South Sudan vs Upper middle income: Birth rate, crude

South Sudan
29.22 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Upper middle income
10.82 per 1,000 people
in 2024
South Sudan rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
35th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • South Sudan
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 29.22 per 1,000 people against 10.82 per 1,000 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 18.4 per 1,000 people.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 2.7 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.

South Sudan ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.

South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Sudan Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 53.1 per 1,000 people 35.88 per 1,000 people 17.23 per 1,000 people South Sudan
1970s 53.68 per 1,000 people 28.88 per 1,000 people 24.8 per 1,000 people South Sudan
1980s 51.38 per 1,000 people 25.4 per 1,000 people 25.97 per 1,000 people South Sudan
1990s 52.15 per 1,000 people 20.62 per 1,000 people 31.53 per 1,000 people South Sudan
2000s 45.15 per 1,000 people 16.24 per 1,000 people 28.91 per 1,000 people South Sudan
2010s 35.7 per 1,000 people 15.4 per 1,000 people 20.31 per 1,000 people South Sudan
2020s 29.2 per 1,000 people 11.29 per 1,000 people 17.91 per 1,000 people South Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, South Sudan or Upper middle income?
South Sudan, at 29.22 per 1,000 people against 10.82 per 1,000 people in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between South Sudan and Upper middle income?
18.4 per 1,000 people, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan and Upper middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do South Sudan and Upper middle income rank globally for birth rate, crude?
South Sudan ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.