Fertility in South Sudan (1950–2100)

South Sudan
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan is projected at 3.63 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 365,962 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.63
Births
365,962
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
12,436,037
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1410.81.5%8,509
15-1994.613.0%74,847
20-24177.724.4%119,445
25-29154.021.2%71,696
30-34129.917.8%42,985
35-3997.113.3%27,908
40-4449.16.7%15,893
45-4913.91.9%4,434
50-540.90.1%246