1. Diverging pathsChad and South Sudan

   Chad and South Sudan: about 7.22 children per woman each in 1990, 6.12 and 3.86 in 2023

   ChadSouth Sudan

   In 1990 women had 7.22 and 7.38 children on average; in 2023, 6.12 and 3.86. For comparison, 26% and 21% of people live in towns and cities (2023 and 2023, respectively).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Chad: more babies born than in the UK
• Chad: 4.3 times as many foreign-born residents as natives abroad, mostly refugees
• South Sudan: 3.17M natives live abroad, 3.5 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• Chad: in 2020–2023 net migration was higher than all 12 UN projections assumed
• Chad: the decline of 2008 turned into growth, after the fact
• South Sudan: in 10 years out of 12 the IMF expected faster growth than came

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