.01% in Sudan and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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
	Sudan	Turkmenistan
1960	17.8%	-
1961	17.5%	-
1962	17.2%	-
1963	17%	-
1964	16.7%	-
1965	16.5%	-
1966	16.3%	-
1967	16.2%	-
1968	16%	-
1969	15.9%	-
1970	15.8%	-
1971	15.7%	-
1972	15.6%	-
1973	15.5%	-
1974	15.4%	-
1975	15.3%	-
1976	15.2%	-
1977	15.1%	13.2%
1978	15%	12.8%
1979	14.9%	12.3%
1980	14.8%	11.9%
1981	14.6%	11.4%
1982	14.5%	10.9%
1983	18.2%	10.5%
1984	18%	9.98%
1985	17.8%	9.51%
1986	14%	9.08%
1987	13.8%	8.7%
1988	13.6%	8.36%
1989	13.4%	8.09%
1990	13.2%	7.91%
1991	13%	7.83%
1992	12.7%	7.83%
1993	12.5%	7.87%
1994	12.2%	7.92%
1995	11.9%	7.94%
1996	11.6%	7.9%
1997	11.3%	7.79%
1998	11%	7.59%
1999	10.7%	7.31%
2000	10.3%	6.97%
2001	9.99%	6.61%
2002	9.65%	6.24%
2003	9.31%	5.88%
2004	10.3%	5.56%
2005	10%	5.25%
2006	8.4%	4.99%
2007	8.13%	4.77%
2008	7.88%	4.6%
2009	7.64%	4.45%
2010	7.42%	4.36%
2011	7.22%	4.29%
2012	7.02%	4.25%
2013	6.83%	4.25%
2014	6.64%	4.25%
2015	6.45%	4.29%
2016	6.26%	4.33%
2017	6.07%	4.37%
2018	5.89%	4.36%
2019	5.71%	4.33%
2020	5.53%	4.26%
2021	5.36%	4.18%
2022	5.18%	4.1%
2023	5.01%	4%