South Sudan - Fertility Rate 2018
4.37
−0.11 from 2017
South Sudan's fertility rate was 4.37 in 2018, decreased +0.11 from 4.48 in 2017. This was the 190th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Virgin Islands | 0.91 | 3.7% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 0.92 | -10.4% |
| 3rd | Korea | 0.98 | -7.1% |
| 4th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.04 | -6.0% |
| 5th | Andorra | 1.05 | -6.7% |
| 6th | San Marino | 1.08 | 2.2% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.08 | -4.3% |
| 8th | Singapore | 1.14 | -1.7% |
| 9th | Malta | 1.23 | -2.4% |
| 10th | Ukraine | 1.23 | -5.2% |
| 11th | Spain | 1.26 | -3.8% |
| 12th | Cayman Islands | 1.28 | 4.5% |
| 13th | United Arab Emirates | 1.29 | -4.6% |
| 14th | Italy | 1.31 | -2.2% |
| 15th | Cyprus | 1.32 | -0.3% |
| 16th | Thailand | 1.32 | -2.9% |
| 17th | Greece | 1.35 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 1.37 | -2.8% |
| 19th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.37 | -7.7% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 1.37 | -3.2% |
| 21st | Luxembourg | 1.38 | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Jamaica | 1.40 | -2.0% |
| 23rd | Bahamas, The | 1.40 | -1.4% |
| 24th | Finland | 1.41 | -5.4% |
| 25th | Mauritius | 1.41 | -2.1% |
| 26th | Albania | 1.42 | -4.8% |
| 27th | Japan | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 28th | North Macedonia | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 29th | Portugal | 1.42 | 2.9% |
| 30th | St. Lucia | 1.44 | -0.8% |
| 31st | Belarus | 1.45 | -6.0% |
| 32nd | Poland | 1.46 | -1.4% |
| 33rd | Austria | 1.47 | -3.3% |
| 34th | Croatia | 1.47 | 3.5% |
| 35th | Serbia | 1.49 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.50 | 6.0% |
| 37th | Canada | 1.51 | -2.6% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 1.52 | -6.4% |
| 39th | Dominica | 1.52 | -1.5% |
| 40th | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.52 | -3.1% |
| 42nd | Grenada | 1.53 | 6.4% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 1.53 | -2.5% |
| 44th | China | 1.54 | -14.3% |
| 45th | Slovak Republic | 1.54 | 1.3% |
| 46th | Chile | 1.54 | -1.3% |
| 47th | European Union | 1.55 | -1.1% |
| 48th | Hungary | 1.55 | 0.6% |
| 49th | Norway | 1.56 | -3.7% |
| 50th | Germany | 1.57 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Russian Federation | 1.58 | -2.6% |
| 52nd | Liechtenstein | 1.58 | 9.7% |
| 53rd | Kosovo | 1.58 | -2.3% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.59 | -1.4% |
| 55th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.59 | -0.4% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 1.59 | -1.9% |
| 57th | Armenia | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Latvia | 1.60 | -5.3% |
| 59th | Slovenia | 1.60 | -1.2% |
| 60th | Cuba | 1.61 | 1.4% |
| 61st | Belgium | 1.62 | -1.8% |
| 62nd | Isle of Man | 1.64 | -2.3% |
| 63rd | French Polynesia | 1.65 | -1.4% |
| 64th | Estonia | 1.67 | 5.0% |
| 65th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.68 | -1.6% |
| 66th | United Kingdom | 1.68 | -3.4% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 1.68 | -7.8% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 1.70 | 13.3% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 1.71 | -0.5% |
| 70th | Czechia | 1.71 | 1.2% |
| 71st | Iceland | 1.71 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Maldives | 1.71 | -4.9% |
| 73rd | New Zealand | 1.71 | -5.5% |
| 74th | Colombia | 1.72 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Barbados | 1.72 | -0.2% |
| 76th | United States | 1.73 | -2.0% |
| 77th | Azerbaijan | 1.73 | -1.1% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 1.73 | 1.2% |
| 79th | Denmark | 1.73 | -1.1% |
| 80th | Aruba | 1.73 | -3.0% |
| 81st | Australia | 1.74 | -0.1% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 1.74 | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 84th | Qatar | 1.76 | -4.3% |
| 85th | Romania | 1.76 | -1.1% |
| 86th | Sweden | 1.76 | -1.1% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Cabo Verde | 1.80 | -6.5% |
| 89th | Moldova | 1.81 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.83 | -0.8% |
| 91st | Malaysia | 1.84 | -2.9% |
| 92nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.85 | -1.8% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 1.85 | -2.5% |
| 94th | France | 1.87 | -1.1% |
| 95th | Viet Nam | 1.88 | -5.3% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.90 | -2.1% |
| 97th | Bahrain | 1.91 | -3.7% |
| 98th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.92 | -5.1% |
| 99th | Gibraltar | 1.92 | -0.5% |
| 100th | Palau | 1.97 | -2.4% |
| 101st | Greenland | 2.00 | -4.3% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 2.00 | -3.8% |
| 103rd | Mexico | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 104th | Sri Lanka | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 105th | New Caledonia | 2.04 | -0.1% |
| 106th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.06 | -1.0% |
| 107th | Argentina | 2.07 | -4.7% |
| 108th | Georgia | 2.09 | -2.0% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 2.11 | -0.8% |
| 110th | Kuwait | 2.12 | -1.9% |
| 111th | Peru | 2.12 | -1.6% |
| 112th | Nepal | 2.12 | -2.4% |
| 113th | Tunisia | 2.13 | -3.3% |
| 114th | India | 2.18 | -0.4% |
| 115th | Bangladesh | 2.19 | -0.5% |
| 116th | Indonesia | 2.22 | -1.5% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 2.23 | -1.1% |
| 118th | South Africa | 2.27 | -0.6% |
| 119th | Belize | 2.34 | -1.1% |
| 120th | Lebanon | 2.35 | -1.1% |
| 121st | Nicaragua | 2.35 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 2.35 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Philippines | 2.38 | -5.8% |
| 124th | Suriname | 2.38 | -2.1% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | 2.40 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Panama | 2.40 | -2.4% |
| 127th | Seychelles | 2.41 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Fiji | 2.42 | -1.7% |
| 129th | Monaco | 2.49 | 2.8% |
| 130th | American Samoa | 2.49 | -4.0% |
| 131st | Faroe Islands | 2.51 | 0.8% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 2.55 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Paraguay | 2.56 | -1.2% |
| 134th | Libya | 2.58 | -1.7% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 2.63 | -2.2% |
| 136th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.64 | -4.3% |
| 137th | Honduras | 2.65 | -0.7% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 2.67 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | 2.71 | 5.6% |
| 140th | Cambodia | 2.72 | 0.2% |
| 141st | St. Martin (French part) | 2.73 | 2.6% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.73 | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Guatemala | 2.74 | -4.0% |
| 144th | Oman | 2.81 | -3.9% |
| 145th | Kazakhstan | 2.85 | 3.6% |
| 146th | Djibouti | 2.86 | -2.0% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 2.88 | -2.0% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 2.90 | 3.6% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.92 | -1.2% |
| 150th | Jordan | 2.92 | -2.4% |
| 151st | Haiti | 2.92 | -2.0% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.93 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Botswana | 2.94 | -0.9% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 2.97 | -1.6% |
| 155th | Guam | 3.00 | -3.0% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 3.02 | -2.9% |
| 157th | Algeria | 3.02 | -2.3% |
| 158th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.02 | -8.8% |
| 159th | Marshall Islands | 3.04 | -0.8% |
| 160th | Israel | 3.09 | -0.6% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 3.24 | -4.6% |
| 162nd | Tajikistan | 3.29 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.30 | 10.0% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.32 | -0.6% |
| 165th | Tonga | 3.33 | -1.8% |
| 166th | Tuvalu | 3.33 | 0.8% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 3.38 | -1.5% |
| 168th | Namibia | 3.46 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Kenya | 3.54 | -2.0% |
| 170th | Iraq | 3.55 | -2.6% |
| 171st | Ghana | 3.65 | -1.7% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.67 | -2.6% |
| 173rd | Nauru | 3.68 | -5.1% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 3.74 | -0.6% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 3.83 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 3.86 | -1.2% |
| 177th | Gabon | 3.91 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | 3.93 | -3.2% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 3.98 | -2.3% |
| 180th | Malawi | 4.02 | -2.2% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 4.05 | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 4.06 | -1.4% |
| 183rd | Samoa | 4.14 | -1.4% |
| 184th | Comoros | 4.21 | -1.6% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.24 | -2.4% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 4.25 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Senegal | 4.29 | -4.3% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 4.29 | -2.2% |
| 189th | Liberia | 4.34 | -1.4% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 4.37 | -2.5% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 4.42 | -4.2% |
| 192nd | Congo, Republic of | 4.44 | -1.2% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 4.49 | -1.6% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.51 | -1.9% |
| 195th | Togo | 4.51 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.60 | -3.4% |
| 197th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.61 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Guinea | 4.67 | -2.6% |
| 199th | Sudan | 4.68 | -1.7% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 4.74 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Uganda | 4.87 | -2.4% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 4.92 | -4.8% |
| 203rd | Tanzania | 4.93 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Nigeria | 5.02 | -3.1% |
| 205th | Benin | 5.03 | -2.4% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 5.04 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 5.07 | -1.1% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.33 | -2.0% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.38 | -1.8% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.52 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 6.11 | -0.3% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.12 | -2.1% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.30 | -0.7% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.46 | -1.1% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.66 | -1.5% |
| 216th | Niger | 6.71 | -2.4% |
FAQ
What was South Sudan's fertility rate in 2018?▾
South Sudan's fertility rate in 2018 was 4.37. This ranked 190th globally.
How did South Sudan's fertility rate change in 2018?▾
South Sudan's fertility rate decreased by 2.5% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2018?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2018 at 6.71.
What is the fertility rate of South Sudan in 2018?▾
The fertility rate of South Sudan in 2018 was 4.37. This ranked 190th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for South Sudan's fertility rate?▾
South Sudan's fertility rate went from 4.48 in 2017 to 4.37 in 2018, a 2.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Sudan matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2018. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 29.7%. View full analysis →
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