Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Sudan, 2006

South Sudan
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 5.85 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 344,447 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.85
Births
344,447
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
7,976,526
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
10-1415.91.4%7,435
15-19116.39.9%41,604
20-24237.020.3%82,431
25-29241.320.6%81,275
30-34219.918.8%64,453
35-39177.415.2%40,681
40-44117.310.0%20,534
45-4941.73.6%5,723
50-542.90.2%311