Fertility in South Sudan, 2000

South Sudan
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 6.80 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 300,504 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.80
Births
300,504
Births per 1,000 people
49.8
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
6,032,268
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
10-1417.81.3%5,833
15-19148.310.9%46,151
20-24258.419.0%73,686
25-29271.419.9%67,533
30-34255.718.8%50,152
35-39219.416.1%34,199
40-44145.110.6%18,297
45-4943.93.2%4,430
50-542.70.2%222