Fertility rate: South Sudan
3.864 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.864 |
| 2022 | 3.964 |
| 2021 | 4.047 |
| 2020 | 4.16 |
| 2019 | 4.26 |
| 2018 | 4.37 |
| 2017 | 4.483 |
| 2016 | 4.579 |
| 2015 | 4.695 |
| 2014 | 4.818 |
| 2013 | 4.939 |
| 2012 | 5.061 |
| 2011 | 5.193 |
| 2010 | 5.318 |
| 2009 | 5.446 |
| 2008 | 5.569 |
| 2007 | 5.704 |
| 2006 | 5.853 |
| 2005 | 6.022 |
| 2004 | 6.19 |
| 2003 | 6.353 |
| 2002 | 6.515 |
| 2001 | 6.654 |
| 2000 | 6.803 |
| 1999 | 6.937 |
| 1998 | 7.078 |
| 1997 | 7.199 |
| 1996 | 7.321 |
| 1995 | 7.337 |
| 1994 | 7.346 |
| 1993 | 7.36 |
| 1992 | 7.37 |
| 1991 | 7.377 |
| 1990 | 7.377 |
| 1989 | 7.374 |
| 1988 | 7.376 |
| 1987 | 7.386 |
| 1986 | 7.378 |
| 1985 | 7.357 |
| 1984 | 7.346 |
| 1983 | 7.342 |
| 1982 | 7.343 |
| 1981 | 7.332 |
| 1980 | 7.328 |
| 1979 | 7.32 |
| 1978 | 7.329 |
| 1977 | 7.325 |
| 1976 | 7.331 |
| 1975 | 7.326 |
| 1974 | 7.314 |
| 1973 | 7.311 |
| 1972 | 7.311 |
| 1971 | 7.296 |
| 1970 | 7.286 |
| 1969 | 7.281 |
| 1968 | 7.264 |
| 1967 | 7.257 |
| 1966 | 7.254 |
| 1965 | 7.222 |
| 1964 | 7.22 |
| 1963 | 7.196 |
| 1962 | 7.195 |
| 1961 | 7.178 |
| 1960 | 7.161 |
| 1959 | 7.15 |
| 1958 | 7.137 |
| 1957 | 7.14 |
| 1956 | 7.134 |
| 1955 | 7.132 |
| 1954 | 7.136 |
| 1953 | 7.134 |
| 1952 | 7.131 |
| 1951 | 7.134 |
| 1950 | 7.124 |