Sudan vs Uganda: Fertility rate: births per woman
Sudan
4.32 live births per woman
in 2023
Uganda
4.28 live births per woman
in 2023
Sudan rank
17th
Uganda rank
19th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Sudan
- Uganda
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 4.32 live births per woman against 4.28 live births per woman in Uganda, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.
Sudan ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.67 live births per woman | 6.74 live births per woman | 0.0698 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 1960s | 6.81 live births per woman | 7.02 live births per woman | 0.2116 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 1970s | 6.87 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 0.3112 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 1980s | 6.33 live births per woman | 7.08 live births per woman | 0.7554 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 1990s | 5.87 live births per woman | 6.89 live births per woman | 1.02 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 2000s | 5.4 live births per woman | 6.52 live births per woman | 1.12 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 2010s | 4.89 live births per woman | 5.36 live births per woman | 0.4643 live births per woman | Uganda |
| 2020s | 4.43 live births per woman | 4.45 live births per woman | 0.024 live births per woman | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Sudan or Uganda?
- Sudan, at 4.32 live births per woman against 4.28 live births per woman in Uganda as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Sudan and Uganda?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Uganda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Sudan and Uganda rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Sudan ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: 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
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.