Fertility in South Sudan, 2008

South Sudan
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 5.57 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 367,030 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.57
Births
367,030
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
8,817,647
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
10-1414.41.3%7,222
15-19116.810.5%49,330
20-24229.320.5%81,826
25-29231.320.7%86,702
30-34206.918.5%68,888
35-39166.714.9%44,788
40-44108.79.7%21,850
45-4939.33.5%6,098
50-542.70.2%326