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 1,002 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.

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How many babies are born in South Sudan?

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

1,002births per day
42per hour
1per minute
29.4births per 1,000 people
3.63children per woman
12.44 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in South Sudan through history

Estimated annual births in South Sudan, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

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
2024	349K	11.9M	29.2	UN projection
2026	366K	12.4M	29.4	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in South Sudan are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2014, at about 429K. That is roughly 11 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.