1. FertilitySouth Sudan

   South Sudan: from 7.08 to 5.57 children per woman in just 10 years

   From 1998 to 2008 the number of children per woman fell faster than in any other decade since 1950. Around that period: life expectancy 19 years → 56.3 years (1998–2008). This does not establish a cause.

   Source: UN WPP 2024, World Bank, national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• South Sudan: 3.17M natives live abroad, 3.5 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• South Sudan: in 10 years out of 12 the IMF expected faster growth than came
• Most refugees abroad per 1,000 residents at home
• Chad and South Sudan: about 7.22 children per woman each in 1990, 6.12 and 3.86 in 2023
• Somalia and South Sudan: about 7.44 children per woman each in 1990, 6.13 and 3.86 in 2023
• China: lower fertility than Japan

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