Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Sudan, 2003

South Sudan
2003
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 6.35 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 322,861 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
322,861
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
6,903,126
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
10-1418.01.4%7,317
15-19139.110.9%42,910
20-24250.519.6%79,801
25-29256.920.1%74,426
30-34240.418.8%57,959
35-39195.015.3%36,102
40-44129.810.2%19,047
45-4943.13.4%5,031
50-542.90.2%268