Crude birth rate in South Sudan

The crude birth rate in South Sudan was 29.2 per 1,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 29.2 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 +0.6per 1,000 people 2023: 28.6 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 34th of 217 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in South Sudan over time

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period South SudanWorld
2024 29.2 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 28.6 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 29.1 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 29.7 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 29.4 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 29.4 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 29.1 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 32.8 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 35.1 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 35.4 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 38.2 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 38.3 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 39.1 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 39.8 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 39.9 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 41.0 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 41.6 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 42.3 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 43.2 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 44.3 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 45.5 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 46.8 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 48.0 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 48.9 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 49.8 per 1,000 people 22.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 from 28.6 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 38.2 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −9.0.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 34th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for South Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects