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How many babies are born in South Sudan?

366 thousand babies born in South Sudan in 2026. That is 0.28% of all births worldwide, and the 65th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in South Sudan: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside South Sudan’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~47.7K ~1.03M 46.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~86.6K ~1.86M 46.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 123K 2.49M 49.3 UN estimate
2000 301K 6.03M 49.8 UN estimate
2023 328K 11.5M 28.6 UN estimate
2026 366K 12.4M 29.4 UN projection
2050 392K 18.3M 21.4 UN projection
2075 368K 22.7M 16.2 UN projection
2100 323K 23.8M 13.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in South Sudan among estimates through 2023 were in 2014, at about 429K. That is roughly 12 times the estimated ~34.8K births a year in 1600.

At 3.63 children per woman, fertility in South Sudan is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in South Sudan each year?

An estimated 366 thousand babies are born in South Sudan in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,000 a day and 0.28% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in South Sudan?

South Sudan has an estimated 29.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.63 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.