Samoa vs South Sudan: Fertility rate, total

Samoa
3.8 births per woman
in 2024
South Sudan
3.79 births per woman
in 2024
Samoa rank
31st
South Sudan rank
32nd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Samoa
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 3.8 births per woman against 3.79 births per woman in South Sudan, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 31st and South Sudan ranks 32nd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa South Sudan Difference Ahead
1960s 7.65 births per woman 7.22 births per woman 0.4244 births per woman Samoa
1970s 6.68 births per woman 7.31 births per woman 0.6333 births per woman South Sudan
1980s 5.5 births per woman 7.36 births per woman 1.86 births per woman South Sudan
1990s 4.78 births per woman 7.27 births per woman 2.49 births per woman South Sudan
2000s 4.41 births per woman 6.11 births per woman 1.7 births per woman South Sudan
2010s 4.35 births per woman 4.77 births per woman 0.4178 births per woman South Sudan
2020s 3.89 births per woman 3.96 births per woman 0.073 births per woman South Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Samoa or South Sudan?
Samoa, at 3.8 births per woman against 3.79 births per woman in South Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Samoa and South Sudan?
0.01 births per woman, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Sudan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Samoa and South Sudan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Samoa ranks 31st and South Sudan ranks 32nd of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.